Don’t call it the Titanic, but there’s a new history-making ship soon to make a posh premiere in Fort Lauderdale. On December 1, Royal Caribbean’s $1.2 billion, 5,400 passenger Oasis of the Seas will cruise out of Port Everglades. Nearly four football fields long, boasting 18 decks, with a crew…
Here’s a wrap-up of the juice readers ingested this week:A new mini-Madoff in town, as the Feds allege fraudster David McQueen ripped off investors, moving millions among multiple accounts, blowing the dough on himself and his wife. McQueen might be trading in his Sunshine State condo in Fort Lauderdale for…
In advance of world leaders’ December meeting in Copenhagen for a new climate treaty, Palm Beach County residents are heading to Atlantic Dunes Beach Park, where on Saturday October 24, they’ll participate in a demonstration that’s gone global.That day marks the International Day of Climate Action, in which activists in…
Since the 2002 death of the last great Godfather, John Gotti, the Italian underworld has been resting in peace — until its resurrection… now. A tell-all book, a Gotti Jr. trial, and Bonanno crime family members in a South Florida courtroom. Mafia madness is in the air, and I smell…
In this week’s New Times, something’s haunting Northwood, and it’s definitely not Casper the Friendly Ghost. More like the ghost of crackheads past. Gail Shepherd chronicles urban development activist, Carl Flick’s battle with Mayor Lois Frankel, as the two square off with conflicting views on how to clean up the…
The minute Michael Jackson took his last breath, albums started flying off the shelves, an army of “faithful” fans took to the streets professing their undying love for “The King of Pop,” and everyone from celebrities to musicians hailed him as their storybook hero. Where were they when Michael Jackson…
Tomorrow at 11 a.m., health care reform advocates will gather at the West Palm Beach location of Humana, the health care insurance company, demanding that it stop denying coverage to policyholders with preexisting conditions and life-threatening illnesses. It may lead to scenes like the one above, at Cigna’s offices in…
Are you ready for some football? Well, Chad Pennington isn’t. He was supposed to provide the Monday Night Football storyline. He was to avenge his being dumped by the Jets before the 2008 season. Instead, Pennington got injured, so now announcers are going to have to talk about another QB…
Marlins Manager Fredi Gonzalez’s job reportedly went on the chopping block after team owner Jeffrey Loria and upper management voiced their disappointment with the team’s failure to play October ball. Ultimately, Loria and company decided to give Gonzalez a stay of execution. “For me, with any job in any organization,…
One of the few new industries to rise from the smoldering ashes of our crumbling modern economy is Mixed Martial Arts. It seems that men in touch with their inner caveman make voracious consumers, snatching up everything from iPhone Apps to videogames and, increasingly, gym memberships. Not even Iceman’s switch…
