Forbes has tallied up the world’s most powerful celebrities, and the Miami Heat’s own LeBron James comes in at number three. Though he’s not that most powerful athlete (Tiger Woods somehow still takes that one), he is the most powerful celebrity athlete from a team sport. Besides Woods, only A-listers…
Myles Watkins spotted 25-year-old Lacramioara Laslau last month poolside at the Roney Plaza, the swanky condominiums in the same building as the Gansevoort Miami Beach. They approached the 5’10” woman and told her she could make it big in modeling. What they really had their eyes on was her $15,000…
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Dr George Kenney, a high school principal in Florida, hypnotized Wesley McKinley, a 16-year-old student, in his office. The next day the male student was found dead, the victim of an apparent suicide by means of drug overdose. Now Kenney has been suspended as police and the school board attempt…
The story of the circus surrounding the Miami Heat was as much about the media as it was about actual basketball. ESPN gave LeBron James an entire hour to announce his “decision,” and then devoted an entire section to his team. Esquire launched an entire blog about James. Every pageview-hungry…
When parishioners gather for mass this Sunday at the Holy Name of Jesus Catholic Church in West Palm Beach, they’ll be asked to pray for terrorist mastermind Osama bin Laden. The prayer is at the behest of a parishioner who paid ten dollars to have his name added to the…
Percy Palomino came home to his West Kendall house last month to find his 50-year-old wife Elizabeth dead in a pool of her own blood. Now, Reynerio Alonso Rivero has pleaded guilty to her murder. Alonso Rivero was not some random criminal. The Palominos knew him quite well. They had…
Miami-Dade County Public Schools is investigating an incident involving a female teacher allegedly sending an inappropriate text message to a 12-year-old female student. The message allegedly read “Show me a picture of your p****” according to WSVN. The incident happened at Jose de Diego Middle School in Miami…
All of the north and southbound lanes of US 1 in Miami were closed Wednesday morning after a hit-and-run crash left one motorist dead. The driver of a silver-colored Honda, a women believed to be in her seventies, was killed when a white pickup truck struck her vehicle, causing her…
The blogger-retaliatin’, Happy Holidays sign swindlin’, possibly ethics and campaign finance violatin’ reign of North Miami Beach Mayor Myron Rosner has come to an end.Rosner lost a runoff vote last night to activist George Vallejo, who picked up 57 percent of the ballots cast. Au revoir, Myron! We’ll miss the…
We know the inner struggle you’re having. Whenever you picture yourself voting Luther Campbell for Miami-Dade Mayor, there’s a little persistent soundtrack playing in your head that causes hesitation: Oh, me so horny… So we put together this list to convince you that some totally ridiculous celebrities have gone on…
Convicted Ponzi-schemer Bernie Madoff wasn’t a cheap man. Even though he was far from a booze enthusiast, apparently having a well-stocked and extensive stash of wine and fine liquor is just a byproduct of having way too much money (other people’s, in this case) than one knows what to do…
Three family members of Hafiz Muhammed Sher Ali Khan, the 76-year-old Imam of the Flagler Mosque who was arrested along with his American-based sons and charged with providing material support to the Pakistani Taliban, have been detained by official in Pakistan. The three were also indicted in the charged by the…
News flash: old people still like to bone. Unsurprisingly, as people who came of age in the wild child, free love era of the ’60s and early ’70s start to near their golden years the rates of new STD infections amongst the old is skyrocketing. In fact, cases of chlamydia…
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At this point the 2012 horse race the republican primary for the Florida senate seat sort of mirrors the party’s primary for the presidential nomination: a bunch of not-terribly-exciting politicians that no one seems to be all that excited about. The latest poll by Sunshine State Communications, a Republican polling…
You wouldn’t expect an ob-gyn’s office to have the same admission policy as a frat house party: as in, “no fat chicks.” Yet, The Sun-Sentinel has discovered the a sizable amount of ob-gyns in South Florida have placed a weight limit on new patients they admit…
After the end of season two of Jersey Shore we never thought we thought we’d be done with everyone’s favorite guidos and guidettes. Despite a few brushes with the law they even managed to complete their tour of 305 duty with out clogging up our legal system. Well, Mike “The…
Young couples holding hands in the hallway seems to be a normal part of high school life, including, according to students, at Blanche Ely High School in Pompano Beach. Though, a lesbian student says that the principal specifically reprimanded her for holding hands with her girlfriend only because she was…
First, a primer: Renegade animal activist– and full-time real estate developer– leads shutdown of the C-9 Basin, Miami-Dade County’s haven for illegal slaughter farms. Then animal activist touts evidence of what he claims are brutal animal sacrifices. World renowned Santeria priest angrily lashes out at animal activist. Okay, now that…
Two years ago, New Times brought you the story of a handful of indigenous Bolivians who have taken to federal court in Miami to seek justice against their nation’s former leaders, who they say engineered a bloody massacre of protestors outside La Paz in 2003.The landmark case (one of the…
Stop us if this sounds familiar: An antagonistic South American strongman invites one of America’s worst enemies to build long-range missiles in his country, sending the region — and damn near the world — to the brink.Hugo Chavez apparently would love nothing more than to follow his buddy Fidel down…
