So the Herald earlier this week stopped its experiment with asking for online donations. Maybe it was a little too inside baseball for most to care about, but a certain vein of the conservative movement loves it whenever the “mainstream media” admits failure.As part of his ever-growing stable of Internet…
Apparently, the Hurricanes have brought on Richard Simmons as a uniform consultant, because during spring practice yesterday, the team sported short shorts that left little to the imagination…
If there’s one defining feature of the Tea Party movement it’s that members hate freeloaders who let taxpayers, the government, or political money pick up their expenses (read: welfare, the stimulus, bailouts, etc.). Wonder how they’ll respond to the revelation that their current poster boy charged personal expenses to a…
Ousted West Miami Mayor Cesar Carasa says he’ll run again — you know, when he’s not busy macking on Dominican girls and trying to sell them shoes. [Herald]Oh, look, local women have dreams of one day competing in Olympic pole dancing. [NBCMiami]Two women pleaded guilty for trying to rob an…
In 2003, a ragtag team of Colombian soldiers hacked through the jungles on a search for three American contractors who’d been kidnapped by FARC rebels. Instead of finding the victims, the soldiers stumbled upon an underground stash of rebel cash totaling more than $20 million. The American contractors — Keith Stansell,…
North Bay Village Mayor Oscar Alfonso cheated the IRS, the bank, and his city
Cocaine king Max Mermelstein came out of hiding for a screenwriter
The busiest gallery in Wynwood might be at the Salvation Army thrift store
Rapper Lyrikill.com’s publicity blitz has made him an enemy among South Florida TV reporters
Hummer, the gas-guzzling line of consumer SUVs that were almost as controversial as they were ugly, is dead. General Motors laid the money-losing brand to rest today after negotiations with a Chinese firm to sell the division fell through.This is horrible news for Horatio Caine, limo drivers who specialize in…
A trainer was found dead inside SeaWorld’s Shamu Stadium today.SeaWorld hasn’t released information about the incident, but a witness claims to an Orlando television station that she saw the incident.”Telly (the whale) took off really fast in the tank and he came back, shot up in the air, grabbed the…
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Yesterday, Massachusetts’ sometimes-nude republican Senator Scott Brown crossed party lines to prevent a filibuster of a democratic-backed jobs bill. His supporters and Facebook “friends” were not very happy about this: “You’ve already turned out to be just as big an idiot as Obama!” wrote one.Now, Florida’s temporary Republican Senator George LeMieux has…
The Miami Vice movie could’ve been as great and iconic as the series that preceded it. Instead it was met with decent, but not exactly enthusiastic reviews and managed to only get back about $65 million of its reported $125 million budget at American box offices.But if you thought it…
To loyal users, Yelp.com is a helpful way to find and share reviews of local businesses, but some proprietors claim the website’s practices represent something closer to extortion.Miami-based law firm Beck & Lee has joined a San Diego firm to file a class action suit against the company, according to…
Last week, ten naked people on Delray Beach attempted to arranged themselves in a peace symbol and take a picture. We’re not sure how much of an effect this would have had on world peace, but it seems like a fairly innocuous act of unrestrained hippie-dom.Maybe that’s because we live…
Just as it’s illegal to feed pigeons in certain parts of London, Miami now wants to make it illegal to feed homeless people in certain parts of the city.A proposed ordinance will come before the Miami Commission next month that would make it illegal for unauthorized people and groups to…
It’s bad enough to lose a game at home to a team riding a six-game losing streak. It’s quite another to get your ass pounded into a fine powder by a team with a 4-22 road record. But that’s exactly what a Dwyane Wade-less Miami Heat did last night, falling…
After a high-speed boat chase, U.S. Customs agents arrested seven people believed to be involved with smuggling humans and narcotics. One person was killed in the pursuit after jumping overboard to escape. [NBCMiami]A local company will donate 1,000 prefabricated homes to earthquake victims in Haiti. [Herald]A neighboring hotel complained that…
To the cynical of Miami who believe there’s nothing worth watching at the Winter Games, we humbly present Prince Hubertus von Hohenlohe … The Most Interesting Man in the World.German prince. Mexican Olympian. World-class photographer. Professional musician. Fluent in five languages. Heir to the Fiat fortune. As far as Riptide…
For the first time since 1972, a Cuban dissident has died after going on a hunger strike. Florida Congressmen in Washington denounced the death Tuesday of Orlando Zapata Tamayo, who stopped eating in December, and called on Obama to “stand in solidarity” with dissidents opposing the Castro regime.The U.S. already…
On Tuesday afternoon, four Cuban goombahs were halfway into the third round of their daily dominoes game at Macabi Cigar Factory. Heli Montoto slammed one of the white pieces on the table and taunted his partner, Jacinto Perez, “Put on your batteries, man.” The two had already lost two games…
