Tourists on Miami Beach during Memorial Day weekend are apt to shout, “Make it Rain,” which usually means wasting tons and tons of money. Despite your opinion on the weekend’s festivities, that’s usually a pretty good thing for the local economy, but it seems the weather gods have decided to make…
The Herald’s Marc Caputo was wondering if Dick Cheney ever crawled out of the hyperbolic chamber that keeps him alive in the torture dungeon basement of his demon castle, located somewhere southwest of Hell, and decided to campaign on Charlie Crist’s behalf in the Senate race, would Charlie accept? Slippery Crist, of course,…
Look, we know The University of South Florida is in Tampa, but it’s called The University of South Florida for Christ’s sake, so we’re claiming jurisdictional purview over the following video of an endless rain-delay danceoff that erupted yesterday between that school’s baseball squad and UConn. It’s Friday, Goddamnit…
The Miami New Times has a long history of disdain for former WSVN-er Rick Sanchez, but damn it if we’re not warming up just a tiny bit to the overly enthusiastic, Twitter obsessed CNN anchor. Now, we don’t love him nearly as much as the Red State Update guys in…
If politics really does come down to which candidate you’d rather have a beer with, then Bill McCollum’s candidacy might as well be dead on arrival. The guy has never really screamed excitement or personality, but that hasn’t stopped him from seeking stat-wide elected office in Florida now for four time (loosing two, winning…
Larry King has been married seven times, so excuse him if he forgot that one time when one of the wives told him, “Hey, I’m pregnant and probably going to name the kid Larry King, Jr.” The couple was divorcing so Larry thought the statement was just out of spite,…
Daoud Tafari emerges from his Liberty City home holding in each massive sweaty hand a glass full of a pink beverage and ice. It tastes a lot more… natural than pink lemonade. “Don’t worry about what it is,” Tafari orders in his deep, enunciated brogue, which sounds not unlike KRS-One’s…
Local Coral Gables-based Bank United collapsed yesterday in the biggest bank failure of 2009. The remnants were sold to an investor group, and all their offices should be open today. [AFP] A man tried to set fire to a synagogue on Miami Beach, but was caught on video. The suspect has been…
We don’t have to familiarize any locals with the wet foot, dry foot policy, aka The Cuban Adjustment Act. Any Cuban who makes it to American soil is allowed to seek residency. Well, not any Cuban migrant. Not if that Cuban is HIV+. From The Southern Voice: “Raul Hernandez, a gay man…
Florida Agriculture Commissioner Charles Bronson will not run for Governor. Not that any one is that surprised, since the state party and major fundraisers were already congealing around Attorney General Bill McCollum. Bronson had earlier claimed that since his name was displayed on every gas pump in the state it would…
When Charlie Crist stood on stage with President Obama in February I wonder if Crist had any idea that he’d actually be running for Senate. As a popular incumbent running for re-election the political risk would be lessened. Well, the risk of standing with a popular, newly elected president who won your state…
An undercover FBI sting unraveled a South Florida wing of the infamous Bonanno Crime Family, leading to charges this morning against 11 members who are accused of running a dizzying criminal empire.Allegedly, the men smuggled cigarettes and committed bank and mail fraud. They laundered money, sold drugs and extorted business…
We broke the news this week that the average cost of health care for a family of four in Miami was the highest in nation at $20,280, 20% more than the national average. So Time’s brave Tim Padgett takes a look into the state of the health industry in Miami, and…
Hello, Kitty My relationship with my mom has been strained ever since I dropped out of college to pursue a career selling jeans at the Gap. But not long ago, I lost my job, and she offered up her spare bedroom. I’m guessing that it was simply lip service since…
If you’ve gone to a toy store in recent months hoping to get your kid that lego set he’s had his eye on only to find it sold out, then went home and searched online to find it at a much cheaper price, well you might have Max Rodriguez to conversely blame…
Quick correction from yesterday’s post. This teal and aqua gadget is actually the thing Dolphin’s premium ticket holders will get to fidget around with during games. It’s the Gen III model of Kangaroo’s handset, with a 4.3″ lcd screen and specialized Dolphin’s branding. Sorry, no touch screen though. …
LocalJohn McCain gives his support to Charlie Crist. Do you think he’ll send Meghan to Florida to campaign and “get in touch” with “young people”? Please send Meghan. [NBCMiami]Two thugs attacked a man in a wheelchair and stole his necklace. The entire thing was caught on camera. [CBS4]The ‘North Dade…
About a month ago, New Times published a story about an 11- year-old preacher named Terry Durham. Newspapers such as the New York Times had already printed feel-good articles about the talented Margate boy. But after spending time with Terry and the people who raised him, we realized there were…
SoBe resident and Peruvian native Pablo Mejia has a plan for this weekend: Stay home and lock the doors. “It’s a black day holiday, as far as I’m concerned,” he says. “They steal; they destroy tables. It’s dangerous.” Mejia tells this to Riptide while hanging out in Flamingo Park on…
Things are bleak in the world of publishing. Quick-fix readers gobble up blogs instead of books, journalists curse the Internet and collect unemployment checks, and even Rolling Stone has been looking awfully anorexic. Evolution is a cruel and messy bastard. That’s why you kinda have to hand it to Mike…
Last week, Craigslist scrapped its “Erotic Services” category after one too many murderers used it to lure victims to their deaths. But petty criminals should not despair: There are still plenty of ways to skirt/break the law on the free classifieds website. Our hero this week shall be identified only…
Scenes from the Life of a South Florida Racing Greyhound
