Ah, Black Friday. It’s the one time of year when the rest of America gets to know what it feels like to be Florida. As folks all around the country are busy head-butting each other over a pair of pants and an Xbox One, Florida got the whole People Behaving…
The band Barenaked Ladies has officially canceled its February show at SeaWorld. This after a petition with about 10,000 signatures asking the band not to play at the water park hit the Interwebs. As we wrote about Thursday, backlash over SeaWorld’s treatment of killer whales, brought to light in the…
While you’re in the thick of all that Black Friday shopping today, you might want to be alert for other shoppers trying to take pictures of your vagina. So, you know. Be wary of that. Or wear pants. A Brookline, Florida, man was arrested for allegedly taking pictures underneath an…
As you can see in the video below, rapper “Laguardia Cross,” AKA “Turkey Black,” hit Fort Lauderdale Beach for Thanksgiving week to raise awareness for the low-wage working conditions faced by airport workers, who are paid less than minimum wage. He is with a group called the Airport Workers Organizing…
With the Miami Heat having to play a game in Cleveland on Wednesday (really, NBA? Send the two-time champion on the road during Thanksgiving to Cleveland?), LeBron James hosted the team for Thanksgiving dinner Thursday at his Akron mansion. And, as it is with this team, once dinner was over,…
Happy Thanksgiving, everybody! And with the big day upon us, it’s time to reflect on things we’re thankful for. Namely: our home state. America loves picking on Florida. And maybe they have good reason. Our crime rate isn’t all that great, our politicians are morons, and then there’s that whole…
Our favorite local green anarchists are having a party in Lake Worth this weekend, taking it to the silver screen for three days of cinematic rabble rousing. The films are documentaries all, which you may not think your cup of meat, but the subject matter is wild stuff, much of…
Jeez, didn’t anybody see Free Willy? The important life lessons of that flick seem to have been forgotten as marine parks have blended in as an acceptable part of our landscape. In fact, Sea World saw record profits this year. Still, backlash against the theme park has grown since trainer…
Florida tends to remain on the receiving end of many a cruel joke, due to its comically unfortunate shape, its geographic positioning, the subtropical heat, and its weirdo populace. (Us!) Those of us who live here know how to take it. Heck, we’re laughing the loudest — when we’re not…
It’s been a long journey, folks, but your patience has paid off. We’re happy to bring you our final installment of the best list of the year: 100 things to do in Broward County before you die. Here ya go, friends — the whole dang list! Enjoy! See also: 100…
Here’s a story of an involved dad. Carl Nicks, 51, of Brevard County, was part of a crowd of people who egged on two teens to solve whatever disagreement they had by using their fists. One of the teen boys happened to be Nicks’ son. And when it looked like…
Florida sure does love its guns. So much so that’s it’s on pace to break some of its own records in gun sales. According to figures done by the state, around 800,000 background checks for guns will have been conducted by year’s end. In 2007, that figure was around 400,000…
Being one of the few women among the male-dominated ranks of firefighters is likely hard enough. One Broward emergency worker says the job came with a series of sexual-discrimination incidents, according to a lawsuit she recently filed in federal court. The alleged harassment included a lot of unflattering comments about…
Ah, Black Friday. It’s almost upon us. And while we expect the worst from our fellow holiday shoppers, such as fighting to the death in the parking lot of a Walmart for that last Play With Me Elmo or plowing through a crowd of women and children to get to…
Let’s face it, we love our family, but we don’t always like them. That’s why Thanksgiving can be tricky. There’s only so many times we can listen to our Uncle’s theory that George Zimmerman works for Obama before we feel the urge to slit our wrists with the long end…
Thanksgiving week marks the busiest travel week of the year. And with a nasty winter storm barreling down the Northeast, things are going to get messy. Ice, sleet and rain is going to make for some treacherous driving conditions. However, Tampa Bay Rays pitcher David Price knows exactly how to…
Man, Rick Scott loves to screw with voters. It’s like a hobby of his (aside from screwing the poor and screwing the environment and screwing the state, in general). First he shortened early voting days, then tried to go after minority voters via an arbitrary and contrived “voter fraud” crusade…
Looks like the city of Pompano Beach has had enough of Club Cinema and is looking to have the dance club shut down. Known for its raves, the club has kept law enforcement busy. Located on Federal Highway just south of Sample Road, it has had many a run-in with…
The Miami Heat loves winning championships. But in between all the championship winning, the players also love their fans, and they love fun. And no one typified that better than Dwyane Wade last night, before and after the Heat took down the Phoenix Suns 107-92. For starters, Wade gave away…
I didn’t throw any batteries at LeBron, but I could probably pick some faces out of a lineup. It was December 2, 2010. The Miami Heat was making its first post-Decision trip to Cleveland. To put in mildly, my bruised hometown was still not over King James’ choice to leave…
Schadenfreude is a dish best served hot. So it was with great relish we learned that one of our least favorite people, Nixon protege/apologist and political hitman Roger Stone, folded like a cheap suit on L.A. talk radio last week at the first sign of resistance to Stone’s current scam,…
Was her Twitter actually hacked?Following a week in which Kayla Mendoza catapulted from obscure pothead to international notoriety after New Times reported she tweeted “2 drunk 2 care” hours before allegedly causing a late-night collision that killed two young women, members of Mendoza’s family have offered their first public comment…
