The mother of South Florida journalist Steven Sotloff released a video pleading with ISIS, the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, for amnesty for her son. Sotloff appeared in the video where a member of ISIS murdered and then beheaded American journalist James Foley. In the video, ISIS threatens the…
David Beckham’s group of investors looking for a South Florida stadium for their MLS club have reportedly turned down Broward County. This, according to a report by Gossip Extra. The gossip site says a source tells them Beckham is citing Broward’s poor history for soccer clubs and low attendance to…
This exact time last year, the Miami Marlins found themselves in last place (49-81) in the NL East, having been outscored by 110 runs, which was the second worst run differential in the sport. This year? The Fish already have 65 wins, they’ve only been outscored by 22 runs on…
At 9:45 a.m. yesterday, the George English Park Community Center voting station was about as active as Chik-Fil-A on a Sunday. The half dozen poll workers outnumbered the voters, and the polite older woman sitting outside the door wore a look of mild shock when approached and asked where to…
Charlie Crist does not know the meaning of the word “party.” I’m not just talking about his running for Governor as a Republican, and State Senator as an Independent and then, finally, for Governor again as a Democrat. Whatever. Switching things up is exciting. In contrast, his primary victory celebration…
Former Obama official George Sheldon defeated his primary opponent for the right to take on Pam Bondi for the state attorney general last night. And Bondi wasted no time in calling him up and challenging the man to a debate. Sheldon’s win was pretty overwhelming, taking more than 60 percent…
Hi. Hello. How are you? It’s Primary Election night, and lots and lots of races are being decided by the very little of you who actually showed up to vote. But, no worries. We got you covered on the winners as the results come in. See which judges will be…
Voter turnout for primaries is traditionally low to begin with. But now there are a couple of reports of some polling places in Palm Beach County having issues with the iPad Minis being used by workers in an attempt to high-tech the voting process. Poll workers are using the iPad…
As ever, there have apparently been shenanigans leading up to today’s primary voting day. A conservative group known as, well, the Conservatives allegedly sent out Charlie Crist robocalls to potential voters telling them that he’s all about conservative values. Problem is, the recordings are from back when Crist was a…
Miami Marlins slugger Giancarlo Stanton is pretty much having the best season of any other player in the National League (and probably all of baseball). As a result, the Marlins are shockingly in the hunt for a Wildcard spot. As any Marlins fan can attest to, this is a rare…
Today is Election Day, time to cash out on a season’s worth of primary drama. Also, your mailbox will soon be filling up with less junk — hopefully. But just now as we’re getting ready to shelve politics for a couple of months, a sideshow issue has broken out in…
Upstairs at the Patricia and Phillip Frost Museum of Science, past smiling employees at the front desk and cubicles full of researchers and staffers, lies a secluded room behind a password-protected door. Inside, unmoving taxidermies of bears, snakes, and birds stand next to rows of sterile bones, shells, and antique…
Among Florida progressives, there are mixed feelings about voting for Nan Rich in today’s Democratic gubernatorial primary match-up against Charlie Crist. On one hand, Nan Rich is an authentic progressive and has been her entire political life, including as Senate Minority Leader from 2010-2012. She has earned the progressive vote…
It looks like James Tracy, the FAU professor who doubles as a conspiracy theorist, has struck again. Or, at least one of his writers did. On Tracy’s Memory Hole blog, blogger Patrick Murphy suggests that the unrest in Ferguson, Missouri, in the past couple of weeks might be another case…
As you may very well know, Tuesday is the big Primary Elections Day. And while it’s not superfancy like November elections, it’s pretty damned important. Mainly because Tuesday will decide who faces whom come November, when things start to get real. Primary days usually have low turnout, but it’s still…
Recent events in Ferguson, Missouri, have raised questions about the militarization of American police departments. When angry protesters took to the streets to demand justice, Ferguson police responded with force. Cops in riot gear fired tear gas and stun grenades at marchers. At least one officer pointed his loaded assault…
Police action in the heartland! Fevers sweeping Africa! Rockets lacing the skies over the Middle East! Real estate bubbles! Rising seas! Mosquito-borne illnesses! Steroids derailing professional sports! Everywhere you look, the headlines are ballooning with more bad news. But what issue is truly itching away inside every South Floridian? What…
Cheryl Shuman likes to be called the Martha Stewart of marijuana. She runs the Beverly Hills Cannabis Club out of L.A., which sells one of the first designer brands of pot. Her product runs $750 an ounce and comes wrapped in 14-carat gold. New customers often get star treatment: Chefs…
Whatever your plans for this Friday evening, just be sure of one thing: Do not drive like an asshole. That’s because the Broward Sheriff’s Office is unleashing a cavalry of units known as the Broward County Aggressive Driving Task Force onto the streets to make sure you people pump the…
Commuters on Hallandale Beach Boulevard had to be more vigilant than usual on Wednesday when they had to swerve their cars to keep from hitting a 2-year-old boy left there by his father. The child was, thankfully, unharmed. But his father was arrested for child neglect after having simply left…
The folks over at United for Care have jumped on the ALS Ice Bucket challenge and decided to get doused for the cause. But for United for Care, the challenge also hits home for a fellow medical marijuana advocate. This challenge was done in honor of Cathy Jordan, president of…
On Thursday, in a 33-page ruling, U.S. District Judge Robert L. Hinkle of Florida’s Northern District in Tallahassee became the fifth judge in the state to rule against the same-sex marriage ban. Like the previous rulings, however, Hinkle immediately stayed his ruling, meaning that gay and lesbian couples still can’t…
