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Shane Larkin Makes NBA Combine History

2013-05-17 15:53:24

It's bittersweet for Miami Hurricanes fans that Shane Larking, only a sophomore, is making the jump to the NBA, but apparently the dude is good at jumping. Like, really, really good at jumping. He...

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305 Photo of the Day: By the Bay

2013-05-17 15:05:52

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Florida Woman Bites Boyfriend's Penis After He Refuses Sex

2013-05-17 12:46:34

Listen, if you're hungry for the D, don't actually try to bite into the D. That's what Krystle M. Harrison tried to do when her boyfriend refused to engage in sex and now she's sitting behind bars...

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Allen West Finally Got a Fox News Gig

2013-05-17 09:05:06

Allen West's entire four years in Washington were essentially a giant performance art piece aimed at Fox News viewers. The Republican rep would bluster at a Muslim constituent that "you attacked u...

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Here's the Trippy Hotel and Giant Convention Center Developers Want To Build Downtown

2013-05-17 08:32:13

For the next month, two teams will be fighting tooth and nail for the chance to lead a billion dollar renovation of Miami Beach's convention center. But the Beach may soon have some serious compe...

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Mugshots Friday: The Ol' Purple Eyebrow

2013-05-17 08:00:00

Every Friday, Riptide brings you the most eye-catching mugshots taken the previous week (or thereabouts) in Miami-Dade County. Yes, there is some mockery of bad neck tattoos, but also adulation di...

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Warrant Issued for Chad Johnson's Arrest

2013-05-16 16:31:04

Last time we checked in with Chad Johnson, he was hanging out with a homeless guy in South Beach. Next time we check in he could be hanging out with prisoners behind bars. The Broward Sheriff's Of...

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Florida Rep. Trey Radel Thinks Public Enemy's "Fight The Power" Is a Conservative Anthem

2013-05-16 15:31:52

Public Enemy's "Fight the Power" may have been one of those politically radical songs to crack the American mainstream, but apparently Rep. Trey Radel (R-Naples) thinks that, "really, if you reall...

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305 Photo of the Day: Black Bird Black Bird

2013-05-16 15:05:01

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Armed Bounty Hunters Burst into David Barton Gym Showers

2013-05-16 12:09:44

Health nuts at Miami Beach's fancy David Barton Gym were just trying to relax and wash off after a tough workout when a group of armed bounty hunters stormed the locker rooms and searched the show...

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Pastor Who Worked at Disney World Caught Looking at Child Porn at the Office

2013-05-16 11:14:58

Someone looking at child porn in the office is creepy. Someone looking at child porn while at Disney World is skin crawling. A pastor looking at child porn is just sick. Only in Florida, though, d...

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WLRN Hires Veteran TIME Magazine Reporter Tim Padgett

2013-05-16 09:02:38

National magazine journalism may be coughing and gagging its last breaths, but public radio is giving print reporters hope. In an email to supporters late last night, WLRN-Miami Herald News Direc...

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Crappy Situation: Venezuela Is Running Out Of Toilet Paper

2013-05-16 08:58:33

When it comes to sanitation, Americans are spoiled. We have so much toilet paper in this country of anal-wipe abundance that we can afford to slap politicians' faces on it in protest. Not so in ...

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Marco Rubio Got an $800,000 Advance on His Book, Finally Paid Off His College Loans

2013-05-16 08:33:31

Throughout his rocket-ship ride to the top of the GOP, Marco Rubio has fought to keep some financial skeletons from tumbling out of his closet. There were thousands in questionable credit card cha...

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Heat Rally Past Bulls In Fourth, Advance to East Finals With 94-91 Win

2013-05-16 08:00:00

Big offense early and tough defense late helped the Heat close out the Bulls 94-91 Wednesday night to advance to the Eastern Conference Finals. LeBron finished with 23 points, seven rebounds, and ...

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Kiera Wilmot, Student Arrested for Science Experiment, Won't Face Charges

2013-05-15 16:08:35

Kiera Wilmot, the teenage girl who was arrested, expelled from school and charged with two adult felonies all for conducting a science experiment on school grounds, will not face any criminal char...

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Losing North Miami Mayoral Candidate "Endorsed by Jesus" Says Voters Picked Lucifer

2013-05-15 15:16:06

Apparently Jesus doesn't have as much sway at the polls as you would have imagined. After trumpeting her supposed endorsement by Mr. Jesus H. Christ himself in campaign material, Anna Pierre still...

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305 Photo of the Day: Orange Glow

2013-05-15 15:05:00

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Plastic Surgeon Accused of Waterboarding Ex-Mistress Says Victim Trumped Up Charges

2013-05-15 13:00:29

Dr. Orlando Llorente, the plastic surgeon accused of holding his girlfriend captive and waterboarding her in a Brickell apartment over a Facebook posting, just keeps getting stranger. For one thin...

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Florida Moms Arrested for Ditching Kids to Go on Mother's Day Booze Cruise

2013-05-15 11:56:03

What is going on down here? First we got newlyweds getting arrested for trying to meet a hooker on their honeymoon, and now we've got moms abandoning their kids at bars to go on a drunken boat tri...

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