Bird Attacks West Palm Women (And Their Little Dogs Too)

Women won’t walk alone through the intersection of Chase Street and Trinity Place in West Palm Beach anymore. There have been assaults, merciless attacks… by birds. According to a WPBF report, nearly a dozen residents have been assaulted by a winged rebel intent on pecking, squawking, following, and other ruthless…

Palm Beach Lawyer Had Too Many Fancy Phones, Created an App

Mark your calendars, ladies and gents, as the day a Palm Beach lawyer didn’t charge you for a service — not a lump sum, not by the hour, not by your first- born. Christopher Hopkins, an attorney with Butzel Long on Worth Avenue, has developed a free iPhone app that…

The Singer Who Cried Wellington

On the coattails of this morning’s tornado watches comes the news that the Wicked Witch of New York Real Estate may be landing for good in Wellington — again. According to Page2Live, Madonna is “thisclose” to closing on a home in Mallet Hill, neighborhood to New York Mayor Mike Bloomberg…

Did State-Appointed Guardians Bankrupt Purvis Young?

Larry Clemons almost threw up this morning when he read in the paper that Purvis Young, who died yesterday at 67 of cardiac arrest, passed away penniless. “That’s absolutely disgusting. When I was there for Purvis, he had money,” says Clemons, a longtime friend and publisher of the artist as…

Crist to Decide on the Most Heated Bill Since Our 42nd President

In recent press, Gov. Crist has said that he’s human. That’s what Palm Beach County schoolteachers are counting on as Crist, currently campaigning for the Senate, reviews a bill that would end tenure and hinge teachers’ pay on student performance on standardized tests, mainly the (maligned) FCAT. Crist’s decision will…

Florida Lottery’s New Marketing Strategy Asks: Who Are You?

If pink flamingos framed against curiously striped orange suns cause you to immediately start scrounging your pockets for a dollar bill… then you’re probably a redneck Floridian. As eponymous as the lotto symbol is to our din of sundrenched wealth, the Florida Lottery is actually struggling: Total sales for the…

Did Bruce Springsteen Have a Wellington Gym Bunny Too?

Bruce Springsteen may have been born to run, but he must have mumbled the lyrics about the treadmill fetish. Over the weekend, the 60-year-old Wellington resident was named “the other man” in a New Jersey divorce, the female party whom Springsteen allegedly seduced at the gym by complimenting her, ahem,…

Trucker Arrested for License Fraud May Be International Fugitive

A Port St. Lucie truck driver arrested for perjury and driver’s license fraud may also be wanted in Brazil for swindling, unlawful seizure, receipt of stolen goods, and a fun little thing called murder, TCPalm reports.The Florida Highway Patrol arrested Geraldo Ricardo Miranda, 42, on Wednesday for twice providing a…