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Cops Give Sexual Assault Victims Pamphlets With Sex Line Number on Them

Apparently Lake County Sheriff's deputies wanted to help victims of sexual assault and domestic violence by handing out fliers and pamphlets with an 800 number to call in case they needed to talk to someone. And that someone apparently is America's hottest sex-talk hotline! "Welcome to America's h ... More >>

Penis-Less Florida Man Reportedly "Embarrassed"

A collective "awwww, fuuuck" went out across the land as the nation took in our story that poor, poor Edgardo Toucet's penis was cut off near Orlando while operating some despicable-sounding machine known as "the peeler." Yesterday, we tried to talk with Toucet to, if anything, lend him an awk ... More >>

Florida Man Has Penis Sliced Off in Temp-Job Accident

Here's reason number 342 why getting work through a temp agency sucks: having your pecker and balls sliced off by a foam-cutting machine. (On a related note, this is reason number one why working at a foam-cutting factory sucks.) Edgardo Toucet is suing Spartan Staffing in Hillsborough County Co ... More >>

Rick Scott Aide Shuts Down RedBroward, Blogger Claims [UPDATED]

Anyone making the rounds through Broward County's political blogosphere earlier this week might have found an unexpected detour waiting for them over at RedBroward.com. Instead of the site's usual serving of GOP insider gossip and thought, browsers redirected here, to a gloomy bit of existential boi ... More >>

The Night Owl Boca is Now Open: New Bar Caters to FAU Students and Fans

Boca's reputation as a place for old rich people to live out their final days on gated golf courses makes it easy to forget that the city is home to a major university. And wherever there are college kids, there's a thirst for cheap beer and plenty of it. Enter the Night Owl Boca, a sporty bar that ... More >>

Rocco's Tacos and Tequila Bar in West Palm Beach is Turning Five: Free Tequila and Vanilla Ice's Toys for Tots Block Party

Rocco Mangel -- of Rocco's Tacos and Tequila Bar and tequila dancing fame -- rarely misses an opportunity to party. So it's no huge surprise that he plans to go balls to the wall for the five year anniversary of his first eponymous restaurant, which opened in West Palm Beach in 2007. See Also: - ... More >>

Anthony's Coal Fired Pizza Hosts Craft Beer Tasting Dinner this Wednesday

While burgers go rather deliciously with beer, we sometimes get dreamy and wonder how our cold ones might go with some fancier alternatives. While the standard Italian meal typically includes wine with those pasta and marinara dishes, it might be radical to mix toss the carafe and bring in some brew ... More >>

A Professional Tailgater? Jeff Dockeray On Best Tailgaiting Products and How Florida Can Up Its Game

The last time Jeff Dockeray was in South Florida, he watched his prized New Orleans Saints win the Super Bowl in 2009. While Doc, as he likes to be called, basks in the glory of his team winning the most important football game ever, he also remembers the tailgaters.  "There isn't a lot of spac ... More >>

When the Whip Comes Down: Denzel Washington Sulks, Soars in Flight

"Fart Blossom" Chili and Paella: New Owners Debut New Menu Items at Diner's, Drive-Ins and Dives-Featured Havana Hideout in Lake Worth

When Chrissy Benoit told me she had sold Havana Hideout to open her newest venture, The Little House in Boynton Beach, a small part of me panicked. What did that mean for the future of the beloved Lake Worth establishment -- the same place Guy Fieri had targeted for an episode of Diner's, Drive ... More >>

Voodoo Explanation Gets Off Woman Accused of Threatening Federal Employee

A woman was accused of making threats against a federal employee during a recorded phone call. But, it turns out, it was all just a big misunderstanding, and she was just trying to figure out who put a voodoo curse on her husband. And the judge bought it. Hooray, voodoo!

Palm Beach Food & Wine Festival 2012: LeCirque, Food Trucks, Celebrity Chefs

The Palm Beach Food & Wine Festival is still months away, but after a conversation with event organizer, David Sabin, we're looking forward to the day tickets go on sale.The festival, scheduled for December 7 to 11, is already attracting quite a list of celebrity chefs scheduled to appear at the ... More >>

Florida A&M University President Resigns Over Robert Champion Hazing Scandal

On the same day that the parents of a student killed in a marching band hazing session filed a lawsuit against Florida A&M University, its president, James Ammons, has resigned, according to the Associated Press. The move comes a month after the university's board of trustees passed a vote of no ... More >>

Rocco's Tacos and Tequila Bar Opening Fifth Restaurant This Fall in Orlando

Rocco Mangel -- South Florida's resident chrome-domed taco and tequila pusher -- is slowly expanding his small empire of raucous Mexican restaurants beyond the borders of Palm Beach and Broward counties. This fall, his brand is heading to Orlando where he will open the fifth Rocco's Tacos and Tequil ... 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.

Hallandale Beach Lifeguard Tomas Lopez Fired for Leaving Assigned Area to Save Swimmer UPDATED

Update, 2:25 p.m.: Lopez was reportedly offered his job back. He declined, adding what looks to be a conclusion on the biggest life guard PR meltdown we can remember.Original post, 11 a.m.:Hallandale Beach lifeguard Tomas Lopez ran 1,500 feet outside of his assigned area to help save a drowning vict ... More >>

Biergarten Boca Raton Introduces New German Brunch this Sunday, April 1

​Ditmar Perner, a manager at Biergarten Boca Raton, has been champing at the bit to host an authentic German brunch -- or, Frühschoppen -- for nearly three months. Sunday, April 1, will mark the inaugural run, he said: "No joke."The brunch is 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. with seats available on a first come ... More >>

Mickey's Bar in Pompano Beach: A Home for Bikers

Occupy Is Dead. Long Live Occupy! Or, How Homeless Phobia Is Marginalizing Everything

​Happy new year! You may remember one of the more original social phenomena of 2011. It was called "the Occupy movement." A couple of guys got together and put out a call through Adbusters magazine for disenfranchised folks to sit around and draw attention to the highfalutin few who systematically ... More >>

In Defense of Bankers: Why Occupy Protesters Shouldn't Target Those Who Cash Our Checks

​One banker, we'll call him Steve, was walking out of the corporate office in Orlando recently when a protester got in his face. There were three or four Occupy protesters who spotted Steve with a couple other people wearing suits. The protesters figured they had found one percenters. "You're resp ... More >>

Herman Cain Tells His Scary Almost-Muslim Doctor Story Again at the Holy Land Experience

​Back when Herman Cain was a nobody candidate early in the election, he got in a bit of trouble when he said he'd be wary of bringing a Muslim into his Cabinet.He backed off of that for a while. That is, until he made a trip to the Jesus of theme parks -- the Holy Land Experience in Orlando -- to ... More >>

Alan Grayson Goes to Bat for Occupy Wall Street (Video)

​Now that former Orlando Democratic Rep. Alan Grayson is trying to win his old congressional seat back, he took a pretty good shot at making himself relevant again on Friday by coming out in defense of the Occupy Wall Street protests.On HBO's Real Time With Bill Maher, Grayson gave an explanation ... More >>

Renda Writer Really Wants You to Bug Ellen Degeneres Today

Courtesy of Renda WriterWriter at an Orlando taping of the show.Boca Raton poet Renda Writer has campaigned hard to be a guest on the Ellen Degeneres Show for more than four years. Today, he wants to get as many people as possible to vouch for him by posting on Degeneres' Facebook wall or even email ... More >>

Former Hollywood Christian Academy Track Coach/Teen Sex Connoisseur Gets House Arrest

Broward Sheriff's OfficeDavid Tillman​David Tillman, the former Hollywood Christian Academy track coach arrested last year for sexing up a young girl on the team, pleaded guilty today to a reduced charge.Instead of the initial lewd and lascivious battery charge dropped on Tillman, he pleaded guilt ... More >>

El Jefe Luchador to Open in Deerfield Beach

Courtesy of Mike Saperstein​Just because it's May 6 doesn't mean the Mexican festivities should stop. At El Jefe Luchador in Deerfield Beach, they don't just celebrate the 5th of May, they celebrate every day. Well, starting Tuesday they will, when they have their official grand opening. Tonight ... More >>

Universal Health Care: The Greatest Moral Issue of Our Time

The Republican Party tries to pretend it has a monopoly on morality, but it's so drenched in sin right now that it ought to be able to feel the hellfire licking its feet. Fort Lauderdale Tea Party leader Gabriel Carrera plays dress-up as a minuteman.​The rotten Tea Party has in its hysteri ... More >>

More School Board Investigation? Bring It On

Well, the state's Education Commissioner is sending an inspector general down to Broward County to look at the dysfunctional and corrupt embattled school board. Let's hope they find a way to clean house. Notter and JenJen bask in all their success​The state is involved thanks to the grand ... More >>

Kristi Krueger Stalker Georgia Roberts at It Again

Ignite FTL at the Collide Factory Brings Worldwide Conference to Fort Lauderdale

Setting the stage. In the background, a 40-foot mural-covered container, which will become a recording studio.​It was nine o'clock on a Thursday night in Fort Lauderdale, where the railroad tracks cross Sistrunk Boulevard and warehouses sit dark and empty, surrounded by chain-link fences, at the n ... More >>

Bar Talk With Jimbo Odum at Igot's Martiki Bar in Lake Worth

Nicole DannaFavorite bartender Jimbo at Igot's of Lake Worth. ​ I first met Jimbo a few years ago when I was but a newbie to the downtown Lake Worth nightlife scene -- at his bar, Igot's Martiki Bar.Since then, he's managed to impress with his mix-master skills behind the bar -- the one where all ... More >>

The Manor in Wilton Manors: Like a Gay Dave & Buster's -- With Gargoyles

Happy Hour: B.B. King's Restaurant & Blues Club in West Palm Beach

Photo by Erica K. Landau​The Place: B.B. King's Restaurant & Blues Club, 550 Rosemary Ave., West Palm Beach. Call 561-420-8600. The Hours: 3 to 7 p.m. every day. The Deal: Half-off drinks and appetizers. The Digs: With locations already in the two music capitals of Memphis and Nashville and ... More >>

Doggie Bag: This Week in Charlie

Make this butternut squash pizza at home using a cheap and easy pizza stone.​Kubo Asiatic Cuisine debuts in Palm Beach.The Beaujolais Nouvea Wine Festival takes place tonight at Gulstream Park.Want to celebrate Turkey Day without the work? Try these restaurants hosting special meals. [Broward/Dade ... More >>

Is the New Times Best Of Curse Legit?

The real question is what happened to this model? I hope she's OK.​Videogame fans are well familiar with the Madden Curse, the malady that befalls the cover athletes of EA Sports' hit football game, Madden NFL. Each year, the athletes that appear on the cover of Madden fall victim to inj ... More >>

Samba Room Employees Say Restaurant Was Doomed to Fail

​When Jose Martinez and his fellow chefs showed up for work on Friday morning at the Samba Room, they were shocked to find the doors closed.Instead of walking into the kitchen to prep for service, the employees were confronted by a representative from E-Brands, corporate owner of the Samba Room, w ... More >>

Notorious Swinger Tiger Woods Moving to Town

Flickr: voguemarie​Not all the kinky rich guys in America live in Palm Beach County, but they will after Tiger Woods finalizes what looks like a permanent relocation from his scandal-tainted Orlando-area digs. Page2Live is reporting that Woods' business manager has bought a 7,000-square-foot home ... More >>

Some Kinda Bust: Buxom Bandit Behind Bars

Photo: BSOSamara Seward​With a nickname like Buxom Bandit, it's hard to stay out of sight. So it goes for Samara Seward, accused of stealing the identity of a couple Broward teachers, a crime for which she's already been incarcerated. From the BSO release:Following a tip, Broward Sheriff's Office ... More >>

Do Florida Democrats Have Nefarious Plans to Win Elections by Running Phony Tea Party Candidates?

Flickr: pereiravilleTea party activists line up outside an town hall in Orlando to jeer Alan Grayson.​It sounds like the sort of diabolically genius plot that usually comes from Republicans, but there's reason to wonder whether Florida Democrats have conspired to put tea party candidates on ballo ... More >>

Hollywood Track Coaches Busted for Sex With Minors

Photo: Broward Sheriff's OfficeRaymond Holmes​Raymond Holmes and David Tillman, coaches at Hollywood Christian Academy, have been arrested for lewd and lascivious battery after they allegedly had sex with teenaged girls on the track team. According to the probable-cause affidavits, the two teenage ... More >>

What an Auditor Could do for Pembroke Pines

Flickr user: ZenTravelerHow much money is Pembroke Pines wasting?​The Pembroke Pines city commissioners are debating whether to hire an internal auditor. In these cash-strapped times, they're looking for someone who will monitor the Broward suburb's spending habits and report on them truthfully, w ... More >>

Siren Call: You're Attracted to a Lady in Uniform; She's Attracted to Drunk Drivers

Photo: Boynton Beach Police Department​For single men who go to singles bars, then drink till they're charming: Opportunity knocks on the streets of Boynton Beach. Actually, that's not a knock so much as a... police siren? Those flashing lights must mean this one wants it bad. Was it your tricked- ... More >>

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Peruvian Pluck in Pembroke

Mixed Without Match

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Wolfgang Puck Grand Cafe

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