One day, when we are all living under the Sink administration –no, no, not just in Florida, but in the entire nation– we can look back at this Washington Post blog post as the first public utterance of a possible Alex Sink presidential run. Chris Cillizza isn’t saying Sink will be President, or…
So, listen. Riptide is really not interested in the break-up of Kim Kardashian and Saints Player Reggie Bush, but RadarOnline (owned by the same South Florida masters of the National Enquirer) is reporting that they’ve learned Bush might have been carrying on an affair with a Miami-based model. Funny thing is,…
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Things are getting heated around the ole New Times HQ. Last week, an unknown gunman capped 33-year-old Gregory Poux inside one of the wash bays of the Winwood Windwood Car Wash on NE 29th Street and Second Ave. Today, a disheveled middle-aged man tried to jack the Service Center –…
Every year divers start off lobster mini-season with the same thought in their head, “Let’s have some fun. Their meat is sick. I wanna take a dive with my tickle stick.” Unfortunately things always seem to take a turn for the deadly. Two divers have turned up dead. A 47 year-old man from…
After only a few months in existence, NBCMiami.com has already undergone its first complete redesign (as have all NBC local sites). It’s a curious beast, to say the least. Because the hallmark of the web has become “oversharing” and emotional indulgence, it only makes sense a news site would try…
Health-care humanitarian and FIU assistant dean Dr. Pedro José Greer will be awarded America’s highest civilian honor, the Presidential Medal of Freedom. President Obama today released the list of 16 recipients for this year’s honors, and it also includes Sen. Ted Kennedy, Desmond Tutu, former Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor, actress…
This arrest goes out to everyone who’s ever been ripped off on Craigslist. To the guy who bought last-minute Ultra tickets, only to find out at the gate they were fake. To the girl who moved in with a roommate who described herself as “laid-back and easygoing,” only to find…
The legal saga of Rooster-American Mr. Clucky went to court this morning, and he doesn’t have much to crow about. Clucky and his activist owner Marc Buckley have been South Beach fixtures for years, riding up and down Lincoln Road and even appearing on the cover of New Times. Problem is,…
Maybe you’ve never heard of Trevor Mbakwe, but he’s one of the best ballers in Miami. The six-foot-eight-inch forward dominated Florida’s junior college circuit this year, leading the Miami Dade College Sharks to their best season since 1983 — a 26-3 final record and a close loss in the state…
New York City’s Emperor Mayor Bloomberg will send some of his city’s homeless away to Miami, which is really what we need. [NBCMiami]The accused cat killer might have been interested in a plea deal before his attorneys got involved. [Herald]Two men pretending to be cops pulled a couple over, asked…
Anyone else bored with LA Lakers power forward Lamar Odom’s endless irresolution? I imagine he has a condo in Malibu right out of a 70’s fashion magazine–fireplace, hi-fi, shag carpet–and he’s just sitting in his egg chair eating gummy bears, playing eenie-minie-miney-mo, and listening to the Zombies:…
Hello, Kitty: I’ve been seeing a girl in Virginia who recently came to Miami for the weekend. She’s married but gives me the song and dance that she’s going to leave her husband because he’s boring, I’m fun, blah, blah, blah. Usually things are really cool between us, but this time,…
Bruno the Delicious: In Miami Beach, a gay porn star mans the desk at the Police Athletic League gym
The Mayor’s Little Helper: Spanish company Sinapsis Trading hires Mayor Carlos Alvarez’s campaign manager to help win MIA bid
Eat This: Former Golden Corral cook in Homestead files lawsuit against gay-bashing co-workers
The Fugitive: South Beach resident Sean Casey killed an elderly woman and fled to Chile; he claims a prominent lawyer urged him to flee
Million Dollar Maybe: Boxer Christina Swanson could be a champ again. Too bad few have the guts to face her.
Cocaine and Free Gambling at Gulfstream Park
All of these major grow-house busts that go down in Florida aren’t a coincidence. The Sunshine State is the hot spot for growing marijuana out of the sunshine, i.e. indoors. Time magazine just put up a story, penned by local journo Carmine Gentile, about the phenomenon. The main thesis doesn’t seem to…
Riptide hadn’t played videogames in years (except for a small descent into Katamari during college) until we recently got a Wii. Since then, it’s probably been way too much Lego Batman and Lego Star Wars. Obviously, our videogame taste hasn’t matured beyond when we played as a kid. Nonetheless, we’re actually kinda, sorta…
State Rep. Doug Holder filed a bill today, for the third year in a row, to ban texting while driving in Florida. We have a few questions. If we’re updating our Twitter status while driving, does that count? What about checking our email? Playing a game of solitaire? Can we take pictures on our…
