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Food and Drink Events in Broward and Palm Beach This Week: Pompano Wine Fest, Beer Bingo, and More

There's a good chance you've had your fill of burgers and beer after this weekend's events. If you didn't put yourself in a food coma at Friday's Burger Bash, we'll assume you drank yourself silly at Saturday's Funky Buddha Grand Opening. Hey, that's why Sundays exist. Whether you partied it up or ... More >>

Miami Won't Be Hosting Super Bowl L

The Dolphins brain trust failed to get government funding to help renovate Sun Life Stadium. But that didn't stop them from bringing it hard to the hoop to get the NFL to let them host what will be a milestone game -- Super Bowl L (or, Super Bowl 50, for those of you who haven't boned up on Roman nu ... More >>

Hollister Nurse-in an "Eyesore": Mothers are Pissed

Love it or hate it: in most states women are allowed to breastfeed in public. Unfortunately, many people are unaware of that fact--restaurant, store, and mall managers included. Being that the majority of the population is not well versed in breastfeeding law, mothers with their boobs out tend to ge ... More >>

One Way Out: Millionaire Guma Aguiar Disappeared Off Fort Lauderdale Beach; Where Could He Have Gone?

Cuban Radio Is Dying Because of Aging Hardliners and Miami's Changing Market

Dolphins Finish Winless in Preseason

In what is the least shocking news ever, the Miami Dolphins headed into Dallas yesterday and proceeded to get blasted in the face by a bazooka at the hands of the Cowboys to the tune of 30-13.So now the 2012 Dolphins join the 1966 and 1989 teams that went winless in the preseason. And if you look it ... More >>

Jake Long Is Fine; Dolphins Still Suck

Yesterday during Dolphins practice, left tackle Jake Long (aka "THE WARHAMMER") went down like a sack of hammers, continuing his yearly trend of getting injured just before the last game of the preseason. Long injured his right knee, and for a while there, the Dolphins feared he had d ... More >>

Missing Millionaire's Partner Speaks: John Amoruso Made Guma Aguiar Rich

John Amoruso, Geologist Who Made Guma Aguiar Rich, Recalls "Down-to-Earth Fellow"

See also: the latest on Aguiar's disappearance, and the lawsuit against Aguiar spurred by this natural-gas deal.In 2003, Texas geologist John Amoruso had a hunch that there was a lot of natural gas, and big money, in a previously unexplored geological area about midway between Houston and Dallas.It ... More >>

Guma Aguiar Supported Sex-Soliciting Rabbi Before Disappearing

Late on Tuesday night, a boat belonging to Guma Aguiar washed up on Fort Lauderdale beach, engines running, the cell phone and wallet of the Floridian Jewish multimillionaire reportedly still onboard. Since then, people have speculated: Was it a dead-of-night escape plot to keep his mother from decl ... More >>

Psychic-Shop Owner Tells Everyone Previous Psychic Occupant "Was a Fraud"

There's a small psychic shop on Southwest Fourth Avenue, just south of the bridge, in Fort Lauderdale. If you drove by on Sunday, you may have seen a banner across the front door, reading:ATTENTIONPersons who have given this psychic money, before March 2012, you have been defrauded. Would you like y ... More >>

Coconuts and G&B Oyster Bar To Combine Menus Tonight

​Coconuts and its next door sibling, G&B Oyster Bar will be combine menus for the most part as of tonight's dinner service, confirms partner Merv Jonota. All oysters shucked at G&B Oyster Bar are available at Coconuts, as are the small plates on the oyster bar menu. Larger entrees like the ... More >>

Happy Birthday, Steve Earle!

​There were those who branded themselves as outlaws way before -- Waylon, Willie, Johnny Cash, and David Allan Coe among them. But Steve Earle has lived that legend to the fullest. Born January 17, 1955, Earle's notoriety has often threatened to overshadow his prodigious musical career, one that's ... More >>

Direct Flights Between Fort Lauderdale and Roatan, Honduras Coming Soon -- Via New Honduran Airline, Easy Sky

A new budget airline called EasySky is poised to do battle with Spirit Airlines, the Miramar-based ultra-low-cost carrier -- at least on one of its routes.Spirit currently operates a red-eye flight between Fort Lauderdale and San Pedro Sula, Honduras' bustling industrial center, often with advertis ... More >>

Americans for Prosperity Florida Bringing Some Interesting Individuals on "Education" Tour

​Americans for Prosperity Foundation Florida, part of the Koch brothers' political-funding machine, announced yesterday that it's going to be "providing essential educational tools to Floridians in advance of the upcoming 2012 elections."Among the "influential leaders" AFP Florida is bringing on t ... More >>

Rick Scott Calls on the Lord for Jobs, Identifies With Polygamist Monarch (Video)

​Gov. Rick Scott stayed at home during Texas Gov. Rick Perry's prayer rally on Friday, but he did make a video appearance before the 30,000-person crowd at Houston's Reliant Stadium.Scott says in his video that since being inaugurated, his prayer has been the same as King Solomon -- you know, ... More >>

Boca's Piñon Grill: Some of the Dishes Veer into WTF Territory

TSA Agent Nelson Santiago Not the First Agency Employee to Be Arrested on Theft Charges

sodahead.comInvasive and sticky.​Our news yesterday of 30-year-old Transportation Security Administration worker Nelson Santiago's being arrested after apparently being caught stuffing a passenger's iPad in his pants and allegedly stealing $50,000 worth of electronics from luggage went around the ... More >>

What Terrence Malick Has to Offer Is Worth Working for in "The Tree of Life"

What Terrence Malick Has to Offer Is Worth Working for in "The Tree of Life"

Underground Dining Groups: Q&A With Maude Eaton of South Florida Foodies

​It's safe to say that South Florida has come a long way in the food world. So far, in fact, that we've left behind the old ideas of nouveau cuisine, power lunches, and Norman Van Aken and embraced the new ideas of food sovereignty, food blogs, and the almighty South Beach Wine & Food Festival ... More >>

The Dirty Dozen: 2010's Most Despicable People

A Bridge Life Is Just the Beginning for Filmmaker and E! Entertainment Writer Josh Grossberg

via abridgelife.comJosh Grossberg​We introduced you to Josh Grossberg's documentary A Bridge Life: Finding Our Way Home in 2009, and between then and now, it earned several awards, began screening on the Documentary Channel, and came out on DVD (available on Amazon). Grossberg, who is also senior ... More >>

Stone Temple Pilots Storm Into Hard Rock Live

Horrendous Officiating Sinks Dwyer High School in Big ESPN Game Against Cleveland Glenville

​The referees completely worked over Dwyer High School in what may be their biggest game of the year this Labor Day weekend.The varsity football team from the Palm Beach Gardens based high school traveled to Ohio to play Cleveland Glenville, coached by Ted Ginn, Sr. The game was hyped for months a ... More >>

Corrupt Contractor KBR Under Fire in Palm Beach County; Anyone Surprised?

Flickr user: The U.S. ArmySoldiers in Iraq know KBR's sordid history.​A front-page story in today's Palm Beach Post blasts the Houston-based engineering and construction firm Kellogg, Brown & Root (KBR) for not hiring enough local workers on its $200 million solid waste project in western Palm ... More >>

For Polo Mogul John Goodman, Other Celebrity DUI Cases Offer Hope of Minimal Punishment

Facebook.comScott Wilson, 23, drowned in a canal after Goodman's Bentley crashed into his car.​As polo mogul John Goodman faces vehicular homicide and DUI manslaughter charges for the Wellington car accident that led to the death of 23-year-old Scott Wilson, many wonder if he'll receive special le ... More >>

Will a Multimillionaire Polo Mogul Be Punished for a Fatal Drunken Accident?

Polo Mogul John Goodman, in Happier Times

This week's New Times feature story is an in-depth look at John Goodman, the multimillionaire polo mogul accused of causing the fatal car accident that killed 23-year-old Wellington native Scott Wilson.

An Immigrant's Heart

To survive the ordeal of escaping Guatemala, Julia needed a big heart. But not this big.

R&B Star Monica Performed in Atlanta on Day She Was "Booked" for Mango Festival

Photo: Wikipedia CommonsMonica performing in Houston.​Monica, one of the major R&B acts advertised for Saturday's Mango Festival, was not planning to perform on that day. Rather, she was booked to play at a birthday bash for an Atlanta radio station that same Saturday. Photos from that perform ... More >>

Polo Mogul John Goodman's Family Feud

Palm Beach County Sheriff's OfficeJohn Goodman was charged with DUI manslaughter and vehicular homicide.​A decade ago, a family feud forced Wellington polo mogul John Goodman to step down as overseer of a trust fund meant to benefit his nieces and nephews.The legal spat provides a rare window into ... 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 >>

Polo Mogul's Tactic in Crash Case: Delay, Delay, Delay

Palm Beach County Sheriff's OfficeIt could be more than a year before Goodman's case goes to trial.​Yesterday, a judge refused Wellington polo mogul John Goodman's request to delay the wrongful death lawsuit filed against him for the car accident that killed 23-year-old Scott Wilson.But Palm Beach ... 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 >>

Suit: Polo Owner Was Falling Down Drunk Night of Fatal Crash

Lisa RabFlowers mark the site of the crash where Scott Wilson died.​John Goodman, the multimillionaire owner of the International Polo Club Palm Beach, was so drunk the night of a fatal car crash this February that he "fell down for no apparent reason,"  according to a lawsuit filed in Palm B ... More >>

How HBO's "Treme" Can Get New Orleans Right

Straight Hot Dog, No Chaser

The Palm Beach Grill is a sobering experience

Guitar Shorty's Got a Right to Sing the Blues

The Undersea World of Toby Joseph

A Cero-sum game where the diner always wins

Letters for May 31 to June 6, 2007

Hog Wild

At Bucky's, I'm happy as a pig in... well, you know what

Letters for July 20-27, 2006

Keeping Broward in Brewskis

Calculated Comfort Food

Survey Says...

The latest Zagat guide socks it to the service in South Florida restaurants

Welcome to KKKMart

A new lawsuit alleges that Boca Raton's Stein Mart was in fact a hotbed of racism

Belly Up to the Barbecue

Texas State of Mind BBQ

Senor Perfecto!

The Straight Dope