Florida Firearm Background Checks Nears 1 Million Mark for 2013

This just in: Florida LOVES guns. Last month came the figures that showed Florida was on its way to breaking an all-time record in statewide gun sales. And with gun sales come background checks. Sometimes, anyway. According to the Florida Department of Law Enforcement, a record 1 million background checks…

Dwyane Wade Popped the Question to Gabrielle Union

Dwyane Wade got on one knee and popped the question to his longtime girlfriend, actress Gabrielle Union, over the weekend. The event went down as a Heat Christmas party Saturday night. As it is with everything these days, the news was revealed through social media, as the two took to…

SeaWorld Swarmed by Protesters Sunday After Blackfish Backlash

Just two days after SeaWorld took out a full-page ad in several prominent U.S. newspapers to try to quell the damage being done over the Blackfish backlash, a string of activists showed up to the park in Orlando to protest outside its gates. Guests driving into the park were met…

SeaWorld Places Full-Page Ad to Combat Blackfish Backlash

After calling the several petitions launched through Change.org “digital harassment” following the controversy of the documentary Blackfish, SeaWorld is now putting the full-court press on its critics. The Orlando-based theme park has placed a full-page ad in several newspapers across the country, including the Friday editions of the Orlando Sentinel,…

Hollywood Beach Is the Best Place on Earth, and Here’s Why

Hollywood Beach is the best place on Earth. It’s not even close. When you’re walking around Hollywood Beach, you’re walking on sunshine. Sure, there are other places in Broward and all parts in between. By why the hell even bother? If hitting up the beach to lie out, take in…

Olivia Sprauer Posts Preview of Hustler Cover [NSFW]

On Wednesday, we told you about how Olivia Sprauer (AKA Victoria James), the Martin County High English teacher that was fired for moonlighting as an “eyecandy model,” had landed on the cover of Hustler magazine. Sprauer is slated to be on the March 2014 cover, and have her own 14-page…

Florida Grinches Rob Kids’ Christmas Presents

And now, for a special Floriderp: Holiday Edition story. Three Grinches almost ruined Christmas for one family when they robbed gifts from under their tree. Of course, they could have gotten away with it if they had just heeded simple traffic rules. Like, obeying a stop sign or two or…

Rick Scott’s Internal Polls Have Him Losing to Everybody

Rick Scott’s pollster, Tony Fabrizio, has some bad news for Rick Scott. According to the poll, either Charlie Crist or Bill Nelson would beat Scott in a mano-to-mano general election hoedown. The poll also shows that ex-GOPer/ex-Independent/Brand New Democrat Crist is suddenly a lot more governory than long-time Democrat Nelson…

Jonathon Costenbader, Cocaine Yacht Captain, Pleads Guilty

Cocaine Megayacht Captain, Jonathon Costenbader, plead guilty to conspiring to import cocaine in federal court in West Palm Beach on Friday. Back in October, we told you about the 34-year-old Costenbader, who captained a 132-foot luxury megayacht called the Secret Spot. He was also apparently captaining around a literal boatload…

Florida Has the Sixth Worst Drivers in America

You know by now that commuting in Florida is about the worst thing you can do, next to having someone punching you in the crotch or slamming your hand into a plugged-in waffle iron. But now our driving horribleness as been documented and ranked. And the findings show that Florida…