When we see images of the oil spill ravaging the Gulf of Mexico we think about the economic devastation that could face our state and our neighbors, the havoc its wrecking for wildlife and the environment, and an industry we’re addicted to that’s run amok in corruption. When the editors…
In exactly what world are we living when the breakup of a hip-hop group leads to drama in a presidential election? Wyclef Jean is running for president of Haiti (which seems like a tough job considering he can barely run his charity, career, or personal finances), and now his former…
With the primary election just weeks away, even previously boring races are beginning to heat up. The battle for the Democratic nomination for attorney general is getting slightly crazy, with Dan Gelber and Dave Aronberg, both Florida senators, making lawyer disses. Gelber dismissed Aronberg as a “junior lawyer,” and now…
In today’s news roundup: A dead body is found in a truck, a teacher drives while under the influence of booze and Xanax, and those huge LCD billboards in downtown Miami have a long way to go before they’re erected…
If Riptide posts a blog, and no one comments on it, did it ever really get posted? Since Riptide would be nothing without them, here is a list, in no specific order, of this week’s best mouth offs…
Facebook — and social media in general — have been blamed for many relationships faltering. New technology has made it easy to catch someone cheating if the person they’re with uploads photos, updates a status, or “checks in” on Foursquare. But we never thought we’d hear this one: A guy…
Bill Clinton has been one of the biggest and earliest supporters of Kendrick Meek’s Senate candidacy. He’s been headlining fundraisers for Meek since early 2009 and is steadfast in his support. In fact, he’ll be in South Florida in a week and a half to campaign on behalf of Meek…
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Showtime has classed up its act lately with really great shows, not the least of which is Miami-set Dexter. Well, tonight the channel gets a little trashy with a new show called Beach Heat: Miami (apparently the simpler named Miami Heat was already taken). Unlike Dexter, it was actually shot…
The first challenger has stepped up to take on Rev. Richard Dunn, the city commissioner who, in order to get an appointment to replace the ousted Michelle Spence-Jones, promised to relinquish his seat in November. That pledge lasted all of a hot minute before Dunn changed his mind, but Alison…
Well, ladies and gentlemen, you missed your chance to see with your own two eyes Enrique Iglesias letting it all hang out on water skis. The star, whom we just interviewed in our latest print issue, promised the BBC in June that if Spain won the World Cup, he’d go naked skiing in Biscayne…
Forbes.com has decided to rank America’s “coolest” cities (and they don’t mean by temperature) using the decidedly square methods of polling. Miami made the top ten, so we’re not exactly complaining, but somehow our Sunshine State sister Orlando came in three places higher, which just has us scratching our head…
In today’s roundup of the woes of South Florida: An airboat accident injures a young girl, another Florida panther dies thanks to careless drivers, the father who beat his son to brain-death in a “boxing lesson” will face murder charges, and our old friend Principal “Eat Shit and Die” has…
Umpire Nelson Diaz escaped Cuba but now faces life without baseball
Rudy Moise for Congress: Another rich-guy candidate
LeBron might save Miami’s condo market
Penile implant king Dr. Paul Perito berates New Times
Five candidates you want to vote against
Former Miami Mayor Manny Diaz was noted for his strong advocacy for bicycling, and Miami Beach has just launched its Decobike bike-sharing program. This all seems progressive and positive, but is it secretly part of a larger plot to erode our personal freedoms, undermine the American Constitution, and promote the…
The Three Kings will begin their quest to utterly destroy all other NBA teams with their awesomeness in Boston. The NBA leaked parts of its 2010-11 schedule last night, and it has the Miami Heat opening its season against the defending Eastern Conference Champion Boston Celtics. And in a game…
In case you weren’t skeptical of Wyclef Jean’s soon-to-be official candidacy to become president of poor, earthquake-ravaged Haiti, the Smoking Gun just posted some documents you might want to take a look at. The IRS has hit Jean with $2.1 million in tax liens over the last three years, including a…
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