Advocates of medical marijuana met their goal — they collected enough signatures to see that the issue gets posed to voters on this November’s ballot. Elections officials announced today they they verified 710,508 signatures that were submitted — enough to force a vote on a proposed constitutional amendment. If approved,…
On Thursday, we told you all about George Zimmerman’s latest artistic creation, a painting of State Attorney Angela Corey. The grand masterpiece depicts Corey pinching her thumb and forefinger together, with a quote above her head that reads, “I have this much respect for the American judicial system.” But now…
Sadly, Florida has seen a lot of pilot whales wash ashore or beach themselves in the past couple of months. Last Sunday, 25 pilot whales were found dead off the shores of Kice Island, in the southwest part of the state. On Friday, a team of biologists began performing necropsies…
A Florida man sat in his car, pulled out a bag of cocaine, ripped it open like a bag of Tostitos, and began eating the coke. All in full view of police officers. Gainesville police say they spotted the man sitting in the passenger seat of a car parked in…
Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it. It’s a cliché and a truism — one FAU’s new president, Dr. John Kelly, should heed. The horrors FAU birthed in 2013 — the GEO Group stadium naming rights deal and the “Step on Jesus” kerfuffle, primarily — were…
Hundreds of people stampeded out of Aventura Mall last Saturday night when reports of a gunman spread exponentially from theater 20 to the rest of the mall and eventually the dark depths of the conspiracy-theorizing internet. Eighty-seven minutes after the panicked exodus, Aventura Mall tweeted: “Confusion during movie at Aventura…
If anything, South Florida knows how to get its freak on. No matter what your particular weird way for getting down is, you can probably find it somewhere in the 305, 954, or 561. Megaclubs? Yup. Fetish parties? Sure. But one piece missing from the local lineup has been a…
The filmmakers behind Blackfish and The Cove have challenged SeaWorld to a public debate on the issues the documentary has brought up and the park’s assertions that it’s nothing but propaganda from a group of extremists. The Oceanic Preservation Society has put out a news release and thrown down the…
LeBron James has jumped in on the Richard Sherman controversy via Twitter, and officially backed the Seattle Seahawks cornerback on Thursday morning. Sherman has been in the middle of an internet-driven maelstrom ever since his post-game interview following last Sunday’s NFC Championship game when he yelled at the camera about…
“Why the fuck you doing this?” That’s what Justin Bieber asked the Miami Beach Police officer who pulled over his yellow Lamborghini on Thursday morning, according to the arrest report. “What the fuck did I do?” the pop star asked as he exited the vehicle. “Why the fuck did you…
Fox News talking face Sean Hannity announced on his radio show last week that he’s going to bolt New York after Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo made comments about how extreme conservatives have “no place” in New York. So where does one go to find solace in the bosom of like-minded…
Evidently there’s a sticky-fingered hustler out there who has a taste for only the finest spirits. That, or just some poor smuck had a hot date for New Year’s Eve this year and was desperate to impress. Whatever the reason, someone rang in 2014 with a high-priced liquor store snatch…
Uh, so unless you’re down in your bomb shelter or something, you probably know Justin Bieber got busted this morning for drag racing in Miami Beach. The tween baller was allegedly running and gunning his yellow sports car in a residential part of the beach. Well, here’s a video allegedly…
Buoyed by selling an awful piece of art for $100,099.99 on eBay back in December, George Zimmerman is back with a new awful painting. This time around, Zimmerman has used the special prosecutor who charged him with second-degree murder after he shot and killed Trayvon Martin. State Attorney Angela Corey…
Last week, I was having a cappuccino at Brew Urban Café in Fort Lauderdale’s Victoria Park when an acquaintance I knew only as Brian, who is about 40 and was wearing a bright-orange jersey, said hello. His tattooed friend plopped down at the table across from us. The friend opened…
In a 2012 cover story, we told you how scientists were proposing the introduction of genetically engineered mosquitoes to Key West. A for-profit British company called Oxitec promised that these creatures, whose genes would be tweaked to make them glow red and self-destruct, would help lower the mosquito population and…
The two men took turns waling on Jeffrey Worstell. A gold chain danced against the skinny one’s white tank top as he beat the 29-year-old mechanic senseless with a nickel-plated .357 Smith & Wesson. When the skinny guy needed a breather, his partner — a hefty six-foot man in a…
Scott Rosen thought he had sealed the deal when the pretty blond 20-something got up to use the bathroom. The 55-year-old with a receding hairline and freshly pressed shirt downed a $12 vodka cranberry as he waited for his target to slink back to the wicker sofa he occupied on…
Hacktivist group Anonymous is claiming to have shut down 1,558 websites (Editor’s note: actually, we’re seeing that number range from 1,557 to 1,559 in various tweets) in retaliation for the dolphin slaughter in Japan’s Taiji Cove. One of the sites attacked and shut down by the group appears to be…
The family of Dawn Brancheau, the SeaWorld animal trainer who was killed by an orca following a show at the park in 2010, has released a statement distancing itself from the documentary, Blackfish. The film, which exposes the abuse killer whales endure in captivity, specifically at SeaWorld, focuses on Brancheau’s…
Coconut Palm Elementary, and New Renaissance Middle School in Broward County were put on lockdown this morning following a fatal shooting on the county line in Miramar. Miramar Police say a 23-year old man was found shot dead at around 9:00 a.m. Wednesday morning in front of a home along…
A sexual abuse lawsuit has been filed against the Palm Beach School for Autism. The lawsuit, filed by the parents of a 13-year-old autistic boy, alleges that classroom assistant Christopher Breland sexually assaulted the student. The lawsuit alleges that the school attempted to cover up the incident, which happened in…
