Imagine this scenario: A hurricane is about to pummel Dade County. Hundreds of thousands of panicked, jumpy residents sit on traffic-clogged escape routes, all trying desperately to get to safety. And now a simple question: Should all those people, even those without legal concealed carry permits, be allowed to carry…
Cedric Gervais lounges by the pool of his Biscayne Point bungalow in nothing but a pair of small white swim shorts and sunglasses. He is buff and bronze, with cheekbones like cliff ledges. House music ebbs and swells around him. It is 75 degrees and sunny. Add a couple of…
Guns are no longer just boy fun in Florida anymore. Woman now make up a higher rate of those who have concealed carry licenses than at any point before. Approximately one out of every four concealed carry permits are issued to women, and that translates to a whole lot of…
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Trina has basically become the Suze Orman of the rap game. “Da Baddest Bitch” broke onto the scene on a Trick Daddy track, detailing what she would do to “five or six best friends,” but the Miami rapper has since traded in her porno-grade lyrics for a new obsession: money…
Gay marriage isn’t legal in Florida, but apparently gay divorce is. Sort of. There have been a handful of Florida judges granting same-sex divorces in Florida that attracted little publicity. However, a new divorce case in Tampa seeks to dissolve not only the couple’s marriage but also Florida’s gay marriage…
How would you feel about police having secret technology that lets them track your exact movements via your cell phone without even having to get a warrant first? Well, it’s not a paranoid, PRISM-fueled conspiracy theory. It’s happening every day in the Sunshine State, where police agencies are using a…
Big bleepin’ happy birthday, Chris Bosh. In case you’re wondering how the most interesting man in the NBA celebrated turning 30, it began with a circus-themed party at downtown burlesque club E11even full of naked ladies, cigars, and raining money, and then continued Sunday with a game-saving, last-second block to…
There’s a colossal Russian-owned boat parked in Biscayne Bay, but don’t worry. It has nothing to do with the escalating national tension with Vladimir Putin. The 436-foot yacht belongs to Yuri Scheffler, a man who himself is no friend of Putin’s and who controls the Stolichnaya vodka brand…
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Richie Incognito’s strange public saga continues as he tries to make amends and appears to want to pretend that nothing ever happened. Last week he said he’d like to come back and play for the Dolphins despite there being little chance that’s actually going to happen. Early this morning he…
When Gov. Rick Scott’s campaign finance co-chairman Mike Fernandez resigned abruptly last week, he said he wanted to spend more time with his family. Insiders speculate he might have been frustrated with the direction of the troubled campaign. Yet, now it’s come to light that Fernandez was also upset about…
Ever ask for a raise before you’ve even started a job? That’s exactly what Erika Gonzalez-Santamaria did after she was offered a $71,850 gig as the new city clerk for Miami Springs. She accepted the job but asked for $75,000 and was granted that boost before she begins April 1…
David Beckham’s Miami soccer group has already made it clear that the southern tip of PortMiami is their preferred location for a new soccer stadium, and with the release of the first batch of artistic renderings this morning, it’s clear why. The stadium, as they envision it at least, would…
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Did former Miami Hurricane and current Tennessee Titan Adewale Ojomo not read that report that came out earlier this month about Miami’s sex industry? Doesn’t he know that the best prostitutes nowadays are found online and not the street? Apparently not, because he was booked into jail early this morning…
All signs point toward Floridians approving a medical marijuana proposal on November’s ballot, but the legislature could ease the Sunshine State toward some legalized pot all on their own during this month’s session. One measure, which would kick start research funding into medical marijuana and legalize a non-euphoric strain for…
To celebrate its 8th birthday, Twitter has launched a site that lets users look up their first ever tweet, thus pinpointing the exact moment when you became less productive at work. Twitter has been clogged ever since with people reliving just how bad they were at tweeting when they first…
On-demand car service Uber fought and lost a battle in Miami-Dade to ease restrictions that forbid it from operating in the county, so now the company has taken its fight directly to Tallahassee. Uber has enlisted a pair of Republican legislators to file bills that would override the local regulations…
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After checking into an Arizona mental health facility last month, Richie Incognito is finally out and talking to the media again. Last night he told WSVN that he not only wants to return to the football field next season, but he wants to do so in Dolphins teal and coral…
On Jan. 16, 2014, Heritage K-8 Charter School and three other nearby schools in Escondido, California were shut down for an entire day after very specific violent threats made online were reported to authorities. Police originally thought it was a local girl who made the threats, but after a long…
