Pat Riley once said, “There’s winning, and there’s misery.” After back-to-back years of winning, parades, pots and pans, parties, T-shirts, and jubilation, Miami Heat fans are on the miserable side of things this morning. And while this NBA Finals loss stings, it’s not as bad as the hurt we all…
Back in March and into May, Fort Lauderdale was considering a new ordinance granting powers to police officers to take the property of homeless folks after a 24-hour notice as well as ban groups from sharing food with the homeless. The ordinance even had tricky language that would have allowed…
From voting on a former governor who jumped parties or a governor with a low approval rating to legalizing medical marijuana, Florida has some interesting things to vote for come election time. But one election of real significance could be that of attorney general. Pam Bondi has already filed for…
How grand was Charlie Crist’s arrival at yesterday’s Democratic Party rally in Boynton Beach? See also: – Is Charlie Crist Florida’s Next Governor? The silver-haired politico entered handshaking, working his way through the crowd as it rose to its feet; then he spotted, across the hall, the Rev. Edrena Houston…
What else is there to say about Lil Terrio? Back in April, the 7-year-old Vine star filmed his debut music video outside of Grand Central Station in Miami. Since “Ooh Kill ‘Em” dropped, the kid’s social cachet has escalated dramatically. His upcoming album reportedly features Young Jeezy, Soulja Boy, and…
In an ominous public statement this week, regulators at the Florida Department of Environmental Protection told Collier County officials to back off a legal challenge to a controversial oil-drilling operation in the Big Cypress Swamp watershed. In effect, the DEP told the Collier Commission “Trust us; we got this.” See…
Stephen Brennan, a Brit, teacher, and soccer fanatic, will tell the World Cup’s craziest moments over the next few days. This is the second installment. Read the first one here. On the eve of the 1958 World Cup finals in Sweden, the Brazilian team’s psychologist, Dr. Joao Carvalhaes advised the…
In 2008, the ban of same-sex marriage was voted into the Florida constitution, the end of a process that was kick-started two years prior, when then-Gov. Charlie Crist signed a petition to get that prohibition approved. Six years later, the LGBT advocacy group Equality Florida is taking the state to…
For the second game in a row, the San Antonio Spurs absolutely blew up on the Miami Heat, won the game 107-86, and are now a win away from having all of America hold the world’s largest circle-jerk party to celebrate their unified irrational and stupid hatred for a professional…
Ahh, Palm Beach County. Sunshine shining on a cloudless day as palm trees sway lazily in the waft of putrid refuge in the breeze. Or, at least, that’ll be the picture of the town on some days after the county commissioners voted to allow the importing of garbage from outside…
Filomena Tobias, the Palm Beach socialite who became Internet Famous after she was caught shooting an angry bird at the Bulls’ Joakim Noah during last year’s NBA playoffs, has sold her home and changed her name. She’s the Keyser Söze of middle-finger ladies! According to a report, records show that…
Sure, the Miami Heat are currently in the middle of trying to defeat the 15-headed hydra known as the San Antonio Spurs in the Finals, but it’s never too early for so-crazy-it-might-be-true rumors. Also, it’s fun to keep making American super mad at us. Turns out, two separate reports have…
When you’re entering middle age and working at a strip club, you have to know that your window for gainful employment is quickly closing. It must be incredibly stressful to watch your money-making looks just slip through your fingers like so many particles of sand. But just because you’re pushing…
On Sunday afternoon, Palm Beach Gardens police received a tip that sent them to a wooded area just north of PGA Boulevard. There they reportedly found the dead body of a young woman. Yesterday, law enforcement announced it was 35-year-old Margeaux Greenwald, who was originally from New Jersey but had…
Illustration by Kevin CannonClick the image for larger version of the map.Florida has a reputation as America’s weirdest state, but there’s hardly any national appreciation for the fact that Florida has several culturally distinct regions of weirdness to choose from. In fact, sometimes it seems weird that Florida is considered…
Stephen Brennan, a Brit, teacher, and soccer fanatic, will tell the World Cup’s craziest moments over the next few days. This is the first installment. Almost a century ago, during the first Christmas of the bloodbath that was World War I, war weary German and British soldiers climbed hesitantly out…
After receiving so many high marks on different rankings, this bit of news is kind of a bummer: Apparently, Fort Lauderdale is not an ideal place to raise a family. This, according to WalletHub, a personal finance social network that ranked more than a hundred cities across the U.S. in…
Update: Parks told New Times via email that he had officially made the Wounded Warrior Games in swimming, track and field, and seated volleyball. The games take place Sept. 30 – Oct. 4 in Colorado, but Parks will remain in Jacksonville to train until then, he says. Original post: On…
Hazel Sobti dashes to center stage carrying a microphone pole, barely skirting a collision with another contestant. Two beautiful women follow her. As a guitarist in a Hawaiian shirt hams up “Rollin’ on the River” for an audience bathed in blue light, the luminous beauty from India shimmies in a…
The memories are etched in Melecia del Carmen Casco’s face. They show in the deep, thin lines that run across her caramel-colored forehead and in the prominent half-star patterns that surround her small brown eyes. Casco wears a turquoise cotton shirt with matching earrings. Her silver hair is pulled into…
Tuesday marked the first Wilton Manors commission meeting since news broke of Commissioner Ted Galatis using the n-word on a black driver he was involved in a road rage incident with on June 1. About six speakers at Tuesday’s commission meeting stepped up and called for Galatis’ resignation, or at…
Drug Free Florida, the group that is putting on the full-court press to get Floridians to vote against medical marijuana, has been active in getting its message out, particularly with videos and with big-time donors coming from the woodwork to finance the cause. But as much as the group wants…
