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1K Rally for Trayvon in Miami

Matt Cantor — Mon, 02 Apr 2012 04:00:00 CDT

More than 1,000 gathered in Miami yesterday in support of Trayvon Martin, at a rally featuring speeches by Al Sharpton and Miami-Dade County's former police boss, along with other public figures. Retired Police Director Bobby Parker painted George Zimmerman as having "a dark heart" and slammed Sanford police for...

Miami Man Arrested for Threatening Obama

Neal Colgrass — Mon, 27 Feb 2012 19:12:52 CST

Federal agents arrested a 20-year-old Florida man for allegedly threatening President Obama during a presidential fundraising trip to Miami last week, NBC Miami reports. Agents raided the home of Miami resident Joaquin Amador Serrapio on Thursday and took him into custody, where he pleaded not guilty to a federal magistrate....

Florida Abolishing 'City That Never Was'

Rob Quinn — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 03:25:00 CST

Florida's smallest city, which spans 33 islands at the north end of the Florida Keys and is home to many more manatees than people, is about to be wiped off the map. The city of Islandia only ever really existed in the minds of developers, who declared it a municipality...

Bank Grabs OJ Simpson's Miami Home

Kate Schwartz — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 13:56:11 CST

It may be a good thing OJ Simpson currently has a (court-ordered) place to lay his head each night in Nevada: JPMorgan Chase is foreclosing on the incarcerated former football star's Miami home, reports TMZ . The AP notes that the bank filed for foreclosure in September on the four bedroom,...

America's Most Vain City Is ...

Neal Colgrass — Mon, 19 Dec 2011 19:03:00 CST

What US city would dare compete with Los Angeles as the nation's vainest? Turns out LA isn't even in the top 5, Time reports. A new survey finds that when it comes to factors like tummy tucks, liposuction, laser hair removal, and what people see in the mirror, Miami takes...

Florida Police Employees Fired for Trying to Cast Spell

Kevin Spak — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 14:03:05 CST

A pair of Florida police employees had hoped their magic spell would get rid of their boss—but it wound up sending them packing instead. With budget cuts looming over the North Miami Police Department, longtime cop Elizabeth Torres and office manager Yvonne Rodriguez had plotted to sprinkle enchanted birdseed...

Drug Lords Sneak Strippers Into Federal Jail

Kevin Spak — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 14:29:05 CST

It may sound like the plot of a porn movie, but lawyers say drug lords in Miami’s maximum security Federal Detention Center are getting regular visits from pole dancers, right under officials’ noses. How? Their lawyers simply list the girls as “legal assistants,” and the FDC lets them through, lawyers...

America's Worst Job-Hunting Cities

Kevin Spak — Sun, 27 Nov 2011 10:04:16 CST

Miami and LA might be beautiful places to live—but they’re really terrible places to find work. Those two cities top the list in a new Indeed.com analysis of the worst cities to find employment. Indeed, a job hunting site, compared federal unemployment records with its own job listings...

Cain Asks for Help Speaking 'Cuban'

Rob Quinn — Thu, 17 Nov 2011 07:24:58 CST

Foreign policy is widely seen as Herman Cain's weak spot, and the candidate didn't do himself any favors in Miami yesterday. After biting into a croqueta at a campaign stop in Little Havana, Cain asked: "How do you say 'delicious' in Cuban?" He did not appear to be joking, Raw...