Prancercise Lady Releases an “X Rated” Fitness Video

In her first video since the original Prancercise video went bonkers — netting 7.6 million views, sending the Prancercise Lady to the Today Show and bringing in a New Times feature story — Joanna Rohrback released her second installment yesterday. And because this is South Florida, it’s “X Rated.” Sort…

Florida House Cat Fumigated To Death

When a Florida house cat named BearBear went missing sometime last week, owner Linda Craig at first didn’t worry. BearBear often romped about the neighborhood in Gulfport outside Tampa. But as Tuesday melted into Wednesday and BearBear didn’t return for breakfast all week, Craig began to think something was wrong…

The Prancercise Lady Copes With the Dark Side of Internet Fame

Though the conditions were far from ideal, Joanna Rohrback just had to Prancercise®. Sure, it was too humid outside. Yes, the location — a casino parking lot in Pompano Beach — was anything but bucolic. And of course, there wasn’t any music. But Rohrback had an easy fix. She popped…

Zimmerman Juror Delivered Whole Lotta Dumb Last Night

Here are the most sweeping and absurdly naive conclusions that an anonymous member of the Zimmerman jury delivered last night to Anderson Cooper: 1) Race had nothing to do with Zimmerman stopping, then killing Trayvon Martin. 2) Zimmerman is merely guilty of using bad judgment. 3) Zimmerman was right to…

The 11 Worst Drivers on I-95

Late last week, the gang over at Gawker channeled a vitriol that’s distinct to New York: subway hate. Well, here in South Florida, we may not have any subways, but we sure as hell have a lot of hate. And most of it is home to I-95 — where everything…

Shane Todd’s Death Was Suicide, Not Murder, Singapore Court Rules

A former Boca Raton high school athlete and science standout killed himself by hanging last year — and was not murdered, a Singapore coroner ruled yesterday. The ruling sided against Todd’s parents, who say their son, an engineer working in Singapore, had been killed after working on highly secretive materials…

Will Maria Sachs, Local State Senator, Face Five Years in Prison?

Several weeks, Channel 10’s Bob Norman dropped a report showing that Broward County State Sen. Maria Sachs’ may not actually be living in a Fort Lauderdale residence — which lies within her district — but in a $1.5 million residence in Boca Raton, which would violate the state Constitution. The…

Taylor Chapman, Dunkin’ Donuts Hater, Says She’s A Stripper

In one of the strangest and most free-wheeling interviews in the last month, Taylor Chapman, who obtained internet notoriety two weeks ago after delivering a racist and profane tirade at Dunkin’ Donuts, admitted several things to New Times this afternoon in her first public interview. One, she says she’s stripped…

Taylor Chapman: Dunkin’ Donuts Ranter Has Mental Issues

On a bright and humid Saturday morning, a tanned woman approaches a Dunkin’ Donuts counter, brandishes an iPhone, and informs the employees they’re under “video surveillance.” They’d forgotten her receipt the night before, she proclaims, so now she’s returned for a free meal. And revenge. In a hoarse voice, she…

Taylor Chapman, Dunkin’ Donuts Hater, Has Struggled With Mental Illness

On a bright and humid Saturday morning, a tanned woman approaches a Dunkin’ Donuts counter, brandishes an iPhone, and informs the employees they’re under “video surveillance.” They’d forgotten her receipt the night before, she proclaims, so now she’s returned for a free meal. And revenge. “You’re a complete cunt sand-nigger…