No matter our differences, most Miamians can usually agree on one thing: we hate having to deal with Miami International Airport. Yet, as can be said in many cases, at least we’re not New Jersey. Newark Airport has 40 of the nations one hundred most-delayed flights flying into or out…
Miami has a reputation as a big sprawling city with little in the way of public transportation. A proposed new trolley system may change that, somewhat, someday, supposedly. According to Open Media Miami, the City Commission voted last week to allow City Manager Johnny Martinez to start contract negotiations with…
If the charges against Kelly Michael Bachmeier are true, Riptide salutes him for hitting for the cycle of Florida crimes: extreme drunkenness, a complete lack of pants, erratic driving and, of course, a good Tasering.Sheriff’s deputies say they caught Bachmeier near Gainesville completely naked in the drivers seat and then…
We’re still in that uncertain season of the 2012 election cycle where every poll will show some different and somewhat surprising result. Quinnipiac is the latest to crunch the numbers and shows that Mitt Romney is the favorite to get the presidential nod from Republican voters in Florida. Meanwhile, a…
We were part of the raucous record crowd of 70,080 that was in attendance at last night’s Herbalife World Football Challenge soccer match between FC Barcelona and Chivas Guadalajara at Sun Life Stadium. And holy assballs was the place one gargantuan soccer party complete with trumpets, fireworks, and fans yelling…
Still doubt that the beef between Miami Mayor Tomas Regalado and his police chief Miguel Exposito has reached Biggie-vs-Tupac-ian heights? Here’s some more kerosene to toss on the campfire: Regalado has just sent a letter to U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder asking him to investigate the killing of seven black…
Elroy Phillips sits in prison despite proof of his innocence
Miami’s Ayda Young accused of scamming real estate investors
Cuba gets high-speed Internet access
Daniel Perez, City of North Miami finance director’s son, involved in federal racketeering and attempted murder case
Robert Del Castillo and Assisted Employment Services help the mentally disabled find jobs
Last week, 23-year-old Julian Soler and his girlfriend, 24-year-old Kennia Duran, were shot and killed outside a Mobile gas station near Miami Gardens after an attempted car-jacking involving a group of three men. Now police have made an arrest in the case, and they believe one of the perpetrators is…
Breaking news: Florida college students don’t like to study. Oh, wait, everybody already knew that? Uh, well, in case you need evidence, Florida’s supposed top four public universities are all featured on Princeton Review’s list of schools where students don’t study.Princeton Review also released rankings based on other criteria as…
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Maybe Benjamin Gilbert Kennedy doesn’t understand that a panty raid involves stealing used ladies’ underwear. Maybe he has a thing for wearing panties himself and just didn’t want to face the embarrassment of purchasing them. Maybe he’s some sort of underwear Robin Hood, taking from the rich corporations to give…
Tonight, an impish horde of tiny men dressed in blue and maroon stripes will run around in circles at Sun Life Stadium for 90 minutes. Don’t worry — this is not a Dolphins preseason halftime show gone horribly wrong. Nor did Billy the Marlin drink one too many beers and…
It wasn’t looking good, but some Dolphins faithful were still holding out hope that the team would make a trade for Denver Broncos QB Kyle Orton. It seems that any remaining flicker of hope was blown out today by ESPN’s Adam Schefter. He says Orton will remain with the Broncos…
Rick Scott spent his entire morning today serving doughnuts at a shop in Tampa in an effort to paint himself as a creator-of-jobs governor and score some publicity points. Of course, directly after, he got on a talk radio show to talk all about it.Scott was chatting on WFTL 850…
Here’s the good news: as of right now, we only have a 30 percent chance of rain on Saturday, which is less than today’s 50 percent chance. Here’s the bad news: Tropical Storm Emily’s path is inching ever closer toward Florida and continues to threaten your beach time…
Last week, the Minnesota Timberwolves’ Kevin Love, perhaps eager to have anyone pay attention to him, said that pretty much every player in the NBA was celebrating the Miami Heat’s NBA Finals loss and LeBron’s collapse. Well, turns out that LeBron still has at least one defender in the league…
Miami resident Matt Damon has come a long way since being portrayed by the South Park dudes as the semi-retarded fellow who could only stammer out his own name. Now we’re not even surprised when he busts out the phrase “intrinsically paternalistic” whilst demolishing an insipid television reporter and her…
Four years after Modern Family star Sofia Vergara immigrated to Miami from Colombia, she moved the rest of her family, including her mother, sister, and younger brother Julio, to the country. However, after nearly 30 arrests during his time in the States, Star magazine reports that Julio was deported earlier…
