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Allen West As Rick Scott's Lieutenant Governor? We Say Yes!

Rick Scott may have opened the door to what would be quite the dynamic duo of derpness at the top. Scott told a Tampa-area radio station that he would be cool with considering former Rep. Allen West as his next lieutenant governor. Actually, Scott basically just gave a polite answer when asked abou ... More >>

Digital Domain: The Fall of a Movie Empire

The Fake-Pot Industry Is Coming Down From a Three-Year High

Winner's Circle: Cheaters Prosper at Calder Race Course

Broward Woman Steals Identities of Active U.S. Marines, Nearly Scams $50K

As far as identity thieves go, Coral Springs resident Dorothy Boulin is among the scummiest.Last week, Boulin was sentenced to five years in prison and three years probation for running a scam that pilfered the social security numbers of U.S. Marines and filed fraudulent tax claims in their names.Co ... More >>

Quran-Burning Pastor Terry Jones Says "Obama Dead in 2012," Builds Grave for President (Video)

Last month, Terry Jones (the "Burn a Quran Day" guy) hung President Barack Obama in effigy on the front lawn of the Dove World Outreach Center, the Gainesville church where he was the pastor until late last year. It earned him a few calls from the Secret Service and an IRS complaint that said his ch ... More >>

Buju Banton's Appeal Struck Down

A panel of judges for the U.S. Court of Appeals in Atlanta on Thursday shot down Grammy-winning reggae artist Buju Banton's appeal on federal drug charges. The judges also reversed the lower court's decision to throw out a gun charge. Now the same judge who decided there wasn't enough  ... More >>

Scott Rothstein Saga: Debra Villegas Goes to Prison; Four Enter Guilty Pleas

Scott W. Rothstein​The gifts of prison sentences keep coming, thanks to Scott Rothstein.Debra Villegas, the second in command for Rothstein's gigantic Ponzi scheme, surrendered to her new home at a minimum-security federal prison last week to begin her ten-year sentence.Villegas, now 44, pleaded g ... More >>

Cinema Paradiso Chases Out Top Managers

Photo by Eric Barton​If you hit Cinema Paradiso's Italia Film Festa this past weekend you might have been lucky enough to catch Come Undone, a steamy flick about an adulterous affair set in Milan. After seeing it in December, Village Voice reviewer Nick Pinkerton wrote: "The hot sex has the rhythm ... More >>

Alan Mendelsohn, Political Adviser and Government Scammer, to Be Sentenced Today

Alan Mendelsohn​Alan Mendelsohn -- the Hollywood ophthalmologist, GOP fundraiser, lobbyist, and adviser to former Gov. Charlie Crist -- will be sentenced in federal court today after pleading guilty to a conspiracy charge in December.Mendelsohn's conspiracy charge specifically claimed scheming to ... More >>

BSO Corruption Case Ends With Slap on the Wrist, Despite Continued Danger at the Port

Firefighters at Port Everglades need a new hose and pump system to fight potential oil tank fires like this one, but the purchasing of the system has been plagued with problems.​If you're like most people and you don't watch a lot of local TV news, then you probably missed Carmel Cafiero's fine re ... More >>

Better Late Than Never? Sylvia Poitier Declares Conflicts of Interest

Here's an outrageous piece of video, courtesy of Acts of Sedition.com. It's from last night's Deerfield Beach Commission meeting. You'll see City Attorney Andy Maurodis talking to the commissioners about his failure to get any response from his requests for financial records from Arlington Park Fami ... More >>

Real Men Drink Microbrews

Hold your fire, save your ammo, and belly up to the bar at the Lodge.

R. Allen Stanford's story tells how one eccentric billionaire can help bring the global economy to its knees

A Blind Date With Stacy Ritter

Embattled Broward County Mayor Stacy Ritter staged a not-for-media-consumption town hall-style meeting Wednesday at a Tamarac condo community, seeking to sway constituents toward believing her explanation of the Mutual Benefits scandal. Not the version in newspapers and blogs. And it actually seemed ... More >>

Palm Beach Mayoral Candidate Has Corrupt Past In Bahamas

Even by Florida's loose ethical standards, Palm Beach mayoral contender C. Gerald Goldsmith has a corrupt past that should make his candidacy a joke. Goldsmith, who served on the Palm Beach town council back in the mid-1990s, survived the Feb. 3 election ... More >>

Mutual Benefits may have collapsed, but the fallout for South Florida politicians is still coming.

Sayonara, Suckers

Ministry says farewell in a gesture of animosity and spite

The Muscle Men

Inside the "Rejuvenation Centers" at the heart of the nation's largest illegal steroid and HGH operation

Restaurant Flambé

Michael's Kitchen has moved on, leaving the charred remains of a lot of goodwill in Hollywood

Newspaper Staff Ordered To "Question Authority"

Wall Street in Miami

A slick L.A. movie producer gets slammed in the subtropics

Nova to Workers: Drop Dead

Janitors go jobless for months, and students don't give a damn

River of Greed

The plan includes playing footsie with a controversial land baron and paving over a piece of the Everglades

"I Created the World in Six Days and All I Got Was This Lousy Billboard — God"

The strange saga of a religious advertising campaign begins and ends in Fort Lauderdale.

Gypsies, Cops, and Thieves

Seven years ago, Detective Jack Makler helped New Times catch a double-dealing Gypsy cop. Now he's accused of the same crime.

Hot Bods, Hotter Odds

Shooters owner John Wile is known for suits -- both the bathing and legal sorts

The Doctor's Trials

Meet Hollywood's Donald Tobkin: caring M.D., feared lawyer, accused felon

Mr. Big Shot

The charismatic lawyer and power broker took one last lap in a New River mansion during his run from the law

Unusual Suspects, Part 3

A mercenary knocks, almost everybody talks, and a new light shines on two mysterious deaths

Our Mayor, the Lobbyist

The Politics of Profit

Rock 'n' Nole

A casino's comin' to Hollywood. It's a big gamble.

Grinders

With bigger pots at stake in the track poker rooms, the workaday pros are lining up to get in

Paradise Crushed

A lush idyllic chunk of the Everglades was transformed by bulldozers and a huge tree-eating juggernaut

Fall Gal

A former university official could do time, while the school's ex-prez gets a free ride

Gamblin' Men

Big-ticket casino deals plus a messy internal power struggle equals even more legal woes for the Seminole tribe

Freedom to Die

The story of a Hollywood couple's love and death is heart-rending. It should also spur change.

That's not Journalism. That's Poetry!

The biggest, baddest bloviators in town match witlessness in our Columnist Poetry Slam

An Unpleasant Development

The plan to build Merry Place could rekindle an inner-city dream

Room at the Inn

Sean Cononie has revolutionized SoFla homeless care. So why are the bureaucrats snubbing him?

Cleanup Patter

Getting down and dirty with Broward's school janitors

The Elmo Files

The saga of would-be liberal crusader and ex-con James "Elmo" Spaulding proves that anyone can get a second chance in America. And a third. And maybe even a fourth.

Bones of Contention

The battle for the soul of the Graves Museum isn't over yet, and Gypsy Graves herself is back in the trenches

A Most-Wanted Attorney

The government wants his money. The judiciary wants him disbarred. So what's F. Lee Bailey's next move? Sue the bastards!

Mean Streets

Getting rid of those folks with buckets equals getting rid of one of the county's better homeless-assistance programs.

Capitol Offenses

The trial of former Florida House Speaker Bo Johnson reveals the unseemly roles of Broward's taxi mogul Jesse Gaddis and lobbyist Tom Panza.

Emerging Elitism

American Heritage School survives despite near financial collapse, angry neighbors, and a questionable relationship with a Plantation politician

I Think, Therefore I Scam

America gave Franco Nicoletti opportunities and riches beyond belief. But it didn't give him a conscience.

Barely Stayin' Alive

The Resurrection of Robert Tilton

On the trail of the elusive (yet surprisingly TV- friendly) Pastor Bob, fallen man of God and new South Florida resident