Former Gov. Charlie Crist is still in the good graces of Florida voters, according to what we swear is the last Sunshine State News poll we’re publishing this week.Crist was the only one — between himself and Sens. Marco Rubio and Bill Nelson — to receive a favorable rating above…
Using the catch phrase of Chicago Cubs/Arizona Diamondbacks legend Mark Grace, Gary Carter is “big league.”Carter, the Hall of Fame catcher who spent the majority of his career playing for the Montreal Expos and New York Mets, is returning as head coach of Palm Beach Atlantic University’s baseball club –…
Another variable has been added to the complex equation that is the murder of 70-year-old multimillionaire Ronald Vinci.What started as a “suspicious death” when Fort Lauderdale cops were called to the scene of his duct-taped body quickly morphed into a stabbing, shooting, throat-slashing, skull-bashing all-in-one murder, followed by the discovery…
Dropping phones in urinals has now led to a lawsuit filed by a Boca Raton gag-gift company.Cellrderm — a company that sells patches similar-looking to nicotine patches that are marketed as “cellular abuse aid” — has sued Microsoft in a U.S. District Court, claiming it ripped off its amateur ads.The…
To the surprise of no one, the Christian Family Coalition is still going batshit insane against the gay community.Today’s freakout comes in response to the Oakland Park City Commission, which passed a proclamation recognizing Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender Pride & Equality Month a few weeks ago.As per usual, the bigoted…
Jesus apparently hated manatees, according to a new Tea Party platform circulating around Florida.Originating from the Citrus County Tea Party Patriots group, teabaggers are crying about the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s intent to place restrictions against boating and other things near the city of Crystal River — and now…
U.S. District Judge Adalberto Jordan denied a bond request yesterday for Hafiz Khan — a Miami imam who’s among six people charged with conspiring to support the Pakistani Taliban — but the judge made no such ruling for his son, Izhar Khan.Izhar Khan, 24, was the imam of Margate’s Masjid…
Nadya Suleman, better-known as “Octomom,” won’t show off her nasty naughty bits for money, but she is willing to be repeatedly punched in the face for some cash — and they’re looking for someone to do it.According to our compadres to the south, Miami New Times, the Celebrity Boxing Federation…
Another day, another gator.For the second time this week, an alligator paid a visit to a South Florida neighborhood, according to a WSVN report.Early this morning, people living in a Plantation neighborhood near Sunrise Boulevard and Flamingo Road found an eight-foot alligator taking a rest in the middle of the…
Even the GOP-friendly Sunshine State News can’t pull Gov. Rick Scott’s approval rating out of the crapper.The governor has now set a new personal record for disappointing voters, posting a 27 percent approval rating, according to a poll commissioned by the paper.That edges out the Quinnipiac University poll in May,…
Michael Irvin, the Fort Lauderdale-born NFL Hall-of-Famer, is on the cover of Out magazine this week, in a feature article on Irvin’s advocacy to eradicate homophobia.Irvin, a three-time Super Bowl champion with the Dallas Cowboys, has a notoriously troubled past, riddled by arrests for cocaine possession and allegations about sexual…
If you know a guy who may or may not have raped four women and looks a lot like the dude in the picture to the right, the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office would like to know about that.Detectives from PBSO are looking for the “very violent sexual offender” they…
tWe’ve heard of bringing a knife to a gunfight, but the cops say a Riviera Beach man brought a knife to a remote-control fight — which landed him in jail.Riviera Beach police say Karim Palmer, 36, put a knife to the throat of one of his relatives — a 60-year-old…
Let the horserace begin — in a poll commissioned by Sunshine State News, pollsters say Florida voters would vote for Republican Mitt Romney over Democratic President Barack Obama in a hypothetical matchup between the two for president.In a survey of 1,000 likely Florida voters, the poll company Voter Survey Service…
Casey Anthony is getting tons of angry Facebook messages and phone calls after the famous acquittal on charges of killing 2-year-old Caylee Anthony.The problem there is that people are harassing a different Casey Anthony — a 43-year-old black dude who lives in Darby, Pennsylvania.According to NBC Philadelphia, Pennsylvania’s Casey Anthony…
Here’s a tip: If you’re digging up dirt on a politician, try to find something a little filthier than Sen. Marco Rubio’s brother-in-law being convicted of drug-trafficking charges when the senator was a 16-year-old kid.This news, coming from Univision, ranks among Mike Huckabee’s kid killing a dog at Boy Scout…
Patrick Murphy — Rep. Allen West’s young opponent in the 2012 election — had a lot to be excited about last week when he announced he’d raised $450,000 last quarter in his bid to unseat West.Yesterday, though, West released his quarterly fundraising report, disclosing he raised a bit more than…
Sometimes you have to wonder what’s going on in the Keys.This weekend, there was a 500-person underwater music festival in the National Marine Sanctuary six miles south of Big Pine Key, which looked like a Little Mermaid revival concert with scuba equipment.Aside from actually playing songs from The Little Mermaid,…
Craig Miller, the former Ruth’s Chris Steak House CEO, announced he’s running for the U.S. Senate seat currently occupied by Sen. Bill Nelson.Miller, running as a Republican, has decided to enter quite a busy field of candidates wishing to overtake Nelson, including Adam Hasner, George LeMieux, and Florida Senate President…
State Rep. Pat Rooney is aware that everyone else on Earth not related to the Phelps family of the Westboro Baptist “Church” thinks they’re a gang of lunatics.Aside from the previous reasons for his military funeral buffer-zone bill, Rooney has added another to the list: People could get violent against…
Aren’t you tired of not getting off while holding your beer in a regular foam beer koozie?Problem solved: A pair of brothers have created the Camo Coozie, which combines the traditional beer koozie with a miniature vibrator.Ryan Sputh, who created the Camo Coozie alongside his brother Carl, says it all…
Friday rush-hour traffic going through Miami typically isn’t much of a surprise, except for this past Friday, when the stand-still traffic was caused by a hearse with green neon lights and a backseat full of fake guns and a fake anti-tank rocket.That scene, allegedly perpetrated by 28-year-old Hollywood resident Lee…
