Yesterday afternoon, the news went live; now it’s just a matter of waiting for the fallout. The sports gossip website Deadspin.com broke the story, like it has so many major sports stories over the past 12 months: Deadspin brought us news of Brett Favre’s penis and photos of Brett Favre’s…
Many of the same people who protested cargo shipping company Amerijet until that company announced it would no longer ship monkeys are hoping the Hollywood dog seller Puppy Palace will stop selling commercially bred dogs. And though they’ve shown up regularly at Puppy Palace for more than a year, last…
South Florida, with its delightful blend of warm weather and economic woe, has sprouted a new class of underpaid, overworked laborer. Drive up and down Federal Highway or in any direction off the interstate and you’ll see them: Sign holders. They’re also called sign waivers, sign walkers, or, in more…
Fort Lauderdale police announced today that William Bozman, Jr., a man with a warrant out for his arrest in connection with a robbery-homicide in Baltimore, was arrested near the corner of I-95 and Broward Blvd Fort Lauderdale.Bozman was wanted in connection to an attempted home-invasion robbery at his father’s Baltimore…
Jorge Barahona’s truck was discovered at about 5:30 a.m. Monday morning. It was more than 14 hours before police discovered the corpse of a young girl, wrapped in plastic in the back of the truck. As we’re learning now, that wasn’t the first time authorities missed something in this case,…
As dozens of media outlets descend upon Jupiter this week, looking for any news from the on-going contract negotiations between the St. Louis Cardinals and their mega-awesome, all-time great, super-incredi-star, first baseman Albert Pujols, fans and concerned parties should look a few miles South for a cautionary tale about how…
Amerijet, the Fort Lauderdale-based cargo shipping company, will cease transporting primates, according to a letter printed on Amerijet letterhead, addressed to the president of the Animal Rights Foundation of Florida. For months, local animal rights activists have targeted the company, writing letters, calling the company, and protesting both the Fort…
A strain of marijuana named for the eye-straining, diminutive ass-kicker, the modern folk legend known as Chuck Norris, has reached the streets of South Florida, according to a source involved with local law enforcement. The designer pot, which originally popped up in California pot dispensaries last month, is apparently available…
James Randi, the grandfather of modern skepticism and founder of the Fort Lauderdale-based James Randi Educational Foundation, has for decades offered a $1 million prize to anyone who can successfully demonstrate any paranormal ability in a laboratory setting. Now he’s extending the offer to manufacturers of homeopathic medications while at…
As the law stands right now in Florida, if you’re caught with a bottle of pain pills, you’ll face the same sentence as someone charged with lewd and lascivious conduct with a child. That’s 25 years in prison, with no parole, the mandatory minimum sentence.But since Gov. Rick Scott announced…
Nope, nothing political this time. More like a popularity contest, starring a beautiful young South Florida couple.Gina Marchando needs your help with her dream wedding. It’s not so much a group affair — the $50k shindig would be an elaborate, upscale ceremony in Key West and not open to the…
While millions of Americans get ready to watch the biggest sporting event of the year, today’s match up between the Green Bay Packers and the Pittsburgh Steelers, more than a hundred South Floridians will be rallying outside the Federal building in Fort Lauderdale, showing their support for the revolutionaries in…
About 30 animal-rights activists gathered on the sidewalk outside the Plantation home of an Amerijet executive last night to protest the company’s policy of transporting monkeys for animal research and the fact that they do business with Primate Products, a controversial South Florida research facility…
Mark Phillips, the 62-year-old man arrested last week in West Palm Beach on a drug smuggling charge from 31 years ago, was a “bit player” in the large-scale pot moving operation, according to one of the leaders of the smuggling organization.Authorities allege that Phillips, who ran a Fort Lauderdale yacht…
For his ability to play through unbelievable amounts of pain, tight end Dan Johnson, who played seven years with the Dolphins in the ’80s, was nicknamed “The King of Pain.” He dealt with broken bones, knee injuries, and multiple back issues. Turns out, he was actually dealing with a serious…
The Miami Heatles have certainly had an exciting first half of the season: “The Decision” drama, the rough start, the stretch of total domination (winning 21 of 22), the lessons in karma, the onslaught of injuries, and now another losing stint. (Last night’s loss to the Knicks makes five losses…
Sharon Athanasiou really likes pit bulls. And she really hates Michael Vick. Last year, when it was announced that Vick would host a party at a nightclub in South Florida, Athanasiou and her friends mobilized dozens of animal-rights activists to write letters and march in protest. (Vick ended up not…
Thousands of bicycles are stolen every year, but for some reason, people care more when it happens to someone like Mickey Clean. That’s because, over the last ten years, Mickey has become something of a local celebrity. He’s the guy who does those crayon caricatures in the bars along Fort…
Last week, we told you about the Florida Society of Pain Management Providers, the largest pain-clinic-supported lobbying organization in the state, harshly criticizing the Palm Beach Post over the paper’s coverage of pain clinic legislation. Paul Sloan, president of the Pain Society, called Post writer Michael LaForgia’s work “simply reprehensible.”In…
A friend of the Juice was in New York this weekend, watching the NFL playoff games in Times Square (surely surrounded by a sea of obnoxious Jets fans), when he snapped this shot. It’s a special bit of torture — a mobile beach scene driving through Manhatten on a day…
The Florida Society of Pain Management Providers, the largest pain-clinic-supported lobbying organization in the state, has harshly criticized two recent articles in the Palm Beach Post, claiming the paper printed erroneous statistics about pain clinics in Palm Beach County, even after being notified in writing.Most of the organization’s problems are…
After dominating the NBA for all of December, the Miami Heat has fallen back to Earth. Since LeBron James’ now-ironic “Karma” tweet — and subsequent injury — the team has lost four straight games — and 13 for the year. (That means 70 wins is now out of the question.)…
