The most famous author coming to the Miami International Book Fair this year is a guy so devoted to a good read that he refused to put down a children’s book even as the Twin Towers fell. We’re talking, of course, about George W. Bush, who will be coughing up…
For the first time since the revolution, the Catholic Church has opened a new building in Cuba. And none other than President Raúl Castro was on hand to help cut the ribbon, according to Spanish news agency EFE.During the inauguration, Havana Cardinal Jaime Ortega thanked both Raúl and Fidel Castro…
Gino Cabanas’s work of genius doesn’t pay
Allen West’s fellow Wheels on the Road columnists make an excellent brain trust
Dalai Lama’s Miami Beach visit irks condo resident
Homeless cabbies at Miami International Airport
Remember those rumors and reports saying the Miami Dolphins were interested in acquiring Randy Moss after the Minnesota Vikings released him? There were even reports the Dolphins contacted Moss earlier this week. LIES! ALL LIES!!…
Anyone care about the Marlins anymore? Did someone just raise their hand? Oh, the guy in the corner wearing an Ocean Conservancy Group T-shirt. Sorry, we mean the Florida Marlins baseball team, not the actual fish.Anyway, the Marlins have hired Edwin Rodriguez to lead the team for at least another…
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Voters in district 115 last night hired a man to represent them in the state house who had previously been fired by none other than Donald Trump. Yes, with the election of Jose Felix “Pepi” Diaz, Florida’s legislature now includes a former reality TV contestant. At least he starred in…
In the world of professional sports it’s a rarity when a hometown boy gets to play on his city’s professional teams. Mack Lamb was the first Miami native to ever suit up in the aqua and orange and remained in the community ever since. He passed away recently at the…
The Florida Democratic Party has nearly 600,000 more registered voters in the state than the Republicans, yet last night they failed miserably in delivering on a single important race. Their Governor candidate lost to a man who ran a company involved in the biggest Medicare fraud case in American history…
Imagine Celia Cruz or Bob Marley’s ghost appearing on stage, right in front of you, and performing in all their holographic glory, real as if they were still alive.Sound far-fetched? Media Stage, a South Florida audio, visual, and lighting production service, teamed up with UK-based Musion to bring the first…
In almost any other year Alex Sink probably would have scrubbed the floor with Rick Scott. Instead this morning she issued her concession speech. With a margin currently less than 80,000 votes it appears that Rick Scott, the man who ran a company convicted of defrauding Medicare, is set to…
Good ol’ Michael the Black Man — he should fit right in with the apocalyptic feel of this morning’s news. The former cult member, who once was charged with cutting somebody’s head off and led a group interrupting an Obama speech with signs bearing such slogans as “Obama is endorsed by…
Ever since “The Decision,” many a pundit or has-been player has weighed in on LeBron James’s controversial move to the Miami Heat.But their critiques have largely been air-balls, lacking in aim and precision. For God’s sake, the national media treated Charles Barkley like the Oracle of Delphi on the issue…
Marco Rubio is running for president in 2012. It’s not official, of course, and maybe even Rubio himself hasn’t decided whether to seek the highest office in the land. But at the raucus party tonight at the Biltmore, it sure seemed like Rubio’s next campaign just began.There weren’t 300 media…
Will Florida gets its first female Governor? Will the country’s first female Speaker of the House be forced to turn in her gavel? Will Kendrick Meek somehow shock the world by winning? Did anyone bother to get to know enough about the CFO race to bother voting? Join us tonight…
Any University of Miami alumni traveling back to Coral Gables this weekend to catch the homecoming game against Maryland won’t see Canes colorful QB Jacory Harris in action. Instead, they’ll get a peek at the Canes’ future when true freshman Stephen Morris takes control of the Miami offense…
We complained when the national media jumped on the minor “iCheat” flap in the Florida governor’s debate that they just hadn’t been paying as much attention as they should to Sunshine State races. There are a lot of interesting stories here, dammit! A three-way Senate race with a Tea Party…
Janine Shaw, a 43-year-old mother of three competes in the 70.3 Ironman Miami held this weekend…
Let’s not be cynical. We don’t know who will win the Florida race for U.S. Senate (so please go out and vote), but polls indicate Marco Rubio is the favorite. If he emerges victorious, it will be only a matter of time before speculation about a 2012 presidential run begins…
