One Tampa-area squirrel is being hailed as a hero by public school students today, probably. On the first day of FCAT testing, the ChristSquirrel got fried on a live electrical power line, causing a massive morning power outage in three different schools, as well as to an additional 700 customers,…
Miami Dolphins owner Stephen “Chad Henne Is The Next Dan Marino” Ross is bringing an international soccer tournament to South Florida which is kind of like the World Cup, but not at all like it in the least. Ross is expected to announce that South Florida will host matches for…
So, giant rat-sized snails have decided to invade Florida now.And they’re roaming about by the thousands. According to the Florida Department of Agriculture, a South Florida homeowner first reported the creepy things, and a recent report says that a total of 117,000 of these suckers have been caught since and…
Marco Rubio appeared on one of the Sunday political talk shows on, uh, Sunday (THERE ARE TOO MANY OF THEM!) and slammed, ripped, dunked on, smacked down, put a hurtin’ to, Jay-Z and his recent decision to not only visit Cuba, but to also be unapologetic about it in a…
Miami, Florida and Hollywood, California are known for the best places to spot celebrities. Oohh there’s Jon Hamm. Ooh look, George Clooney! Pfft. Whatever. We all know the sexiest place on the planet is Broward friggin County.Know who else knows that?The Rock. He lives there. Other celebrities sort of live…
It looks like Palm Beach County middle school advanced class students might be able to forego the FCAT test this year, pending on a case-by-case basis. Last week, the Sun-Sentinel reported that parents had been complaining to school officials about their kids being double-tested thanks to the academic albatross known…
Marco Rubio is about to go all-in on being The Guy For The GOPers in 2016, more so than he already is The Guy For The GOPers in 2016. And he’s doing it via the thorny immigration reform policy which, just like every other damn thing in Washington, has split…
Donald Hughes is a convicted sex offender who has been on probation for sexual battery convictions stemming from the 1990s. But Hughes figured there must be a statute of limitations on probations for sex offenders, because he allegedly liked walking around outside his home stark-raving naked like it was all…
Monday is the last day to file your taxes. Have you filed them? Probably not. Because, according to a report, Floridians are filing slower than usual this year. This could be a mistake, Plantation spokesman for the Internal Revenue Service, Mike Dobzinski says. Because last-minute crunch-time filings mean more errors,…
Community leaders will be gathering in Delray Beach on Saturday for a “We Have Not Forgotten and Demand Action” event. And while the name is overly long and uninspired, the event itself is intended to be a loud shout in the face to Congress and lobbyists alike that gun control…
Looks like the Florida Sheriffs Task Force’s crackdown on underaged drinking during spring break was a success. And by success, we mean craploads of arrests were made, drugs were seized, and fewer visits to the emergency room were made by underaged kids who had been iced one too many times…
Ever get a hankerin’ for a whole case of cheese and peanut butter crackers but don’t have the money or the means to get to a grocery store other than maybe a horse? Well, it’s this kind of universal problem the fine folks at Walmart like to solve with their…
With the 2013 NBA playoffs a mere week away, it’s time to see what LeBron James will be wearing as he prepares to obliterate defenders and defend his and the Heat’s crown as Biggest Badasses in All the Land (or, as most would call it, NBA Finals Champions). With that,…
Jorge Jonathan Cruz-Blanco was evicted from his home on Monday. So he responded in the most reasonable way imaginable for a person who gets kicked out of his place of residence. He went out and got a job. Just kidding. He dropped his trousers and took a shit on the…
If two Colorado State University climatologists are correct, we’re going to get hit up and harassed by hurricanes more than usual this season. Meteorologists Philip Klotzbach and William Gray are predicting from their supercool hurricane prediction base (i.e., their laptops, probably) that there will be 18 storms in total this year,…
Back on February 25, cops raided the home of the president of the Florida Cannabis Action Network, Cathy Jordan, like a SWAT team crashing into Pablo Escobar’s mansion. Law enforcement officials swarmed Jordan’s home after a government employee who was visiting a neighbor spotted some marijuana plants on her property…
The four women from Trans and Womyn’s Action Camp (TWAC) who were arrested Tuesday morning after they chained themselves to the doors of the GEO Group corporate headquarters, were released from the Palm Beach County Jail on Wednesday.See also:-Four Arrested in Protest at GEO Headquarters: Activists From Transgender and Womyn’s…
Gov. Rick Scott officially made internet cafés go kaput Wednesday afternoon, when he signed legislation that bans up to 1,000 internet gaming storefronts across the state. See also: -Lt. Gov. Jennifer Carroll Has Resigned The new law is in large part thanks to Allied Veterans, an internet café operator whose officials were…
Good news, everyone! It looks like it’s going to be a little harder for the government to vaporize you with a drone, thanks to a 39-0 vote by the Florida Senate for SB 92. Sponsored by Sen. Joe Negron, who is the chamber’s appropriations chair, the bill will keep local…
Oh hey, Broward County. If there are sudden whispers in your office about a possible deadly chemical leak or some other man-made terror disaster, it’s only a rumor. So no need to hide under your desk. The Port Everglades Department and Emergency Management Division are conducting a “weapons of mass…
With the national media crowning the New York Knicks the 2013 NBA Finals Champions this past week, it was easy to forget that the Miami Heat are on the verge of breaking the all-time franchise win mark and clinching homecourt advantage throughout the playoffs. It’s also easy to forget that…
Scientists and oceanographers say great white sharks are a rarity in Florida. In related news: A fourth great white shark has been spotted in Florida waters since January. In this case, it was right in our backyard. See also: – Great White Sharks Spotted in Florida Waters – Fishermen Catch…
