After yesterday’s story that 2012 congressional candidate Patrick Murphy was the only recipient of campaign contributions from former Gov. Charlie Crist for this election cycle, we’ve discovered that Murphy also donated to Crist’s failed U.S. Senate bid.According to Federal Election Commission records, Murphy gave what was then the maximum amount…
Hollywood police have arrested a man they say is a suspect in the death of his 62-year-old mother, whose body was found in her home this weekend. Irene Kertesz’s husband found her dead in her Hollywood home around 9 p.m. Saturday, and WSVN is reporting that her son — 29-year-old…
Today brings us to our last day in the Pulp’s delivery of fresh demotivational posters featuring everyone’s favorite our nation’s politicians, just to put a damper on the day for you.Our fifth and final subject of New Times collectable art is U.S. Rep. and presidential candidate Michele Bachmann and how…
UPDATE: The Monroe County Sheriff’s Office tells us Thomas Swindal died of a cocaine overdose.On the list of things not to do when you discover a mysterious package full of white powder, snorting the substance is probably near the top of the list.Unfortunately for 53-year-old Thomas Swindal, he did not…
For those of you who have bought EA Sports’ Madden titles year after year (after year after year), the prerelease hype is all about how accurate or inaccurate the in-game ratings of players can be.For this year’s Madden NFL 12 release, they’ve released the individual player ratings for the first…
It looks like the eBay buyer who won an auction for a Casey Anthony latex mask with a $999,000 bid just did it to leave some neutral feedback on the seller’s page.eBay user “jnco6970” is no longer a registered member of the website but did leave the following feedback for…
Serial killer Ted Bundy, who confessed to committing 30 murders before being fried in the electric chair at Florida State Prison in Raiford in 1989, may be pinned with some additional murders he’s long been accused of.There’s a national database of DNA profiles of convicts maintained by the FBI, but…
Add this to the list of awkward party themes: anti-abortion bills.Apparently it wasn’t a costume party, but Gov. Rick Scott held a celebration at the governor’s mansion this weekend in honor of the four anti-abortion bills he signed into law.Partygoers celebrated the new laws requiring ultrasounds, redirecting license-plate funds to…
Embattled former New York Giants wide receiver Plaxico Burress is staying in the Meadowlands.Although Burress was practically begging to become a member of the Miami Dolphins, the team was quick to say it was “absolutely not” interested in having him in the aqua uniform — so he’s signed a deal…
Former Gov. Charlie Crist certainly has plenty of friends and enemies across Florida, but we now know who he’s a fan of in the 2012 elections: congressional candidate Patrick Murphy.Murphy — a Democrat who’s touted having the highest fundraising totals of any congressional challenger in the current election cycle –…
Today brings us to day four of the Pulp’s delivery of fresh demotivational posters featuring everyone’s favorite our nation’s politicians, just to put a damper on the day for you.Our fourth subject of New Times collectable art is Rep. Allen West, and the buyer’s remorse that may be taking place…
We’re now on day three of the Pulp’s delivery of fresh demotivational posters featuring everyone’s favorite our nation’s politicians, just to put a damper on the day for you.Our third subject of New Times collectable art is former West Palm Beach mayor and congressional candidate Lois Frankel and that monstrous…
We’re now on day two of the Pulp’s delivery of fresh demotivational posters featuring everyone’s favorite our nation’s politicians, just to put a damper on the day for you.Our second subject of New Times collectable art is Gov. Rick Scott and how he makes sure to suppress voting — from…
The Broward State Attorney’s Office announced today they will not be filing charges against the wife of Miami Dolphins wide receiver Brandon Marshall in the April stabbing incident.Michi Nogami-Marshall, 26, will also not face charges for violating the pretrial conditions of her release by showing up at her husband’s house…
Over the next few days, the Pulp will be delivering some fresh demotivational posters featuring everyone’s favorite our nation’s politicians, just to put a damper on the day for you.First on our list of our collectable art is President Barack Obama and how he’s dealing with the debt-ceiling issue.If House…
Steve Gonot, the former Deerfield Beach commissioner convicted in May of stealing campaign funds and of misconduct charges, was sentenced today to one year in jail.Gonot will be posting $15,000 bond to stay out of jail while the appeals process plays out. He was also sentenced to five years’ probation…
After Florida’s seventh reported machete attack this month, it may seem as if we may have a few too many Jason Voorhees wannabes here in the Sunshine State.We don’t know what the obsession is with trying to hack up people with a big, sharp stick o’ metal, but it’s happening.We’ll…
Tom Trento — national security chairman of the Tea Party National Convention and president of the anti-Islamic group United West — has issued an “integrity alert,” naming Rep. Allen West as a “Tea Party defector.”West joins fellow Reps. Mike Kelly, Bill Flores, and James Lankford — who spent half an…
Rep. Allen West was the subject of another Comedy Central news satire yesterday, when Daily Show host Jon Stewart made a quip starring West as Batman — except he’s driving the “Batshit mobile.” Republican House Majority Whip Kevin McCarthy showed the GOP House members a clip from The Town, starring…
The Ledger is reporting that Ken Keck, the Florida Department of Citrus executive director, will resign next week.That’s consistent with the citrus commission’s August 3 agenda, which states the third item is to consider “terms of resignation of acting executive director,” and the next item is to consider “designating new…
It looks like Lois Frankel’s butting in to the feud between Rep. Allen West and Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz is now causing problems for people not even related to that well-publicized saga.After Frankel started a website saying West hates women unless he says he’s sorry and proves it by giving…
Florida officials have been working on a list of people to nominate for the Florida Veterans’ Hall of Fame — a list that originally included Gov. Rick Scott and six Confederate soldiers as well as 15 others.The list of all-white, military veteran Florida governors now does not include Scott after…
