Faced with our revelations this morning that an FAU student and his friend had hoodwinked the paper into believing they were Russian basketball fans, the Herald has just issued the world’s most wishy-washy correction:”A column that ran on page 1D of Wednesday’s sports section might have included incorrect information from…
Attorney General Bill McCollum has until October 22 to file an appeal in a case that overturned Florida’s decades-old gay adoption ban. If he doesn’t, all Floridians fit to parent will be able to adopt regardless of their sexual orientation.Unsurprisingly, some homophobes aren’t happy about it. South Florida pastor Rev…
Cuba’s crawl toward the 20th Century took a few major steps this week when the Communist regime — which has struck oil offshore — announced it would ease up on free-market restrictions and build an undersea cable to hook up with Chávez in Venezuela.The cable — which will run 3,125…
Riptide has solved the Soviet mystery of “Pavel and Yuri Kopeche!” Meet Florida Atlantic University freshman Bradley Springer and high schooler Jonathan Taylor, the world’s foremost Russian basketball fan impersonators.The pair painted their faces and put on their best Borat-esque accents for Tuesday’s Heat vs. Moscow game, intending to “just…
Florida’s fringe candidates want to legalize porcupine sex and draft inmates for war
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UPDATE: Yes, they were punked.They seemed like the perfect illustration of the NBA’s growing global appeal: Two born-and-bred Russian hoops maniacs outside the American Airlines Arena before yesterday’s Heat vs. Moscow game. They painted their faces, wore ridiculous socks, used Yakov Smirnoff accents and made a hilarious Napoleon-analogy sign about “Leebron.”But…
Yesterday we wrote about the brave police officer Tasing an 18-year-old man, now identified as Zak Anthony King, for the horrible crime of jogging completely nude save for a pair of swimming goggles in West Melbourne, Fl. Today, obviously, there’s video…
Give the stupid quote of the week award to Coral Gables City Commissioner Ralph Cabrera. He’s launched a one-man quest to ban gasoline powered leaf blowers in Coral Gables, a city already high on stupid rules. If anyone calls out his proposed law as dumb, well boy does he have…
A new poll by Public Policy Polling has Alex Sink up by five points over Rick Scott in the Governor’s Race, with independents and self-described moderates seemingly lining up behind the Democrat. Still, with just a few weeks left in the campaign, 14 percent remain undecided. …
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For the past seven years David Rivera, a Republican state legislator now running for congress in district 25, has filed sworn documents claiming that besides his salary from the state his main source of income has been from U.S. Agency for International Development. Well, The Miami Herald contacted U.S.A.I.D. and…
It’s not clear whether or not Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell is dead for good yet, but it seems the final clump of dirt has been shoveled on the grave of another bigoted, anti-homosexual government policy. The Florida Department of Children and Families has announced that they won’t appeal a decision…
MySpace has always been a safe haven for artists, weirdos, and perverts to promote their personal brands. It was the go-to site for horny teens hoping to find pictures of semi-nude, barely legal co-eds in thongs. But now the site that made self-shot, flip phone profile pictures popular is living…
When a 7.0 earthquake hit Léogâne, Haiti on January 12, the shock waves completely destroyed the small town and much of the nearby capital of Port-au-Prince. The damage was horrific: at least 230,000 dead, 300,000 injured, and a million Haitians left homeless.Also crippled in the catastrophe was Haitian-American newspaper Haïti…
Obviously one overly tan, moderate governor of a large and sunny state would have the back of another. Yes, America’s most famous action hero turned Governor, California’ Arnold Schwarzenegger has bucked his own party and endorsed independent Crist through his Twitter…
An interesting poll from Public Policy Polling, a Democratic-affiliated but usually accurate firm: If Kendrick Meek dropped out of the senate race, Charlie Crist and Marco Rubio would be in a dead heat. If Crist dropped out, Rubio would have a seven point lead over Meek. Meek says he won’t…
Today, in a court room in California, U.S. District Judge Virginia Phillips issued an injunction that would prevent the U.S. military from enforcing its 17-year-old “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy which forbids homosexuals from serving openly in the military. About time. Though, The Washington Post also reports that, “The Pentagon and…
The Miami Dolphins are the 21st most popular NFL team this year, or if you want to be more negative about it they’re the 12th least popular. That’s the lowest point the Dolphins have ever found themselves in the ratings since Harris Interactive began keeping track of such things in…
