Interior Secretary Ken Salazar will be touring the Everglades tomorrow at the invitation of Sen. Bill Nelson. The day will kick off with a briefing on the efforts to trip and track invasive Burmese pythons that make their home in the ‘Glades Most of the snakes loose in the National park are former pets that were…
If you haven’t done so yet, remember: today is the last day you can vote for Best of Miami Readers’ Poll. This is your only chance to give a Best of Miami award to who you think truly deserves it. So vote now!…
Friday night comedian Mike Epps performed at the Fillmore and as usual, his raucous conversational comedy was hilarious and he had the crowd in stitches for the majority of his hour-long (don’t quote me on the length of time, thanks) set. He also dropped a few sexual pearls of wisdom…
I don’t hold personal grudges against many politicians. I mean, hell, I’d very much enjoy sitting down with George W. Bush for a chat and a game of Scrabble (if only because I know I’d win), but former Rep. Tom Tancredo, man, he’s a different story. This evil, mindlessly ideological shitbag never…
One of the pros (or cons) for sports teams in Miami on both the professional and college levels is that they often attract players who want to make their home in South Florida year-round. Yeah, there are the guys who just enjoy the weather or have family here, but like…
We’re not always up on the baby product beat, but we just came across Jaya Loves Tekeko, a Miami-based maker of adorable, organic baby accessories. The company, named for the designer’s two children, uses organic cotton, organic bamboo, and kapok in all of its products, and produces blankets, pillows, and…
While Jeb Bush excused himself from the Senate race after a few days of speculation, his endorsement could be a potential game changer in the Republican race for the nomination. So it doesn’t bode well for frontrunner Charlie Crist that Jeb Bush Jr. sent his support to Marco Rubio. Rubio mentioned the endorsement…
Psystar, the Doral-based shady maker of Apple clones, has filed for Chapter 11, according to the Mac Observer. The small company has been selling Mac clones — non-Apple computers that run Apple’s OSX operating system — and has been in a costly legal fight with the computer giant since last year…
OK, so maybe it wasn’t pure altruism, but Jose Canseco getting beaten down by a Korean giant almost saved Lindsay Lohan’s dad from the physical wrath of Riptide. Almost. In May, I wrote about Canseco’s boxing tour coming to South Florida, giving every resident with 50 bucks the chance to…
Local A Hialeah teacher admitted to having an affair with her 15 year old student. She took him on a sexy trip to Disney World. [NBCMiami] The Miami Circle may soon open to the public. [NBCMiami] The New York Times came down to Miami to get the reaction of Hispanics to…
Hot news Miami has, by some metrics, the highest health care costs in the nation, So the county unveiled plans for a new affordable health care plan that officials are not only calling “cutting edge,” but a possible model for nationwide reform. Dubbed Miami-Dade Blue, the plan would cost an average 35 year-old…
The cat killer of Cutler Bay is still on the run, and continues his spree. The Miami Herald reports that three more cats have been found mutilated in the past week. Police found two cats at Southwest 173rd Street and 88th Avenue and 165th Street and 92nd Avenue on Monday, and another around Southwest…
Marco Rubio’s modus operandi during his long-shot Senate bid seems to be to turn to the hard right any chance he gets. So, it wasn’t much of a surprise when he was one of the first wonks in Florida to get up on a shout box and paint President Obama’s…
Memorial Day weekend in Miami Beach is wild. In the last eight years, cops have made thousands of arrests. The craziness included: A double homicide outside David’s Café II, a mini riot on Washington Avenue, and smatterings of pro sports players who enjoy drinking too much and manhandling officers. (Not…
Earlier this year Men’s Fitness named us the fattest city in all of America. The American College of Sports Medicine decided to rate 50 American cities by levels of fitness. While we were spared the shame of being the most unfit city, we didn’t fair too well. We came in…
So much for the state Party’s efforts to playdown the importance of primaries during the 2010 election cycle. Attorney General Bill McCollum is the establishment favor to take the Republican’s nomination for the Governors race. So much so that it seems Agriculture Commissioner Charles Bronson was pressured out of the race, but the…
Don’t have Twitter yet but want to make your drunken cell phone-written ramblings available to the public? Well, luckily Txts from Last Night is here. The site collects weird, user-submitted text messages from anonymous sources only identified by their area code. I don’t know how you all have 305 cell…
Hopefully, the extra day off gave everyone enough time to recover from the mayhem the Memorial Day weekend brings to Miami every year. Not even the rain seemed to dampen the spirits of people looking to relax. There were plenty of things to do this weekend, so if the weather…
LocalSome of the bodies of victims of the capsized boat coming from Haiti two weeks ago remain unidentified, but the local Haitian community is making sure they all get proper funerals. [LATimes]Did anyone expect a business deal between an “aspiring movie star” on Miami Beach and Scott Storch to go well? Storch…
In his 17 years, Bryant Amastha has survived 56 major surgeries caused by a rare muscular disorder. So when he started rapping, he felt like he’d earned his nickname: El Valien-T. In March, the budding Reggaeton artist was looking forward to his biggest concert yet: a Coca-Cola sponsored stage at…
Miami’s an unlikely place for a pair of winter Olympians to end up. Back in 2008, a glimpse of bronze medalist speed skater Jennifer Rodriguez with husband KC Boutiette was a lot like spotting a polar bear in South Beach. The couple, who recently divorced, was one of the city’s…
Here is an informative and entertaining video explaining how we are all probably socialists for going to the beach all the time. Happy Memorial Day weekend. [Wonkette: Beaches Are Communist; Stay Home This Weekend]…
