Gulf of Mexico

Florida Sues BP and Haliburton Over 2010 Oil Spill

Florida got the Earth Day festivities kicked off early with some good old fashioned litigation. Over the weekend, Florida joined Mississippi, Alabama and Louisiana is suing BP and Halliburton over the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill. The suit, filed by State Attorney General Pam Bondi in United S ... More >>

When Jay Miscovich Found a Multimillion-Dollar Haul of Emeralds, Mel Fisher's Treasure-Hunting Family Attacked

CNN Reporter Finds Abducted Florida Boys in Cuba

Last week, the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office issued an Amber Alert for two boys after their grandmother was tied up and the boys were taken from her. Days ago, the department began receiving reports that the boys' father, Josh Hakken, had arrived in Havana on his boat along with his wife. N ... More >>

I-4 Corridor Predicts Florida for Romney

Overfishing Deals Severe Blow To Local Economy, Pew Environment Group Says

Scientists tend to frame the consequences of overfishing in esoteric ecological terms that seem frightening but are difficult to comprehend. A new study commissioned by the Pew Environment Group, however, translates the consequences into dollars and cents, making it all too clear that ... More >>

Prayer Moved Isaac Away From the RNC, Apparently

With the Republican National Convention all ready to kick off at the beginning of this week, many feared Tropical Storm Isaac would come and ruin all the fun, festivities, and chances to make old people scared of the black man, who may or may not be a Muslim and may or may not even be American, ... More >>

Tropical Storm Isaac: It's Going To Get Wet and Wild

Oh, hey, look outside. Isaac's here! Regardless of what the TV news people standing in the rain are saying (LOCK YOUR DOORS!! ISAAC IS GOING TO EAT OUR SOULS!!!) the hurricane watch on the southeast coast from Golden Beach to the Keys has been lifted.So no, Belkys Nerey and friends, we're not going ... More >>

Florida Sponges Rebounding; What Killed Them Remains A Mystery

See also "Mystery-Sponge Killing Disease Now Seen From Palm Beach to Keys" and "Sponges in Palm Beach Hit By Disease"Earlier this year, a mystery ailment ravaged sponges off the coast of Florida, from the Keys up to Palm Beach. Scientists became alarmed as reports rolled in of massive barrel sponges ... More >>

Genetically Modified Bugs Glow Red and Self-Destruct, but Can They Keep Away Disease?

Mystery Sponge-killing Disease Now Seen From Palm Beach To Lower Keys

From Sombrero Reef down in the Keys to the waters of West Palm Beach, red barrel sponges are disintegrating at worrisome rates. The culprit is unknown, and state scientists are busy trying to figure out just how widespread the disease outbreak is.At the end of April, Ed Tichenor of Palm Beach C ... More >>

Sharks Attack; Fishermen and Scientists Battle

Rick Scott: Forget the Oil Spill -- Let's Go Fishing!

Florida Governor's OfficeSlick Rick catches his own BP Special.​On the first anniversary of the Deepwater Horizon disaster that spilled 200 million gallons of oil into the Gulf of Mexico, Gov. Rick Scott celebrated by going fishing.Sounds strange, but Slick Rick didn't have much choice. He favors ... More >>

Bimini Boatyard Sold How Much Seafood at the Boat Show?

The Busy BrainSeriously?!​We hear that Bimini Boatyard had its best sales days ever during last week's International Boat Show.The numbers are in, and they are ridiculous. 

Marco Rubio Gets Big Campaign Bucks From Oil Giant Koch Industries

Rubio, a darling of Big Oil.​Four months ago, as oil from the Deepwater Horizon disaster gushed into the Gulf of Mexico and threatened Panhandle beaches, Republican U.S. Senate candidate Marco Rubio stubbornly defended his support for offshore drilling."The issue of offshore drilling is not going ... More >>

George LeMieux Claims Credit for Skimmers Going to Gulf

Sen. George LeMieux will call off his hunger strike, or sit-in, or whatever he was planning to do next if Barack Obama didn't send more skimmers to the Gulf of Mexico. Nobody knows whether LeMieux's highly misleading rants about the need for skimmers had anything to do with the Obama administration' ... More >>

Will BP Pay Psychiatric Bill for Gulf Spill?

Here's a story that's on its way to Florida at approximately the same rate as the Sea of Oil. It's about the depression and chemical addiction spreading through the coastal regions of the Gulf of Mexico among people who owe their livelihood to the ocean. From Nola.com:Psychiatrists who treated peopl ... More >>

Weston Kindergartner's Heroism Will Make You Feel Guilty About Gulf Spill, Sending Kids to Public Schools

Photo from prlog.orgOskar Garcia, posing with one of the 169 bottles of Dawn he's collected since launching his bird rescue project.​Not quite depressed enough about your failure to resolve the Gulf spill and the educators being sacked at Broward County schools? Then let's learn about Oskar Garcia ... More >>

Florida Politicians Scrambling to Take Credit for BP Cleanup Escrow Account Idea

McCollum claims Obama's stealing his material.​It's not often that Republicans pounce on a Barack Obama idea to claim it as their own, but this oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico has a way of creating strange bed partners. After reports surfaced Sunday that Barack Obama was preparing to demand t ... More >>

Health Secretary Critiques Obama Before Oval Office Address

Flickr: Pan-African News Wire​The blame game started about a second after the explosion on the Deepwater Horizon opened a geyser of oil in the Gulf of Mexico, and it's too late to stop the game now. So we may as well try to at least separate fact from fiction, starting with the POTUS.With that in ... More >>

Does George LeMieux Think Obama Is Moses?

Sen. George LeMieux is beginning to doubt whether this Barack Obama fellow really is the Chosen One. Because if he were, Obama would be standing on the shore of the Gulf of Mexico, parting the sea. Oil to the left. Saltwater to the right. And his people (Americans) would be free.Seriously, what's w ... More >>

Has Oil Entered Gulf Stream, Reached Fort Lauderdale?

B. BrownOil off of Port Everglades ​Yesterday, a Fort Lauderdale-based yacht captain was boating about 12.5 miles offshore from Port Everglades when he and his passengers noticed the oil slick pictured above.  According to the captain, the slick was about a half-mile long. It was unlike anyth ... More >>

Dine Out for the Gulf Coast Launches Thursday

​With the oil pouring into the Gulf of Mexico now measuring in the hundreds of thousands of gallons per day, it's clear that the fishing industry there is in deep trouble. Luckily, there are organizations like the Gulf Coast Oil Spill Fund to help. The newly formed nonprofit has partnered with res ... More >>

Oil Spill an Occasion for a Political Game of Twister

Sen. George LeMieux loves to invoke the future of his children among his reasons for wanting to slow down federal spending and shrink government. But if that really is what drives his political actions, doesn't the oil leak in the Gulf of Mexico pose a far greater risk to his children's future? And ... More >>

Allen West Has Solution to Oil Spill: Ask an "Average American"

Congressional candidate Allen West gave what might be his most absurd speech yet Friday at a meeting for a local chapter of Glenn Beck's 912 Project. Jump ahead to about the 3:30 mark. This is what you'll hear:The American way is that if you challenge us, we'll figure it out. I was flippi ... More >>

Tesla Electric Car Event in Dania this Weekend

TeslaSexier than a hybrid, huh? ​The oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico has added urgency to the debate about weaning ourselves from oil. That's no small task in our car-addicted culture.  As some activists have pointed out, some solutions include walking more often, riding your bike more often, ... More >>

A Guide to South Florida's Cheap Seafood Dives

Order Up: A Guide to Florida's Divey Seafood Joints

​Get ready to shuck, peel, and slurp -- our Dish column this week is on South Florida's cheap seafood dives. These joints are the types of places where you can soldier up to a worn bar top and order Gulf oysters by the dozen, slurping down briny shellfish with pints of frosty beer. They're the las ... More >>

Morning Juice: Oil on the Way to Our Beaches; Felony Charges Looming for Broward Commissioner

​Here's a look at what's in the local headlines this Tuesday morning:"Tar balls" have been found in Key West, the harbinger for oil in the Gulf of Mexico spreading to the South Florida coast, with potential for a dramatic effect on the marine ecosystem. [WPLG]Judging by remarks made by her defense ... More >>

South Florida Entrepreneurs See Opportunity in Oil Spill

Flickr: Deepwater Horizon Response​The same technology that keeps a kid -- or a drunk -- from ruining a mattress might be able to clean up this big mess in the Gulf of Mexico. It's called the Ocean Mop, and it's the brainchild of a mattress pad salesman named Skip Leiblein from Boca Raton. Incredi ... More >>

Allen West Pins Oil Spill on Obama, Democrats

FlickrThe Gulf oil spill suggests that Obama may not, in fact, be Superman.​President Barack Obama and the Democratic Congress failed to see into the future and prevent the April 20 oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. What's more, it's apparent that the White House and Congress are not experts on how ... More >>

Morning Juice: School Official Shows Political "Bullet" Wound; Ex-GOP Official Dishes on Rothstein

​It's Friday in Broward and Palm Beach. Let's check the news:Jeffrey Hernandez, chief academic officer in Palm Beach County public schools, says he "took a bullet" for Superintendent Art Johnson after parents rejected a new curriculum designed to improve standardized test performance. [Palm Beach ... More >>

Morning Juice: Couple Arrested in Davie Woman's Murder; School District Asks for Tax Hike

​Your daily tour of the local news:Davie police have arrested two homeless women after they confessed to the murder of  Jill Dornbush, who worked at a local McDonald's. The 62-year-old allowed Delia Padron and Lazard Falcon to stay at her home but wouldn't let them use the shower, which led t ... More >>

Deep-Sea Fried: Oil Spill in the Gulf Could Hurt Florida Restaurants -- Updated

​Word on the street: No news is good news. According to local restaurants, Gulf oyster suppliers have said there will definitely be a point where the buggers will come off the menu almost everywhere. The only question is when.But as of now, restaurants are still serving up oysters raw and on the h ... More >>

Morning Juice: Oil Will Ride Current to South Florida Coast; Circle K Killings an Isolated Event

​Here's what's in the local news this morning:If crews don't fix the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico soon, then scientists say it's "inevitable" that an ocean current will bring that contaminated water up Florida's east coast, through Broward and Palm Beach. [Palm Beach Post]Two forensic psycholog ... More >>

Drill Bit: Allen West Calls Oil Rupture "Worrisome," Just Not Big Enough to Reverse Position on Drilling

Flickr: : HimUpNorth :Spill Schmill! West still wants to see oil rigs on the South Florida horizon.​The massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico barely warranted mention in the "West Weekly Wrap-up" that congressional candidate Allen West sends along to his South Florida supporters. West supports d ... More >>

Why South Florida Should Be Rooting for Texas and NOT Alabama Tonight

flickr.comNick Saban lied to, then abandoned South Florida.​There are dozens of reasons South Floridians should be cheering for the University of Texas in tonight's BCS National Championship game. Now, I'll admit I'm not completely objective on the subject, but I want to convince you, South Florid ... More >>

Restaurant News: Olives Going Wild in Boca, I'm Greek Today in Royal Palm Beach, Gulf Oysters Get a Reprieve

​•    By Dec. 1, Todd English's Wild Olives in Boca Raton should be going full bore. The former Opus 5 is currently transitioning to Wild Olives' Mediterranean-esque menu, with the full dinner menu said to be in place by Tuesday, Nov. 24, and lunch a week later. A few items on the ... More >>

Yo, Lardass!

​Wanna know why your gut hits your ankles when you walk? Why your thighs have more ripples than the Gulf of Mexico in a hurricane? Why your ass is big enough to blot out the sun?  The "Twinkie Casserole" (24 Twinkies topped with caramel, mini marshmallows and brown sugar, topped with caramel ... More >>

Reading the Fish Bones

Choose wisely, dine well at Blue Fish

30-Somethings

Even after three decades, the Radiators can still turn up the heat

Devil and the Deep Blue Sea

Reading the future in two beachy-keen fish houses

Bambi Bump-off

Who's killing the endangered key deer? The bloody mess has caused a scandal in paradise.

Living la Vida Straight

Christine Sneeringer was gay until she underwent controversial "reparative therapy"

Marlin Madness

Competitive marlin fishers do lots of drinking, tell lots of tales, and, oh yes, sometimes they catch fish.

Taking Stock of Bob Graham

The South Florida senator and presidential candidate wheels and doodles

Rub-a-Dub-Dub, It's a Manatee Tub

Manatee Viewing Area

Swept Out to Sea

The waves, winds, and tides conspired to send the canoe miles into the Gulf of Mexico. A writer deals with his own mortality during a life-and-death struggle.

Best Place To Enjoy The Everglades

Lopez River

Cruisin' for a Bruisin'

With politicians in its pocket and more than a few violations under its belt, SunCruz sails into a port near you