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  • Blogs

    January 20, 2012

    Buju Banton's Attorney: "We Had Ten Really Good Issues for the Appeal"

    ​The Department of Justice should have filed a response to Buju Banton's appeal on Friday, but as has been the government's style throughout the more than two-year-long saga, it's dragging its heels. Now federal prosecutors have until February 10 to counter arguments made in the hulking, 17,000-wo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 18, 2011

    Who Lied About Florida's Imaginary Credit-Rating Upgrade

    ​Accountability -- it's a trait that's seemingly absent from a few of Florida's politicians, especially after Gov. Rick Scott declared that the state's credit rating had been upgraded to AAA by Standard & Poor's.The truth is, Florida's credit rating was upgraded to AAA -- in 2005, under then-G ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 17, 2011

    Both Broward Borders Stores to Close Under Bankruptcy Plan

    The Borders store in Plantation​Call it another nail in the coffin for shiny, nice-smelling print media, or an long-overdue corporate reform -- Borders Books is packing up and leaving Broward County.It's only two stores, but it's a good portion of the local book-selling landscape: Broward has six ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 10, 2011

    AOL-HuffPo Merger Threatens Tea Party Presence in "Internet World," Says Allen West

    via the New York TimesAllen West says the AOL-HuffPo merger threatens tea party Internet presence.​Seizing the opportunity to rally his tea party troops, Allen West sounded off about AOL's $315 million purchase of left-leaning Huffington Post, insinuating that the large-scale merger is a threat to ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 24, 2011

    In The Biz - Interview with Dave & Buster's Special Events Consultant Tatiana Alvarez

    Courtesy Tatiana Alvarez Tatiana Alvarez​Dave & Buster's is like an indoor year-round carnival with booze. Roughly the size of a small airport, Dave & Busters is a combination arcade, sports bar, pool hall and restaurant. It's no surprise that they also do a booming event and party ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 10, 2010

    Ludacris to Sign Bottles of Conjure Cognac in Lauderdale Lakes

    ​This Friday, November 12, from noon to 2 p.m., hip-hop star Ludacris will sign bottles of Conjure Cognac at Super Duper Liquors in Lauderhill (4188 N. State Road 7, Lauderdale Lakes 33319). According to a news release, "In 2009, Ludacris created and launched Conjure with renowned cognac house, B ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 6, 2010

    In Boynton Today? $5 All-You-Can-Eat Lunch at Sweet Tomatoes

    Teaming up with the United Way of Palm Beach County, Sweet Tomatoes, the cafeteria-style restaurant favorite of seniors and college kids everywhere, will open their newest store with a $5 all-you-can-eat lunch today.The value-priced Sweet Tomatoes chain offers a 45-feet-long salad bar, with a variet ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 17, 2010

    Samba Room Closes in Wake of E-Brands Bankruptcy

    ​Samba Room, which for ten years brought Latin fusion to Las Olas Boulevard, closed its doors on Friday. The closure follows last week's news that E-Brands, the parent company behind Samba Room as well as Timpano's Italian Chophouse & Martini Bar (also on Las Olas), filed for Chapter 11 bankru ... More >>

  • Music

    July 22, 2010

    Sublime With Rome Keeps Legacy Alive at Sunset Cove

    ​Samba Room, which for ten years brought Latin fusion to Las Olas Boulevard, closed its doors on Friday. The closure follows last week's news that E-Brands, the parent company behind Samba Room as well as Timpano's Italian Chophouse & Martini Bar (also on Las Olas), filed for Chapter 11 bankru ... More >>

  • Calendar

    May 6, 2010

    Professionals of the World, Mingle!

    ​Samba Room, which for ten years brought Latin fusion to Las Olas Boulevard, closed its doors on Friday. The closure follows last week's news that E-Brands, the parent company behind Samba Room as well as Timpano's Italian Chophouse & Martini Bar (also on Las Olas), filed for Chapter 11 bankru ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 23, 2010

    [UPDATED] Executive Exodus Continues at Broward Health

    browardhealth.orgDawn Javersack​Chief Financial Officer Dawn Javersack is the latest member of the Broward Health executive staff to tender her resignation, following last month's power shift on the hospital district's board. On Friday, Javersack gave a one-month notice. She will be joining Boca C ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 27, 2010

    Does It Pay to Be Friend of the Hospital District CEO?

    In January 2008, when Broward Health CEO Frank Nask promoted his friend Deborah Breen to his former position as the district's chief financial officer, he gave Breen a raise that was 250 percent higher than the one that a previous interim CFO received just four years before.browardhealth.orgDeborah ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 15, 2010

    Michael Dippolito's Business Partner

    Courtesy of Palm Beach County State Attorney's OfficeDalia meets with the "hit man."​When Dalia Dippolito met with an undercover Boynton Beach cop to plan her husband's murder, she revealed some interesting details about Michael Dippolito's finances.Dalia told the cop -- who she thought was a hit ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 11, 2010

    [UPDATED] Commissioner Targets Inflated Salaries, Cronyism at Health Care District

    A week after he disclosed his intention to fire the North Broward Hospital District CEO Frank Nask, Commissioner Robert Bernstein is now demanding to know how a Nask associate is being paid roughly twice what that position paid just four years ago.browardhealth.orgDeborah Breen​That associate is D ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 24, 2009

    The Case of the Vanishing SPJ President: Koretzky Resigns!

    He's up! He's down! He's up! He's down! Lunsford: Somebody give that girl a cigar​The Juice just received this email from Michael Koretzky, whose November 19th coup attempt at our local Society of Professional Journalists chapter caused what one local observer has dubbed a "kerfluffle." Looks li ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 26, 2009

    A Bankrupt Bernie Not Named Madoff

    PhotobucketBernie Kosar doing what he does best​With three failing companies swamped by bankruptcy proceedings in Florida,  Bernie needed a break. And he got one. Bernie Kosar is rejoining the NFL team he took to the playoffs in his first five seasons as a player.Although the details of the a ... More >>

  • Calendar

    July 23, 2009

    Art for a Good Cause

    PhotobucketBernie Kosar doing what he does best​With three failing companies swamped by bankruptcy proceedings in Florida,  Bernie needed a break. And he got one. Bernie Kosar is rejoining the NFL team he took to the playoffs in his first five seasons as a player.Although the details of the a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 4, 2009

    Acting FCC Chairman: "Mini-Papers" No Way to Success

    Count acting FCC Chairman Michael Copps among those who believe the current strategy of decimating staffs at newspapers is the wrong way to deal with the economic downturn, especially since most are still making money.   "I am seriously worried about the decline of broa ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 18, 2009

    Metro Editor Manny Garcia Departing Miami Herald to Take Over El Nuevo Herald

    Miami Herald Publisher David Landsberg sent out a memo this evening announcing that Spanish-language El Nuevo Herald editor Humberto Castelló is resigning after seven years at the helm. Even bigger news is Castelló's replacement.     GarciaTaking the reins as executive editor at ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 9, 2009

    Local Lawyer "Comes Out" as Pot Smoker

    Local attorney Norm Kent serves on the Board of Directors of NORML, the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws. So it wouldn't take a giant stretch of the imagination to picture him puffing on what my grandma used to call "the wacky weed." Saturday, however, Kent made it official in ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 2, 2009

    Sun-Sentinel Stiffs Fort Lauderdale Cops for Beer Fest Duty

    Sure, it might seem like bad taste to kick the Sun-Sentinel when it's down, especially when its parent company, Tribune Co., is bankrupt. But we'd say it's not bad taste to point out that the media conglomerate is writing bad checks to the Fort Lauderdale Police Department.The Tribune Co. recen ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 7, 2008

    Sun-Sentinel Company Preparing For Bankruptcy - UPDATED

    What a weekend for South Florida newspapers -- a very bad one. The Miami Herald is up for sale and Tribune Co., the parent of the Sun-Sentinel, is preparing for what may be inevitable bankruptcy. The Wall Street Journal is reporting that the media company -- which counts among its properties the Los ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 16, 2008

    Post Turns To Consulting Firm For Answers

    What a weekend for South Florida newspapers -- a very bad one. The Miami Herald is up for sale and Tribune Co., the parent of the Sun-Sentinel, is preparing for what may be inevitable bankruptcy. The Wall Street Journal is reporting that the media company -- which counts among its properties the Los ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 6, 2008

    A Stock Market Carol

    What a weekend for South Florida newspapers -- a very bad one. The Miami Herald is up for sale and Tribune Co., the parent of the Sun-Sentinel, is preparing for what may be inevitable bankruptcy. The Wall Street Journal is reporting that the media company -- which counts among its properties the Los ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 16, 2008

    Round Three: Miami Herald To Cut 119 More Jobs

    What a weekend for South Florida newspapers -- a very bad one. The Miami Herald is up for sale and Tribune Co., the parent of the Sun-Sentinel, is preparing for what may be inevitable bankruptcy. The Wall Street Journal is reporting that the media company -- which counts among its properties the Los ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 8, 2008

    United Airlines Error Not Sun-Sentinel's Fault

    What a weekend for South Florida newspapers -- a very bad one. The Miami Herald is up for sale and Tribune Co., the parent of the Sun-Sentinel, is preparing for what may be inevitable bankruptcy. The Wall Street Journal is reporting that the media company -- which counts among its properties the Los ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 17, 2008

    Why the Sirius-XM Radio Merger is Good for Consumers

    What a weekend for South Florida newspapers -- a very bad one. The Miami Herald is up for sale and Tribune Co., the parent of the Sun-Sentinel, is preparing for what may be inevitable bankruptcy. The Wall Street Journal is reporting that the media company -- which counts among its properties the Los ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 6, 2008

    Miami Herald Parent Says Ad Downturn Will Continue

    What a weekend for South Florida newspapers -- a very bad one. The Miami Herald is up for sale and Tribune Co., the parent of the Sun-Sentinel, is preparing for what may be inevitable bankruptcy. The Wall Street Journal is reporting that the media company -- which counts among its properties the Los ... More >>

  • Calendar

    September 27, 2007

    Let’s Talk About Sex, Baby (Boomer)

    What a weekend for South Florida newspapers -- a very bad one. The Miami Herald is up for sale and Tribune Co., the parent of the Sun-Sentinel, is preparing for what may be inevitable bankruptcy. The Wall Street Journal is reporting that the media company -- which counts among its properties the Los ... More >>

  • Calendar

    July 19, 2007

    Give the Sea a Rub, Show it Some Love

    What a weekend for South Florida newspapers -- a very bad one. The Miami Herald is up for sale and Tribune Co., the parent of the Sun-Sentinel, is preparing for what may be inevitable bankruptcy. The Wall Street Journal is reporting that the media company -- which counts among its properties the Los ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 20, 2007

    Pacific Time Clocks Out

    What a weekend for South Florida newspapers -- a very bad one. The Miami Herald is up for sale and Tribune Co., the parent of the Sun-Sentinel, is preparing for what may be inevitable bankruptcy. The Wall Street Journal is reporting that the media company -- which counts among its properties the Los ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 1, 2007

    This Cafeteria is Closed

    What a weekend for South Florida newspapers -- a very bad one. The Miami Herald is up for sale and Tribune Co., the parent of the Sun-Sentinel, is preparing for what may be inevitable bankruptcy. The Wall Street Journal is reporting that the media company -- which counts among its properties the Los ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 16, 2006

    zbar

    What a weekend for South Florida newspapers -- a very bad one. The Miami Herald is up for sale and Tribune Co., the parent of the Sun-Sentinel, is preparing for what may be inevitable bankruptcy. The Wall Street Journal is reporting that the media company -- which counts among its properties the Los ... More >>

  • Music

    February 10, 2005

    Hot Topic

    What a weekend for South Florida newspapers -- a very bad one. The Miami Herald is up for sale and Tribune Co., the parent of the Sun-Sentinel, is preparing for what may be inevitable bankruptcy. The Wall Street Journal is reporting that the media company -- which counts among its properties the Los ... More >>

  • Music

    September 2, 2004

    Head Automatica

    Decadence (Warner Brothers)

  • Calendar

    June 24, 2004

    The Alley's Anniversary

    From rags to... rags plus music!

  • Sports and Recreation

    May 13, 2004

    Best Place to Gamble

    Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino

  • Foodstuffs

    May 15, 2003

    Best Health Food Store

    Nature Boy Health-Food Store & Eatery

  • Music

    July 4, 2002

    When One Door Closes...

    Doors keyboardist Ray Manzarek joins South Florida in waiting for the sun

  • Best of BPB

    May 16, 2002

    Kevin McCarthy and Eve Montella-Smith,

    Chef-proprietors, Armadillo Café

  • Calendar

    September 28, 2000

    Best of Both Broadways

    The Off-Broadway, On Center Series

  • Dining

    May 18, 2000

    Foodstuff

    Burt's on the Beach

  • Foodstuffs

    May 11, 2000
  • Arts and Entertainment

    March 11, 1999
  • News

    September 10, 1998

    The Dearly Departed

    Tax collectors and employees alike have decried Susan Telli's free-spending, power-hungry ways at Broward's Hospice Care. So why is she still in charge?

  • News

    August 6, 1998

    The Straight Dope

    Tax collectors and employees alike have decried Susan Telli's free-spending, power-hungry ways at Broward's Hospice Care. So why is she still in charge?

  • Dining

    November 20, 1997

    Food Stuff

    Tax collectors and employees alike have decried Susan Telli's free-spending, power-hungry ways at Broward's Hospice Care. So why is she still in charge?

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