Guess what, Florida? It’s hot. Like, so hot it makes you wonder what fool decided this blighted land would be suitable for humanity. So hot your car’s full-blast AC isn’t enough, and, sitting there, you begin to sweat in strange and unusual places. Likely around your lower back. Then: an…
Last week, the Daily Caller, a right-wing news website, called Florida Atlantic University “the worst place in America to attend college.” The main reason for the condemnation was the school’s “speech code.” See also: – FAU President and Trustees Keep Saying Ridiculous Things…
This month, the Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) released a hefty report on the worse governors in America. And yup, no news flash here, Rick Scott made the short list for the barrel’s bottom. CREW picked six governors as the worst of the worst, a distinction Scott…
Prisons don’t often come to mind when searching for online reviews, yet the Guantanamo Bay detention camp has plenty, with 30 out of the 47 total Google reviews coming in the last week alone, and averaging a rating of 2.8 out of 5 stars. It’s not clear what prompted this…
A sinkhole collapsed a villa at the Summer Bay Resort near Disney World early Monday morning. The building is almost halfway in the hole, with another section of the villa sinking into the ground. At around 3:00 a.m., witnesses reported hearing a cracking sound as the villa began to submerge…
The more than $1 billion in economic activity that the expansion at the Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport is expected to generate will certainly make airline and airport executives and contractors a bit more wealthy. But Some of the baggage workers feel a bit left out which is why they are…
Students may return to school in the fall, but that doesn’t mean much in South Florida. It’s very much summer almost year round here, a state of affairs which should make protection from the sun an important part of our daily health regimen. But many school districts treat sunscreen as…
Palm Beach County was built on tourism and agriculture. But once established as a haven for money and power, and as the world grew smaller through the advance of technology, it also became a flashpoint for global intrigue. JFK’s apocalpyse bunker was installed here. Cuban sugar baron exiles linked the…
The Miami Dolphins head into EverBank Field in Jacksonville tonight to take on the Jaguars for their second pre-season hoedown of 2013. Last week, against the Cowboys, the Fins looked as bad as a team that calls itself a professional football team could look. And while we know watching this…
Lighthouse Point resident David Duresky is a breastfeeding champion. No, really, there’s a a breastfeeding awareness month: August, and a “Breastfeeding Hall of Excellence,” into which Duresky has been inducted. Duresky was awarded $5,000 to “fund research, sponsor continuing education, purchase equipment” and/or “donate to the breastfeeding charity of [his]…
Derek Medina, who allegedly killed his wife in South Miami and posted pictures of her corpse on Facebook, has an unhinged and strange YouTube footprint, according to a survey of the 143 videos he’s uploaded. They range from showing Medina singing a Bill Withers’ song in the car, to Googling…
This week, an attorney from the Broward Public Defender mailed a letter to the state alleging misconduct at a Pembroke Pines lockdown facility for mentally troubled girls. Among the allegations laid out were troubling practices of physical and chemical restraint, as well as an instance inside the facility when a…
Yep — what the headline says. Earlier today, Derek Medina, of South Miami, wrote on his Facebook page, “Im going to prison or death sentence for killing my wife love you guys miss you guys takecare Facebook people you will see me in the news” my wife was punching me…
Mother-daugther duo Ramona Ramoutar, 42 and Daniella Sinanan, 24, were arrested on charges of solicitation of prostitution once in July and then again on Tuesday. Tuesday’s arrest came with an additional charge for possession of drug paraphenalia. According to reports, Boynton Beach police had received complaints from neighbors about possible…
A majority of Lake Worth’s City Commission voted Tuesday to ignore the result of a March referendum to limit building heights in the city. Voters approved the measure –a charter amendment — by 56 percent to 44 percent. But even before the commission acted, the referendum’s organizers went to court…
It’s a big fat understatement to say it’s been a tough week for Dirty Blondes. Ever since video leaked of the Fort Lauderdale beach bar’s security delivering a vicious Rodney King-style slamming to patrons, the establishment has been fielding a lot of ill will. Nowhere is that more evident than…
On a bright late May morning, a brown-haired woman had just dropped off her daughter at school, when she saw an unusual orange dot poking out from underneath a nearby school bus idling at Ives Dairy Road and I-95. It was a kitten, laced with black stripes, petrified and alone…
Sun Life Stadium hosted the inaugural Guinness International Champions Cup Wednesday night between powerhouse clubs Real Madrid and Chelsea. And the capacity crowd of 67,273 were treated to an exciting match that featured two spectacular goals by Real Madrid star Cristiano Ronaldo. But, just past the 66th minute, the match…
The man’s eyes are wide with fury as he pounds the hood of the Tremont Towing truck that’s hauling his gun-metal Lexus from the plaza at 15th Street and Alton Road in South Beach. The truck stops, and driver Robert Ashenoff Jr. slowly climbs out. He dwarfs the angry Lexus…
On a sunny afternoon, a rotund, tall man named Andre Brown had just stepped out of his Boca Raton apartment when a bronze-haired stranger approached him wearing a black suit, leather gloves, and an expression stitched with alarm. “Are you who I’m supposed to talk to?” the man asked in…
A Lake Worth woman is facing over a hundred animal cruelty charges after Palm Beach County Animal Care and Control officials raided her home and found 137 cats living in horrid conditions. Officials also found six dead cats in the woman’s freezer. All 137 cats found in the residence had…
For many years now, folks who live in Davie that wanted to get their booze on before noon on Sundays were shit out of luck. Thanks to a decades-old ordinance, stores are prohibited from selling any alcohol until after 12:00 on Sundays. But now, the Davie Town Council will be…
