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Glenn Greenwald, Blogger From Lauderdale Lakes, Breaks NSA Surveillance Scandal

Glenn Greenwald, a lawyer and longtime blogger who grew up in Lauderdale Lakes, is apparently the man at the center of the National Security Agency phone spying scandal that has everyone in a huff. It was an article that Greenwald wrote for The Guardian about the NSA collecting telephone records of ... More >>

La Cucina Veneziana: Lovely Italian Cuisine in Fort Lauderdale, Lovely Owner

Boston Bombers' Mother Agrees With FAU's James Tracy: Bombing Was A Hoax

The mother of the two Chechnen men accused of perpetrating the Boston bombing has announced she's in support of the same theory James Tracy has championed -- namely, that the Boston bombing was a hoax. "There was no blood," Zubeidat Tsarnaev told CNN. It was paint." See also: - FAU's James Tracy ... More >>

Activist Painting House Like a Gay Rainbow, Across Street From Westboro Baptist Church

Last May, the Huffington Post published a photo of a 9-year-old named Josef Miles counter-protesting the Westboro Baptist Church -- a small but infamous group known for protesting soldiers' funerals with signs that declare "God Hates Fags." Miles held a small pencil-drawn sign that said, "God Hates ... More >>

The Ten Weirdest Members of Congress

Everett Wilkinson: Media Darling, Fringe Tea Party Extremist

IKEA U.S. Meatballs Do Not Contain Horse Meat

If you're heading to IKEA in Sunrise to pick up some cheap furniture and a snack, don't worry too much about finding remnants of Trigger in your lunch.Earlier in the week, authorities in the Czech Republic detected horse meat in IKEA meatballs. Initially, the furniture company removed meatballs from ... More >>

Assault Rifles Are Big Business in Florida as Federal Ban Looms

Jell-O Shots at Work: It Must Be New Year's Eve

So, it's New Year's Eve. And yes, it's 9 a.m. But we can only assume that you're already wasted. And this -- this is a good thing. What's terrible, however, is that you're lost somewhere amid the throngs of corporate America, hammered drunk, perhaps irritated these pussies you work with aren't sauc ... More >>

Rick Scott Is Changing His Mind About Things, Part II: More Early Voting Days

At first Rick Scott was all, NO EXTRA EARLY VOTING DAYS FOR OUR STATE, EVAR! And then everyone started to hate him and think he's awful because they realized he's a beady-eyed pustule with dumb GOPer agendas and an affinity to eat people's souls (allegedly!). But now, all of a sudden as if by magi ... More >>

Republicans Already Using Hurricane Sandy as an Excuse in Case Romney Loses

Looks like the GOPers are all ready to go with their postelection TALKING POINT in case their robot Mitt Romney should lose the election. Because the Benghazi SuperSecret Governmental Conspiracy Coverup of the 22nd Century thing hasn't worked and because Romney's supposed momentum has slowed some ... More >>

Election Night on Hollywood's Broadwalk: Sax Solos and Air Traffic Controllers

Just before 8 p.m., as CNN was announcing that Romney took Kentucky and Obama took Vermont, a musician by the name of Billy Bones was delivering a wincing saxophone solo to a roughly 80-person crowd. "There's a hidden place only two can find," Mr. Bones wailed as his laptop computer p ... More >>

I-4 Corridor Predicts Florida for Romney

Obama and Romney Hitting Up Florida For The Home Stretch

Polls are tight in Florida as the presidential election mercifully grinds down to its final days, and anything can and will happen in the Sunshine State, because that's just how we roll. A Quinnipiac University/New York Times/CBS News Poll have Barack Obama and Mitt Romney in a virtual tie in Flori ... More >>

Fear and Loathing in Tampa: Your Gonzo Guide to the Republican National Convention

Obama Buys $13 Million in Florida TV Time, Romney Citing Florida Woes

We've already the political ads flowing in, but there are about to be a lot more: As part of a huge $77 million ad buy, the reelection campaign of President Barack Obama has allocated about $13.3 million to Florida ads that are set to start running today, according to CNN. His total media spending i ... More >>

Egypt Names First Democratically Elected President Ever; Allen West Blames Obama

For the first time, Egypt held a democratic election. Mohamed Morsi was named president-elect of the country, which ousted President Hosni Mubarak last February as part of the "Arab Spring" of democratic protests. Morsi is a former member of the Islamist Muslim Brotherhood -- which worries some peop ... More >>

It's Anthony Bourdain's Birthday: Five Awesome Gift Ideas for Our Favorite Celebrity Chef

Anthony Bourdain, television star, author, chef, and champion snarkmaster is celebrating his 56th birthday today.  Though one could counter that the man has plenty to be thankful for this year -- what with television deals with both CNN and ABC, a publishing deal with Harper Collins' Ecco Books ... More >>

George Zimmerman Says Trayvon Martin Told Him, "You're Gonna Die Tonight, Motherfucker"

Documents released this morning show that George Zimmerman admitting that he did not call 911 when he saw Trayvon Martin "casually walking in the rain looking into houses" -- he called the Sanford Police non-emergency line -- and then says Martin cursed and threatened his life numerous times.Zimmerm ... More >>

Fidel Castro's Niece Endorses Obama, and Conservatives Are Absolutely Thrilled About It

It's a Wall Street Journal editor's wet dream, splashed across the opinion page today: "Castro Endorses Obama."Mariela Castro, niece to the tracksuit guy and daughter of Raul, calls herself a "sexologist," and her work, according to Journal columnist Mary O'Grady, "has something to do with advocatin ... More >>

Donald Trump Is Having a Week So Stupid It Put Obama and George Will on the Same Team

Donald Trump, devoid of any meaningful role in American culture outside of a television show in which he fires marginally famous people from imaginary jobs, has settled nicely into a new, strange role as a political commentator, a role with all the hubristic indulgences of his campaign for president ... More >>

Jonatha Carr's FAU Outburst Had Nothing to Do With Trayvon Martin Discussion, Sorry Huffington Post

​Dr. Boyce Watkins has been actively involved in racial commentary for a long time. He's been on CNN, he's written books, he runs a constantly updated website called Your Black World. That, combined with his status as a "scholar in residence" at Syracuse University, lends a lot of credibility to h ... More >>

My Shamrock-Shake Obsession: When a Food Fixation Doesn't Pay Off

​A few years ago, a roommate and I Netflixed a portion of the first season of Punky Brewster. It was one of those months-later arrivals in which you open the red envelope and stare at the little white sleeve with zero recognition until Ah, yes -- alcohol and the Netflix queue. In a fit of nos ... More >>

Allen West No Longer Wants Democratic Leaders to Get the Hell Out of the United States (video)

​Yesterday, Congressman Allen West backed away from comments he made over the weekend that President Barack Obama, Democratic congressional leaders and Florida Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz (whom he called "my dear friend the chairman of the Democrat National Committee") should "get the h ... More >>

Gary Johnson Invited to Fox News GOP Debate, Still Not Allowed to Participate in Straw Poll

garyjohnson2012.com​A campaign strategist for former New Mexico Gov. Gary Johnson confirmed that Johnson has been invited -- and will participate in -- tonight's Fox News GOP Presidential debate in Orlando, after being shut out of the previous four debates.The Republican Party of Florida repor ... More >>

Rick Perry Leads CNN Poll Going Into Debate, Followed by Mitt Romney and... Sarah Palin

Texas Gov. Rick Perry​In anticipation of the GOP presidential debate it's hosting, CNN released its freshest poll numbers, with Texas Gov. Rick Perry leading the pack -- ahead by 12 percentage points over second-place Mitt Romney.The poll showed that 30 percent of the 446 Republican voters surveye ... More >>

Rick Perry Hosting Lunch Event in Fort Lauderdale; Tickets Start at Just $1,000 Each

Rick Perry, who is allegedly so good-looking that it'll cost you $2,500 to be seen in a photograph with him.​GOP presidential candidate and Texas Gov. Rick Perry has announced the details for his swing through Florida -- a five-stop tour that includes events in both Palm Beach and Fort Lauderdale. ... More >>

Debbie Wasserman Schultz Describes Gabrielle Giffords' Return to Congress (Video)

Rep. Gabrielle Giffords​Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, the Arizona congresswoman shot in the head during a Tucson shooting rampage in January, made her return to the House floor yesterday to cast her vote on the debt deal.Giffords' spokeswoman told reporters that it's unknown what her political future i ... More >>

Rick Scott May Have Just Begun Reading Newspapers -- Or Watching TV

​Gov. Rick Scott may have just instituted a personal policy that's going to be popular with just about everyone -- staying informed about the world around him.For the first time, the governor's public schedule includes a "review of Florida and national news," which is coming from the guy who said ... More >>

Was Nancy Grace Right About Casey Anthony?

crimerant.comNancy Grace​It's pretty clear that HLN's Nancy Grace has thought Casey Anthony "Tot Mom" killed her 2-year-old daughter in 2008, regardless of the jury's acquittal yesterday on charges that she killed Caylee.Even after the verdict was announced, Grace still relayed to CNN that she had ... More >>

Bill Koch Buys Billy the Kid Tintype Photograph for $2.3 Million at Auction

newmexico.orgBill Koch's new prize: The world's only existing photograph of Billy the Kid.​Bill Koch, one of the poorer Koch brothers -- by "poor," we mean he's worth $3.5 billion, compared to Charles and David Koch's $21.5 billion fortune, according to Forbes -- dropped a cool couple of million o ... More >>

Debbie Wasserman Schultz Half-Apologizes For Saying Republicans Like Jim Crow Laws

house.govDebbie Wasserman Schultz​Democratic National Committee Chairwoman and South Florida Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz isn't very good at retracting statements.Wasserman Schultz was on CNN Sunday when she said Republicans want to bring states back to Jim Crow-era laws, drawing the ire ... More >>

The $1.35 Million Joint

​The most expensive joint in the world was never even smoked, reported CNN.com on Saturday.Most likely, it was confiscated by police and left to rot in an evidence room. This was in the late 1970s, and the joint's true worth was not then apparent. The person in whose possession it was found, the t ... More >>

Governor Rick Scott and Former Governor Jeb Bush Both Say They're Not Running for President. One of Them May be Faking It

santarosademocrats.comGovernor Rick Scott (left) and former Governor Jeb Bush both say they're not running for president. The guy with the cue-ball head probably isn't lying.​We're not sure who asked Governor Rick Scott today if he plans on running for president in the 2012 election, but he made i ... More >>

Sentinel Rides Charlie Sheen's Media Train

The Charlie Sheen media machine just keeps running -- and it says a whole lot more about the media than it does Charlie Sheen. Answer to the Sun-Sentinel's question: None of the above. (He's a crackhead.)​​​When a rambling Hollywood drug addict can dominate national and, at times, local n ... More >>

Latin Talk-Show Host Jaime Bayly, Loathed and Loved, Is Dying