The Miami Heat took down the Minnesota Timberwolves 103-82 on Saturday, giving the Heat its 15th win of the season. The game gave us so much more, though. Namely, more proof that LeBron James — despite exercising his right to leave one team to go play for another team when…
Some idiot shot and killed a Florida panther, apparently. This according to authorities at the Cypress National Preserve in Collier County, where the dead panther was found. Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission says they found the animal dead from a gunshot wound on Saturday in the Turner River Unit…
Lindsay Lohan apparently ordered someone to beat up Paris Hilton’s brother Barron Hilton, because Barron apparently said some mean things about Lindsay, and now Paris has sworn to get revenge on Lindsay over the whole thing, and yes, this is real life. According a report, Lohan was in Miami Beach…
On November 1, Patricia Montes, 15, and Erica Avery, 16 invited an estranged friend over to a home in Hollywood. There, they allegedly stripped her, beat her, and held her down as she was raped by a 19-year-old man. On Friday, our sister paper in Miami posted photos of Montes’…
Some of the short-finned pilot whales that had stranded themselves in Florida’s Everglades National Park earlier this week may have swam into deeper waters, according to the Coast Guard. About 20 or so whales of the 40 that had stranded themselves were missing on Friday morning, leading officials to believe…
On Monday, the Senate Gaming Committee will be meeting in Tallahassee to hear public and industry reactions to gaming and gambling issues, including greyhound racing. Grey2K USA, a non-profit organization dedicated to ending the cruelty of greyhound racing, is asking greyhound lovers, dog lovers, and animal lovers of all kinds…
The families of the two women killed in the “2 drunk 2 care” accident have filed a wrongful death lawsuit against Kayla Mendoza. On November 17, 20-year-old Kayla Mendoza drove her Hyundai Sonata the wrong way onto the Sawgrass Expressway and crashed into a 2012 Toyota Camry, killing Marisa Catronio…
A Boca woman was playing with a gun she didn’t realize was loaded when she shot and killed her boyfriend, according to police. Erin Steele, 20, and her boyfriend, Justin Holt, 22, were hanging out with a couple of friends when a fourth friend, Joshua Henry, showed up with a…
As it is with an high-profile and controversial case, the news that FSU quarterback Jameis Winston would not be charged of sexual assault solicited a lot of different reactions. Most notably, on Twitter, which seems to be the go-to place to witness the troglodytic bottom feeders of the human race…
Jameis Winston, FSU’s star quarterback, will not be charged for sexual assault, according to ESPN. The report says that State Attorney Willie Meggs is expected to read a statement saying that the decision is final…
Ah, Florida. Another day, another crapload of cocaine washing up in our waters. This time, however, the cocaine didn’t just appear out of nowhere. This load was caught in a Coast Guard Operation off the Gulf of Mexico. And the op, called Operation Martillo — Operation Hammer! — yielded more…
Marine officials are scrambling to rescue the 41 short-finned pilot whales that have stranded themselves in Florida’s Everglades National Park on Sunday. Experts from the National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration and Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, took 15 boats and 31 volunteers to the area Thursday morning to begin their…
David Lee Edwards, the ex-felon from Kentucky who won the $27 million Powerball in 2001, has died broke, and in hospice, reports the Daily Mail. As reported by New Times in 2007, Edwards had managed to blow his entire fortune within just five years. He and his wife Shawna went…
The family of Mary DeLorenzo Knight, one of the victims slain by Aaron Alexis during the Washington Navy Yard massacre this past September, has filed a lawsuit on her behalf in federal court in Tampa. The suit, filed Tuesday morning, alleges negligence by the government. Alexis, who was a contracted…
Pedro José Maldonado, a Weston father and husband, went on a premeditated murderous and violent rampage that ended with him killing himself in a motel after murdering his wife and one of his sons with a crossbow. According to the Broward Sheriff’s Office, Maldonado shot his wife and son with…
As many as 30 to 40 short-finned pilot whales have stranded themselves in Florida’s Everglades National Park. As many as ten have beached themselves, with four having already died, according to officials. The pod was first seen on Tuesday, about 30 miles from Flamingo in Monroe County…
Former Florida Governor and Currently Running To Be Florida Governor Again, Charlie Crist, says that the movement to legalize marijuana is “an issue of compassion.” Crist appeared on WJCT radio this week to talk up his running for office when host Melissa Ross asked him about the push to have…
The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration is looking to move forward on creating a new controlled substances code number for marijuana extract. The extract, known as butane hash oil (or BHO) — and also known on the streets as “wax,” or “dabs” — is jacked up with concentrated levels of tetrahydrocannabino…
A movie theater in Pinellas Park accidentally showed a theater packed with families two long minutes of sexually explicit scenes during the screening of Disney’s Frozen over the weekend. In a panic, some parents grabbed their kids and bolted for the exits, while others tried to do whatever they could…
Delta airlines ended up screwing passengers at the Gainesville Regional Airport on Sunday so that the Florida Gators men’s basketball team could get to their game in Connecticut with plenty of time to spare (their game wasn’t until Monday night). Problem is, Delta lied to the passengers, telling them that…
Last week, Gov. Rick Scott dropped the news that all-new totally unnecessary restrictions on how and where voters can return absentee ballots would be underway soon, further moving his voter suppression crusade along. Aside from messing with a process that didn’t need messing with, Scott and Secretary of State Ken…
Here’s something you probably weren’t aware of: There’s a 13,000 years old dude buried in Vero Beach. Archaeologists have been trying for years to excavate the fossilized pieces of a dead person known as “Vero Man,” who was discovered 100 years ago buried among mastodons and saber-tooth cats. On Monday,…
