305 Photo of the Day: You Spin Me Right Round Baby Right Round
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Showing 20769 - 20790 of 31939Rising Star Andrew Gillum, 31, Enters Race for Florida Democratic Chair
Florida Democrats desperately need a Marco Rubio of their own, and 31-year-old Andrew Gillum, a commissioner for the City of Tallahassee may be the answer. He’s not running for statewide elected office (yet, anyway), but has entered the race to replace Karen Thurman as the chair of the Florida Democratic…
Miami Police Benevolent Association BBQ Sucks, According to Some Guy Who Still Uses a Typewriter
Hell hath no fury like the typo-ridden scorn of a retired Miami policeman denied his franks and beans. At least, that’s the impression we got this morning when we looked in our mailbox and found a doozy of a letter to the editor.Apparently, the Miami Police Benevolent Association’s yearly barbecue…
David Arquette Tweets His Way Through Sad Midlife Crisis Outburst in Miami
Following his separation from Courtney Cox, America’s fourth or fifth favorite Friend turned cougar queen, David Arquette has developed a nasty habit of broadcasting his midlife crisis to the world. First he called into Howard Stern to discuss details of his sex life, and now he’s cut out the middle…
Police Officer Stationed at Schools Accused of Having Sex with Student
Willie Walden was co-director of North Miami’s Police Athletic League and a school resources officer who patrolled the campuses of North Miami High School, North Miami Middle School and several elementary schools. His job was to keep kids safe, but now the 48-year-old officer has been relieved of duties following…
Feeling Broke and Murderous? Try Whacking Some Lionfish While on Vacation
Just when you think God has forgotten about South Florida, he goes and completely makes up for it by sending hordes of hideous lionfish our way.We know what you’re thinking: But Riptide, isn’t that a bad thing?Not if you get to kill them with a clean conscience, dear reader. And…
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Class Action Suit Filed Against University of Miami for Racially Discriminatory Hiring Practices
The University of Miami touts its diverse student and faculty population proudly, but a new lawsuit filed against the school claims it practices racial discrimination in its hiring policies. Though, there’s no complaint that UM is judging applicants directly on the color of their skin, rather the school checks credit…
305 Photo of the Day: Y So Serious, Book Fair?
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Maintenance Worker Shot on Ocean Drive While Evicting Tenant
In today’s senseless murder news, a maintenance worker was shot dead while helping police evict a tenant from an Ocean Drive apartment in South Beach this morning. The shooter and a police officer were also injured, though neither seriously…
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Michelle Obama Visits Riverside Elementary — Hide the Cuban Food!
First Lady Michelle Obama is in Miami today, and she wants to educate young children on the importance of a healthy diet.Students at Little Havana’s Riverside Elementary will welcome Mrs. Obama and local area chefs at 2 p.m. to discuss what schools are doing to improve cafeteria lunch options.The school…
Hugo Chávez Annouces Another Run for President, Accuses Globovisión Boss Guillermo Zuloaga of $100 Million Plot to Kill Him
Brace yourself. This news is as newsy and shocking as it gets: Hugo Chávez is running for president… again.The Venezuelan comandante has been in office for 12 years and has said he plans to stay there — elections willing — for another decade. But Chávez made his plans for 2012…
Miami-Dade Plummets in “Most Dangerous Cities” Rankings
Miami-Dade County and most of its cities have dropped in the rankings on CQ Press’s “Most Dangerous Cities” list, which is considerably good news. Last year, Miami-Dade was ranked the fourth most dangerous metro area in America. This year, it’s only number 16, and no it’s not just because other cities…
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Miami’s Trending Topics Now Monitored by Twitter
Maybe it’s part of our city’s slight inferiority complex, but we kind of felt left out when Twitter rolled out the ability to view trending topics by geographical region earlier this year and didn’t include Miami in the trackable cities. Well, that great slight was rectified last week when the…
Is This Nike’s Hideously Teal-Heavy New Dolphins Uniform?
Like any good conspiracy, it started with a post on an obscure message board in the dead of night. “Apparently these are the designs for the 2012 season,” a poster named Xohmin wrote casually before dropping dozens of links to legit-looking but mostly batshit crazy uniform prototypes for every NFL…
Autumn Musical Festival Shutdown Spurs Teen Ravers to Riot in Downtown
Just blocks from the Miami International Book Fair, one of the city’s most highbrow cultural fetes, the Autumn Music Festival took place at Mekka nightclub and brought out the scourge of Miami: the out-of-control teen raver. As if AMF’s lineup of C-list DJs from genres that stopped being relevant ten…
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Sun Life Stadium & The Miami Dolphins: An NFL Distraction
When Darius Rucker sang the line, “I’m such a baby ’cause the Dolphins make me cry,” on Hootie & the Blowfish’s 1995 breakthrough song, “Only Wanna Be With You,” he may have been referring to the team’s 1994 heartbreaker against the Chargers. Then-kicker Pete Stoyanovich missed a 46-yard field goal…
Joe Sacco Tries To Solve a 54-Year Old Mystery In ‘Footnotes In Gaza’
Joe Sacco’s latest project – the 418-page journalistic graphic novel “Footnotes in Gaza” – was borne of an editor’s harsh cuts. Working on a project in Gaza for Harper’s Magazine, Sacco was amazed to learn that virtually nada had been written about the worst Palestinian mass killing in the region’s long…
“Half a Head”: The Police Report
Cops have a way with language. So when Miami police arrested the man whose extremely bizarre booking photo made him the star of Mugshots Friday, who was trying to purchase “street slang for vaginal” for $80 from an undercover detective, they didn’t hesitate when filling out the “unique physical features”…
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Archbishop Thomas Wenski Puts Himself Next to Jesus in New Stained Glass Window
Thomas Wenski, the new Archbishop of Miami, is no wallflower. He’s a Rush Limbaugh-loving social conservative who thinks using condoms is like playing Russian Roulette. He’s also a fierce advocate for immigrants and the poor. In short, he’s got cojones, whether you agree with him or not.New Times has been…
305 Photo of the Day: Three of a Grind
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Peter Dabish Sentenced to Life for Torture and Murder of Recent UM Grad Diana DeMayo
Twenty-three-year-old Diana Demayo had just graduated from the University of Miami with honors and had a bright future in front of her when she returned to her native Detroit and got involved with 24-year-old Peter Dabish. The privileged son of a cofounder of the national chain Powerhouse Gym, Dabish was…
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Kyree Wallace Arrested In Shooting At The Grand In Pot Deal Gone Sour
One of Miami’s classic condo towers, The Grand at 17th and Bayshore Drive, was rocked by a shooting on its 28th floor on Wednesday that left two men riddled with bullets. Now police have released their report: the violence started when a man tried to turn a pot deal into…