Dear America:We address you as ambassadors of sorts from the culturally sovereign nation of Miami-Dade. It has recently come to our attention that the “Miami Heat,” a professional sporting concern that represents our city in your National Basketball Association, has advanced to a series that will crown this organization’s annual…
Former Miami Beach Democratic-state-senator-turned-failed- attorney-general-candidate Dan Gelber doesn’t want his political relevance to fade away (and the man may have a bright future in Florida politics yet), so he’s reminded everyone he’s still around by posting a blistering attack on Florida’s easiest target: Gov. Rick Scott. In fact, Scott makes…
As the story surrounding the two early-morning Memorial Day police shootings evolves, numerous questions have been raised about the circumstances under which one person was killed and seven people injured.Two separate shootings happened early Monday — in one, a man was reportedly driving recklessly and shooting from his car; in…
The cause of the Jet Ski crash that left 21-year-old singer Sean Kingston throwing up blood and in the trauma unit at Jackson Memorial Hospital is still under investigation, but authorities have reportedly ruled out alcohol as the cause of the crash. Meanwhile, Kingston still remains in the intensive care…
Hurricane season starts tomorrow. And while South Florida is again bracing for the big one, nearby Haiti is still dangerously behind schedule after last year’s devastating earthquake.Last summer the still-grieving country escaped the worst, despite flash floods and cholera outbreaks. But with hundreds of thousands of Haitians still living in…
Miami Beach Commissioner Jerry Libbin says a curfew imposed for next year’s South Beach Memorial Day festivities may be in order.Libbin, in response to two police shootings that left seven injured and one dead early Monday, wrote on his Facebook page that the “mayhem on the streets of Miami Beach”…
Like thousands of local students, I graduated from high school last week. But I cheated — by having elementary and junior high school kids do my work for me. Two Thursdays ago, I called the phone number — 305-716-0909 — listed on a sign, reading simply “High School Diploma”, that…
A woman cried out: “Why God? Why did you have to take Will? He was a good man!” Her friends embraced her and wept along with her. A light sun shower sprinkled them, as if Will Da Real One was sending a message from up on high to them and…
Before at least seven people were injured or killed in multiple early-morning shootouts Monday, many were saying Sunday night that the scene at South Beach’s Urban Beach Weekend didn’t seem as bad as it had in the past.The long weekend was expected to draw 300,000 visitors to South Beach this…
South Beach’s annual Urban Beach Weekend ended on a bloody note early this morning when two different police-involved shootings broke out near Collins and Washington Avenues, shattering the night with multiple rounds and leaving one dead and at least six — including three police officers — in the hospital.Click through…
A couple of weeks ago, 21-year-old Juan Rivera was listening to his favorite station, New York’s 97.9 La Mega, when an excited voice announced a contest: “Answer this trivia question first, and you’ll win a four-day trip to Orlando!”Rivera was engaged to marry in July and on the hunt for…
Sean Kingston, the Miami-born hip-hop crooner who once graced our cover, was in a serious jet ski accident off of Miami Beach today, according to multiple reports. The injuries were so severe that Kingston is reportedly being treated in a nearby trauma unit…
Well, there’s really no word for how disgusting and messed up this is. Robin Leigh Pagoria, a Sheriff’s Deputy in Polk County, Florida, is accused of tying two young girls to a desk, spanking them with sex toys, and capturing it on video so her online boyfriend could watch. Ugh…
Just days after hammering out an agreement that would avoid teacher layoffs in Miami-Dade, Superintendent Alberto Carvalho has announced the implementation of the first performance-based pay plan for teachers in the state. Carvalho claims that some teachers could earn more than $100,000 a year, and the plan will be funded…
Sure, saying you’re taking your talents to Cape Florida State Park Beach doesn’t have much of a ring to it, but the stretch of sand on Key Biscayne is apparently the best Miami-Dade has to offer, and one of the best in the country. The annual list put out by…
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The non-stop criticism of LeBron James turned ugly when haters started taking aim not just the Heat but at their fans and Miami itself. They said our city is shallow. They said we didn’t cheer hard enough at home games. They said we didn’t deserve this team. They said we…
President Obama is about to kick off his fundraising efforts for the 2012 election in earnest, and will stop by Miami on June 13 for the “Obama Victory Fund 2012 Kick-Off Reception with the President” at the Arsht Center. Obama will be addressing the crowd, but tickets don’t come cheap…
Yesterday, we ran through many of the local programs that will lose funding thanks to Gov. Rick Scott’s record breaking $615 million in vetoes to the state budget. About $40 million of those were cuts to local programs, and one of the most controversial was vetoing $430,298 meant for the…
The Miami Heat left the Chicago Bulls wounded last night, and who’s come along to rub in the salt? None other than Scottie Pippen. Michael Jordan’s former right-hand-man was on ESPN’s Mike and Mike in the Morning today and said that LeBron James might actually be a better basketball player…
According to the stereotypes, Miami is supposed to be a bit of a shallow city and not exactly an intellectual hot spot. Yet, we’re apparently the sixth most book-looking city in America according to Amazon.com sales data. The book-selling super site totaled all book, magazine and newspaper sales in both…
Every single person that has ever uttered or written or tweeted or thought the word “LeBrick” can help themselves to a dick chipotle. Because with 3:12 remaining in the game, and the Heat down by 12, LeBron James obliterated the Chicago Bulls’ vaunted defense like an ass-kicking machine with the…
