South Florida’s Cuban community raised a bit of an uproar this week over Mercedes-Benz’s decision to flash an image of Ernesto Guevara, AKA Che, during a presentation in Las Vegas.The company altered the iconic photo of the Argentine revolutionary so he was sporting the Mercedes logo on his beret. The…
Copper in Coral Springs. Lead in Deerfield. Styrene in Dania Beach. These are just a few of the cases that turn up with a quick search of the Environmental Protection Agency’s new Toxic Release Inventory database.The database, consisting of toxic disposals from 2010, allows users to search by zip code…
Cesar Deleon, who headed up Trinity Medical Center in Lake Worth, will be spending the next seven years in federal prison on a slew of charges related to doling out pain pills.Deleon, 65, had no qualms about trading oxycodone and other drugs for sexual favors or straight cash, according to…
The Southeast Florida Regional Climate Compact released a lengthy draft plan intended to make sure South Florida doesn’t become some real-life mashup of Mad Max and WaterWorld when sea levels start to rise courtesy of climate change. The Compact — a gang of county representatives from Broward, Palm Beach, Miami-Dade,…
As if snakes large enough to swallow — or at least try to swallow — alligators in the Everglades aren’t frightening enough, U.S. Geological Survey researchers delivered a bit of unsettling news this week about Burmese pythons. These massive beasts can’t be held back by saltwater. The researchers hoped that reptiles’…
Place a few all-watching eyes at intersections throughout South Florida and reckless driving takes on a whole new meaning.American Traffic Solutions — the Big Brotheresque company that operates about a dozen red-light cameras in Broward and another 26 in Miami-Dade — scoured its footage for the best accidents and close…
San Diego-based drugmaker Zogenix’s resolution for 2012: get the FDA to approve Zohydro, the first pill of pure hydrocodone.The experimental pain drug, purported to be ten times more powerful than Vicodin, is designed to release its payload of hydrocodone over an extended time. Creative addicts, however, will surely devise ways…
Buju Banton has been on the move during the first few months of his ten-year sentence on federal drug charges. The iconic dancehall star went from Florida to Oklahoma to Texas, back to Oklahoma, and he’ll soon be en route to the Federal Correctional Institution Miami, according to David Oscar…
