Need a quick infusion of cash? Don’t bother signing up to sell cheap knives door-to-door or be part of dodgy medical study. Instead, head up to North Miami and bid for a city contract. Because as one company learned, you can quite easily bankroll yourself through the North Miami City…
Less than 10 months after it opened, Grand Central Park has now been sold to developers for $35 million.The park, always meant to be temporary, is on the former site of the Miami Arena and wedged in between the future sites of two new large-scale development projects…
Today’s photo comes from SeanWasHere’s Flickr. If you’d like to see your photo here join our Flickr group.Follow Miami New Times on Facebook and Twitter @MiamiNewTimes…
If you’re looking to install a new toilet in Coconut Grove, don’t hold your breath. But you might have to hold some other things while you’re waiting.Miami-Dade County has denied several applications to install new toilets, sinks and showers in the neighborhood since August because, well, our sewer system is…
The Tampa Bay Times decided to travel down south to gauge our political scene here ahead of the election, and proclaimed Miami-Dade County “the strangest county in the weirdest state in America.”Well, since The Tampa Bay Times is also behind the popular political fact checking website PolitiFact, we were inspired…
It’s just a good rule of thumb to keep inanimate objects that don’t belong to you out of your body orifices — especially drugs.Vida Golac, an 18-year-old from Golden Gate, Florida, was found trying to smuggle marijuana into jail inside of her genitals, but claims that the drugs weren’t hers…
For the third time since 2008 the Miami Hurricanes are on the hunt for a new athletics director. Don’t worry though, University of Miami President Donna Shalala says she has heard from literally hundreds of people who wants the job. “I’m getting hundreds of emails from people wanting the job,”…
When Warren Griffith died in March 2001, there was one thing his wife, Janet Griffith, and his daughter, Cynthia Quintana, could be sure of. His body, which had been laid to rest at the Palms Woodlawn Funeral Home and Cemetery, would be buried in a plot that Janet had purchased,…
A Miami man who reportedly set himself on fire started chanting “just let me die” when a family member tried to help. The man had attempted to burn himself and his Toyota Camry in front of his father-in-law’s home…
In a game that featured absolutely putrid calls on the field by the recently-returned “professional” refs, the Dolphins managed to hold off the Cincinnati Bengals for a 17-13 win. An overall sloppy game for both teams was sealed when safety Reshad Jones intercepted Andy Dalton with 1:22 left in the…
In an election held more than a thousand miles away, but one that will hit home for thousands of locals, Hugo Chavez has won reelection with 54 percent of the vote in today’s presidential election in Venezuela.The controversial leader, who has been in power for 13 years, will now rule…
Has Mitt Romney crawled his way back into the lead in Florida? According to a new poll released today by Rasmussen Report, he’s now leading President Obama by about two points (within the margin of error) in Florida.It’s the first poll conducted in Florida since Wednesday’s debate, but it also…
Today’s photo comes from Michael Pancier’s Flickr. If you’d like to see your photo here, join our Flickr group.Follow Miami New Times on Facebook and Twitter @MiamiNewTimes…
Police have found the homeless man who was punched in the nuts on video by the son of a former Real Housewives of Miami cast member, and he’s decided to press charges.Peter Rosello, the son of former Real Housewives of Miami star and Venue magazine editor Alexia Echevarria and stepson of Hialeah…
Will Carlos Bertonatti finally go to trial over the death of cyclist Christophe LeCanne, the 44-year-old cyclist police say a drunken Bertonatti slammed into on the Rickenbacker Causeway? Signs finally point to yes.For the first time since his trial was delayed for the ninth time back in March, Bertonatti appeared…
The Heat will travel to China next week for two preseason games against the LA Clippers, and fans in the country are basketball-crazy, perhaps even more so than in America. Hell, they worship Shane Battier. Seriously, dude’s face is apparently plastered all over billboards, and he’s nicknamed “Mr. President.”…
With voter registration for the November presidential election closing on October 9, if you haven’t done so already, you may not make the deadline — unless you have a smartphone and happen to be standing next to one of ten Rock the Vote bus bench posters scattered between Morningside and…
Yoanni Sánchez is a true oddity in Cuba — a young political activist famous worldwide for penning a blog critical of the Castro regime. Sanchez’s courage has earned praise from President Obama and a place on Time magazine’s “100 Most Influential” list, all while dodging government censors by emailing her…
Obama may not have done his reelection campaign any favors by pulling a Dan Carpenter-vs-the-Jets level chokejob in Wednesday’s debate. But it’s increasingly clear that, at least in Florida, the president has gotten a huge boost from his executive order in July halting deportations for some children of illegal immigrants.A…
Peter Rosello, the son of former Real Housewives’ star and Venue magazine editor Alexia Echevarria and stepson of Hialeah political power broker Herman Echevarria, could be facing charges after videotaping himself punching a homeless man in the groin in South Beach…
Today’s photo comes from Snappr007’s Flickr. If you’d like to see your photo here join our Flickr group.Follow Miami New Times on Facebook and Twitter @MiamiNewTimes…
Even Barack Obama’s biggest detractors admit that the man is a gifted orator. So the nation was left slack jawed last night by his weak performance. It was like watching LeBron James get schooled by Kyle Korver or something.In the day-to-day horse race, it certainly doesn’t look good for the…
