Bugatti Burrito Run: What’s a $2.5 Million Car Doing in a Taco Bell Drive-Thru?
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Opa-locka Teacher Says Principal Harassed Her With Explicit Messages and Got Her Pregnant
Chad Johnson Admits He Was Unfaithful to Evelyn Lozada in Tense ESPN Interview
In a tense interview on ESPN’s “First Take” today former NFL player Chad Johnson admitted that he the confrontation with his ex-wife Evelyn Lozada that lead to his arrest on domestic violence charges earlier this year stemmed from his own infidelity.”I made the bed. I’m going to lay in it,”…
305 Photo of the Day: Ollie Art
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Butch Davis Top Candidate For FIU Job?
Perhaps FIU’s surprise firing of Mario Cristobal this morning makes a little bit more sense now. Butch Davis, the man who helped rebuild the Miami Hurricanes in the late ’90s, is rumored to be the top candidate for the job…
Pit Bulls Make For Great Babysitters (If You Want to Get Arrested)
It’s a damn shame that pit bulls are banned in Miami-Dade County, because in the rest of the state they’re the hot new babysitting trend. Forget teenage girls with braces. A pit bull is never going to eat all your chips, charge pay-per-view movies to your cable bill, or sneak…
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Marco Rubio Says Homosexuality Is a Sin
In the latest example of Marco Rubio giving confusing answers to basic questions that try to straddle the line between strict Bible bumpin’ and sane, the Florida senator says that his faith informs him that homosexuality is a sin. Though, he went on to clarify that lots of things are…
Mario Cristobal Fired as FIU Football Coach
Just a season ago, FIU football coach Mario Cristobal’s name was being tossed around as a possibility for some very high profile coaching gigs at bigger schools. Instead he decided to stick with the Golden Panthers. Apparently loyalty doesn’t pay. The school fired Cristobal today after a disappointing 3-9 season…
Florida Man Who Stuffed Kittens In Freezer Is Also Roommates With Double-Shooting Suspect
Rodney Blanchard had already solidified his bid for “Worst Person In Florida” when police came to his mobile home this weekend to find that he’d stuffed four live kittens into plastic bags and trapped them in his freezer. But this is Florida, and Blanchard knew he faced stiff competition.Today, he…
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Miami Marlins Trade Yunel Escobar, Now Have MLB’s Lowest Payroll
Yunel Escobar promised to be the strip-mined Miami Marlins’ most interesting player next year. The Cuban shortstop had loads of talent, plus an unmatched ability to act incredibly dumb — like last season, when he was suspended for writing the anti-gay slur “Tu Ere Maricon” on his eyeblack.Well, Escobar’s Miami…
The Sun Sentinel Ripped Off Our Calder Investigation
Horse racing is called the sport of kings, but there ain’t much regal about its South Florida incarnation. Cheating and corruption are rampant at local spots like Calder Race Course. Apparently, this chicanery is now spreading beyond horse racing and seeping into coverage of the sport. Last Saturday, the Sun…
Florida Bill Would Allow Advertising on School Buses
Your kids’ ride to school every morning could soon be sponsored by Coca-Cola, Kendall Toyota or Disney Channel. A new bill introduced in the Florida House of Representatives would allow school districts to sell advertising space directly on the school bus…
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Lincoln Road Seashell Menorah Vandalized With “You Killed Jesus”
Lincoln Road’s traditional seashell menorah was vandalized over the weekend when someone spray painted the words “You Killed Jesus” near the Holiday symbol. The giant menorah, which is displayed alongside a similar dreidel, was created by artist Roger Abramson and has become a Hanukkah tradition on Miami Beach…
305 Photo of the Day: Coming in For Landing
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Report: Marlins Open to Trading Giancarlo Stanton, Too
The Marlins have pretty much traded away every notable player on the roster not named Giancarlo Stanton, and it appears that Jeffrey Loria and his staff might be prepared to let the young slugger go, too. For the right price that is…
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Rick Scott’s Job Czar Hunting Deutsch Quits After Collecting Unemployment Benefits While Traveling Through Europe
Rick Scott tapped Hunting Deutsch to lead the Florida Department of Economic Opportunity earlier this year, a position some refer to as the “Job Czar.” Which is kind of ironic, considering Deutsch hadn’t been able to find himself a job for nearly three years prior to the appointment. After losing…
Florida Man Arrested After Four Kittens Found In His Freezer
Rodney J. Blanchard had a guest over at his home whom he asked to get a beer out of the freezer. When the woman opened the ice box door instead of finding brewskies, she found four small kittens. Blanchard, a 49-year-old St. Petersburg resident, has now been arrested on four…
Nudists Plan Protest at County Commission Over Haulover Beach Construction
Patrons of Miami’s only nudist beach are worried they’ll be getting an eyeful of Miami-Dade’s newest erection — a big ol’ boat house right in the middle of their parking lot. Nudists are headed to Tuesday’s county commission to protest plans sponsored by Councilwoman Sally Heyman for a large boat…
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How to Do Art Basel Miami Beach Week Like a True Local
It’s that time of year when the global art world elite descends upon our fair city and has its way with it for a week. Unfortunately, Miami-Dade County has not yet declared this as a weeklong work-free holiday, and for us locals, it’s easy to get either overwhelmed or way…
County Commissioner Tells Jeffrey Loria to “Get The Hell Out Of Here”
Three years ago, nine Miami-Dade County commissioners voted in favor of the Marlins Stadium deal, and to no one’s surprise a few of them now regret the decision. The Miami Herald’s Barry Jackson called up eight of the nine and asked them how they feel about the deal now. Commissioner…
305 Photo of the Day: Touch the Sky
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Big-Time Democrats (Including Bob Graham) Warming Up To Idea of Charlie Crist Running for Governor as Dem
Are Democrats warming up to the idea of Charlie Crist becoming their 2014 nominee for governor? Over the weekend, two high profile Florida Democrats took the airwaves and seemed to have nothing but nice things to say about Crist, including Bob Graham, who even after years out of office remains…