Ladies and gentlemen, allows us to introduce you to Ms. Crystal Metheney. You didn’t read that wrong. Your mind isn’t screwing around with you. This woman from Polk County has the perfect Florida name. She was arrested back in early May. The charge: shooting a “missile” into a “occupied vehicle.”…
Well, that was rough. Game 3 started and the San Antonio Spurs rained down swords and knives onto the Miami Heat for the crotch-punching 111-92 win at American Airlines Arena. It was an onslaught from the beginning, as the Spurs hit 75 percent of their shots, obliterating NBA Finals records…
South Florida cyclists have been vocal for years about the dangers of riding down here, what with wet grates and unruly drivers hitting people, but those aren’t the only dangers. Kevin Culp, a 43-year-old cyclist who moved here from New York two years ago, says South Florida is the most…
UPDATE: As the November elections near, Sheldon Adelson has dug even deeper into his never-ending pockets and donated another $1.5 million to the Drug Free Florida campaign. Big-money casino magnate Sheldon Adelson has jumped into the anti-medical marijuana fray by opening his deep wallet and donating $2.5 million to the…
For months now, polls have been showing Charilie Crist leading Rick Scott in the race for governor. In March, a Quinnipiac University poll showed Crist up by 16 points. Before that, in October, Public Policy Polling showed Crist leading by 12. Now all that seems to have changed, as a…
Earlier Tuesday morning, it was reported that Antaun Teasley, personal chef to and good friend of the Miami Heat’s Norris Cole, was shot and killed at popular Miami Beach nightclub, Mansion. Police say a fight broke out in the VIP section, and a weapon was fired, leaving Teasely the lone…
Dwyane Wade has been fined $5,000 for his Game 2 flop against the San Antonio Spurs. And deservedly so. The NBA says flopping is illegal and has tried to curb the act by fining players when they do. And Wade’s Game 2 flop was a doozy. Although it came against…
It looks like Floridians would rather have all the scientists run for president than Marco Rubio, according to a Public Policy Polling survey released last week. After the White House released the findings from the National Climate Assessment last month that said climate change was man-made and that Florida was…
It’s a no-brainer that high-speed rail would make everybody’s lives a little more bearable — especially in Florida, where a simple shot up I-95 at the wrong time of day can be a Bataan Death March. Gov. Rick Scott has already flubbed one opportunity for high-speed rail between Tampa and…
How do you know it’s June? Everything in your house is sticky. The Disney channel plays 24 hours a day at a volume that would give Helen Keller a headache. The only thing you’ve had to eat all day is a fistful of grapes and three strands of your own…
Hazel Sobti dashes to center stage carrying a microphone pole, barely skirting a collision with another contestant. Two beautiful women follow her. As a guitarist in a Hawaiian shirt hams up “Rollin’ on the River” for an audience bathed in blue light, the luminous beauty from India shimmies in a…
If you plan to watch tonight’s Miami Heat NBA Finals home opener against the San Antonio Spurs, you might notice a curious sight down in the fourth row of Section 116. It will be one of South Florida’s weirdest media sensations: Little Birdman. Yeah, 11-year-old Gianni Zandri will again likely…
The backlash over Debbie Wasserman Schultz’s opposition to the amendment to legalize medical marijuana in Florida has trickled into Monday with the vice chairman of the Florida Democratic Party publicly separating himself from Wasserman Schultz’s stance. Alan Clendenin sent out a news release proclaiming his support for Amendment 2 while…
On Monday, Gov. Rick Scott signed the DREAM Act bill into law, which will allow in-state tuition for the children of illegal immigrants in Florida. According to the bill, undocumented immigrants must meet a certain number of conditions to qualify that include attending a secondary school for at least three…
A man jumped from the third level of the parking garage at CityPlace early Monday morning, police say. There are also reports of gunshots being heard at or around CityPlace Muvico at the time the man jumped. It’s unclear if he was running from the gunshots or if he was…
South Florida looks a lot like a Renaissance painting today. The skyline and the cityscape bleed into each other with the most minuscule of brush strokes. But no, an imaginary Leonardo did not restyle South Florida to look like the Mona Lisa. What you’re seeing is not sfumato; it’s smoke…
It seems that the farther from the ocean you are in this country, the more relaxed you are. Sounds counterintuitive, considering that beaches are our collective vision of paradise, and seaside communities are where old people go to decompress before they die. But hey — science is science, or something…
Last week we told you about the African Gambian Pouched Rat’s reemergence on Grassy Key. Now comes an organization headquartered in Tanzania called APOPO, dedicated to training African Gambian pouched rats to detect land mines and tuberculosis. When trained, they’re dubbed HeroRATS. Bart Weetjens, a self-described monk, started the organization…
By now you’ve probably heard about the ride-share fever that’s sweeping through the 305, a game changer for anyone looking travel in Miami-Dade. Two app-based car services — UberX and Lyft — are currently motoring folks all over the county, despite the fact that well, it’s kind of illegal. Regardless,…
After he was forced out of Game 1 with cramps and had to be carried to the bench by Heat trainers, the Twittersphere began mocking LeBron James with a viral #LeBroning hashtag that showed people being carried in pain. In Game 2, LeBron took #LeBroning and bent it, torqued it,…
As LeBron James was losing a battle against debilitating muscle cramps, because he is, after all, a human and not a cyborg, energy-drink-maker Gatorade was getting all trolly with the King during the game. Or, at least whoever runs the Gatorade Twitter account was. Because they were laying it on…
Update: National Press Secretary for the Democratic Party Mike Czin has released a statement concerning Wasserman Schultz’s comments. “She was speaking as a mom and a member of congress on her personal concerns on a local issue,” Czin says. “The Democratic National Committee has not taken an official position on…
