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The Ten Best Things to Do in Homestead

For those of us old enough to remember, Homestead is the area that was decimated by Hurricane Andrew. For the rest, it’s one of the few places left in the 305 with affordable housing (if you’re willing to add an hour or longer to your morning commute). It may not...
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U.S. News Names Miami Eighth-Worst City to Live In

US News and World Reports, the also-ran news weekly famed for its rankings of colleges and universities, has decided to try and work its rankings magic on cities. The magazine ranked America's 100 biggest cities by livability. Miami came in 93rd out of 100, or 8th worst.  To come to...
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Miami’s Ten Biggest Economic Challenges (Simplified)

Richard Florida, the country's most famous urban studies scholar, and the FIU-Miami Creative City Initiative came out today with a major, in-depth and incisive report on the state of the Miami and what we must do to truly become a global city. Dubbed "Miami's Great Inflection: Toward Shared Prosperity as a Creative...
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Wilton Manors Police Department Faces Discrimination Claims

In the dim light of South Florida's most famous gay hangout, two dozen men curl around the center bar to down two-for-one drinks on a Monday evening. Some are balding with graying hair. More rugged gents sport baseball caps. A few clean-shaven yuppies in suits scroll through social media feeds...
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Miami Brewers Come Out to Sprung 2016

On Saturday, thousands of beer fans enjoyed live music and cold beer at Sprung, Miami's first beer festival of the Spring season. For the first time, the event was held in Wynwood, moving from its Coconut Grove home in Peacock Park. And, although the cool grass under our feet and...
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Miami Somehow Has Only Seventh-Worst Traffic in America

Next time you're sitting in gridlock on the Palmetto Expressway or spending a half-hour to drive four blocks on South Beach during rush hour, console yourself with the fact that six other metro areas in the United States have worse traffic.  Does that relieve you? As your grip slowly tightens on your...
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Five Reasons the Miami Heat Has Turned It Around Without Wade and Bosh

Just when you think the Miami Heat are dead-and-buried, they come out of the All Star break looking like they spent the time off filming an NBA-themed edition of Extreme Makeover.  This pleasant rejuvenation has coincided with the complete absence of both Chris Bosh and the Dwyane Wade, proving sports continues...
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Will the 2000 Presidential Recount Repeat in 2016?

Sixteen years ago, hanging chads sent the nation into a spiraling constitutional crisis. For a month after the November 7, 2000 election, America panicked. Would Texas Gov. George W. Bush or Vice President Al Gore become the new commander-in-chief? Election night ended in a virtual tie. Bush had the edge,...
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In The Night Before, Seth Rogen and Company Grow Up — Again

How funny, really, are dick pics? Millions of them must be snapped and shared each year, as inducement or harassment, celebration or shaming. Perhaps Harper's Index could tell us the tonnage of coal mined each year to power the transmission of American crotches. So when a dick pic turns up...
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How Critics Became TV’s Newest Stars

Critics rarely receive love from filmmakers. Last year’s Best Picture Oscar winner, Birdman, featured a vengeful harpy of a theater reviewer (played by Lindsay Duncan) hellbent on annihilating a play before she’d even seen it. Birdman was joined in its release year by other unfair portraits of critics in Top...
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Yes, Miami Would Survive a Zombie Invasion

Another year, another listical that claims Miami wouldn't survive a zombie invasion. Which is, excuse my language but we're talking about a life and undeath situation here, just pure bullshit.  This year CareerBuilder.com analyzed the skills of the workforce of the country's 50 biggest metro areas to decide which have the...
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July 2015 Miami Restaurant Openings and Closings

July was a scorcher, both in terms of the heat index and the pace restaurant openings. More than a dozen new restaurants opened in the midst of a Miami summer, proving once again that there really is no off-season lull. The new offerings are as varied as our city itself...