Fidel Castro Is Dead rumors are about as common as rain clouds over a South Florida sky. It’s happened so many times, people hear news of his demise and their reaction is mainly, meh. And, with Cuba’s state-run news being so paranoid about the rest of the world having any…
Remember Tropical Storm Isaac? What a pain in the ass storm that was. It was particularly damaging to Palm Beach County, which got smacked harder by Ike than Miami-Dade or Broward, leaving more than 8 to 10 inches of rain in the southeast part of the county, damaging schools, homes and…
Back in March, the non-profit watchdog group Integrity Florida put out a study that said Florida was number one in terms of being the most corrupt state in the U.S. Their study found that a whopping 1,762 of Florida’s public officials have been convicted of public corruption since 1976. From…
The Miami Heat will begin their NBA title defense next week. It’s been a harrowing journey since the Big Three came together in the Summer of 2010. The whole world watched and hated and delighted when they failed to beat the Dallas Mavericks in the NBA Finals. Then they were…
The only people allowed in the audience at Monday night’s presidential debate at Lynn University will be Lynn students, selected by a lottery to sit on risers in the Wold Performing Arts Center.But the real party will be next door, where an estimated 4,000 journalists from around the world will…
First Lady Michelle Obama will be speaking to supporters in Davie this Monday, a few hours before the third and final presidential debate takes place in Boca. Michelle is hitting up South Florida five days before early voting kicks off (October 27) and will look to rally supporters to help organize…
Federal officials are poised to deport a diabetic man this afternoon, despite a doctor’s insistence that he get a surgical procedure so he doesn’t go blind, local immigration activists say. The case concerns an Ecuadorian man named Miguel Castillo-Santos, who was detained this past January at the Broward Transitional Center. His lawyer claims…
My brain exploded with excitement earlier this week. The catalyst: A help-wanted ad on Craigslist from a nonprofit in Pensacola for a Bigfoot researcher. The necessary qualifications were stringent, and the job duties exhaustive. Not only was the chosen researcher expected to develop an “actionable tracking program in designated geographic area,” but he or she…
Four City of Fort Lauderdale firefighters have been arrested and a warrant has been issued for one former firefighter on charges of using bogus medical certification cards in a yearlong corruption investigation. According to Ft. Lauderdale Police, the investigation began when a routine audit by the State of Florida’s Department…
According to ESPN.com’s Brian Windhorst, some NBA executives believe the L.A. Lakers are going to target the Miami Heat’s LeBron James when he becomes a free agent in 2014, because of reasons. The Lakers are very good at building championship contenders, like they did this off-season when they traded for…
Remember Marc Leder? The Boca resident, private equity executive, and Patrick Bateman-look-a-like who loves throwing sex parties and hosted the fundraiser for rich people where Mitt Romney famously took a piss on 47 percent of Americans? Well, he’s totally going to host another event for the Mittbot. And this time,…
Oh, hey, South Florida. Good news! We’re number one in being the least affordable place to live in the 25 largest metro areas for moderate income households. Woo hoo! According to a new study from the Washington-based Center for Housing Policy and the Chicago-based Center for Neighborhood Technology, South Florida households…
The one and only debate between Bill Nelson and Connie Mack went down Wednesday night at Nova Southeastern University, and it had all the decorum and civility of the last three minutes of Reservoir Dogs. The two candidates took to their respective podiums and immediately began attacking each others’ records…
Update: A representative for Armor has clarified that the press release quoted below was not issued in response to our previous story, but was written back in August “to highlight the positive trend in Broward County Jail’s successful detox program.”The release highlights many of the program’s successes, including a marked…
Gone are the days of chalkboards, abacuses, and dunce caps. Nowadays elementary-school students (of a certain social stratus) tote iPads and laptops and get shamed for their stupidity on social media. And while the prospect of Little Billy jumping on Plantation Middle School’s wireless network to polish his social studies…
Terri Wright is one of the jurors who helped convict reggae singer Buju Banton in a federal drug and gun trial in February 2011. She’s also passionate about law. The Tampa resident, who works in the insurance industry, jokes that she would be a professional juror if she could. But…
Edward Crisante Jr., a depressive 32-year-old, turned himself in at the Broward Main Jail on June 29, 2010, after failing to appear in court on traffic charges. He left the jail four days later on a stretcher after hanging himself in his bunk with a bedsheet. He died in the…
Cancer was killing Ethel Frazier. For a year, the disease wracked her body. Round after round of chemotherapy had left the 64-year-old frail and exhausted. By this past January, she was nearing the end. Ethel’s husband, Walter, couldn’t understand why she was dying. A quiet man settling into retirement —…
According to former ESPN/MSNBC/Current TV personality, Keith Olbermann, the Miami Marlins have been in discussion with the New York Yankees on a possible trade for third baseman Alex Rodriguez. Olbermann says his sources claim that one possible scenario would be for the Yankees to pay for a portion of A-Rod’s…
So you got a hankerin’ for a pulled pork sandwich and a beer and decide to take the wife and kids out for a bite at your favorite restaurant. And there you are, at Paddy Murphy’s, munching on your sandwich, the kids eating their burgers, the Misses eating her pasta…
Getting a hold of a government representative can leave you feeling a little butthurt. Be it wanting to talk about a water bill, or getting a new license plate, or to tell someone raccoons are eating from trash cans and leaving a mess, it’s been nearly impossible to get through…
Adam Manuel Lee Raicies, of Tampa, was in court at a 9 a.m. Monday to go before a judge and be sentenced for giving false information to a law enforcement officer. Raicies, 25, was given probation by Circuit Judge Dick Greco. That’s when Raicies went bananas. Because he didn’t want to…
