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Facebook Revises Policy on Hate Speech After Boycott from Women's Groups

Michael Colanero, founder of the Breast Cancer Awareness Body Painting Project, has had beef with Facebook since 2011. Colanero and his team of artists created a series of images featuring breast-cancer survivors -- many of whom had been through mastectomies -- topless, their chests painted elaborat ... More >>

Mother's Day Local Brewery Ideas: Some Afternoon Brews, A Little Dinner, and Beer Truffles

Mother's Day is an annual event dedicated to your first love--mom. If you're racking your brain trying to come up with something different to do this year, try thinking outside the box. Perhaps mom would enjoy kicking back with brewski? After all, she might just be as tired of burned homemade brunc ... More >>

Tiger Woods and Lindsey Vonn Make Relationship Official Via Facebook

In case you haven't been paying attention -- and pfft why wouldn't you? -- Tiger Woods and Lindsey Vonn (she's a skier!) were rumored to have been an item for the last few months. But Vonn wouldn't confirm, so everyone was left to speculation and hearsay because it's tough having to get through an ... More >>

Honey Boo Boo Gets Busted for Selling Girl Scout Cookies Via Facebook

Honey Boo Boo and Mama June have turned their ridiculous antics and eating habits into an entire industry. From a few appearances on TLC's Toddlers & Tiaras (where we meet Honey Boo Boo and her fondness for Pepto-Bismol-colored pageant outfits and Go-Go juice), the miniature pageant queen has tu ... More >>

Win a Free Glock From the Delray Shooting Center!

Glock 17, Free to Good Home.Responsible owners wanted.Should be able to provide proper housing. Previous gun ownership preferable, but not required.See Also:Fort Lauderdale Gun Show Takes Place on City Property -- Kids Get in Free!Florida to Be First State With 1 Million Concealed-Weapons LicensesSt ... More >>

Federal Tax Loopholes: They're Like a Mafia Protection Scheme Where Big Corporations Profit

Who Wants A Free Pair of Fright Night Tickets?

You see, we here are Clean Plate Charlie love you guys. You keep us alive. You're our reason for waking up every morning. That and a steaming cup of Johan. And because we love you so much, we want to give you free stuff. That's why we're giving away three pairs of Fright Night preview tickets wh ... More >>

Man Candy and Cupcakes: Hot Bods and Sweet Treats Need Your Money (Video)

We interrupt this blog to bring you a few shots of nearly naked men holding baked goods (and a video). Gather up your coworkers, close the door to the office, and allow us to introduce you to Man Candy and Cupcakes, a project led by self-proclaimed "kitchen vixen" Babe Scott.

Florida Cop Makes Assassination Comment About Obama on Facebook

Like most of us watching President Obama's DNC speech last night, Sarah Coursey, a Tavares City policewoman, took to the interwebs and hit up her favorite social media site to talk about it. Unlike most of us, however, she made an assassination comment about the president. And things went about a ... More >>

Chick-fil-A Appreciation Day: Celebs Weigh In

Mike Huckabee has called for fans of "free speech" to celebrate today, August 1, as Chick-fil-A Appreciation Day. As the Fox News pundit, Southern Baptist minister, and politician said on his website and Facebook page: "Let's affirm a business that operates on Christian principles and whose executiv ... More >>

D-Day Was Very Good to Allen West's Campaign Facebook Page

Allen West (and the people working for him) get social media. West was named the most engaging Twitter user in Congress a few months ago, and he's gained 20,000 since earning the title, putting him at more than 56,000 followers.His campaign Facebook page has more than 96,000 likes and is getting mor ... More >>

Feeling Burned by Facebook's IPO? Be Pissed Instead at the Stock Market, a True Sucker's Bet

On May 9, Facebook's upper brass had a meeting with financial analysts to tell them the company's revenue should be on the low end of projections, according to the Associated Press. That was bad news, especially considering Facebook was about to sell stock publicly for the first time. The analysts f ... More >>

The Green Room to Host a Magic Hat-Inspired Art Battle Tonight

American Craft Beer Week starts Monday and the Green Room in Fort Lauderdale will host an event tonight, (Saturday, May 12) that could act as an appropriate warm-up for the week of beer-centric activities ahead. Tonight the multi-purpose club will host a Magic Hat Art Battle showcasing works by eigh ... More >>

Precious Red and Pink Corals Need Protection Under CITES

In last week's cover story, we looked at why reef-building corals are being plundered from the South Pacific and sent to the shores of Florida. But the curio trade isn't the only industry fueling the death of coral. For centuries, jewelry makers have harvested precious red a ... More >>

The Secret Shame of the Restaurant Chain

Sometime later this year, the Italian chain with two annoying Texans in its commercials is expected to open a location on 17th Street in Fort Lauderdale. It'll appear among a mile strip of local favorites, places like Gilbert's with their great burgers and Grateful Palate with their terrific everyth ... More >>

45. Chunk'd Tots at Dim Ssam a Gogo

We're counting down to New Times' Best Of Broward/Palm Beach 2012 issue in June by serving up our top 100 favorite dishes. Click here for a full archive. If you have any nominations of your own, please add them to the comments or visit our Facebook page.45. Chunk'd Tots at Dim Ssam a GogoQuick!  ... More >>

Bizarre Kony 2012 Posters Seemingly Contain No Trace of Irony

Kony 2012 is a viral video that attempts to bring us together by alarming us over a common enemy (a dictator using child-warrior slaves) that absolutely nobody could object to. The fuss about the cofounder of Invisible Children, Jason Russell, who apparently went haywire a while back, has died down. ... More >>

Opioid Addicts More Likely to Die Than All Other Drug Users, Even Meth Heads

The heyday of pill mills and opiate overdoses in South Florida may be over, but the ill effects of the craze will likely linger for years. One giant bummer of a new study shows that those who opted for opiates as their preferred choice for getting high are 5.71 times more likely to di ... More >>

Do Not Freak Out About the SWAT Team at Sun Trust Bank in Parkland

Just so you know, police just sent out a notice at 5 p.m. today that the Broward Sheriff's Office SWAT team is conducting a training exercise at the Sun Trust Bank at the intersection of West Hillsboro Boulevard and State Route 441 -- the helicopter and heavily armed men are not responding to an act ... More >>

Broward Whooping Cough Cases Shouldn't Surprise Anyone

The Broward County Health Department on Friday afternoon announced that it has confirmed four cases of pertussis, three among school-aged children and one case in an adult. More  commonly known as whooping cough, pertussis is a "highly contagious respiratory disease" that can cau ... More >>

Forbes' Gardasil Story Sheds Light on Why Florida's Well-Meaning HPV Legislation Failed

Florida lawmakers tackled lots of pressing issues this past legislative sessions. They debated whether the barking tree frog should be the Sunshine State's official amphibian. They clashed over making it a crime to pick up pecans that have fallen from privately owned trees. The e ... More >>

Here Comes the Sun-Sentinel Paywall: Nonporous, 15 Free Articles a Month

As promised, the Sun-Sentinel unveiled its new paywall ("digital memberships") system yesterday, and starting right now, if you don't pay up, you're limited to 15 articles per month.One big question that's been answered is whether the paywall would be porous -- if links from social networking sites ... More >>

Broward County Killed 27 Pets a Day Last Year, Might Not Keep Doing That

The Broward County Commission passed a resolution Tuesday to pursue a strategic plan for instituting "no kill" animal shelters, which would greatly reduce the number of animals housed in the county's two shelters that are put down.Would it make that big of a difference? For the 9,672 animals Broward ... More >>

A Fat Guy Is Stealing Purses in Pompano Beach (VIDEO)

The Broward Sheriff's Office is looking for a man they say is connected to two muggings at the end of March -- they want you to know that he's six feet tall, gets around in an old, gold-colored Nissan, and is... fat.In an announcement headlined "Big Boy Wants a Purse," the BSO describes a "corpulant ... More >>

What to Expect From the Sun-Sentinel Paywall

The Sun-Sentinel announced last week that their website would soon have a shiny new feature -- a paywall, erected around the main daily paper serving Broward County.The paper will start "offering memberships" on Monday, though details have been in a letter to readers from publisher Howard Greenberg ... More >>

Mark Oxner Releases New Ad; Alan Grayson Calls It "a Heaping Helping of Bonkers"; It Is

Last time we saw Florida Republican congressional candidate Mark Oxner, he was on the U.S.S. Obamaboat turning Democratic opponent Alan Grayson into a parrot and Barack Obama into the captain of a slave ship. He promised to make more ads, and he delivered, this time with one that he claims will ... More >>

PBSO Deputy Patrick Burt Stalked His Ex With GPS, Police Say, and You Can Too

Palm Beach Sheriff's Deputy Patrick Burt was arrested Monday and accused of stalking his ex-girlfriend by putting a GPS tracker on her car and hanging up signs at her workplace that call her current beau a "home wrecker and a cheater," according to the Sun-Sentinel.Police say he was on duty in Welli ... More >>

Hallandale Beach Commission to Discuss Puppy-Store Regulations Tonight

The Hallandale Beach City Commission will meet to discuss a proposal to crack down on puppy stores in that city, tonight at 6 o'clock. For years, activists have been trying to get the city to join a handful of other cities nationwide -- including Lake Worth -- in an outright ban on puppy stores (or ... More >>

Bank Robber Drops Cash All Over I-75, FBI Asks For It Back, Nobody Gives It Back

​The FBI announced a $5,000 reward yesterday for information leading to the arrest of a man they say robbed a Pembroke Pines Wells Fargo bank on March 29.Police say the man fled on a dark-colored sport bike with the money stuffed in a black backpack. The backpack then opened on Interstate 75 and d ... More >>

Forest Ranger Beats Huge Python to Death With Rake, Posts YouTube Video, Retires for Unrelated Reasons

​Most people eat cake and slack off on their last day of work. Not Jean Bernard Tarrete. The former forest ranger wrapped up his career with the Florida Forest Service at the end of March by hunting down a 15-foot Burmese python, wrestling with the beast while a coworker beat it to death with ... More >>

Murder Suspect James Ayers Gave Himself a Chest Tattoo That Says "Sicker Than Most"

It's not clear in the mug shot of 32-year-old James Ayers what is written on his chest -- all you can make out is "Than M." But Ayers, who was arrested on first-degree murder charges March 29, has a Facebook profile -- and it reveals what the rest of the ink says.The man, who police say told at leas ... More >>

Mug-Shot Friday: A Scary Old Lady, a Drinking Buddy, and the Dad from Jurassic Park

​Welcome to this week's post of the Broward-Palm Beach edition of Mug-Shot Friday, a longstanding franchise focusing on the week's most eye-catching mug shots from South Florida's tat heads, tough guys, and femmes fatale. Check out Miami New Times' Riptide blog for the Miami-Dade edition.

Scarlett Johansson, Mila Kunis -- Who Else Did Christopher Chaney, Florida's Celebrity Hacker, Spy On?

​Earlier this week, a 35-year-old Jacksonville man, Christopher Chaney, pleaded guilty to charges that he hacked into celebrity email accounts and leaked nude photos of several of them, including Scarlett Johansson and Mila Kunis. He faces up to 60 years in prison, according to the Associated Pres ... More >>

South Florida at the Bottom of New Job Creation Rankings

​More than one in five South Florida residents said their employers were firing workers in 2011, according a Gallup poll released this morning.In a Gallup ranking of the nation's 50 largest metropolitan areas, the "Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach" area ranked 44th out of 50 for job creati ... More >>

Mercius Dorvilus, Pompano Beach Pirate Radio Operator, Fined $10,000

​A 31-year-old DJ who ran a Haitian, reggae, and rap station out of a room in a Pompano Beach home must pay the Federal Communications Commission $10,000 by the end of next month or face a suit from the Department of Justice, according to federal documents.FCC enforcement agents raided a home wher ... More >>

Allen West Votes to Let Potential Employers Root Around in Your Facebook

​There's been all manner of hullaballoo the past week or so about reports that an increasing number of employers have been asking job applicants to hand over their social media log-in information as part of the job application process -- if you want the job, you have to show them what you're up to ... More >>

PBSO Would Really Like to Catch the Guy Robbing Burger Kings in a Barack Obama Mask

​Somewhere in Palm Beach County, there is a man with red gloves, a Barack Obama mask, a silver handgun, and a pile of money that smells like French fries.The Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office sent out another news release yesterday about the string of four fast-food robberies that started in Dece ... More >>

Miami Marlins Home Run Sculpture Video Leaks; Everyone Pukes

​Less than two weeks after we found out the Miami Marlins were testing their new aquarium backstop/aquatic nightmare tank by throwing baseballs at it, a video of their long-mocked home-run sculpture in action has made its way to YouTube -- and it looks even worse than the pictures.The thing looks ... More >>

Fort Lauderdale Considering Quintupling Red-Light Cameras: Where Does the Money Go?

​The Fort Lauderdale City Commission was receptive to a new proposal heard Tuesday about ramping up the city's red-light camera program from using six cameras to 36. While Mayor Jack Seiler said he was "not for something as massive as that," according to the Sun-Sentinel, he said he was open to ad ... More >>

FAU Student Threatens to Kill Teacher in Class; Students Respond by Filming the Whole Thing (VIDEO)

UPDATE: The student has been identified as Jonatha Carr. The University Press, FAU's student paper, has the full story.​An unnamed Florida Atlantic University student was forcibly removed from class yesterday after screaming, among other things, "I will kill the fuck out of you" in a biology ... More >>

State, Federal Agencies to Investigate Killing of Trayvon Martin

​Twenty-two days after 17-year-old Miami Gardens boy Trayvon Martin was shot and killed in Sanford, the FBI and U.S. Department of Justice announced late Monday night that they will be investigating his death at the hands of 28-year-old neighborhood watch volunteer George Zimmerman, according to t ... More >>

Gang Activity May Be to Blame in Boynton Beach Double Homicide

​Whatever happened in the 1600 block of NE Second Court in Boynton Beach, it's all bad news.Sisters Janice Rahming, 54, and Daphne Clemons, 41, were both shot and killed Saturday night by unnamed suspects who police believe are dangerous enough that a Boynton Beach Police spokeswoman sent out an e ... More >>

Fort Lauderdale Boat Race Pits Teams Tebow's Ark, Boats n Hoes Against Each Other

​The organizers of the Red Bull Candola race have announced the final 27 28 teams, selected from "thousands of submissions," that will race in the New River next month. While "boats in Fort Lauderdale" isn't anything new, these won't be the shiny 45-footers with names like Sea Dream II or Fun ... More >>

76. Arugula and Roasted Corn Salad from PL8

We're counting down to New Times' Best Of Broward/Palm Beach 2012 issue in June by serving up our 100 favorite dishes. Click here for a full archive.  If you have any nominations of your own, please add them to the comments, or visit our Facebook page. ​76. Arugu ... More >>

Roger Scotton Stole Five Years of Shipping Services by Pretending to Be Walmart, Prosecutors Say

​A 41-year-old Boca Raton man was indicted on federal mail-fraud charges Friday after authorities say he got free shipping for his internet businesses by setting up accounts with UPS, DHL, and FedEx and saying he was a representative of businesses such as Target, Walmart, and Apple, according to p ... More >>

Mug-Shot Friday: Fireworks, Kool-Aid, and a Seduction

​Welcome to this week's post of the Broward-Palm Beach edition of Mug-Shot Friday, a longstanding franchise focusing on the week's most eye-catching mug shots from South Florida's tat heads, tough guys, and femmes fatale. Check out Miami New Times' Riptide blog for the Miami-Dade edition.

No, Rick Scott Was Not in Aspen for a Secret Koch Brothers Retreat This Weekend

​The Daily Kos' David Waldman is tweeting up a storm about major GOP donors (and someone on Rick Perry's "favorite plane") having a secret meeting at the Koch brothers' Aspen compound this weekend, and Gov. Rick Scott has taken his first three-day weekend since last September. After the "maybe he ... More >>

Mug-Shot Friday: Hotel Bandits, A Chimneysweep, and a Trip Down a Chute

​Welcome to this week's post of the Broward-Palm Beach edition of Mug-Shot Friday, a longstanding franchise focusing on the week's most eye-catching mug shots from South Florida's tat heads, tough guys, and femmes fatale. Check out Miami New Times' Riptide blog for the Miami-Dade edition.

Duffy's Hosts Million Dollar March Madness Sweepstakes

​Duffy's is offering $1,000,000 for the person who can pick a perfect bracket for March Madness, the company's most aggressive social media  campaign yet to direct traffic to the chain's Facebook page. "Everyone's doing social media," said John Smith, Director of Sports Marketing for the comp ... More >>