By now most Miamians are vaguely aware that there’s a professional sporting concern up in Sunrise that participates in some sort of Canadian folk sport nonsense known as “hockey.” But were you aware that this team, which purports to call itself the “Florida Panthers,” does not absolutely suck this year?…
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Hazing in the Florida A&M University Marching Band appears to have run rampant for years, but why was the hazing doled out to drum major Robert Champion so severe that it killed him? An attorney for Champion’s family now claims Champion might been targeted for harsher hazing in part because…
Last month, New Times took readers up into the air in home-built airplanes (read “Paper Planes”). This week, we’re taking you underwater in submarines capable of diving thousands of feet below the ocean’s surface.Our feature profiles Patrick Lahey, president of South Florida company Triton Submarines, as he and his salty…
The 2001 Miami Hurricanes are considered by most sane and reasonable people to be the greatest college football team of all time, but that didn’t necessarily translate to big TV ratings. Their appearance in that year’s Rose Bowl against the Nebraska Cornhuskers was the lowest-rated BCS Championship game in history…
On Saturday, Green Bay Packers offensive coordinator Joe Philbin was interviewing for the head coaching position with the Miami Dolphins. On Sunday, his 21-year-old son Michael Philbin was reported missing. Yesterday, police found a body in an icy river in Wisconsin. According to ESPN, police today plan to confirm that…
On Christmas Eve in Liberty Square, Dorian Hinkson stabbed his neighbor to death in front of his wife and kids — a tragic crime that kneecapped Miami’s oldest housing project, highlighting not only cops’ inability to stem the violence but also an expensive and elaborate camera surveillance system’s failure to…
A day after a Senate committee approved Florida’s controversial gambling that would bring Las Vegas-style casinos to South Florida, Quinnipiac University is out with a poll that shows Floridians narrowly support the idea. Forty-eight percent support the idea of bringing full-service casinos to Florida, while 43 percent oppose the idea…
Miami-area State Sen. Larcenia Bullard has fired up a big ol’ blunt of legislative reform this morning, as her proposal to give Florida voters a chance to legalize medical marijuana was introduced in the Senate. Bullard’s bill joins a similar proposal by Lake Worth Rep. Jeff Clemens in the House…
If you have any dregs of holiday spirit sloshing around in your tired soul, this story should evaporate it. According to police, sometime around 10 on Christmas morning, 46-year-old Wilfredo Ruiz got into an argument with his wife Ana in their home on the 14400 block of SW 22nd Terrace…
Theo Karantsalis, a soft-spoken librarian who teaches research classes at Miami Dade College between freelancing for Miami New Times and the Miami Herald, has become an unlikely central character in a hotly contested federal case that has free-speech advocates ready to clash with top D.C. officials. In a case that…
Police believe Steven Warren, 37, prowled the Overtown area of downtown Miami preying on homeless women. Warren was arrested on New Year’s Day and charged with raping two women, and police believe he may be responsible for more. Warren has also been linked to the death of a woman in…
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Being dead is no excuse for making sure you’re not scammed by one of South Florida’s shady characters. Not even death can protect you from grand theft.Miami resident Armando Sardina, 56, sits behind bars after stealing hundreds of dollars from the home of a dead man. Sardina had been employed…
Sami Osmakac was arrested Saturday night near Tampa after federal officials uncovered an alleged terrorist plot in which Osmakac planned to blow up a nightclub and shoot at crowds using high-powered assault weapons.Osmakac, a naturalized U.S. citizen who was born in the former Yugoslavia, had planned to unleash mass violence…
Dolphins owner Stephen Ross said shortly after firing Tony Sparano that he’d be looking for a “young Don Shula.” So it sort of surprised us when he went all-in on the pursuit of Jeff Fisher. The man is certainly no young Don Shula. Jeff Fisher is, well, an old Jeff…
After a brief spell where Florida Republicans seemed to favor Newt Ginrgrich as their GOP flavor of the month, Mitt Romney is firmly back on top in the Sunshine State after his Iowa caucus victory. Gingrich remains second, while Rick Santorum has seen his fortunes rise somewhat but is still…
A man facing charges of drug trafficking showed up at a Broward County courtroom wearing a shirt with a very detailed pattern displaying instructions on the proper cooking method of crack cocaine. Ooh la-la! Très chic! Honey, is that crack jacket Jeremy Scott?…
Miami-Dade Animal Services began the year by euthanizing 23 dogs January 1 after the animals showed signs of an upper respiratory infection. Lab results show 18 of those dogs tested positive for distemper, and now the animal shelter has put a stop to dog adoption for the next two weeks…
The United States government has expelled a Venezuelan diplomat based in Miami in a bizarre story seemingly ripped straight from “Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol,” complete with secret agents, computer hackers, and endangered nukes.U.S. officials haven’t said why they are booting Livia Acosta Noguera, Venezuela’s consul general in Miami. But the…
UPDATE: Turns out Rep. Ron Paul is dumping us — though it looks like he has mailers going out to voters, Politico reports his campaign is skipping the Florida primary to concentrate on caucuses in February, a decision likely informed by Paul polling horribly in this state. No word on whether he’ll be at the Florida debate.As Florida’s…
Last month, we did a little retrospective of our ten best covers of 2011, which included everything from our sex issue to urging for you to vote for Uncle Luke in the Miami mayoral election. Now we have the stamp of approval from the Society of Publication Designers who agrees…
