What the hell has gotten into Fidel? First, the long-time antagonist of Israeli foreign policy took a big whack at Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, demanding that he “stop slandering the Jews.”Now, in a new interview just published online, Fidel seems to flat out admit that the fruits of his revolution…
Pastor Terry Jones and his small Gainesville church known as the Dove World Outreach Center will continue with their plans to burn copies of the Koran, the holy book of Islam, on the ninth anniversary of the September 11 terrorist attacks despite a growing backlash and warnings from military leaders,…
Abdalaziz Aziz Hamayel, 23, a Palestinian national who had attended Hialeah Senior High, and Yanny Aguila Urbay, 24, who arrived from Cuba seven years ago, have been arrested on terrorism-related charges. The two were caught in a scheme to purchase more than 300 stolen weapons, including AK-47s, M-16s, and grenades…
Remember in Old School where Vince Vaughn’s character is helping his entire fraternity cheat on an exam by whispering into his shirt? Well, that kind of technology isn’t strictly for spy movies or Back to the Future anymore…
A new statewide waiting list for antiretroviral drugs is putting thousands of Florida’s poorest AIDS patients in serious danger, according to a top doctor at the University of Miami.The list is particularly devastating for Miami-Dade minorities, who are at much higher risk of contracting HIV, says Dr. Michael Kolber, director…
It’s not quite “retirement” number four for the Big Tuna, but Bill Parcells took one step out the door of the Miami Dolphins’ front office today. The team announced that the now-former VP of football will step down to a consultant position, while general manager Jeff Ireland will take total…
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The Florida Panthers, a professional team that plays a sport known as hockey, could make history this season! If they miss the playoffs, they’ll have the record for most consecutive seasons in the NHL to miss the playoffs. Ten in a row, baby!Yeah, the Panthers don’t have much proud history,…
Back in March, we were the first to detail local author Frank Owen’s charges that Gerald Posner had plagiarized dozens of passages in his latest book, Miami Babylon, from Owen’s 2003 book Clubland. The case opened the floodgates on what looks like Posner’s career-long habit of filching words and led…
Given Virginia Tech’s failure against Boise State last night, we guess it’s up to the Hurricanes to defend the honor of the ACC against a Top 5 opponent next week at Ohio State. We’ll probably go through the rest of the week with nervous optimism, but it’s nice to see…
It was a funny, inspired idea on the part of a few forward-thinking Clevelanders: Ship pallets of Cavaliers’ LeBron James jerseys — those that weren’t in flames — to Miami to give to the local homeless. But nothing is simple in the summer of LeBron…
A group of Ohioans has offered to send LeBron James’s former Cavaliers jerseys to the homeless of Miami, a purportedly generous gesture to help clothe poor folks. Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf has offered to build a mosque and Islamic cultural center in the proximity of Ground Zero, a purportedly generous…
Gainesville pastor Terry Jones has set off a firestorm by planning “International Burn a Koran Day” for September 11 to protest the “religion of the Devil.” As Jones posits on YouTube: “I mean, ask yourself: Have you ever really seen a really happy Muslim?”…
Twenty years ago, Michael Arciola was at the center of a firestorm in Lauderhill. The city’s mayor accused the then-41-year-old finance director of sexually harassing a clerk, a problem for which he’d apparently been reprimanded twice before.That fight is ancient history, but today it’s kicking up a fresh storm in…
Hed Kandi Lounge was supposed to be South Beach’s elite dance club, a classy refuge from Mansion across the street. You could go there and eat expensive foam — um, molecular gastronomy — and then dance to psychedelic Muzak — um, house beats — while sipping a $14 cocktail. Ecstasy…
The ancient Greeks dubbed it hubristic downfall. In Kingsland, Georgia, its simply called humble pie.Whatever the name, the Miami Central Rockets were served a full plate on Friday night in a last-gasp, 45-42 loss to Georgia state champs Camden County. The Wildcats won on a 28-yard field goal as time…
At first it seemed last night’s incident that closed down parts of Miami International Airport was an overblown mistake. However details are now emerging about the past of the man at the center of the scar. Dr. Thomas C. Butler was found with a metal container in his luggage that…
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Well jeez, we literally just got done defending the honor of “The U,” when this popped up in our inbox.Last time the Miami Hurricanes pulled off a shut out it resulted in an on-the-field brawl with cross town opponents FIU. Well, apparently during last night’s blow out of FAMU there…
The USC Trojans are currently under harsh sanctions (much to the ‘Canes benefit), and ironically Butch Davis, who once was charged with picking up the pieces of Miami’s sanction shattered program, is now feeling the fall out of an NCAA investigation at UNC. Sports oddsmakers are already wondering which program…
That poor, poor Paris Hilton. Girl can’t catch a break. Well besides those breaks she caught by being born a relatively attractive girl to a rich family and becoming world famous despite having little discernible talent of any sort. Just days after being arrested on cocaine charges in Las Vegas,…
Last night, a suspicious item located in the luggage of a Texas man caused four concourses at Miami International Airport to be evacuated as the bomb squad came into investigate. Now it appears the item was merely a metal canister, and the man was a 70-year-old scientist traveling to Puerto…
