Ever wish you could find out if the stranger sitting across from you is a total scumbag? Well, Intelius, a leading information company, had a great idea when creating DateCheck, its first free mobile application. Intelius already specializes in services such as background checks, with more than 8 million customers…
As of noon today, Manny Diaz will no longer be mayor of Miami. The Miami Herald paints him as “a sober, patient reformist up to his elbows in the minutiae of turning around a troubled city” who enacted “an agenda of a scope unmatched by any other Miami mayor in…
Just a day after rumors made the rounds that the temporary hoops marriage of LeBron James and Shaquille O’Neal might come to an end next year, TMZ reports Shaq and his wife Shaunie are heading for splits-ville again.Shaunie originally filed for divorce in 2007 while Shaq was still playing for…
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Rakontur’s highly anticipated documentary on University of Miami football, The U, premiers on ESPN on December 12, and this latest bit of news has us even more excited: Uncle Luke has recorded the theme song.Luther Campbell, The 2 Live Crew rapper, was persona non grata at UM for a decade…
Depending on how much of a die-hard soccer fan you are, watching South Florida’s pro soccer team Miami FC’s front-office machinations can be more interesting than any of its on-field action. In its effort to survive, the club has tried everything. It’s signed the Barry Bonds of soccer — and…
All of Florida is wondering when Jeb Bush and Marco Rubio will come out and make it official. They are totally in political love, but why won’t Jeb put a ring on it by endorsing Rubio over Gov. Charlie Crist in the Senate primary? Years ago, things weren’t so hush-hush. During…
Google, what have you ever done for us? Besides search, free email, YouTube, Blogger, GTalk, Chrome, Google Docs, etc. That’s nice and all, but they’ve never given us a holiday present, until now. Google will be giving away free WiFi at some of America’s busiest airpots starting now and ending on…
Riptide sure hates when we forget where one of our building are. There’s always a bit of panic, and then we retrace our steps trying to remember where we left it. Was it in Kendall? No, how about Hialeah? Then we call up our friends, “Hey, Do you remember where…
The teen charged with the stabbing at Coral Gables high has confessed, but he didn’t even know his victim’s name, and the fight was provoked by a ‘bad face.’ [CBS4]A bicyclist in South West Dade was killed in a hit and run. [Herald]Tonight, MTV’s ‘The City’ comes to Miami. We’ve…
In January, New Times brought you the story of a handful of indigenous Bolivians who traveled to Miami to seek justice against two well connected former leaders who were in charge during a bloody massacre outside La Paz in 2003. The Bolivians claimed that former President Gonzalo “Goni” Sanchez de…
The photo of Calvin Kingcade, inmate 09-9975, shows a fit 25-year-old with a black eye, a broken jaw, and a mouth fastened shut with silver wires. He drools while he talks to his mom at Ward D of Jackson Memorial Hospital. After getting jumped at Miami-Dade Pretrial Detention Center, one-fourth…
Using your own two feet as your primary means of conveyance in Florida won’t just get you drenched in sweat most of the year, it’s also more likely to put you in the path of danger.According to Transportation for America’s Pedestrian Danger Index, the top four most dangerous metropolitans in…
This year’s fourth tweetup was a blast at Lucky Strike on South Beach, although once again, it was more like a rockin’ party than a proper tweetup. The cute and bubbly sign-in girls were just the start. It was a great time, even if we were all scattered about and…
Well, the ‘Tea Party’ is an official political party in Florida now. Orlando lawyer Frederic O’Neal registered the new party with the Florida Secretary of State in August, and serves as its chairman. “The current system has become mired in the sludge of special interest money that seeks to control…
What’s there to say about Miami’s win against Virginia? It was nice to see the Canes dominate a conference rival who deserved to be dominated during Homecoming, but otherwise *yawn*. Instead let’s bitch about polls and make wild predictions about bowl games!Those lovely AP voters and the BCS’s diabolical computers…
Hurricane Ida is heading for the Gulf of Mexico. [CBS4]A pilot is dead after crashing his small plane in the Everglades last night. [NBCMiami]PoliticsMarco Rubio’s record in the State House isn’t nearly as conservative as he’d have you believe. It’s almost like it’s difficult to be a true conservative in…
When Vontae Davis started off the game with a leaping interception that can only be described as Fuck Yea!, the consensus feeling was the Dolphins were going to make this one interesting. Maybe even pull off the upset. Alas, it was not to be. The Patriots were able to show…
When it comes to the drug habits of the rich and famous, there’s a thin line between hilarious and disturbing. Championship race car driver Mariusz Malyszczycki’s relationship with ecstasy is something closer to entrepreneurial. The Polish speedster was busted in the middle of a brazen plan to import a boatload…
When last we saw our Miami Dolphins, they were busy beating the bejesus out of the shitdipping trash-talking New York Jets, and silencing their shitdipping trash-talking fans in the process. It was one of the most satisfying wins in recent memory. Jason Taylor was able to talk some trash of…
When Miami sports agent Juan Ignacio Hernandez Nodar, 51, flew into Miami Friday after spending 13 years in a Cuban jail, he felt a bit like Rip Van Winkle. The small children he had left behind were all grown up and Miami had sprouted a new skyline.Hernandez, who tried to…
