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Pain & Gain Writer Pete Collins' 15 Minutes of Fame Have Arrived

Pain & Gain: Michael Bay Injects Potent Absurdity Into an Unbelievable True Story

27. Brett Chiavari of BC Tacos

New Times' Best Of Broward-Palm Beach 2013 issue arrives June 13. To celebrate, Clean Plate Charlie is serving up 30 of our favorite tastemakers -- restaurateurs, chefs, bartenders, and other foodies who make the South Florida food scene what it is. We'll start with number 30 and lead up to South Fl ... More >>

Pain & Gain: Where the Real-Life Sun Gym Gang Characters Are Now

See also: "Pain & Gain: From New Times Story to Michael Bay Film."

Miami Herald's Weird History

Ultra Music Festival Given The OK To Start After Stage Collapse

Last night, our sister paper Miami New Times reported about a stage collapsing during sound check for Ultra Music Festival at Bayfront Park. Three men were reportedly injured and rushed to the hospital in critical condition after an LED screen fell on them, causing the stage collapse. One of the me ... More >>

SoBEWFF 2013: Food, Booze, and Celebs Take Over South Beach

For four glorious days every year, Miami Beach is taken over by a cadre of chefs, celebrities, and fans of food and wine in an indoor-outdoor hootenanny known as the South Beach Wine & Food Festival.For those looking to hobnob with the likes of Robert Irvine, Geoffrey Zakarian, and Sunny Anderso ... More >>

South Beach Wine & Food Festival: Five Reasons To Schlep to Miami

The South Beach Wine & Food Festival comes to Miami Beach in one week and if you didn't get your tickets, better hop to it. The festival, which turns the white sand of South Beach red with vino, may be expensive and a bit of a drive, but if you're into food, wine, and chefs-turned-celebrities it ... More >>

Ryan Braun, Francisco Cervelli Confirm They Were Clients of Tony Bosch

On Tuesday, a week and a day after Miami New Times published online a report describing hundreds of pages of records from the office of a Coral Gables clinic, Biogenesis, the first professional baseball players have acknowledged involvement with owner Anthony Bosch. In statements issued Tuesday to ... More >>

New Times' Biogenesis Story: Extraordinary Attention and Denials

A story broken yesterday in New Times Broward-Palm Beach and Miami New Times has received astounding national and international attention.The piece, which employed hundreds of pages of handwritten notes to show that major sports stars had received performance-enhancing drugs from a Coral Gables clin ... More >>

New Times Videographer Flips Bird on Fox News During Live Broadcast

A "mystery man" with press credentials gave the middle finger to hundreds of thousands of Fox News viewers on Monday. Former General and presidential candidate Wesley Clark was being interviewed by pundit Shepard Smith at Boca's Lynn University. At about 2 p.m., Clark was answering questions from S ... More >>

Murals Are Springing Up on Walls in Downtown Hollywood

New Times Broward Palm Beach Sold; Looks a Lot Like the Old New Times Broward Palm Beach

A quarter century ago, my old, good buddy Mike Lacey came to Miami and decided to start a weekly paper. He wanted to move here, but a mugger and a prudent wife convinced him cocaine-fueled Miami wasn't the place to raise a family.Today, Lacey bowed out. Along with his partner -- and another guy I co ... More >>

Mug-Shot Friday: Television Personality Lookalikes Edition

Welcome to this week's post of the Broward-Palm Beach edition of Mug-Shot Friday, a longstanding franchise focusing on the week's most eye-catching mug shots from South Florida's tat heads, tough guys, and femmes fatale. Check out Miami New Times' Riptide blog for the Miami-Dade edition.

Mug-Shot Friday: Googly-Eyes, Fart Face, and Udonis Haslem Impersonators

Welcome to this week's post of the Broward-Palm Beach edition of Mug-Shot Friday, a longstanding franchise focusing on the week's most eye-catching mug shots from South Florida's tat heads, tough guys, and femmes fatale. Check out Miami New Times' Riptide blog for the Miami-Dade edition.

RNC to Acknowledge Rick Scott Exists, Will Let Him Speak at Convention

When Republican National Committee Chair Reince Priebus was asked last month about Florida Gov. Rick Scott speaking at the Republican National Convention in Tampa, he offered a less-than-welcoming indication of Scott's role:"I'm sure he's got, I'm sure he's got plenty, uh, you know, I'm sure there's ... More >>

Dennis Rodman Has Written a Children's Book

Former Chicago Bulls forward, local bar hopper, and occasional wedding-dress wearer Dennis Rodman has apparently written a children's book. The NBA Hall of Famer has teamed up with screenwriter Dustin Warburton, who penned the cinematic masterpiece Spiders 3D to write Dennis the Wild Bull, slated to ... More >>

DEA Storms Synthetic Pot Distribution Centers Across Florida

See also "Synthetic Marijuana Ban Seems Like a Good Idea, Probably Won't Do Much" and "Broward Commission Moves to Ban Bath Salts, Fake Weed"The war on synthetic drugs has gone federal, and in a big way.Officers with the Drug Enforcement Administration and Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office on Wedne ... More >>

Mug-Shot Friday: One Winning Smile, Two Zombies, and Three Deep Emotions

​Welcome to this week's post of the Broward-Palm Beach edition of Mug-Shot Friday, a longstanding franchise focusing on the week's most eye-catching mug shots from South Florida's tat heads, tough guys, and femmes fatale. Check out Miami New Times' Riptide blog for the Miami-Dade edition.

Mug-Shot Friday: Sour Cream, Sweet Sideburns, and the Monster Under Your Bed

​Welcome to this week's post of the Broward-Palm Beach edition of Mug-Shot Friday, a longstanding franchise focusing on the week's most eye-catching mug shots from South Florida's tat heads, tough guys, and femmes fatale. Check out Miami New Times' Riptide blog for the Miami-Dade edition.

CNN Botches Health-Care Ruling on Homepage

In the race to break the news of the U.S. Supreme Court health-care ruling, several media outlets wrongly rushed out headlines declaring it had been struck down. But none botched the news with as much gusto as CNN.Full-sized screenshot of the mistake after the jump.

Good-bye, Eric Barton. We'll miss ya.

Starting today, New Times Broward Palm Beach has a new editor. Except he is the same as the old one. Kind of.Chuck Strouse, who edited this newspaper from 2000 to 2005, will return in the dual role as top gun at Miami New Times and New Times/Broward Palm Beach. Eric Barton, who starte ... More >>

New Laws in Dozens of States Could Take Out Barack Obama This Fall

Miami Herald Will Not Actually Sell You a Coffee Mug With Rudy Eugene's Photo On It

Rudy Eugene was shot by police Saturday afternoon as he ate Ronald Poppo's face near the Miami Herald building. The Herald had the story on Sunday, along with a photo of Eugene, dead on the sidewalk. Tuesday, the Pulp had two other photographs and the story that the Herald photo was available for sa ... More >>

Brooklyn Water Bagel Co. of Boca Will Supply H20 for the NBA Nets

The Original Brooklyn Water Bagel Co. of Boca Raton will be supplying water in Brooklyn at Barclays Center, the new home for the NBA Nets. Needless to say, Brooklynites aren't pleased. "There's nothing Brooklyn about this water," said Brooklyn Councilwoman Letitia James. The arena will also feature ... More >>

Eating an Iguana: "Taste Like Chicken."

First it's lionfish in Florida waters. Now it's iguanas on Florida land. The Perennial Plate chef Daniel Klein offers this segment on our invasive predator the iguana and how one guy prepares it for a snack. The locale is Boca Grande, where iguana owners during the 1970's released pets in the wild, ... More >>

Florida Sex Registry Includes More Than 2,000 Deceased and Deported, Study Finds

The Florida Sexual Offenders and Predators Registry is a mess. In August 2011, there were 2,129 sex offenders who were either dead or had been deported still listed in the statewide database as living in Florida communities, according to a new study led by the University of ... More >>

Imprisoned Rapist Applied to Fort Lauderdale Police, BSO Before Crimes

Michael Ragusa grew up in Fort Lauderdale. When it came time for job hunting, he applied to the Broward Sheriff's Office and the police departments in Fort Lauderdale and Cooper City, among others. They all rejected him.But Miami hired him as a police officer -- even though his application included ... More >>

Mug-Shot Friday: A Scary Old Lady, a Drinking Buddy, and the Dad from Jurassic Park

​Welcome to this week's post of the Broward-Palm Beach edition of Mug-Shot Friday, a longstanding franchise focusing on the week's most eye-catching mug shots from South Florida's tat heads, tough guys, and femmes fatale. Check out Miami New Times' Riptide blog for the Miami-Dade edition.

Golden Matzah Bowl Names The Best Balls In South Florida

​The third annual Forest Trace Golden Matzah Bowl was held yesterday March 22. Over 100 people turned out at the upscale resort retirement community to watch both local restaurants and individuals compete for the coveted golden matzah bowl prize. Also at stake were cash donations to the winners' c ... More >>

Mug-Shot Friday: Fireworks, Kool-Aid, and a Seduction

​Welcome to this week's post of the Broward-Palm Beach edition of Mug-Shot Friday, a longstanding franchise focusing on the week's most eye-catching mug shots from South Florida's tat heads, tough guys, and femmes fatale. Check out Miami New Times' Riptide blog for the Miami-Dade edition.

Mug-Shot Friday: Hotel Bandits, A Chimneysweep, and a Trip Down a Chute

​Welcome to this week's post of the Broward-Palm Beach edition of Mug-Shot Friday, a longstanding franchise focusing on the week's most eye-catching mug shots from South Florida's tat heads, tough guys, and femmes fatale. Check out Miami New Times' Riptide blog for the Miami-Dade edition.

Mug-Shot Friday: The Bed-Head Crew, Florida Pride, and the Hurricane Hairdo

​Welcome to this week's post of the Broward-Palm Beach edition of Mug-Shot Friday, a longstanding franchise focusing on the week's most eye-catching mug shots from South Florida's tat heads, tough guys, and femmes fatale. Check out Miami New Times' Riptide blog for the Miami-Dade edition ... More >>

Mug-Shot Friday: Marv, Two Duckfaces, and a Face-Ninja

​Welcome to this week's post of the Broward-Palm Beach edition of Mug-Shot Friday, a longstanding franchise focusing on the week's most eye-catching mug shots from South Florida's tat heads, tough guys, and femmes fatale. Check out Miami New Times' Riptide blog for the Miami-Dade edition ... More >>

Mug-Shot Friday: Naptime, a Ruined Luau, and the Truth About Relationships

​Welcome to this week's post of the Broward-Palm Beach edition of Mug-Shot Friday, a long-standing franchise focusing on the week's most eye-catching mug shots from South Florida's tat heads, tough guys, and femmes fatale. Check out Miami New Times' Riptide blog for the Miami-Dade editio ... More >>

Mug-Shot Friday: Hieroglyphics, a Poet, and a Guy Who Can't Do Anything Right

​Welcome to the inaugural post of the Broward-Palm Beach edition of Mug-Shot Friday, a long-standing franchise focusing on the week's most eye-catching mug shots from South Florida's tat heads, tough guys, and femmes fatale. Check out Miami New Times' Riptide blog for the Miami-Dade edit ... More >>

Clean Plate Charlie's Food Town Throwdown: Tell Us Which City Has the Best Dining Scene

Update: Click here for results from this first round of voting and to vote in the Food Town Throwdown's second round. ​It used to be that when you had company in town and wanted to go someplace trendy, you talked about South Beach or Key West or anywhere but Broward and Palm Beach counties. Sure, ... More >>

Where Are the Women in the Kitchen?

​Back in 2008, I started spending almost as much time in restaurant kitchens as in restaurant dining rooms. What struck me was how few women work the hot line. The reasons are apparent: The hours are insane. The pay is middling. The work is grueling. Cooking in a competitive, cutthroat environment ... More >>

Hello, My Name Is Liz Tracy, and I'll Be Your New Music Editor

​​​If you live in South Florida and often are at shows, it is entirely possible that we've made eye contact. This is because I like to glare intensely at people, and also because I spend my afternoons obsessively checking events on Facebook, looking for concerts to attend once the sun has set. ... More >>

Local Review: Boxwood - Sun Garden City EP; County Grind Live Performance on Saturday!

​Hollywood-based singer-songwriter Jose Ferrer, better known as Boxwood, has earned a reputation for his uncommon performance approach, using a loop pedal to singlehandedly layer tracks live. But his second release, the EP Sun Garden City, leaves no doubt, the studio is his playground.Which isn't ... More >>

Not a Goodbye to County Grind but a See You Later

​On my final day as New Times Broward-Palm Beach's music editor, I can say with certainty that County Grind is much more than just the name of this blog. What began as my play on the phrase "county line," which ties our multicity coverage area together, also sums up an adventurous way of life for ... More >>

What's New for the Holidays? Some Drink Links

slashfood​Get Crafty: Craft booze is booming, according to Good Magazine, as a result of the recession: "The Second Great Depression has been just as effective as the first at driving Americans into the soothing arms of a strong drink. Only this time around, our options for getting tanked are a lo ... More >>

Kicked Out but Still Kicking: Five Ways to Keep the Occupy Fort Lauderdale Movement Alive

​Today, about a third of all American adults will go shopping. Many of them lined up in the early-morning hours, breathlessly filling daily-newspaper pages with pictures of their unchecked wanting, pushing and shoving to get their piece of an engineered discount, forking over cash for shit they do ... More >>

Where Chefs Eat After Hours: Four Picks From Brandon Whitestone of PL8

​After his first minivacation since PL8 opened in September, executive chef Brandon Whitestone of PL8 returns to the kitchen this week with a newly hired sous chef, Logan Street, and renewed vitality after downtime and opportunities to eat outside his own kitchen. His favorite spots display his ca ... More >>

Tis the Season for Stone Crabs at Area Seafood Markets, Billy's Stone Crabs

MiamiNewTimes​The official start of stone crab season is October 15 and will run for the next seven months. Fishermen are hoping for a bounty like last year's, which yielded 2.74 million pounds, up from previous years' catches. Early reports from the Gulf show the season is 

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Pairings 2011: Ticket Winners, Judges Announced

​You've got one more day to buy tickets for New Times' fourth annual Pairings event at the Broward Center for the Performing Arts.Click on the Pairings website to buy tickets online for $45 today, or pay $55 at the door tomorrow. Deep-pocketed readers can shell out $80 for VIP tickets that allow ... More >>

Casey Anthony Mask Winning Bidder, Unsurprisingly, Isn't Ponying Up the $1 Million

eBayThe Casey Anthony creepy mask number seven is still looking for a loving home.​It looks like the eBay buyer who won an auction for a Casey Anthony latex mask with a $999,000 bid just did it to leave some neutral feedback on the seller's page.eBay user "jnco6970" is no longer a registered membe ... More >>

Broward College Bars Entry of Diploma Mill Graduates After New Times Investigation

The $399 diploma belonging to a Miami New Times reporter.​About two months ago, a reporter from our sister paper to the south, Miami New Times, decided to see how easy it would be to get a high school diploma that could be used to be accepted into a few local, taxpayer-funded colleges.He called a ... More >>

New York Times Makes Odd Weed Implication in Tyler Hadley's Alleged Hammer Murder

St. Lucie Sheriff's OfficeTyler Hadley, victim of the illicit drug "marihuana"?​The New York Times has been the recipient of 106 Pulitzer Prizes as one of the most historic newspapers in the country, but the paper's weekend piece about Port St. Lucie's alleged teenaged hammer murderer, Tyler Hadle ... More >>