The nation may be slowly moving out of recession, but Miami’s real estate market may not be out of the woods yet. Standard & Poor’s Case-Shiller Home Price Indices track national housing prices, as well as sales in twenty different metro areas. New numbers released today show that Miami’s index,…
Among Governor Rick Scott’s cavalcade of controversial ideas is a plan to drug test all recipients of welfare in the state. Now Republican legislators have filed a bill to carry out a version of the plan, but it would only require welfare recipients with a felony drug conviction in the…
America’s ever expanding weight problem: not just for humans anymore!According to The Wall Street Journal, more than 50 percent of America’s pet cats and dogs are now considered overweight, with about one fifth considered obese. You guys, despite what the comic page says, you are NOT actually supposed to feed…
Lately, catching Michael Krop High’s athletic administrators in deceit has been sort of like trying to spot a bad tattoo on South Beach. In both cases, it’s still worth pointing out a doozy…
On the maturity scale, Floridians land somewhere between early ’90s-Urkel and your pre-teen cousin Jimmy who giggles every time someone says “Duty.” At least that’s what we found a couple weeks ago when we got our hands on a list of 2,000 personalized license plate requests reviewed by the state’s…
Last Friday, FIU shortstop Garrett Wittels stepped up to bat with a near record 56-game hitting streak on the line against Southeastern Louisiana. He whiffed, ending the game 0-4.It was a painful choking act for the 6’2″ junior, who waited an entire off-season only to blow it in his first…
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Miami’s credentials as a cocaine capitol are well established, but for that last weekend every March during the Ultra Music Festival, it’s no secret an extravaganza of ecstasy use takes hold of the city. Now, one of the largest studies into the long term effects of the drug claims that…
Florida officials are always talking about innovative new ways to boost education in the state, but perhaps Tampa-area mom Ronda Holder has found an unusual answer: public student humiliation. She made her son stand on a street corner holding a sign displaying his dismal 1.22 GPA as a last resort…
Dave Duerson, the former star Chicago Bears safety who killed himself on Thursday at his home in Sunny Isles Beach, was hemorrhaging millions in his final years, according to bankruptcy documents he filed last September. And in December, his ex-wife claimed in a lawsuit that he had concealed assets. Among…
Officials believe they’ve caught the South Beach arsonist, but the Miami Beach Fire Department was still feeling the heat this weekend when an unrelated fire sparked up in the ArtCenter South Florida on Lincoln Road. The fire destroyed one artist’s studio completely, while two other studios were severely damaged by…
Starting this Thursday, 50,000 foodies will sniff, gargle, and chomp their way from one giant white tent to another for the 10th anniversary of the Food Network’s South Beach Wine & Food Festival. The crowd will include celebrity chefs like Emeril, Giada De Laurentiis, and Anthony Bourdain, in town to…
It would seem, at first glance, that the people who decide who should be the All Star MVP were being sarcastic when they awarded it to Kobe Bryant instead of LeBron James last night. Mainly because James recorded himself a triple-double with 29 points, 12 rebounds and 10 assists –…
The Miami Heat’s very own James Jones won last night’s NBA All Star three-point contest, becoming the fourth member of the franchise to win the competition, joining Glen Rice, Jason Kapono and Daequan Cook.And to make it an even more amazing feat, he did it by beating out Boston Celtics…
LeBron James had plans to bring his acting talents to South Beach long before he made plans to bring his basketball talents here. According to a report from Variety, just days before LeBron made his fateful “decision,” he had plans to star in a movie called Ballers that would have…
President Obama sure loves hitting up Miami for fundraisers. POTUS has been in the area several times since his election for numerous cash raising soirees (including one at the Estefan household) and will be back in town March 4 to attend a fundraiser for Democratic Senate candidates as well as…
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Every great Hollywood sports movie where our heroes must turn themselves from chumps into champs includes the ever important montage. Or as South Park once sang it, “We’re gonna need a montage. (Montage!) A sports-training montage! (Montage!).”Indeed coming off a 7-6 season and under the guidance of a new coach…
Dave Duerson, a former superstar Safety who took four trips to the Pro Bowl and had two Super Bowl rings on his fingers, was found dead in his Miami home last night. So far, though, no cause of death have been given…
The last time Garrett Wittels swung his bat in an NCAA game, he went 3 for 5 with two RBI. It was his 56th straight game with at least one hit, two shy of Robin Ventura’s all-time college record.Wittels will be back on the diamond tonight seeking to extend his…
This morning The Miami Herald ran a very chilling story asking “Is Gov. Rick Scott eyeing White House in 2012?” Amongst the evidence: his infatuation with federal issues, his appearances on Fox News, his apparent rivalry with other possible 2012 candidates, and his repeated attacks on Obama.Though, Scott says he won’t…
Conan O’Brien welcomed one of the few guests taller than him when Chris Bosh sat on his coach. Apparently, Bosh is a big thumb wrestling enthusiast, which of course led to a impromptu match between the two. Watch who wins after the jump…
