SeaWorld Refuses to Admit Blackfish Had Impact on Attendance Dip

SeaWorld Entertainment Inc. released fourth quarter earnings for 2013 on Thursday, and reported record earnings in its first year as a public company. SeaWorld President and Chief Executive Officer Jim Atchison told analysts during Thursday’s conference call that the documentary Blackfish, and its ensuing backlash, had no impact on the…

29-Year-Old CEO of SkyZone Trampoline Park on Undercover Boss Tonight

Jeff Platt is the 29-year-old CEO of Sky Zone Indoor Trampoline Park, a Los-Angeles-based trampoline fun factory with 55 parks across North America. He visited his company’s Pompano Beach location, which officially opened last week, to star in an episode of CBS’ Undercover Boss, a show that features an executive…

Controversial FOX News Mideast Pundit Walid Phares Speaking at FAU

The speaking appearance at FAU next week of FOX News talking head Walid Phares has been preceded by little fanfare, unusual for a school that trumpets such events as a local Boys & Girls Clubs’ art exhibit or the school’s Jupiter campus being named a “Tree Campus USA.” See also:…

Nile Crocodile Captured in Everglades; Criminal Investigation Opens

After a two-year hunt with no success, a dangerous, man-eating Nile crocodile was captured alive in Florida’s Everglades National Park this past weekend. The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission says two other crocs were captured in 2009 and 2012 in the same area as this one. Since the Nile…

Reubin Askew, Former Florida Governor, Dead at 85

Arguably the most important governor this state has ever had has died. Reubin Askew, who served Florida as the state’s 37th governor from 1971 to 1979, died early Thursday after suffering through various ailments, including a stroke, a former aide has confirmed. He was 85. In his time as governor,…

Florida Medical Marijuana’s Biggest Opponents and Threats

Florida seems to be well on its way to getting medical marijuana legalized. Voters this November are going to be able to decide on their own whether weed should be made legal for folks with debilitating diseases, and a bill that would decriminalize the use of a strain of medical…

Kayla “2 Drunk 2 Care” Mendoza: No Charges Yet in Wrong-Way Crash

The lives of three young women, all in their early 20s, unexpectedly intersected on the westbound lanes of the Sawgrass Expressway last November 17. Twenty-one-year-old best friends Marisa Catronio and Kaitlyn Ferrante were in a red Toyota heading west at 1:45 a.m. Meanwhile, 20-year-old Kayla Mendoza approached driving her boyfriend’s…

South Floridians Suspend to Find Enlightenment

Eric Madrid is a 32-year-old shaman with a cropped beard, a protruding lower lip, and dark curls grown long in the back. Although he typically wears an all-black uniform, from flat-brimmed cap to high-top skate shoes, he’s barefoot and stripped to his skinny jeans this January night. He lies prostrate…

Jonathan Martin Is No Longer a Miami Dolphin, Traded to 49ers

The Jonathan Martin era with the Miami Dolphins is over. The Fins traded Martin to the San Francisco 49ers on Tuesday for a conditional draft pick, where he will be reunited with his Stanford University head coach, Jim Harbaugh, who now coaches the 49ers. During the bullying scandal that engulfed…