Belinda Slaughter’s doctor set her chances at around 1 percent. The 46-year-old Orlando woman still harvested her eggs and fertilized them with her husband’s sperm. Miraculously, one of the embryos is now a baby boy. Jackson Slaughter was born last September. But an article just published in a journal for…
Every Memorial Day, thousands of people flock to South Beach for a celebration of hip-hop culture. But just before the weekend-long festival kicked off, rap kicked the bucket. Remember when you had to rap to be a rapper? Those days are officially over, even if none of the Urban Beach…
Memorial Day is here, and there are currently thousands of South Floridians making their way to the beach. It’s a Sunshine State tradition as old as meth and guns. But just because you don’t have to wear a shirt doesn’t mean you can treat the beach like your own personal…
Here are some things you should never attempt: Kick a hornet’s nestTaunt a rabid dogMoon a cop while driving 98 mphPunch a sharkLather yourself in honey and then scream at a bearFlick a rattlesnake in the faceCall a very large man a bad nameSay dumb things about LeBron James when…
South Florida’s most famous — and infamous — photographer of nudes, Bunny Yeager, is dead at 85. Yeager was born in Pennsylvania and found fame in 1955, when she lived with — and photographed — pinup model Bettie Page on the Miami River. Her picture of Page — nude next…
A sexual harassment lawsuit filed in Florida against former Texas A&M star and current Cleveland Browns rookie QB Johnny Manziel has turned out to be a hoax, but is nonetheless hilarious. The restraining order was filled by a person using the name Samantha Schacher, who is an HLN contributor and…
So, there’s a Star Trek themed mansion in Boca Raton that just hit the market. The 27,000 square foot home boasts eight bedrooms, a 1,500-bottle wine cellar, a gym, and a gorgeous pool and patio. But what sets this thing apart are the multiple sci-fi Star Trekie rooms, Enterprise bridge…
We all have at least one Facebook friend who is all about CrossFit. They post sweaty pictures of themselves lifting heavy shit and hitting tires with a giant hammer and making strained faces that, if they’re not popping veins in their foreheads, they are — at the very least –…
In the aftermath of his February firing by Florida Atlantic University, Stephen McCulloch, who founded and for 16 years led the school’s marine mammal rescue program, claims the program has fallen apart. Last week, his complaints were picked up and amplified by the Vero News. See also: – Stephen McCulloch,…
Listen, as you prepare for tomorrow’s game three of the Eastern Conference championship, remember: Dwyane Wade is your boy. But even your boy is indefensible at times. Tuesday night, Wade wore flood pants, and yes, this was another one of those times his fashion choices left you just shaking your…
The Broward Sheriff’s Office DUI Task Force will be out task-forcing Memorial Day weekend, Saturday and Sunday, along with the Fort Lauderdale Police Department and the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission. BSO will have a Breath Alcohol Testing unit located along U.S. 1 and SE 17th Street Causeway in…
Memorial Day weekend is almost upon us, and the Fort Lauderdale Police Department has announced road closures, in preparation for the Great American Beach Party. They’re also warning folks that they’ll be out in force this weekend, making sure people don’t act a fool. Police will be erecting barricades throughout…
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration says that this hurricane season will be normal-to-below normal this year. Their forecast, which was released Thursday, seems to agree with the prediction from two Colorado State University forecasters who said in April that only three hurricanes will likely form this year. See also:…
Edward Cocaine said he was very happy, and on a natural high, after prosecutors dropped the Fort Lauderdale man’s drug charges. But with a name like Cocaine, and living in South Florida, some kind of arrest was imminent. Cocaine was arrested last month after cops pulled him over and found…
Commie pinko libs that we are (except for El Jefe, our editor in chief — he’s a company man), we feel duty-bound to tell one and all there’s a big nationwide protest against Monsanto on Saturday, with marches slated for West Palm Beach and Miami. We feel that duty if…
John Thrasher, a Florida Senator and now the lone candidate for president of Florida State University, doesn’t deserve the job. Thrasher, a Republican lawyer, was reprimanded on the House floor back ithe 1990s after appearing as a lobbyist for his longtime employers, the Florida Medical Association. A year after leaving…
South Florida’s best-known media brand is packing up for shinier digs elsewhere. Nope, not talking about the Miami Herald or the august New Times Broward Palm-Beach. The National Enqurier, the supermarket checkout rag that basically created the tabloid game 30 years ago, is leaving its longtime Boca Raton headquarters for…
At least he won’t have to deal with any other mosquitos for a while. That’s the silver lining for one Florida man who has Palm Beach County officials scrambling to remove any and all bugs from his home. The reason he has professional fly swatters at his beck and call…
On Wednesday, the good folks over at Buzzfeed put together yet another one of their massive listicles that get read by billions of people all over the Interwebs. This one, titled 18 Reasons You Should Cheer for the Pacers Over the Heat, was a doozy. We assume this is some…
A local mother is fighting an order from the court that her 3-year-old son be circumcised. Heather Hironimus of Boynton Beach and Dennis Nebus of Boca Raton had a child together in 2010 and entered into a parenting agreement more than a year later. The agreement clearly stated the father…
Gildas Dousset, a student at Florida Atlantic University, has filed suit asking an appellate court to recognize his same-sex marriage after he says he was denied in-state tuition. The appeal, filed with the Fourth District Court of Appeals, argues that state law barring recognition of valid out-of-state marriages from other…
When the ribbon was snipped on the brand-spanking-new Dania Casino and Jai Alai in February, one of the biggest grins beaming during the ceremony belonged to Cristóbal López. The Argentine businessman had already cobbled together an impressive international portfolio of 29 big-money businesses, from waste management companies to oil refineries…
