A year and half ago, the arranged marriage between über-architect Frank Gehry and South Beach was on the rocks. Gehry was halfway to divorce court after Miami Beach commissioners fired him from half the New World Symphony project, taking a parking garage and a park out of his hands to…
Every year we here at the Miami New Times humbly offer our Dirty Dozen of the worst locals of the year. Ever year, Buffalo’s own alt weekly, The Beast, takes the concept a bit farther with the 50 most deplorable Americans of the year. Their edition this year, though, is…
A horrible week for Florida’s police officers turned even worse this afternoon. While thousands gathered in downtown Miami to remember Roger Castillo and Amanda Haworth, the Miami-Dade veteran cops killed in Liberty City last week, two officers in St. Petersburg were gunned down in chillingly similar fashion.Just like Haworth and…
Miami’s real estate market is near rock bottom, which means it’s a good time to buy a home. In fact, according to a new analysis from real estate site Trulia.com, if you’re renting, you’re ripping yourself off. More than any other major city market in America right now, Miami is…
Known for his creative Pistol Pete Maravich playing style, shaggy haired Spanish phenom Ricky Rubio was the youngest player to play for the Spanish ACB League when he debuted at the age of 14. Then in June of 2009, when Rubio was 19, he declared himself eligible for the NBA…
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Former Miami Hurricanes head coach Randy Shannon has never been associated with another college team. He played at UM, became a graduate assistant, and gradually worked his way up the coaching ladder to get to the top. No one questioned whether Shannon bled orange and green, but according to some…
The good news: Florida’s children aren’t the dumbest. The bad news: they’re no where near the smartest, either. According to a new statistical analysis by the listacle-happy Daily Beast, Florida’s children are only the 30th smartest kids in America. Our children are painfully average. Like, they’re not dumb enough to…
The future of the Miami Hurricane’s quarterback position seems to be with Stephen Morris, but Al Golden and his staff are apparently interested in landing former Rutgers quarterback Tom Savage. He was rated by one recruiting service at the 8th best QB in the 2009 class, and the ‘Canes tried…
Parking in Miami Beach can be such a pain sometimes. So we all know the joy of finally finding that perfect spot. Strange feelings of wanting to get down on one knee and proposing to the meter aren’t out of the question. But would you actually want to hold you…
Last year, Marco Rubio ended up on the cover of The New York Times magazine with the headline “The First Senator from the Tea Party?” Well, there’s no question anymore about whether or not he’s a Senator, but now that he is, he’s not so sure he wants to join…
While asset-hiding Wall Street traders perch on their windowsills waiting for the latest from WikiLeaks — which plans to soon release more than 2,000 secret banking records of tax-cheats — founder Julian Assange has bigger fish to fry.No, not the Swedish sexual abuse charges that have left him on house…
Since when did Miami become the Guantánamo Bay Prison of the animal kingdom? First there were puppy mills in Liberty City, then outrage over questionable conditions at Miami-Dade Animal Services. Now even the formerly pet-friendly streets of Miami Beach are looking menacing for anything on four legs. According to animal…
Dwayne Wade was forced to sit out thanks to a migraine, while Chris Bosh sat out his second-straight game with a bum left ankle. And so LeBron James was left to the mercy of having to rely on Mario Chalmers and Carlos Arroyo for support if the Miami Heat was…
Hey, what the f*ck you looking at? Yeah, Miami’s been ranked the fourth rudest city in America, what are you going to do about it little man? Yes, we just passed gas in the elevator, we aren’t going to hold the door open for you on the way out, and…
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In yesterday’s brutal police shooting, murderer Johnny Sims not only took the lives of some of Miami-Dade’s finest but also left four children without their parents. Detective Roger Castillo leaves behind a widow and three sons, while Amanda Haworth was a single-mother who’s son is now left without his family…
South Beach apparently has a hot new party it boy, and his name is former President Bill Clinton. Yes, Bubba hit up the town last night in grand fashion. First, he dined with Cameron Diaz and Alex Rodriguez at Prime One Twelve before crashing football loony Chad Ochocinco’s star-studded birthday…
When Roger Castillo and Amanda Haworth, two veteran officers on the Miami-Dade Police Department’s Warrants Bureau, approached a dilapidated duplex on NW 6th Court yesterday, they knew their target was a seriously bad dude. They knew he’d recently served time for robbery and selling coke, and that he was suspected…
Yesterday, Rick Scott fired up the ol’ Interwebs and announced his first inaugural “Twitter Town Hall.” Surprise, surprise! He’s just as evasive 140 characters at a time as he is in real time.Even still, the event was going just fine for the fledgling governor until one Tweeter called him a…
Four teenagers walking home from class at Miami Springs Senior High School were struck and injured by a careening, out of control car. The driver of the car lost control when he passed out due to some sort of medical condition. The incident occurred at West First Avenue and Ninth…
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