$1.5 Million Submarine for Sale in Fort Lauderdale

The Deep Flight Dragon sports a raised back spoiler, aerodynamic design,  propellers, and two enclosed cockpits. It’s small, sleek, and off-white, looking more like a toy fighter jet than a $1.5 million two-person submarine. Deep Flight’s Director of Tourism, James Doyle, explained earlier this week in Fort Lauderdale, “It’s a…

Why Are So Many Private Planes Crashing in South Florida?

The image was hard to shake: a smoke-spewing fireball swallowing a Lake Worth trailer. As the on-the-scene footage began cycling through the news coverage this week, the worst-case scenario was confirmed: when the Piper PA-28-180 plane dropped out of the sky on Tuesday afternoon, smacking into the Mar Mak Mobile…

In Florida, Emojis, LOLs, and Hahas Reign Supreme on Facebook

Floridians are a weird bunch. Geographic isolation has leant its way to bizarre habits, like an aversion to indicator signals and a pathological fear of cockroaches. We even have our own twang—we prefer “you guys” to “y’all” and “Publix” to “supermarket.” It should come as no surprise that we e-laugh…

GamerGate Is Coming Saturday to Miami

Forbes calls GamerGate “a consumer movement.” But the Washington Post calls it a “misdirected lynchmob.” CNN calls it “a heated debate over journalistic integrity.” But the New York Times says it looks “like an orchestrated campaign of harassment against women.” So what the hell is it? If you don’t play…

Florida Doctor Invents a Laser Vibrator

A Florida-based doctor and inventor is about to get all Star Wars-y up in your vag. In order to treat his patients suffering from pelvic pain, board certified female pelvic medicine and reconstructive surgeon Doctor Ralph Zipper came up with a device that used low-level laser therapy. But during clinical…

Broward County Commissioners Propose New Regulations for Uber

Broward County Commissioners have agreed to propose new measures for ride-sharing companies like Uber and Lyft that would require more thorough background checks for potential driver’s, as well as more stringent inspections for vehicles. Commissioners also want to have drivers fingerprinted.  The County Attorney’s Office will prepare the requirements into…

Kat Stacks Ripped Off Manuscript, Author Claims

It was 2013, and Tessie Patrick had been hired to write the biography of a woman named Kat Stacks. When the author first Googled the name, she was appalled. Stacks, better-known as Andrea Herrera, was a foul-mouthed 24-year-old, internet-famous for talking smack about rappers. On WorldStar­HipHop.com, a viral-video and taste-making…

Camming Is the New Porn: Clinton Cox Brings Playboy Live to Little Haiti

Inside a windowless warehouse across from the Haitian Cultural Arts Alliance, workers rip up carpet and pressure-clean AstroTurf. Construction of several film sets is underway. One is meant to look like a college library; another, a receptionist’s office. A third is modeled after a stereotypical 20-something girly-girl’s bedroom, complete with…

Miami Web Awards 2013: Calling for Nominations

It’s back! The New Times’ Miami Web Awards are here to pick the best of the web. Who’s the Funniest Twitterer? Who can lay claim to Meme of the Year or Best Viral Video? Can you choose just one Food Instagram User who has you salivating when you look at…