American Roma, or Gypsies, Struggling With Generational Issues

While putting together this week’s cover story on the world of fortunetelling fraud, some of the information we gathered ended up on the cutting-room floor. Still, it’s interesting stuff worth your eyeballs and brain waves. The main area we didn’t have the space to explore was the dynamic currently playing…

Palm Beach Republican Party Is Self-Destructing

We sure do love us some GOP self-destruction. And according to local right-wing website Bizpac Review, Palm Beach’s Republican Party is tearing at its own innards like a frenzied jackal, “cash-strapped and crippled by poor fundraising efforts,” key leaders unhappy with Chairman Ira Sabin’s orders to chill on the birther…

Best Of Broward Palm Beach 2013: Best Blog

Great news, South Florida. This week, our latest Best Of Broward Palm Beach issue hits the stands, and it is a galactic-sized monster, packed with more than 180 picks for South Florida’s greatest restaurants, bars, clubs, people, and places. The issue hits stands Thursday, but in the meantime, we’re previewing…

Florida Lobster Poachers Arrested With 468 Tails

Lobster season in Florida runs from August 6 through March 31. The lobster-tail bag limit for the season is six per person, per day. But apparently two men decided that lobster season is right now and that the lobster-tail bag limit is none. According to Florida Fish and Wildlife, two…

Eight Reasons San Antonio Is the Worst Place Ever

So last night didn’t exactly go as planned. Thanks to some Globetrotter gymnastics on the part of Tony Parker, San Antonio took the lead in the NBA finals 1-0. Something certainly kick-started the old-ass Spurs on the court. It might have just been the fact that they were playing for…

George Zimmerman Judge Might Allow Voice Experts

George Zimmerman’s lawyers want the 911 tape of screaming voices to be played in court. They say the voice belongs to Zimmerman, who is supposedly screaming for help while grappling with Trayvon Martin. The prosecution says the voice belongs to Martin, moments before he was slain by Zimmerman. On Thursday,…

Koch Brothers Admit They’re Interested in Buying Sun Sentinel

After months of hot and sweaty speculation, we”re finally getting some answers out of the Koch Brothers about their interest in the media game. This week in the Wall Street Journal, the Tea Party plutocrats indicated they are in fact interested in purchasing the Tribune Co., a portfolio of newspapers…

Miami Heat Chokes Away Game One Against Spurs

The Miami Heat were off to a fast start in Game 1 of the NBA Finals. From the tip-off, they controlled the tempo, played strong defense, and actually hit open J’s. And then the fourth quarter happened. And the Heat suddenly morphed into a bunch of assholes in sneakers. And…

Eleven Things More Exciting Than Tim Duncan

Did you know that Game 1 of the NBA Finals between the Miami Heat and the San Antonio Spurs kicks off tonight? True story! And while we’re all living in the midst of one the most dynamic, exciting basketball players in the history of the game with LeBron James, the…

Tornado Watch Extended for Palm Beach County Through Tonight

Earlier this morning, forecasters issued a tornado watch for central Palm Beach County that as at first up to 9:00 a.m., then extended to 11 a.m. But now the National Weather Service is all meh screw it, let’s extended it even further — up to 10 p.m. The tornado watch…

Florida Man Allegedly Steals $200,000 in Seafood

If you thought your hump day was bad, David Subil is here to make you feel better. Subil, 42, was taken into custody Wednesday after accruing more charges than a Lindsay Lohan family reunion. The Miami resident was apprehended in Pompano Beach after allegedly claiming to be in charge of…

Tropical Storm Andrea Is Becoming a Dangerous Mess

Tropical Storm Andrea is a big green blotch of wet awfulness, plodding its way towards the Big Bend on Florida’s west coast. The storm is already a big wet pain in the ass, with Tornado Warnings issued for northern Broward and south central Palm Beach County. A funnel cloud was…

Rick Scott’s Cuts Dilute Water Laws

News of the bizarre crisis began in the spring. TV reports flashed footage of manatees — the docile emblems of Florida’s waterways — dead and marooned on the shore of the Indian River Lagoon in Brevard County. Some reports blamed fertilizer runoff, which can cause algal blooms and choke a…

How Modern Fortunetellers Pull Off Their Scams

The voice on the other end of the phone, spiky with trans-Atlantic static, told Iiyah that if the curse were lifted, one day she’d be worshiped like a god. The key step now was to build a temple in Egypt that would clear out the dark energy. Sitting in her…