The goat doesn’t want to wear the undies. Can’t blame him. Plus-sized, bleached-white tighty whities are not very chic. A tall man, blue shirt tucked neatly into his jeans, holds up the animal’s brown-and-white-mottled back end, while his teammate, a squat woman, tries to work the underpants on. The goat’s…
The six same-sex couples who sued the state back in January and are asking a state court to rule that Florida’s ban on marriage equality is unconstitutional will have their day to present their case on July 2. Eleventh Judicial Court Judge Sarah Zabel will preside over the hearing in…
A local economic consulting firm released a study on Wednesday that says All Aboard Florida will add nearly $2.4 billion in jobs over the next eight years to Florida, and $653 million in tax revenue. All Aboard Florida, which is a private rail service that plans on running a passenger…
Fort Lauderdale is beautiful. Lots of beaches. Lots of yachts. Great nightlife. And pretty damned deadly when you’re crossing the street. Welp, you take the good with the bad! This according to a new report by Smart Growth America and the National Complete Streets Coalition ominously titled “Dangerous by Design…
So far, 39 nurseries have been approved to grow low-THC marijuana under the Charlotte’s Web bill recently passed by the Florida Legislature. It hasn’t been easy to get on the list, which requires — among other things — that a nursery has operated continuously for at least 30 years…
By 2018, American ground troops might be able to do anything but fly. People weirded out by the concept of Google Glass will probably get the heebie-jeebies when hearing about the Tactical Assault Light Operator Suit, or TALOS for short. The Army project will definitely be bulletproof. But it also…
Down 0-1? Lance Stephenson hitting ridiculous shots? The Pacers offense suddenly looking like the Showtime Lakers? Pffft. No problem. Not when you’ve got a perfectly good Dwyane Wade and LeBron James whom you can unleash on your enemies. The dynamic duo once again blew up shit with their awesomeness, combining…
Broward County Public Schools has sent a letter to the Liberty Institute, ensuring it that students are permitted to read their Bibles in school as a part of free-reading time and during the Accelerated Reader Program. Just a couple of weeks ago, we brought you the tale of Giovanni Rubeo,…
Miami Heat head coach Erik Spoelstra announced Tuesday that Udonis Haslem would be starting Game 2 of the Eastern Conference Finals against the Indiana Pacers. It’s a move that, frankly, should’ve been done in Game 1. UD brings height, defensive intensity, and a scowling badassery to the Heat that they…
It’s becoming increasingly apparent that Fort Lauderdale is the most awesome place on Earth. In the past few weeks, we’ve seen different national outlets taking notice of the Venice of America and ranking Fort Lauderdale high in some important categories, such as greenest midsized city, best downtown, best city to…
Over the years, we have come to expect weirdness from Rick Scott, just as we expect an egg from a chicken. And, just like the chicken, Scott always delivers, pulling things out of his ass that make us scratch our heads. But even we are a little confused by some…
Irene Secada sat in the back of the campaign headquarters doing mental math. About 80 people were crammed and sweating inside of a Weston shopping mall suite to see Nan Rich, the 72-year-old former state senator and lifelong Democrat, open her gubernatorial campaign headquarters. Although the majority of the Nan…
When the ribbon was snipped on the brand-spanking-new Dania Casino and Jai Alai in February, one of the biggest grins beaming during the ceremony belonged to Cristóbal López. The Argentine businessman had already cobbled together an impressive international portfolio of 29 big-money businesses, from waste management companies to oil refineries…
A Fort Lauderdale woman with an outstanding warrant was arrested in Palm Beach over the weekend after cops found weed in her vagina. The woman had gotten into a heated dispute with a Palm Beach homeowner for “services.” And, according to one report, the home where the woman was arrested…
A 2,300-pound, 14-foot great white shark named Katharine was hanging around Fort Lauderdale and Hollywood Beach and is now making her way down toward the Florida Keys. According to OCEARCH ocean research group, Katharine has come into our neighborhood in recent days and appears to be making a trek either…
Update: Authorities have given the all-clear after no bomb was found on campus. Students have been allowed back into the school. Original post: South Plantation High School has been evacuated over a bomb threat Monday morning. Students have been gathered outside the school as a bomb squad and bomb-sniffing dogs…
Florida’s attempt to kill craft brewing almost succeeded because of… gasp… campaign money, a Montana think tank has found. During the past five years, the biggest supporters of Senate Bill 1714, which would have required small beer makers to — in effect — pay twice for their own beer, invested…
After putting together an impressive record across Florida over the past year, Atticus Palmer took his pinball game to the national stage this weekend. The Coral Springs wunderkind — profiled last week in New Times — was among the 25 competitors hitting the flippers yesterday at the International Flipper Pinball…
Well, that was rough. The Miami Heat dropped Game 1 of the Eastern Conference Finals to the Indiana Pacers 107-96 in a game in which Miami never even led. It was a swift and rough kick right to the pills from the get-go and featured one of the most frustrating…
A Delray Beach man had dinner at Dubliner Irish Pub in Mizner Park on Wednesday, and when his debit card was declined, he decided to skip out on the bill and get into his black Mercedes and make a run for it in. Two things went wrong with this plan…
“It’s my experience that most physicians are poorly educated when it comes to the anatomy of the normal male genitalia,” says Atlanta-based trial attorney and civil mediator, David Llewellyn. Llewellyn, who specializes in medical malpractice, particularly in the areas of genital injury, circumcision damage, and wrongful circumcision, for Johnson &…
Darden Restaurants, the Florida-based company that owns Longhorn Steakhouse, Olive Garden, Bahama Breeze, and Seasons 52, among others, has announced the sale of one of their bigger chains, Red Lobster. Darden announced on Friday that they’ve agreed to sell the restaurant and related real estate assets to San Francisco-based Golden…
