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Official says spitting was "self defense' A Miami Beach commissioner and hotel owner says he spit on a newspaper reporter last week in self-defense and refused to apologize. "In my opinion, the most powerful weapon a person can have is...

Three years later, while sitting on the Miami Beach commission, he spit on a Miami Herald reporter www.tampabay.com/archive/1990...

This guy’s got falafel for brains.

Feds 'excluded' Monroe County Sheriff's Office from cocaine distribution probe, citing suspected leaks to main target The Monroe County Sheriff’s office was “intentionally and systematically excluded” from key parts of a three-year FBI investigation into cocaine distribution in the Florida Keys amid concerns at…

"The Monroe County Sheriff's office was 'intentionally and systematically excluded' from a three-year FBI investigation into cocaine distribution in the Florida Keys amid concerns at least one official was leaking to the alleged head of the operation"

First-ever cocaine-consuming fruit flies help study addiction in humans For the first time, scientists have created genetically modified fruit flies that willingly consume cocaine.

A scientific study to make flies even more annoying than they already are

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First day of hurricane season

The now Emmy nominated documentary From Russia With Lev is still available on streaming platforms:

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New pope's brother lives in Port Charlotte Fox 4 confirmed Thursday evening, that Pope Leo XIV's brother and sister-in-law live in Port Charlotte.

Area Man’s Brother Is Pope www.fox4now.com/port-charlot...

YouTube video by ksufler Steve Goodman - Banana Republics

A St. Croix-inspired tune for your pleasure. Steve Goodman wrote it during a trip there in the mid-70s www.youtube.com/watch?v=l4h1...

From a guy who hails from one of the biggest international tourist destinations in the country and whose own parents worked at a hotel.

April 2000: Cuban exiles take to the streets of Miami, setting dumpsters on fire, burning the American flag and laying down on the Palmetto, all because a judge ordered a young boy to be reunited with his father.

April 2025: With 500k Cubans facing expulsion, crickets.
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It started with the chaos surrounding Memorial Day weekend in 2001 -- the first Urban Beach Weekend -- but eventually crossed over into Spring Break as well.

That was Memorial Day weekend, not Spring Break.

Florida Mayor Threatens Cinema Over Israeli-Palestinian Film The mayor of Miami Beach wants to end the lease of a group renting a city-owned property because it is screening the Academy Award-winning “No Other Land” there.

News flash: Politicians can’t punish a theater for showing a film they don’t like.

@aclufl.bsky.social will see Mayor Meiner in court.

YouTube video by wolfsonarchive WPLG-Miami, Momma Lives on Miami Beach, 1974, (Part 1 of 6)

The same year WPLG broadcast a multi-part series called "Momma Lives on Miami Beach"

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We know why you’re here this week #ArtBasel

Miami mayor digs Elon Musk's tunnel pitch to ease traffic MIAMI (AP) — Miami Mayor Francis Suarez spoke with Elon Musk on Friday about the tech billionaire’s interest in digging road tunnels in Miami to alleviate traffic congestion in Florida’s largest metro...

The credulous mayor of Miami told reporters Elon was going to build a tunnel in six months for $30 million, when a recently completed tunnel nearby cost $1 billion.

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I'm over here now.