Yesterday we told you about Sun-Sentinel Miami Dolphins beat writer, Omar Kelly, taking to the Twitter machine and getting his Johnny Cash on by telling the world he once shot at a man with intent to harm. Kelly deleted the tweet, and then promptly disappeared. See also: -Omar Kelly of…
Shane Larkin – the University of Miami standout who helped lead Jim Larranaga’s 2012-2013 squad to ACC tournament and regular season titles, as well as a dramatic push into the Sweet 16 at the NCAA tournament – is heading to the NBA. Last night in Brooklyn at the league’s draft…
It sounds like CSI: Animal Victims Unit. The world’s first-ever program in veterinary forensic sciences is set to graduate its first class at the University of Florida. The “Veterinary Forensic Sciences Graduate Certificate,” offered only by the College of Veterinary Medicine and the Maples Center for Forensic Medicine at UF,…
Omar Kelly, the Sun-Sentinel’s Miami Dolphins beat writer, tweeted out that he once shot at a man with intent to harm. It appears that Kelly was pontificating how one’s environment doesn’t mold one’s character, or some such thing, when he randomly sent out a tweet that read: “I’ve shot a…
Rachel Jeantel, a witness for the prosecution in the George Zimmerman trial, is off to a rip-roarin’ start in her testimony. Jeantel, 19, has been ID’d as the last person Trayvon Martin spoke with before he was shot and killed by Zimmerman. And so far, she’s becoming a courtroom star,…
Chip Starnes, an American executive of Coral Springs-based Specialty Medical Supplies, is free and headed back to the States after being held hostage by his workers for the past week at the company’s medical supply plant in Beijing, China. Starnes, 42, had been kept from leaving his office by disgruntled…
Jury duty can be a real bummer. Unless, of course, you can use that time to immerse yourself in the proceedings and learn about how the judicial system works. Or you can use that time to steal stuff. Whatever makes the time go by faster! One Brevard man is now…
As one might expect, there are some that aren’t too happy about yesterday’s SCOTUS ruling that DOMA is unconstitutional and dumb and not cool at all. One of those people is our very own Marco Rubio, who hopes to be president one day! Cottonmouth McGee is just not down with…
If you see some bleach-blond dudes in baggies crying inside Barnes & Noble, there’s good reason: Transworld Surf, one of the better surf rags to ever grace a magazine shelf, is folding its print edition. The magazine has boosted the careers of many Florida surfers since its debut in 1999,…
Chris Bosh, fresh off winning back-to-back titles with the Heat, continued his celebrating by going on two national television talk shows Wednesday night to remind everyone how awesome he is. Bosh made an appearance on CNN’s Piers Morgan Live, where he spoke on the craziness that was Game 6 and…
Awwww…. Happy panther news! On Saturday, biologists in Fakahatchee Strand Preserve State Park (near Naples) found a Florida panther kitten that was about one month old. They believe the kitten’s mother is a panther who was rescued, along with her brother, in 2011 when their mom was found dead. The…
On a bright and humid Saturday morning, a tanned woman approaches a Dunkin’ Donuts counter, brandishes an iPhone, and informs the employees they’re under “video surveillance.” They’d forgotten her receipt the night before, she proclaims, so now she’s returned for a free meal. And revenge. In a hoarse voice, she…
“I’m just looking for a generous guy who wants to spoil me like I deserve,” Rachel croons into her cell phone, leaving a not-so-subtle message with the cool, coquettish tone of a practiced phone sex worker. Her voice is high and childlike, but in reality, the black 20-year-old is all…
Today in Tampa, federal Judge James Moody made a dramatic decision in the ongoing legal drama of Buju Banton. The bench tossed a gun conviction that the federal government stuck on the reggae superstar, mainly thanks to New Times having reported on the highly illegal extracurricular activities of one of…
Former Florida Gator and New England Patriot Aaron Hernandez has been officially charged with murder in the death of Odin Lloyd. Hernandez was handcuffed and led away from his home by police Wednesday morning, and initial reports indicated that he would be charged with “obstruction of justice.” In addition to…
Guss Baker, a 55-year-old St. Johns County man, disappeared into a swampy area in Flagler County last Friday. Rescue efforts lasted throughout the weekend. But on Monday, days after he vanished, a group of volunteers, along with Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission officers, the Flagler County Sheriff’s Office, and…
In an historical ruling today, the Supreme Court of the United States has struck down DOMA, making marriages for all couples — gay or straight — a constitutionally protected right. SCOTUS also handed out equal rights to all like Oprah giving away cars to her studio audience by also striking…
Former Florida Gator and current New England Patriot Aaron Hernandez was handcuffed and led away from his home by police Wednesday morning. The charges are still unknown at this time, but they would stem from his alleged connection with the murder of Odin Lloyd. Reports had originally said Hernandez was…
What started with a routine police stop on Christmas Day 2008 ended with a backseat beating. Short and simple, that’s the ugly account Maria Paul lays out in a recently filed federal lawsuit targeting the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office. But it turns out the cop Paul ran into was…
Several gay rights groups will be rallying across Florida today, including the West Palm Beach city center plaza, where they intend to either cheer for or protest the Supreme Courts ruling on two same-sex marriage cases. The U.S. Supreme Court will be handing down its remaining rulings as the term…
As Fourth of July approaches, the Palm Beach Sheriff’s Office is warning that lots of commonly-used fireworks are illegal to use without a permit — and cops will be enforcing the law. Offenders can be fined up to $1,000 and a year in jail. The list of fireworks cops will…
Yesterday, for reasons that still aren’t entirely clear, the Baltimore Ravens picked a fight with the Miami Heat. And then got smacked in the mouth with a little thing called THE TRUTH. A little background: The Ravens were on Twitter yesterday afternoon and dispatched a fraud of a picture misportraying…
