Your Miami Dolphins are set to kickoff the 2014 season this Sunday against the New England Patriots. And, if you haven’t noticed, there have been a few changes around here. The team finally came around to realizing how much Jeff Ireland sucks and hired a new guy who comes from…
Three Coral Springs Police Officers and former executive board members of the Coral Springs Police Union were charged with grand theft and organized scheme to defraud, according to the Broward County’s State Attorney’s Office. The three cops allegedly used police union credit cards for unauthorized ATM cash withdrawals. They also…
The Tupac hologram wasn’t enough. Back in 2012, New Times brought you a comprehensive post-op on Digital Domain, a California-based special effects company that grabbed a lot of attention after it resurrected hip hop legend Tupac via hologram for the 2012 Coachella music festival. But at the same time the…
“Molon Labe.” It’s a Greek phrase well-known to Army folk. It means “come and take it,” and it’s what King Leonidas supposedly told Xerxes before the Battle of Sparta. The slogan, which was used during the Texas Revolution, is also popular among Second Amendment activists today. Military members, separatists, and…
It had appeared as if maybe she wouldn’t, but late Thursday afternoon Florida state Attorney General Pam Bondi filed an appeal notice on behalf of Surgeon General Dr. John H. Armstrong, Secretary of Management Services Craig J. Nichols, and Washington County Clerk of Court Harold Bazzell. On August 21, U.S…
Anti-medical marijuana group Drug Free America Foundation has taken it up a notch on their “Amendment 2 has loopholes that will lead to legalized marijuana” talking point by putting up a billboard attacking John Morgan. Morgan, the Orland-based attorney and medical marijuana advocate who has poured millions of his own…
As you may or may not know, Donald Trump is a prolific tweeter. And by that, we mean he likes to get into beefs with people or corporations on Twitter and call them losers, in between tweeting about his hotels and saying derogatory things about Obama. And sure, it can…
Fort Lauderdale can be a bit of an enigma these days. It’s got a lot of canals, was once the spring-break capital of the world, and is often lost in the ubiquitous sexy glow of Miami Beach. So, is it a party town? A family town? Do people even go…
This week, your social media is probably just a clogged drain of news, speculation, rumor, and blah, all themed around the celebrity nude photo scandal. To recap: Hackers targeted big names like actress Jennifer Lawrence and model Kate Upton and others this weekend, somehow springing nude photos from their private…
Another poll, another strong showing for medical marijuana. With Floridians hitting the polls in a mere two months, it’s looking more and more like the majority favors legalizing marijuana. At least according to every poll that’s come out since the initiative was put on the ballot. The recent polling comes…
Could it be true that “boys are better than girls in math because their bodies receive daily surges of testosterone, while girls have similar skills only ‘a few days per month’ when they experience ‘increased estrogen during the menstrual cycle’?” That’s just one bit of dubious pseudoscience upon which some…
In November 2002, Genaro Ambrosino was packing paintings to ship overseas when the door to his North Miami gallery swung open. In strode a handsome Frenchman with shoulder-length hair and well-tailored clothes. He quietly asked Ambrosino for help. “Genaro, I know that you’re from Venezuela, so I wanted to ask…
South Florida football fans have plenty to gab about these days. The Miami Dolphins — who haven’t won a playoff game in more than a decade — are preparing for this Sunday’s opener at home against Tom Brady and the New England Patriots. And this past Monday night, the University…
Fort Lauderdale city leaders are meeting Wednesday to look over the possibility of implementing new homeless laws that will put an end to panhandling, sleeping in public places, and even remove park benches in some areas. Specifically, the focus will be on camping laws and looking to prevent the homeless…
The Palm Harbor Marina Hotel, an 8-story, 75-foot, 108-room waterfront hotel, with meeting rooms, a restaurant and bar facing the Intracoastal Waterway, was approved by West Palm Beach commissioners on Tuesday. The approval follows several meetings where the hotel developers had asked for the motion to be tabled so that…
Opposition to the legalization of medical marijuana has been circulating a cell-phone video showing United for Care benefactor John Morgan giving a profanity-laced speech to young voters about marijuana. The anti-medical marijuana group No On 2 cut down a six-minute video of Morgan at a post-debate party last week, showing…
Andrew Kirschner — the 2012 Volunteer of the Year for the Boys & Girls Club of Broward County — got an email recently asking about volunteers for an upcoming event the club was holding with Davie Pro Rodeo. It’s unclear how long the rodeo and the local club have done…
Eduardo Mesa, a 16-year veteran Broward Sheriff’s Office deputy, was arrested on Tuesday by BSO Public Corruption Unit following a seven-month investigation. Mesa, 40, is accused of stealing from a victim who had been hit and killed by a train. The deputy had responded to the scene to investigate the…
Robert Platshorn is getting high today. That is, he’s going on an airplane. High Times called him up yesterday to say that he’s being gifted free tickets to this weekend’s Cannabis Cup in Seattle. The reason? After 28 years in prison and six years on probation for smuggling weed, the…
On Tuesday afternoon, news broke over a purported video that surfaced showing South Florida journalist Steven Sotloff being beheaded by ISIS, the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria. Shortly after the news broke, the two men running for governor of Florida released statements on Sotloff’s murder. See also: Steven Sotloff’s…
On Monday, news blog West Boca News put out a story about an apparent Situational Awareness Bulletin from the Boynton Beach Police Department regarding a man who shot almost a dozen YouTube videos describing the lax security at local hospitals. The bulletin, which states it is for Law Enforcement Use,…
Reclining seats on a flight have been a major source of debate on the internet lately. So it stands to reason that it was only a matter of time the issue come around to our neck of the woods. And now it has. According to Delta Airlines, a flight bound…
