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The Week's Best 'Only In Miami' Tweets

Posted 05.25.2012

This is Miami so of course the default toothpaste flavor at the dentist is Pina Colada and of course you have to navigate around roosters at Costco an...

Best Things To Do This Memorial Day Weekend

Posted 05.25.2012

Thousands of tourists will descend on South Beach this weekend for Urban Beach Weekend and Miami Beach Police are reacting with police-state-like tact...

MASSIVE Cockfighting Ring Busted In Keys

Posted 05.25.2012

During a drug bust at Rockland Key apartments on Thursday, Monroe County Sheriff investigators stumbled upon what appeared to be a massive cockfightin...

How Broward Gets A 'D'

Posted 05.24.2012

About half of Florida’s school districts -- including Broward County's -- mislead parents into thinking that providing a social security number for ...

Woman Pocketed Over $200K In Village Funds Banned From Government Service

Posted 05.24.2012

A former local comptroller for the Village of Miami Shores has been sentenced to 30 months behind bars and a lifetime ban from government service for ...

PHOTOS: Is This Baby Dolphin Smiling?

Posted 05.24.2012

Miami Seaquarium welcomed a new dolphin on Mother's Day and he made his debut to the public on Wednesday. The newborn calf has quite the Seaquarium...

You Won't Believe What Landed On This Golf Course

Posted 05.24.2012

What, no "fore?" The main cabin door of an airborne jet fell off and plunged to a South Florida golf course after the plane departed Opa-Locka Exec...

PHOTOS: Shoe Heir's 'Sky Mansion' Sale Breaks Records

Posted 05.23.2012

The most expensive condo in the Miami area, referred to as "Sky Mansion," is located a few skips away from the $60 steaks of Prime 112. Alex Birke...

MDC Student To Plead In Court Today On Obama Threat Charges

AP | CURT ANDERSON | Posted 05.23.2012

MIAMI — A 20-year-old college student who told investigators he was merely trying to get a reaction from President Barack Obama's supporters ple...

WATCH: Stanton Grand Slam Breaks Scoreboard

Posted 05.22.2012

One would think that somewhere, Marlins owner Jeffrey Loria is yelling, "This is why we can't have nice things!" After the franchise poured enormou...

Cops: Couple Stole Luggage At MIA And FTL

Posted 05.23.2012

Think the airlines lost your luggage? Think again. If you're at a South Florida airport, and you can't find your roller bag on the carousel, thieves m...

Cops: Girlfriend Shot And Killed Machete-Wielding Boyfriend

Posted 05.22.2012

After a Coral Springs man reportedly attacked his girlfriend with a machete, she fired a fatal gunshot to his chest on Sunday night, according to auth...

Arsht Center Evacuated During 'The Lion King'

Posted 05.21.2012

Massive rains forced an evacuation at the Arsht Center during the second act of the "The Lion King" Sunday night. "An alarm went off and they stop...

Cops: Thieves Drove Van Into Couture Boutique; Steal $50,000 In Dresses

Posted 05.23.2012

Just six weeks after moving from Coral Gables to the Design District, high-end boutique Tanya-Marie Design has been ransacked by couture-loving thiev...

PHOTOS: The Most Adorable Warts And Snouts Ever

Posted 05.23.2012

Just as the Arsht Center hosts Pumbaa, the singing warthog in Broadway hit "The Lion King," Zoo Miami welcomes four new warthogs piglets. But that...

Coral Springs Native Fulfills Lifelong Dream

AP | JENNIFER KAY | Posted 05.18.2012

MIAMI — Richard Knabb, the tropical weather expert at The Weather Channel, will be the next chief of the U.S. government's hurricane forecasting...

Weekend Guide:

The Huffington Post | Amanda McCorquodale | Posted 05.18.2012

This weekend's event line-up gets points for an impressive range. There's everything from a family-friendly Broadway hit on the stage at Arsht to ...

WATCH: Spanish TV Host Burglarizes Neighbor

Posted 05.18.2012

An Emmy-winning Spanish language television host and producer who has worked with Telemundo, Univision, Mega TV, and Azteca America, was caught on vid...

Pass The Swamp Cabbage: Artist Talks Insane 305

The Huffington Post | Amanda McCorquodale | Posted 05.16.2012

One of the most imaginative minds in Miami is artist Clifton Childree, an Alabama native now living in Little Haiti. He can the take the most gut-wren...

WATCH: Police Under Investigation For Killing Dog

Posted 05.16.2012

Family pets are in danger of being killed by South Florida police, regardless of whether the canines are guarding a suspect's home, on a victim's prop...

WATCH: Heroes Use 'Human Chain' To Rescue Rip Current Victims

Posted 05.15.2012

When a strong rip current sucked two kids and their father out to sea on Sunday at a Fort Lauderdale beach, strangers formed a human chain in lieu of ...

Officials Rule On Coral Gables Travel Agency Fire

AP | CHRISTINE ARMARIO | Posted 05.14.2012

CORAL GABLES, Fla. -- A blaze last month that scorched the offices of a Cuba travel agency in Miami was deliberately set, fire investigators say, one ...

The Week's Best 'Only In Miami' Tweets

Posted 05.11.2012

Only In Miami: it isn't just a Bette Midler song, it's our favorite expression for when things are just hilarious, quintessentially 305. From actu...

LOOK: Saudi Prince's Posh Miami Pad

Posted 05.12.2012

Although many of Miami's 1 percent may feel like they live like princes, we finally have a peek at how one true royal in South Florida lives. Shei...

Infamous Street Artist Gets White Cube Show

The Huffington Post | Amanda McCorquodale | Posted 05.11.2012

Regardless of whether the food truck rally is on or off at this weekend's Second Saturday Art Walk (it’s off this month by the way), the Wynwood aff...