The “#1 Stunna” has chosen a new enemy. Three years ago, ex-con Steven Thiele was successfully sued by the Miccosukee Tribe of Indians after he bought the domain names miccosukeetribeofindians.com, miccosukeetribeofindiansofflorida.com, and billycypress.com, and tried to sell them to the tribe for a million dollars. Yesterday afternoon, Thiele emailed us…
Al Cardenas, the Miami mega-lobbyist and lawyer who once headed the Republican Party of Florida and now head of the influential American Conservative Union, has exercised his right to be married to a woman named Diana for the past 32 years. Though, it seems Diana is dead set against extending…
Two people, including pregnant business owner Celeste Gaitan, were killed today after an SUV apparently lost control and slammed through the wall of a Kendall clothing boutique. The incident happened at Gaitan’s store, Celeste & Co. Boutique, at 13357 SW 42nd St., around noon…
Just when we thought we could forever forget Mike “the Situation” Sorrentino, a lawsuit filed in Miami-Dade court this week presents us with the painful situation of having to remember or care about whatever the Jersey Shore star’s life has become.Last year, Sorrentino teamed with a clothing company to produce…
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Nineteen-year-old Andy Rodriguez has been found guilty of the second-degree murder of 17-year-old Juan Carlos Rivera. The two teens, then both students at Coral Gables Senior High School, got into a fight at the school in September 2009 that ended with Rodriguez fatally stabbing Rivera with box cutter…
A puppy has been rescued after being stuck underneath a car yesterday near Northwest 16th Street and Second Avenue. The pup seemed to have gotten his collar snagged on a portion of the car’s engine, and rescuers don’t know how long he spent underneath the vehicle. No one even noticed…
While it’s not projected to directly hit South Florida, or any part of the state for that matter, Tropical Storm Emily has all the makings of one of those classic, seriously annoying hurricanes. So, even under the best-case scenario, prepare to have a serious dampening damper put on your weekend…
The U.S. Coast Guard caught a submarine carrying $180 million worth of cocaine in the Caribbean last month. While subs have been used for years to smuggle the white stuff on the West Coast, this is the first time the Coast Guard has intercepted a self-propelled, semi-submersible vessel running drugs…
Former Democratic governor and senator Bob Graham still reigns as one of Florida’s most respected and beloved politicians, and his workdays remain legendary. Throughout his career, Graham would make it a point to work full eight-hour days at common jobs throughout Florida. Stuck with some of the worst poll numbers…
In early February, a massive ship belonging to French company Alcatel-Lucent arrived at port near Santiago de Cuba after setting sail from Venezuela. Cuban officials immediately touted its arrival as a “breach” of the United States’ 50-year trade embargo. Its cargo? Not oil, food, or weapons but the Internet itself…
As Banana Republican reported earlier this morning, following our story detailing ten reasons to recall Miami Mayor Tomás Regalado, the Miami Police union’s chiefs voted last night to do just that. Now they’re not alone — the firefighters union’s executive board has voted to do the same.”It was a unanimous…
Football’s greatest on-again, off-again team-player love affair is officially back on. Jason Taylor is coming back to the Miami Dolphins for his third stint. The 36-year-old is expected to fill the team’s need for a depth pass rusher. So does this mean he’s officially the most popular guy on the…
It’s the summer months which means two things: Americans are slathering on the SPF, and websites are hungry for listicle traffic. So, obviously, The Daily Beast has decided to calculate America’s favorite beach. Miami Beach came in third, but wasn’t even the highest ranking Florida beach on the list…
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This past June, reporters from two of our sister papers, New Times Broward-Palm Beach and the Dallas Observer, hunted down a tip that Gov. Rick Scott has a brother residing in Texas who was living off government handouts and with a criminal record that included drug possession. It was mildly ironic,…
Let’s put it in perspective. The left is pretty much aghast today that President Obama has rolled over for a compromise in the debt ceiling debate that gives in to a staggering number of Republican demands. Paul Krugman is curled up in a ball somewhere whimpering about “economic disaster.” Daily…
Just imagine the possible tourism campaign: “Visit Florida’s Beaches: The nicest places to get run over in the world.”Yes, for the second time in a month, another tourist visiting the state has been run over by a public vehicle. This incident occurred in Daytona and involves a part-time lifeguard in…
Remember last week, when a latex mask of accused murderer Casey Anthony garnered a top bid of $999,900 on eBay? Yeah, that didn’t make any sense. Today, it does: The purported buyer just wanted to scold the seller in eBay’s feedback section…
Rescuers pulled the body of a white male out of Biscayne Bay around 8:30 this morning after he was spotted floating just south of the Julia Tuttle Causeway. The man was a jet skier, Gabriella Ferraro, a Florida Fish and Wildlife spokeswoman, tells Riptide — but he hasn’t been ID’d…
Daniel Yepez learned a little something about psychedelic mushrooms this weekend. Namely, that too many can make you trip your balls off so badly that walking slowly and determinedly into the ocean while screaming, “It’s time for me to die!” seems like a great idea.Luckily for Yepez, a 21-year-old from…
It’s the hottest aerobics video starring a communist-sympathizer since The Jane Fonda Workout.It’s the craze sweeping hoards of South Americans looking to drop a few kilograms in time for summer.It’s the latest sign that Venezuela’s president is further sinking into some sort of out-of-touch Kim Jong Il-styled insanity.It’s the Hugo…
