Wouldn’t it be nice if folks who wanted to form a Florida corporation to do good (it could happen) and turn a profit were able to incorporate without worrying about being sued for putting the good ahead of the profit? See also: Medical Marijuana: Who Will Profit? Only One “Marijuana”…
Jocks are dumb. This is pretty universally accepted. It might be unfair, but sometimes the evidence is overwhelming. Or maybe it’s just a Dolphins thing? Either way. With the 19th-overall pick, the Miami Dolphins selected yet another offensive tackle in Tennessee OT Ja’Wuan James. Not long after, center Mike Pouncey…
The Miami Heat took a 2-0 lead in its Eastern Conference semifinal matchup against Brooklyn on Thursday night, beating the Nets 94-82. While there are plenty of game and series recaps to peruse, we at the Pulp like to dig deeper and get into some specific stuff you may or…
Let’s do a little creative visualization: You are the first mother in the history of the human race. One day, something starts growing inside your uterus, kicking and leaching nutrients for nine months before choosing one of the smallest holes on your body to emerge from. After unimaginable pain, you…
It was only a matter of time, really. On Monday, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that government meetings are allowed to open with prayer — even though currently in this country, the vast majority of such prayers are geared toward Christianity. The case was prompted in Greece, New York, where…
In a 114-page report, the Broward Office of Inspector General lays down the hammer on the Broward County Animal Care and Adoption Division, accusing the shelter of recurring “misconduct and gross management.” Among the report’s findings: the shelter mishandled controlling a drug for euthanized animals that known on the streets…
The Broward Sheriff’s Office DUI Task Force will be out task-forcing on Friday and Saturday with a DUI checkpoint scheduled from 9 p.m. Friday to 4 a.m. Saturday. The DUI checkpoint will be set up at 380 S. Federal Highway in Deerfield Beach. Officers from the BSO as well as…
In case you haven’t noticed what with all the Miami Heat awesomeness lately, the NFL Draft is going down Thursday night. And, as is pretty much the case every year, your Miami Dolphins have the 19th overall selection because nothing rewards mediocrity more than mediocrity. The Fins have been going…
In the late innings of the legislative session, your elected government representatives were a busy hive of activity. One of the bills that passed is another National Rifle Association liberty defense that makes it illegal for kids to be punished for playing with imaginary firearms in school. YEAH, GUNS!…
When’s the last time you called your mother? No, seriously, pull out your phone right now and take a look. You realize we’re talking about the person who gave you life and ostensibly molded you into the person you are today, right? For shame, dear reader. For shame. Mother’s Day…
LeBron James is all up in you. He has his own app, he’s all over commercials, and he is currently chasing a third-straight NBA title. And now, he’s all set to take over Hollywood. LeBron is currently reportedly involved in not one but two productions, including a docudrama about his…
Sebastian Gonzales is a 28-year-old former defensive end at Florida International University who knows how to eat. And when it comes to fast food, his allegiances are crystal-clear. “I was obsessed with Chicken Kitchen and addicted to their food,” he says of the South Florida chain. “I was eating there…
It was a showdown for the ages: a drag queen facing off against a Ku Klux Klansman. And the battle weapon? A flaming tiki torch. No, this wasn’t the product of a febrile imagination but what Halloween revelers in 2012 watched unfold at the outdoor costume party at Georgie’s Alibi…
Lacy Waters lay on a hospital gurney, her head a hornet’s nest of pain and confusion. Between the brain parasites and the drugs designed to kill them, she could hardly think — let alone answer questions. Yet that was exactly what the strangers at her bedside now demanded. As the…
Last week, it was a Broward judge. This week, it’s a Broward prosecutor. Molena Mompoint, a Broward State Attorney’s Office prosecutor from Fort Lauderdale, was arrested Monday evening on a possession-of-methamphetamine charge. It’s the second time within a week someone who is tasked with practicing and enforcing the law was…
Weston native and FSU student Ryan Uhre, whose body was discovered on the rooftop of a building in Tallahassee in February after he had vanished for nearly two weeks, had cocaine, alcohol, and marijuana in his system. This according to the toxicology report and documents released by the Tallahassee Police…
Sun Sentinel, a Pulitzer Prize-winning daily newspaper, wants to give you wood. If you happened to open up the paper this morning — maybe browsing the news with a cup of coffee at the kitchen table while your precious, innocent kids eat Cheerios — you might have noticed a banner…
On Tuesday, we brought you the tale of Giovanni Rubeo, a fifth-grade Park Lakes Elementary student who was told by a teacher that he was prohibited from reading his Bible in school. Whatever anyone’s thoughts and feelings on religion on school grounds might be, this was clearly a violation of…
Rick Scott officially kicked off his tour of Florida car dealerships reelection campaign yesterday at a Volkswagen dealership in Jacksonville. He and some Republican supporters chanted his campaign slogan, “Let’s keep working!” Today at noon, when Scott comes to an AutoNation dealership in Greenacres, a grassroots group called Florida for…
Echoing sentiments he made a couple of months ago, Florida gubernatorial hopeful Charlie Crist says race was a big reason he chose to bolt the Republican Party. Crist sat down with Fusion TV on Tuesday and said the GOP’s hostile treatment of President Obama was a big reason he decided…
Broward School Board members are set to vote on whether the county should update its public school’s sex education curriculum. Proponents of an update say that Broward’s students are lagging behind the rest of the nation when it comes to sex ed. As it stands now, the county’s sex education…
Kayla Mendoza, the 20-year-old woman who tweeted out “2 drunk 2 care” before driving a Hyundai Sonata the wrong way on the Sawgrass Expressway and crashing into a 2012 Toyota Camry, killing two people, pleaded not guilty during an arraignment hearing Tuesday morning. Mendoza is charged with DUI manslaughter, vehicular…
