At this point, it’s probably optimistic to say there are more than 100 Florida panthers left in the wild. Especially considering as many as 17 of them were killed by drivers last year, according to the Defenders of Wildlife. That eclipses 2007’s record of 15. The 16th dead panther was found…
Whether you like it or not, South Florida is home base for two of America’s most influential conservatives. You’ve got the reclusive Matt Drudge, who takes time out of listening to Junior Vasquez records somewhere in Miami Beach to update the DrudgeReport, and you’ve got Rush Limbaugh, who takes time…
Two thousand nine is history, so it’s time to look forward to a busy year of conferences and events. Here are a few to consider:Social Media Conference, a business event for the social media industry, comes to the Miami Beach Convention Center January 27-29.BarCamp Miami, a gathering of geeks to…
Normally, the sale of a parking lot shouldn’t be newsworthy, but when it combines the real estate boom in downtown Miami and the decline of the printed press, it’s worth taking note. The Miami Herald this morning reported the complicated sale of its parking lot to developers could drag on for another year…
Well, there’s one Miami football team that’s still in the playoff hunt: the Lingerie Football League’s Miami Caliente. With a 2-1 record and an upcoming game against the Tampa Bay Breeze, the Caliente could find themselves in Lingerie Bowl VII. Unlike last year’s debacle in Tampa Bay, South Florida has…
It was a microcosm of an entire season. As with every game, the Miami Dolphins were kicked in the teeth while they fought tooth and nail to make a game of it but falling short in the end. Even after losing both their first- and second-string quarterbacks, the Fins were…
Last week, the U.S. narrowly avoided a terror attack from a Nigerian man flying from Holland and acting on orders from Yemen-based terrorists. For counterterrorism experts, there was only one logical response: ironclad new security rules for Cuban travelers. Say whaaaaaa? OK, geography might not be a strong suit at TSA headquarters…
You’re right — it is really cold out. In fact, it’s the coldest cold snap in about a decade. [Herald]Paul Michael Merhige, the man alleged to have killed four family members during a Thanksgiving massacre, was found in a motel room in the Keys thanks to a tip from an…
Rising up from a rather sleepy 2008, 2009 was a banner year for social media in Miami. Heck, social media became so important, the Miami New Times decided to hire a local freelance writer to dish on the scene! Here’s an overview:1. ClubsSocial Media Club South Florida covered the gamut…
We are the paper that will put a ball gag in your mouth and slap you onto the cover. We get ragged on about the pros advertising in the back of our book and the smutty things we sometimes document within our pages, but with Magic City Kitty, you guys…
Riptide put up somewhere in the neighborhood of 3,000 posts this year, so before we get started on writing 3,000 more it’s time to sit back and look at some our successes: Our top ten posts by pageviews.Yeah, it’s a collection of slightly seedy stuff, with abortion doughnuts, rape tunnels,…
Miami 2009: The seven signs are in place that the End Times are nigh
Firearms and a parrot stolen from a South Beach apartment
Miami’s Dirty Dozen 2009
Fort Myers rapper Plies got criticized for tossing $50,000 into a crowd at a concert held by Atlanta radio station Hot 107.9 this summer.At the station’s recent holiday concert, he returned, but this time instead of setting off a mellee after making it rain he brought one lucky fan onstage…
Not that anyone really pays attention, but Miami FC has been playing in the United Soccer League since the team’s founding in 2006. USL was the second tier in America’s soccer pyramid, but since, unlike other countries, there’s no promotion or relegation, they’re basically the minor league to America’s most…
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The models that populate South Beach, or used to anyway, are usually alien looking wisps of girls. But other parts of the 305 celebrate ladies with a bit of curves, so leave it to a Miami-born model to be leading the way for plus size girls in the world of…
You know what’s fun about Republican Party of Florida Chairman Jim Greer at this point? No one likes him. We could call him “a fat, pompous windbag whose skills at leading his party is only rivaled in the terribleness department by his skills at singing Elvis songs,” and the only…
CocoWalk, the crown jewel of downtown Coconut Grove, has been hit with a $98 million foreclosure lawsuit filed by Bank of America, putting the future of the shopping, dining, and entertainment center into question. CocoWalk was bought by PMAT Real Estate Investments, a New Orleans-based firm, in 2006. But according…
Be warned. If you attend either of Lady Gaga’s concerts at the James L. Knight Center tomorrow or Sunday, or her New Year’s Eve party at the Fontainebleau, your soul will be doomed to eternal damnation by an angry God who simply does not care for Gaga’s fashion sense or…
