George Zimmerman has apparently returned to Florida from his “Have Gun, Will Travel, Will Likely Shoot an Unarmed Black Kid and Then Totally Get Away With It” Tour to Texas because, wesh.com is reporting that — just like in Texas — Zimmerman was pulled over for speeding. According to Lake…
When last we heard from Marco Rubio concerning the situation with Syria, he was busy saying he was all for military action, but Obama is leading from behind, so now it’s probably still a good time to strike, but if only Obama had done it sooner… er something. Well, Golden…
The AIDS Healthcare Foundation has filed a new Health and Safety Complaint that basically says porn actors in Florida aren’t wearing enough condoms when making their movies. The AHF is on a crusade of sorts to get adult film actors to be more proactive in reducing the spread of STDs,…
What kind of country do we live in where 18-year-old kids aren’t allowed to buy themselves a gun? Because that’s exactly the battle Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi is fighting, as the Supreme Court grapples with a decision to overturn a law that poops all over the Second Amendment and…
A Tamarac woman who borrowed her apartment building manager’s laptop found that the man had a little more than Netzero on his desktop. She saw a file titled “Porn.” She opened it. And, as she was expecting, she saw the man’s porn. What she wasn’t expecting, there were videos taken…
Regular Florida folk like yourself have been a big help in keeping the Florida Panther safe and its population intact, even if most of you apparently can’t tell a panther from a monkey. But, hey. It’s working, so… Last year, the Florida Fish & Wildlife Conservation Commission launched a website…
When a Florida man was stopped and searched by cops, he tried to conceal the crack pipe he was carrying. Since cops tend to look in pockets and hats and shoes and pants, the man hid the pipe in the one place they wouldn’t be able to spot during a…
Corey Graham Jr. learned his fate from a Palm Beach County circuit judge after being found guilty of shooting and killing Belle Glade grocery shore owner Jimmy McMillan in January 2012: Life in prison, plus 15 years. A jury convicted the former Glades Central High School offensive lineman last month…
He’s won world championships, Olympic gold, MVPs, made commercials, obliterated Jason Terry, and has been a cartoon. And now, LeBron James is adding sitcom producer to his résumé. And, just as he did with Dwyane Wade, LeBron is joining forces with another who has been a force in his respective…
As President Obama has weighed the decision on whether or not to use military force against Syria, and is looking to rally support from Congress, Florida polticos have been somewhat silent about the issue (except for Rep. Tom Rooney, who is none too fired up about the idea of military…
So apparently there’s a guy walking around Tamarac, and knocking on people’s doors pretending to be a utility worker. According to the Broward Sheriff’s Office, the man has been spotted going door-to-door and trying to get into people’s homes by claiming he was there to “check the water system.”…
The U.S. Department of the Treasury and the IRS has ruled that it will recognize joint tax returns of gay married couples. And yes, this also includes Florida. The ruling, which came down Thursday, says that legally married same-sex couples will be treated as married for federal tax purposes. According…
Former players for a Cuban baseball team were scheduled to have a special reunion game at FIU’s baseball stadium on August 10th and 11th. But, the game was abruptly canceled. An anti-Castro group calling themselves “Vigilia Mambisa” claimed responsibility for the cancellation, saying that they had “won a fight against…
Thousands of dolphins, including those that swim off the coast of Fort Lauderdale and other parts of South Florida, could be killed within the next five years via Navy military tests. According to a recent environmental-impact statement from the military, dolphins living off the East Coast, the Gulf of Mexico,…
Brittney Sierra, who was charged with child neglect in connection with the death of her 5-month-old baby, wants a judge to let her out of jail. So she can give birth to another baby. The remains of the baby, who had been missing since July 2011, were found in the…
Ah Florida. We have criminals, just like every other state. But we have our own special kind of criminal. Namely, dumb ones. And, because we’re never in short supply of dumb criminals, we present to you our latest series of the dumbest Florida criminals of the month. August was special…
Heads up, people that commute the East Las Olas Boulevard Bridge. Due to construction, the bridge will be closed Thursday night to Friday morning. So you may want to take the detour, or find another route if you travel through and around Ft. Lauderdale beach…
Lee County Sheriff Mike Scott is walking that fine Donald Trumpian line of being kinda racist without coming out and saying totally racist things. Basically, Scott doesn’t think it would be a swell idea to have hip-hop artist Ludacris perform at Florida Gulf Coast University’s Eaglepalooza this year. Because Ludacris…
Back in April, we told you about the insanely creepy giant invasive African snails that were invading Florida and were going to kill us all in our sleep. (OK, maybe not the “kill us in our sleep” part, but definitely insanely creepy and invasive). The snails eat all of the…
Jonathan Bleiweiss, the former BSO deputy who offered illegal immigrants help for sex, has been slapped with another lawsuit. Eight undocumented immigrants came forward with the same story back in 2009. Bleiweiss is facing charges stemming from those accusations. This latest suit, which is unrelated to the original charge, says…
A day after pleading guilty to perjury, Shellie Zimmerman appeared on Good Morning America and said that things ain’t so hot anymore between her and husband, George. She told GMA how she and George have had to go into hiding since the shooting death of Trayvon Martin and how they’ve…
Several Haitian immigrants were smuggled onto the shores of Palm Beach on Wednesday morning, investigators say. One of them, a 14-year-old girl, was found dead on the beach. The U.S. Coast Guard, and a Palm Beach County Sheriff’s helicopter searched the waters for the vessel that had smuggled them into…
