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In these tough economic times, businessmen are encouraged to find innovative and out-of-the-box ways to compete for sales.Arson, though a highly effective strategy, is not recommended, because it is also highly illegal…

This is Miami, so of course just days before an election, one of the most powerful and controversial city commissioners is accused of assaulting a propane-huffing man in front of his house.Reid Welch says City of Miami Commissioner Marc Sarnoff assaulted him. Sarnoff says he was merely protecting his elderly…

​​A small plane crash at a private airfield in Redland killed two people this morning.Miami-Dade police recieved a 911 call reporting a downed plane at 10:22 a.m. When officers arrived in Redland, they found a bright yellow single-engine fixed-wing aircraft smashed into the ground about 1,000 feet from the Richards…

It may not be as amazing/disgusting as that legendary snake-exploding-while-eating-an-alligator photo (which we are now lobbying to be adapted as the official state seal), but officials have found another invasive snake in the Everglades that had just made a meal out of a rather large native species. A 15.6- foot…

​Walt Disney might be known best for sunny characters like Mickey Mouse, but that doesn’t mean it’s opposed to a little dark political skullduggery on the side. Disney is worst among big American corporations in terms of political transparency, according to the D.C.-based nonpartisan Center for Political Accountability.That means Disney…

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Who says Halloween is a kids’ holiday? Certainly not local residents.If you’re an adult looking to dress up in a skimpy costume and gorge yourself on some spiked witch’s brew then Miami is the city for you. Though, if you’re a kid in town and want to go trick-or-treating, tough…

Baker County authorities thought they were making a routine grow house bust on Wednesday. What they found inside the mobile home was far more disturbing. Troy Howell, 29, had chained his 18-year-old nephew to a bed to try and stop him from alerting others to the pot growing operation…

Sure, there’s book smarts and then there’s street smarts, but the streets in South Florida have never been too bright. A road sign painted on Pine Island Road in Lauderhill has been misspelled as “SCOHOL.” It shouldn’t surprise anyone that this is a fairly regular occurrence in South Florida…

Time for a little Halloween honesty: Florida is terrifying. Serial killers Ted Bundy and Gary Ray Bowles have stalked our towns. Prehistoric, sharp-fanged creatures circle our swamps and oceans, hungry for blood. Real-life vampires kill their victims and slit their throats. In fact, the Sunshine State has enough real monsters…

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