Ever seen a gay man’s living room? A bloody, mounted head of some Christian is not, I repeat NOT, there. But Rick Wiles, a former marketing exec for Trinity Broadcasting Network, thinks otherwise. According to him, gay rights activists are the second-coming of Nazis, because both groups were trying to…
Police in Ocala yesterday responded to a public call about an apparently crazed woman doing yoga in the middle of a road. On their way to the scene, someone else phoned 911 to inform them the lady had begun “stripping in the streets,” according to the probable cause affidavit. Wearing…
Back in April, residents of Lake Mary (a small Florida town outside Orlando) said they’d seen a neighbor feeding a black bear. Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) workers went to see what was up, only to find several bears responding to officers, looking and expecting food. A number…
So it’s come down to this. For now is the hour of desperation. While the world waits (still!!) for LeBron James to make his decision on where he’ll sign, and the Internet is being scoured for clues like a Dan Brown novel, South Florida sports talk radio station 104.3 FM…
A Broward man with the logo for Bentley luxury automobiles tattooed on his face has been charged with identity theft to file fraudulent income tax returns. Because what better way to pretend you’re other people than with a car logo tattooed on your face? He also has a shark tattooed…
The troubled Tribune Company – the newspaper conglomerate that includes the LA Times, Chicago Tribune, and local Sun Sentinel as well as other dailies across the US — is reportedly being eyed by the biggest, baddest, paper baron left in world publishing: Rupert Murdoch. Yesterday afternoon, journalism insider site Poynter…
Daniel Soligny had a good life, except for the whole health insurance thing. He didn’t have the most glamorous job, sure, but spending 14 hours a day on rollerblades at Sonic Beach Miami Gardens kept him active, and his girl, Jacqueline, was always by his side. Although he was 20…
Eddie Wayne Davis, from Polk County, will be the seventh execution in the State of Florida so far this year when — at 6 p.m. today — he’s injected with midazolam hydrochloride, vecuronium bromide and potassium chloride. In 1994, when Davis was 25, he was in a community development in…
With the vote on medical marijuana a mere four months away, a group chaired by both those who advocate and those who are opposed to medical weed has formed a Blue Ribbon Commission to provide research, expert opinions, and feedback on a wide range of medical marijuana issues. Florida For…
The following is an excerpt from the book Blood Sport: Alex Rodriguez, Biogenesis, and the Quest to End Baseball’s Steroid Era, published by the Penguin Group and released this week. The story began in Miami New Times. Frankie Ratcliff’s phone buzzed just before 7:30 p.m. September 10, 2010. The text…
We love our tourists, if only because they keep a large chunk of our economy running. But like anything we love, they sometimes annoy us. As the barrage of summer break tourists pours into South Florida this month, let’s review the things that bother us most about our money-spending visitors,…
The first time Tim Morgan smoked Afghani weed, he thought, “I like this.” The 20-year-old Sante Fe College student was hanging out in his Gainesville apartment with his high school girlfriend and about ten friends. Everyone was huddled around a single measly joint. “I thought it wouldn’t last long, and…
Valarie Joaceus looks beat. Inside her tidy living room in North Lauderdale, the blinds drawn tight against the July sun’s bite, she’s slumped on a leather couch, a heavy-set, middle-aged mom overloaded with worry. Joaceus’ two sons — 26-year-old Jonathan and Gregory, 25 — have had their trouble with police…
We’re officially at DEFCON HOLY CRAP with the LeBron James Decision 2.0. As he is set to meet with Heat team President Pat Riley in Las Vegas Wednesday afternoon, comes news that the Cleveland Cavaliers dealt away a big contract to make salary cap space for LeBron. This either means…
Some backstory: Michael Irvin, former Miami Hurricane legend and ESPN NFL analyst, is tight with Cleveland Browns receiver Josh Gordon. The young wideout has had a history of substance abuse troubles with marijuana, and he’s facing a potential yearlong ban for multiple failed tests. Cris Carter, a former Minnesota Vikings…
LeBron is leaving Miami. LeBron is staying in Miami. LeBron is going to Cleveland. LeBron isn’t going to Cleveland. LeBron is LeBron is LeBron is LeBron is . . . This is a snapshot of the pretzeled thought process of your average hoops fan right now. It’s nerve-smashing, torturous, and…
Citizen activists opposed to oil drilling in the Everglades claim the Florida Department of Environmental Protection has issued a “bogus” clean bill of health for Texas oil company Dan A. Hughes’ acid fracking operation in Collier County. See also: Dropping Acid in the Everglades: Fracking War Drags On in Collier…
One day after it was pointed out that we live in the most dangerous state in the country for lightning strikes, well, lightning struck. Nick Carman, a 25-year-old from Cooper City, was sitting in a tree yesterday at about 1 p.m. when he was struck and sent sideways from the…
Rick Scott seems to be a big target when it comes to the majority of Floridians fed up with the way things are run down here. Will that vitriol be enough to oust Scott in the election come November? Time (and the ballots) will tell. But another key figure is…
Earlier today, Broward and Fort Lauderdale officials, All Aboard Florida reps and architects spoke about the upcoming passenger rail service. The original All Aboard plan called for service from Miami to Orlando, but the trains will stop only in Miami, Fort Lauderdale and West Palm Beach beginning in 2016. “As…
A pair of assistant public defenders who called Palestinians “cockroaches” and “swine” on Facebook have been fired, according to the Sun-Sentinel. Following a news item that claimed Palestinians were celebrating the kidnapping and murder of three Israeli teens, Gary Sheres and Bruce Raticoff took to Facebook to leave their derogatory…
Ok, so this is just adding crazy to all the other crazy. As LeBron James holds the NBA hostage with what his decision will be, news has begun to swirl that the reason fellow-free agent prize Carmelo Anthony has been slow to decide where he’s going is because he’s hoping…
