Just as it was in Game 3 of these roller coaster NBA Finals, the San Antonio Spurs caught fire in Game 5, and torched the Miami Heat with a 60 percent shooting performance that has the world champs at the brink of total destruction. The series switches back to Miami…
Jeb Bush, speaking at the Faith and Freedom Coalition in Washington on Friday, brought up his support for the passage of an immigration bill by arguing that it would be good for the U.S. economy because immigrants are more “fertile.” “Immigrants create far more businesses than native-born Americans,” Bush said…
On Wednesday came the news of a boil water alert for much of Broward County. And now officials are saying that the alert will be extended at least to Saturday. The reason for this is when inspectors checked out the county’s water well, the survey failed, moving them to extend…
In case you’ve forgotten, Sunday is Father’s Day. And while you might be scrambling to buy your Dad that $2 sports calendar or getting him yet another card with a cheesy poem about him being there for you from the CVS down the street (again!), maybe you want to remember…
Remember when Dwyane Wade was a liability to the Heat in these Finals and we all wrote him off, like a bunch of assholes? Pffft. Wade dropped his pants, and then he dropped 32 points in Miami’s 109-93 Game 4 beatdown of the San Antonio Spurs to even the series…
Usually when a fisherman fishes out an unusual object from the water, it’s a boot or a tin can or a license plate. Except if you’re a fisherman in Florida, in which case the unusual object you fish out is usually a sack of drugs. Five fishermen found a large…
Fort Lauderdale Police say 22-year-old Alyza Rachel Russell was driving west on Broward Boulevard in a 2012 Porsche Panamera around 2 in the morning when she plowed through some bushes and into a parking lot, slamming into two men and killing them both. One of the men was dragged under…
When Randy Zipperer found that his mac and cheese was missing and his brother accidentally spilled his beer while helping him to look for the missing mac and cheese, Zipperer allegedly stabbed his brother in the stomach. Randy Zipperer is a simple man. All he asks is that ya don’t…
The big national news item the last few days has been the controversy involving the National Security Agency’s surveillance of millions of cellphone users in the U.S. And while most Americans are outraged at the possible invasion of privacy by the U.S. government, at least one guy is banking on…
The Dan A. Hughes Company, an independent oil and gas exploration company headquartered in Beeville, Texas, apparently owns the mineral rights to an onshore oil reserve known as the Sunniland Trend, which stretches from Ft. Myers to Miami. And they fully intend on fracking the crap out of it. According…
The Broward County Health District has issued an emergency boil water alert for Hallandale Beach, Hollywood, Miramar, Pembroke Pines, Pembroke Park, West Park, and Dania Beach after E. coli bacteria was detected in a Broward County well. So, if you live in South Broward, you’re gonna want to adhere to…
You never know what you’re going to run into when enjoying Florida waters. Manatees, sharks, trash, drugs, and dead people are usually what people run into. In this case, a man who was riding a waverunner in the Intracoastal Waterway near North Miami Beach spotted a brass object bobbing up…
Around 180 people were treated to a free dinner at BuddyFreddy’s diner in Plant City on Sunday by a mysterious old lady who did not reveal her identity. Some say it might be 84-year-old PowerBall winner Gloria C. MacKenzie. Apparently she’s become the Zephyrhills Bruce Wayne. Except in old lady…
The Miami Heat entered San Antonio for Game 3 looking to build on its Game 2 19-point blowout win and take a 2-1 series lead. Instead, the Heat was routed 133-77, destroyed by a barrage of three-pointers from the Spurs that never seemed to end. Every time you looked, the…
Marco Rubio, the first person to deliver a response to the State of the Union in both English and Spanish (the English version was kinda dry, hey-ohhhhh) wants immigrants to be proficient in speaking English before being given permanent residency. “On the day we announced the principles that would shape…
A viral video of a woman berating a Dunkin’ Donuts employee over not getting a receipt for her order has been making the rounds the past couple of days. And apparently she’s from Florida, because of course. More specifically, she’s from Broward. See also: -Taylor Chapman, Racist Local Woman Who…
And now for a bummer of an animal news item: A pygmy sperm whale and her calf have died after washing ashore in Jupiter on Monday. The mother whale was spotted on shore shortly after 4 p.m. north of the Jupiter Reef Club. Her calf was found some distance away,…
With the Heat facing the prospect of having to travel to San Antonio down 0-2 in their best-of-seven NBA Finals series, Miami found itself in its most must-win game of the season on Sunday night. The Spurs had come off a gut-punching victory over Miami in Game 1, highlighted by…
Former Miramar Police Capt. Juan De Los Rios, a 28-year veteran with the force, was sentenced to four years in prison and five years’ sexual offender probation on Friday after being convicted of forcing a teenaged girl to strip naked during a traffic stop in 2012. In June of last…
Glenn Greenwald, a lawyer and longtime blogger who grew up in Lauderdale Lakes, is apparently the man at the center of the National Security Agency phone spying scandal that has everyone in a huff. It was an article that Greenwald wrote for The Guardian about the NSA collecting telephone records…
Lobster season in Florida runs from August 6 through March 31. The lobster-tail bag limit for the season is six per person, per day. But apparently two men decided that lobster season is right now and that the lobster-tail bag limit is none. According to Florida Fish and Wildlife, two…
George Zimmerman’s lawyers want the 911 tape of screaming voices to be played in court. They say the voice belongs to Zimmerman, who is supposedly screaming for help while grappling with Trayvon Martin. The prosecution says the voice belongs to Martin, moments before he was slain by Zimmerman. On Thursday,…
