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How Barack Obama Should Now Respond to Rick Scott's Letter: Shut Up

Earlier this week, Rick Scott decided a tweet just wasn't enough. Nor was a Facebook message. Nor an email. Rick instead did something wild. He wrote a letter, slapped a stamp on it, and shipped it across the land to Barack Obama in the White House using something called the "U.S. Postal Service." ... More >>

Wall Flowers: LiveRoof's "Living" Green Wall System Could Turn Your Wall Into a Vegetable Garden

In the not-too-near-future, your next home or office lobby may not be painted, or even decorated with wall paper. It could be alive.Alive with plants, of course. But before we go planting gardens indoors, perhaps we should start with "living" exterior walls and roofs, first. Here, in South Florida, ... More >>

Marco Ceja-Moreno Pleads Guilty to FedExing Meth to Fort Lauderdale Dealer

It worked just like comedian Mitch Hedberg said it did -- "I like the FedEx guy, 'cause he's a drug dealer, and he don't even know it. And he's always on time."And now 31-year-old Marco Ceja-Moreno is going to prison.Ceja-Moreno pleaded guilty yesterday to drug distribution charges, according to the ... More >>

Allen West Spent Almost a Million Dollars on Mail This Year

Yesterday, we brought you the details of Allen West's 2012 campaign contributions -- how he's pulled in more than $1.8 million between January and the end of March, with more than half of contributions from donors giving over $200 coming from outside the state.He has $3,334,632 left in his war chest ... More >>

Hallandale Beach Government Pays Millions to U.S. Post Office in Yet Another Land Deal

Keith London: Just say no.​Once again, Hallandale Beach Commissioner Keith London found himself the lone dissenter on a vote in which the gung-ho City Commission voted, under the leadership of Mayor Joy Cooper, to spend millions on a real-estate purchase without clear plans for what the property w ... More >>

Hot Chefs Restaurant Deal Blowout

Hot Chefs calendarZach Bell is Mr. August in the 2011 Hot Chefs Calendar.​Hot Chefs, the creators of the calendar that features local south Florida chef cuties, is having a blowout sale of their remaining restaurant coupons. Each certificate will get you $25 off a minimum $50 purchase (including a ... More >>

Casey Anthony Getting a Bunch of Money in Jail -- Here's How to Do It

​Apparently there is a handful of people -- 17, according to ABC News -- who have sent "Tot Mom" Casey Anthony money while she sits in the Orange County Jail.While there are people out there sending her death threats, some people feel sympathy for her -- or just plain think that bad girls are hot. ... More >>

JK Citizen Rocks Hip-Hop

"Hip-Roc" rapper JK Citizen has a message "We tryina bring back music, we trying take it to a different level." You may have seen his "Rock The Vote" video on YouTube, over 150,000 people have, but JK Citizen is just getting started.After the jump, see the transcript of the Crossfade interview.

Letters for October 30 - November 5, 2008

Privacy Schmivacy

Tell the world how you vote!

Letter from July 19-25, 2007

R.I.P. Jocks

Sending Out an SOS

New postage increases could put some indies out of business

Kevin Underwood. Voracious reader. Loved

Vote Interrupted

Were the absentee ballots lost or stolen? Either way, it's a crime.

Mail Chauvinists

The U.S. Postal Inspection Service is tough on mail fraud -- and, some say, even tougher on its black female agents

The Man Who Wrote Too Much

Who is Harvey Slavin? Why is he so angry? And why can't he stop sending scathing letters to the editor?

The King of Titles

DMV Specialist Randolph Williams has a way with car titles. An investigation finds that way riddled with phony paperwork.

Emerging Elitism

American Heritage School survives despite near financial collapse, angry neighbors, and a questionable relationship with a Plantation politician

The Double Life of Nick the Cop

Born into a Gypsy life of crime, he's now busting them for their cons. Or is he?

Going Postal

The county's decision to spend big bucks on a shiny new federal post office has advocates of the poor hopping mad

The Resurrection of Robert Tilton

On the trail of the elusive (yet surprisingly TV- friendly) Pastor Bob, fallen man of God and new South Florida resident