Friday, Nov. 20 2009 @ 10:47AM
- Michelle Spence-Jones will run for the commission seat she just got kicked out of. [Herald]
- President Obama answered a Cuban dissident blogger's questions. [NBCMiami]
- The Miami Herald's website has a special section devoted to The Twilight Saga: New Moon: Erotic Literature for Teenage Girls. Hey, maybe teen girls will find that section and then read other sections of the site and love it so much they might get a subscription. No, they totally won't. [Herald]
- RIP Metrozoo jaguar. [Herald]
Sports
- Ronnie Brown, remember him? Probably not after last night. Anyway, he's having surgery today on his foot. [CBS4]
Thursday, Nov. 19 2009 @ 10:29AM
- In the Liberty City Seven trial, 26-year-old Rotschild Augustine yesterday was sentenced to seven years in jail. [CBS4]
- So, a survey says MIA is one of the top five airports in the world to get stuck in. [CBS4]
- The 17-year-old accused of stabbing and killing a Coral Gables Senior High classmate wants out of jail on bond. [JustNews]
Sports
- Pro Bowl player Ronnie Brown is out for the season with a foot injury. He'll be replaced by Ricky Williams, but the Dolphins offense is pretty much screwed. [AP]
- The Miami Heat lost 105-109 to Atlanta. [Herald]
Wednesday, Nov. 18 2009 @ 9:32AM
- Michael "Drunk Driving Godzilla" Gongora and Jorge Exposito have won the run-off elections for the Miami Beach Commission. [Herald]
- And Francis Suarez, son of former mayor Xavier Suarez, has won the run-off in Miami. In 5 days, when he's sworn in, the city will have 3 out of 5 commission seats filled. [Herald]
- A man was accidently deported to El Salvador, despite being married to a US Citizen for the past 11 years. [NBCMiami]
Sports
- The Herald makes Pennington's odds at coming back look a lot more optimistic than the AP, however if he does come back, he's not sure if it'll be for the Dolphins. [Herald]
- We always forget that the Oklahoma City Thunder are an actual basketball team, but they are, and they beat your Miami Heat last night 100-87. [USAToday]
Monday, Nov. 16 2009 @ 11:00AM
- Surprise, surprise! Politicians who were in favor of easing sanctions on Cuba changed their minds once they got big donations from the U.S.-Cuba Democracy Political Action Committee. [Herald]
- City of Miami politics sucks so much, sort of like a vacuum. So now there is a vacuum of power, if you will, that Mayor Tomas Regalado might be able to fill to his liking. [Herald]
- Here is a suggestion: Charlie Crist hire Heather Locklear to be a member of his campaign staff. [Herald]
- University of Miami was put on lockdown early Sunday morning after a student reported seeing two men with guns. However, they were never found. [CBS4]
- A 28-year-old FIU law student has been missing for two weeks. He was last seen inside a CiCi's Pizza with a friend when a policeman entered. He told his friends: "They're coming to get me," and took off on foot. [CBS4]
Sports
- The Miami Hurricanes got whooped in North Carolina, 24-33. You can thank four interceptions, two of which were returned for touch downs. [AllCanes]
Friday, Nov. 13 2009 @ 10:51AM
- Commissioner Angel Gonzalez will resign Friday as part of an agreement with prosecutors, after setting his daughter up with a no-show job. He'll now face only misdemeanor charges. [CBS4]
- In his first public comments since resigning, John Timoney says he's pleased and proud with the job he's done as police chief. [NBCMiami]
- An elderly couple in west Kendall died while trying to cross a busy street. [CBS4]
- The world's largest cruise ship has finally arrived in Fort Lauderdale. [CBS4]
- Privé Las Vegas, owned by the Opium Group, has filed for bankruptcy. [CasinoCityTimes]
Sports
- At home, the Heat lost a close game to the Cleveland Cavaliers, 111-104. [BleacherReport]
Thursday, Nov. 12 2009 @ 10:42AM
- Miami City Commissioner Angel Gonzalez will resign soon amid an investigation into a job he got his daughter. There's probably a joke in here about his name being Angel while he is clearly not one, but why would we make a joke as horrible as that? That joke would be almost as horrible as the city commission. [Herald]
- Commissioner Michelle Spence-Jones will be sworn in today, despite allegations she, too, is horrible. [Herald]
- Some Twilight actors were in town? OMG. The brooding chick who bites her lips? No. That lanky thing with the bed head and pale skin? No. The ripped 17-year-old who is continually shirtless in a way that makes you uncomfortable? No. It was just some C-listers who probably have, like, five lines in the movie. Teenage girls still went insane, though. [NBCMiami]
- Who's responsible for Timoney's downfall? Timoney of course. [CBS4]
Sports
- Yeah, yeah. When the Cavs are in town, Shaq will be back. Whatever, but what about LeBron versus Dwyane? [NBCMiami]
- However, LeBron is so over talking about where he'll be next year. [NYTimes]
- The Herald isn't, and thinks it's a small possibility LeBron and Dwyane might both suit up for the Heat next year. [Herald]
Wednesday, Nov. 11 2009 @ 9:04AM
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- As of noon today, Manny Diaz will no longer be mayor of Miami. The Miami Herald paints him as "a sober, patient reformist up to his elbows in the minutiae of turning around a troubled city" who enacted "an agenda of a scope unmatched by any other Miami mayor in decades." One likely, for better or worse, not to be matched by incoming mayor Tomas Regalado. [Herald]
- Eye on Miami says the Diaz administration was an opportunity wasted, because the riverfront was surrounded by high-rise condos. [EyeOnMiami]
- Meanwhile, Regalado met with Governor Crist to talk money and renovation of Miami Marine Stadium. "With the leadership of the mayor, things are going to be in a good place," Crist said. [NBCMiami]
- We haven't been closely covering disgraced Fort Lauderdale lawyer Scott Rothstein here, mainly because our friends at the Juice and Pulp have been doing such a good job, but here's Bob Norman on how Rothstein put the immediate future of the Versace Mansion into question. [Pulp]
- The mother of Jasper Howard, the slain UConn player, might lose her home. "That's because of a letter she recently received from the Housing Choice Voucher Program for the Miami-Dade Public Housing Agency. She says the more than $800 subsidy for her rental home will end next month." [CBS4]
- Meanwhile, an affidavit released in the Howard case reveals his final moments. [NBCMiami]
Politics
- Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz says woman are repulsed by the GOP, and refuses to apologize for it. [Juice]
- Charlie Crist says he wasn't aware the president was in Florida, but emails show the governor's staff certainly knew. [Herald]
- Marco Rubio talks the talk on the conservative immigration agenda, but has shied away from walking the walk. [Herald]
Sports
- Dwyane Wade scored 41 points last night, leading the Heat to a 90-76 victory over the Wizards. The Heat is 6-1 and leads the division. [Philly]
- The Hurricanes have new Nike-designed uniforms, and they're a pretty boring solid white with colored numbers. They'll debut at the USF game. [Rakontur]
Tuesday, Nov. 10 2009 @ 9:49AM
- The teen charged with the stabbing at Coral Gables high has confessed, but he didn't even know his victim's name, and the fight was provoked by a 'bad face.' [CBS4]
- A bicyclist in South West Dade was killed in a hit and run. [Herald]
- Tonight, MTV's 'The City' comes to Miami. We've never seen an episode, but isn't this the one where Awesome New Republic may or may not be featured? [LATimes]
- Gabrielle Redfern won Miami Beach's commission seat recount, and will face Michael Gongora in the run off on Nov. 17th. [Herald]
Sports
- The rumor mill seems to think there's a chance LeBron James may be playing alongside Dwyane Wade for The Heat next season. Fingers crossed. [NBCMiami]
- The Dolphins have already racked up as many losses so far as they did all last season, and their path to the playoffs is looking bleak. [CP]
- Former NFL star Lawrence Taylor was arrested for leaving the scene of an accident. He hit another car on the Palmetto and tore off a tire on his SUV, but still drove two miles on his axel. No one was injured. [Herald]
Monday, Nov. 9 2009 @ 9:44AM
- Hurricane Ida is heading for the Gulf of Mexico. [CBS4]
- A pilot is dead after crashing his small plane in the Everglades last night. [NBCMiami]
Politics
- Marco Rubio's record in the State House isn't nearly as conservative as he'd have you believe. It's almost like it's difficult to be a true conservative in this state, because perhaps, the voters of Florida are not truly conservatives. [SPTimes]
- Rubio also says he's a hard liner on immigration, but blocked a lot of hardline immigration bills as speaker. [SPTimes]
- Charlie Crist on the effects in conservative circles of his man-hug with Barack Obama: "I don't know that the photograph was helpful." [SPTimes]
Sports
- Your Miami Hurricanes took care of Virginia, beating them 52-17. [WaPo]
- Now Randy Shannon is preparing his team for their first win against North Carolina on the road. [PBPost]
- The Miami Heat delivered the first defeat of the season to the Denver Nuggets 96-88. [UPI]
Friday, Nov. 6 2009 @ 10:37AM
- Manny Diaz on the "breather" citizens apparently wanted by elected Regalado: "We are now competing with the rest of the world. If we take a breather, the rest of the world will pass us by." [CBS4]
- A Miami native who spent 17 years in jail for stealing Rolexes got out of jail in 2007 and is heading back to jail after stealing eight more Rolexes. [AP]
- The mayor of Hialeah and two council members will be re-sworn in today after facing trivial opposition for re-election. This is exactly how our Founding Fathers pictured democracy. [CBS4]
- A baby born in March who only weighed 1 lb. 1 oz. is finally heading home. [CBS4]
- Toll stations will be phased out by 2011, and if you don't have a SunPass they'll bill you in the mail. [Herald]
Sports
- The New England Patriots have vowed to figure out the wildcat. They're the only divisional rival the Fins haven't met (or beaten) yet. [NESN]
- Michael Jordan's son is playing for UCF next year and refused to wear Adidas shoes, preferring his dad's Nikes, so Adidas just up and cancelled their entire sponsorship of the team. What happened to taking one for the team? [CBS4]
Thursday, Nov. 5 2009 @ 12:10PM
- Amongst other changes, Mayor-elect Regalado plans to start talking about Cuba and Venezuela more. Right after he fixes those potholes and fires Chief Timoney I presume. [Herald]
- The Coast Guard will unload nearly 5 tons of Cocaine in Miami (or roughly a New Year's Eve worth for SoBe partying) today. [CBS4]
- 200 gallons of Diesel fuel spilled into the Miami River yesterday. [CBS4]
Sports
- Dwyane Wade scored 40 points, and helped the Heat overcome the Wizards 93-89. [AP]
- Even though the Canes are at 6-2, some fans are wondering if Randy Shannon is half as good at coaching as he is at recruiting. [ChiTrib]
Wednesday, Nov. 4 2009 @ 9:54AM
- In order to move forward on that wonderful "Slot Machines in the Airport" idea, the County Commission ok'd the Airport's pursuit of getting a horse racing permit. [SFBJ]
- Burn Notice star Jeffrey Donovan traveled to Tallahassee yesterday to ask that the government facilitate the filming of more television shows and moves in Florida and specifically Miami. [NBCMiami]
- Crime Stoppers always offer rewards for information in big cases, but one man claims that he never received his $250,000 pay out. [CBS4]
- Local media hardly mentions the party affiliation of local candidates in non-partisan elections, but with Regalado's win once and for all Miami will be off that stupid list of "All these cities have high poverty because they've never had a Republican Mayor" list that Republicans like to forward each other once and for all. [NYTimes]
Sports
- The Heat lost for the first time this season, falling 104-96 to the Phoenix Suns. [AP]
- Coach Spoelstra is praising Udonis Haslem's "selflessness" of sitting on the bench in favor of one man scandal machine Michael Beasley. [SunSent]
Monday, Nov. 2 2009 @ 9:35PM
- Early turnout for local elections has been very light. [Herald]
- The fight to save Miami Marine Stadium after 17 years of neglect is still on. [CBS4]
- Police are investigating the death of a 3-year-old boy who was found at the bottom of a swimming pool in Southwest Dade. [Herald]
Politics
- State Sen. Paula Dockery will officially run for governor, facing Bill McCollum in the Republican primary. [CBS4]
- So Don King walks into a Charlie Crist fundraiser... [NakedPolitics]
- President Obama has appointed Miami resident (and big donor) J. Ricky Arriola to the President's Committee on the Arts and the Humanities. [NakedPolitics]
Sports
- The Dolphins can't make heads or tails of what to do with Ted Ginn Jr. Maybe less play time is more. [Herald]
- Jacory Harris was named ACC player of the week for the sixth time in his young career. [FlaToday]
Monday, Nov. 2 2009 @ 10:13AM
- A county program that helped low-income people pay their utility bills will be shut down because the county was overwhelmed by the amount of applications that came in. [CBS4]
- Whiney Fidel Castro says America is infecting Cuba with swine flu, but not intentionally. [CBS4]
- For the 21st time this year, a slaughtered horse was found in South Florida. [Herald]
- Gas prices in South Florida have hit a high for 2009. The average is now $2.72 a gallon. [CBS4]
Politics
- Only 22 percent of Republicans would vote for Charlie Crist over Jeb Bush if they could duke it out for governor. [Herald]
- It seems more and more likely that Paula Dockery will challenge Bill McCollum in the Republican primary for governor. [NakedPolitics]
Sports
- This video and story about a University of Miami walk-on player will absolutely break your heart and possibly bring you to tears. So grab the tissues. [ESPN]
- The Patriots had a bye week, so where did Tom Brady and Gisele head for Halloween? Miami. [JustJared]
- The Heat topped the Chicago Bulls 95-87 after beating the Pacers Friday. Miami is undefeated, which means little this early in the season, but it's pleasing nonetheless. [UPI]
Friday, Oct. 30 2009 @ 9:59AM
- The recession is "over," maybe nationally thanks to economic growth, but it's still hanging around in Florida. [StPeteTimes]
- The world's largest boat, a 1,200-foot cruise ship, is on its way to South Florida. [NBCMiami]
Sports
- Ray Ray Armstrong and Javarris James join Sean Spence on the Canes injured list. [Herald]
- Ted Ginn Jr. promises he'll get better. He swears. [Herald]
- Michael Beasley might be worth that starting spot. [SunSent]
Thursday, Oct. 29 2009 @ 9:46AM
General
- Boston-area investor Dennis Stackhouse has been arrested and charged with bilking almost $1 million from a county-supported plan to build a biotech business park in Liberty City. [Herald]
- After a large amount of cases of swine flu this past spring, there haven't been many cases reported in Miami-Dade this fall, but they still might come, so clutch your Purell bottle in fear. [Herald]
- Hialeah Racetrack will reopen within a month. [CBS4]
- Burger King's earnings and sales are down. [Bloomberg]
Politics
- If there's one thing veterans of the Katherine Harris Senate campaign know, it's how not to win Senate races, and the manager of that campaign believes Marco Rubio has about a snowball's chance in Florida of winning. [NakedPolitics]
- Speaking of Rubio, a website called TruthAboutRubio.com popped up yesterday and caused a stir. Some conservative bloggers believe it's the work of GOP lobbyist and Crist supporter Rich Heffley. Heffley will neither confirm nor deny his involvement. [NakedPolitics]
- Rep. Alan Grayson wept on the House floor yesterday while reading letters from people saying they've lost family members because of America's broken health-care system. [RollCall]
Sports
- The Miami Heat made easy work of the New York Knicks (tough night last night for NYC sports), and beat them 115-93. [AP]
- Thankfully, Dwyane Wade doesn't have moving to the Knicks on his mind. Yet, anyway. [NYDN]
- Cheers to this: Ted Ginn Jr. will probably lose his starting spot on the Dolphins. [PBPost]
Wednesday, Oct. 28 2009 @ 10:30AM
- Tomas Regalado's vision for Miami for the next four to eight years: basic services and nothing else. [Herald]
- Miami-Fort Lauderdale has the most foreign-born residents than any other area in the nation, with 36.9 percent. [CBSNews]
- For once, Alan Grayson apologizes: He's sorry for calling that lady a "K Street whore." [Salon]
- Barack Obama can't even pronounce Kendrick Meek's name right, and it must hurt poor ol' Kendrick that there are pictures everywhere of Obama hugging Charlie Crist, while Meek can barely get the prez's attention. [NakedPolitics]
- The cost for long-term care -- nursing homes or assisted living -- in Miami is much higher than the national average. [SFBJ]
- The Hurricanes are, of course, very upset about that loss Saturday and are working extra-hard to make sure it doesn't happen again. [Herald]
Tuesday, Oct. 27 2009 @ 10:33AM
- The President of the United States was in town last night, here's what he did:
- Was greeted by both protesters and supporters... [SoFlTimes]
- ...Including Kendrick Meek, Dan Gelber, Alex Sink and Manny Diaz. [NakedPolitics]
- Rallied the democratic base at a fundraiser. [Herald]
- And raised nearly $1.5 million. [FoxNews]
- The Delano hotel will not give you much of a discount, because they are training you, the hotel consumer, not to expect to pay less even when the economy is good. [Herald]
- Everyone hates Mayor Manny Diaz now, apparently, and because Joe Sanchez is not one of those haters he will not be your next mayor. [Herald]
- Former Dolphin Bob Griese was suspended by ESPN for remarking that a Hispanic race car driver enjoys eating tacos. That is pretty embarrassing, but for the sake of his and his family's safety at least he wasn't suspended for getting involved in a "Fatal Attraction" with a 23 year-old production assistant like they have a habit of doing over at ESPN. [CBS4]
Monday, Oct. 26 2009 @ 9:25AM
- If the fact that the Dolphins were leading the unbeaten Saints at the beginning of the third quarter seemed too good to be true, it was. The Saints put 21 unanswered points on the board in the fourth, and the Dolphins didn't have any response. [ESPN]
- Fidel Castro's sister in Miami, Juanita, has a book out today, and like any good author pushing her memoir, she dropped a bomb: She collaborated with the CIA. [AP]
- Jasper Howard's funeral is scheduled for today, and the entire UConn football team plans to be in attendance. [Courant]
- Mike McQueen, a former Herald staffer and head of FIU's journalism department, passed away this weekend from complications of cancer. [AP]
- Early voting for many of the municipal elections has begun. [Herald]
- The Heat's Mike Beasley had another dumb photo scandal-that-wasn't this weekend, because -- oh, the humanity -- he fell asleep near some beer bottles on a boat. [NBCMiami]
Friday, Oct. 23 2009 @ 10:30AM
- Here's how the Herald cleaned up Channing Crowder's "They're undefeated, they're probably smelling themselves, rubbing each other's balls, all that shit..." quote: "They're probably smelling themselves, rubbing each other's [back]..." Come on, since when is back a proper substitute for balls? [Herald]
- The funeral service for slain UConn player Jasper Howard has been set for Monday, and his teammates are scheduled to attend. [AP]
- Meanwhile, threats of violence are being made online to witnesses of the murder. [CBS4]
- Miami 21 got final approval. The only commissioner to vote no was, of course, Tomas Regalado. [SFBJ]
- Kendrick Meek, perhaps with his Senate campaign in mind, pulled support from two liberal-loved bills. [NakedPolitics]
- A man who stole a pricey bottle of wine from a Miami Beach shop returned it after surveillance video was broadcast -- under the condition that no charges would be pressed. [WSVN]
Thursday, Oct. 22 2009 @ 10:30AM
- The Miami-Dade government promised it would cut pay to several workers to balance the budget, but sure is taking its time doing so, which is costing millions every week. [Herald]
- Alex Sink, Democratic candidate for Governor, will headline the state's biggest gay rights group's annual gala in Ft. Lauderdale. [NakedPolitics]
- Miami CIty commissioners will have their second reading and voting on Miami 21 today. [CBS4]
- There will be a few Global Warming rallies going on in town this Saturday. [Herald]
- The city commission agreed to issue about $40 million more in bonds than was anticipated in order to build parking for the Marlins stadium. [Herald]
Wednesday, Oct. 21 2009 @ 9:59AM
- This is on the front page of the hard-hitting, internationally read, influential Miami Herald's website right now: "Kanye West: He is not dead."​ Yay, journalism! [Herald]
- Slain UConn player Jasper Howard hoped his football career could help him make a better life for his family. His funeral will be held Monday in Miami, and the entire team is expected to attend. [AP]
- A teenager in South Miami received two life sentences for raping and killing his younger sister. [UPI]
- Former Local 10 anchor Charles Perez, who's taking legal action against the station for allegedly firing him because he is gay, has married his partner in Connecticut. [Herald]
- The law offices of Miami Lakes Mayor Michael Pizzi caught fire early this morning. Investigators believe it might have been arson. [CBS4]
Tuesday, Oct. 20 2009 @ 10:15AM
- WTVJ has found a replacement for Julia Yarbough. Meet Kevin Corke, former national correspondent for NBC as well as a SportsCenter anchor. [SFLTV]
- Should we save Miami Marine Stadium, or should we let it be a cute place for raccoons to hang out? [AP]
- President Obama will be in town Monday attending a fundraiser at the Fontainebleau. [CBS4]
- Happy (belated) 19th anniversary, 2 Live Crew, for not getting thrown in jail for scarring white folk in Broward. [RandomPixels]
- The Republican candidate who happened to shoot at a target with opponent Debbie Wasserman Schultz's initials on it has quit the race. [NakedPolitics]
- The NFL trade deadline is today, and some speculate the Dolphins' Ted Ginn Jr. might be packing his bags. [Cleveland]
Monday, Oct. 19 2009 @ 10:20AM
- Like Christina Milian, the gods of weather are going to dip it low, and after a week of record highs, we might see record lows. These weather gods are obviously bipolar. [CBS4]
- Wow, Bill Nelson's senate committee is done with health care, and what does he instantly start up on again? Chinese drywall. [Herald]
- So, 20 Cuban spies walk into American embassies post-9/11. No, seriously, Fidel Castro tried his best to confuse U.S. intelligence in the months after 9/11. [Herald]
- Three people were injured after shots broke out at a child's birthday party. No kids were harmed, and those shot are recovering. [CBS4]
- Someone's dreams went up in flames today when a mobile home caught fire in North Miami-Dade. No injuries were reported. [CBS4]
Friday, Oct. 16 2009 @ 9:14AM
- H1N1 vaccines will be administered in South Florida beginning Monday, with a news conference scheduled today to fill in details. [CBS4]
- You know it's a slow news morning when NBCMiami's main story is about a manatee that traveled all the way to Manhattan. [NBCMiami]
- Let's see what the Herald's working with: Oh, a story about seniors "scrimping" because they don't get a Social Security raise this year. [Herald]
- The Port of Miami tunnel was cleared and might actually happen. Now we just have to wait two years for a "giant tunnel-digging machine." [Herald]
- Randy Shannon, one of the few black coaches in major college football, is an inspiration to other African-American coaches waiting in the trenches. [OSent]
- Guess which Riptide obsession objects sing along in the latest episode of "Auto-Tune the News"? No, seriously, guess. Oh, OK, fine, we'll tell you: Alan Grayson and Hugo Chávez. [YouTube]
Thursday, Oct. 15 2009 @ 10:23AM
- Stocks soared yesterday (over 10,000!), but not for Miami Herald owner McClatchy. Revenue is down 23 percent from a year ago. [Bloomberg]
- Jaclyn Torrealba's mom pleas with youngsters to listen to their parents. [Crimesider]
- You know what just sounds so appetizing right now? A gator burger. Thankfully, one of the largest gator-processing plants in the state is in Hallendale. [CBS4]
- Norman Braman, brave hater of baseball, lost yet another appeal in his fight against the Marlins stadium. It might be time to give up on that, Norm. [CBS4]
- The Miami Heat doesn't care about adding more star players -- it'll make do with its untested young-uns, thank you very much. [USAToday]
- Here is an inspiring story about Michael Greco, UCF player from Miami, who will probably watch his team get clobbered by the school he grew up admiring. [OSent]
Wednesday, Oct. 14 2009 @ 9:39AM
- Jaclyn Torrealba's father says he didn't consider DJ Seasunz to be her boyfriend, and said he tried to talk his daughter out of the relationship. He also doesn't believe the rumor that Torrealba had aborted a fetus conceived with Seasunz. [Crimesider]
- The Sun-Sentinel will become noticeably slimmer next year. The width of the paper will be trimmed to 44 inches. Ugh, the previous 46 inches lined the bottom of my bird cage perfectly. [News&Tech]
- Here's a puff piece about the Dolphins' cavalcade of celeb owners. [USAToday]
- More important, though, RB Patrick Cobb is out for the season. [AFP]
- A Miami Beach charter school faces closure. [Herald]
- A Surfside man was running from a loose Rottweiler when he got hit by a bus. Which just goes to show you: Always look both ways while crossing the street, even when you're running from vicious animals. [CBS4]
Tuesday, Oct. 13 2009 @ 10:23AM
- One member of the Cuban Five is seeking a reduced sentence. [AP]
- A wild horde of carnivorous umbrellas tried to surround and eat Naomi Campbell on South Beach yesterday. [Daily Mail]
- Kate Hudson and A-Rod are also in Miami -- Coral Gables to be exact, where they were snapped leaving "A-Rod's favorite restaurant," Houston's. Really? Houston's? Isn't that a chain? But they do have really good spinach dip, not gonna lie. [Gossip Center]
- The Dolphins won last night, but this fan lost. He was stabbed twice while arguing with a ticket scalper over price. [CBS4]
- Rick Sanchez is in town. He'll broadcast from FIU today. No word on if he's driving himself. [CBS4]
Monday, Oct. 12 2009 @ 7:40AM
- Gerald Posner speaks about the ol' coke days of Miami past: "You could go to a dentist and pay him with an eightball. You could rent a boat with cocaine. It sounds like a bad movie, but it's true." [WSJ]
- The Miami Hurricanes easily defeated the FAMU Rattlers in a game of college football. It was then decided the Canes are now the ninth best college footballing team in the nation. They have future games scheduled where they'll have to prove they are indeed worthy of that ranking. [AP]
- Dan Gelber and Dave Aronberg, both Democratic candidates for attorney general, squared off in a debate. [Herald]
- A no-kill animal shelter that's been in business for more than three decades will close its doors in the coming weeks. [CBS4]
- A man drove to a Miami-Dade Police station with a dead body in his car to turn himself in. [CBS4]
- At least someone is still buying newspapers. [CBS4]
Friday, Oct. 9 2009 @ 10:01AM
- A local wedding dress shop owner gave away 100 gowns to brides who just lost their jobs. [Herald]
- Manny Diaz's plan to remake Virginia Key has been pushed back, meaning it won't come to fruition while he's in office. [Herald]
- Carnival is coming to downtown Miami this weekend. [SFLTimes]
- Channing Crowder says Jets QB Mark Sanchez will get "cussed out" at the Jets/Dolphins game Monday. [NJ]
- Heat reserve center Jamaal Magloire has been suspended for two games after a tussle broke out in a preseason game against the Pistons. [Herald]
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