Air Travelers Kicked Off Flight Sue WestJet

Face it: The glam days of air travel are dead and buried. Now, it’s $50 for that carry-on, $6.75 for water from the cart — plus tax — though attitude from overworked flight attendants is gratis. According to a lawsuit filed in South Florida, one air carrier went overkill with…

Five People You Don’t Want to Smoke With on 4/20

Well, America, the holiday is upon us: 4/20, the day they invented marijuana. Or something like that. Anyway, as you probably know, a lot of people are going to be reaching for the bong on Sunday. If you’re planning to be among them, remember to choose your drug buddies carefully…

Jesse “King” Lewis Forced Homeless Women Into Prostitution

Today a 28-year-old Royal Palm Beach man will appear before a federal judge. According to prosecutors, Jesse Lewis was responsible for nothing less than a reign of terror involving sex-trafficked homeless women, running them out of Hollywood and Dania Beach motels. Dubbing himself “King” and demanding his women call him…

Mug-Shot Monday: Guess What Pharrell Had Under the Hat

You spoke; we listened. Back by popular demand, welcome to Mug-Shot Monday, a longstanding New Times franchise focusing on the week’s most eye-catching mug shots from South Florida’s tat heads, tough guys, derp faces, and femmes fatale. Click on and enjoy…

Palm Beach County Woman Holds Exotic Parrot Hostage, Lawsuit Says

Exotic birds — apparently — are big business. Collectors are willing to shell out tens of thousands of dollars for top-line animals, even getting involved in overseas business deals with strangers to land the right Polly. But even in this seemingly wholesome hobby, deals can go bad. According to a…

Seminole Tribe Sued Over Deal With ’90s Alt-Rockers Candlebox

Candlebox hasn’t been spending too much time dominating the pop charts lately, but unlike a lot of alternative-rock acts that rode the grunge wave to popularity in the ’90s, the band is still alive and kicking. 2013 was supposed to be a big year for the ‘Box. Band members were…

Mug-Shot Monday: Prison Tattoos and Jedi Hair

You spoke; we listened. Back by popular demand, welcome to Mug-Shot Monday, a longstanding New Times franchise focusing on the week’s most eye-catching mugs from South Florida’s tat heads, tough guys, derp faces, and femmes fatale. Click on and enjoy…

Is Club Cinema a Public Nuisance? Court Hearing Tomorrow

There’s a hurricane of bass pounding inside Club Cinema, which, close to midnight on a recent weekend, is a sweaty blender of 2,500 teens dancing as Canadian producer Exicison’s set hits lift off. Green lasers stab through the dark in the Pompano Beach club. Shirtless kids grind against girls tricked…

Mug-Shot Monday: Which ’90s Alt-Rock Band Are You?

You spoke; we listened. Back by popular demand, welcome to Mug-Shot Monday, a longstanding New Times franchise focusing on the week’s most eye-catching mugs from South Florida’s tat heads, tough guys, derp faces, and femmes fatale. Click on and enjoy…

Controversial Boca Raton Golf Course Project Pushed Back Again

For nearly the last decade, residents up near Boca Raton’s Mizner Trail golf course have been fighting a developer’s efforts to throw up residential units on a 130-acre swath of green space. These are not your usual NIMBY complaints — preliminary tests show the ground is possibly soaked through with…

Brew Wars: Florida Legislators Screwed the Craft Beer Industry

It’s no secret that Florida’s craft beer industry is experiencing a bit of a boom — belated, sure, compared to other states around the nation, but better late than never. This legislative session, your elected representatives have been kicking around legislation that ostensibly would help the industry. This being the…