Below is what happened in Miami, Florida this week, as reported on Miami Beach 411 and from other places across the web.

From Miami Beach 411:

• Warning: Pythons Are Taking Over The Everglades
  Less than an hour away from Miami is the primitive, mysterious sea of grass known as the Everglades.  For years, the alligator ruled as its supreme predator.  But watch out gators! Burmese pythons are taking over.  Predator, meet Alien! [...]
• Miami-Dade County Jail -The Coldest Place in Florida
  The first thing a casual visitor might notice about DCJ is that the people working the front desk, despite being in the middle of South Florida, are dressed like it’s January in Chicago.  [...]
• Mr. Clucky Goes to Court and Gets the Boot
  If you’ve ever visited South Beach and strolled down Lincoln Road, chances are that you’ve seen Mr. Clucky. He is the rooster that rides on the handlebars of a blue spray painted bicycle operated by Mark Buckley, a lanky man in overalls. [...]
• Jorge Baluja is Not the Best Cop in Miami
  Let’s suppose you decide to go get your TV fixed.  As you are in the TV repair shop, you look outside and see your car rear ended by an SUV. Now, lets suppose when the police come they insist you must have been making an illegal U-Turn, and that was how you got rear ended. [...]

More News From Around The Web:

Local

• Two-day lobster season claims four lives, Sun Sentinel
• S. Florida Beaches Barely Get Passing Grade, CBS4
• NBC 6 Sets New Benchmark for Poor Taste, Man or Maniac?
• Florida town manager fired for being married to a porn star, Carlos Miller
• Burn Notice star burnt in DUI arrest, Scene in the Tropics
• Another snake removed from Miami-Dade home’s backyard, Sun Sentinel

Real Estate

• Fla. continues to dominate foreclosure rankings, SFBJ
• South Beach Luxury Condo Report –  first half of 2009, Miamism
• Lenny Kravitz Sells Miami Beach Home for $2,450,000, Kevin Tomlinson

Travel & Recreation

• Let’s all get nekkid!, Random Pixels
• Welcome Home, Discourse.net
• Touring Erickson Farm, Mango & Lime
• Miami Spa Month, 305: Misadventures in the MIA
• Miami’s First Videogame Convention Coming in October, Riptide 2.0
• Only in Miami, 305: Misadventures in the MIA
• A Fish Called Avalon Pays Homage to Lobster Season, South Beach, USA
• Cocktails ‘Round the Clock at The Tides, South Florida Traveler
• Daily Happy Hour @ Meat Market, All Purpose Dark
• Restaurant Review - Ta-Zin Restaurant, FOODTASTIC!
• Life Is Art Creative Connections & River Of Art Showcase, Soul of Miami

Other Items

• Looking For A Few Good Photographers, SFDB
• My Night With Adrian Grenier, All Purpose Dark
• Miamity, the update, More Blog About Buildings And Food
• Careful what your family does; it might get YOU fired., Burnettiquette
• Cuba’s eBay, Random Pixels
• Cut Me Off, Restaurant Gal

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