It seems like a miracle — or at least a statistical unlikelihood — that none of the Filipino workers onboard the cargo ship Ocean lost anyone in the wake of Typhoon Haiyan. Thousands of people were killed and millions were left homeless after the storm ravaged the nation’s 7,100 islands…
We’re not done with you yet! The ultimate Broward County bucket list continues on with numbers 40 through 21. Go forth and start crossing things off the list. You can thank us later. See also: 100 Things to Do in Broward County Before You Die (# 80-61), and 100 Things…
Gov. Rick Scott is all about cutting taxes, eliminating taxes, no more taxes, taxes are evil and vile and need to be utterly obliterated and eradicated like an unstoppable rebel force. That’s pretty much been his m.o. as far as anyone can remember, and it’s going to be his go-to…
A black bear decided that he too wanted to have some delicious cake and a fun bag filled with dollar-store yo-yos and Iron Man stickers, so he decided to crash a toddler’s birthday party over the weekend. According to WKMG CBS News-6 in Orlando, the bear was spotted in the…
At a time when Rick Scott’s cronies are raising gazillions of dollars for attack ads and other reelection goodies, Charlie Crist is out there defending Obamacare. Ballsy! At a campaign rally in Hillsborough County over the weekend, Crist went all-in in his support for Obamacare, telling the crowd that it’s…
Ever get off a roller coaster and think to yourself, “Sure, being flung around at 90 miles an hour until my spleen is in my throat is fun and all. But what I really want is the sensation of falling off a building to my ultimate demise!” Well, good news!…
Before she rode the YOLO ethos to its tragic end, Kayla Mendoza was a standard-issue middle schooler with a quirky sense of humor and an interest in older guys. At least those are the memories one friend is hauling up out of the past today as Mendoza’s name fills the…
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…
Don’t ever say you’re bored again! We’re still counting down the best things to do in Broward County. From horses to soul food, our third installment of the ultimate BroCo bucket list continues with numbers 60-41: See also: 100 Things to Do in Broward County Before You Die (# 80-61),…
E. Howard Hunt was a key political figure during the 1950s and 60s. He graduated from Brown University, served in WWII, and joined the CIA in 1949. Stationed in Mexico City, he supervised conservative William F. Buckley. In Guatemala, he helped overthrow the government, partly by airing radio broadcasts from…
The Kayla Mendoza “2 drunk 2 care” story is tragic. And, as anything this senseless and calamitous is prone to do, it has brought up a lot of passionate opinions, anger, and outrage. Most notably, people have taken to the comments in our original post of this story to debate…
A Lake Worth osteopathic doctor apparently treated a depressed female patient by making her get naked, and getting on all fours as he handcuffed her, blindfolded her, and then beat her with a whip. He admitted to doing this during after hours (because….. of course!). The 38-year old patient also…
Miami city commissioners just approved a 203,000-square-foot, three-story Walmart superstore in Midtown, Miami last night. Not to be outdone, the retail leviathan just announced that Hollywood will also be getting its very own supermegabehemothverybig store come 2015. It’s like Oprah decided to giveaway Walmarts to all of South Florida. Only,…
All Aboard Florida, a private group that plans to run trains from Miami to Orlando, yesterday unveiled plans for a 25,000-square-foot station in downtown Fort Lauderdale to be surrounded by high-rises and commercial properties. The plan, shown to a chamber of commerce meeting on Tuesday, could have a dramatic effect…
“I love Twitter,” Kayla Mendoza wrote. “I feel like I can say whatever the hell I want.” This declarative statement, written on March 24 of last year, remains the most concrete description of the relatively unknown Mendoza, who tweeted “2 drunk 2 care” last Saturday before allegedly causing a horrific…
Yesterday, we started laying out our BroCo bucket list — 100 things to do in Broward County until you kick the proverbial bucket. Today, we carry on! Here are numbers 61-80: See also: 100 Things to Do in Broward County Before You Die (# 81-100)…
Herbert Breuer was born in Vienna Neustadt, Austria, in March 1924. When Hitler came to power, his father was taken to a concentration camp but released; the man and his sons fled to the U.S. in 1940, when Herb was 16. In 1942 at age 18, Breuer joined the U.S…
Everybody knows about the sea turtles, how the night lights of civilization disorient their newly hatched young, luring them inland rather than to the sea, and to their deaths. But light pollution may do more, according to the South Florida chapter of the International Dark-Sky Association, impacting human health and…
Jose Canseco got pulled over by cops while he was driving around with goats wearing diapers. We’ll give you a minute to reread that sentence because, yeah. As proof, the ex-ballplayer tweeted out a photo of one of the goats. OK, so, first of all, why goats? Also, what kind…
Gov. Rick Scott is struggling. And the struggle is real. He’s not very popular, and he’s not well-liked. Things are so bleak that the guy who quit being governor of Florida so he can run for the Senate, and lost, and then changed parties twice, is beating him with the…
So apparently people who live Charlotte County, Florida, think that aprons are a deadly weapon that can cause mass destruction, death, and terror, because the Port Charlotte Town Centre Mall was placed on lockdown when someone saw a guy carrying one. According to the Charlotte County Sheriff’s Office, someone called…
Typhoon Haiyan has killed thousands and left millions homeless in the Philippines. There’s a way to help. Miami’s Filipino community asks you to contribute. Here are some South Florida events. There’ll be a Thanksgiving Day service at noon at the NANAY Community Center, 659 NE 125th St. Call 305 981-3232…
