Last week, we told you about how SeaWorld has come under fire, especially since trainer Dawn Brancheau was killed by a killer whale in Orlando in 2010. SeaWorld was fined by the Labor Department and ordered not to let trainers in the water with the animals — a ruling SeaWorld…

Spirit Airlines, based right here in Miramar, is definitely known for its infuriating nickel-and-diming borderline tasteless marketing gimmicks. In 2008, a slogan was “Return of the MILF (Many Islands, Low Fares)”; in 2010, “Check out the oil on our beaches” — meaning suntan oil — after the BP oil spill…

SeaWorld reported its quarterly earnings Wednesday — and they were at a record high, according to the Orlando Sentinel, which reported that the company’s “quarterly profit ballooned 30 percent from the same period a year ago, from $92 million to $120 million. Total revenue rose 3 percent, to $538 million.”…

In the past few years, two trainers have been killed by orcas at SeaWorld, leading to news headlines, federal hearings, and a growing awareness that hey, maybe it’s not such a good idea to keep giant wild animals in tiny tanks and treat them as slaves for our entertainment. This…

Update, 12:20 p.m.: According to the Davie police, the man at the center of today’s incident is Fredy Gutierrez, 59, of Sunrise. He is an Army veteran who served in Vietnam and was facing deportation. At 8:15, police received a call of a suicidal individual stopped on the flyover between…

Vitaly Zdorovetskiy — who New Times profiled a few months ago — made a name for himself on YouTube with Jackass- / Borat-style pranks. With stunning confidence and a dose of frat-boy humor, he got internet-famous by filming around South Florida and teaching people “How to Get Girls to Kiss…

Brian Warner grew up in Fort Lauderdale, put on makeup, started a band, and proceeded to shock conservative people around the world as Marilyn Manson. Over the years, he continued to surprise people by writing books, appearing in Bowling for Columbine, speaking eloquently, and getting beautiful chicks to go out…

Obviously, the whole, like, point of newspapers is to keep the powers-that-be in check, so when the media criticize police forces or government agencies, there’s not always warm fuzzies going on between them. But yesterday, Broward Sheriff Scott Israel came out swinging after the Sun Sentinel published an October 27…

Michael Frank, a 56-year-old Miccosukee Tribe member, points to Bone Island, a small tree-covered hammock in the Everglades that got its name during the Seminole Wars of the 1800s. When Frank’s ancestors arrived to check on relatives after the white man swept through, “All they saw were the bones,” he…

Last week, Luther Campbell, AKA Uncle Luke, AKA Miami New Times columnist, exploded the internet with his off-the-cuff list of the ten hottest local female TV newscasters. Lest we be targets of your cries about sexism, please know that we are equal-opportunity objectifiers. Here now is our list of TV’s…

Shrimp with no eyes. Shrimp with bulbous tumors on their necks. Crabs with holes in their shells. That’s what fishermen around the Gulf of Mexico are still finding, three years after the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. BP, the oil company responsible for the spill, says it’s all natural, according to…

The organizers of an upcoming debate about the legalization of marijuana in Florida say that they are expecting overflow crowds, protests, and extra police. The head of Students for a Sensible Drug Policy will debate a UF professor who has advised three presidents. The event is set to take place…

Except for Cool Runnings and a few scenes from Blue Lagoon, Jamaica has never had much of a film scene. So when Shottas came out in 2002, it became a cult hit. The film, about two friends who grew up on the hard streets of Kingston and Miami, featured modern…

What in Ron Wiggins’ name is happening at the Palm Beach Post? First, they came for 300 staffers. Then they came for TGIF. Now, they are coming for courts reporter Jane Musgrave. And we can’t have that! Journalism has been under fire for more than a decade, since the internet…

The Experts, a Fort Lauderdale-based computer security firm, raked in about $60 million a year — until one of its employees, Aaron Alexis, went on a rampage at the Washington Navy Yard and killed 12 people September 16. The Experts made about half its money doing subcontract work — like…

On Saturday morning, 55-year-old Wanda Keating McGowan got stuck on a Fort Lauderdale drawbridge that opened while she was crossing it. That bridge over the New River is for trains. She held on for her life and dangled in the air until firefighters arrived with a 24-foot-ladder and rescued her…