This week, the news out of the state legislature was the slam-dunk success of the bong ban. If the Senate pushes through the legislation as well, it means you’ll have to truck over the state line to arm up on smoking supplies. For smoke shop owners, it’s a possible kill-shot…
Man, you must be thinking, another day, another FAU story. Yup, the Boca Raton campus just keeps cranking out a constant stream of newsworthy misadventures. As you probably know, the latest happened just this week. The Daily Caller, went so far as to call FAU “America’s worst university” (to be…
If the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office has it right, Roy L. Boston is no friend to animals. Not only was the 44-year-old Belle Glades man rung up last year on animal cruelty charges but he’s been at it again. Last week, law enforcement hit Boston with another round of…
Over the weekend, liberal media types coast to coast suffered jags of anxiety after the New York Times reported that Charles and David Koch — AKA the billionaire Jagger and Richards of the Tea Party agenda — are eyeing a new shiny toy: the troubled Tribune Co., the parent behind…
Florida Atlantic University has had no shortage of bad headlines in the last semester. Well, chalk up another one: A student is saying the school committed bureaucratic overkill when it suspended him for two years for an off-campus fight — one he claims was not his fault…
FAU Student Suspended for Two Years for Off-Campus Brawl
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After a pretty bruising back and forth, Delray Beach finally made a decision on what to do with the Arts Garage. In front of a pro-Arts crowd packing the house, the city commission last night voted three to one to let the nonprofit stay put. The decision put a win…
The last election season signaled big changes for marijuana in America. Two states opted for legalization, meaning weed use might soon be the accepted norm. Into that shifting cultural sand steps Alfred Ryan Nerz. After writing a book about competitive eating, the Yale-educated New Yorker dropped down into a funk,…
Last week Gary Karp was on the phone with John Curcio, the Broward Sheriff’s Office detective now investigating the death of Karp’s daughter, Marissa. The men touch base often, endlessly groping through the dark spots in a case file that’s been gathering dust for more than a decade. This time,…
Over the last few months, Delray Beach has been torn up by a debate over the Arts Garage, a popular multi-purpose space in the city’s downtown area. The issue is whether a law firm should be allowed to outbid the non-profit on the high-end real estate. If you’ve been plugged…
With mergers and penny-pinching hitting commercial outfits across the board, air travel is pretty much a soul-crushing, wallet-buster these days. Just getting from A to B seems like a Double Dare obstacle course. The answer one for Fort Lauderdale woman has cooked up? Pop a thumb and hitch a ride…
When Jay Miscovich stepped off Duval Street into the Bull & Whistle bar in January 2010, Key West was shivering through a cold spell, the thermometer parked at a rare 70 degrees. A bearish guy in his 50s with a beach-ball gut and an ever-present baseball cap pulled over his…
Rick Ross’ Year of Difficult Bawsing continues. Since he was the target of a mysterious drive-by on January 28 in downtown Fort Lauderdale, the hip-hop superstar has found himself in the headlines a lot — and not for your typical Don-like behavior. Despite the attention, there’s been little new detail…
Considering how much money you have to pull out of your wallet for an island resort experience, there are a couple of industry standards you should probably expect. Blah knockoffs of local cuisine? Check. A discotheque? No doubt. Safety guaranteed from local thugs? Maybe not, according to a federal lawsuit…
It might be the understatement of the decade to say Florida Atlantic University has had a rough six months. By the time you’re done reading this post, an FAU faculty member will probably be accused of murdering puppies or colluding with North Korea. See also: – FAU “Jesus Stomp” Instructor…
Twitter — the world-shaking social media platform that toppled an Egyptian government and organized social causes from Trayvon Martin to gay marriage — is great for public shaming. Boyfriend cheats, blast his ass with 140-characters. Bad service at a hot spot? Spill to the Twitterverse. One LA restaurant is now…
As Florida legislators bat around a proposed bill that would ban the sale the bong and glass smoking devices, head shop owners aren’t loafing around while the business is legislated out from under them. An effort is cranking into high gear to challenge the proposal on the hill before it…
This is a bit of a guess, but we think it’s safe to say Broward Republican Chair Tom Truex didn’t change his Facebook photo this week to one of those now-ubiquitous red equal signs. Truex — a former Davie mayor who recently took the reins from Rick Petrocelli, private investigator…
Over in Tallahassee, your state legislators are hard at work deciding whether your bongs and glass pieces should be deemed illegal. As we told you earlier this year, House Bill 49 would basically ban the sale of bongs in the state. Much like fireworks, you’d have to cross state lines…
Although a lot of people want to paint high school athletic organizations as finger-waving, rule nerds who get their kicks from tossing out the eligibility of teenagers, let’s be honest: They’re about the only thing that separates the prep level from becoming an open meat market like… well, the NCAA…
E-Monee.com Inc. — if you were writing a movie script and needed to cook up the name of a shady online outfit, that’s probably a good candidate. Not surprisingly, the real-life E-Monee.com is being charged with fraud by the feds. The two heads of the Fort Lauderdale company talked big…
