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A Map of Miami-Dade According to Google Autocomplete

So, the Flip Collective folks decided to combine cartography with Google's autocomplete search function to have some fun. Florida is labeled "Crazy," obviously. Because it's a Friday and we had an extra ten minutes, we decided to apply this to Miami-Dade County and see what happened...
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Miami Hurricanes: NCAA Admits Its Own Improper Conduct in Investigating School

The NCAA was supposed to be investigating the University of Miami Athletics Department for improper conduct, but instead of releasing the results today, the NCAA dropped a bombshell of its own: it admitted its own investigators had illegally obtained evidence during the investigation.Shapiro's attorney, Maria Elena Perez, "improperly" got information...
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Miami Student Holly Jacobs Fights Revenge Porn

Holly Jacobs' nightmare began in 2009. That's when naked photos of the Florida International University PhD student first popped up online. They soon went viral, appearing on hundreds of so-called revenge porn sites along with her name, phone number, and email address. Photos and videos were even sent to her...
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Rick Scott’s Cuts Dilute Water Laws, Endanger Sea Life

News of the bizarre crisis began in the spring. TV reports flashed footage of manatees — the docile emblems of Florida's waterways — dead and marooned on the shore of the Indian River Lagoon in Brevard County. Some reports blamed fertilizer runoff, which can cause algal blooms and choke a...
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Tongue & Cheek: What’s Behind All Those Characters? DeRosa Speaks

Tongue & Cheek is set to open in a few weeks, and if you're following the restaurant or chef/owner Jamie DeRosa on Twitter or Facebook, chances are you've encountered some interesting characters.Part animal and part beast, these well-dressed hybrids have been popping up all over social media. We wanted to...
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Smashing Pumpkins at SunFest 2013

Poet e.e. cummings said, "To destroy is always the first step in any creation." For Smashing Pumpkins frontman Billy Corgan, destruction and creation are a way of life. "A good artist is willing to die many times over," Corgan says. "What's funny is, I've died so many times." The lead...
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Floridians Have Surprisingly Boring Taste in Porn

Florida may have a reputation for being the weirdest state in the nation, but apparently our collective taste in porn is pretty damn boring.Porn search engine PornMD.com collected its most-used search terms over the past six months and broke them down geographically by American states and international countries. As it...
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Six Best Parties on South Beach This Week

The hot weather is here. And South Beach summers are all about naked shoulders, bare backs and sweet, sweet music. So go get your epic party on at one, two, or all six of these steamy SoBe soirees. Some big names are coming to the beach, raining down trance, electro,...
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Tom Cruise Can Still Be Great — Why Aren’t His Movies?

Though he's long been among the most recognizable celebrities in the world, Tom Cruise has always seemed vaguely irritating, like the popular kid at school everybody secretly dislikes. His is an odd sort of fame: globally recognized but rarely acclaimed, he remains more reliably bankable than nearly any other actor...
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Florida and Miami Election Results Live Blog

After months of vague polls never-ending political ads, traffic backups caused by campaign stops, and being annoyed by your family members on Facebook, election day is finally here, and Riptide is here to guide you through the results. Of course we'll be paying attention to the Presidential race, but we'll...