While Rick Scott has been taking his sweet-ass time in choosing a lieutenant governor, he sure has been quick to get all up about tonight’s BCS Championship game between the Florida State Seminoles and Auburn Tigers. Scott has managed to make the requisite arbitrary bet between government officials whenever two…
Better cut down all the palm trees on your block and build a fire in your living room, because it’s going to be cold tonight. A cold snap is expected to hit South Florida on Monday evening into Tuesday morning, which means you can bust out the pajama pants at…
Back in 1996, Beach Place opened on Fort Lauderdale beach and was supposed to usher in a new age of retail goodness and restaurants and family fun on Las Olas. There was a Banana Republic retail store there, as well as a The Gap and a Limited Express. Now, there’s…
A Florida saltwater fish of legendary proportions, growing to weights of nearly 800 pounds, the goliath grouper was hunted to within range of extinction in the 1980s. A ban on its capture was enacted in 1990, and its population has begun to recover. But the goliath is under threat again,…
You spoke, we listened. Back by popular demand, welcome to this week’s Mug-Shot Friday, a longstanding franchise focusing on the week’s most eye-catching mugs from South Florida’s tat heads, tough guys, derp faces, and femmes fatale…
Trey Radel, the freshman Republican representative who was charged in November with cocaine possession, is getting ready to go back to work Tuesday when Congress’ new session kicks off. Radel had pleaded guilty to misdemeanor cocaine possession after getting busted and spent 28 days in an in-patient treatment program at…
Today is a very special day for FSU fans. No, Tim Tebow still won’t eat those poison apples we keep sending him, but tonight the Seminoles face Auburn for the national title. And if you couldn’t tell by the way we reacted to Jameis Winston’s trial, nothing is more important…
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When Adam Sohn came upon an accident scene on Oakland Park Boulevard yesterday afternoon, he saw a messed-up bicycle and an injured man on the ground. He took a few pictures and posted them to the Facebook page for Fort Lauderdale Critical Mass — a movement of cyclists who get…
The push is on to make Florida the next state to legalize medical marijuana. Organizers have one month to get 700,000 signatures on a petition to get the issue on the November ballot. But since state laws require that the petitions be paper petitions that are mailed in via snail…
If you live in the Tampa area, you may not want to answer your door if someone rings the bell and says it’s a candygram for you. Because it actually very well may be a lion. The Pasco County Sheriff’s Office is saying that a lion has escaped the Survival…
The No. 7 Buckeyes (12-1) and the No. 12 Tigers (10-2) take to the Sun Life Stadium field tonight for the 80th installment of the storied Orange Bowl. Clemson versus Ohio State doesn’t exactly scream “rivalry,” mainly because the two teams have met just once before. Thing is, that one…
A major winter storm full of frigid kick-ass named Hercules is bearing down on the northeastern United States, bringing with it record lows, canceled flights, snowfall, and blizzard conditions the country hasn’t seen in years. So everyone is miserable and whining about the weather. Except, of course, in South Florida,…
We all have our special ways of ringing in the new year. Some of us huddle up with family and friends, drinking bubbly and toasting new endeavors. Some of us gargle bourbon alone in our studio apartments while listening to Sade. According to police, Paul David Culbreth — a registered…
Every city is like a fingerprint, unique and special in its own way. But few places are as special as Fort Lauderdale. If it were a finger, it would be a big fat middle one, poking out a half-open car window in the direction of an elderly man who’s going…
Pope Francis is quickly becoming the cool pope, with his socially progressive agenda and humble actions. He has lashed out at capitalists and said “who I am I to judge” gays if they are good people? He has blessed deformed worshipers, sneaked out at night to feed the hungry, invited…
Ryan Lee Carroll, winner of a contest that allowed him to watch the Breaking Bad series finale with the show’s stars at a private party in a Hollywood cemetery, was arrested last week and charged with felony possession of a synthetic narcotic and felony possession of a controlled substance without…
After a few days of pondering his next brilliant move, Stephen Ross appears to have made up his mind and moments ago landed at the Dolphins’ training facility. ESPN’s Adam Schefter has said numerous times on air that he believes coach Philbin’s job is safe, but there is some doubt…
The latest U.S. Census Bureau population estimates were released on Monday, and we lost. Woooooooooohooooo, we lost!…
Celebs celebrate New Year’s Eve in South Florida just like you and me! Stars in South Florida took to social media this New Year’s Eve to post about their holiday celebrations, all of them looking content, warm, and happy — probably because it’s 80 degrees in January, they’re filthy rich,…
Sixteen PETA protesters were arrested at the Rose Parade on Wednesday, a majority of them for trying to stop the SeaWorld-themed float. Riot police escorted the float as it made its way through the parade, passing multiple planned protest spots along the route. PETA protests took to the street in…
The old tale is Wall Street sharks screwing over us, the little people. But sometimes the deep-pocketed cannibalize themselves. Case in point, Argyll Equities Inc., a San Diego-based outfit that had a unique way of screwing clients out of their money. And according to federal prosecutors, the guy who teed…
