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"Harlem Shake" Video Goes Horribly Wrong at Palm Beach Subway

Fuck you, Jared. The Subway chain has a new advertising campaign -- the "Harlem Shake." But unlike the unremitting charm of the Jared Campaign, the sandwich king just can't seem to get this one right. (Or at least a recent lawsuit alleges.)

Tim Tebow to the Dolphins! How We Trolled Twitter to Believe a Crazy Rumor

Five Things to Do With Leftover Easter Eggs

Making Easter eggs with the kiddos is fun, but most kids are done with the eggs after they've found them all and quickly move on to their baskets o' candy. So, what do you do with those color dyed, hard boiled creations after the day is over? We came up with five ways to get rid of those damn chicke ... More >>

Silence is Overrated

Anonymous Hacked Burger King Twitter Yesterday Because of Horse Meat

The hacker group Anonymous -- that sallow group of individuals ensconced somewhere in their parents' basements -- yesterday took down the King of Burgers. Sometime in the afternoon, Anonymous assumed control of Burger King's Twitter feed, putting up a McDonald's logo, tweeting that the company had b ... More >>

Smoking Boxed Wine? Competitive Eater Kevin Strahle (a.k.a. L.A. Beast) Does It

Losing weight and drinking alcohol don't go hand in hand. Just ask New Jersey resident Kevin Strahle, who recently released a YouTube video giving step-by-step instruction on how to "smoke" alcohol vapors to get drunk without the bothersome need to ingest calories through binge drinking.Even though ... More >>

Joey and Maria's Comedy Italian Wedding: Dinner Theatre that Goes Beyond the Third Wall

A big fat Italian wedding calls for a big fat Italian feast. If you like your theater to come with a side of dinner -- and you don't mind a little breaking down of the third wall -- Joey and Maria's Comedy Italian Wedding is the show for you.Having run for 20 years or so, Joey and Maria's Comedy Ita ... More >>

Razorbills, Our Wayward Penguins, Are Dying, and No One Knows Why

Last month, seemingly overnight, thousands of razorbills arrived all along the Florida peninsula in what appeared to be a sweeping abandonment of the Northern tundra for something a little nicer. They flocked along Fort Lauderdale's beaches, swimming in the waters of Boynton Beach, delighting bird w ... More >>

To Be or Not to Be

You Won't Believe It's Not Santa

Funkagenda With Donnie Lowe at Gryphon Nightclub on December 15

Let's Get Brutal

The Circus Gets Kreepy

Free Pollo Tropical for a Year Contest Asks Fans to "Shake it" (Video)

What would you be willing to do for a chance to win free food for a year? If gyrating your hips to a mildly sexed-up version of the Chicken Dance and sharing the result with a possibly worldwide audience isn't a deal breaker, consider the latest giveaway from Pollo Tropical.

Florida Cop Makes Assassination Comment About Obama on Facebook

Like most of us watching President Obama's DNC speech last night, Sarah Coursey, a Tavares City policewoman, took to the interwebs and hit up her favorite social media site to talk about it. Unlike most of us, however, she made an assassination comment about the president. And things went about a ... More >>

Chick-fil-A Appreciation Day: Celebs Weigh In

Mike Huckabee has called for fans of "free speech" to celebrate today, August 1, as Chick-fil-A Appreciation Day. As the Fox News pundit, Southern Baptist minister, and politician said on his website and Facebook page: "Let's affirm a business that operates on Christian principles and whose executiv ... More >>

Better Act Fast: Tickets for July's Traveling Plate Supper Club Go On Sale Tonight

If history -- or at least recent events -- are any indication, tickets for the Traveling Plate Supper Club tend to disappear faster than you can say "pork-belly-laced menu."Seats for past several events sold out in quick form with local food fans snapping up the chance to join in on the migrating su ... More >>

Hero Allen West Bravely Attacks Palm Beach Post in the Palm Beach Post

For a guy who acts like he carries his testicles around in a wheelbarrow, Allen West is sure going to great lengths to avoid confrontation on the campaign trail.In addition to refusing to debate primary opponent Bob Crowder, West is ducking the editorial board of the Palm Beach Post, whom he called ... More >>

51. The FCAT at P.S. 561

We're counting down to New Times' Best Of Broward/Palm Beach 2012 issue in June by serving up our top hundred favorite dishes. Click here for a full archive. If you have any nominations of your own, please add them to the comments or visit our Facebook page.Everyone loves a hot dog, but not all hot ... More >>

Donald Trump Super Important on Internet, According to PeekYou. Vanilla Ice as Important as Allen West

There's a website to rate and rank everything these days. You can rate professors, fecal mater, boobs, dicks, ex-girlfriends, piles of vomit, funny pictures, mullets, Mustangs, and pretty much anything else you would be compelled to sit in judgment of. Now there's a new website, PeekYou, t ... More >>

Cupcake Battle Contestant: Just Cupcakes

On April 20, some of South Florida's best-loved bakers will compete in the New Times Cupcake Battle at the Las Olas Wine and Food Festival. These brave men and women will serve up thousands of cupcakes, vying for awards like Best Tasting, Best Decorated, and Fan Favorite. We thought you might li ... More >>

Our Interview With Scott Heide, That Guy Who Made the YouTube Rapping Personal Ad

​Yesterday we brought you a video by SoFloDude86, a guy from South Florida who ditched online dating websites in favor of a custom-made YouTube dating video of him rapping.Turns out the romantic rhyme-wrangler is 26-year-old Scott Heide, a consultant and grad student from Boca Raton. The video is ... More >>

Bite GastroTruck: Available Every Day in Wilton Manors

​If you're seeking the award-winning burger stylings of chef Ron Kerr, you'll be happy to know that his Bite GastroTruck has announced a semi-permanent location in Wilton Manors. We say semi-permanent because, obviously, the whole point of a food truck is the ability to go mobile.

Win Y100 Jingle Ball 2011 Tickets!

​Update: here's a review of the 2011 Y100 Jingle Ball!Want to hit a holiday party with Pitbull, Kelly Clarkson, and a wide range of pop acts who dominate the airwaves on Y100? Yes, you do. The radio station's annual Jingle Ball bash is coming up on December 10 -- check out the lineup here -- and y ... More >>

Hundreds of Pieces of America

Halloween Costume Contest: Dress Like Rocco Mangel

The key to success is mas tequila. ​This week, Clean Plate Charlie offered up a list of eight costumes inspired by Florida food and drink for all you Halloween costume procrastinators. The list included sartorial references to craft brews from the Sunshine State, as well as some of our more notabl ... More >>

Occupy Fort Lauderdale Sets Its First Date of Assembly

​The "Occupy Wall Street" demonstration that's been catching on across the country in recent weeks is just days away from the introduction of the Fort Lauderdale movement.Saturday, October 8 is the inaugural date of Occupy Fort Lauderdale, as protesters will gather outside the Broward Main Public ... More >>

Bush League

The Lodge Bar and Grill in Boca Raton: Closed?

Are the burger wars set to commence in Boca?​Another one bites the dust? Looks like fans of microbeers served by young ladies in micro-shorts will have to look elsewhere in Boca Raton for their weekly pint of Magic Hat. For all intents and purposes, the Lodge Beer and Grill (yes, that's how they m ... More >>

Bombin’ in Broward

Nerd Alert: Google Becomes Social, Gets a "Like" Button Called 1

via techcrunch.comGoogle is now more social.​Maybe Google's new feature is why Twitter is over capacity -- internet-folk be tweetin' the news to the far reaches of the universe (btw, did you see those pictures of Mercury? I'd 1 that). "The 1 button is shorthand for 'this is pretty cool' or 'you ... More >>

New Food Truck From Chef Gonzalo Rivera Jr. Coming to South Florida

Photo Courtesy of Chef Gonzalo Rivera Jr.Chef Gonzalo Rivera Jr., one of the chefs at the Boca Raton Resort, has a new concept stewing, and it sounds delicious! He plans on rolling out a food truck, fusing

South Florida Activists Choose Egypt Over Super Bowl

flickr.com​While millions of Americans get ready to watch the biggest sporting event of the year, today's match up between the Green Bay Packers and the Pittsburgh Steelers, more than a hundred South Floridians will be rallying outside the Federal building in Fort Lauderdale, showing their support ... More >>

Making Faces Promise Positive Jams at Respectable Street

Crocodiles Take a Bite Out of Grand Central

UPDATED: LeBron James Jersey Donation Derailed by "Politics"

Flickr user: Keith AllisonWe don't want your stinking jerseys.​The Summer of LeBron just got weirder.In July, a group of guys in Northeast Ohio launched a campaign to collect LeBron James' old Cleveland Cavaliers jerseys and send them to homeless people in Miami. It seemed like a wholesome idea. C ... More >>

The Five Most Horribly Fattening Items From Tex-Mex Chains

Photo by Flickr user serlingrod​Hidden in President Obama's health-care initiative is a regulation that requires chain restaurants to begin posting nutritional information on the food. This may seem like trouble for burger joints, but it might be Tex-Mex burrito purveyors that face the most troubl ... More >>

Big Promises From Whiskey Blue

Kid Cudi

At Fox News, Naughty Republicans Must Wear a Scarlet Letter

Flickr User: misternaxalThat's a screen grab from Fox News' recent coverage of disgraced Gov. Mark Sanford. Notice the single letter next to Sanford's name: "D" as in Democrat.In fact, Sanford is a Republican. Now, I understand that typos happen -- this blog being the exception to the rule. But this ... More >>

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Flickr User: DawnVGilmore Photography

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Flickr User: KCam12In Fort Lauderdale, a decomposing palm frond

Behind Ronaldo Deal, a Palm Beach Tycoon

Flickr User: donttread22RonaldoThe biggest news in the world's biggest sport is that international soccer star Cristiano Ronaldo, of Manchester United, has been sold to Real Madrid for a stunning $131 million. The architect of this blockbuster may have a South Florida address. Financial tycoon Malco ... More >>

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Flickr user: Lisa on SummerFrom Hugh Taylor Birch State Park in Fort Lauderdale

Black Finger

The U.S. Military Torture Mixtape

We the Kings

Otep's Next Step

Singer says the new album will be released "as soon as corporately possible"