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BurgerFi Coming to Davie

BurgerFi is in expansion mode with the opening of a new restaurant in Davie.The fast casual restaurant that features all-natural, farm-raised beef free of hormones, opens its doors in Davie on Tuesday, January 22 at 1904 S. University Drive.This is the lucky 13th Florida location, with more to come. ... More >>

Ann Romney Shops at Costco: Feeds Family for Under Five Bucks Each (Pictures)

Ann Romney was on Rachael Ray yesterday to talk about her husband Mitt, her battles with multiple sclerosis and breast cancer, and her addiction.....to Costco.Read Also:- Politics Meet Food Trucks at Lynn University Debate- Mitt Romney Eats Healthy at BurgerFi in Delray Beach- Political Pumpkins for ... More >>

Dream Defenders Protest Presidential Debate at Lynn University

Both Obama and Romney have promised to overhaul the country's cumbersome and costly immigration system. Yet there was little talk about how they would actually do so over the course of three debates.The Dream Defenders were one of the groups protesting the debate at Lynn University, and they sent al ... More >>

Presidential Debate Protests: Sit-in On Yamato Road, Mass Arrests at the Lynn Debate

It wasn't just Obama and Romney who had something to say last night in Boca Raton. Hundreds of citizens (and some non-citizens) showed up to speak their minds on the election and the issues of the day. Fifteen of those who spoke out went to jail for their troubles. It was all fun and games for the ... More >>

Politics Meet Food Trucks at Lynn University Debate (Photos)

Thousands of students, political wonks, local campaign volunteers, faculty, and corporate bigwigs got together least evening to watch the third and final Presidential debate at Lynn University in Boca Raton. Read Also:- Media People, Get a Free Beer at BurgerFi in Delray- Mitt Romney Eats Healthy ... More >>

Presidential Debate Sucked for Libertarians

As the lights came down in the debate hall at Lynn University, the co-chairman of the Commission on Presidential Debates, Frank Fahrenkopf, took the stage.See Also:- Live Blog: Rumble in Boca 2012, Obama and Romney Presidential Debate! - Photos: Final 2012 Presidential Debate at Lynn UniversityHe th ... More >>

Obama Wins Third and Final Debate With Horses and Bayonets

Round three of the presidential debates was last night. And people who went in expecting to have their asses blown off with the two candidates going at each other for a final climactic showdown were mildly disappointed. No asses were blown off here, unfortunately. The main take-aways from the deba ... More >>

Celebrity Sex, Benghazi, and Jobs: What The Broadwalk Wants Asked at the Debates

This evening, Barack Obama and Mitt Romney will look to destroy one another in an epic battle of banter at Lynn University in Boca. It's a safe bet that moderator Bob Schieffer won't throw too many curveballs and the questions will be similar to everything that's already been asked in the ... More >>

LIVE BLOG: Rumble in Boca 2012, Obama and Romney Presidential Debate!

We're live-blogging tonight's debate right here, on this page. Bookmark the link and follow our updates after the jump. 

Mitt Romney Eats Healthy at BurgerFi In Delray Beach (Photos)

With the last presidential debate being held tonight at Lynn University in Boca Raton, most of south Florida is on politico alert. That means that while the candidates have to eat somewhere...most restaurants are scoped out by the secret service in advance then given only a few minutes official noti ... More >>

Presidential Debate Causes Road Closures, Delays

In case you haven't heard, there's this presidential debate thing going on at Lynn University in Boca tonight. And, as you might expect with these things, traffic is going to be a bit of a pain in the butt. Between 6 a.m. Monday and 2 a.m. Tuesday, Boca Raton Police will be closing some of main roa ... More >>

Media People, Get a Free Beer at BurgerFi Delray Beach

Life in the trenches of the media is far from glamorous. The hours are literally endless, the pay is lousy, and we are constantly blamed by the general public and both ends of the political spectrum of spinning things one way or another.If you are a poor schlub working in the "lamestream" media you ... More >>

John Kerry, John McCain, Debbie Wasserman Schultz, and Free Beer: Things We've Spotted at Lynn So Far

As we noted earlier, we've invaded Lynn University for tonight's third and final presidential debate. As get ready to live-blog tonight's nuttery for you, please enjoy the photos of things we've spotted so far, including a Budweiser taste testing booth for the media (woo-hoo!) and John Kerry looki ... More >>

Cover Presidential Debate? Pay $3000 or So.

The only people allowed in the audience at Monday night's presidential debate at Lynn University will be Lynn students, selected by a lottery to sit on risers in the Wold Performing Arts Center.But the real party will be next door, where an estimated 4,000 journalists from around the world will cram ... More >>

Morning Joe Filming Live at Racks in Boca Raton

Political wonks and early risers take note! Morning Joe, the MSNBC early show hosted by the world's most liberal conservative (Joe Scarborough) and the world's most conservative liberal (Mika Brzezinski), is coming to south Florida for two live broadcasts in correlation with the big Presidential deb ... More >>

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Lynn University Students Killed in 2010 Haiti Earthquake Will Get Their Degrees

​On January 11, 2010, 12 students and two teachers from Boca Raton's Lynn University traveled on a service trip to Port-au-Prince, Haiti. On January 12, six of them were killed in the massive earthquake that hit the island, in what the school calls "the darkest day in the university's history ... More >>

Valentine's Day Events, Food Trucks, the Lebanese Festival, and Other Food Events this Week in South Florida

​So -- Valentine's Day, huh? Whether you're looking to dump someone, you're a cheap date (or you're trying to figure out if your date is being a tightwad), aren't afraid of bad ideas, or you're interested in actually doing something nice with a special someone, there are many directions you can go ... More >>

Boca Raton's Lynn University Scores the Final Debate in the 2012 Presidential Election

cosmicsmudge.wordpress.comThe Pulp goes with "over."​President Obama will debate some guy (don't pretend like Michele Bachmann is in contention) at Lynn University in Boca Raton next year, according to an announcement from the Commission on Presidential Debates.The debate, scheduled for October 22 ... More >>

Lamberti: Okay, Nobody ELSE Bring Your Kids To Work

Wild Vid: Charlie's back on tube. -- Some of the deputies at BSO got a laugh when Sheriff Al Lamberti sent out an agency-wide memo about the recent Bring Our Sons and Daughters To Work Day. Sun-Sentinel​​In the memo, the sheriff reminded his officers that they weren't to bring their ch ... More >>

Is Stacy Really Concerned About Security?

Broward County Commissioner Stacy Ritter had her regularly scheduled "Coffee with Stacy" on Wednesday and I commend her for that. After the horror on Saturday that occurred at U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords' "Congress on your Corner" event, I think it's great that Ritter is carrying on in that tradit ... More >>

Four Ways to Prepare Yourself for the Harry Potter Premiere

See their outfits? Copy them.​Part 1 of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows premieres at midnight tonight. Potter geeks have been buzzing for weeks, planning tonight's attire, and rereading all seven books.But just because you're not a nerd or a loyal Harry Potter fan (hey, some of us like Twilig ... More >>

Quidditch Tournament at Lynn University: Phallic and Fun

Photo by Alex Markow​Quidditch: a fictional sport and brainchild of J.K. Rowling, author of the Harry Potter series.The sport involves witches and wizards riding on broomsticks, dodging big, hard balls (yes), and trying to find a tiny, gold ball.So how do muggles humans reenact the sport? With a b ... More >>

Quidditch Tournament at Lynn University This Weekend [Updated]

Yep, this is Quidditch.​[UPDATE] More information about Sunday's tournament after the jump.​Lynn University in Boca Raton might be the only school to require students to "keep a broomstick between their legs at all times."Yes, Halloween is over. But Harry Potter season is just beginning!On Sunda ... More >>

PBSO Launches New Program to Manage Sex Offenders, Not Just Exile Them

Professor Jill Levenson says not all sex offenders are alike.​In a world where residency restrictions exile convicted sex offenders to live under bridges and on park benches, a glimmer of sanity has emerged. Working with psychology professors at Lynn University, the Palm Beach County Sheriff's Off ... More >>

Dashboard Confessional's Chris Carrabba to Perform Memorial Concerts for Lynn University

Morning Juice: Eggelletion Prepares for Prison; Norovirus Fears in Broward

​Here's what's happening in Broward and Palm Beach this Friday:Former Broward County Commissioner Josephus Eggelletion will be sentenced today after pleading guilty to charges stemming from an FBI bribery sting. [Miami Herald]Police have identified the man whose remains were found in a box near Jo ... More >>

Morning Juice: Belle Glade Guards Snared in Federal Sting; Rothstein Partners Feeling Heat

​Here's what's happening in Broward and Palm Beach:It appears that yet another group of public employees walked right into a federal sting. This time, the suits were back in Palm Beach County, where the U.S. Attorney's office revealed that state corrections officers in Belle Glade agreed to transp ... More >>

Morning Juice: Nurse Tells Her Version of Cop's Gunshot; Student's Body Found in Haiti

​Your daily glance at what's happening in Broward and Palm Beach media:Sun-Sentinel: The 59-year-old nursing assistant who had a Plantation cop fire a bullet through her car's window Monday night says she never saw a cop directing traffic and certainly never struck one with her car, as the cop who ... More >>

Morning Juice: Newly Released Evidence Adds to Intrigue to Two Unsolved Murder Cases

​The news in Broward and Palm Beach this Tuesday:Police in Rye Brook, New York, say that an anonymous letter they received in July contains details of the Ben Novack murder case that, during the subsequent investigation, have proven accurate. Among the claims: that the death of Novack's mother in ... More >>

Morning Juice: Haiti Quake Survivor Tells Miraculous Story; MLK Parade in Hallandale Nearly Takes Tragic Turn

​Here's what's in the local news this Tuesday morning:Mereille Dittmer, the 50-year-old woman from Pembroke Pines who somehow survived for five days in a tiny space within a collapsed Port-au-Prince grocery store, told her amazing story to reporters Monday. [WPTV]The families of the four Lynn Univ ... More >>

Mother of Lynn University Student Vents on Video

It's hard to blame Jean Gianacaci for being frustrated. She's the mother of Christine Gianacaci, one of the four people from Lynn University who are still missing in the rubble of the Hotel Montana in Port-au-Prince. That video posted today.Considering the scenes of devastation, I don't know whethe ... More >>

Morning Juice: Lynn Students Tell Quake Survival Tale; Questions About Major Haiti Charity

​Here's what happened in Broward and Palm Beach over the weekend:The Lynn University students who escaped the earthquake in Haiti gave their horrifying first-person account. Two of the students and the group's two faculty advisers remain missing. [Palm Beach Post]Scott Rothstein has been a wreckin ... More >>

Morning Juice: Number of Local Students Missing in Haiti Grows; Clash Between Two Legal Luminaries in Broward

​Your daily look at the headlines in South Florida:A contractor working in Haiti was mistaken in reporting that three of the twelve Lynn University students who were there on a charitable mission had been found. So the number of missing students is back up to four, along with two members of the un ... More >>

Morning Juice: Aid to Haiti Trickles in; FPL Rate Hike Denied

​The catastrophe in Haiti dominates the headlines in South Florida and around the world:The Port Au Prince airport is now taking chartered flights and aid has arrived -- just nearly enough to meet the dire need for water and fuel. [New York Times]Lynn University in Boca Raton learned late last nig ... More >>

Four More Lynn University Students Reported "OK." Still No World on One Student, Two Faculty

Since that CBS News report, the Palm Beach Post is reporting that four of the Lynn University students have contacted family to report that they're safe. But that still leaves two faculty members and one student -- Dr. Patrick Hartwick, Dr. Richard Bruno and Chistine Gianacaci.

Palm Beach Child Pornographers Brandon and David Deyo: Like Father, Like Son?

Dr. Jill Levenson says sexually deviant behavior can be learned.​Capturing the Deyos In 2003, District Judge Daniel T.K. Hurley sentenced David Deyo, 43, in a Palm Beach County courtroom to a whopping 17½ years in prison. Deyo hadn't murdered or kidnapped anybody; he hadn't robbed a bank at gunpo ... More >>

Does Michelle Obama Have "Thick Rhinoceros Skin"?

Just before the 2000 presidential election, Robert Watson, associate professor of American studies at Lynn University in Boca Raton, decided to rally his fellow presidential scholars and collaborate on The Report to the First Lady, a 200-page book of advice for the incoming woman in the White House. ... More >>

Down With Yo-Yo Ma! Local Musician Up for Grammy

Most people, if nominated for a Grammy, would think it's Kind of a Big Deal.  Apparently, Elmar Oliveira is not most people. "Oh, I've been nominated two times before," chuckles the 58-year-old violinist.  Once for the same category -- Best Instrumental Soloist with an Orchestra -- and the ... More >>

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