Utah

EBT Cards Officially Banned at Florida Strip Clubs

The days of using your welfare card to make it rain on some fine ladies dancing on the pole, then getting yourself some booze, is now officially a thing of the past. Gov. Rick Scott signed bill HB 701 on Thursday, making the use of state-issued electronic benefits cards at strip clubs, liquor store ... More >>

The "Ag-Gag" War: Behind the Scenes of the Death Match Between Big Ag and Undercover Animal-Rights Activists

EBT Cards Banned at Strip Clubs by Florida Senate

The days of using your welfare card to make it rain on some fine ladies dancing on the pole, and then getting yourself some booze, is now officially a thing of the past. On Friday morning, with no debate, the Florida Senate unanimously approved the bill that will not allow the use of state issued e ... More >>

Marco Rubio Is Going to Go Hard to the Hoop On Immigration In the Coming Weeks

Marco Rubio is about to go all-in on being The Guy For The GOPers in 2016, more so than he already is The Guy For The GOPers in 2016. And he's doing it via the thorny immigration reform policy which, just like every other damn thing in Washington, has split the parties asunder. According to Politi ... More >>

On Gun Appreciation Day, Protestors Target Delray Beach Weapons Dealer

Gun lovers around the country designated this past Saturday, January 19, a "gun appreciation day." In Utah, a guy celebrated by bringing an assault rifle into a JC Penney, and five others celebrated by getting shot at gun shows in Ohio, Indiana and North Carolina. Locally, the Delray Shooting Center ... 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 >>

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 >>

Fort Lauderdale Almost Dead Last on Forbes' List of Best Places for Businesses and Careers

The big business brains over at Forbes compiled a list of 200 American cities that the magazine says are the best for "business and careers."Don't get your hopes up, folks. Fort Loddy Doddy did terrible, coming in 192 out of 200. We barely beat out notorious hellhole Flint, Michigan.

Candwich: Great For Hurricanes And Zombie Attacks

CandwichThe Candwich: Because we're sick of canned tuna.​Here's a great new food for those of you worrying how you're going to get fresh bread to make peanut butter and jelly sandwiches after the world ends by apocalypse, terrorist attack, or zombie takeover.Mark One Foods in Salt Lake City, Utah, ... More >>

Food Fights: Tiger Woods and the Curious Incident of the Dawg

​A 31-year-old man threw a hot dog at Tiger Woods at yesterday's golf tournament at CordeValle in San Martin, California, as he ran toward the seventh green. The motive is unclear: perhaps a phallic reference to Woods' epic infidelities? Woods was getting ready for his putt, said the golfer.  ... More >>

South Florida Lags Woefully Behind in Spring Break Dangers

​In a recent survey of the most dangerous spring break destinations in the country, Fort Lauderdale -- birthplace of the modern spring break -- didn't even crack the top ten. West Palm Beach ranked fifth and Miami was tenth. The survey, conducted by the website lawyer website avvo.com, looked at c ... More >>

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

James Franco Puts His Mind to It in "127 Hours"

Comparing Textbook Purchase, Buyback and Rental Sites For South Florida Students

​​During the heady days of college, all of us had to balance our budgets between pizza, rent, and textbooks. Today, university students have it a lot better than we did when I was in school. With the power of the Internet, students can find the right book from any source on the planet and likely ... More >>

Boca-Based Home Security Company Attracts Thieves of a Different Breed

Flickr: Mr. T in DC​ADT, the home security systems company based in Boca Raton, protects its customers from the conventional thieves -- prowlers, smash-and-grabbers, and your garden-variety home burglars. But who will protect ADT from the pack of thieves who defraud the company from the front step ... More >>

Nature Without the Annoying Fresh Air

Munching Across the Great Divide

Before South Park, Trey Parker wrote a musical about a cannibal.

Will It Ever Stop? Yo, I Hope So.

Now that MC Hammer has his own reality show, you just knew the Vanilla Ice cameo was soon to follow. The Wellington white boy man makes his appearance on this Sunday's third episode for a "huge concert" in the only state white enough to fill a stadium for the show: Utah.But hey, this act works bette ... More >>

A wave of sweaty, half-naked buff dancers awaits at Sea Monster

Take Action Tour

Featuring Cute Is What We Aim For, Anarbor, Meg & Dia, and others.

FAU Profs Settle Dispute, Build Robots

SeaRobotics.comBoca teachers or Navy Seals?Florida Atlantic University has finally settled a long-running dispute with three men who used to work in the Owl Nest.  Stanley Dunn, former chair of FAU's Ocean Engineering department, helped the program evolve from a rinky-dink operation to a consid ... More >>

South Florida According to Brooklyn: I'm Not Always Negative

photo by Justin Namon, www.thepopnessparty.comI get a lot of feedback about how I'm always negative and not positive. So if people think that all I do is bitch and complain, then they should e-mail me and give me something to write about. What are the topics people want to hear about? What are the c ... More >>

Grand Old Puny: Republicans Feeling Blue

Not that it matters for another 22 months, but a recent in-depth state-by-state analysis of party affiliation by Gallup says Florida "leans Democrat." The study included more than 18,000 interviews with Floridians and ultimately says that since 2002, the country has gone from mostly Republi ... More >>

Tonight: Live Blogging from the BCS National Championship Game

If you happen to have an extra grand or so to blow on a football game, you probably won't need to come here for my bitter blog posts, live from the BCS Championship. But if you live in the same country as the rest of us non-yacht owners, you can get everything you need right here. A bit of backgrou ... More >>

Former Avenue D Singer Bikes Across America

The Parent Trap

Joshua gets it: Your kid is a monster

What is Emo?

Sibling Rivalry

The Music Men

Halfway through Sundance and still whistling a happy tune

Dissent for Sale

Opposition is a commodity in Sundance docs

Sympathy for the Devil

Even horny horse whisperers get off in Sundance docs

The Kids Are Not Alright

From Dakota Fanning's rape to John Cusack's daddy issues, Sundance 2007 was all about the kiddie porn

Virgin Birth Pangs

Just how did Mexico's icon get her name?

Ride the Legend

The World's Fastest Indian is powered by Anthony Hopkins

Carbonated Comedy

Band of Brothers

The Hackensaw Boys come down from the mountain to dip a toe in the mainstream

Mind Games

Shane Carruth's Primer goes back to the future, and it's a weird, wild ride

Yes, You Can

In the Garden State, home is where Zach Braff's heart is

The Hard Sell

Local filmmaker Shane Carruth won Sundance's top honor. So... now what?

Denroy's Kids

Morgan Heritage brings reggae to those without a clue

Noise Pollution

Do you feel lucky, punk?

Core Blimey!

This penetrating adventure proves ridiculous but amusing

Road to Ruin

A CB radio opens a channel for evil in John Dahl's Joy Ride

Into Rare Air

Too many shocks numb the senses in Vertical Limit

A Fair Way to Present Grass

"The American Lawn: Surface of Everyday Life"

Your Fiends and Neighbors

The Straight Dope

Night & Day

September 3 - 9, 1998

Pro Fusion

The Straight Dope