305 Photo of the Day: Kayak at Dusk
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Showing 15181 - 15202 of 31922Manatee Molester on the Loose in Tampa Bay
An unidentified woman was seen hitching a ride on the back of a manatee in the waters off Fort De Soto Park in the Tampa Bay area, which runs afoul of the Florida Manatee Sanctuary Act.Now authorities are looking for the manatee molester…
Florida Receives More Money From the Feds Than Any State: $30K Per Person
Florida uses the federal government like a sugar daddy. The Sunshine State leads the other 49 in both the total amount of money and the money-per-capita it received from the feds in 2011. That doesn’t even include that high-speed train we didn’t get.According to a CNBC analysis, Florida received $577.80…
From Porky’s to Panama Prison, Tony Galeota Reveals Miami’s Mob-Run Prostitution Industry
In January, I wrote about an amazing high-tech submarine race to the bottom of the ocean. In the story, I mentioned how a Hialeah strip club called Porky’s had once been the staging ground for an incredible plot to smuggle Colombian cocaine to California in a Russian sub.Then, at the…
American Airlines Passenger Seats Keep Flying Loose On Flights To Miami
Flying can get awfully dull. Strapped into that tiny seat, crammed between a sweating offensive lineman in a business suit and a flu-infected grandma, don’t you ever crave some excitement, some freedom?Good news! American Airlines has just the package deal for you. Thanks to a manufacturers’ error, random rows of…
SunPass Billing Error Leads To $13,500 In Fines For Miami Driver
In May 2009, Edgar Martinez, a 37-year-old who had just moved from Miami to California, received a letter from SunPass saying he owed $25 for a toll violation. Martinez paid the citation and closed his SunPass account, thinking that would be the last he heard from the traffic agency. Unfortunately…
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“LeBron James” Heroin Being Sold in Philadelphia
You’d think Philadelphia would use a basketball superstar from their own team to try and push that brown crystal, but you have to remember that Philadelphia’s basketball team is the 76ers and they don’t have much in the way of star power right now.So, apparently heroin dealers in the City…
305 Photo of the Day: RIP MCD
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Hugo Chavez: “I Would Vote For Obama”
While Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez is just days away from what might be the toughest election of his career, he’s decided to lend some very much unwelcome support to another presidential campaign.Yes, the controversial Venezuelan leader has all but officially endorsed Barack Obama. Uh, well, at least Barack isn’t not…
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Seven Workers at Airport Café Versailles Arrested
Seven women who work at the Miami International Airport outpost of a local institution have been arrested this morning. The women all worked at Café Versailles in Terminal D at the airport, and all are accused of pocketing cash from the register…
Miami-Dade Could Create Online Directory of Dangerous Dogs
We can all agree that the internet never has enough pictures of dogs, so thankfully the Miami-Dade County Commission is looking to do something about that. No, they are not starting a cute dog blog. Instead they are considering implementing an online directory of dangerous dogs…
Sweet Jesus The Dolphins Suck: Here Are Four Sports You Should Watch Instead
Now is the season of Miami’s discontent, thanks to our terrible local teams. The Dolphins are a joke. The Marlins are even worse than last year. The University of Miami Hurricanes aren’t much better, losing to Kansas State by 39 points. The Florida Panthers are locked out. And South Florida’s…
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Andre Pierre Took The Same Free Ads That Got Myron Rosner Arrested, Complaint Alleges
On September 20, former North Miami Beach Mayor Myron Rosner did the perp walk. His crime: allegedly accepting thousands in free campaign ads on bus benches from a company whose owner told prosecutors he had pressured them with promises to renew their contract.Rosner is in big trouble, with three felonies…
Dwyane Wade and Gabrielle Union Rode in Critical Mass on Friday
Critical Mass Miami’s rampant success speaks for itself, but this is Miami, so things tend not to register until there’s some bold-face names involved. Well, on Friday night Miami Heat superstar Dwyane Wade and his Hollywood boo Gabrielle Union joined the bike activist ride, which obviously now means that Critical…
Dolphins Fall to Cardinals 24-21 in Second OT Loss In A Row
For the second week in a row, the Dolphins failed to capitalize on opportunities to close out a game and lost an overtime game they should have won. Given the “Cardiac Cards” moniker Arizona has earned as of late, you had to figure this game would get wild towards the…
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305 Photo of the Day: Free Ball
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Florida Romney Volunteer Calling Up Seniors to Inform Them Obama is a Socialist Muslim
A Florida Republican volunteer has been caught on tape calling up senior citizen voters on behalf of Mitt Romney and telling them that President Barack Obama is a secret muslim who wants to take away their Medicare. The woman was making the call on behalf of the Clay County GOP,…
Woman’s Face Deformed After Receiving Injections at Doral Salon
While the case of the fake “cement butt” doctor has hopefully reminded South Floridians not to seek back-alley injections, sometimes procedures carried out at seemingly legitimate businesses can be dangerous. Isabel Gonzalez is now sitting in a hospital, recovering from infections she says she received from a Doral beauty salon. …
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Florida Man Arrested for Washing Girlfriend’s Mouth Out With Soap
John Vincent Caruso’s girlfriend had a dirty mouth, but now he’s the one with a dirty criminal record.The couple was arguing on Tuesday night, and the girlfriend wouldn’t stop swearing…
50 Reasons Why Miami Is Better Than Every City on Bloomberg‘s 50 Best Cities List
Bloomberg Businessweek recently decided to count down the top 50 best cities in America, and Miami doesn’t even make their list.They even based their rankings on attributes like leisure activities (including bars, restaurants, and sports teams), and clean air. So, you’d think we’d at least make it on the list,…
Marlins Give Second Chance to Adam Greenberg, Beaned In His Only MLB At-Bat
Sports teams are like Hollywood movies: sometimes they can be so bad they’re actually good. Such is the case with the Miami Marlins, who are quickly becoming the Snakes on a Plane of professional baseball. More than seven years ago, Adam Greenberg was called up by the Chicago Cubs for…
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ESPN: Miami Heat Have Both NBA’s Best and Worst Player
I guess it’s only fair that since the Miami Heat have the undisputed best basketball player in the world that they should also have the worst player in the entire league.To no one’s surprise, ESPN’s experts today put LeBron James atop their #NBARank listicle, which is kind of hilarious because last…