We have a habit of electing some pretty shady politicians in Miami. Hell, we’re currently recalling our own county mayor, but it’s nice to be reminded other cities can elect some real loons too. Toronto, Canada’s biggest city and North America’s fifth biggest city, just elected Rob Ford, a colorful,…
Yesterday the Dalai Lama– the Bono of Tibet– went to a private reception at the Blue and Green Diamond condo towers in Miami Beach. A resident there called us to complain that the security protocol surrounding one of the most revered figures on the globe caused some of the building’s…
Hollywood’s Whiskey Tango All-American Bar & Grill is betting that the Miami Heat don’t lose a game all season. The bar has pledged to pick up your drinks tab — up to $25 — if the Heat lose. The only rule is that patrons have to sign in at the…
Next time you pony up for one of those $6 parking meters downtown, consider this: That cash has helped the guy running the Miami Parking Authority avoid his own parking fees for years. It also bankrolled stays at top-end Vegas hotels, ritzy meals, and Heat tickets. Those are some of…
Ever since Lawton Chiles embarked on a 1,003 mile walk across Florida and ultimately became the state’s Senator in an upset victory, some candidates in the state have had a habit for folksy campaign stunts. There was Bob Graham’s working days, Kendrick Meek’s successful bid to become the first senate…
LeBron James is finally addressing the haters in a sure-to-be-controversial new Nike ad. He’s taking on some serious criticism and calling a certain hater out by name, but the ad ultimately skews light-hearted with a cameo by none other than Miami Vice’s Don Johnson. James asks, “What should I do?”…
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South Beach royalty Michael Capponi was spotted living it up early Friday morning at one of Miami’s latest hotspots: behind bars at the pretrial detention center. Lesley Abravanel reports that the promoter and construction magnate was popped for a DUI shortly after leaving a Grey Goose-sponsored Asher Roth party at…
We’ve all had that moment when, strung out on M&Ms, Red Bull, and sleep deprivation, we churn out a crappy article by rewriting someone’s work and pad it with Wikipedia blabber.But for most of us, that ended in high school — maybe college at the latest. For the Miami Herald,…
In an age when the broadsheets are struggling and anyone can make their own mini-endorsements on Twitter or Facebook, do newspaper endorsements still matter? The Democratic Governor nominee better hope so. She’s walked away with the support of every major newspaper’s editorial board in the state. That’s an almost unheard…
No one has any pretensions that Miami is an intellectual hotbed, but are we dumb? Like so dumb when someone is drowning and asks for a lifesaver we ask, “Cherry or grape?” Like so dumb when someone says they’re “pushing weight” we think they’ve got dumbbells in a stroller? Like…
Just when you think the Miami Dolphins can’t get screwed any harder. Just when you think this team has seen the worst of its ball-clobbering misfortune, comes a loss like yesterday’s 23-22 cockpunch against the Pittsburgh Steelers. Not only did the officiating crew take a monumental shit on the Dolphins…
The Sony Walkman’s tape deck once reigned supreme in the consumer electronics market as the quintessential music gadget for people on the move. Its affordability and compact size appealed to a diverse cross-section of consumers, and since its inception in 1979, Sony has sold more than 200 million units around…
A pair of lidless, unblinking eyes stare out at you from the TV screen. You change the channel, but there it is again. A chill runs up your spine. Instinctively, you look around to make sure your children, girlfriend, or golden retriever is safe.But wait, this isn’t a horror flick…
Surfside is one of those three-block hamlets that subsists entirely on the hundred-dollar fines slapped on drivers unlucky enough to crawl through a hair over the limit. Surfside PD doesn’t exactly have a lot of CSI-worthy affairs to spend their time on (although they did fine work tracking that masturbator…
An appellate court’s decision that Florida’s ban on gay adoption will stand, meaning potential gay parents through out the state will be able to adopt. Attorney General Bill McCollum’s office had until 5 pm today to decide whether or not to appeal a decision last month by a Miami appeals court that…
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A recent “breakthrough” in modern technology and contemporary medicine may be a sign that machines will eventually overtake humans and control the world.A robot at Canada’s McGill University Health Centre recently performed the world’s first all-robotic surgical procedure, a prostatectomy. Real-life doctors controlled the Da Vinci Si robodoc from a…
Former local news powerhouse WTVJ is now trudging along near the bottom of the ratings, but that’s not stopping them from expanding their news coverage to a 24/7 sub-channel. Broadcasting & Cable reports that the NBC-owned-and-operated station will debut sometime shortly after the new year…
USA Today sure had a big scoop splashed across its front page today. Apparently, everyone in America outside of Miami hates the Miami Heat. That’s real breaking news there. Someone notify the Pulitzers.At least we did learn a few things. Like the fact that apparently people view the Miami Heat…
Miami Police have arrested a suspect in a recent rash of taxi cab robberies.Christopher Albert Debanos, 21, was arrested yesterday on robbery, burglary, and gun charges in connection to as many as seven stick-ups this summer. Debanos has already confessed to at least one of the robberies, according to police…
In a carefully timed move, Cuba will free five more political prisoners, bringing the total number to 57, the Roman Catholic Church announced Thursday. The announcement comes before the 27-nation E.U. block meets to review its hard-line policy toward the totalitarian nation, which is seeking to bolster its economy through…
