Justin Lamar Dillard lost an old-school shootout back on November 10. That’s when Dillard pulled a gun on the front yard of an apartment complex in Greer, South Carolina. Rusty Jones, one of the complex’s residents, drew his own handgun and shot first — firing off four rounds. Three adults…
The Miami Heat’s game in Cleveland this week settled one thing for the rust belt city: LeBron James is gone, and he’s not coming back. And he’s not the only thing that’s leaving. Cleveland’s declining population makes it now the country’s 43rd largest city, down from 33rd in 2000. Cleveland’s…
To view a slide show, click here. The Grateful Palate sits empty just after 5 o’clock on a Wednesday. Two black-clad waiters occupy the small bar that runs along the right side of the restaurant’s back wall. Behind the counter, the sommelier, a tall blond in a Mad Men-style dress,…
When Smith & Jones closed in July, nobody was more in the middle of the fallout than Ted Inserra. In this blog item, Inserra blamed a slowdown in business, but many commenters blamed Inserra, despite the fact that he was just a sous chef at the Las Olas restaurant.Whatever caused…
On Sunday, the Sun-Sentinel became the first media outlet to name Jon Gruden as a candidate for head football coach at the University of Miami. The paper cited “multiple UM sources” who claimed that the former NFL coach is “high on the list” and that there’s “mutual interest.”Everyone from bloggers…
On Friday, a little-known Washington resident named Rey Decerega elbowed the president in the mouth while playing basketball. And if there’s one thing that’s clear after the incident, we need Decerega on the struggling Miami Heat. Here’s why…
When faced with random items in the ethnic aisle of Publix, I usually fall back on the messages scrolled on the packages. Reggae Country Style Brand Fruit Bun didn’t promise much. “Ready to Eat” it exclaimed. And “Contains Real Fruit.” Beyond that, it wasn’t making many promises about quality or…
Update below the jump, with the name of the BSO deputy who fired his weapon.If there’s one thing that’s clear after Friday’s police shooting turned deadly chase, it’s that the Broward Sheriff’s Office isn’t releasing many details about it. In fact, BSO investigators have gone out their way to block…
If your ex-con boyfriend slaps you around when you ask why he emptied out your bank account and then you take him back, everyone knows you’ve given him permission to rob and hurt you again. That’s the message voters gave Republican Rick Scott yesterday when they elected a man to…
The Palm Beach County election nightmare of 2000 — all those hanging chads, butterfly ballots, Pat Buchanan votes, and silly canvassing-board photos — seems to have taught elections officials nothing. The county’s Supervisor of Elections Office still could not count all the votes last night, delaying a final statewide tally…
In July, Marco Rubio announced a 23-point initiative that would become the slogan for his campaign for U.S. Senate. He called it “Ideas to Reclaim America,” and it signaled that Rubio would remain on the far right of the GOP. He issued a statement that showed he wanted no consensus…
Skipping ahead to the conclusion, here are the liars: Bill Clinton a little, Politico.com some, and Kendrick Meek a lot.First off, Politico.com, which broke the story yesterday that Clinton supposedly urged Meek to quit the Senate race. Meek, the article claimed, decided to quit — twice — only to later…
There are those who would say Allen West is just another Christine O’Donnell-style nutbag whose far-right rhetoric will simply help to divide America. That’s true, yes, but what those detractors may ignore is what West can bring to an important South Florida industry. If elected to Congress on November 2,…
If you like the swingers lifestyle, if you’ve got an eye for costumes, and if you’re kind of a big deal, then you might just be the person Trapeze is looking for.The swanky Tamarac swingers’ club is looking for a judge for its 12th-annual costume contest Friday night. The only…
It was just ten months ago that Shane Thompson flew out to California to become Jason Creed. He left Florida, where he had lived for all of his 19 years, to do his first gay porn movie. Afterward, he shot a video interview with the GayLifeNetwork about his interests, which…
From Rick Scott’s Facebook pageAt least Rick Scott didn’t get a negative headline for this photo opp.Lots of right-winged Republicans claim the liberal media treats them unfairly. For Rick Scott, the GOP candidate for governor, lately it seems to be true.Or at least, that’s a conclusion easily drawn after a…
Photo from jimlewisforflorida.comLewis: “Faint heart never won fair maiden.”Jim Lewis won’t be your next attorney general. But if there were some miraculous come-from-behind victory for the perennial losing candidate, Lewis would bring about a radical change. He’d legalize pot. Not just medicinal pot but any big old spliff any adult…
Things already looked piss poor for Gov. Charlie Crist. The most recent poll had him down 12 points, and some speculated that Marco Rubio had the Senate race locked up.But Crist had political gold awaiting. The Tampa Bay Rays had invited the light-footed governor to throw out the first pitch…
Paul Pope: heir to tabloid journalism.Imagine if your legacy was Gawker, TMZ, and all the gossip/celebrity/infotainment/light porn news so common on the web. Well, Paul Pope can claim a family heritage to that, thanks to his father, who helped invent tabloid journalism.Pope, a Weston resident, has published a book tracing…
Sure, maybe the name Shalala sounds a bit Middle Eastern. But nobody would say she looks even a bit like the Times Square bomber. But page 4A in yesterday’s Miami Herald included the photo at right, which is actually Faisal Shahzad from a clip shown on Al-Arabiya. We’ve called her…
Photo by Eric BartonSabrina displays a foam finger of fun.You’re on the internet reading the blog of an alternative newsweekly, so there’s a damned fine chance that you’d like to smoke a joint legally. So why were so few people at the pro-pot rally yesterday in Fort Lauderdale?Sabrina Koramblyum, who…
Photo by Eric BartonRay Lewis: the realtor with linebacker’s shoulders.On Sunday, linebacker Ray Lewis had a game-clinching interception to help the Ravens beat the Steelers. On October 27, he’ll be opening an art gallery/real estate firm in downtown Fort Lauderdale.The company opening the Las Olas Boulevard store, RL52 Realty, is…
