It’s the day that Bernard Madoff gets to pay for his $65 billion sin. If you had money to invest — and here I’m assuming you’re not one of his victims — then would you invest it on a bet that today the convicted swindler gets a prison sentence of…
Hey, look another house just got sold on Ponzi Island! Sorry, I mean Palm Beach. Easy mistake, since alleged Ponzi schemer Tom Petters is a neighbor of convicted $67 billion Ponzi schemer Bernard Madoff, among other Island residents linked to financial fraud.Just a part-time South Florida resident, Petters Group Worldwide…
That’s a screen grab from Fox News’ recent coverage of disgraced Gov. Mark Sanford. Notice the single letter next to Sanford’s name: “D” as in Democrat.In fact, Sanford is a Republican. Now, I understand that typos happen — this blog being the exception to the rule. But this is an…
Will the last Panther fan in South Florida please turn off the lights in the BankAtlantic? Late Friday, star defenseman Jay Bouwmeester was traded to the Calgary Flames for… well… nothing.As a hockey fan who wants to see the team thrive in South Florida, I tried to give management subtle…
Deerfield Beach Vice Mayor Sylvia Ferguson (previously Poitier) may have had a financial interest in a nonprofit corporation for which she voted to award public funds. Acts of Sedition blogger Chaz Stevens has posted financial documents of the Westside Deerfield Businessmen Association that show the nonprofit owes Lionel Ferguson $74,000,…
Yesterday, just before leaving to represent the U.S. in its only appearance in the FIFA Confederations Cup, in Johannesburg, South Africa, Boca Raton native Jozy Altidore tweeted: “Do you believe? I know I do!!!”On Wednesday, the 19-year-old striker scored the first of the two goals (video above) that toppled the…
Visit msnbc.com for Breaking News, World News, and News about the EconomyU.S. Senate candidate Marco Rubio scored two big endorsements this week, plus the criticism of from one of those Democrat-leaning MSNBC talking heads, which kinda counts as an endorsement. About 1:10 in the video above, Hardball host Chris Matthews…
Considering that in recent years he was rarely seen outdoors without a parasol, maybe Michael Jackson was afraid of getting sunburn? Whatever the case, this list of Michael Jackson concerts dating to the early Eighties doesn’t include a single one in South Florida only includes two South Florida stops dating…
An arrest in a cold case is supposed to be an occasion for celebrating the enduring cause of justice. There is no statute of limitations (da-DUM!!) for murder. That applies even after you’ve left the state where it happened to start a new life a thousand miles away. Still, on…
With Roger Federer looming, Andy Roddick may be the only one of the three tennis players from Boca Raton who has a chance to win Wimbledon — and a slight one at that. Mardy Fish has looked better than his 28 ranking. But the real Cinderella is 21-year-old Jesse Levine,…
A multijurisdictional murder case started, it appears, when Broward sheriff’s deputies responded to a Crimestoppers tip that a red Mazda truck left at the Greyhound bus stop in Fort Lauderdale was involved in a murder. The truck was registered to 76-year-old Tommy Lee Kellum of Lake City, Florida. A BSO…
Our condolences to the Forkey family of Boca Raton, which was planning to have a belated Father’s Day celebration this week. Kenneth Forkey was the passenger in a cab that crashed into an idling semitruck on the way to La Guardia International Airport. Forkey, 25, who lived in Manhattan and…
Neither side wants to admit it, but we South Floridians have something in common with philandering South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford: namely, a South Florida residence, however fleeting. A Fort Lauderdale native, Sanford prefers that voters in his current state regard him as a Carolina farm boy. Before he ever…
So now that you Juice readers know how Feline Friends was deprived of some $11,000 by an opportunistic former treasurer, maybe you’ve been softened up enough to think seriously about adopting a cat.In reporting the two-part story of Feline Friends (Friday’s is here; Monday’s here), I paid a visit to…
Tension nearly boiled over at this morning’s meeting of the North Broward Hospital District’s Board as commissioners broached the touchy topic of the district’s next general counsel. The seven-member panel appears divided over whether to speed that process or slow it down, given the flux at the position over the…
Matthew Mitcham, the reigning Olympic champion diver with the highest-scoring dive in the sport’s history, told an Australian newspaper today that he’s terrified of diving in Fort Lauderdale. “Petrified,” actually. My own theory is that it’s because Mitcham’s coach seems prone to vivid descriptions of the worst-case scenario. Here’s what…
Well, it had all the makings of a political hit. The special meeting. The late-arriving addendum to the agenda. Deerfield Beach City Manager Mike Mahaney had two commissioners who support him, two who did not. Then a swing vote in Vice Mayor Sylivia Ferguson (formerly Poitier), who some said was…
You’re right about one thing, Joyce Kaufman: The mainstream media are not likely to take the congressional candidacy of Dennis Lamb seriously. Here’s my best effort: Dennis Lamb? Seriously?This Hollywood man — who either has no political experience or simply forgot to mention it on his new website — is…
Mike Mahaney, the Deerfield Beach city manager who has been straddling a political fault line since the March 10 municipal election, is in danger of being fired at tonight’s special meeting of the Deerfield Beach City Commission, according to a source.There’s no mention of Mahaney on the agenda released in…
The Champaign, Illinois, Daily Illini newspaper has a report on the Fins’ first-round round pick:Former Illini football player Vontae Davis was arrested (Or was he? See update below.) on June 9 in Champaign for unnecessary vehicular noise and driving without a valid license.There you have it. In central Illinois, you…
A woman from a small town in northern Kentucky claims that the law firm of Wasserman Riley & Associates, with an office in Boca Raton, embellished her heart injuries in order to win a class-action suit against the makers of the diet drug fen-phen. Patricia Fulkerson, of Coxs Creek, Kentucky,…
