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In May, Emily Bloch, a student at Florida Atlantic University, wrote an article for the school’s newspaper, the University Press (UP), about an alleged campus gang rape. About one week after her article was published, a similar piece surfaced on the Boca Raton Tribune’s website. The byline said it was written…

Donald Burns, the Telecom millionaire and political activist who admitted to be extorted by a gay porn actor, has reportedly put his Palm Beach mansion on the market. Just last week, gay porn actor Jarec Wentworth was found guilty for trying to extort money and a car from Burns by…

Cab drivers and limo companies are expressing serious concern over Palm Beach County easing off on certain restrictions and allowing Uber and other ride-sharing companies to conduct their own background checks. Earlier this week, the county commission laid out a new proposal that will allow Uber to continue to conduct…

Fifty years of bloody conflict in Colombia — thousands of deaths from firefights, sniper attacks, bombings, assassinations, and mass executions — and it all comes down to this: a group of government negotiators and rebel leaders sitting around a big table, talking about land reform and crop subsidies and what…

Fort Lauderale is among the worst satisfying places to live in terms of rental satisfaction accruing to a recently released Apartment List Renter Confidence Survey. In fact, Fort Lauderdale residents give the city a D grade for overall renters for city satisfaction. That’s not great.  Out of 100 cities, Fort Lauderdale…

While Uber has suspended operations in Broward County, the ride-sharing company will continue to operate in Palm Beach County after a new temporary proposal that says Uber and Lyft will be able to conduct their own background checks. Background checks — and who exactly conducts them — has been a…

If any of Jah out there in internet-land are chilled-out rasta fans or just appreciate a good groove, you’ve probably got some Burning Spear in your iTunes. The Jamaican-born roots musician has been a mainstay on the scene since the 1970s, racking up Grammys and hordes of  fanboys and girls over the years. …

In case you weren’t aware, we’re about to reach the planet Pluto for the first time in history Tuesday morning. And Florida Atlantic University is all geared up to host free public events on the whole shebang. Early Tuesday morning, a NASA spacecraft known as New Horizons will be beaming…

A throng of Confederate flag supporters showed up to the “American & Southern Flag Rally” in Loxahatchee on Saturday to show support for the flag, which has been at the center of debate in the U.S. for the last month. Supporters adorned their cars and pickups with the rebel flag…

Summer is the high season for getting the hell out of South Florida. Hurricanes, mosquito clouds, daily Mars-like temperatures — pick your reason for why no one wants to be here in the middle of the year. That seems to be true also for the Broward-based crews of scammers who…

While vacationing in a resort at Lauderdale-By-The-Sea on the Fourth of July, I learned that one of the turtle nests in front of our building was that of a leatherback.  Each of the world’s seven species of sea turtles are classified as either threatened or endangered, but the leatherbacks are “critically…

Over a year ago, we clued you in on a strange case of he-said-she-said involving a homeowner and a BSO deputy in North Lauderdale. This week, the charges were dropped involving the case — after nearly two years of wheel-spinning and hair-pulling.  In December 2013, Valarie Joaceus, a North Lauderdale mother…

Hollywood Police says they are looking to crack down on the group responsible for painting over street signs named for Confederate generals in the city. On Wednesday, New Times reported that a group calling itself #BlackOutWhiteSupremacy had claimed responsibility for painting over signs on Forrest Street and Lee Street as…