Miami Police arrested at least two three Occupy Miami members today during a May Day protest downtown. Brian Tangherlini, 22, and Rolando Prieto, 23, were arrested after ignoring orders to get out of the street, according to a police report. Tangherlini was wrestled to the ground by several officers and…
This shouldn’t be much of a surprise since our climate makes us a mosquito heaven, but Miami has been named America’s fifth buggiest city. That’s according to a survey compiled by OFF! insect repellent, who of course have a bit of a stake in deciding such things…
If you’re the kind of Republican voter who finds yourself easily swayed by some of the more deafening but dimmer voices in your party, well then boy do we have a quagmire for you. Two of your favorite also-rans from the GOP presidential primary have chosen different sides in the…
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Athletic socks are meant to to protect shoes by sopping up foot sweat. They are perhaps the most utilitarian and least sexy of all clothing, yet the freakier among us seem to get worked up at just the thought of them. Which is fine, as long as the fetish doesn’t involve children. A…
Today, Surfside chooses its destiny. Mock naval battles, legalized marijuana, and blissful chaos in town hall — or a (let’s face it) pretty darn nice lady named Michelle Kligman. It’s been a bruising special election campaign for the open commission seat in the weird little beachfront town of 5,000 since…
Two Sarasota grandparents found themselves behind bars after hitching their 7-year-old granddaughter’s plastic Hot Wheels car to the back of their SUV and taking her for a ride. We could totally understand how, to a 7-year-old, this would seem like an awesome idea. But two adults probably should have known…
Game 1 of the Eastern Conference quarterfinals between the Miami Heat and the New York Knicks was all about LeBron James smashing people’s faces with his giant ball sack. Last night’s Game 2 was more of a team effort, with Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh turning in big-time performances worthy…
Dr. Rudy Moise is as colorful a character as you’ll ever find in a congressional race. The millionaire physician has bankrolled B-movies to cast himself as the star and was accused of inserting his face into a memorial statue of Haitian soldiers that he’d paid for. There’s also a very…
Was there really any question that the Miami Heat are the most “GQ motherfucker” team in sports history? GQ itself seems to confirm this, because their recent “Most Stylish NBA Players Ever” list is dominated by Miami Heat players. And yes, the big three dominates the top five…
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Well, this seemed inevitable.Joe Garcia, the man who has run as a Democrat in Congressional District 25 in the past two elections, is letting it be known that he’s about to try one more time and will throw his hat in the ring. The move comes after Democrats have repeatedly…
Like many small business owner on Florida, Paul Hodges has been struggling over the past few years. His Cocoa Beach motel, the Fawlty Towers, has seen its profits plummet. So, he’s come up with a new plan to jolt his bottom line. Starting tomorrow the Fawlty Towers will now be…
It’s as if Miami Herald columnist Fabiola Santiago read her own paper’s story on a defense attorney trying to get a new trial for his client because a juror, Cocaine Cowboys director Billy Corben, mused about the mundane details of jury duty on Twitter and then muttered to herself, “Wow,…
Senator Marco Rubio can say he does not want to be Mitt Romney’s running mate a million times, but that won’t stop the media from buzzing about the possibility. Rubio could do cartwheels down the Senate floor before singing “I Don’t Wanna Be VP” to the tune of Aerosmith’s “I…
Between the front-page Miami Herald story, the endless meteorologists on the morning news and the Facebook and Twitter-choking freakout by basically everyone you know, you’d think hurricane season had officially arrived. Not quite. But it is going to rain for FOUR STRAIGHT DAYS in Miami.It’s the rainpocalypse! Will you and…
There’s an undeniable element of skin-crawling terror to the downward spiral of modern American politics. And who hasn’t felt like projectile-vomiting all over their dashboard while listening to Rush Limbaugh’s radio rants? So kudos to a proud Miami auteur for dreaming up The Foxorcist — a mashup of a classic…
The email went out to a group of Miami-Dade cops February 22, just a couple of weeks after they’d busted up Occupy Miami’s downtown encampment. The subject line was in ominous military-speak: “Occupy Miami: Situational Awareness.” Inside, an MDPD Homeland Security detective named Maritza Aschenbrenner passed along her latest intel…
For all the regular season ups and downs, accolades and drama, people celebrating in the streets with pots and pans when the Miami Heat won, people setting themselves on fire when they lost, the real NBA games that count finally got kicked off yesterday. And with everyone saying that the…
A Coral Gables travel agency exploded into flames early this morning. Police dogs detected accelerant inside the burnt out building, according to Channel 10 News. And the agency’s owner says she suspects it was firebombed in retaliation for booking flights to Cuba.”It’s not that it’s burned. It’s pulverized,” Airline Broker…
A gorilla walks into a bar… Actually, it was a Dave & Buster’s in Arizona. And technically, it wasn’t a real gorilla. But the Phoenix Suns’ back-up mascot did leave the arcade with a bloody nose after Miami Heat fan Timothy Austin decked him the face. According to the Arizona…
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