Yesterday, real estate blog Movoto surprisingly declared Miami as America’s 10th smartest city, but you’d have to be pretty dumb to actually believe that. A new set of data from Lumosity.com actually declared the Miami-Ft. Lauderdale-Palm Beach metro area as America’s fifth dumbest metro area. Womp. Womp. See also: Miami…
It’s almost as if the school isn’t in the midst of a never-ending NCAA investigation. According to 24/7 Sports’ composite rankings of the major recruiting services, Al Golden has amassed the fourth best recruiting class for 2014 in the nation. The team moved up nine places since the last standings…
A man walks deep into the Florida woods, afraid, anxious, and armed with a video camera. He’s wearing two sting suits, a vinyl jacket, and leather gloves reinforced with duct tape to ensure that millions of yellow jackets don’t crawl up his pant legs or onto his arms, potentially killing…
In a major move toward gay marriage equality, the Supreme Court has ruled that the federal Defense of Marriage Act — which denied federal benefits such as social security survivor payments to gay couples — is unconstitutional. What does that mean for Florida’s gay couples? State law still forbids gay…
Everyone already hates Marco Rubio, from Tea Party activists who think his immigration bill is too liberal to LGBT activists who think it’s too conservative. So why not alienate Cuban voters too? This seems like a surefire way to piss off Miami exilios at least. Rubio now says Cubans’ 47-year-old…
The man charged with the murder of South Beach drag queen Wanda pleaded not-guilty in Tampa circuit court yesterday. Deandre Breshaun Tolliver, who appeared before Judge Kimberly K. Fernandez, was also charged with armed robbery in the first degree and armed burglary of a dwelling with battery. Although police believe…
People already want to know how the Miami Heat will go from “Re-Heat” to “Three-Heat,” something only three teams (L.A., Boston, and Chicago) have done. How will they keep the motivation at the same level it’s been during the past three seasons? How do they circumvent salary cap restrictions enough…
Talk about unsportsmanlike conduct. The Super Bowl Champion Baltimore Ravens threw massive shade at the Miami Heat today on their official Facebook and Twitter accounts by posting some selective side-by-side shots of the Miami Heat’s championship parade and their own Super Bowl celebration. See also: Miami Heat Championship Parade 2013…
Oh, you didn’t think that the Miami Marlins payroll could get any lower? Well, multiple reports indicate that the team is looking to trade away pitcher Ricky Nolasco, who is by far the highest paid player on the team. In fact the $11.5 million he’s making this year makes up…
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Project MPACT was supposed to keep Miami-Dade students from dropping out and joining gangs by paying them to build affordable, energy-efficient homes. You know, teaching them the value of good, honest work, like in “Stand and Deliver” or “Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit.” Instead, auditors and criminal investigators…
Marco Rubio is taking it from all sides this week. Today, LGBT activists are staging a sit-in at Rubio’s Tampa office. Tomorrow, he’ll face protests near the same office from Tea Partiers who claim his stance on immigration is too liberal and pro-immigration reform protestors who think his immigration bill…
Well, maybe he’ll have more time to watch Heat games. Less than a week after his NBA team won its third championship, Micky Arison finds himself out of a major job. Carnival Corporation announced today that Arison will be replaced as CEO by Arnold W. Donald. Arison has been the…
Two sisters from Miami-Dade were arrested at the same time for DUIs in the Keys on Saturday night. The catch: there was only one car involved…
In Europe, it’s not uncommon to sign promising kids to pro contracts well before their voice changes. Real Madrid signed a 7-year-old prodigy a couple of years ago, and Arsenal supposedly talked about giving a youth contract to former star Robin van Persie’s 5-year-old kid, the spectacularly named Shaqueel Van…
Prostitutes or students? Vulnerable victims or tech-savvy businesswomen? Whatever your opinion on sugar babies, there is no doubting one label in this part of the country: it’s popular. According to leading sugar baby website Seeking Arrangement, Florida coeds are taking up the profession like nowhere else in the nation. Forget…
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Remember how Miami’s tourism board last year put a pop-up pool in the middle of Manhattan? Well, this summer it’ll offer New Yorkers free rides in candy-colored high-end sports cars…
Knock knock. Who’s there? Ina! Ina who? Ina Propriate way to kick off perhaps the most controversial murder trial of the decade. Dude, seriously we’re all embarrassed for you…
Humans can find a reason to fight over just about anything, even something as basic as the proper method of preparing a batch of Kool-Aid. Brandon Antron Crosley, a 22-year-old man in Cocoa, Florida, was arrested last week on felony charges over just such an argument with his father…
When House speaker Will Weatherford last month blocked a bid for taxpayer-supported renovations at Sun Life Stadium, Dolphins owner Stephen Ross all but promised he’d find a way to have the politician’s job, ominously predicting that “this decision will follow Speaker Weatherford for many years to come.” Now it looks…
It’s been a good while since Fidel Castro had the chance to really poke a big stick into Uncle Sam’s eyeball. That’s why Edward Snowden, the NSA leaker on the run from espionage charges, might just be the perfect early 87th birthday present for El Comandante. Snowden holed up in…
