Our feet are our most utilitarian and thankless body part. Laboring under the weight of our body to trudge us from place to place, all the while getting little love from anyone outside of foot fetish message boards. Sometimes you just have to pamper your paws. Though, as two dumb…
When the new .xxx domain name went online last week, universities and businesses around the country went on a buying spree to snatch up their names before porn squatters started selling smut with their monikers. Florida International University may regret missing its chance to do the same.Since the new domain went live,…
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U.S. News and World Reports has unleashed a top ten list of America’s drunkest cities. Florida dominates the list with whopping three cities on the top ten. Surely, Miami, America’s nightlife capital, would make the list? Or perhaps Fort Liquordale or Ernest Hemingway’s favorite booze-drenched isle of Key West?Nope. Apparently…
The investigation into the hazing activities of the Florida A&M University marching band following the death of member Robert Champion has uncovered more alleged instances of hazing in the storied program. Three band members have now been arrested for beating a woman, Bria Shante Hunter, during a hazing ritual unconnected…
Sure we’ve already had local police officers driving 120 mph to get to their second jobs and passing out drunk and half-naked in their squad cars. Now we’ve got a City of Miami officer who somehow managed to drive his police car up a pole this morning. No, literally, up…
There may not be an actual lost city of Atlantis, but there certainly is a lost (mostly underwater) city of Islandia.Incorporated as a city on a coral reef Island off the coast of southeast Miami-Dade in 1951, leaders hoped to one day turn the town into a resort destination, but…
When Charles W. Stiefel took control of his family’s business, Stiefel Laboratories was the largest dermatology manufacturer on earth. And the Coral Gables-based firm, which traced its history 160 years back to Stiefel’s ancestors in Germany, was still family owned.Charles Stiefel, though, decided it was time to cash in, and…
Rumors were spiraling this morning that Tony Sparano’s fate was sealed as head coach with the Miami Dolphins, but the team isn’t taking any time to make it official. According to The Miami Herald, the team will officially announce his termination this afternoon. Defensive backs coach Todd Bowles will be…
Without a doubt, the highlight of the Miami Hurricanes’ otherwise mediocre season was the explosive play of running back Lamar Miller. As a redshirt sophomore, we figured he’d stay at least one more season in Coral Gables, but now CBS Sports reporter Bruce Feldman is reporting via Twitter that Miller…
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The former star quarterback from Miami Central Senior High who broke Jacory Harris’ passing record, is leaving the University of Central Florida after following his breakout freshman season with a sophomore slump. Jeffrey Godfrey, who had requested a release from his scholarship, can transfer to any school that is not…
The Heat may not have a celebration quite like last year’s infamous pre-season pep rally planned to kick off the season — but maybe that’s because they want you to relive that welcoming party all over again. The Heat are about to unleash a documentary film, Into the Fire, and…
The number of students receiving a diploma four years after starting high school in Florida has hit an all time high, with a graduation rate of 80.1 percent in 2010-11. That’s up from only 70.3 percent of students who graduated in 2007. Hispanic students and Miami-Dade students in particular have…
We all know times are tough for Dolphins fans, but that’s no reason to turn against each other. A brutal sucker punch unleashed by one Dolphins fan against another was caught on video in the parking lot of Sun Life Stadium after yesterday’s loss against the Philadelphia Eagles. Way to…
The Philadelphia Eagles helped head coach Andy Reid win the Mustachioed Overweight Coach Who Has Overstayed His Welcome Bowl when they blew away the Dolphins 26-10 yesterday. The Dolphins have ensured themselves their third straight losing season, falling to 4-9, and remain dead-last in the AFC East even though everyone…
When the Miami Art Museum announced it was renaming itself for real estate mogul Jorge Perez, people lost their minds. It wasn’t just that the new acronym, PAMM, sounds more like a cooking spray than an art collection. No, people were really pissed off because Perez only forked over an…
We can understand stiffing taxpayers with a $2.6 billion invoice for a shiny new stadium. We can’t even really blame the Miami Marlins for refusing to chip in for millions in parking taxes while dropping nine figures on high-priced free agents. Hey, if our county officials are so inept that…
All of us remember middle school gym class, some as the best part of the day, and some of us as a hellish daily ritual steeped in shame and failure. But now Republican state Rep. Larry Metz has introduced a bill that would no longer require all Florida middle school…
A traffic stop in Miami Springs turned into a nightmare for a veteran traffic cop yesterday. A teenage driver dragged the officer for more than a block before letting him slam into the asphalt.Pavert Cutino, the 15-year-old driver, now faces attempted murder charges. Police say the officer, Jeff Collins, was…
The best place to shop for Christmas decorations: a store. The best place to illegally “shop” for Christmas decorations: a neighborhood far, far away from yours. The worst place to illegally “shop” for Christmas decorations: a home down the block from your own.Two women in Sweetwater have been arrested for…
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