So Joe Carollo never did make that last-minute, dramatic entrance into the last mayoral race, but one of Miami’s most colorful former mayors is apparently gearing up for a return to elected office.According to Naked Politics, he has his eyes on a state Senate seat in District 36. But he’d…
In 2008, a New Times investigation brought you the story of the growing problem of South American gangs targeting local jewelers in violent robberies. “Highly organized South American theft gangs” are targeting local merchants, we wrote, employing “sophisticated surveillance and commando-style assault tactics.” The gangs struck again two weeks ago,…
Since 1980, the Pro Bowl has been played in Hawaii, and because our 50th state doesn’t have a team of its own, it’s been a nice opportunity for locals to catch some NFL action, even if the players don’t typically bring their best game. But this year’s Pro Bowl will take…
Has anyone thought Florida’s cold snap is the physical manifestation of the cold glare Hillary Clinton is sure to have shot Sen. Bill Nelson when she learned that while publicly supporting her in the Democratic primary, he was privately urging Barack Obama to run? The revelations in Mark Halperin and John…
Police are searching for a new person of interest in the murder of Paula Sladewski, the aspiring model who was found burned to death in a dumpster in North Miami-Dade after traveling to Miami for a Lady Gaga concert New Year’s Eve.Surveillance video from that weekend shows Sladewski leaving Club Space alone…
Last Wednesday, the early contender for young 2010’s most senseless murder of the year went down at the People’s Self-Storage on NW 79th Street. Just after 12:30 in the afternoon, a 55-year-old Haitian-American woman named Joslin Augustin visited the center to pick up some blankets and warm clothes she’d stored…
A family brought a charcoal grill inside to keep warm. They had to be treated for carbon monoxide poisoning. [JustNews] A 9-year-old girl and her stepfather were found shot to death in their apartment. Police believe it could be a murder-suicide. [FoxNews] Today’s 36-degree temperature is record-breaking. [CBS4] A former…
For years Publix has been giving away free calendars to its costumers as a simple little thank you. This was nice and all until Jeff Katz and Joyce Kaufman, conservative blowhards on 850WFTL, complained that December 7th was marked as Islamic New Years, and not as Pearl Harbor Day. That’s…
Is that all Nick Saban wanted? A statue? Because, the former Dolphins coach is actually going to get one in Alabama after leading the Crimson Tide to a BCS Championship. We could have erected a statue of you Saban! You didn’t have to sneak out of town with your lying…
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Riptide is wearing flip-flops today just because we can. It’s 73 degrees out and beautiful after a long, horrible week of prolonged cold. Our winter wardrobe — some hoodies and sweatpants — is in serious need of laundering, and we are really enjoying this T-shirt weather. Alas, the gods of…
Fergie is really taking her investment in the Miami Dolphins seriously, and out of all the team’s celebrity co-owners, she seems intent on pumping up the fans the most. Here she is bouncing around in white, aqua, and orange to the Black Eyed Peas’ not-at-all-annoying “Boom Boom Pow.”I guess this…
Miami has never been a huge college basketball town. There was a bit of buzz when FIU reeled in Isiah Thomas, but they’re off to a 5-13 start. Sorry Zeke, maybe things will turn around when you can make an impact on recruiting.Then you’ve got the Miami Hurricanes. Overshadowed at…
Tourists may be taunting locals’ dramatic reaction to the recent chilly weather, especially if they’re from a part of the country where it really is below freezing now. But no matter where you’re from, it’s been a little too cold and windy to put on your swimsuit, slather on the…
Dennis Morales, Mayor Alvarez’s chief of staff, is out and heading back to his old job in the police department. [CBS4]Miami-based home builders Lennar posted their first quarterly profit since 2007/ [WSJ]Bail has been set at $210k for the “Kill all Jews” guy. [CBS4]A local gym holds aerobics classes for…
Beautifulpeople.com is so exclusive, it recently gave the boot to 5,000 members who popped a few buttons after indulging too much over the holidays, according to sources buzzing all over the web — from Techcrunch to the New York Daily News.The skinny ones on the site weren’t happy with the…
Just when you thought Florida would never legalize marijuana, the folks over at Moha Super market go and prove you wrong. Smokers Behold: Miami’s very first pack of rolled ganja cigarettes. New Pot! Oh, man. It almost seems too good to be true. Like it could even be a mistake!…
Take a look at this rendering of what the Dolphins have in mind for stadium upgrades? Pretty nice isn’t it. Miami has been put on notice that unless they make serious upgrades to Dolphin Stadium, we might lose out on opportunities to host future Super Bowls that pump hundreds of…
Paula Sladewski regularly sent text messages to a former boyfriend that boyfriend Kevin Klym was trying to kill him, according to her Stepfather. Richard Watkins, the stepfather, spoke to FoxNews.com and says that since her body was found burned in a dumpster in north Miami-Dade, he’s been in contact with…
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Fans of Miami FC can breath a sigh of relief: the team will indeed play this year. The future of Miami FC and second tier soccer in America was called into question when a group of USL teams led by Miami FC’s owner, Traffic Sports, split off to form a…
