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  Miami New Times Writers Win Top Honors at Florida Press Club Banquet

  November 6 at 8:50 a.m.

  Miami New Times writers brought home four first-place awards at this past weekend's Florida Press Club ceremony. Staff writer Brittany Shammas was the big winner, with two first places in business and education writing. Cited were her stories "CEO of $25 MIllion 'Scam' Invention Company Arrested for Domestic Violence" and...

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  Trump Takes Question From Racist, Homophobic Florida Conspiracy Website

  September 27 at 9:36 a.m.

  For the past two decades, Pastor Rick Wiles has built a career on the far fringes of the evangelical movement by railing against Jews, gays, and immigrants in language so over-the-top it would make Pat Buchanan blush. Wiles blamed Hurricane Harvey's devastation in Houston on the city's "LGBT devotion,"...

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  CNN Pretends Miami GOP Operatives Are Everyday Voters Who "Believe Kavanaugh"

  September 24 at 8 a.m.

  CNN aired some pretty depressing footage from a Miami-based Brett Kavanaugh "focus group" last week. The network claimed to have found five typical Latina voters who all believe that Supreme Court nominee and very normal carpool dad Kavanaugh did not try to rape Christine Blasey Ford when the two were in high school. All five women appeared to live in the feminist version of the Sunken Place.

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  Jim DeFede, CBS Miami Management Accused of Bullying and Harassing Veteran Reporter

  September 17 at 3:55 p.m.

  After working as a TV reporter in Los Angeles, Michele Gillen in 1997 joined WFOR, Miami's CBS affiliate. Since then, she's been nominated for 46 regional Emmys and won 25. But she says her career as an investigative reporter suffered thanks to a culture of sexism, bullying, and harassment at the network.

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  Here's a Trailer for Screwball, Billy Corben's Hilarious New A-Rod Doc

  August 29 at 9:24 a.m.

  At its slimy heart, the Biogenesis steroid scandal boiled down to a bunch of tanning-salon aficionados and small-time South Florida crooks scamming one another — all while bringing down the biggest performance-enhancing drug ring in the history of professional sports. So it makes sense that in retelling the tale...

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  Miami Hurricanes Are Fourth Most Likable Team in College Football, USA Today Says

  August 10 at 8:30 a.m.

  Coming off a 10-3 season that saw the Canes end the year ranked 13th in the USA Today Coaches Poll, few were surprised to see the Canes debut at 9th in the same poll this year. With much of last year's defense returning and a plethora of talent on the...