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• Obama: "Florida Is the Center of Basketball"

  President Barack Obama was in Miami today to talk up one his favorite subjects: spending on infrastructure. Nothing particularly groundbreaking there.Though, you can bet the Chicago Bulls fan cert...

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• Unemployment in Miami-Dade at Highest Level in 12 Months

  While Gov. Rick Scott was trumpeting the fact that Florida's overall unemployment rate was lower than the national average for the first time in five years, the picture is considerably bleaker her...

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• 305 Photo of the Day: Gator Pit

  Today's photo comes from Keylargo_diver's Flickr. To see your photos here join our Flickr group.Follow Miami New Times on Facebook and Twitter @MiamiNewTimes. ...

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• Miami Man's Lawsuit Against Spurs for Sitting Stars Against Heat Dismissed

  In today's "no shit" legal news, a lawsuit brought on by a Miami man against the San Antonio Spurs after the team decided to send its star players home during a road game against the Miami Heat ha...

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• Rick Scott Suddenly Wants Barack Obama's Handouts

  Perhaps the definitive moment of Rick Scott's governorship was his decision to axe a federally funded high speed rail line in Florida, but that doesn't mean he's totally opposed to asking for fede...

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• Ultra Music Festival: Police Say Anthony Cassano, 20, Likely Died of Drug Overdose

  While other major electronic music festivals have been rocked by kids overdosing on party drugs, Ultra Music Festival has remained relatively unscathed.Until now, that is. Officials now believe th...

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• Florida Leads Nation in "Zombie Homes," Empty Houses In Foreclosure

  All across our lovely, sun-drenched peninsula, acres and acres of cookie-cutter suburbs sit wilting in the humidity, bereft of human beings. They're "zombie homes": properties mired in forec...

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• Meet the 2013 Miami Marlins! A Position-By-Position Analysis of Baseball's Worst Lineup

  Step right up, meet your 2013 Miami Marlins, same as the 2012 Miami Marlins -- only completely different! If you're anything like me, you're angry, you're hurt, and you may or may not say to yours...

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• Mugshots Friday: That Kool Aid Dye Job

  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 di...

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• Eight People Whose Miami Dolphins Tattoos Are Now Outdated

  You love your team so much that you get its logo permanently tattooed on your skin. Then the team does the unthinkable: changes that logo. Sure, that automatically establishes you as an old-school...

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