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Open Table to Acquire Foodspotting

How much do you think all those pictures you took of last evening's meatloaf are worth on the open market?If you said about $10 million, you'd be correct.That's the price Open Table is paying to acquire Foodspotting in an agreement announced today.Restaurant reservation and review site Open Table ha ... More >>

New Times Broward-Palm Beach Partnering with Foursquare, Badge Included

Are you a fan our Best of Broward-Palm Beach issue, right? Of course you are! You're still holding on to last year's issue crossing off the places you've visit and are eagerly awaiting until June comes along for a new set of restaurants, nightclubs, and shops to hit up. You've gone so far as to down ... More >>

Beer and Dinner Pairing

Barefoot Wine Beach Rescue Project Beach Cleanup After Party

Paw-ty Like a Rock Star

Ralph Pagano Leaves Gulfstream Park For Alba

Chef Pagano races over to Gulfstream Park.Less than a year into what seemed to be his dream job, Ralph Pagano has left Gulfstream Park, where he served as vice president of hospitality and executive chef of both the racetrack's Ten Palms restaurant and all concession operations since October, 2011.L ... More >>

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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

Sublime With Rome Keeps Legacy Alive at Sunset Cove

Professionals of the World, Mingle!

[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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

[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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

Art for a Good Cause

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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

Post Turns To Consulting Firm For Answers

A Stock Market Carol

Round Three: Miami Herald To Cut 119 More Jobs

United Airlines Error Not Sun-Sentinel's Fault

Why the Sirius-XM Radio Merger is Good for Consumers

Miami Herald Parent Says Ad Downturn Will Continue

Let’s Talk About Sex, Baby (Boomer)

Give the Sea a Rub, Show it Some Love

Pacific Time Clocks Out

This Cafeteria is Closed

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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?