Original post, 2:37 a.m.:Legislation was considered late Thursday night to specifically ban the indefinite detention of persons detained on American soil on suspicion of terrorism.It was an amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013, and would settle the most controversial facet of the last NDAA bill,…
Yo. Picture-takers. My bosses want to give you a gig:Calling all photo students! New Times Broward-Palm Beach is recruiting photography students for its Summer 2012 and Fall 2012 Photo Intern Program.By “student,” we do not mean “a student of life.” There’s no cash offered with this gig, only credits. Don’t…
It’s terrible quality, but I don’t get to play with fancy video-grabbing software. I’m working on a higher-quality version, but until then, this will have to do. See my story posted late Thursday night for an explanation of what’s going on, but, in summary, this is Allen West speaking out…
Earlier this week, we told you about how reports in Florida of suspected mortgage fraud are up more than 1,800 percent since 2002, according to data from the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network, an agency in the Treasury Department.Miami-Dade, Broward, and Palm Beach counties are all in the top 13 counties…
A U.S. media company announced today that it would be selling 63 newspapers to Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway holding company for $142 million, according to the Associated Press. Berkshire Hathaway will also be loaning the company, Media General, $400 million to pay off other debts.Buffett’s company will now own Virginia’s…
Congressman Allen West wants us to focus.”It seems like just about every week the liberals and their media allies try to change the subject while putting the best spin, however unbelievable, on the state of our economy and our nation,” he wrote on Facebook yesterday evening.So when we found a…
Broward Sheriff’s Office Det. Anthony Costanzo turned himself in yesterday on charges of witness tampering, evidence tampering, disclosure of confidential information and felony use of a two-way communication device — all of which are felonies and one of which, witness tampering, which carries a potential life sentence.The Broward County State Attorney’s Office…
There’s been a lot of talk this week about Florida students’ low scores on the FCAT Writing standardized tests. The grading system was changed to incorporate spelling and punctuation, and 73 percent of Florida fourth graders failed.While the legislators and education people will be the ones to figure out the…
On Monday, George Zimmerman’s lawyers posted on Facebook that they’d received documents and digital records that included “witness statements, 911 calls, nonemergency calls, photos, video, medical records, and more.” Mysteriously, that was the same day ABC News got hold of a medical report that says Zimmerman suffered a broken nose,…
Kevin Hickey, a former pitcher and assistant with the Chicago White Sox, died earlier today at the age of 56. The Chicago Tribune has a short story about Hickey, whom White Sox GM Roland Hemond called “a South Side kid made good.”Hickey, after playing softball and semipro baseball, was discovered at…
The state’s release of preliminary results of FCAT testing has put Florida education reporters in a tizzy the past few days, and there have been impressive stories written all over the place about the debacle. In case you don’t want to wade through a million inches of copy to understand…
A hearing in Palm Beach Circuit Court this morning hammered out the final details of John Goodman’s release on bond while he appeals his conviction (and 16-year sentence) in the 2010 death of 23-year-old Scott Wilson. It looks like what was agreed to late Friday, but the document wasn’t finalized…
We told you yesterday about James Benjamin, the 39-year-old accused of killing Jessica Delgado, his ex-girlfriend and mother of two children with him. The way he reportedly told it to police, the two of them got in a fight early May 8 because she was dating someone else and didn’t…
While it’s not clear if a Republican can beat Democratic Sen. Bill Nelson in November, the fight for the Republican nomination has no shortage of interesting rhetorical maneuverings.The most recent spat between George LeMieux and Rep. Connie Mack started over a web ad the LeMieux campaign released that suggested Mack…
Gov. Rick Scott’s Solantic Walk-In Urgent Care is no longer Rick Scott’s… or Solantic Walk-In Urgent Care.Scott founded the chain of health care clinics in 2001, and sold it in 2011 amid cries of conflicting interests. The company announced yesterday that it will be changing its name to CareSpot Express Healthcare…
Reports of suspicious mortgage loan activity increased nationwide for the 10th year in a row in 2011, according to federal data released earlier this month. Florida accounted for more of those reports than any state but California and was the source of one in every 10 cases of suspected mortgage…
If James Benjamin has a lawyer, he should be fired.According to police, the 39-year-old Lake Worth man admitted to the murder and rape of 36-year old Jessica Delgado, a mother of five children, including two she had with Benjamin. Police say Delgado’s body was discovered by relatives the morning of…
Say what you will about Congressman Allen West, but the guy can come up with really interesting ways of shooting down ideas.When liberal news website ThinkProgress found him outside of what looks like the Cannon House Office Building last week, a reporter asked him what West’s opinions were on “a…
MAOS blogger and professional filer-of-complaints Chaz Stevens says he submitted a formal complaint to the Federal Elections Commission yesterday in connection with our coverage of Congressman Connie Mack’s illegal campaign mailer incident…
The new ordinance banning “aggressive panhandling” citywide and regular panhandling in specific places has been finalized and is set to take effect on Wednesday, at which time you will no longer be able to ask for money in bus stations, buses, city-owned garages, parking lots and parks, or within 15…
It might be fun for people to talk about Florida Sen. Marco Rubio getting picked to be Mitt Romney’s running mate, but one group that isn’t talking about it is… Mitt Romney’s campaign, according to an article from Politico.The article compares the Romney campaign to that of John McCain in 2008…
Update, 5/21: We’ve got the Google searches made from Okrzesik’s phone the night of the murder. They’re not nice at all. Update 2: Also their Facebook messages.Original post, 5/14:Police say 19-year-old Juliana Mensch was strangled to death March 23. A week later, 32-year-old James Ayers was arrested and charged with the murder…
