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Activist Painting House Like a Gay Rainbow, Across Street From Westboro Baptist Church

Last May, the Huffington Post published a photo of a 9-year-old named Josef Miles counter-protesting the Westboro Baptist Church -- a small but infamous group known for protesting soldiers' funerals with signs that declare "God Hates Fags." Miles held a small pencil-drawn sign that said, "God Hates ... More >>

Did Mitt Romney Kill Leola Anderson in 1968 Car Crash? We Examine the Conspiracy Theories (PHOTOS)

Did you hear about that fatal car crash Mitt Romney was in? The incident happened in France in June 1968, when Romney was serving as a Mormon missionary. It made the U.S. papers in 2007, but considering that the man is running for president, it's surprising that the story has been discussed so littl ... More >>

Dick Dale on the Arabic Roots of Surf Rock, the Love of His Life, and Dying Onstage

Occupy Fort Lauderdale: The Pool Party (BYOB)

destination360.comIf Occupy does it right, what its party could look like next weekend.​Now there's a cause your average Fort Lauderdale resident can get behind -- a pool party.What seems to be the inaugural Occupy Fort Lauderdale pool party is scheduled for January 28, which could actually be the ... More >>

Google Maps Now Covers the Inside of the Fort Lauderdale Airport -- Why?

​Why you would need a map from Google of the inside of the Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport is beyond us, but it now exists.The airport is one of a handful of locations now mapped on the indoors for the Google Maps application for Android devices, and we're still trying to figure ou ... More >>

Fort Lauderdale Men Killed Six Days and a Few Doors Apart; Cops Say Homicides Not Related

​The Fort Lauderdale Police Department is currently investigating the deaths of two men who were killed six days apart and only a few doors down from each other.The first victim was 51-year-old Eugene "Bow-Leg" Lynch, who was found shot to death in a residence at 837 NW Tenth Terrance on the after ... More >>

[UPDATED] Broward Deputy Hits Teenaged Bicyclist in Weston

Screenshot from Google MapsWith Glades Parkway in the foreground, this is the road's intersection with SR 84, looking north.​A teenager riding a bike this morning at the intersection of Glades Parkway and State Route 84 was struck by a Broward Sheriff's Office deputy.According to the BSO release, ... More >>

Evicted Tenant's Scam Had Everything but an Exit Plan

Based on a Google Maps search, this is the home where McKenzie was evicted and which she allegedly rented fraudulently.​At some point after Kerrian McKenzie was informed of her impending eviction, the North Lauderdale woman hatched a plan: McKenzie moved out. Then, according to the Broward Sheriff ... More >>

Boynton Beach Man Kills Self After Standoff With Police

Screen grab from Google MapsThe Boynton Beach neighborhood where Charles Bostwick committed suicide early Friday morning.​A 25-year-old man killed himself with a shot to the head early this morning after a dispute with an ex-girlfriend and a standoff with police.The man, Charles Bostwick, is said ... More >>

Crossfire Is Deadly on Military Trail Road Near West Palm

Screen grab from Google Maps​This past December, Juice chronicled the bloody year at El Toro Loco, a cantina on South Military Trail Road in suburban West Palm Beach. But as you can see in this corrected version of the post, we had mistakenly ascribed one of the recent shootings to El Toro Loco wh ... More >>

Lights, Sirens Should Be Required for Police Speeding to Scene

Screen grab: Google Maps​That's the intersection in Oakland Park, looking north, where 14-year-old Cara Dyan Catlin was killed in January in a collision with a Broward Sheriff's deputy who was speeding in a response to another deputy's call for backup at a traffic stop.In the screen shot, you can ... More >>

Hit and Run on Las Olas; Police Searching for Driver

Photo: Google Maps​That's the spot on East Las Olas Boulevard two women were crossing last night, around 7:30, when they were struck by a dark-colored SUV. According to the Fort Lauderdale police report, the driver fled the scene, heading east toward the beach.One of the victims, 65-year-old Carol ... More >>

[UPDATED] Lauderdale Real Estate Broker Made Deals That Were Truly Too Good to Be True

Image courtesy Google MapsAccording to Google Maps, this is the home at 1237 NW Third Ave. in Fort Lauderdale for which Hughes collected a deposit that he allegedly never returned.​Filings by state regulators reveal more evidence of fraud by Fort Lauderdale real estate agent Denny Hughes, who was ... More >>

From a Distance, Landlord Learns of Local Code Enforcement's Fickle Ways

screen grab: Google Maps​Like the buttered toast that always falls face first on the kitchen floor, city code inspectors tend to be tough on the conscientious property owner, only to be lax when it comes to the most negligent property owners. Or at least that's the experience that poor Robert Rose ... More >>

'Till Death Do Us Park

Courtesy of Google MapsTwo people have died in El Toro's parking lot.​It's snowbird season, the weather's chilly, and traffic is awful. As a public service, the Juice would like to remind our winter visitors that driving in South Florida is a health hazard, particularly since so few people here ar ... More >>

Social Commerce and Online Porn: What They Can Learn From Each Other

​Social media and websites such as Facebook and YouTube are now the leading activity on the Internet for most of the U.S. and Europe. What's interesting is that while the social networking sites are growing exponentially, the commerce that attempts to take advantage of them doesn't seem to be near ... More >>

El Toro Loco: How Loco Is Too Loco?

Screen grab courtesy Google MapsThe sign says "open," but for how long?​Let's do a quick review of recent law enforcement visits to the suburban West Palm Beach nightclub El Toro Loco:This past January, 17-year-old Maciel Martin Videla was in the club when he was lured outside, allegedly by his gi ... More >>

Can I Also Be Sentenced to House Arrest in a House Like Rubinstein's?

Screen grab: Google MapsThe Rubinstein property in Boca, apparently from around 2007, when his 10,000-square-foot home was still being built.​Steven Michael Rubinstein is the Boca Raton accountant who was caught by the IRS concealing some $6 million in assets with the help of his friends at UBS. S ... More >>

I Saw Ann Coulter Saturday Night -- And Lived to Tell the Tale

Flickr: lissaCrypt keeper Ann Coulter caresses the grave of a favorite American.​My therapist says it might help to share this with readers. So here goes nothing: Saturday night, for one horrible moment, I looked into the eyes of Ann Coulter.I'm not sure why she was roaming the streets of West Pal ... More >>

Picture Tour of Terrorist Stops in Broward

​Last night, ABC's 20/20 aired a segment featuring an interview with Elie Assaad, the undercover operative who was working for the FBI to infiltrate a Miami-area mosque where agents believed terrorist plots were being hatched. In the interview (video hasn't been posted yet), Assaad tells of being ... More >>

Suspect Charged in Vehicular Homicide in Lake Worth

Photo: Google MapsFlores' vehicle allegedly struck one of these concrete utility poles on this block of Sixth Avenue South in Lake Worth.​The Palm Beach Sheriff's Office is reporting that Antonio Flores, a 24-year-old Lake Worth resident, was driving drunk and without a license when last Thursday ... More >>

Bike Fatality on A1A in Fort Lauderdale

Photo: Google MapsThe Fort Lauderdale intersection that was the site of a traffic fatality early this morning​A 59-year-old man was struck and killed by a car just after midnight today on A1A in Fort Lauderdale, according to a police department news release.Daniel Colotte was riding a bicycle nort ... More >>

During Broward Visit, Rubio Daydreams of Roller Coasters

Screen grab: Google MapsThe freeway view of Boomers in Dania Beach, from which a speeding Marco Rubio sent his latest Tweet.​Anyone got Shatner's number? Because isn't he the guy to call when looking to unlock the poetry contained within a true conservative's Twitter posts? So please channel the v ... More >>

Robbery at Fort Lauderdale Bank of America; Suspect Arrested

Screen grab: Google MapsThe Bank of America at Davie Boulevard and SW 31st Ave in Fort Lauderdale.​The Fort Lauderdale Police Department just issued a news release saying that someone tried to rob the Bank of America at 3030 Davie Boulevard, near with intersection with SW 31st Ave.That's the bank ... More >>

On Hollywood Beach, Only City Stands a Chance of Making a Sale

Photo: Google mapsThe Mermaid on Pierce Street in Hollywood Beach.​Like so many in this market, Eileen Miller wants to sell. But the owner of two small hotels on Hollywood Beach -- the Swan and the Mermaid -- is up against a formidable adversary. The City of Hollywood, which is also a seller and w ... More >>

Progress on Hollywood Beach Quagmire

Google MapsThe cure for your Hollywood Beach parking woes is at Harrison and Ocean.A trip to the beach is supposed to be relaxing, but if you're driving a car to Hollywood Beach, brace yourself for a stress test. On weekends the roads turn into a parking lot -- ostensibly because there's so few park ... More >>