In today’s roundup of all the horrible things that happened over the weekend: A teenage boy is killed while riding a go-cart on the street, an 18-year-old’s body is dumped on the side of a road in Hialeah, a new law bans adults from playgrounds, and five people are injured…
With a bumper crop of utterly shady rich guys threatening to run off with our Senate and governor’s races, it’s been easy to forget that South Florida also has open House seats to fill.But if political theater is your thing, do not ignore District 17. Eight Democrats are locked in…
“It’s not funny!” Dr. Paul Perito booms. “My devotion to this craft is not funny at all!” He picks up a penile implant and angrily waves it in our face. It’s a silicone rod the approximate shape of a conductor’s baton. Then Perito, a slick-haired doc wearing black cowboy boots and a…
Apparently, the Cold War is not what it used to be. First we find out that the no-longer-so-Soviet Union (aka Russia) still has spies in the U.S. but they are totally lame and shop at Costco. Now Cuba teams up with the Catholic Church and announces it will release as…
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Matthew Bellamy provided some, apparently, much needed catharsis for angry Cleveland sports fans Wednesday. He showed up at a Cleveland Indians game in LeBron James Miami Heat jersey and got booed out of the stadium. Now he’s telling his side of the story, and apparently fans weren’t the only ones…
Jorge Cantu and his productive bat and his Spaghetti Western movie villain facial hair were all shipped to Texas yesterday in exchange for pitching prospects Evan Reed and Omar Paveta. The Marlins will be paying $600,000 of the $2.2 million remaining on Cantu’s contract, because, well, these are the Marlins…
Dez Bryant was on the receiving end of Dolphins GM Jeff Ireland’s “was your mom a whore?” blunder. Trina, Miami’s greatest lady rapper, has certainly been called things a lot worse than a whore. (She is not. She is a million-dollar girl. For sure.) However, despite recent rumors, the two…
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You know Lisa Hayward? Of course not. She plays the Ann Curry part of newsreader on WSFL-TV’s fledgling, often-re-tooled morning show, which hardly anyone watches. Well, she crashed her car into a tree Wednesday night and was arrested with a blood alcohol level two times the legal limit…
Democrats love partying at the Fontainebleau. Bill Clinton held a fundraiser at the hotel’s club LIV earlier this summer, and President Obama, who’s no stranger to the megaresort, will return to town August 18. He’ll be on hand to raise funds for the Florida Democratic Party and give a boost to Democratic gubernatorial candidate…
Jeb Bush’s current full time job is denying that he’s running for president, but why won’t he? A certain camp of conservatives would love to see him run, and even some Democrats concede he could have a good chance. Well David Letterman, the sole remaining funny person on at 11:30…
In today’s round up of crime, death and other travesties: a woman is threatening to jump off the Epic hotel, a teen girl is gunned down on the street of Miami, Lobster mini season claims its first victim, and a police chasing involving three different forces ends in a shooting…
Today in obscure sports disputes: Fomer NBAer and current Guy Sometimes on the TV John Salley says former Miami Heat center Rony Seikaly cared naught for the postseason because it didn’t pay well. Seikaly doesn’t exactly deny that — but he does tell Riptide Salley is composed predominantly of fecal…
Whether or not we’d like to admit it, we’ve all been there. Moving to new cities and jumping head first into the dating pool isn’t easy. But we’re guessing the real trick is standing out. Cue SeeClaudiaDate.com. Claudia, a native Texan and recent New York transplant, spent the last year…
People in Cleveland are still pissed about that whole “LeBron James betrayed our town on a self-congratulatory, national live TV special for the Heat” thing. Jeez, come on folks, it’s been a full three weeks now. Last night a man wearing an official LeBron James Miami Heat jersey at Cleveland…
After two hours of discussion, the Miami City Commission this afternoon voted 4-1 to grant final approval for two skyscraper-tall digital billboards to be built atop a new parking garage next to the Arsht Center. Only Frank Carollo voted against the plan after expressing his concern that the commission considered…
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ESPN’s Arash Markazi went along for the ride at a party that Miami Heat forward LeBron James threw for himself at a Las Vegas nightclub last weekend that featured — among other things — scantily clad women, a crown-shaped cake, and a flying waiter. The account was posted on ESPN.com…
We are still in the news-hole hell of July, which means it’s cucumber season. Which means the Daily Beast keeps pumping out city ranking lists and we keep covering them. This latest lineup by listmeister Richard Florida isn’t surprisingl: Miami/Fort Lauderdale has more immigrants than any other metro area in…
A brawl between a CBS4 cameraman and police officers broke out today during a Miami City Commission meeting. Sources at the scene say that the cameraman — a large man in a red shirt — was hauled away in a cop car after getting into an argument with a police…
Joshuah Lamb, a black 14-year-old, sits in a juvenile detention center after beating up a 22-year-old white man for listening to music by rapper Gucci Mane. The attack was triggered because Lamb didn’t think white people should listen to rap music. Now the local State Attorney’s Office is deciding whether to…
