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• Obama Nominates Miami's William Thomas as First Black, Openly Gay Male Federal Judge

  Miami-Dade Judge William Thomas will make history. He's been nominated by President Obama to serve on the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida, and if his appointment...

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• Hipster Enclave Design Place Won't Rent To African-Americans, Lawsuit Claims

  On its website, Design Place at 5175 NE Second Court is billed as the Design District's most desirable Miami condo rental community for young professionals, graduate students and small families....

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• 305 Photo of the Day: Just a Small Town Girl...

  Today's photo comes from Kev Cook'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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• Florida Teen Shoots Himself In The Face At A Library With A .38 Special

  A 16-year-old boy is recovering after shooting himself in the face at the Dickinson Memorial Library in Orange City, Florida, yesterday afternoon. According to WESH, the boy had brought the .38 s...

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• Florida Unemployment Drops to Lowest Rate Since October 2008

  Lets party like its ...um, 2008. We're still not quite back to pre-economic meltdown levels yet, but Florida's unemployment rate has dropped to its lowest number since October of 2008.As of last ...

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• Florida Teacher to Student Who Wanted To Use Water Fountain: "Pour This Water Over My Body and You Can Lick It Off"

  Math class is certainly not supposed to be sexy, and if it is, then you might have a problem.A former student at Port St. Lucie High School has filed suit against his math teacher Meri-Ann Johns...

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• IKEA Says It Never Sold Furniture Made By Cuban Prisoners (Though It Did Use German Forced Labor)

  In May, cheap chic Swedish furniture giant IKEA was rocked with shocking accusations in the German press: That it had manufactured products using forced prison labor in East Germany in the '70s a...

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• Best and Worst Movies Shot in Miami Beach, From Scarface to Sly Stallone's The Specialist

  For years, wealthy Miami Beach residents -- including celebs like Alex Rodriguez -- have pimped out their mansions as movie studios. Now, however, it seems locals are finally getting pissed off ...

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• The Dream Is Over: Dolphins Fall 19-14 To Bills

  Last night's beatdown in Buffalo was so dispiriting that John Lennon rose from the grave to write a tragic ballad about the game. Take it away, John:Fins are a concept ...By which we measure ...O...

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• Mugshots Friday: Drunk Girls, Ed Hardy Tattoos, and the Match Game

  Every Friday, Riptide brings you the most eye-catching mugshots taken the previous week (or thereabouts) in Miami-Dade County. Yes, there is some mockery of bad neck tattoos, but also adulation d...

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