We’ve blogged a few times about generically named politician Bob Smith’s threat to run for Senate, but it seems we never got around to mentioning that he officially declared. This is probably because it doesn’t actually matter. Smith used to be a New Hampshire senator but then retired to Florida. He occasionally creeps…
Summer hasn’t even officially begun, but the heat is already reaching unbearable levels. Riptide sweated so much this weekend we are looking into Botox treatments. For those who were smart enough to stay near an air conditioner, here is what you missed over the weekend:Jazid’s 13th Anniversary PartyProving that a…
As New Times über-blogger Kyle Munzenrieder pointed out yesterday, the fact that accused cat killer Tyler Weinman joined the “Catch the Cat Killer!” group on Facebook suggests he was certainly aware of all the media hoopla over his alleged crimes — and perhaps enjoying it.Today, unidentified police officials told the Miami…
View Larger MapFifty-year-old security guard Chevor Wint was shot dead just after 10:10 Sunday night in the parking garage at the Earlington Heights Metrorail Station. Two suspects — either in their teens or early 20s — fled on foot and on a bicycle. One wore a white shirt and the other dark clothing. The…
Sometime after midnight this morning, police arrested 18-year-old Tyler Weinman at a party in Coral Gables for the recent string of horrific cat killings that have plagued Cutler Bay and Palmetto Bay. Weinman, who attended Miami Palmetto Senior High, is being charged with 19 counts of animal cruelty, four counts…
First the good news for FIU: There’s brand new school of medicine, which accepts their first class in August, just picked up a hefty $20 million donation from Herbert Wertheim. The donation was first offered 3 1/2 years ago, but he got in a little quarrel with former President Mitch Maidique…
The Herald says that Alberto Cutié is planning on tying the knot in the next few weeks, which I guess we should post about for page view reasons. The former Catholic Celbripirest will allegedly be hitching to his long time girlfriend Ruhama Canellis at an Epsicopal church. If you’ve been under…
It’s no secret that Florida’s got quite the greenhouse-grown marijuana industry. Our own Francisco Alvarado wrote about Florida’s pot-growin’ ways back in 2007, when the Sunshine State officially became the second-leading pot producer in the nation.Today, federal prosecutors announced the end of a statewide operation targeting residential grow houses –…
Sometimes we come across pictures of the day and our brain says, “Gee, this is really old and irrelevant, and really carries no news currency,” but our eyes say, “we likey!” And the eyes have it, so here is a picture from a 2007 party we found on alexdecarvalho’s Flickr…
Well, your bank account may already know this, but a new Wachovia report says that Florida was hit the hardest by the recession. Here’s your depressing factoids: Florida went into recession nine months ahead of the rest of the country.Excess real estate is more abundant then the rest of the country, duh. The Unemployment rate…
My, how sexual harassment claims have evolved. In the nineties, the headlines always went like this: Pretty Young Female Subordinate Sues Insensitive Boss. You didn’t hear much about the unfortunate boys who were groped, gawked at or objectified on the job. But check this out: A group of Miami-based litigators…
The Buzz takes there “5 Questions” video series to Democratic Attorney General candidate Dave Aronberg. The first few minutes are all blah-blah “this is why I should be elected stuff,” then some talk about who has the bumper sticker advantage (?), but then at the 3:22 mark Aronberg takes time…
A couple weeks ago, we brought you the story of Dahlia Canes and her fight to overturn Miami-Dade’s county-wide ban on pit bulls.New Times spoke to Miami pit bull owners about life under the ban, like “Jose,” a 25-year-old Mercedes-Benz employee who hides his dog in his room all day…
Despite sharing a border with Mexico, Belize remains Swine Flu free, and they’d really prefer to keep it that way. Royal Caribbean Cruise Line’s “Enchantment of the Sea” left port in Miami on June 8th, but by the time the ship reached Belize yesterday an H1N1 scare had broken out causing…
Up until now we’ve imagined the cat killer as an Anton Chigurh-like character solitarily roaming the streets of South Miami-Dade looking for his next victim, but CBS4 reports that now police think a team of cat killers may be at work. More than 60 tips have come into the Crime Stoppers…
LocalDetails of the last time the victim of the “body parts in the bay” mystery was found alive were released. [NBCMiami]Back in the ’90s a Herald reporter had a run in with the whack job who shot up the Holocaust memorial. [Herald]SportsUM Football Player Glenn Cook, who hasn’t played competitive…
When fans at the University of Miami’s Mark Light Stadium heard the first ominous tolls of AC/DC’s “Hell’s Bells,” they knew closer Kyle Bellamy would soon appear to finish the opponent with a dizzying array of sinkers and sliders. By drafting him in the fifth round on Tuesday, the White…
Ten days ago, Riptide broke the story that Dwyane Wade had filed a $100 million libel suit against former business partner and current nemesis Baron Richard von Houtman. The reason: a series of inflammatory emails sent to Miami Heat coach Pat Riley alleging drug use and domestic abuse by the superstar.Once…
Renters have revived the Miami condo bust, the Herald reported today. But we’re not really buying it. According to our favorite daily, 62 percent of new condos built since 2003 “are inhabited by humans.” When did that number become a good thing? And what about all the near-finished empty towers…
The pure creepiness of the Cat Killer is finally starting to sink in on me. Maybe I should have felt this way earlier. After all, this is a guy who goes around and kills cat for some sort of sick pleasure. After possibly butchering and desecrating the dead bodies of five…
The Herald hasn’t figured what to do with this internet thing anymore than any other paper, but they’ve taken a big step in the right direction by partnering with BlogNetNews to create a community blog aggregator.
Back in the glory days of 1913 there was a bridge between Miami and Miami Beach that you could safely walk on with out fear of being hit by the Bentley of NFL player. You might have had to dodge a few moguls in Model Ts though. The Collin Bridge…
