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• Floridians Now Renting Alligators to Swim in Pools for Kids' Parties

  While the rest of the world may throw a side-eye our way and think, "Oh, Florida, you backwards swamp," the native Floridian in us reads this kind of a news story and thinks, "Umm ... this is kin...

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• Baby Girls Dies After Dad Leaves Her in Hot Car All Day in Doral

  A six-month-old baby girl died yesterday after her father forgot she was in his car, and left her there all day. The unidentified father says he dropped an older sibling off at the Doral Academy E...

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• How A Keys Murder-Suicide Exposed A Disappearing Doc Who Faked His Own Death

  In May 2011, I wrote a short piece for Riptide about an 80-year-old Keys man who'd shot and killed his wife and his pet cat before ending his own life. I called it the "saddest story of the m...

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• Fire Jeff Ireland Watch: A Jets-Sized Nail In the Coffin

  Last week, we introduced "Fire Jeff Ireland Watch," Riptide's newest feature, where our crack team of employment termination scientists gauge just how fireable the Dolphins loathed general ma...

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• Miami Northwestern Band Members Appeared in Raunchy Video With Lil' Wayne and a Porn Star

  Rapper Juicy J's music video for his strip club anthem "Bandz A Make Her Dance" features gyrating women, porn star Alexis Texas wearing a t-shirt for adult studio Brazzers, Lil Wayne, 2 Chainz and...

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• Joe Garcia Releases Campaign Video Featuring Otis Wallace, South Florida's Shadiest Mayor

  In any sane world, Democratic congressional candidate Joe Garcia would easily defeat Republican Rep. David Rivera this November. Rivera has been called the most corrupt politician in Washington, ...

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• Justin Lamar Sternard Tells FBI That David Rivera Was Behind His Campaign

  Leave it to Rep. David Rivera, who was already entering into his reelection effort with a serious amount of scandalous baggage, to somehow found himself in even more ridiculous scandal.Justin "Lam...

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• Florida Teacher Taught Third Grade Class While High on Marijuana and Opiates

  There are only a few jobs we recommend doing while high on marijuana: Reggae singer, surrealist artist, and Lil Wayne's personal assistant are among them. Third-grade teacher is not.Elizabeth Edmo...

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• 305 Photo of the Day: Cloud Race

  Today's photo comes from Rober1000x's Flickr. If you'd like to see your photo here join our Flickr group.Follow Miami New Times on Facebook and Twitter @MiamiNewTimes. ...

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• Most Ridiculous Anti-Obama Ad Ever Runs in Major Florida Newspaper

  According to an ad running today in The Sarasota Tribune-Herald, Barack Obama is basically going to come down to your place of work and fire you, and then give it to an illegal immigrant. He's the...

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