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Brewzzi, Due South Score Awards at Best Florida Beer Championships

Brewzzi, a Palm Beach brewpub, scored a total of ten medals at the 2013 Best Florida Beer Championships on Saturday in Tampa, winning two gold, four silver, and four bronze medals.Due South Brewing Co. of Boynton Beach also came away with several medals, winning four silver and three bronze.

Jay Odom, Florida GOP Donor, Indicted on Federal Campaign Finance Charges

Republican donor Jay Odom, a Panhandle developer who was a key person in the downfall of former House Speaker Ray Sansom, because Odom wanted a new plane hangar, has been indicted on charges of violating federal campaign finance laws. Derp. The federal indictment alleges that Odom, 56, laundered ... More >>

BCS Championship: Why We're Not Rooting For Either Alabama or Notre Dame Tonight

The BCS title game is happening tonight. And there is not one single, solitary fuck we give about it.  Because, as it turns out, the Football Gods deemed it necessary that two of South Florida's most reviled college teams should be playing for all the marbles in our own back yard. The Alabama C ... More >>

Bigfoot Craigslist Ad Plagiarized? Sort Of

Move over Jonah Lehrer, Gerald Posner, and Jayson Blair. There's a new plagiarist in town.Last week, New Times revealed that a help-wanted ad on Craigslist from a nonprofit in Pensacola for a Bigfoot researcher was a well-crafted prank. We tracked down Tyler Reeves, the alleged brains behind the ad, ... More >>

Florida Bigfoot Researcher Ad on Craigslist Just A Hilarious Prank

My brain exploded with excitement earlier this week. The catalyst: A help-wanted ad on Craigslist from a nonprofit in Pensacola for a Bigfoot researcher. The necessary qualifications were stringent, and the job duties exhaustive. Not only was the chosen researcher expected t ... More >>

Bill Nelson and Connie Mack Television Debate Is Set

The Bill Nelson-Connie Mack race is pretty much America's most closely watched Senate race. And now incumbent Nelson -- the Democrat -- and Mack -- the Republican -- have agreed to the only confirmed statewide televised debate on October 17. The showdown will take place at Nova Southeastern Univers ... More >>

Sally Ride Dead of Pancreatic Cancer at 61

Former astronaut Sally Ride, the first American woman in space, died of cancer today at the age of 61, according to her organization's website, which has since crashed.Born in Los Angeles, Ride earned multiple degrees in physics and English from Stanford in the late '70s, which is also when she repl ... More >>

Sally Ride Dead of Pancreatic Cancer at 61

Former astronaut Sally Ride, the first American woman in space, died of cancer today at the age of 61, according to her organization's website, which has since crashed.Born in Los Angeles, Ride earned multiple degrees in physics and English from Stanford in the late '70s, which is also when she repl ... More >>

Lifted By 'Grass: Five Reasons Floridians Should Love Yonder Mountain String Band

As two buds in Urbana, Illinois, then playing as the Bluegrassholes​, Jeff Austin and Dave Johnston probably never imagined they would one day form the prized gem of the modern bluegrass scene. A chance meeting at a club in Nederland, Colorado, landed the duo a bassist with Ben Kaufmann and a guit ... More >>

Sleigh Bells' Paradise Lost Tour Leads Them Back Home to Florida

Bonnie "Prince" Billy's Excellent Florida Adventure

Gov. Rick Scott: Hanging Out With Me Is Political Suicide

Florida Department of TransportationDon't talk to this guy if you want to be president.​If you plan on running for president, don't go anywhere near Florida Gov. Rick Scott.In an interview on Pensacola-based NewsRadio 1620-AM this morning, host Rob Williams mentioned that the last time Scott came ... More >>

Rick Scott: Forget the Oil Spill -- Let's Go Fishing!

Florida Governor's OfficeSlick Rick catches his own BP Special.​On the first anniversary of the Deepwater Horizon disaster that spilled 200 million gallons of oil into the Gulf of Mexico, Gov. Rick Scott celebrated by going fishing.Sounds strange, but Slick Rick didn't have much choice. He favors ... More >>

Poker Rooms Bringing in More Money Than Dog Racing at Some Florida Tracks

flickr.comThe future.​Even before Florida's new, expanded gambling laws took effect last month, more and more bettors in the Sunshine State were taking their cash to poker tables, and not to the wager windows at dog racing tracks, according to new statistics released by the Florida Department of B ... More >>

Morning Juice: Prison for Bev Gallagher; Oil Nears Panhandle

​Here's a glance at what's in the local headlines:It's not quite the Miracle on the Hudson, but a small plane made a safe emergency landing in a field just short of the Fort Lauderdale airport's runway. It narrowly missed hitting a home. [WPLG-5]Broward County School Board member Beverly Gallagher ... More >>

Warren Newell Released to Local Halfway House, Looking for Honest-ish Work

Newell's official county commissioner headshotLook out, workforce. He's back.​Warren Newell has made yet another awful, awful mistake.First, the former Palm Beach County commissioner pocketed half a million dollars in secret land deals. That's a no-no. In 2007, he pleaded guilty, earning himself f ... More >>

Antiracing Group Calls for State to Investigate Greyhound Trainer

A check written from a greyhound trainer to a man who confessed to shooting and burying thousands of dogs.​A national anti-dog-racing group has officially requested that the Department of Business and Professional Regulation investigate whether the state has the authority to revoke the license of ... More >>

Woman Arrested for Helping Kill Over 2,000 Greyhounds Is Training Dogs In Florida Again

Authorities found the bodies of more than 2,000 greyhounds buried on an 18-acre property. Most had gun shot wounds in the head and neck.​A woman arrested on felony charges for helping kill more than 2,000 greyhounds from all over the state has been training racing dogs again in Florida as recently ... More >>

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Greyhound Racing Suspended in Rhode Island; Racing Opponents Eye Florida

"Wouldn't you rather pet me than bet on me?"​Last weekend, greyhound racing was suspended at Twin River, the only active track in Rhode Island. The track is bankrupt, in part it says, because of the cost of dog racing. The state assembly there is trying to revive the moribund industry, but ... More >>

But I Hardly Even Know ’Er

Judge Seidlin's Clan Removed From Widow's Will

Finally, justice. Or at least a taste of it. Larry Seidlin, the weeping Anna Nicole Smith judge who has chiseled more than a half million dollars from an elderly widow in his condo building, has been removed from the woman's will. Or I should say Seidlin's wife and daughter are off ... More >>

Judge Larry Under State Investigation After Elderly Abuse Complaint

Seidlin, crying for Anna Nicole, now faces an elderly abuse investigation. In a disturbing development in the Larry Seidlin saga, the judge now faces a complaint of elderly abuse from the niece and caretaker of the elderly woman he has already been accused of financially exploiting. ... More >>

Super Fans

The secret life of storm troopers and other tales.

New Poll: Crist in Pole Position

A "double" what? Sorry, I don't speak French. Just check out the Strategic Vision poll released yesterday on Florida's 2010 U.S. Senate race. It attaches numbers to some obvious truths, such as Gov. Charlie Crist getting 54 percent of the votes against other prospective candidates in a Republican pr ... More >>

Chef Giovanni of Hell's Kitchen Says "I'm Not A Showbiz Person"

I spoke to Hell's Kitchen 5 contestant Chef Giovanni about the Redneck Riviera, gambling, and respect. Giovanni is a cool Jersey dude that keeps it real and is all about his work. He is the executive chef at Creehan's Copper Grill in Destin, Florida. Destin is up by Pensacola so it's more Alabama ... More >>

Hells Kitchen 5 - Chef Giovanni

Alright culinary-reality-fanatics, meet Giovanni, one of three Hell's Kitchen 5 contestants from Florida. Giovanni is the executive chef at Creehan's Copper Grill in Destin, Florida. Destin is a Gulf Coast beach town close to Pensacola. Pensacola's about as un-Miami as you can get in Florida, but it ... More >>

Dirty Type

30 Days and 30 Nights With Timb

After years of grinding in the underground, Timb veers even further from the mainstream

Function Uncertain

The best of King and Marin's ceramics are the ones that stray into purposelessness

Letters for September 13-19, 2007

The Maestro's Good Press

Saint Aaron

Living like a pauper himself, a young man from Broward is trying to save Haiti's children

Bombs for Babies

Stephen Jordi planned to blow up abortion clinics. Does that make him a terrorist?

Hungary for Rock?

Sooo Thirsty

Uncle Ken Wants You!

Best Biker Bar

Mickey's Bar and Package

A Long Yard

It could happen here. Replace the guv with a movie star.

Feel the Sting

Yes, Virginia, there is a women's tackle football team in Florida

Blackout.com

When this kid gets going, you get got

Hangin' with the Church Lady

This soldier of God is on a South Florida crusade

Letters for April 10, 2003

This Column's No Disgrace

West Palm's Next Mayor Speaks

Forget Joel Daves. Lois Frankel rules.

Their Own Osamas

Abortion clinics and counseling centers faced terrorism long before everyone else

The Unforgiven

Bryant Troville served out his sentence for his sexually violent acts. His prospects for freedom? Not good.

Capitol Offenses

The trial of former Florida House Speaker Bo Johnson reveals the unseemly roles of Broward's taxi mogul Jesse Gaddis and lobbyist Tom Panza.

Undercurrents

Short Cuts

Swingers Redux

Fed up with fear of infection and bored with the Internet, a new generation of swingers reinvents South Florida's sexual underworld

Fried Food for Thought