Lets party like it’s November 2008. Yes, Florida’s unemployment has dropped to its lowest level since that month.The state released new unemployment figures for November 2012 today, and the rate now stands at 8.1 percent. That’s a drop of 0.4 percent from the previous month’s rate of 8.5 percent. It’s…
After the incomprehensible tragedy in Connecticut last Friday, most Floridians reacted like the rest of the nation: by crying, hugging their kids, and having an honest conversation about mental illness and gun control. Tens of thousands of Sunshine State residents, however, also took the massacre as a cue to head…
Miami awoke this morning to howling winds, eerie, greenish sunlight and skidding clouds, and suddenly remembered, “Oh yeah, today is the Apocalypse, isn’t it?” Then we chugged some whiskey, grabbed our End Times shotguns, logged on for one last Facebook update … and woah, hey, the rest of the world…
There’s no such thing as too much precaution following last week’s shooting in Connecticut.Two Miami-Dade schools were placed on lockdown today after a shooting occurred nearby…
After selling off just about every player with anything resembling major league talent, the Miami Marlins have actually signed someone. Yes, they’re bringing in two-time All-Star third baseman Placido Polanco, but the deal is only for a single season…
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Three defendants involved in the bonkers South Beach scam that involved sending hot Eastern European girls out on the town to lure men to what were basically fake nightclubs only to charge ridiculous sums to their credit cars have been convicted by a jury today. A fourth was acquitted.See also:-…
We could assemble the greatest minds the world has to offer, and we don’t think anyone could come up with a reasonable answer for what the hell Anthony Edward Warn thought he was doing.Warn, 32, apparently wandered into a middle school in Gainesville while sporting a tattoo that read “Sniper”…
A 15-year-old boy is in critical condition after being shot in Wynwood last night. The incident happened at about 8:30 p.m. at the intersection of NW First Avenue and 28th Street, just a block off of the art district’s main drag, and a few blocks from the Midtown shops…
Florida voters have pulled a Charlie Crist-esque turnaround on gay marriage one month after several states passed LGBT equality measures. But Sunshine State voters still can’t get behind another big winner in November’s elections — the marijuana legalization measures in Colorado and Washington.That’s what a new Quinnipiac poll out this…
When Henry Bryant and Daniel Mack were caught last year trying to transport a few kilos of cocaine, the arrest sent shock waves well beyond the usual coke bust. That’s because Bryant was a Miami Beach firefighter and Mack was a Miami-Dade cop. Their arrest came in a public corruption…
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Riptide used to live four blocks from the office and still sometimes drove to work just to sit in front of a computer. LeBron James lives in Coconut Grove and bikes to the American Airlines Arena for most home games, and then plays 40-plus minutes of high intensity basketball. Riptide…
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After a task force appointed by Gov. Rick Scott ultimately decided to make no substantial change to Florida’s controversial “Stand Your Ground” law after the Trayvon Martin shooting, Democratic Senate Minority Leader Chris Smith has introduced his own changes to the law. The changes would ultimately give law enforcement more…
Welcome to the first annual WTF Florida Awards ceremony. It’s the only award show celebrating the special brand of bizarre depravity we excel at down here in the Sunshine State. Black tie isn’t required. In fact, jorts and a NASCAR cap are preferred.Yesterday we gave out awards for political fuckery…
A Boynton Beach family is recovering today after an elder daughter doused them in scalding oil.Dureno Saint Fort came home to his girlfriend and their 17-month-old daughter on Monday night. After greeting his girlfriend’s 20-year-old daughter from a previous relationship, he retired to his bedroom to relax with his girlfriend…
If you tried to click through the Miami Herald’s site this morning, you were in for a nasty surprise: The salad days of riding that Herald gravy train for free are over, you freeloader. Starting today, that Fred Grimm addiction of yours is gonna cost ya, up to $15.99 a…
Maybe it was the bungled Election Day, or the Stand Your Ground backlash, or the drug testing programs gone awry, or just the fact that he still looks like a cyborg sent from the future to slash entitlement programs. Either way, Gov. Rick Scott continues posting historically bad poll numbers.A…
