As LeBron James was losing a battle against debilitating muscle cramps, because he is, after all, a human and not a cyborg, energy-drink-maker Gatorade was getting all trolly with the King during the game. Or, at least whoever runs the Gatorade Twitter account was. Because they were laying it on…
Update: National Press Secretary for the Democratic Party Mike Czin has released a statement concerning Wasserman Schultz’s comments. “She was speaking as a mom and a member of congress on her personal concerns on a local issue,” Czin says. “The Democratic National Committee has not taken an official position on…
“I may have used the ‘N’ word while trying to protect myself from the immediate threat,” writes Wilton Manors Commissioner Ted Galatis, after he and his wife were involved in a road-rage incident near his home Sunday night. “I apologize for my use of the ‘N’ word,” he goes on…
The Spurs needed 90 percent shooting in the fourth quarter and the aid of a machine to beat LeBron James and the Miami Heat 110-95 Thursday night in San Antonio. The Heat took control of Game 1 in the third quarter of the NBA Finals matchup against the San Antonio…
A jury of six men and six women have recommended that James Herard, the former gang member convicted for the brutal 2008 Thanksgiving Day Dunkin’ Donuts robbery in Tamarac, be sentenced to death. Herard, 24, has already been sentenced to multiple counts of life imprisonment for the death of Kiem…
Former embattled Broward Circuit Judge Ana Gardiner has been disbarred from practicing law by the Florida Supreme Court. Back in 2008, New Times broke the story of Gardiner’s improper sexual relationship with then-prosecutor and Assistant State Attorney Howard Scheinberg during a death penalty trial. Gardiner and Scheinberg had both been…
Well. Here we are. The two best teams in the world ready to square off tonight at 9 on ABC. This 2014 NBA Finals is a rematch of last year’s Finals between the Miami Heat and the San Antonio Spurs. And it promises to be a doozy. With the series…
Medical marijuana advocates United For Care have come out and answered the various claims made in an eight-minute anti-medical weed ad that was recently released. Last month, we told you about Drug Free Florida’s anti-medical marijuana video called “Devil In the Details,” that breaks down reasons why passing Amendment 2…
A swarm of bees stung an elderly Plantation woman more than a hundred times Tuesday evening. The woman, who is reportedly in her early 90s, was attacked by bees that had nestled in a tree outside her home in the 1400 block of Campanelli Drive West. According to one witness,…
Game 1 of the NBA Finals rematch between the Miami Heat and San Antonio Spurs gets kicked off Thursday night. And so far, the story of the week leading up to tip-off has been that Tim Duncan said something interesting. Well, interesting by his standards. After their Western Conference Finals-clinching…
A Circuit Court ruled that antigay groups Florida Family Action, Florida Democratic League, and People United to Lead the Struggle for Equality cannot intervene in the lawsuit filed by six same-sex couples who sued Florida and are asking a court to rule that Florida’s ban on marriage equality is unconstitutional…
More than 50 Boynton Beach Police officers are protesting outside of City Hall before Tuesday afternoon’s commission meeting, demanding that City Manager Lori LaVerriere resign. The officers are protesting what they say are overdue raises. Negotiations for those raises have been a source of conflict for several months. The officers’…
On Monday, the Environmental Protection Agency proposed cutting carbon dioxide emissions from the nation’s power plants by 30 percent by 2030 in an effort by the Obama administration to combat climate change. And while Florida’s governor has been going around reminding people he’s not a scientist and, therefore, that technically…
“You want to fuck with me?” the voice was heard saying, as the sound of scuffling and crashing debris echoed throughout the courtroom from behind the closed door. “Do you?!” the voice repeated as more slams could be heard. “All right!” the other voice screamed out. The judge, who apparently…
We suppose we should be more surprised by this, what with our DUI checkpoint posts being among our most clicked-on blogs, but Florida ranks as the 13th drunkest state in the union, according to the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism. It’s not as much disappointing as it is…
Sharks do love them some Florida. Whether it’s a great white chilling off the coast of Fort Lauderdale Beach or a hammer head giving a guy a ride down the ocean or sharks surfing the waves of Palm Beach County or a bull shark swimming through the Intracoastal Waterway, sharks…
In case you weren’t aware, Hurricane Season just kicked off Sunday. That’s right. It’s that time of year again. And hopefully you’re all stocked up on batteries and cans of tuna. But no, Hurricane Season is complete without the local weather stations and storm centers and storm teams telling us…
Back in February of 2013, law enforcement officials swarmed a home, after a government employee who was visiting another house, had spotted some marijuana plants on the property. Cops entered the house, and confiscated the marijuana plants, all while the owner of the home — a wheelchair-bound 64-year-old woman –…
The internet is full of stupid. You know this. We know this. But The Stupid doesn’t shine quite as brightly as when LeBron James and the Miami Heat lose a single playoff game. The Stupid was strong all day Thursday, following the Heat’s Game 5 loss to the Indiana Pacers…
It appears that the Miami Dolphins are continuing their chase to become the most dysfunctional pro football team in the history of the NFL. Along with being mediocre on the field going on nearly two decades, going through an embarrassing bullying scandal last season, and having to suspend a player…
Broward Circuit Judge Lynn Rosenthal had taken Ambien before for ramming her SUV into a parked police cruiser in the parking lot of Broward County courthouse on Tuesday. She was arrested and booked into the Broward main jail on a DUI charge. According to the police report, Rosenthal admitted to…
The girlfriend of Miami Police Officer Carl Patrick, who was fatally shot at his Pembroke Pines home, has been booked into the main Broward County jail on a second-degree murder charge. Tiniko Thompson was arrested Wednesday shortly after a warrant for her arrest was issued, and she was booked into…
