Yep — what the headline says. The US Geological Survey is reporting that there was an earthquake 38km N of Corralillo, Cuba. People in Key West reportedly felt it: LOL ! RT @PamNeedsCoffee: Whoa. Or someone just burped at Hog’s Breath? RT WHAT??? Earthquake felt in Key West? http://t.co/g3xTrPwrEr— Vice-Queen…
This holiday season, the Florida State Capitol Rotunda has served as a coliseum for the First Amendment. Atheists, Christians, and Satanists all did battle, using Festivus Poles as swords and tiny inanimate Baby Jesus figurines as shields. Each group set up displays in the capitol to make various points about…
On Tuesday, we wrote about how Dennis Rodman lost his shit and blew up on CNN’s Chris Cuomo during an interview like an old-school WWF Wrestler. Well, the very next day, with the aftermath that the internet tends to cause these kinds of things and with the NBA players who…
Oh, teenagers. They love to hide things to not get into trouble. They try to get away with things like not picking up their dirty socks by brushing them under the bed, or shoving their nudie mags under their pillows so Mom doesn’t see it, or hiding a shark they…
None of the 70 or so FAU professors who met at yesterday’s faculty meeting to discuss the school’s presidential search had anything good to say about it. Gathered in a second-floor lecture hall at the school’s College of Nursing, skepticism and resignation reigned, with frustration the dominant mood — at…
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 Marisa Catronio and a passenger, Kaitlyn Ferrante, was, in fact, drunk. A search warrant filed by the Florida…
Happy birthday, Gitmo! Saturday, January 11, marks the 12th anniversary of the Guantanamo Bay detention facility — the 12th anniversary of indefinite detention without charge or trial. Protestors from the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), Amnesty International USA, and some 20 other organizations will be marching in Washington to demand…
It was me this time, but it just as easily could’ve been you. The week had been an emotional bruiser. Deadlines, bosses, landlords, bank tellers, traffic, lady friend — each had their go, catching me with one unexpected kaboom after another until my nerves were breached and my patience was…
A tall, heavyset man with shaggy blond hair and straight-cropped bangs stands in the middle of an empty gravel parking lot. He looks around aimlessly, hands shoved in his pockets. When he sees a car pulling up, he turns, hands still stuffed in pockets, and hurries over to a small…
UPDATE: Kat Stacks did end up writing that book, Admire Andrea: Surviving Savagery to Saving Lives, with the help of a hired writer, Tessie Patrick. But when WorldStarHipHop decided not to release it, Kat Stacks gave the book a new title, Becoming Kat Stacks, and released it anyway. Now, Patrick…
Former New England Patriot and Florida Gator, Aaron Hernandez, was in an SUV when someone inside the vehicle shot two people to death in Boston in 2012. This according to a recently released search warrant filed in Connecticut. According to the Hartford Courant, the warrant goes into some details on…
The Chicago-based doctor who fell through the glass ceiling at the Westin Diplomat Resort and Spa last November was drunk, according to an autopsy report. Piotr Kulesza, MD/PhD, the Chicago area associate professor in pathology, was in town for the tenth-annual Fairy Tale Ball “The Wizard of Oz” fundraising event…
South Florida-based nonprofit Planting Peace has lost funding from a donor for one of their orphanages in Haiti because of the group’s affiliation and support of the LGBT community. The group, founded by Aaron Jackson and John Dieubon in 2004, was a feature story by New Times in 2005. Since…
Florida’s legislators are back on the job now that 2014 is rolling along, and one of the first pieces of business on the agenda is a big one: red light cameras. I know they’re a pain, you know they’re a pain, and — surprisingly — some lawmakers actually have our…
A limited but significant revision of sentencing guidelines for certain nonviolent drug crimes will be taken up by the Florida Senate this week. Another crack in the crumbling wall of Stone Age attitudes about drugs and criminal justice — even here in Florida — the proposal has bipartisan support and…
After six long years of perpetual failure, ineptitude, and building a team drenched in mediocrity, Jeff Ireland is no longer the general manager of your Miami Dolphins. The announcement that the Dolphins and Ireland had mutually agreed to part ways came Tuesday evening, one week after the NFL’s so-called Black…
A Florida man decided to go all Mike Tyson on his neighbor’s ear because he didn’t give him a cigarette. According to Boca police, the victim had a chunk of his ear bitten off after he turned down the man who had asked for a smoke. A thin piece of…
The push to legalize medical marijuana in Florida is nearing its final days, and the group responsible for collecting the petitions to force a vote in November is driving hard to the hoop to make that happen. United for Care, the group behind the massive petition drive, has until February…
Dennis Rodman was on CNN Tuesday morning, along with the former NBA players he took with him to Pyongyang, North Korea, in a supposed attempt to stay relevant unite the free world and Kim Jong-un with basketball. But Rodman flipped out during the live televised interview when CNN’s Chris Cuomo…
In little more than an hour yesterday, a field of 61 candidates for the presidency of FAU was winnowed down to ten. The two most high-profile aspirants, State Treasurer Jeff Atwater and former U.S. Sen. George LeMieux, made the cut despite strong reservations voiced by two key members of the…
Whew, all right. You’re awake. Well, congrats; you made it through the night. Soon, the other survivors will be gathering in the light of day, swapping stories of the previous night’s struggle. This was a close one, South Florida, but we made it through. A lot of you SoFla natives…
Everyone knows that early January is the time to get the best prices on holiday decorations for the coming year. See also: “Festivus Pole” Made of Beer Cans Approved; Will Go Up in Florida Capitol Next to Jesus’ Manger The economic principles that apply to fake Christmas trees also apply…
