Miami is far from what you think of as a traditional college town, but the American Institute for Education Research thinks it’s a fine place to attend school. So fine they’ve named South Florida to their list of 75 Best Cities for College Students…
Back when we first picked up on the story of Dove World Outreach Center’s planned “International Burn a Koran Day,” back before it had become a media spectacle, we mused, “The Westboro Baptist Church currently holds the title of most insane thing purporting to be a Christian church in America, but…
Yesterday was the start of the High Holidays for the Jewish faith. Dubbed “Rosh Hashanah” (meaning “Head of the Year”), most Jews have now begun their 10 days of repentance leading up to Yom Kippur. Since we always have tech on the brain, it got us thinking: What technological advances…
The last time Riptide had the footballs to run a preview of a Miami Central game, the Rockets lost on the last play of the game to a burly Camden County team that — by the looks of it that night — snorted Smokey and the Bandit’s ashes just before…
What is up with El Comandante these days? Have Fidel Castro’s handlers been slipping amphetamines into his banana pudding? Take a look at the rampage he’s been on in the last month or so:…
The tiny Gainesville, Florida, Dove World Outreach Center ignited an international controversy when they announced plans to burn Korans on the ninth anniversary of September 11. The story stirred the same strong feelings surrounding a planned Muslim community center near Ground Zero. Both stories tested America’s first amendment rights of…
Yesterday we noted Alex Sink’s tricky new TV ad that put distance between her campaign and President Obama. Today on MSNBC, she explicitly sided with Republicans against Obama on the issue of permanently extending all of the “Bush Tax Cuts.” She claims they help small businesses, but the fact remains…
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First Cubans broke Miami, then they fixed it up better than it was before, says globalization expert Saskia Sassen. Now, she says, Miami is a model for cities around the globe.”Before the 1990s, Miami was sort of a dreadful little spot, frankly,” Sassen tells Foreign Policy magazine. “There was lots…
An accident straight out of a Michael Bay movie has temporarily shut down a portion of Krome Avenue in both directions. At least three motorcycles collided with a tractor trailer. Luckily, a nearby helicopter landed near the scene, and a man jumped out of the chopper to administer CPR to…
We were just mentioning that the University of Miami football players have kept their arrest records clean, but we’ve just been alerted that there’s an all points bulletin put out by the fashion police out for the arrest of ‘Canes star QB Jacory Harris for graves crimes against style. The…
The University of Miami football players have cleaned up their act in a big way, but every once in a while another of the school’s sports’ athletes keep the “Thug U” image alive. Last night, 19-year-old Frankie Ratcliff, a freshman on the school’s storied baseball program was arrested for trying to…
Jeffrey Goldberg, a writer for The Atlantic Magazine, has been busy this week dominating the the Miami Herald’s front page with strategically released scoops from his extraordinary interview with Fidel Castro — the first given to an American since el commandante’s grave illness four years ago. So far he’s dropped…
What’s Dwyane Wade’s kryptonite? Other than the occasional New Times feature, of course.Dwight Howard and Shaquille O’Neal, two seven-foot hulks with firm Floridian ties, have, in recent years, been involved in a weird war of words (mostly Shaq’s) concerning who has rightful claim to the nickname Superman. This is the…
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CNN and Time magazine just released the latest poll in both Florida’s Gubernatorial and Senate races. While the poll conducted by Opinion Research shows Democratic Alex Sink with a surprising and comfortable seven point lead over Republican Governor candidate Rick Scott, the poll still shows Marco Rubio and Charlie Crist in a…
To be honest, we’re more shocked that someone found a basement in Miami than an illegal grow house. Yes, last week, Miami-Dade Police found a home with a makeshift basement that served as a grow house…
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