Yesterday we told you about how blacktip and spinner sharks wanted to get in on that sweet spring break action up in Palm Beach, and migrated to Midtown Beach by the thousands.See also: -Sharks Force Beach Closings in Palm Beach County They were spotted just feet away from the shore,…

Marlins owner Jeffrey Loria took out a full-page ad in the local papers last week titled “Letter to Our Fans” (inexplicably, that letter failed to make its way to New Times!) to explain why he and his team suck so hard. The letter was probably the most pedantic, lacking self-awareness,…

With all this banning-pit-bull talk recently hitting up your daily bloggy blog, we still haven’t addressed the banning-pit-bull-owners issue. Now would be that time. Because, according to cops, a Fort Lauderdale man screw it, I’m gonna treat my pit bull like a soccer ball…

Christopher Brennan didn’t like being put inside a Lee County deputy’s patrol car after cops were called in to investigate a disturbance at a Fort Myers resort at nearly 2 Monday morning. So Brennan thought he’d bemoan this treatment. And by “bemoan this treatment,” we mean he unzipped his pants…

According to the University of Florida, Palm Beach has the third-highest number of shark attacks among Florida counties with 62.See also: -Great White Sharks Spotted in Florida Waters And apparently, Palm Beach swimmers are crazy delicious, because a large number of migrating sharks have been spotted swimming close to the shore…

Come April 25, you will be able to carry a small knife onto a plane. Also, sporting equipment, such as a pool cue, and golf clubs and hockey sticks. That’s because the TSA has announced that these items are no longer prohibited on board airplanes since they were banned after…

If you want to sell a cat or dog in Florida, you may have to whip out a certificate proving that you’re allowed to do so, because a bill up for a vote in the Legislature regulating the sale of dogs and cats in Florida is a go. The bill…

Last Thursday, 37-year-old Jeff Bush was swallowed whole by a sinkhole that appeared under his bed in his Tampa home. The sinkhole was reportedly 30 feet wide and 60 feet deep, and, tragically, Bush has yet to even be found. The last anyone heard from Bush was when the other…

Twelve former Florida A&M University band members have been charged with manslaughter in the hazing death of 26-year-old drum major Robert Champion in 2011. Last May, the band members were charged with felony hazing, but prosecutors announced Monday that they had elevated those charges…

We all have been waiting for the day Casey Anthony shows her face in public since she was acquitted of murder in the death of her 2-year-old daughter, Caylee. Today was that day (unless you count a possible spotting at a Lake Worth Flannies). Anthony arrived at the federal courthouse…

Even with Gov. Rick Scott reversing course on the good ship SS Teabaggery and supporting the expansion of Medicaid (even though he wanted to control how it would be privatized), his fellow Florida GOPers stayed the course. See also: -Rick Scott Now Supports Medicaid Expansion And by “stayed the course,”…

And now for your bimonthly dose of bummer whale news: On Sunday, a whale and her calf had beached themselves at Jensen Beach, just north of Waveland Beach in St. Lucie County. Beachgoers spotted the whales in the water shortly before they beached themselves. The pair were identified as pygmy…

Tommy Lee Jones is making a hard target search in every gas station, residence, warehouse, farmhouse, henhouse, outhouse and doghouse for a person to purchase his 52-acre polo ranch in Palm Beach. Jones has reportedly put the ranch on the market for a cool $26.75 million. It has a regulation…

When cops pulled Port St. Lucie resident Jayme Nicole Poma, 23, over for a traffic violation a few weeks ago, they found that there was an active warrant out for her arrest for failure to appear in court. So the cops hauled her off to jail. But this was only…