Stephen Brennan, a Brit, teacher, and soccer fanatic, will tell the World Cup’s craziest moments over the next few days. This is the sixth installment. Read the others here. The Battle of Santiago, Chile versus Italy, First Round 1962 The so called “Battle of Santiago” in the ’62 tournament was,…
The owner of the Village at Gulfstream Park has been granted permission to build a 21-story, 182-unit luxury condo atop a parking garage next to the mall at the pari-mutuel casino. The project will cost $92 million and is expected to bring an estimated $523,000 a year in property taxes,…
Grab your controller and heed the call of duty. It is time to read about the best places to eat brunch, drink beer, and party until dawn in Broward and Palm Beach counties. In the pages that follow, you’ll find more than 200 of our picks for the best artists,…
The Florida Department of the Lottery — the department that hands out and handles billions of dollars — apparently can’t keep its books straight. This according to an audit conducted by the office of the state auditor general, David W. Martin. As first reported by FloridaWatchDog.org, the survey found that…
In what at one point had a bleak outlook turned into a symbolic victory for Fort Lauderdale’s LGBT community when commissioners approved a marriage-equality resolution Tuesday night. The measure, sponsored by openly gay Commissioner Dean Trantalis, is nonbinding and asks Gov. Rick Scott and the Florida Legislature to make gay…
Stephen Brennan, a Brit, teacher, and soccer fanatic, will tell the World Cup’s craziest moments over the next few days. This is the fifth installment. Read the others here. England versus West Germany, Semifinal 1990 Since winning the World Cup on home soil in 1966, there had been little for…
In 2011, the Center for Biological Diversity struck a huge legal settlement with the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service that meant the agency needed to decide whether to put 757 different animals on the endangered species list. They bragged, using animals that would pull at people’s heartstrings, touting photos of…
Fort Lauderdale is like a strange foreign land. If you enter without knowing its ways, you’ll be chewed up and spit out, bloody and naked. (Bloody and naked was actually the third runner-up as Fort Lauderdale’s slogan.) But if you learn your way around, where to go and what to…
Porn is going mainstream, sure, but is straight-edge Palm Beach County ready for a former skin-flick actor to sit on its School Board? As outrageous as the idea might sound, David Mech — a ex-porn actor and director who’s been working as a math tutor in recent years — has…
Sheldon Adelson, the mega-rich casino magnate who last week donated $2.5 million to the anti-Amendment 2 group Drug Free Florida, also happens to have his own medical research group. And according to that group’s own studies, medical marijuana has been shown to aid those who suffer from multiple sclerosis. See…
Palm Beach Gardens city leaders greenlighted the bulldozers early this month, cheering on the clearing of Briger Forest, the last major tract of undeveloped land along I-95 in Palm Beach County. Jobs! Progress! Townhomes! But as night follows day, local environmental activists soon replied with a renewed assault on the…
A City Fort Lauderdale measure asking commissioners to openly support marriage equality and gay rights is in danger of not having enough votes to pass Tuesday. The measure, sponsored by openly gay Commissioner Dean Trantalis, is nonbinding. However, it would speak loudly for city officials to openly support marriage equality…
When someone thinks “government corruption,” one readily thinks “FLORIDA!” But as it turns out, our fair state of supreme malfeasance has been tanking a little in the rankings. At least, according to one study. Researchers at the University of Hong Kong and Indiana University studied more than 25,000 convictions of…
It’s finally here. The latest edition of our annual Best of Broward-Palm Beach issue goes live, and it is chock-full o’ awesomeness. From the best dive bars to the best places to meet single men and ladies to the best local restaurants in town and even your readers’ choice votes,…
Score one for your constitutional rights. Until last week, it was pretty much open season in terms of the police keeping track of your cell phone records in the Sunshine State. But now, thanks to a court decision that started here in South Florida, law enforcement must pass through more…
Stephen Brennan, a Brit, teacher, and soccer fanatic, will tell the World Cup’s craziest moments over the next few days. This is the fourth installment. Read the others here. West Germany versus Hungary, Final 1954 It is difficult to believe now, but in the 1950s, Hungary possessed one of the…
Last night against the Cubs, Miami Marlins right fielder Your browser does not support iframes.” target=”_blank”>Giancarlo Stanton hit his 19th home run (best in the National League), a low line drive that soared just over the right-field fence. It looked different from most of his 136 career bombs in a…
In a historical moment for the medical marijuana movement, Rick Scott signed the Charlotte’s Web bill into law on Monday. Back in April, the Senate approved the bill by a 36-3 vote, and Scott said he would sign it into law as soon as it hit his desk. Charlotte’s Web,…
Last time we checked up on Palm Beach County students, things weren’t looking too hot. The county’s school system saw a dip in its overall grades, according to the Florida Department of Education’s annual school grades. Two schools got D’s and two schools received F grades in Palm Beach. But…
When your nickname is “Fat Boy,” you might as well, uh, roll with it. Christopher Mitchell, a 450-pound Volusia County man, was pulled over for not wearing a seatbelt on Friday. Although he told officers he was too large to strap himself in, he and passenger Kethian Roberts were acting…
South Floridians love their tricked-out, high-end rides, including those sport utility vehicles that are always hogging two spaces in the Publix parking lot. But more than anything, it looks like South Floridians like stealing SUVs, according to a new analysis released by the National Insurance Crime Bureau. The new numbers…
Stephen Brennan, a Brit, teacher, and soccer fanatic, will tell the World Cup’s craziest moments over the next few days. This is the third installment. Read the first one here and the second here. Italy versus West Germany, Final, 1982 Italy is a team that seems to thrive on low…
