Update: The commission has unanimously passed the resolution. As David Beckham and his partners quietly line up their next site for a Major League Soccer stadium in Miami, the county commission is likely to throw its support today behind a temporary home field: Florida International University. The commission will vote…
When did you last travel to Cuba?” the man demanded. “And when was the last time before that? And before that?” The questions cut through the decades. The room was bigger now. The windows were no longer barred. Men in suits had replaced soldiers in fatigues. And the crackle of…
For months, tempers in Overtown have been simmering. Residents complain they’ve been cut out of the nearby Miami Worldcenter mega-construction project. Meanwhile, developers have begun to swoop in, evict tenants, and demolish apartment buildings in anticipation of the neighborhood’s gentrification. This past weekend, that anger seems to have ignited. Construction…
Do you think you have the worst boss in the world? More than likely, that’s probably a bit of an exaggeration — unless you worked for Wilda Rodriguez, Victor Cabrera, and Teresa Ramirez. The three were managers at the former Airbus Alliance LLC and were recently ranked 64th on eBossWatch’s…
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Most Dolphins fans were left shaking their damn heads last night after their archrivals, the New England Patriots, collected yet another Lombardi trophy. To make matters worse, Pitbull, Flo Rida, and Rick Ross, Miami’s three biggest rappers at the moment and all supposed Dolphins fans, decided to spend last night…
Some South Florida massage therapists are dealing with a headache that no back rub will fix. That’s thanks to a new state law mandating that, by January 31, all licensed massage therapists in Florida submit to a criminal background check if they want to continue practicing. The law was designed…
After a long quiet period, David Beckham last week revealed that his group of investors in a Miami Major League Soccer team is “pretty close to announcing certain things and then the stadium will come after that.” Rumors are that Beckham and his group are nearing a deal to secure…
Three full seasons after moving into a ballpark financed by a deal many experts still consider the worst ever for local taxpayers, the Marlins are still haggling with Miami-Dade County over the final bill for their Little Havana boondoggle. The latest report from county auditors says the Fish submitted millions…
National attention on the Miami Heat has settled down this season without LeBron James around, but that hasn’t stopped TNT’s resident loudmouth from finding new and innovative ways of picking on the team. Yesterday, Dwyane Wade earned a berth on the All-Star roster for the 11th consecutive season. Barkely, naturally,…
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The Miss Universe pageant may have given international exposure to the city of Doral (despite technically not being held there), but the back-and-forth between the city government and Donald Trump has certainly given local exposure to how odd local politics can be. Just a few weeks after publicly declaring that…
County leaders announced plans to raze the projects and build new housing on the spot – but there is reason to be skeptical.
A lot of weird things happen in Florida. We’re here every Friday morning to give you the week’s weirdest…
Critical Mass returns to Miami tonight in what is sure to be an especially emotional ride. Last week, a local cyclist was killed and another seriously injured in the latest hit-and-run on the Rickenbacker Causeway. The deadly accident was the fourth on the bridge linking downtown to Key Biscayne in…
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Kerry Pierre appears to be artist Romero Britto’s scariest fan. The 33-year-old has been arrested twice in the past seven days for allegedly harassing the artist and his staff at Britto’s Lincoln Road studio. In fact, Pierre has a history of stalking and harassing Miami’s most notable pop artist that…
Granted, New York was in the midst of a blizzard, but Howard Stern didn’t seem too keen on his home base for the past 30 years. On Monday, the shock jock opined that he wished he could move his entire show to Florida and that, in fact, he just kind…
In Venezuela, all eyes are on a security expert named Leamsy Salazar. Salazar once worked on the personal detail of Diosdado Cabello, the second-most powerful politician in Venezuela — that is until he bolted for Washington, D.C. Now, rumor has it that Salazar is about to finger Cabello as the…
When police pulled Orin Tong over during a narcotics sweep yesterday and found ecstasy pills in his car, police say he quickly fingered his source: his own daughter, Mariah. The cops got a search warrant, went to the Tongs’ nearby home in Little Haiti, and inside found a full-on grow…
Despite popular misconception, it does occasionally get certifiably cold in Miami. Sure, not freezing, or even snow-producing, but it gets cold. This, of course, happens rarely, even in wintertime, so when a cold front does hit, Miamians tend to lose their damn minds. Here are a few things that happen…
In 2009, President Barack Obama promised to close the detention center at Guantánamo Bay, but he still hasn’t quite gotten around to it. Now he has an even tougher and possibly more controversial decision to make. Cuban President Raúl Castro has demanded that in order to officially normalize relations between…
