An annual green event that started in Florida in 2010 now spans the globe, uniting people of many lands in a cry for energy sanity and environmental preservation. See also: – Rick Scott Says “I’m Not a Scientist” as He Continues to Ignore Climate Change Issue Hands Across the Sand…
If the web site Reddit is the front page of the interent, then the Florida sub-Reddit page is like the back screen door where all the mangy talk and stories about the Sunshine state sluice through. Popping in on any given day gives you a sense of what people online…
An anti-drug group looking to squash the legalization of medical marijuana in the state has released a website and an eight-minute ad that says that if Amendment 2 passes, marijuana will be legalized in Florida. In the video titled “The Devil is in the Details,” the group claims that Amendment…
Food and shelter are basic human essentials that are often taken for granted. But not everyone is fortunate enough to afford a safe place. In hurricane-prone South Florida, the area is fraught with roof damage. And the cost of repairs leave some living in shoddy conditions — with a leaky…
Last month, FSU star quarterback and Heisman winner Jameis Winston was accused of stealing crab legs from a Tallahassee Publix. Surveillance video of the theft was released Thursday. And, from what one can glean from the video, turns out Winston is not entirely a savvy thief. See also: Jameis Winston…
Former New England Patriot and Florida Gator Aaron Hernandez has been indicted on murder charges for the 2012 deaths of Daniel Abreu and Safiro Furtado. A search warrant filed in Connecticut in January placed Hernandez at the drive-by shooting in Boston, but on Thursday, prosecutors said Hernandez was the triggerman…
Gildas Dousset, a student at FAU, has filed suit asking an appellate court to recognize his same-sex marriage after he says he was denied in-state tuition. The appeal, filed in the Fourth District Court of Appeals, argues that the state’s laws barring recognition of valid out-of-state marriages of same-sex couples…
The world is filled with bitter little men who talk tough in legal filings, and Chris Sevier is a champ among them. Last month, the chronically annoying self-described “former Judge Advocate and combat veteran” tried to insert himself into a federal court case to see if Florida will acknowledge gay…
The Miami Heat clinched its Eastern Conference semifinal matchup against Brooklyn on Wednesday night, beating the Nets 96-94 in a thriller that saw Miami pull off a comeback led by LeBron James and Ray Allen. The Nets were not going to go quietly. Everything they threw toward the basket went…
Sunrise, Florida, is one step closer to being known for exactly three things: a byzantine shopping center that’s completely possible to get lost in, a giant-ass stadium that hosts hockey’s worst team, and an insanely large, billion-dollar development that sounds impossible to fill. On Tuesday night, City Commission members gave…
Suburbs don’t get much tidier than Coral Springs. The boxy patch of West Broward is made up of neighborhoods of modest ranch homes planted evenly on shady, manicured lawns. It’s Mayberry 2.0, a David Lynch movie before shit goes bad. Behind the front door of one such modest suburban house…
In the fall of last year, Colin Chisholm strode into a Citibank on Ventura Boulevard in Woodland Hills, California. Burning a hole in his pocket was a check for $120,000. He asked for cash in $100 bills, then hopped a plane to Minnesota with all the makings of an escape…
West Palm Beach has a new police chief. On Wednesday morning, Mayor Jeri Muoio named Assistant Police Chief Bryan Kummerlen as the city’s next police chief, pending city commissioners’ ratification later this month. Kummerlen, a 26-year veteran on the force, had been serving as West Palm Beach Police interim chief…
Back in 2012, Marco Rubio invoked his right to tell people he wasn’t a scientist when he was asked something that has a clear answer based on scientific evidence. Now Gov. Rick Scott is also invoking that right, for the seemingly same reasons. On Tuesday, the governor was asked if…
Members of the Boynton Beach Police Department were caught on cell-phone video using excessive force on two seventh-graders they pulled off a school bus for bad behavior. The two videos, uploaded to LiveLeak.com, show one officer putting one of the students in a chokehold and another officer kicking the other…
Urged on by a coalition of engaged and alarmed citizens, public officials in Collier County yesterday stood up to a Texas oil company and the state Department of Environmental Protection and pressed on with their decision to sue for greater safeguards against acid fracking in the Everglades. See also: -…
Ever find yourself complaining about how expensive parking is in Fort Lauderdale? Of course you do. Parking is enough of a pain in the ass to begin with; then you have to put a dent in your bank account to do it. But take heart! Because it’s not as bad…
Update, 11 a.m.: The appeals court has granted the emergency order. A copy of the ruling is posted below. Original story: A Florida mother is hoping the Fourth District Court of Appeals will intervene and stop a court order that her 3-year-old son be circumcised. Heather Hironimus of Boynton Beach…
A Broward attorney who was charged with operating a multimillion-dollar fraud, is on the lam and is considered armed and dangerous, according to the FBI. Michael Ralph Casey, 67, who practiced law in Fort Lauderdale, was indicted on federal mail and wire fraud conspiracy charges for his alleged involvement in…
Marckenson Chery, a 29-year-old Fort Lauderdale man, is accused of alleged cyber-sex sessions on Skype with a 15-year-old girl from San Francisco. Federal agents from Homeland Security say that the girl’s father discovered hundreds of messages between Chery and the girl and that the sessions had been going on for…
At a time when climate change is the big topic of discussion and debate between scientists and politicians, Fort Lauderdale is at least doing its part to make sure things get green. The city is doing so much for the environment, in fact, that it was named among the top…
The Miami Heat took a 3-1 lead in its Eastern Conference semifinal matchup against Brooklyn on Monday night, beating the Nets 102-96. While there are plenty of game and series recaps to peruse, we at the Pulp like to dig deeper and get into some specific stuff you may or…
