305 Photo of the Day: This Seems Hygienic
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Showing 13751 - 13772 of 31945Florida Teacher Fired for Bikini Model Side Gig
Olivia Sprauer was teaching high school students English during the day but pursuing some eye-popping extra curricular activities of her own once school let out. The 26-year-old Martin County High School teacher was relieved of duty late last month after the school’s principal discovered she had a side gig as…
An Open Letter To Francis X. Suarez: For God’s Sake, Hire a Speechwriter
Dear Francis X. Suarez, It was with great optimism and endearing faith in the potential of our elected politicians that I clicked on your recent “Open Letter to Miami” in the Huffington Post. Then I read this sentence: “With our magical coast and most enviable weather, a patch work of…
Marlins in the Midst of An Amazing Non-Sucking Streak
The Miami Marlins have recently shocked the sports world by going on a breathtaking run in which the team has not completely sucked. A team that started of the season with just five wins in their first 24 games suddenly can now be described with such high praise as “competent,”…
Colombian ‘Nuns’ Caught Smuggling Four Pounds of Cocaine in Their Habits
The authorities are onto your old cocaine-stuffed-into-coconuts routine. Your drug subs have been getting busted by the Coast Guard at an alarming rate. Even disguising pounds of cocaine as a replica World Cup trophy didn’t work out so well last time you tried. So if you’re a Colombian cartel boss,…
Best of Miami Readers’ Poll: The Final Round Is Open for Business
One month ago, we put out the challenge: Tell us, Miami, all about your favorite DJs, your spot for ceviche, fried chicken and late-night grub, your go-to bar for a legit cocktail, and the jukebox you can’t live without. Tell us what you love in the Magic City, we asked…
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Miami Loses Home Court, Game One to Bulls 93-86
Welcome to the 2013 NBA Playoffs, Miami Heat. Oh by the way, you just lost home court advantage. The Chicago Bulls came into Miami last night and shocked the Heat 93-86, taking Game 1 and at the same time putting the Heat on notice that this series will be anything…
Miami’s School for Advanced Studies Named Sixth Best High School in America by Newsweek
Miami’s School for Advanced Studies has finally cracked the top ten of Newsweek’s annual America’s Best High School list, coming in at sixth this year. That would make it Florida’s second-best public high school amongst a top ten list that is surprisingly Sunshine State heavy…
305 Photo of the Day: Rushing Tide
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Six-Year-Old Florida Girl Shot by Brother While Playing Hide-and-Seek
An innocent childhood game turned nearly fatal on Saturday after a 13-year-old boy shot his six-year-old sister during a game of hide-and-go-seek. The incident happened Saturday night around 7 p.m. at the family’s home in Oakland Park…
Miami Dolphins Have No Plans to Pay For Their Own Stadium Upgrades Alone
The plan to steer millions in public money to renovations for Sun Life Stadium is dead. It died Friday in the Florida house. There will be no public vote. No deal with the County. It’s dead. But what about the millions the Dolphins planned to invest in the project? Will…
Triple Shooting at the Opera Tower Leaves Miami PD Searching for Motive
Residents of the Opera Tower, a 55-story bayfront condo, awoke Sunday morning to a scene straight out of Scarface: Blood pooled in an elevator and splattered around a lobby, three men seriously wounded, and police swarming a crime scene that stretched 30 floors. This morning, police are still searching for…
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Meet the One Jerk Who Didn’t Vote LeBron for MVP (No, It Wasn’t Dan Le Batard)
Sunday’s news should have been glorious for LeBron James. Not only did he win the MVP award, but also he became the youngest player to rack up a fourth most-valuable honor. Instead, everyone focused on what LeBron didn’t do: namely, nab the first unanimous MVP. The numbers released yesterday showed…
LeBron James Will Win Fourth MVP
Was there really any doubt? ESPN reports that league sources confirm Miami Heat superstar LeBron James will officially be awarded his fourth MVP title this Sunday. It’s the King’s second MVP crown in a row, and his fourth in five years…
305 Photo of the Day: Gesture of Love
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Fight Erupts at Belen Jesuit Water Polo Match (VIDEO)
Last time we checked, neither Belen Jesuit nor St. Thomas Aquinas sponsored WWE-style staged wrestling as a high school sport, so we really weren’t expecting to see video go viral of their students getting into a Speedo-clad brawl.Then again, apparently we underestimated how vicious a sport water polo can be…
Drunk Florida Man Strips Naked and Tells Police “I Know I am a Monkey”
Daylan Holloman had a bit of species identity confusion this week at a Daytona Beach 7-Eleven. For reasons he couldn’t remember, Holloman called 911, and when police showed up, he told them he was a monkey and stripped naked in some sort of attempt to prove his point…
Kiera Wilmot Case: Prosecutor Who OK’ed Arrest Let Another Teen Slide for Killing Brother
There are a lot of reasons Kiera Wilmot’s story has exploded online this week. First, there’s the sheer weirdness of a 16-year-old getting in huge trouble for a science experiment gone wrong. Then there’s the racial aspect: A black girl — exactly the type of kid underrepresented in the scientific…
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Tim Tebow to the Dolphins! How I Trolled Twitter Into Believing an Absurd Rumor
I love Twitter a lot — like 83,000-tweets-and-counting a lot. So I didn’t troll everyone yesterday with fake news about Tim Tebow joining the Dolphins because I was mad. I did it because it would be funny, and also because it’s fascinating how information goes viral — particularly in the…
La Liga President Visits Miami, Talks U.S. Expansion, Calls American Soccer Fans “Cold”
The women came in high heels and skin-tight dresses. The men wore expensive suits with glittering cufflinks. And the lamb chops were encrusted with pistachio. It was, in other words, a sumptuous show befitting the La Liga — or “the greatest soccer league in the universe,” as a video confidently…
Dolphins Paying Cristiano Ronaldo to Appear in Stadium Renovation Ads
Cristiano Ronaldo is one of the biggest soccer stars in the world, so we doubt he has informed opinions on local tax and political issues in Miami-Dade. That’s not going to stop him from appearing all over your TV screen for the next few weeks trying to get you to…
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Miami’s Latest Real Estate “Boom” is All About Rich Foreigners Who Like to Shop
This week The New York Times ran one of its periodic check-ins on the Miami real estate market. Nothing particularly new in there for people who already follow the ups and downs of the property market, but it is another reminder that Miami’s latest “boom” is being driven by rich…