7-Eleven Inc.

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Battle of the Pumpkin Spice Lattes: Comparing Four

Get in my belly you delicious, pumpkin devil.​Pumpkin is one of those fruits that is most emblematic of the Autumn season. Forget about its obvious benefits like being Atkin's Diet-friendly, full of vitamins, and a powerful digestive aid (fiber baby, fiber). We want to eat it, drink it, and s ... More >>

Richard Robinson's Night Included Robbing a Store and Shooting at Cops, Police Say

​Here's how 27-year-old Richard Robinson allegedly spent his Wednesday night: Robbing a 7-Eleven store, shooting at police, and getting into an hours-long standoff with the BSO's SWAT team until surrendering at 4 a.m. today.According to Fort Lauderdale Police Det. Travis Mandell, the cops got a ca ... More >>

Aboard the "Jungle Queen" in Fort Lauderdale: All-You-Can-Eat BBQ, With a Sideshow of Camp

​Here's how 27-year-old Richard Robinson allegedly spent his Wednesday night: Robbing a 7-Eleven store, shooting at police, and getting into an hours-long standoff with the BSO's SWAT team until surrendering at 4 a.m. today.According to Fort Lauderdale Police Det. Travis Mandell, the cops got a ca ... More >>

Vegan Cooking Series: Dreamy Desserts

​What do Oreos, 7-Eleven apple pies and those Dollar Store staples Mrs. Freshley's Oatmeal Creme-filled Cookies all share in common? Besides their empty wrappers stuffed between my car's backseat? That's right, all three are vegan. But while these PETA-approved snacks can satisfy a sugar ... More >>

Seven-Eleven Offers Free Slurpies on 7/11

Oh thank heaven...for slurpies!​7-Eleven, everyone's favorite place to stock up on slurpies, beef jerkey, big gulps and coffee at any time of day or night, is celebrating its birthday on (what else) July 11th! That's crazy, huh? Like, 7-Eleven's birthday is July 11th (do you think that's ... More >>

J.J. Abrams Deploys Humor and Destruction in His Superfun, Superloud Catastrophe Flick "Super 8"

Oh thank heaven...for slurpies!​7-Eleven, everyone's favorite place to stock up on slurpies, beef jerkey, big gulps and coffee at any time of day or night, is celebrating its birthday on (what else) July 11th! That's crazy, huh? Like, 7-Eleven's birthday is July 11th (do you think that's ... More >>

12 Songs About Booze

​There's no shortage of drinking songs -- here's a list of 360 of 'em -- but not all that many about specific liquors or cocktails. That's sort of odd, considering how alcohol and live music go hand in hand. According to musicologists, drinking songs can be Irish (like Ween's "The Blarney Sto ... More >>

Three Party-Planning Tips I Learned From Drag Queens

Twat LaRouge ​Throwing a party can be, for some people, a real drag. They create for themselves a whirl of faux stress, brought on by popping open a can of Pringles and procuring a five-pound bag of ice from 7-Eleven. Whew, exhausting! But it is the guests who suffer most. We've all been invi ... More >>

Four Kids From South Florida Led the World's Biggest Online Identity Heist

Twat LaRouge ​Throwing a party can be, for some people, a real drag. They create for themselves a whirl of faux stress, brought on by popping open a can of Pringles and procuring a five-pound bag of ice from 7-Eleven. Whew, exhausting! But it is the guests who suffer most. We've all been invi ... More >>

Former Retail Giant Blockbuster Struggles With What's Next

Twat LaRouge ​Throwing a party can be, for some people, a real drag. They create for themselves a whirl of faux stress, brought on by popping open a can of Pringles and procuring a five-pound bag of ice from 7-Eleven. Whew, exhausting! But it is the guests who suffer most. We've all been invi ... More >>

Dolphins Coach Tony Sparano Is a Risk-Taking Conservative

Twat LaRouge ​Throwing a party can be, for some people, a real drag. They create for themselves a whirl of faux stress, brought on by popping open a can of Pringles and procuring a five-pound bag of ice from 7-Eleven. Whew, exhausting! But it is the guests who suffer most. We've all been invi ... More >>

Report Released on Driver Accused in Hit-and-Run Death of 10-Year-old

Photo: Palm Beach Sheriff's OfficeFlores​The Boynton Beach Police Department just released the probable cause affidavit in yesterday's deadly hit and run. Leticia Flores, 28, is accused of accidentally killing 10-year-old Darness Brown, then leaving the scene.Flores, who is being held on $1 millio ... More >>

Toys Toys Baby

Photo: Palm Beach Sheriff's OfficeFlores​The Boynton Beach Police Department just released the probable cause affidavit in yesterday's deadly hit and run. Leticia Flores, 28, is accused of accidentally killing 10-year-old Darness Brown, then leaving the scene.Flores, who is being held on $1 millio ... More >>

James Randi has been worshiped by nonbelievers and doubters. So what will free thinkers do when he's gone?

Photo: Palm Beach Sheriff's OfficeFlores​The Boynton Beach Police Department just released the probable cause affidavit in yesterday's deadly hit and run. Leticia Flores, 28, is accused of accidentally killing 10-year-old Darness Brown, then leaving the scene.Flores, who is being held on $1 millio ... More >>

Color Bind: Are Police Looking for Johnny Cash?

flickr.com Johnny Cash: Dressed in Black We've written about the local media's awkward refusal to mention the race of violent, uncaptured suspects in police stories a few times. (Here and here.) It's odd that a newspaper would inform its readers how violent an individual might be and menti ... More >>

The Finger That Robbed 7-Eleven

Flickr User: sm4rtusSeveral suspects in the robberyBroward Sheriff's Office detectives are searching South Florida for the human being who belongs to the finger who robbed a 7-Eleven in Pompano Beach. The BSO release does not say exactly what, if anything, was on the tip of that finger that made it ... More >>

Color Bind: The Search for a Blond Goatee and a Man Wearing Clothes

BSO sketch The metropolitan daily papers in South Florida continue to awkwardly avoid mentioning race when describing criminal suspects on the loose, seemingly without consideration for whether doing so might actually aid in apprehending some of them. I wrote about a few examples ... More >>

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Sun-Sentinel Falls For 7-Eleven Sham

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Riddim Driven

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The Big Chil

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The Swift and the Dying

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Tailpipe

J-Rod Strikes Out

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The Art of the SoFla Movie Deal

Comeback Kid

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Letters for March 18, 2004

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What, Me Pay?

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Letters for November 27, 2003

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Shipped Off

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Guess Who's Back

And he's got a shiny new quarter just for you, baby

Ciro "Needed Killing"

A lesbian love triangle leads to a stabbing, a shooting, and a somber procession in a Mexican village. So why isn't anyone in jail?

The War Within

Listen to the leaders of two South Florida mosques tied to terror

Almost Prefect

West Palm planner Joe Minicozzi sure doesn't sound like a bureaucrat

Gimme an A!

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Bandwidth

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The Man Who Wrote Too Much

Who is Harvey Slavin? Why is he so angry? And why can't he stop sending scathing letters to the editor?

I Want a New Drug

Users call it G, Scoop, Goop, EZLay, Georgia Home Boy, or just plain old GHB. What's it like? Euphoric… and potentially deadly.

Sex and Violins

Users call it G, Scoop, Goop, EZLay, Georgia Home Boy, or just plain old GHB. What's it like? Euphoric… and potentially deadly.

Short Cuts

Users call it G, Scoop, Goop, EZLay, Georgia Home Boy, or just plain old GHB. What's it like? Euphoric… and potentially deadly.