There were thousands of fans at Thursday night’s watch party at the American Airlines Arena to see the Chicago Bulls fold like a fitted sheet in the final seconds and lose 83-80 to the Heat, who will face Dallas for the NBA crown. But only two attendees of the “White…
Feel like getting super depressed and then slightly annoyed during your Thursday afternoon? Check out the artsy, four-minute mini-film the Miami-Dade Expressway Authority commissioned (presumably with your toll money) to get you to stop texting and driving…
Florida’s economic condition might improve faster if we all put on a smile. Sure, our current economy may not give us much to be cheery about, but if we grin and bear it, things might get better, according to a new study from the University of Miami School of Business Administration…
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Gov. Rick Scott coronated himself as Florida’s veto king today by announcing a record $615.3 million in additional cuts to the already-reduced state budget. Scott made the announcement in the Republican-heavy Central Florida old-folks homes known as the Villages, and repeated his weird flip-floppy claims he wants that money to go…
The Chicago Bulls’ Joakim Noah’s “fuck you, faggot” outburst during the Eastern Conference Finals against the Miami Heat was one thing (certainly an inexcusable thing, but not something that necessarily makes him a raging homophobe). Tim Hardaway’s 2007 outburst in which he stated, “I hate gay people… I am homophobic,” was on…
Just days after announcing that state authorities were investigating massive police corruption in his city, Opa-locka city manager Clarance Patterson has abruptly announced his resignation. Patterson, who held the post for only 16 months, made the announcement Tuesday, one day after Channel 7 news followed a New Times story posted…
We know times are tough, but we don’t know how many times we have to tell you all: do not try and save a few bucks when it comes to having potentially dangerous chemicals injected in to your face. You want Botox, that’s fine, but for the love of God…
The Florida Legislature actually put more money into education this year than called for in Gov. Rick Scott’s Tea Party-happy budget, but now that the legislative sessions is over and the final budget in on Scott’s desk he’s suddenly realized that even that isn’t enough money to educate our children…
The 2012 election is still 17 months away, but the latest numbers from Quinnipiac show hopeful news for Democrats for the first time in month. President Barack Obama’s approval ratings are back above 50 percent in Florida since 2009, and more Floridians say they would definitely vote for him than…
Liz Marie Perez Chaparro was celebrating her quinceañera on a Carnival cruise with her parents last summer when an employee convinced the family to join an excursion in St. Thomas. What he didn’t mention, Chaparro’s family says, is that a heated gang war was raging in the area.Chaparro died on a tour…
The Dallas Mavericks earned a spot in the NBA Finals Wednesday night with their 100-96 win over the Oklahoma City Thunder, which means once the Heat finally put the Chicago Bulls out of their misery tonight, all that stands between Miami and a national title is a shaggy, horse-toothed German…
Sharks attack, fishermen and scientists battle
Hyena on South Beach
Opa-locka Police accused of massive corruption
Miami missed the rapture for many sinful reasons
Miami Beach mail carrier mauled by dog
As it turns out, a Hialeah father who was arrested yesterday when his bruised toddler was found wandering down 74th Street alone might not be a very nice guy.Thirty-one-year-old Carlos Aybar Oliveras is now in jail on $20,000 bond, WSVN reports, and the girl’s mother, Jessica Pinon, 23, is on…
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Today, The Miami Herald, a newspaper that has won 20 Pulitzer Prizes in its history for covering things such as voter fraud, the Haiti earthquake and U.S. Iran-Contra affair, took to its Twitter to publicly congratulate Kim Kardashian, a basic cable reality television star who rocketed to fame after starring…
Miami River shipping company Antillean Marine has been charged with knowingly dumping oil into U.S. waters, then falsifying its records to omit the offense, which could cost them more than $1.5 million in fines and put them on probation for years.The drama is over the ship’s bilge-cleaning equipment, which filters…
On a scorcher of a day in Miami, voting centers in Miami Gardens, North Miami, South Beach, Legion Park, and Liberty City were hardly a hotbed of activity.Few voters wandered in to the precincts we visited, but we did see quite a few volunteers holding signs up.Here are some photos…
