Streetcars conjure up visions of San Francisco, New Orleans, Uncle Ben’s Rice, and that Marlon Brando movie where he pleads for his wife to return to him after he beats her. But now, it will also conjure up downtown Fort Lauderdale because Ft. Lauderdale Commissioners have unanimously approved a plan…
Leaving your car overnight to be serviced at the dealership has its pros and cons. You might get good service, you might get charged a little extra, they might find other things wrong with it, you might have a passed out naked woman take it for a joy ride –…
When the Miami Heat signed Chris Andersen this past January, your friendly neighborhood Pulpist called the acquisition a “low-risk, high reward for a team desperately in need of a high-energy-crash-the-boards-at all-costs kind of a player.” NAILED IT. And now, the Birdman will be returning, as the Heat has announced it’s…
Pompano Beach has a policy of euthanizing unadoptable feral cats. On Tuesday night, commissioners considered an ordinance that would change that to an alternative policy of Trap, Neuter, Return (TNR) — a system in which cats are captured, sterilized, and then released where they were found. See Also: Killing Cats…
For a while there, it looked like Tropical Storm Chantal was going to come in and ruin everybody’s weekend by being all tropical stormy on our asses. But now, she isn’t looking so tough, thanks to her weakening overnight and what with Cuba’s mountainous terrains battering her enough to slow…
The latest bugaboo troubling local Tea Party groups is Seven50, a long-range (50-year) plan for sustainable development in the seven South Florida counties from Indian River through the Keys. Though the planners of Seven50 have no enforcement power whatsoever, the Tea Party sees the hidden hand of a “tyrannical” federal…
Remember when Marco Rubio was the Golden Boy Chosen One Can Do No Wrong Savior of the GOPers in 2016 just a few months ago? Well today, yea, not so much. Since taking up the struggle for immigration reform, Rubez’s fellow GOPers — particularly the Tea Baggy Folk — have…
A man tossed a couple of kittens out of his car as he drove down the road, Lee County Sheriff’s deputies say. When cops pulled over and confronted the man about his heinous actions, he vehemently denied he was the person who threw the kittens out of the car. See…
Casey Anthony’s parents apparently sold toys belonging to their slain granddaughter, Caylee, at a yard sale in Mount Dora, Florida. According to a report by RadarOnline, Casey’s parents Cindy and George, laid out toys and clothes in the front yard of their home and put them up for sale…
In what’s becoming a sad trend, two pygmy sperm whales have beached themselves on Jupiter Island. The Florida Wildlife Conservation Commission has been called in, and it appears the two whales are a mother and her calf. The animals reportedly came ashore Tuesday morning at 251 S. Beach Road…
A couple of Seminole County teens were taking a summertime dip in their local swimming hole when one of them got bit in the head by an alligator. Let’s break that sentence down: 1.) Swimming holes are an actual thing? We thought that was only in movies or The Andy…
Three minors face several felony charges in a case of burglary and criminal mischief at a Deerfield Beach private school. The incident happened last week when the three boys broke into St. Ambrose Catholic School, located on 363 SE 12th Ave. From the Broward Sheriff’s Office news release: “The group…
Because… of course. This makes complete sense. Over on a Tumblr site called Maps on the Web, a guy named Steve Lovelace puts up maps visualizing a whole smorgasbord of interesting stuff — from where the black death hit in Europe to U.S. airspace. Back in May, the site featured…
A former Boca Raton high school athlete and science standout killed himself by hanging last year — and was not murdered, a Singapore coroner ruled yesterday. The ruling sided against Todd’s parents, who say their son, an engineer working in Singapore, had been killed after working on highly secretive materials…
Former Baltimore Ravens and now Miami Dolphins linebacker Dannell Ellerbe thinks that now is maybe, probably when we’re finally going to see the New England Patriots lose their monkey-fisted grip on the AFC East, thanks mainly to their best receiver allegedly murdering a dude and going to jail for it…
A judge refused Tamarac Commissioner Patte Atkins-Grad’s motion to halt a recall that would boot her out of office. In 2010, “Positively Patte” Atkins-Grad was arrested and charged with bribery, official misconduct, receiving unlawful compensation, and conspiring to commit unlawful compensation after she threw herself one helluvan election victory party…
Just when you thought finding parking in Hollywood Beach was a complete and total nightmare, it’s about to get worse! And by “worse,” we mean “abysmal.” Because come midnight on Monday, the parking garage located at Johnson Street, along with 200 other spaces, will be gone, all so the city…
A Tampa man was arrested after authorities say he disturbed passengers and crew on a Silver Airways flight to Key West by being a total jerk. Richard Alan Calderoni, 50, who is reportedly a managing member of GI Entertainment & Restaurant Group, was cuffed and taken into custody by deputies…
It’s tough being Marco Rubio these days. The former Tea Party pinup is now feeling a blunt blowback from his former hard-right constituency. The fresh wounds are from the Florida senator’s stance on the immigration bill. In the eyes of those supporters, the senator’s openness to amnesty is tantamount to…
Four lawyers were squeezed around a table at a crowded Dunkin’ Donuts near Nova Southeastern University’s campus last year when strange happenings began to occur. They’d met to conduct depositions at — yes, apparently — a Dunkin’ Donuts, and one of the attorneys, a dark-haired lawyer named Richard Celler, was…
So, while you were sleeping, dreaming about the wonder and excitement that is going back to work on Monday, a tropical storm up and decided to pop up in Atlantic waters. And, from the looks of it, we’re kind of in its path. Weeeeee! Tropical Storm Chantal, the third named…
Remember that bill that was recently passed that outlawed Internet cafes? Well, apparently, one cafe owner is suing the state because, as he puts it, the bill basically makes smartphones, computers, and pretty much the entire internet illegal in Florida. Consuelo Zapata, owner of Incredible Investments, LLC, says in his…
