Judges postpone trials across Florida every day for all kinds of reasons — delayed depositions, conflicts with other cases, motions from attorneys, illnesses in the family. (Just ask Carlos Bertonatti — two and half years later, still no trial.)But there’s at least one reason that won’t stick: Wanting to compete…
Do you love Disney World, but wish Mickey and Minnie were a little heavier on the socialism? Why can’t Space Mountain also educate kids about the glories of Simon Bolivar’s revolution? Don’t worry: Hugo Chavez is on the case.The Venezuelan president announced plans this week to turn the site of…
In bad news for the USA Basketball team (but sort of good news for next season’s Miami Heat), Dwyane Wade has announced that he’ll be undergoing knee surgery this summer and will not be traveling with the team to the London Olympics…
Though final toxicology results on Rudy Eugene’s blood turned up only traces of marijuana, experts say there’s no way pot could have caused him to eat a man’s face. Instead, some suggest he might have been under the influence of a bath-salts-like substance that laboratories are not yet equipped to…
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During the NBA finals, local porn stars Angelina Castro and Sara Jay made a bet with two of their Oklahoma City counterparts: If their team won, they’d give the team’s fans free blowjobs. Now, Castro and Jay are making plans to keep their word. Yes, a free blowjob for anyone…
Kimberly McCarthy, an 18-year-old Tampa woman, racked up three DUIs in an 18-day span this spring, which seems like a mixture of serious problems, serious stupidity, and serious bad luck (who knows how many times she was driving under the influence and didn’t get caught?). But the teen won’t be…
You got a brand new BMW. You’re feeling fly. You parked it on Miami Beach to go have dinner at Juvia. One thing leads to another and wind up at Mansion until 3 in the morning. You finally get back to your car, and whats this? Oh no, your headlights…
In a 5-4 vote, the Supreme Court has upheld President Obama’s health-care mandate, with Chief Justice John Roberts casting the surprising, deciding vote that the sweeping reform is constitutional. The ruling is a blow to Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi, who spearheaded the first national court challenge to Obama’s legislation…
This week has been a big one for Miami. President Obama and Marc Anthony tag-teamed the Jackie Gleason Theater at the Fillmore; the Heat took a much-deserved victory lap around downtown; and someone from the team finally granted New Times an interview. Well, kind of.We caught Alonzo Mourning on the way out…
Read also, “Rush Limbaugh is Pissed Obama Referred to Miami ‘Heats'” and “Obama in Miami Beach: Gives Props to the Heat, Takes Shots At Romney.”Maybe it’s the Marc Anthony effect. Maybe it hasn’t sunk in yet that President Obama accidentally called our local NBA champs the “Heats.” Or maybe, everyone…
Read also “New Voting Laws Could Take Out Barack Obama This Fall,” “Department of Justice to Florida: Stop Purging Voters” and “The Daily Show Rips Rick Scott’s Voter Registration Laws.”Rick Scott’s partisan purge of voters from Florida’s rolls a few months before a major election — a move that has…
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Turns out Rudy Eugene, the “Miami Zombie,” was probably not under the influence of bath salts after all. It had been previously reported that Eugene had marijuana in his system, and after further tests, that’s all the medical examiners found…
“It would be incomplete if I did not congratulate the City of Miami for having the world champion Miami Heats here in town,” President Obama said last night at his event with Marc Anthony at the Fillmore Miami Beach.Yes, Miami “Heats.”Rush Limbaugh, obviously, is really, really pissed about this…
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Former Miami police chief Miguel Exposito will remain the former police chief. After being fired by the city commission in September 2011, Exposito had his lawyers file a suit claiming the commission had no basis for firing him and that the termination was strictly political.A panel of Miami-Dade judges today…
The City of Miami looks ready to give Jungle Island another chance. The city has prepared an offer for the beleaguered amusement park, which recently admitted it was about to default on a loan, that could extend its lease and give the park more land on Watson Island.But before the…
