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Top Ten Mexican Restaurants in Broward and Palm Beach Counties

Let's face it: with South Florida's heavy colorful Latin population, finding good latin cuisine isn't exactly challenging. But finding a good Mexican restaurant? Now, that's another story. While lots of restaurants in the area produce a decent variation of authentic Mexican fare, true Tex-Mex or a ... More >>

Locavore Index 2013: How Does Florida Stack Up?

Since the Alice Waters and Chez Panisse came into the scene in Berkeley in the 1960's, there has been a huge movement to localize our food systems. Obviously, some areas caught on a bit quicker than others. Some areas do make it easier. Iowa, for example, is pretty much one big farm. Right? As the ... More >>

Florida Foreclosure Hell: Number One in Nation for Second Straight Month.

The numbers are out and Florida tops the nation for the second straight month in foreclosures. Broward numbers have been increasing for months, and in Palm Beach: "Our foreclosure caseload continues to grow, and shows no signs of slowing down," said County Clerk Sharon Bock. "That we've already ... More >>

Broward Women Make 78 Cents to Every Dollar A Man Makes. Utah Is Worst in Nation.

When the subject of equal pay for women was broached during the second presidential debate, President Obama touted his support for the Lilly Ledbetter bill while Mitt Romney bragged about binders full of women and stressed how important it is for working moms to be home in time to cook dinner.  ... More >>

Booze-Infused SnöBar Popsicles and Ice Cream Cocktails Coming to Florida: Please Suck Responsibly

Though summer is nearly over, I'm looking for every excuse to get to the pool to slurp away on a SnöBar, the new alcohol-infused cocktail popsicles and ice cream that recently announced plans to expand its product line to Florida.After three years of product testing and figuring out how to freeze a ... More >>

Jose Canseco Bankruptcy: Blames Government, Would Like to Keep His Bowling Ball

Disgraced South Florida baseball player Jose Canseco is in debt -- $1.69 million in debt, to be exact, most of it in taxes. But don't worry -- it's not the former MLB all-star's fault."The issue is very simple: If you've got friends and family, the more money you make the more you spend on them. So ... More >>

House Cat Endures Two Days in Alligator Alley and Four Other Amazing Pet Survivor Stories

If there's one thing Disney movies have taught us, it's that domesticated pets have an uncanny knack for surviving in the wild.The most recent real-world example happened when a car accident along I-75 sent an 11-year old house cat named Sam scurrying into the unforgiving brush of Big Cypress Nation ... More >>

June Clarkson and Theresa Edwards Were Fired After Revealing Widespread Foreclosure Fraud

"Small, Beautifully Moving Parts" Fails to Move Emotions

Florida Named Porn-Viewing Capital of United States: Six of Florida's Googling Habits

Florida loves to pass laws solidifying the state's solid traditional values -- there's the gay marriage ban we put into the state constitution in 2008, the law against sleeping with your roommate, the law against "unnatural" acts, the one completely outlawing commercial phone sex... the list go ... More >>

Gingrich Loses Florida Republican Primary, Asks for Delegates Anyway

"​Andy Bernard does not lose contests. He wins them, or he quits them because they are unfair."-- Andy Bernard, The OfficeRepublican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich lost Tuesday's primary by 14 points, which means he doesn't get any of the state's 50 delegates and front-runner Mitt Romney can ... More >>

Florida Worst State in Study of Long-Term Unemployment

​More than 53 percent of Florida's unemployed residents went six months or more without work last year -- the highest rate in the country, according to a study from the Hamilton Project, run by the Brookings Institute, a D.C. think tank.To compare, the average unemployed worker between 2004 and 20 ... More >>

Poll: Marco Rubio on GOP Ticket Would Win Florida, Unless Hillary Clinton Gets Involved

saucesome.netFifty percent of Florida voters say otherwise.​According to a poll released yesterday evening by Suffolk University, Florida voters like highly unlikely vice-presidential scenarios.If Sen. Marco Rubio were to be the selection on the GOP ticket, pollsters say Republicans would carry Fl ... More >>

Meet "Cris Cummando," Porn Star Who Allegedly Had Sex With a 15-Year-Old Girl

menofporn.com"Commando" may be in some trouble.​Last week, we told you about the lawsuit filed against a South Florida porn production company claiming that one of the female stars of a movie called Cum Fiesta was actually a 15-year-old runaway from Palm Beach Shores. Producers claim the girl know ... More >>

Florida House Speaker Dean Cannon Shows Flexibility on 2012 Presidential Primary, But Still Flexes Some Muscle

via APHouse Speaker Dean Cannon is bold but bendable on the 2012 presidential primary date​Despite the farcical sideshow of Donald Trump's recent antics, the 2012 presidential election is actually a serious and important issue. And for the second consecutive presidential election cycle, Florida's ... More >>

Poll: Plummeting Rick Scott Would Lose To Alex Sink Now That It Doesn't Matter

A group called Public Policy Polling (PPP) discovered the obvious: Floridians are having some dramatic buyer's remorse when it comes to electing fraudster Rick Scott as governor. A poll of 500 Floridians found that his approval rating from diehards remained about the same as a similar PPP poll ... More >>

From Playboy to Cowboy

"Rango" Movie Review: Laughs Are Scarce in the Brainy Town of Dirt

Cheap Date: Rok:Brgr Cuts Prices by 60 Percent

​Has it been a tough week? Traffic and the usual cadre of idiots getting you down, yipping around your heels like a litter of Yorkshire terriers? Been there. Feel your pain.If you haven't visited Rok:Brgr, the newest, baddest gastropub in the Himmarshee district, don't delay. They're serving some ... More >>

Too Much Caffeine Is Never Enough -- Starbucks Announces the Trenta

Flickr/Abllo Trenta-Size me!​From spring break movies of the '50s and '60s to the Winter Music Conference, South Florida has a party-all-night reputation. Unfortunately, most of us also have a work-all-day job to go to. How can we mere mortals enjoy all the restaurants, concerts, clubs, and ... More >>

Keith Olbermann Calls Out Conservatives for Inciting Tucson Shooting, Includes Allen West, Repents

​Political extremism, loose-cannon comments, and politicians who vaguely or directly imply violence in their rhetoric have occupied airwaves for some time, and finally, the media is calling out the geyser of intolerance for indirectly causing yesterday's Tucson, Arizona shooting of ... More >>

Joyeria de Walmart No Cumple con las Promesas Verdes

Walmart's "Love, Earth" Jewelry Line Doesn't Live Up to Green Promises

Mexican Macro-Economics

Do undocumented migrants steal jobs from American workers?

Questionable Developer Mark Siffin Wants to Build a Times Square in Miami

Economic Gloom Lingers (PLUS: Halloween Costumes to Counteract the Sadness)

​We crossed our fingers before checking the most recent unemployment data, but the preliminary numbers crunched by the Bureau of Labor Statistics and released today reveal that September was just more of the same, with unemployment in Florida at 11.9 percent, up slightly from August. Only Californ ... More >>

South Florida Homes Safe From "Worst Cities for Real Estate Investing" List

Flickr: lexlevinradApparently in Port St. Lucie the foreclosure bus will come foreclose on your house in a hurry.Want to invest in some real estate? Don't start looking in Florida.Forbes.com writer Francesca Levy published a list recently called "The Worst Cities for Real Estate Investing." Out of t ... More >>

Summer Movie Preview

Sarah Palin on Allen West: You Betcha!

Flickr: cycles; photo AP/J. Scott ApplewhiteThis wink's for you, Allen West.​Today on her Facebook page, Sarah Palin gave a public endorsement to South Florida congressional candidate Allen West. Said the former Alaskan governor and Republican VP candidate:Allen's personal story is a testament to ... More >>

I'm Eating What?! Fruchtkrone Sanddorn

Photo by Riki AltmanSea buckthorn ain't so bad surrounded in sugar.​Seems it's that time of year again when everybody is coming down with a bug of some sort, flu, cold, what-have-you, so testing out hard candies "mit Vitamin C" seemed a timely, welcome task. Well, at least it was easy to assume th ... More >>

Artbeat

Tadahisa Yoshida, Kill Miss Pretty, DJ Heavygrinder Among Musical Guests at Anime Supercon

Letters for December 21-27, 2006

Letters for December 7-13, 2006

Knockoff

A German New Waver resorts to tired old tricks.

Knockoff

A German new waver resorts to tired old tricks.

And The Winner Is ...

Desert Storm

Stagebeat

This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

The GOP's Brain

Fear good. Facts bad. Frank Luntz reveals the Republican way.

She Sees Dead People

When you want to talk to the folk out there...

Identity Crisis

James Mangold's latest looks scary, plays funny, and might be genius for it

End of the Road

Trio is the network where great shows go to die, and so much more

A Glowing Review

Lisa Teasley spans the globe in search of offbeat protagonists

Subpar

Kathryn Bigelow's Widowmaker cruises in a mediocre sea

Letters to the Editor

Letters for July 19, 2001

Paying the Price

Major gas companies are driving away independent station operators, all in the name of greed

The Straight Dope

Zen and the Art of Health-Care Maintenance