Though, much like Florida's new anti-texting law, it would be a hard law to enforce. If passed the crime would be a non-moving violations and would be considered a "secondary action,' meaning that a police office could not pull a driver over simply f...
The jockstrap arrived at 2:31 a.m. like a foul-smelling firebomb. Jorge heard the glass shatter and pedaled over. The gray-haired security guard pulled up on his Huffy just in time to see a Ford Bronco disappear in a cloud of burnt rubber. A fat, pa...
Every year, Miami New Times names the 12 most awful people in our community -- one per month -- so you can feel better about your jerk neighbors. ? Both a warning not to proclaim yourself a "party princess" in your Twitter bio and, more seriously...
A lot of folks get upset over the things I write, but I call 'em like I see 'em based on facts. The Florida Press Club has cited the stuff I've come up with, so I know I'm pushing the right buttons sometimes. And judging by the ten most popular colu...
Few journeyman NBA ballers have come to the league packing as much braggadocio as Damon Jones. The Houston native played on 11 teams in as many years, earning a reputation as a deep three man... who came through occasionally (.407 lifetime field goa...
Publix might be great for deli sandwiches, but it's bad for gay employees, according to the Human Rights Campaign and several local LGBT activists. Publix does not provide benefits to domestic partners, they point out. Nor does it have nondiscrimina...
Luke Taleno's eyes, streaked with sapphire and magenta, were something out of a nightmare. The 14-year-old looked possessed, felt worse, and couldn't escape the barrage of chemotherapy. He was dying, and he knew it. On May 29, 2011, Taleno was di...
No Apologies Miami is the real city of brotherly love: Regarding Luther Campbell's December 19 column, "Apologize Now," about Miami leaders snubbing Nelson Mandela: I'm white and from the Northeast. It's disgusting how openly racist people here i...
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Peter B. Lewis Peter B. Lewis, billionaire pot philanthropist and chairman Progressive Insurance, died in his home in Coconut Grove of natural causes on Saturday afternoon, he was 80 years old. Lewis donated millions of dollars towards cannabis ...
Of course, Oceana is far from the only real estate project using expensive art to help shill units as the Miami Herald reminds us today in a stomach-churning article.There're Philippe Starck duck sculptures outside the Paraiso Bay and SLS Brickell, T...
The two, who lived in Homestead, were later pulled over by police.According to their Facebook pages, Jacob, 21, and Nickolas, 19, are gun-loving boys whose main hobby appears to be hunting. Jacob's last public activity on his profile, posted in Feb...
Guardarrama's booking photo A Miami man who was busted for trying to fence a half-million bucks in jewels is at the center of controversial raids on pot dispensaries in Colorado. Juan Guardarrama, a 49-year-old with such a lengthy criminal recor...
Next time you see photographers taking pictures of a languid, bikini-clad woman posing in the surf, realize something. Those photos are worth a lot of money. Especially if they materialize on more than 200 fake Match.com profiles managed by con men ...
For the third time in four games, the Dolphins racked up a big lead going into halftime, only to lose it in the second half (in two of those, the game resulted in a loss).After converting a fourth down deep in their own territory, Cam Newton and the ...
Miami-Dade's newest toxic playground is the City of Miami's Douglas Park. City officials say arsenic, lead, barium, and other hazardous substances have been found at levels far above the threshold considered safe for human exposure. The park will b...
Wade on LeBron No 1 by GQ: "He's No. 1 in a lot of areas in life, but that ain't it. Congratulations to him and whoever he paid to get that" -- Manny Navarro (@Manny_Navarro) November 22, 2013 Dwyane meanwhile sits all the way down at number nine...
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Obviously when police began asking him questions he seemed confused. He said he wasn't quite sure where he was, but had been walking from Columbus, GA to Miami. He explained that he had taken his clothes off a while ago while walking down the sidew...
Miami-Dade's meanwhile sits at 8.5 percent, up from 8.3 percent from September. Though, that's down 0.7 percent from October 2012, that doesn't mean more jobs have come to Miami-Dade. The number of jobs in October of 2012 in Miami-Dade was 1,196,92...
The jockstrap arrived at 2:31 a.m. like a foul-smelling firebomb. Jorge heard the glass shatter and pedaled over. The gray-haired security guard pulled up on his Huffy just in time… More >>
No Apologies Miami is the real city of brotherly love: Regarding Luther Campbell's December 19 column, "Apologize Now," about Miami leaders snubbing Nelson Mandela: I'm white and from the Northeast. It's… More >>
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A lot of folks get upset over the things I write, but I call 'em like I see 'em based on facts. The Florida Press Club has cited the stuff… More >>
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As world leaders memorialized Nelson Mandela last week in Johannesburg, Miami media outlets — except New Times — have tried to put a positive spin on the snubbing of Madiba… More >>