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January 26, 2012
Former Fort Lauderdale Employee Carries Out Latter Half of Murder/Suicide in Front of Cops
Fort Lauderdale police say a former city employee shot and killed a man in the lobby of a condo building yesterday, then shot himself in front of cops as they approached the building.According to Fort Lauderdale Police Detective Travis Mandell, 73-year-old Gene Schlanger shot and killed a 36-year ... More >>
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January 24, 2012
Florida Panthers May Owe $30.8 Million if Team Hasn't Sheltered Homeless Since '96
Here's an audit Florida's professional sports franchises may not have expected -- records of housing the homeless at their facilities over the years.The chances of that audit happening depend on a bill that's working its way through the Legislature, and if the Florida Panthers haven't been housin ... More >>
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January 23, 2012
State Senator's Bill Would Make It a Crime to Pick Up Someone Else's Pecans (Yes, Really)
werenuts.comJailbait.If State Sen. Bill Montford has it his way, you can be thrown in jail for picking up pecans.Unfortunately, we're serious.Senate Bill 1708, which would make it a second-degree misdemeanor to pick up pecans from the ground or to "cause" pecans to fall from a tree you don't own, ... More >>
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January 23, 2012
NBC News/Tampa Bay Times GOP Debate: Live Blog
Tonight at 9, the remaining four contenders for the GOP presidential nomination take the stage in Tampa to talk about the issues -- and, usually, the nonissues.Either way, Florida's primary election next week is a winner-take-all contest for the state's 50 delegates, and the contest between forme ... More >>
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January 20, 2012
A Few Palm Beach County Republicans Jumped the Gun on Ballots, but It Could've Been Worse
librarygrape.com...to a certain extent.There have been a few news reports around the state about Republicans who got their absentee voting ballots in the mail a few weeks ago and sent them right back in with the Rick Perry/Michele Bachmann/Herman Cain/Jon Huntsman/Gary Johnson selection, which ki ... More >>
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January 20, 2012
Broward Elections Office: Someone Called to Get Their Ballot Back to Vote Again
Yep. A Broward Republican actually called the county Supervisor of Elections Office to ask for his absentee ballot back so he could vote again.Mary Cooney, public services director for the county election's office, says she's "only aware of one" person who tried to do this.As we mentioned earlier ... More >>
Blogs
January 19, 2012
Allen West Fanboy Mark Levin Loses His Alleged Marbles After Reading New Times
Assuming Allen West fanboy and Rush Limbaugh-wannabe Mark Levin actually had any marbles to lose before he went on an on-air rant last week may be a bit of a stretch, although it does appear he successfully got that brick through his digestive system.Who's Mark Levin? In short, some guy.The longe ... More >>
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January 18, 2012
Debbie Wasserman Schultz and Ted Deutch Are Sponsoring the Bill That's Upsetting the Internet
If you go to Wikipedia's website today, you may cry after finding it's not giving out information today. The Google logo is also blacked out on that website, and Reddit and other sites are also blacking themselves out today.If you're looking for someone local to blame for any of your internet-rel ... More >>
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January 18, 2012
Three People, Including 6-Month-Old Boy, Found Dead Inside Lauderdale Lakes Apartment
Two women and a 6-month-old boy were found dead inside a Lauderdale Lakes apartment on Sunday, and the cops aren't being too generous with details.Twenty-five-year-old Natasha Plummer and her roommate, 21-year-old Octavia Barnett, were the two women found dead, according to the Broward Sheriff's ... More >>
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January 14, 2012
Allen West Advises That Everyone "Chill" Over the Video of Marines Wizzing on Corpses
Rep. Allen Bernard WestAs someone once wisely said, "It's better to be pissed off than pissed on."In this case, it's allegedly the Taliban that's been pissed on, and Rep. Allen West who's pissed off.West says he's "assessed" the video, and people should "chill" because they're getting "over-e ... More >>
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January 10, 2012
HUD: No Audit Needed of Deerfield's Housing Authority -- Two Other Investigations Ongoing
Deerfield Beach Housing Authority Executive Director Pamela Davis literally said she was "happy to report" that the Housing and Urban Development Inspector General won't need to audit the authority.According to the report, there's no audit needed because, among other reasons, "HUD OIG Office of Inve ... More >>
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January 10, 2012
Fort Lauderdale's Pretty Gay -- According to Gays, One of the Gayest
You probably didn't need the experts to figure this one out, but Fort Lauderdale is a pretty gay place.So gay, in fact, that the Advocate says it's the fourth-gayest place in the U.S. of A.Wilton Manors is technically the gayest place in the country if we're basing this off on concentration ... More >>
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January 9, 2012
Broward County Attorney Is Highest-Paid County Employee in the State (and Other Salary Info)
No county employee is paid more in the state of Florida than Broward County Attorney Joni Armstrong Coffey, according to information compiled by a new open-government website.FloridaOpenGov.org put together a ton of information regarding state and county spending, as well as payroll and revenue i ... More >>
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January 7, 2012
Allen West: "Look I'm Not Into Name-Calling, All That Kind of Stuff"
LOL.That acronym could be a common reaction to Rep. Allen West's comment to the Sun-Sentinel editorial board on Wednesday in response to a question about whether Mitt Romney's a flip-flopper."No," West replied. "Look I'm not into name-calling, all that kind of stuff."
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January 5, 2012
Rick Scott Going on Yet Another "Trade Mission" -- Spain's Up Next
farragutband.orgGov. Rick Scott confirmed that another vacation "trade mission" is in the works, with Spain being the next target.This would be "trade mission" number four with Enterprise Florida, after already hitting up Canada, Brazil, and Israel.How much "trade" is actually being done is hard ... More >>
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January 4, 2012
State Representative Wants to Nearly Triple Florida's Controlled-Substances List
iranian.comThere are currently 50 psychoactive compounds banned by Florida as "Schedule I" substances -- meaning the government doesn't believe they have any medical use, and they're illegal for any regular schmo to possess.State Rep. Clay Ingram would like to add 92 compounds to that list, filin ... More >>
Blogs
January 3, 2012
Broward Brady List Includes 137 Current and Former Cops, 57 of Them BSO Deputies
The Broward Bulldog's Dan Christensen obtained Broward's "Brady list" -- a laundry list of cops who are being investigated for any number of reasons, ultimately to be used by defense attorneys to question the veracity of a cop's testimony.The list is the result of a 1963 Supreme Court case involv ... More >>
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January 2, 2012
Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office Gets Its First Homicide of 2012
Thirty hours and 30 minutes into 2012, the Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office began investigating its first homicide of the year.The PBSO announced this morning that 49-year-old James McMillan was working at his Belle Glade grocery store when he was shot during an attempted robbery around 6:30 a. ... More >>
Blogs
December 31, 2011
Broward Crime Stories of the Year: From Dog Molestation to TSA Agents' Theft Habits
keywordy.netCrime 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 >>
Blogs
December 29, 2011
Frederica Wilson Had Worst Attendance Out of Florida's Congressional Delegation
No member of Florida's congressional delegation missed more votes this year than South Florida Democratic Rep. Frederica Wilson.In fact, South Florida Democrats -- excluding Rep. Alcee Hastings -- had some of the worst attendance records in the state, as Wilson, Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, and ... More >>
Blogs
December 28, 2011
Florida Abortion-Ban Bill: "Personal Liberty Is Not a License to Kill"
Once again, the "Florida for Life Act" has been submitted in the Florida Legislature. The bill would ban abortions not related to medical emergencies and would make it a first-degree felony to perform or assist in the performance of an abortion.Rep. Charles Van Zant has filed the bill on the Hous ... More >>
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December 28, 2011
More Cops Died in Florida This Year Than in Any Other State
Florida led the nation in police officers killed in the line of duty in 2011, according to a report released today by the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund.Fourteen of the 173 cops killed this year were in Florida, and four other states had at least 10 police fatalities.According to th ... More >>
Blogs
December 27, 2011
Allen West: Where Was Your Leadership in Opposing the Payroll Tax Deal?
Whenever we point out the quirks of Rep. Allen West, there's always some dissent from his fans. In his defense, his supporters typically point out the leadership quality they see in the congressman.West was given a chance to be a leader this past week, as he's opposed the two-month extension of the ... More >>
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December 21, 2011
Fort Lauderdale Commission Agrees to Cover One-Way Bus Tickets for the Homeless
used-buses.netHomeless-moving device.The Fort Lauderdale Commission approved a $25,000 program yesterday to bus homeless people out of town, with the intent to get them back together with family and friends.Commissioners voted 4-1 to approve the "Homeless Outreach Unification Program," which ... More >>
Blogs
December 20, 2011
Allen West on Gene Sperling: "I Never Met Him, but He Truly Did Seem to Me to Be an Idiot"
Rep. Allen West, the self-proclaimed Harriet Tubman.It seems like yesterday was another day Congress didn't get too much done, and Rep. Allen West made another appearance on Fox News to run his mouth.The Senate voted heavily in favor of the payroll tax cut extension worked out by both parties' le ... More >>
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December 20, 2011
Legislators Trying for Gun Bans in Government Buildings and Daycare Before "Catastrophe"
imfdb.orgThere's currently a list in the Florida Statutes of 15 places where you can't bring a concealed weapon. A pair of state legislators would like to make that 17.Last year, the legislature passed a law that would impose fines on counties and municipalities that tried to write up their own g ... More >>
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December 19, 2011
Allen West: Occupy Wall Street Protesters Will Be Known as the "Sons of Anarchy"
According to Rep. Allen West, Occupy protesters.Occupy Wall Street -- it's like a fictional organized-crime syndicate that rides around on motorcycles, according to Rep. Allen West.West celebrated the 238th anniversary of the Boston Tea Party on Friday, and of course, couldn't go without insu ... More >>
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December 19, 2011
Florida Keys Cops Were Driving Cabs Undercover for Months
yellowcabnyc.comImagine for a moment all of the strange things that have to happen in the backseat of a taxi in the Florida Keys.Now imagine that the driver of that car may not have been some burned out beach bum, but instead an undercover cop.We'd like to think the detectives from the Monroe ... More >>
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December 19, 2011
Kim Jong Il: Marco Rubio Calls Him an "Evil Tyrant"; Bill Nelson Talks About Space
tammybruce.comDead.Florida's senators had quite different reactions to Kim Jong Il's death, with one calling the North Korean dictator an "evil tyrant," while the other wanted to talk about what stuff looks like from space.Off course, it was Florida's Democrat space-man Sen. Bill Nelson who t ... More >>
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December 16, 2011
Palm Beach County Officials Announce More Kids Arrested in High-School Narc Operation
That's nice kids, now go to jail.The Palm Beach State Attorney's Office, the Palm Beach County School District's police chief, along with other law-enforcement officials were proud to announce today that they've arrested more kids."Operation D Minus" nabbed 12 students for drug charges this t ... More >>
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December 13, 2011
Fort Lauderdale Airport Has the Third-Cheapest Average Airfare in the Country
airplanepicture.orgHey, Spirit Airlines is good for something (probably) -- making the average airfare from the Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport the third-lowest in the country, at $266.The ranking was done by the Bureau of Transportation Statistics, which found that only the a ... More >>
Blogs
December 9, 2011
Allen West Apologizes to the Country on the House Floor (Video)
Rep. Allen Bernard West is sorry about that whole Congress thing that happened this year.Rep. Allen West took about 14 minutes to speak on the floor of the House of Representatives yesterday, apologizing to Americans for not really being able to do anything.Right after his apology, though, he mad ... More >>
Blogs
December 7, 2011
Personhood Florida Aborts Current Petition, Plans to Start Over in January
Since a Florida group managed to collect only around 20,000 of the 676,811 signatures needed to put the state's own version of a "personhood" amendment before the voters, they're ditching that one and starting over again.Initiative petition laws have now changed, making signatures for such petiti ... More >>
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December 6, 2011
South Florida Alligator Trappers Wanted, Only Need an Email Address and No Criminal History
Jobs, people, jobs.Who says there aren't any jobs out there?If you've got an email address and have managed to avoid being arrested, you can get a job in Palm Beach County (or Martin County) now.All you have to do is capture some alligators.
Blogs
November 28, 2011
A Lesson in How to Fudge Charts, Courtesy of Rick Scott's Office
Gov. Rick Scott's office introduced its monthly chart comparing private-sector job gains against government job gains, and it just didn't look right.Remember, there were 6,900 more government jobs in October than in September, while the number of private-sector jobs increased by 2,600. (That one ... More >>
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November 14, 2011
Allen West Justifies Waterboarding by Saying He Saw It Happen in a Demi Moore Movie
Ever seen G.I. Jane? Me too.In the latest addition of nonsensical statements in the Rep. Allen West file, the congressman -- or "congresswoman," as he was inadvertently identified as by Fox & Friends host Brian Kilmeade -- made another television appearance to respond to President Obama's rec ... More >>
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November 11, 2011
Broward Dropping the Bong-Hammer: Business Inspections for "Smoking Devices" Coming Soon
superstoned.netThe Broward County Board of County Commissioners is warning that county code enforcement officers will start hunting stores that aren't in compliance with the new ordinance requiring shops to post "visible signs" explaining that they can't sell "smoking devices" to kids.Again, the ... More >>
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November 11, 2011
Florida DOT's Method of Increasing Pedestrian Safety: Video of People Being Nailed by Cars
FDOTHipster about to become tank food.Oh, the things you can learn from state-funded advertising campaigns -- like drinking formaldehyde in science class looks strange.Now, thanks to the Florida Department of Transportation, we know that being run over by cars looks like it really hurts.The FDOT ... More >>
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November 1, 2011
Florida Medical Marijuana Referendum Petition a Bit Low on Signatures: 646,889 More Needed
sodahead.comIf you want to see a medical marijuana referendum on the 2012 ballot, you'll have to say a prayer that House Joint Resolution 353 passes through the Legislature -- it's currently in the Criminal Justice Subcommittee -- or you're going to have to be one of 646,889 more Floridians to si ... More >>
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October 19, 2011
Orgy.xxx and Other Future Porn Websites Sold Yesterday at Fort Lauderdale Auction
sikworld.comThe future porn websites of American were sold at the Ritz-Carlton hotel in Fort Lauderdale yesterday afternoon, with both normal ".com" suffixes and the newly released ".xxx" domain names up for auction.The company hosting the auction, TRAFFIC, had listed 120 domain names to be aucti ... More >>
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October 19, 2011
Medical Marijuana Resolution Filed in Florida House to Let Voters Decide the Need for Weed
sodahead.comNot quite yet.An amendment to the Florida Constitution to legalize medical marijuana may be proposed on 2012 voter ballots, if one House Democrat gets his way.Rep. Jeff Clemens of Lake Worth has submitted House Joint Resolution 353, which would put a medical-marijuana amendment up to ... More >>
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October 3, 2011
Florida's Three-Strikes Law for Serial-Sexting Youngsters Takes Effect
Florida's bestiality ban wasn't the only law that went into effect Saturday that's of concern to current and future sex offenders -- the law lessening the penalties for kids caught sexting with other youngsters is also now on the books.The old law stated that if you're a minor in possession of an ... More >>
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September 23, 2011
Ann Coulter: Debbie Wasserman Shultz Is a "Hideous Beast Who Has a Voice Like a Hyena Getting an Abortion" (Video)
Well, here's what just came out of Ann Coulter's mouth in front of an audience at the Conservative Political Action Conference -- Florida, during what was apparently a comparison between Republicans and Democrats done by illustrating a pair of South Florida congressmen: "I want to implant it in p ... More >>
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September 19, 2011
State Sen. Arthenia Joyner Files Bill to Repeal Law Requiring Pee-Testing Poor People
floppingaces.netState Sen. Arthenia Joyner, a Tampa Democrat, filed a bill today that would repeal the new law requiring drug testing for applicants of the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families program.Senate Bill 284 -- the brief text of which can be found here -- would simply repeal House Bil ... More >>
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September 15, 2011
Welfare Drug Testing Projected to Save Millions, but Not Because People Are Failing Drug Tests
floppingaces.netA conservative think-tank released a study yesterday on the state's new welfare drug-testing law, championing a projection that the state will save more than $9 million in the first year of testing, after 9.6 percent of applicants didn't receive benefits due to drug testing in the ... More >>
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September 8, 2011
.xxx Domain Names Will Soon Be Available for That Porn Website You've Always Wanted
You know that porn website you always wanted to start? Yes, the one with the 7-foot-tall women and the action figures. Well, you'll have to wait a bit longer to register for the .xxx domain on it, since the company is allowing only preexisting porn sites to register for now.ICM Registry, the Palm ... More >>
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September 8, 2011
Boynton Beach Cops Looking for Man Who Had Extremely Difficult Time Stealing Cigarettes
splicetoday.comThat would be Santa puffin' on a cancer stick.Boynton Beach police are looking for a guy who made an ass out of himself stealing $1,300 worth of cigarettes from a Walgreens on Monday.The cops say the man went into the store with a woman who distracted the clerk of the store by ... More >>
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August 18, 2011
Human Poop is Killing Coral in Florida Keys and Caribbean, Study Says
Okay people, who crapped on the coral?A study led by a biologist from Florida's Rollins College says human sewage has been leaking into the ocean, and is likely the cause for putting the Caribbean Elkhorn coral on the endangered species list.The research says Serratio marcescens, a bacteria f ... More >>
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August 16, 2011
Teenager Driving Stolen BMW Killed by Karma Police: Friend Was Playing With Gun, Cops Say
A 15-year-old kid who allegedly stole a BMW with his friends was shot and killed this morning by one of his accomplices, who was playing with a gun in the back seat of the car, according to the Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office.The cops say they think the three boys, all juveniles, were cruising ... More >>
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August 12, 2011
Allen West Says Comments About Gays and Ice Cream Were "Taken Out Of Context" -- Really?
In a meeting with the Sun-Sentinel's editorial board Tuesday, Rep. Allen West compared being gay to liking chocolate chip ice cream or riding scooters.It's part of his belief that being gay is a "behavior," and he has frequently said that people "can change their behavior" but that he can't chang ... More >>
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