About a year ago, Disney announced that it would be moving away from paper tickets and instituting a system of “Magic Bands” — computer-chipped, scannable, waterproof rubber bracelets that would work as entry ticket, FastPass, hotel room key, and credit card. Some preapproved Disney guests were first given Magic Bands…
Though the conditions of this sun-soaked December afternoon hardly called for it, Ericson Harrell was happy to fetch his mask. In the past year, since this North Miami Beach cop “evolved” into something he calls an “oath keeper,” he’s always had his mask at hand — just in case. “There’s…
Pro sports wives can be boring, pretentious, annoying, or anonymous. Some get their own vapid reality show; others blame their husband’s teammates publicly when the team loses. Some are just pretty; some are just not at all seen. And then there’s Miko Grimes, wife of Miami Dolphins cornerback Brent Grimes…
When he was 13, Marilyn Manson–then just Christian schoolkid Brian Warner of Canton, Ohio–would hide out in the basement while his grandfather masturbated to bestiality porn. Then he’d go upstairs and cheer himself up by reading Mad magazine. The self-dubbed God of Fuck and onetime Fort Lauderdale resident is famous…
Though the conditions of this sun-soaked December afternoon hardly called for it, Ericson Harrell was happy to fetch his mask. In the past year, since this North Miami Beach cop “evolved” into something he calls an “oath keeper,” he’s always had his mask at hand — just in case. “There’s…
Hi. Hello. How are you? Happy New Year. Oh, and by the way, please do not fire a gun into the air at the stroke of midnight tonight. It happens every year. We mean, every year. So we’re here with our annual reminder to not do that, because it’s dumb…
On Monday, news broke of Dwyane Wade having fathered a third child with a woman who wasn’t his fiancée, Gabrielle Union. As it is with these kinds of things, the story grew legs and ran rampant all over the place. The next step to something like this: speculation. Who was…
It was a news story that was just dripping with SoFlo weirdness. On Sunday, a middle-aged patron at the Tiki Waterfront Sea Grill tossed his car keys to another patron, announced there was a bomb in his Chevy Avalanche in the parking lot, and booked it on a water taxi…
Well, that’s really nice! AAA auto club, in partnership with Bud Light, is offering free tow truck services for drunk people tonight. It’s part of the “Tow to Go” program that they offer on alcohol-centric holidays like Cinco de Mayo and Super Bowl Sunday. They say it’s gotten 22,000 drivers…
Well, here we are. 2013 is about to be kaput. A brand new year filled with crazy Florida news stories awaits us. Whatever 2014 brings, we’re sure it’s going to be pretty nuts, pretty wild, and pretty fantastic. We hope you come along for the ride, just as you did…
It appears that Dwyane Wade went the Dan Marino route and had himself a love-child with another woman. Wade’s now-fiancée, Gabrielle Union, was aware of the child and the couple say they’ve handled the private situation privately. But, this is the Internet, so we’re gonna talk about it. Wade and…
A great white shark has been spotted off the coast of Daytona, according to the OCEARCH ocean research group. The shark, named Katherine, weighs in at 2,300 pounds and is reportedly 14 feet, 2 inches long. Katherine was tagged off the coast of Cape Cod by OCEARCH on August 20…
Today is LeBron James’ 29th birthday. And, what does a man who has won four MVP awards, two NBA Finals MVP awards, back-to-back championships, and Olympic gold medals and is basically the greatest basketball player on Earth want for his birthday? Why, a pro wrestling championship belt, of course! And…
For all the ways the rest of the nation loves to make fun of Florida and act as if it’s the worst place on earth, it sure as hell isn’t keeping people from moving and living here. And, according to the latest U.S. Census Bureau population estimates that will be…
You spoke, we listened. Back by popular demand, welcome to this week’s Mug-Shot Monday, 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. While you were squeezing into your best houndstooth sweater and wiping the eggnog off…
Ah, Florida. We have criminals, just like every other state. But we have our own special kind of criminal. Namely, dumb ones. And because we’re never in short supply of dumb criminals, we’ve decided to scour through our Floriderp files to present to you the 12 dumbest criminals for all…
2014 is right around the corner, and with every new year comes the familiar ritual of broken promises known as “New Year’s Resolutions.” Sure, by January 3, we’re usually back to eating chocolate and smoking cigarettes, but that doesn’t mean we shouldn’t try. And if there’s one state in this…
A Florida man is facing federal charges after he apparently posted a comment on the JAABlog threatening to kill Broward State Attorney Mike Satz and some judges. Feds arrested Mark Robert Hillstrom, 59, on December 18 after it was uncovered that he was the one who left the comments on…
An armed man walked into a Pompano Beach CVS, pointed the gun in clerk’s face, and demanded she hand over the cash. The clerk told the gunman she had to check with her manager first. So, the gunman waited…
A panther is roaming a southwest Florida neighborhood and may be responsible for the disappearance of one dog and the death of another. But the Florida Fish and Wildlife Commission has ceased efforts to capture it, which has some residents a little peeved. Residents of the Golden Gate Estates say…
Manatees — those lovable dopey floaters bobbing in the waters around South Florida — had a really bad 2013. For the first time since scientists began tallying the number of the animals killed in the wild, the body count broke the 800 mark. Yeah, read that line one more time…
A California appeals court has ruled that Rick Ross cannot sue Rick Ross for using the name Rick Ross. Hip hop artist Rick Ross, known in his previous life as William Leonard Roberts II, hit the music scene hard when he created his Rick Ross persona. Ross apparently based the…
