The last couple of years, we’ve had a handful of South Florida judge get busted for driving while under the influence of one substance or another. On Wednesday, opening statements began for the DUI trial of Broward circuit Judge Cynthia Imperato. Imparato, 57, was busted for DUI back in November…
On Tuesday, former Florida governor Jeb Bush announced that he’s going to start exploring the possibility of running for president in 2016. This was just a fancy political way of saying he’s going to throw his hat in the ring and that he’s going to run, just as his father…
On the same day Pam Bondi’s emergency request filing to Justice Clarence Thomas was accepted, effectively putting same-sex marriage on hold, a Broward County judge has granted a same-sex couple a divorce. On Wednesday, Broward County Circuit Court Judge Dale Cohen granted Heather Brassner a divorce from her estranged domestic…
On Monday, Attorney General Pam Bondi filed an emergency request with U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas in an attempt to keep the ban on same-sex marriage in place past the January deadline, when LGBT couples were going to be allowed to legally wed in the state. On Tuesday, Justice…
Update: In his brief presser Wednesday afternoon, Rubio told reporters that he would do everything in his power to undo President Obama’s plans to thaw relations with Cuba, including opening a U.S. embassy in Havana. “This entire policy shift announced today is based on an illusion, based on a lie,”…
The Florida Panthers made history Tuesday night when they played in an unprecedented 20 round shootout against the Washington Capitals. It was the longest shootout in NHL history, blowing out the previous record of 15. The final score was 2-1, but it took nearly twenty minutes of edge-of-your-seat-slap-a-random-stranger-with-a-sock-full-of-pennies amazeballs hockey…
As expected, the powers-that-be in Florida are doing all they can to halt same-sex marriages from being allowed come January. This even after the news earlier this month that a Judicial Circuit of Florida Judge denied Attorney General Pam Bondi’s request for an extended stay on a federal judge’s ruling…
And here we go… After months of speculation and hinting and non answers, former Florida Governor Jeb Bush announced on Tuesday morning that he’s starting an exploratory run for the Presidency of the United States of America. As all pols do nowadays, Bush took to social media to announce his…
Florida For Care, the group that put together a bipartisan Blue Ribbon Committee to dictate regulatory standards had the medical marijuana amendment passed back in November, is hosting a couple of conferences they’ve dubbed “The Future of Medical Marijuana in Florida.” With Amendment 2 defeated in the polls in November,…
Miami Dolphins owner Stephen Ross has always tried to look forward when it comes to his football team. Yet he’s very much been about aesthetic more than substance. Starting with the orange carpet and selling team stakes to C-list celebrities, all the the way through to those revolting new pseudo-pastiche…
Convicted Ponzi schemer Scott Rothstein’s right-hand woman, Debra Villegas, may be getting her prison time reduced, if a judge listens to the prosecution’s recommendation. Villegas received the maximum sentence of a decade in prison in 2010 for her role in Rothstein’s $1.4 billion Ponzi scheme. But prosecutors are recommending U.S…
While the current Florida governor is doing everything he can to hide his email exchanges, one former Florida governor just released a bunch of his to the public. And there can really be only one reason anyone would do this: so that he can be transparent as he gets ready…
The Sun-Sentinel’s Gary Stein is FED UP. Fed up with you dirty no-good life-inconveniencing protesters! You just don’t know how to protest properly! That is to say, you’re not a proper protester and you will never get anything done because GARY STEIN SAYS SO. And so, he took to his…
The Miami Dolphins are once again the mediocre soul-swallowing suck monster we’ve come to know them as thanks to a 41-13 shellacking at the hands of division rival New England Patriots. Ryan Tanehill was inconsistent (SHOCKING!), the offensive line terrible (NOOO), the defense abysmal (WHAAAT) and Joe Philbin clueless (YOU…
SeaWorld Entertainment Inc. announced that CEO Jim Atchison is stepping down from his position come January. The company made its announcement on Thursday amid free-falling stocks and failing P.R. stemming from the popular documentary Blackfish, a film that exposes the dangers of keeping orcas in captivity. In addition, the company…
The City of Lake Worth has accepted the request of an atheist to give a “Satanic” invocation before an upcoming commission meeting. Atheist and blogger Chaz Stevens sent his request to the city last week, after news broke that Lake Worth’s mayor and a few commissioners had walked out during…
Back in 2010, then-Broward School Board member Stephanie Kraft and her husband, Mitchell, a former Tamarac city attorney, were arrested on unlawful compensation, bribery, and other charges. On Thursday, a Broward jury found Stephanie guilty of official misconduct. The verdict ends a corruption odyssey that began in 2007, when Stephanie…
The 2014 Miami Dolphins’ season almost over. And while lots of other sites will be breaking down each game and listing reasons the Dolphins will or won’t win while analyzing players, coaches, and match-ups against their respective opponent week to week, we won’t. Not us. Not here. Instead, we’re focusing…
According to Florida law, internal affairs investigations are available to the public. Also, it’s illegal to destroy public records. Yet high-ranking Hollywood cops are not going to face criminal charges for admitting to deleting internal affair files from the department’s computers. Assistant Chief Ken Haberland, age 47, and Maj. Norris…
Update: Reached for comment by New Times, spokesman for the Seminole Tribe of Florida, Gary Bitner, said that the growing and selling of marijuana on sovereign tribal land is “not on the Seminole Tribe’s radar.” Messages to the Miccosukee Tribe have remained unreturned. Florida remains one of the last few…
On Wednesday, news came out that Florida ranks second in the U.S. in school shootings since the Sandy Hook tragedy two years ago. Also, Floridians took advantage of this year’s Black Friday and bought themselves a crazy amount of guns. According to the Florida Department of Law Enforcement, it was…
Adam Meyer, the president and chief executive officer of sports betting consulting firm Real Money Sports Inc., has been indicted on federal fraud, racketeering, extortion, and brandishing-a-firearm charges by a federal grand jury in Milwaukee after allegedly orchestrating an elaborate plot that scammed the victim of millions over several years…
