Between 1999 and 2001, about eight giant Gambian pouched rats were let loose by a local exotic breeder. More than a decade later, despite multiple attempts to eradicate what Zoo Miami Communications Director Ron Magill calls “the largest true rat in the world,” the mutant critters just won’t go away…
Broward County circuit judge, and misdemeanor drug court judge, Gisele Pollack, who was arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence in early May, is asking to be paid during her suspension. Pollack, 56, has admitted last year she’d shown up to work drunk before. According to Red Broward, when…
Biking in South Florida is dangerous. Given what we see in the news cycle on an almost daily basis down here, that can be said flatly. Hell, last year cyclists riding down the Rickenbacker Causeway were shot in the leg and back by teenagers armed with BB-Guns. So, after a…
Yesterday, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Commission (FWC) released two apps related to lionfish — one to alert authorities when you’ve caught one of the suckers and another to alert you about how terrible these things are. Why? Because lionfish are bad. Obvs. The nonnative predators “negatively impact” Florida’s wildlife…
Last week, it sorta kinda maybe really looked like troubled bar 101 Cantina in Boca Raton had shut down. Days later, the signage for 101 Cantina was removed, and now a sign on the door confirms the college bar’s demise. A new eatery called the Filling Station is scheduled to…
101 Cantina in Boca Raton has made consistent headlines since it was revealed there have been 98 arrests at the joint since it opened last June. Of those arrests, 78 were for underaged drinking — and many included great debauchery: peeing on curbs, punching police in the back, and taking…
Although there was just one call for help made in September 2010 for e-cigarette poisoning, there were more than 200 such calls made to poison help hotlines in February of this year, according to a report released last week by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). There’s been…
And you can meet Dave Barry, you guys. On Tuesday, April 8, the Broward Bulldog — a nonprofit dedicated to hard-hitting investigative pieces — is hosting a night with best-selling author and Miami Herald columnist Dave Barry at Nova Southeastern University’s Museum of Art in Fort Lauderdale. The 6:30 p.m…
In the first three months of 2013, SeaWorld reported a total attendance of 3.5 million people. Fast-forward to the first three months of this year and the numbers are a bit different. Yesterday the company reported 3.05 million people came through in the first three months of 2014, a 13…
It’s a random weekday during a random month and so — wheeee! — Allen West is back in the news. This time, though, it’s not for calling FAU students “animals” and promising to “face” them if they step to his lady, and it’s not for writing A TOTES AWESOME book…
When 101 Cantina — the same popular bar made famous first in Gainesville — opened in June 2013, FAU students were happy to patronize the place. On March 17, the Sun Sentinel reported that since its inception, 98 arrests have been made on 101 Cantina’s premises and that the vast…
