Watch Jacob Velazquez, 5-Year-Old Piano-Playing Prodigy

“Jacob,” the woman asks the giggling brown-haired boy sitting at a grand piano that’s big enough, by the looks of it, to eat him whole. “What song are you practicing?” “Sonita,” Jacob Valezquez tells his mother, Tina, who begins to chuckle with him. But no one laughs after Jacob begins…

Rick Scott to Broward Voters: I Want to Buy Your Vote

Gov. Rick Scott swung through Fort Lauderdale yesterday as part of a campaign-style “tax cut tour” to galvanize support for a quixotic $500 million tax cut he wants to jam through the state Legislature this coming term. Calling it his “primary goal” for next year, Scott again reiterated the apparent…

D’Anthony Davis, Owner Of Emaciated Doberman, Arrested, Witnesses Say

D’Anthony Davis, the owner of a doberman named Duchess, which neighbors allege he starved and kept chained outside during the hottest weeks of the summer, was arrested this afternoon, three separate witnesses told New Times. Amy Roman, who has championed the dog’s cause through her group 101+ Abandoned Dogs, says…

Boca Raton Lingerie Model Accused Of Six Counts Of Arson

A Boca Raton “gothic” and lingerie model set fire to five cars across the suburbs, authorities say. The Palm Beach Sheriff’s Office told the Palm Beach Post that Rose Cohen, 18, and pal Christoper MacDonald lit across a neighborhood near Powerline Road and U.S. 441, where they also allegedly razed…

President Obama Supports Broward Pit Bulls

In the wake of a still-simmering controversy, which pushed the legality of pit bulls in Broward County into question, President Barack Obama announced earlier this week that he doesn’t consider any legislation that bans a specific dog breed to be sound governance. And, for a moment at least, pit bulls…