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12:00 am
May. 31, 2012
Genetically Modified Bugs Glow Red and Self-Destruct, but Can They Keep Away Disease?
By Chris Sweeney
It's a pristine spring morning on the remote tip of Big Pine Key, 30 miles north of Key West. The lone paved road is surrounded by dense brush and... More >>

The Daily Pulp

10:14 pm
May. 25, 2012
BREAKING: Broward County, There Is Poo in the Water
By Rich Abdill
A Broward County water plant serving Pompano Beach, Deerfield Beach, Lighthouse Point, and Coconut Creek has tested positive for "fecal indicators," according to a statement just sent out by the c... More >>

The Daily Pulp

12:09 pm
May. 25, 2012
Congress Speaks at Tenth-Grade Level; Florida Totally Average; Connie Mack Simplest Speaker in Congress
By Rich Abdill
There has been a lot of blogspace spent on the Sunlight Foundation's latest study, which found that the speech patterns of members of Congress have gotten markedly simpler over the past 15 years... More >>

The Daily Pulp

11:53 am
May. 25, 2012
Minnesota Counties Stop Sending Kids to Youth Services International Juvie Lockup
By Lisa Rab
For more than a year, New Times has been investigating Thompson Academy, a publicly funded, privately run juvenile detention center in Pembroke Pines where teens have alleged they faced physical a... More >>

The Daily Pulp

10:03 am
May. 25, 2012
Palm Beach Police Animal Interactions: Burglar Befriends Terrible Guard Dog, Cop Saves Stupid Turtle
By Rich Abdill
We've got a twofer of animal stories out of Palm Beach County. The first is from Delray Beach: According to police, two men tried to break into a house on Swinton Avenue on May 17 by chucking a ... More >>

The Daily Pulp

8:55 am
May. 25, 2012
Poll Shows Floridians Like Connie Mack, Stand Your Ground Law, and Rick Scott
By Rich Abdill
Quinnipiac University has been ringing Florida phones off their hooks the past week or two -- a poll yesterday showed Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney pulling ahead of Barack Obama in... More >>

The Daily Pulp

8:01 am
May. 25, 2012
Boca Man Arrested on Maryland Pill Mill Charges May Have Run Deerfield Beach Clinic
By Rich Abdill
A Boca Raton man arrested last week on accusations he was running a pill mill in Maryland may be the vice president of a Deerfield Beach clinic that was raided by the DEA last year.Gerald Wiseber... More >>

The Daily Pulp

5:00 am
May. 25, 2012
Mystery Sponge-Killing Disease Now Seen From Palm Beach to Lower Keys
By Chris Sweeney
From Sombrero Reef down in the Keys to the waters of West Palm Beach, red barrel sponges are disintegrating at worrisome rates. The culprit is unknown, and state scientists are busy trying to... More >>

The Daily Pulp

2:34 pm
May. 24, 2012
Class at Broward College Reportedly Interrupted by Child Porn (Updated)
By Rich Abdill
UPDATE, 3:26 p.m.: Received a statement from Broward College. Modified the post accordingly.A developing story from Gossip Extra: Apparently, a police leadership class at Broward College's central... More >>

The Daily Pulp

11:49 am
May. 24, 2012
Casey Anthony Lawyer, on Her Being Found: "Bull$%!&"
By Rich Abdill
People magazine broke a story Tuesday under the headline "Casey Anthony Flushed Out of Hiding." It featured Orlando lawyer Matt Morgan saying that he'd found Casey Anthony in order to serve her pa... More >>

The Daily Pulp

10:25 am
May. 24, 2012
Uncovering the Rothstein Ponzi Involvement of George Levin, Frank Preve, and Banyon Investments
By Rich Abdill
Yesterday, we brought you the accusations against Rothstein Ponzi investors George Levin and Frank Preve, who the Securities and Exchange Commission says knew about Rothstein's scam and fed hundr... More >>

The Daily Pulp

8:58 am
May. 24, 2012
Wanted: Summer, Fall Journalism Interns
By Rich Abdill
New Times Broward-Palm Beach is looking for writing interns for both the summer and fall semesters. Here's your chance, truth-speakers and blog-typers, to get some genuine newsroom experience, wri... More >>

The Daily Pulp

7:57 am
May. 24, 2012
Suspicious Belle Glade Garbage Truck Explained: Dude Has No Idea How to Read Odometer
By Rich Abdill
On Tuesday, we had a story looking at suspicious use of a Belle Glade garbage truck -- the mileage records were a mess and seemed to suggest something shady was happening that caused the use of th... More >>

The Daily Pulp

7:26 am
May. 24, 2012
Feeling Burned by Facebook's IPO? Be Pissed Instead at the Stock Market, a True Sucker's Bet
By Eric Barton
On May 9, Facebook's upper brass had a meeting with financial analysts to tell them the company's revenue should be on the low end of projections, according to the Associated Press. That was bad... More >>

The Daily Pulp

7:00 am
May. 24, 2012
Food Not Bombs to Celebrate 32nd Anniversary and a Farewell, Before Embarking on Puppet Show Bus Tour
By Stefan Kamph
Every Friday for the past few years, Food Not Bombs has been gathering at Stranahan Park in downtown Fort Lauderdale to pass out food to the homeless, hungry, or just plain bored. Our cover story ... More >>

The Daily Pulp

5:58 am
May. 24, 2012
Mavericks High Has Lowest FCAT Reading Score in Palm Beach; Tied for Second-Worst in Broward
By Lisa Rab
Aside from the kids in the Palm Beach County jail, tenth-grade students at Mavericks High in Palm Springs fared worse on the FCAT reading test than any of their peers in the county, according to... More >>

The Daily Pulp

5:00 am
May. 24, 2012
Deep-Water Drilling Rig to Move West Along Cuba's Coast After Exploratory Well Comes Up Dry
By Chris Sweeney
Spanish oil giant Repsol YPF recently announced that its exploratory drilling efforts in "ultra-deep" waters off the coast of Cuba were unsuccessful. To drill the test well, Repsol leased t... More >>

The Daily Pulp

12:49 pm
May. 23, 2012
Allen West Says He'd Consider Raising Taxes: What's Going On? (Video) (Updated)
By Rich Abdill
Update, 1:17 p.m.: Added comment from Patrick Murphy, his Democratic opponent in the District 18 race.Allen West's unpredictability quotient is through the roof these days. The whole "co... More >>

The Daily Pulp

11:24 am
May. 23, 2012
Mitt Romney Beating Obama in New Florida Poll; Rubio VP Pick Would Boost Romney
By Rich Abdill
Took a little while to get to because Quinnipiac University's website is being duct-taped together today, but here are the results of its latest poll, taken May 15 to 21 with a 2.4-percentage-poi... More >>

The Daily Pulp

9:04 am
May. 23, 2012
Frank Preve Emailed Scott Rothstein: "I Can't Show Anyone That I Am a Complete Idiot"
By Rich Abdill
This is one of those times when the documents speak for themselves; I could rewrite and paraphrase the claims made by the Securities and Exchange Commission, but that wouldn't be better for either... More >>

The Daily Pulp

8:01 am
May. 23, 2012
Anthony Costanzo, BSO Detective Accused of Witness Tampering, Has Clean Record
By Rich Abdill
Broward Sheriff's Office Det. Anthony Costanzo faces charges of witness tampering, evidence tampering, disclosure of confidential information, and felony use of a two-way communication device... More >>

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Genetically Modified Bugs Glow Red and Self-Destruct, but Can They Keep Away Disease? Genetically Modified Bugs Glow Red and Self-Destruct, but Can They Keep Away Disease?
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