Lauderdale Lakes Shooting: Vishna Beepot Named as Alleged Shooter

This morning, the Broward Sheriff’s Office announced a shooting inside a Lauderdale Lakes bar — 12 people were hit by bullets, and two died.The cops now say the alleged shooter is 26-year-old Vishna Beepot, who died shortly after the gunbattle that occurred inside the bar.The unarmed man Beepot is said…

Six Months Later, Rick Scott’s Solantic Is Sold

After six months of conflict-of-interest questions about Gov. Rick Scott’s urgent-care chain Solantic, the deal has finally gone through.The investment firm that bought Solantic — which the Jacksonville Business Journal reports bought a controlling interest in April — finished its purchase of the company yesterday.At the time Scott took office,…

Miss Florida USA 86’s Animal Fur From Pageant

The winner of Miss Florida USA will no longer don a chic animal-carcass coat, according to a local animal-rights group.Don Anthony of the Animal Rights Foundation of Florida tells New Times that fur will no longer be included in the Miss Florida USA pageant, a change the group has been…

Richard Rubin Sentenced to Ten Months in Federal Prison

Richard Rubin — husband of former Broward County Commissioner Diana Wasserman-Rubin, who still faces seven felony charges of her own — was sentenced this morning to ten months in federal prison.Rubin, 66, pleaded guilty in April to federal tax evasion after failing to report $100,000 in fees he received from…

Hideous Giant Squid Found Off the Coast of Jensen Beach

Ever wonder what a 23-foot-long disgusting giant squid looks like?Absolutely repulsive is what it looks like.We got a hold of a photo from the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, taken somewhere between the discovery of the squid off the coast of Jensen Beach, its necropsy at a Palm Beach…

Buck Wild Gang: Most of Jury Admits to Sleeping During Trial

The day a trial ends and jury deliberations are set to begin isn’t a good time to let the judge know that almost the entire jury has been sleeping throughout the trial.That’s what the Palm Beach Post reports happened today, as jurors were about to receive deliberating instructions in the…

Rick Scott Admits He Was in Colorado for Koch Brothers Retreat

We finally have an answer as to where Gov. Rick Scott was this weekend, and it confirms our suspicion: at the billionaire Koch brothers’ secret conference outside Vail, Colorado.St. Petersburg Times reporter Alex Leary got the information out of him, a day after the governor’s spokesman wouldn’t confirm or deny…