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
Pit Bull Ban Spurs Dog Fight
The Buzz has the full list of members on the Bill McCollum for governor finance committee. It is a massive thing full of the state’s top Republican business men, lawyers, lobbyists and other assorted movers and shakers. Then again, what do you expect on a finance committee? Though, you might not…
Fifty-three precent of Latinas get pregnant as teenagers, with a birth rate among Hispanic teens ages 15 to 19 at 81.7 per 1,000 in 2007. Compare that to the birth rate of non-hispanic white teens (27.2 per 1000) and non-hispanic black teens (64.3 per 1000). A new survey released yesterday seeks to delve into the…
Today was Miami Herald’s parent companies McClatchy Co.’s shareholders meeting. The troubled newspaper giant — what newspaper giant isn’t troubled? — faces a tough road ahead, but all CEO Gary Pruitt had to offer was a slightly tweaked advertising strategy for the entire chain. According to Editor & Publisher, the…
The string of headlines involving several local busts of fraudulent HIV/AIDS treatment facilities milking medicare for money was no coincidence. Two years ago the justice department begin specifically targeting medicare fraud in the city. After success in Miami and then Los Angeles, today Attorney General Eric Holder and HHS Secretary…
Keeping with his eventual plan to turn Dolphin LandShark Stadium into a luxury football destination, Dolphins owner Stephen Ross announced today that all premium ticket holders will be provided with free, wireless, hand held devices during games. The devices (Dolphin Pods?) will provide fans with HD replays, alternative camera angles,…
The Senate voted against providing $80 million to shut down Guantanamo Bay 90 to 6 today. The move comes a day before President Obama is scheduled to outline his plans for what to do with the 240 terrorism suspects held in Cuba. The provision also temporarily barred the transport of the…
Here’s something you hopefully already know: CSI: Miami is not actually a very reliable representation of reality. No, and it’s not just because the Miami-set drama is actually filmed in Southern California. The Mayo Clinic analyzed date from CSI: Miami and its parent show CSI and compared them to actual violent…
The latest Anti-Crist ad from the Florida Democratic party is pretty damn effective, and you can thank whatever stock score they dug up for that. It’s that kind of music that plays in a period drama when a once proud girl from a Noble family falls on hard times and…
The picture of the 2010 races aren’t even in perfect focus yet, but that doesn’t mean it’s too early for a poll. Mason-Dixon unleashed their first poll post-Crist-for-Senate announcement, and things don’t look too good for the Democrats. In the Senate race Charlie Crist (with a 49% favorable rating) crushes his primary competition Marco Rubio…
You remember Bill Brasky, right? The guy whose friends are always hooking up in SNL skits to drink scotch and talk about the manly, insane stuff he does? Like: “He used to shoot whiskey in his neck with a syringe.” And, “We once had a bachelor party for Bill Brasky…
Severe depression and the Calder Race Course go hand in hand. If you’ve just finalized your divorce or gotten fired from the United States Postal Service, we recommend you take a trip to Miami Gardens and visit the dilapidated, smoke-filled stuck-in-the-70s environs where a solid majority of the resident addicts…
Local Father Cutié’s special lady pal issued a statement to the press letting everyone know she did not set him up. [CBS4] Miami-Dade teachers have agreed to two unpaid days off in order to help balance the district’s budget. [Herald] Ironically, teachers have to pay more to be certified. [CBS4]…
What do you call a 6′ 4″ basketball star who’s been eliminated from the playoffs, lost a long shot MVP bid, and is in the middle of a nasty divorce?Try SpongeBob SquarePants.The Heat’s own Dwyane Wade, clad in an ivory sweatsuit, used that pseudonym Tuesday (as if you could miss…
There was a very weird second last night when we thought about adding Khloe Kardashian as a twitter friend, just in case she broke any important Khloe and Kourtney in Miami news, but then we thought, “When would that ever happen?” Turns out it happened today. The sisters are currently…
Sometime there’s benefits to running for office even if you have a snowballs chance of winning. Take Annette Taddeo for example. The self made Colombian-American millionaire ran against popular incumbent Ileana Ros-Lehtnin for Congress last Fall. Though, she ran a surprisingly strong and respectable campaign that gave her a foot…
