Party? Charlie Crist don’t need no stinking party. The first major poll conducted since the Governor announced he’d seek election to the Senate with no party affiliation is out, and Crist leads republican Marco Rubio by four points. Meanwhile, Democrats and their presumptive nominee Kendrick Meek are in deeper trouble…
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Former NFL linebacker Nick Rogers died in a car crash early yesterday morning at the age of 30. The Atlanta Constitution-Journal reports Rogers perished in a one-vehicle accident after his car veered off the road into a power pole in College Park, an Atlanta suburb. It happened around 1:30 a.m…
This morning, Gov. Charlie Crist announced the entire state of Florida should brace for the impact of the oil disaster in the Gulf of Mexico. Ecologists and residents are already preparing for the potential damage the oil could bring to the Florida Keys, and scientists continue to warn that even east coast…
Whatever the Miami Hurricanes road map is to get back to championship contention, it certainly doesn’t go through super-easy out-of-conference games (unlike, say, those Gators). The Miami Herald reports that the Canes are in discussions to open the 2012 season against SEC powerhouse the Alabama Crimson Tide in Atlanta for a…
During the closing days of Florida’s 2010 congressional session, Senators were fiercely debating a controversial bill that tells women and their doctors what to do with their bodies. Republican Sen. Mike Bennett of Bradenton was thinking about women’s bodies all right. Unfortunately it was because he was caught looking at…
Hialeah police got a call that a Farm Store at West 6th Avenue and 29th Street had been robbed.The police tracked down the suspect to a nearby residential neighborhood where a confrontation occurred. A police officer then shot at the suspect, riddling his green Nissan Altima with bullets.Police will not…
Like most things strange, there’s a booming market for Amazon Women in South Florida. Riptide came across the phenomenon back in 2008 when we learned: (1) Amazon Women are the size of NBA basketball players. (2) They get paid to make men feel small.(3)They hold private fetish sessions. Oh yeah…
It’s a travesty. An outrage. Mess with Jorge, Josh, or Freddi — but don’t fool around with Hanley.At 11 a.m. Tuesday, April 13, Florida Marlins wunderkind Hanley Ramirez awoke from graceful slumber to find somebody had vandalized three of his matching white vehicles parked in front of his seven-bedroom Weston…
Jay Leno and other celebrities were at the White House this weekend for the correspondents’ dinner, aka nerdprom. This is the event where the president and the press chummy it up and poke fun of each other for a couple of hours. Obama killed. Leno didn’t.That’s where the White House…
It might be a while before we get complete confirmation that Dwyane Wade will again sign on the dotted line for the Heat, but president Pat Riley has extended his own contract. No big surprise there, but he’s also open to extending his career as a coach. Watch your back,…
A lot has changed for the Orange Bowl since 1989. Back then, Jimmy Johnson was coaching the Canes, and they blew out Nebraska 23-3 in the game that year. That was when it was played in the actual stadium known as the Orange Bowl and before all of this BCS…
Poor traffic cone can’t get it up. Maybe it’s the pressure of being caught on camera. Don’t worry — we’ve all been there. Today’s photo comes from M Salup’s Flickr. If you’d like to see your photo here, join our Flickr group…
The Republican Party of Florida is acting like a woman scorned after Charlie Crist veered a little too far “to the left” for Tea Party activists’ tastes. So they sent him packing with everything he owns in that box to the left. But everything they bought — please, Charlie –…
Carlos Bertonatti will have to wait a few more months to face trial on charges of vehicular homicide and DUI manslaughter after a judge granted his lawyer’s motion for a continuance this morning. At an 8:30 hearing, Judge David Miller rescheduled Bertonatti’s trial to begin on August 2. Police say…
H. Wayne Huizenga built his billions from the ground up and eventually owned the Marlins, the Dolphins, and the Panthers. His son, Robert Ray Huizenga, didn’t seem to inherit much of Daddy’s ambition and was content to do things such as get drunk and boat all day. Now the younger…
Last January, we brought you the story of Omar Khadr, the youngest detainee and only Westerner held in Guantánamo Bay.The Canadian-born Khadr was only 15 when U.S. troops shot and detained him in 2002 on an Afghan battlefield. Khadr later confessed to throwing a grenade that killed one medic and…
Last October, teachers began to disappear from the white hallways inside Shenandoah Elementary School. Substitutes replaced them. Kids wondered what had happened. It turns out the teachers had checked into emergency rooms. Some couldn’t breathe, and several had pulsing headaches. Spontaneous nosebleeds plagued one woman. The reason, according to three…
Ever wandered around the great South Florida outdoors, spotted a strange looking bird but had no idea what it was, what it ate, or where it was headed for the summer–and really wanted to know? Well, now there’s an App for that. Audubon of Florida’s gone digital. They’ve launched an…
After Democrats shut down the body yesterday and hours of heated debate (during which young children were advised to leave the chamber) the Florida House has approved controversial language in a health care bill concerning abortion. During the debate, one member even inappropriately brought up the specter of the Holocaust.The…
The devastating oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico has concerned us, but we didn’t think it would actually reach the beaches of Miami and other east coast shores. However, a University of Florida oceanographic engineer says that the east coast of Florida is at greater risk than most of…
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