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Jamaican Restaurants in West Broward: Hidden Gems Everywhere

For a slideshow of Auntie I's Jamaican Restaurant, click here.

Man Bites Wife's Ear Off on Her Birthday at Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino

Nadine Bruce and her husband, Kevon Stewart, hit up the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino on Sunday to celebrate her 29th birthday. But things went sour when the couple began arguing inside their car in the parking lot. And by "sour," we mean "Kevon went full Mike Tyson on Nadine and bit her e ... More >>

Absentee Voting Extended in Palm Beach

In the least shocking news ever, turns out voting in Florida has been a goddamn mess. Rick Scott refused to extend early voting, people had to wait in line for up to 9 hours, Florida Democrats sued the state to extend early voting, polls opened Sunday, then closed again, chaos has ensued, and now Do ... More >>

Kids Eat Free on Halloween at Tijuana Flats

Like most fun things in life, once you have kids of your own the fun is no longer your own. This includes Halloween. Once upon a time, Halloween was about barely-there costumes, pumpkin beer, and crazy parties with smoke machines.As a parent, it is now your responsibility to make a tour of the neigh ... More >>

Yom Kippur: Five Places to Break the Fast

Unlike some of our Judeo-Christian brethren who apologize for their wrongdoings throughout the year and flagellate themselves accordingly, we Jewish people condense all of that into one depressing day of fasting, prayer and spending time with extended family: Yom Kippur. The best part of this holi ... More >>

The Hidden Real Estate Empire of Jesse Gaddis, Yellow Cab Magnate: Here's Our Map

Riverside Market's uncertain fate has had a lot to do with the parking lot next door; this spring, cafe owner Julian Siegel wanted to buy the empty lot from the city to expand the parking at his beer- and dog-friendly spot. But before he noticed, the plot was swept up by Jesse Gaddis -- one of the w ... More >>

Down With Comic-Con and Up With Tate's

Looking for Father's Day Ideas? Fred Kim of Gambose Talks Korean BBQ

You know the drill. Buy dad some cool new grilling tool. Pick up some some steaks, corn, and potatoes. Make a salad. Call it a day. Your father's day celebration is complete. Effortless, but it is the same old routine you've done year after year. This year, why not step it up a notch? How about Kore ... More >>

South Florida at Center of National Medicare Fraud Crackdown

The Department of Justice this week announced a nationwide crackdown on Medicare fraud that snagged 107 people for an alleged $452 million in false billing. The Department of Health and Human Services reported it was the largest group of false billings targeted at one time in the history of their Me ... More >>

Broward Crime Stories of the Year: From Dog Molestation to TSA Agents' Theft Habits

keywordy.net​Crime in Broward -- sometimes it's hilarious, sometimes it's depressing, and sometimes it's just downright freaky. From a guy getting busted while fingering a Chihuahua to a TSA agent getting caught stuffing a passenger's iPad down his pants, crimes in Broward were anything but ta ... More >>

After Hours Eats from Steven Zobel of East End Brasserie

​Chef Steven Zobel is the chef behind East End Brasserie at The Atlantic Resort & Spa, the restaurant that's the subject of this week's review. Having moved here from New York this past summer, Zobel earned accolades during his tenure at Triomphe from The New York Times and New York Magazine.& ... More >>

Trial of Alleged "Demonically Possessed" Rapist and Tag-Teaming Brother Ends in Hung Jury

Broward Sheriff's OfficeGuy Cherubin (left) and Harold Cherubin​A new trial will be scheduled next week after a jury couldn't decide whether 34-year-old Guy Cherubin and 32-year-old Harold Cherubin kidnapped a Fort Lauderdale woman and raped her in 2006.The men are accused of forcing the woman int ... More >>

Lauderhill Shooting Declared Homicide by Police

​The death of Ian Owen Atkinson -- the 19-year-old man found dead on the doorstep of his Lauderhill home Thursday morning -- has been declared a homicide, police say.Atkinson's uncle had gone to the house in the 7000 block of Sienna Ridge Lane around 7 a.m. Thursday to find the teenager dead.L ... More >>

Scott Rothstein Saga: Four Alleged Co-Conspirators Set Dates For Guilty Pleas

csmonitor.comScott Rothstein​The four men indicted late last month as being conspirators in former Fort Lauderdale lawyer Scott Rothstein's $1.2 billion Ponzi scheme are scheduled to enter guilty pleas, according to the Associated Press.The men, Howard Kusnick, 58, of Tamarac, Stephen Caputi, 53, ... More >>

Are More Arrests to Come in the Scott Rothstein Saga?

csmonitor.comOne year in prison down, only 49 more to go!​Four more people were charged late last week for their alleged roles in the Ponzi scheme of former Fort Lauderdale lawyer and scam-man extraordinaire Scott Rothstein.The U.S. Attorney's Office announced on Friday that Howard Kusnick, 58 ... More >>

Sheri Carter Sent Chilling Text Messages Before Her Untimely Death

​"Omg have a total weirdo in my bathroom a little scared," Sheri Carter texted to her boyfriend, Mark, on January 31. "Like think he's on..." she didn't finish the sentence.Carter was working in her Boynton Beach home as an independent escort. The man in the bathroom, police say, was Jimmy Dac Ho, ... More >>

The List : Five Dishes to Celebrate Mardi Gras in South Florida

Photo by Misha Grosvenor"It's hand-grenade time!"​It's that time of year again when thousands of drunk college students, fratdults (grown up frat boys), and creepy mustachioed men with fists full of beads and a penchant for buxom drunk girls take to the streets of New Orleans to celebrate Mardi Gr ... More >>

Broward League of Cities Set to Drop Klenet

The hits keep coming for lobbyist Russ Klenet. As if investigations regarding his work for Mutual Benefits fraudster Joel Steinger, a State Attorney's probe into his Broward County Commissioner wife Stacy Ritter's involvement with dirty developers Bruce and Shawn Chait, and civil charges stemm ... More >>

Ludacris to Sign Bottles of Conjure Cognac in Lauderdale Lakes

​This Friday, November 12, from noon to 2 p.m., hip-hop star Ludacris will sign bottles of Conjure Cognac at Super Duper Liquors in Lauderhill (4188 N. State Road 7, Lauderdale Lakes 33319). According to a news release, "In 2009, Ludacris created and launched Conjure with renowned cognac house, B ... More >>

Gas Pump Dispute Turns Deadly in Lauderdale Lakes

Photo: BSORyan Wilson​A 21-year-old man beat an elderly man to death Friday after a dispute over who was entitled to use a fuel pump at a BP station in Lauderdale Lakes. According to the news release by the Broward Sheriff's Office, the younger man, Ryan Wilson of Lauderhill, was trying to ba ... More >>

Lauderhill Man's Rubber Band Ball Bounces Him Into the Guinness Book

The Art & Culture Center's Exhibition of Public Art May Piss Off More People Than It Pleases..

Wanted for Murder, Brooklyn Man Busted in Lauderhill

Rodney Ragbirsingh​Police have been looking for Rodney Ragbirsingh since July, when witnesses said the 27-year-old man chased his ex-girlfriend, 24-year-old Greyssel Gomez, through Brooklyn's streets before gunning her down inside an auto repair shop. Last week, investigators tracked him to Lauder ... More >>

My Brother's Keeper: Second Suspect Caught in Taco Bell Murder

Photo: Broward Sheriff's OfficeTesfaye Ritchie​After 20-year-old Karari Ritchie was arrested Tuesday in the homicide case of a Taco Bell manager, Broward Sheriff's detectives say he told them about a partner from Miami -- but that was a red herring. Detectives believe he was trying to protect his ... More >>

License to Sell

Internet Killed the Music Store

Remember the thrill of finding a gem while thumbing through stacks of vinyl? Or the clack of CD cases as you flipped impatiently in search of that one album that kept eluding you? If not, then you can't possibly be a day older than 18, and you can't possibly know what you're missing out on. The ca ... More >>

Carnival Weekend Roundup

A guide to all the biggest Caribbean fetes

There Goes the Hood

A legendary underground filmmaker from Sistrunk surfaces to make a movie about Florida homeboys

Letters for October 26-November 1, 2006

Eggelletion's Cronies Feel Political Bite

Calling All Cars

After an investigation reveals harassment and intimidation, police respond with... harassment and intimidation

The Bad-Hands People

You say you want United Auto Insurance to pay your medical bills? Be ready to go to war.

Our Mayor, the Lobbyist

The Politics of Profit

This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

Letters for March 25, 2004

Justice of the Church:

Axis of Influence

You won't hear the truth about the Broward Alliance in the Sun-Sentinel

Letters for March 11, 2004

Cut the costs:

What Killed Junior?

Raymond Sterling's death spurred a shakeup in the fire department. His family claims the cops too are to blame.

Hospital Index

Want to play free golf and stay at the finest hotels in the country?

Season's Grievings

This festive time of year, the boys from Death Becomes You want you to imagine them as poseable action figures, not poseurs

Rasta al Dente

Today's reggae is a dirty business. Black Uhuru's Duckie Simpson rolls up his sleeves.

Bandwidth

The goth-surf stylings of the Necrophiles enhance the general debaucheryat T-zer’s

Letters to the Editor

Letters for March 29, 2001

Letters to the Editor

Letters for November 2, 2000

Fifteen Minutes of Infamy

The fisherman who rescued Elián, Donato Dalrymple, comes from a family with a violent history. And that's not the half of it.

Undercurrents

Seeking greener pastors

Don't Take Me Out For a Ballpark

Downtown Fort Lauderdale residents rehabbing a neighborhood say you can take that stadium site and put it… elsewhere

All Work and No Pay

For two years single mothers have tried hard to switch from welfare to workfare. But the WAGES program keeps getting in the way.

Undercurrents

Leaders of the Pack