With November 6 a mere four weeks away, Florida decided it’s about time to do that thing where it screws up the election.LET’S DO THIS, FLORIDA! According to Elections Supervisor Susan Bucher, about 60,000 Palm Beach County absentee ballots that have already been mailed by the Palm Beach County Supervisor…
Oh, Florida. You were off to such a terrible start today (as is the case most days). With this, and then this. But now… you go and do something like this…and totally redeem yourself! No, really. According to a Washington Post poll conducted in September, 54 percent of Florida voters think…
A Jacksonville man was indicted on federal charges after he purchased a dozen enemas from a CVS store, used them, put them back into their boxes, resealed them, and brought them back to the store. So. Many. Questions. Oh, but that’s not all. Several of the used enemas were then…
Oh for crapsake, Florida. On Tuesday, the Florida Board of Education agreed on a new strategic vision for the next six years: By 2018, a student’s academic goals will be determined by race. For example: It will require 88 percent of white students to be proficient in reading but only…
GOP veep candidate Paul Ryan is known for his buffness and wonkery, but last night he managed an even greater feat, making Joe Biden look like a wise old man — and not that old either. Obama’s running mate was on fire, and Kid Ryan got burned.Fire Ant was back in…
Early in last night’s vice presidential debate, questions came up about what to do over Iran’s nuclear program. Things got fierce. Biden scrunched his brow and hammered away on Iran’s lack of missiles to deliver whatever it enriches and driveled on about diplomacy. Ryan’s giant wet eyes darted around as he feigned foreign-policy expertise, shoveling some…
Today is National Coming Out Day, and Democratic National Committee Chairwoman U.S. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz is all about it. Wasserman Schultz, along with Rep. Ted Deutch (D-Boca), posed for NO8H in the group’s campaign supporting equal rights for gays and lesbians. “On National Coming Out Day I’m so proud…
Damian Gingerich, 30, of Hollywood, saw an idling car outside Lalani Grocery at 2412 Taylor St. So he decided, what the hell, I’m gonna steal it. According to police, the owner of the car, Shayla Marie Briggs, came out of the store and, to her horror, saw some dude sitting…
What in the hell is going in Broward County these days? First a guy dies from eating too many bugs, then this thing washes up in Pompano Beach.The above picture is of a giant eyeball that a Pompano Beach resident discovered and turned over to the Florida Fish and Wildlife…
We all do it. We get on the highway, notice there aren’t any cops around, and stomp down on the gas like we’re Tony Stewart trying to win the Daytona 500. Then we slow down when we come up to the trees where highway patrol cops sit and wait for…
According to Miami-Dade Police, a third person has died following yesterday’s horrific collapse of a parking garage at Miami Dade College’s West Campus in Doral.Police say their mission is now a recovery effort and report that a construction worker, Robert Budhoo of Tamarac, is missing beneath the rubble…
Socialist hunter and conspiracy uncoverer Allen West voted for the Paul Ryan budget cuts that would affect Medicare. He also said those who oppose his backing of Ryan’s plan are totally going to Kamikaze themselves. “I will be supporting the House GOP Budget Plan as authored by my colleague Budget…
This very rich purveyor of the world’s wealthiest game just doesn’t seem to want to accept his situation. When his car slammed into another, killing 23-year-old Scott Wilson late one night in February 2010, he ran away and hid in a barn before calling authorities.See also:- Our feature story on…
Terri Wright, a juror on Buju Banton’s federal drug and gun trial, says she’s passionate about law. Wright, who works in the insurance industry and lives in Tampa, jokes that she would be a professional juror if she could.But did her passion compromise the outcome of the reggae singer’s trial?In…
Early in 2009, legendary reggae performer Buju Banton stood behind a microphone at his Gargamel Studio in Kingston, Jamaica, and belted out what now seems to be a frighteningly prophetic tune: “Innocent.” “Jah knows I’m innocent. Jah knows I’m innocent,” the track opens, the 39-year-old artist’s gravelly sing-song style stretching…
A year ago, Citizens for Tax Justice, a Washington, D.C., nonprofit, studied the tax returns of 280 corporations. What it found was a Beltway version of a Mafia protection scheme. From 2008 to 2010, at least 30 Fortune 500 companies — including PepsiCo, Verizon, Wells Fargo, and DuPont — paid…
A robber tried to take some pizza from a Papa John’s delivery guy in Daytona Beach on Monday. But the pizza guy refused to give up the pies, even while being shocked by a stun gun. Movie of the week? Movie of the week. Christopher Dondre Collins, 19, apparently ordered…
With the election a mere weeks away and the polls tightening ever so much, campaign workers and volunteers are burning the midnight oil to get their man a November victory. They’re knocking on doors, registering folks to vote, and making phone calls to educate the masses on the qualities of…
Camille Brown was arrested and charged with extortion after she demanded the family that founded the Pembroke Pines-based Claire’s stores pay her millions. Brown claimed she had embarrassing documents in her possession and said she would go public unless the Rowland Schaefer family forked over the dough, according to the Florida…
Having three first names would seem to be enough. Wrong. At least if you are Lee Ervin Dale, 30, of Fort Lauderdale, who has been charged with 14 counts of identity theft in his efforts to get other people’s tax refunds.Look. We know the thing about Florida is that you…
This might be the most Rick Scott thing ever. During a meeting of the Florida Cabinet on Tuesday, Scott stepped up to give an update on the fungal meningitis outbreak the state has recently been dealing with. But Scott screwed up and gave out the wrong number for the meningitis…
Terri Wright has been called to serve jury duty seven times. But none of the cases compares to the federal drug and gun trial of reggae singer Buju Banton. That one “took the cake,” as she puts it. She still talks to coworkers about the murky back story of the…
