Here’s a staggering statistic from the continued fallout of Florida’s real estate bust: 18 percent of homes in Florida, or nearly one in five, sit empty. That’s a 62 percent increase in empty homes in the past ten years, and the surplus of inventory on the market ensures that home prices…
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Remember Terry Jones? The pastor of the tiny, fundamentalist Dove World Outreach Church in Gainesville, who set off a mini-international spectacle by threatening to host International Burn a Koran Day on the anniversary of 9/11? After widespread criticism and condemnation, he decided to call it off, but this past weekend, Jones’s church…
While the Dolphins brass continues to damn Chad Henne with the faintest of praise, the team appears to be looking for a real quarterback solution during the off-season. With the Dolphins having only the 15th pick in the draft, a rookie QB might not be the answer, so rumor has…
It’s with much trepidation that we once again visit the strange, twisted world of former SNL star, Miami native, and Tea Party sideshow Victoria Jackson. When she’s not busy singing about how “there’s a communist in the White House,” she’s cackling about how evil the Muslims and the gays are…
In Miami Beach, a storm is brewing over accusations that city officials strong-armed the New World Symphony to give them free tickets to concerts. But Beach leaders aren’t the only politicians accepting free seats.Miami Mayor Tomas Regalado and city commissioners have accepted thousands of dollars worth of tix to Miami…
Talk about a confederacy of douches. In retrospect, it only makes sense that Bret Michaels and Charlie Sheen are good friends. Apparently they once owned a production company together, and Michaels taught Sheen the first thing any self-respecting bad boy celebrity needs to know: the proper trashing of a hotel…
Rich Urban was looking for a place on South Beach in February when he responded to a Craigslist ad — “Wanted: Cool roommate to share awesome apartment!” — and met Monica Brown, a small woman with a heavy accent who showed him a room at 713 Collins Ave. Urban gave…
The painting is lovely: A young woman with a mask-like face twists her ethereal neck to the side. Titled Young Woman With a White Collar, it’s a classic by Amedeo Modigliani. The fight over the $5 million work, however, is anything but beautiful.Tod Tarrant, a Miami Beach-based dealer, says he…
The men’s NCAA basketball tournament is underway, as is your office bracket, but the women’s tournament kicks off tomorrow. Unlike the men’s tourney, a local team, the Miami Hurricanes, actually has a shot at making it well into the depth of the women’s tourney as a number three seed. Unfortunately,…
Together they brought us the creepy Burger King, the subservient chicken, the Whopper freakout, and other attention-grabbing, slightly subversive ads, but now Burger King and ad agency Crispin Porter + Bogusky, both Miami-based companies, have parted ways. It’s truly the end of an era…
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As the Miami Heat have struggled this season, critics have repeatedly pointed their fingers at the team’s new $100 million big man, Chris Bosh, for playing soft. The 6’11” forward has struggled to assert himself in the paint since arriving from Toronto, leading to whispers that he had “gone Canadian”…
Pedobear, the online meme meant to mock pedophiles, recently popped up in a Lakeland, Florida coupon book for a computer parts distribution company called CP Distributor. Unfortunately, CP also stands for “child pornography,” and it appears some clueless coupon designer included the image not knowing the implications. To keep the…
While the program remains officially silent, a report by InsideTheU.com that six Hurricanes football players have been suspended for next season’s opener against Maryland has now been confirmed by two NBCMiami sources. Seantrel Henderson, one of the top recruits in the nation in the class of 2010, is among the…
If you want to see a sad former(?) drug addict ramble about bizarre delusions of grandeur, you can do it for free on many of South Florida’s street corners. Or you can shell out $61 to $102 to see one at the BankAtlantic Center in April. That’s right — Charlie…
After Tuesday’s unambiguous recall of Miami-Dade Mayor Carlos Alvarez and Commissioner Natacha Seijas, could you even imagine what would happen if county commissioners decided to exercise the option to appoint a new mayor themselves? If not a full-out voter revolt and more recalls, at least certainly pain for those commissioners…
In ancient Greek, apocalypse translates as “a revelation.” So what could possibly be more apocalyptic than the giant freaking orange moon due to pop up tomorrow night? After all, it’s the biggest and closest it’s been in nearly two decades. FYI: The “extreme supermoon” is also predicted to (1) make…
Last August, Miami Dolphins wide receiver Brandon Marshall said he’d pursue an NBA career if there was an NFL lockout. Well, the lockout is here. Chad Ochocinco has already made plans to join a Major League soccer team, and one member of the Cowboys has returned to arena football. So,…
State agencies close every year on Veteran’s Day, yet schools remain open. Some Florida lawmakers want to change that with the altruistic day that kids will spend the day visiting veterans and watching parades. Note to politicians: kids who get the day off from school just play Wii and watch…
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Gallup released its annual findings on metro areas’ well-being last week, and the Miami-area didn’t place all that high or low. Though, perhaps the biggest difference from last year’s findings when it comes to Miamians is that we’re getting a little more chubby. Gallup claims 23 percent of Miamians are…
