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Kaitlyn Hunt's Attorney Asking Judge to Limit Her Court Appearances

The defense attorney for Kaitlyn Hunt, the 18-year-old high school student facing felony charges after she had a same-sex relationship with a younger student, is planning to ask a judge to limit the teen's court appearances until jury selection. Earlier this month, Hunt was arrested on charges of " ... More >>

Kaitlyn Hunt Refuses Plea Deal, Could Turn to "Romeo and Juliet" Law

Kaitlyn Hunt, the 18-year-old high school student facing felony charges in connection to her arrest after she had a same-sex relationship with a younger student, was offered a plea agreement of two years house arrest and one year probation. She has refused the plea deal. See also: -Kaitlyn Hunt, ... More >>

Kaitlyn Hunt Refuses Plea Deal, Could Turn to "Romeo and Juliet" Law

Kaitlyn Hunt, the 18-year-old high school student facing felony charges in connection to her arrest after she had a same-sex relationship with a younger student, was offered a plea agreement of two years house arrest and one year probation. She has refused the plea deal. See also: - Kaitlyn Hunt, ... More >>

Former Republican Hispanic Outreach Chief Blasts GOP "Hate," Registers as Democrat

That GOP need to build bridges to the nation's Hispanic community? The need party elders have talked so much about since Barack Obama was re-elected largely due to Hispanic support? The need that's propelled Florida's own Marco Rubio to preeminence in the early scouting reports on the GOP 2016 presd ... More >>

Miami Dolphins Are Drafting Everybody, According To the Experts

The NFL Draf is tonight. And all the experts and pundits and analysts have weighed in on what exactly the Miami Dolphins will do with their 12th overall pick (earned by the blood, sweat and tears of yet another 7-9 finish). And the consensus is... the Dolphins will be selecting everyone tonight. M ... More >>

Hurricane Watch: UM Edge Out Win Against Virginia; NCAA Notifies School of Allegations

Last night in Coral Gables, the UM men's basketball team extended its winning streak with a last-minute, stress-inducing decision over Virginia. Unlike high-wire finesse wins over Duke and UNC, the Hurricanes recent match-ups against ACC competition like Florida State, Clemson, and now Virginia have ... More >>

Roger Stone for Governor: Legalize Pot, Gay Marriage

Right Wing wild card Roger Stone may throw his hat in the ring of the 2014 Florida governor's race. The ace in his hole: marijuana. He wants to legalize it, and gay marriage. How serious is he? It's always a thin line with Stone, who so revels in outrage it's like he does things just because he ... More >>

University of Miami Basketball Cracks AP's Top 10

Riding a nine-game winning streak and perfect 8-0 ACC score card, the University of Miami's men's basketball program hit another milestone yesterday: a spot on the Associated Press' top 10. According to the number crunchers, the team is currently the eighth best in the country. Those new bragging ri ... More >>

Low-Calorie Cocktails: Florida-Based Jordan's Skinny Mixes

If part of your New Year's resolution is to lose weight and slim down, taking it easy on the alcohol may be on the list of things to avoid -- especially if you love sugary-sweet cocktails. The average margarita can deliver as many as 800 calories, while a traditional frozen pina colada rings in at a ... More >>

David Horowitz Has Made Taunting College Students a Spectator Sport

Digital Domain: The Fall of a Movie Empire

Should Jews Vote for Romney? Race Card Trumps Israel Card at Boynton Jewish Center Debate

Intratribal conflicts are the worst. A debate on the U.S. presidential election at the Ross Jewish Community Center in West Boynton Beach on August 21 should have been an occasion for reasoned discourse and public enlightenment. Instead, it was a hysterical (in both senses) screamfest, peppered with ... More >>

American Social: More Than a Bar or a Restaurant

View a slide show of American Social Bar & Restaurant.

Should We Respect the Ideas in Public Records, No Matter How Silly They Are?

Here's a conundrum. Last week, via the environmentalist group Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, we got wind of some notes from a meeting of state Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) officials last year that showed some unorthodox -- some might say laughable -- ideas. Our br ... More >>

Slavery by Another Name in Florida

​Last year, when Gov. Rick Scott and his cabinet enacted an archaic ban on the voting rights of ex-felons, supporters called the ban colorblind. They said making nonviolent felons wait five years after completing their sentences to apply for the right to vote again had nothing to do with Florida's ... More >>

Broward Sheriff Candidate Scott Israel: "I Have a Pristine Record"

The Broward County Sheriff's Office (BSO) is one of the largest sheriff's departments in the country. It provides law enforcement, firefighting, and emergency medical services to areas across the county, as well as other services like corrections and parole supervision. Sheriff Al Lamberti is facing ... More >>

Binge Drinking in Florida? Feds Say Not Here

​The Onion has penned many parodies of this state, including Florida Legalizes Taking Guns to Work; Florida State University to Phase Out Academic Operations by 2010; and 'Ravaged' Named Florida's Official State Adjective. Though it reads like it, this stat is no parody. According to the Centers f ... More >>

Human Poop is Killing Coral in Florida Keys and Caribbean, Study Says

​Okay people, who crapped on the coral?A study led by a biologist from Florida's Rollins College says human sewage has been leaking into the ocean, and is likely the cause for putting the Caribbean Elkhorn coral on the endangered species list.The research says Serratio marcescens, a bacteria f ... More >>

Stephanie Kraft, It's Time to Plead Guilty

The most resounding message sent by the conviction of former Deerfield Beach Commissioner Steve Gonot is this: Not this time, Stephanie.​Juries, at least those in Broward County, don't buy politicians' convoluted explanations for apparent wrongdoing. So those of you now facing corruption char ... More >>

Drunk Cinco de Mayo Reveler Tries to Record Cop on iPhone, Goes to Jail

PBSOJoshua Mandel​Cinco de Mayo celebrations in Boynton Beach apparently got pretty crazy -- an officer states in the report below that "my working of the detail emphasized the bar area in which approximately 400 people were celebrating the Cinco de Mayo holiday and to which every officer in the c ... More >>

Felon Voting Laws, Racism, Rick Scott, and Pam Bondi, Part II

Florida Attorney GeneralYou really think justice is colorblind, Ms. Bondi?​The Florida Clemency Board's decision last week to reinstate an archaic felon voting ban has set off a storm of protest. The new rule, which requires nonviolent felons to wait five years after completing their sentences to ... More >>

Another Mystery Committee and The View of the Gay Pride Parade

Another crazy day following shadowy leads on the political backstreets of Broward Town.  Here's something interesting that a reader was kind enough to send me: Have you ever heard of a PAC called the "The Ritter Committee for Florida's Future"? Yes, it's that ... More >>

DREAM Act Could Be Dream Come True for Coral Springs FSU Grad

Andrea Huerfano​This weekend dozens of undocumented immigrants took to the sands of Miami Beach to tell Congress to pass the DREAM Act this week. About 50 people formed human billboards spelling out the words "Dream Act Now" and "Call [Sen. George] Lemieux Now."Activists in South Florida -- a fron ... More >>

Bert: A Blithe Beau

Morning Juice: Friday Night Fraud by Lauderdale Twin; Escaped Inmates Caught, Charged With Murder

​A glass of what's-goin'-on in South Florida news:Ana Gardiner, the former Broward judge who resigned rather than face possible penalties for judicial misconduct, awarded $600,000 in legal fees last summer to an attorney, Richard Cole, who has recently hired Gardiner at his firm. Cole denies a qui ... More >>

Oliver Fist

A Bad Time to Be Charlie's Frat Brother

Crist and his Delta Lambda brothers.​It used to be the best gravy train on the tracks: If you were a frat brother of Charlie Crist at Florida State, you could practically name your job. Harry Sargeant landed a prestigious gig as the finance chairman of the Republican Party of Florida. Crist appoin ... More >>

Jim Greer Resigning as Republican Party Chair

Flickr: E.S. HunterJim Greer with his wife at a 2008 Sarah Palin rally in Fort Myers ​In a Florida Republican Party in which Charlie Crist is a mere mortal, there can be no saving his handpicked party chair, Jim Greer. The Orlando Sentinel is reporting that Greer will resign his leadership post in ... More >>

Coral Springs' Andrea Huerfano Could Be the Face of the DREAM Act

Andrea after graduating from Florida State University.​Every year, an estimated 65,000 young people graduate high school in America as undocumented immigrants -- "illegals," as the people who want them out of the country are fond of calling them -- and face the possibility of deportation. But that ... More >>

Coral Springs Woman Arrested, Facing Deportation After Paying Traffic Ticket

courtesy of Caitlin BaggottAndrea Huerfano, on the left, with a flower in her hair.​A recent Florida State University graduate and political activist is being held at the Broward Transitional Center in Pompano Beach and faces deportation to Columbia.Andrea Huerfano, who graduated from FSU in 2008 ... More >>

St. Thomas Aquinas Football Stars Plan for Weekend Visit for USC - Notre Dame Game

Lamarcus Joyner must have looked at a football schedule recently and said, "Fine, then. I'll fly out to watch USC play Notre Dame on Saturday." And why not? Free plane ticket. Free ticket to the sold-out game. Free food. Free lodging. It's good to be a star player at St. Thomas Aquinas in Fort Laude ... More >>

At Gatsby's in Boca Raton, Prohibition Is Sooo 20th Century

Da Vinci’s Dodecahedron

And other Medieval wonders

Da Vinci’s Dodecahedron

And other Medieval wonders

Arms and Legs Afloat

Spanish painter Royo gives heft and grace to weightless bodies

Sleaze! Sex! Suspense!

South Florida writers live the life

Fiddle Ma Nizzle

Black Violin goes where hip-hop has never gone before: the orchestra pit

Marlins Look to Pound Brew

Tailpipe

Energizer Con Man

Stepping on Freedom of the Press

Rivers of Song

History courses through the folk music of South Florida transplant Iron and Wine

Letters for April 10, 2003

This Column's No Disgrace

Tourist Trappings

Alt-country newcomers send a mint julep postcard from Holopaw

Big Top Guns

The cats and cannons of the Clyde Beatty-Cole Bros. Circus have come to town

Roll Over, Balanchine

A Christmas classic gets a funky facelift in The Chocolate Nutcracker by Ashanti Cultural Arts

Undercurrents

The 'Noles offend more than just the Gators

Awful Fishy

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

Healthy, Not-So-Wealthy, but Wise

Epicureanism

Night & Day

May 20 - 26, 1999

Islands in the Mainstream

Broward schools are determined not to separate disabled students from the general population. But how do you teach inclusion?