Earth Day: Nine Ways Florida Is Screwing Up the Environment

Happy Earth Day, Florida! We’re all gonna die! Yes, today is the day we’re supposed to be conserving, planting trees, turning off the lights, and collecting all that recycling. But the reality is, things are not looking as green as they should in the Sunshine State. Florida is a land…

Pembroke Pines Commissioners Approve Domestic Partnership Benefits

It looks like Pembroke Pines is joining the likes of Palm Beach and Boca Raton in offering domestic partner benefits for its gay employees. After an independent firm’s cost/benefits numbers were heard, the city’s five commissioners unanimously agreed to extend the same benefits to employees in domestic partnerships as those…

Floridians Remember Their First Time Getting High

Do you remember the first time you got high? Who were you with? How did it feel? Were you nervous? Excited? Did you suddenly realize just how weird fingernails are? Most of the 47 percent of Americans who have smoked weed probably have a lot to say about their first…

4/20 News: Five Best Places to Get High in Broward County

4/20 is upon us, and that means two things: Jesus and marijuana. Because while thousands and thousands of the devout and faithful step into Churches to celebrate Easter and Jesus, thousands more will sink into bean bag chairs to celebrate cartoons and Cheez-Its. But getting high is like buying a…

Five People You Don’t Want to Smoke With on 4/20

Well, America, the holiday is upon us: 4/20, the day they invented marijuana. Or something like that. Anyway, as you probably know, a lot of people are going to be reaching for the bong on Sunday. If you’re planning to be among them, remember to choose your drug buddies carefully…

Eight Dumb Florida Pot Arrests to Celebrate 4/20

With 4/20 coming this weekend, chances are some of your friends are going to be all, “Woo hoo! 4/20, bro! Let’s smoke!” And that’s fine, bro. But keep in mind that, while 4/20 is officially pot day, it doesn’t mean it’s legal to smoke it for one day. As it…

Dolphin Expert Stephen McCulloch Fired by FAU, Seeks Reinstatement

Stephen McCulloch wants his job back. A prominent master of the arcane art of dolphin rescue, for more than a decade, he was a leader and key force at the Marine Mammal Program at FAU’s Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute (HBOI). On February 14, he was fired. See also: – Dolphin…

Hollywood Commissioners Approve of Massive Beach Tower Condo

Hollywood commissioners voted unanimously on Wednesday for the construction of a $240 million luxury tower that will put the Hollywood Beach skyline on the map. The tower, which is planned to be called Hyde Beach Resort, will be a massive 40-story condo with 367 condo and condo-hotel style units where…

Student Stabbed at Piper High School in Sunrise UPDATE

A lock down at Piper High in Sunrise has been lifted after a student was allegedly stabbed by another student during a fight. According to Broward School Superintendent Robert Runcie, the student was transported to Broward Health Medical Center in Fort Lauderdale with non-life-threatening injuries. Sunrise Police say the suspect…