Collier County

It Was a Ruthless, Professional Hit, and It Was the Cops Doing the Shooting

Republican Presidential Candidates Owe Floridians More Than $230,000

Newt Gingrich's campaign for the Republican presidential campaign is over. Done-zo. Finished. The guy is walking around his home state wearing a Mitt Romney sticker.But the former speaker of the House isn't even close to concluding the dealings surrounding his campaign, as documents filed over the w ... More >>

JAVMA Probes Whether Burmese Pythons Are Mere Hype or Slithering Destructive Force

​Despite the string of national headlines, television specials, a federal ban, and grotesque photographs, it's becoming increasingly unclear whether Burmese pythons are permanently wrecking the Everglades or if they're just an overhyped nuisance. Earlier this year, scientists r ... More >>

Rick Scott Plays Teacher at Public Schools for a Sigh-Inducing "Let's Get to Work" Day

SCIENCE!!!​With teachers being one of the largest collectives in the state pissed off with Gov. Rick Scott and his tradition of avoiding public schools like the plague, it seems a bit strange that the governor would play teacher for one of his "Let's Get to Work" days.Regardless, that's what the g ... More >>

Ave Maria: A Catholic University Experiment in the Everglades Gone Wrong

SCIENCE!!!​With teachers being one of the largest collectives in the state pissed off with Gov. Rick Scott and his tradition of avoiding public schools like the plague, it seems a bit strange that the governor would play teacher for one of his "Let's Get to Work" days.Regardless, that's what the g ... More >>

[UPDATED] Takin' Care of Business: For Office Depot, Does That Mean Cheating Florida Cities?

Flickr: movetolakemary​Looks like Office Depot, which is based in Boca Raton, has a major scandal on its hands. A former senior account executive named David Sherwin has accused the office supply retailer of overcharging governments across the country, and there's talk of a grand jury investigatio ... More >>

Stop Charlie

Sell one of our most traveled freeways to some foreigners? Might as well just give 'em a Budweiser.

Mi Casa Is Not Tu Casa

Protesters say illegals take our jobs, bring in leprosy, and, grrr, sell ice cream from bicycles

Acid Again

As LSD does a slow fade, a Fort Lauderdale researcher keeps the science trip going

To Re-Catch a Thief

For the old cat burglars, all that's left is a movie script, a book proposal, and undying hatred for one another

Best Place to Dump a Body

26.11.44N x 081.18.24W

Punk Poverty

Anarchy and flying French fries collide in the world of Against Me!

Paradise Crushed

A lush idyllic chunk of the Everglades was transformed by bulldozers and a huge tree-eating juggernaut

Indian War

A Hollywood man has spent the past decade trying to pry open the Seminoles' accounting books -- without much success

Big Cypress Buyout

Proposed payment of millions to a wealthy clan amounts to nothing more than stealing from taxpayers for the Bush boys' political gain

Best Place to Enjoy the Everglades

I-75 Rest Area

Their Own Osamas

Abortion clinics and counseling centers faced terrorism long before everyone else

Slaughter Alley

Big, dead cats in the middle of the road -- lots of them

Swamp Wars

Beset by feds and environmentalists, the good ol' boys of Big Cypress National Preserve circle the buggies

Awful Fishy

For Broward's canal fisherman, potentially toxic levels of mercury are a part of the catch of the day

Ready! Wet! Go!

Behold the swamp buggy races, South Florida's oddest racing tradition, where the engines roar, the muck flies, and the vehicles sometimes sink