Here’s what’s in the local news this morning:If crews don’t fix the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico soon, then scientists say it’s “inevitable” that an ocean current will bring that contaminated water up Florida’s east coast, through Broward and Palm Beach. [Palm Beach Post]Two forensic psychologists ruled that…
Looks like Alan Levine has managed to find a job that’s tougher than the one he had managing the North Broward Hospital District. The former Broward Health CEO left the district in December 2007 to become the secretary of Louisiana’s Department of Health and Hospitals, which means he’s going to…
The massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico barely warranted mention in the “West Weekly Wrap-up” that congressional candidate Allen West sends along to his South Florida supporters. West supports drilling for oil off the South Florida coast and apparently sees nothing about the situation in the Gulf that…
You just knew that Charlie Crist would appear in a punch line during Obama’s speech at the correspondents’ dinner. It comes around the seven-minute mark of the video above. He and his speechwriters decided to merge that with a crack about the couple that crashed political parties last year. The…
I guess when you’ve got over a billion dollars, it’s easy to forget where you spent $500. But considering Jeff Greene’s personal interest in Florida’s U.S. Senate race, you’d think the Palm Beach billionaire would remember making that donation to the Kendrick Meek for Senate campaign this past November.Or that…
For all the thrills and spills that come with a roller derby match, it’s a pretty unlikely scene for a fundraiser. But then, it’s also unlikely that a girl who suffers from lupus would lace up skates for such a brutal sport. So Saturday’s fundraiser at the Gold Coast Roller…
Here’s what’s happening in Broward and Palm Beach counties this Monday morning:With the oil spill in the Gulf, South Florida restaurants are soon to pull items from the menu like shrimp and oysters that comes from that region. [WPLG-10]Police have arrested a third and fourth suspect in an armed ring…
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Now that Gov. Charlie Crist has declared an independent candidacy for U.S. Senate, likely Democratic nominee Kendrick Meek will have a general election challenge that’s different from what he might have been anticipating a month ago. This week, I quizzed some Florida Democratic Party insiders about whether Crist’s staying in…
The Boynton Beach Police Department is reporting that there’s been a collision between a school bus and a motorcycle on the 200 block of Southwest 13th Avenue. No children were injured, but from what we know about the accident, let’s hope we don’t have traumatized witnesses. Police spokeswoman Stephanie Slater…
Noon today was the deadline for filing to be on Florida ballots, leading to some last-minute jockeying in the Broward judicial races. Broward Circuit Court Judge Lee Seidman — facing three challengers in his reelection bid — opted out of that race. But he didn’t do so to run against…
If Charlie Crist is closeted gay — and New Times’ Bob Norman has compiled lots of circumstantial evidence to suggest that’s the case, despite Crist’s past denials — then his departure from the GOP removes perhaps the biggest political obstacle to coming out of the closet.In fact, a dramatic announcement…
A Lake Worth resident named Iver Siu has been named as the suspected driver in last week’s hit-and-run on State Road 84 that left a 13-year-old boy in critical condition.That boy, who has not been named, was crossing the westbound lanes of State Road 84 just before 4 p.m. on…
The friendship between Charlie Crist and his chief handler, Broward native George LeMieux appears to be one of the casualties of the 2010 Senate race. Today LeMieux, who was appointed to the U.S. Senate by Crist last August, announced that he would not support Crist’s independent bid for Senate and…
Just 24 hours after calling a special meeting to discuss the employment of the city manager, Hallandale Beach Mayor Joy Cooper helped cause the cancellation of that meeting by failing to attend.The special meeting was scheduled for 10:30 this morning, but Cooper wasn’t present. Nor was the man of the…
When Brandon Knight committed to the University of Kentucky earlier this month, he did not do so in the usual way that high school athletes do, by signing a letter of intent. Rather, the Pine Crest School point guard, regarded among the top few players in this year’s senior class,…
End of the week. End of the month. Let’s see what’s in the local news.Hollywood Police now say that the fatal shooting Wednesday of 13-year-old Daniel Torres by a 14-year-old friend is believed to be an accident. Torres stayed home from school that day because he was being bullied by…
Sorry, that’s the best we could do for a dramatic video lead-in on such short notice. Anyway, Charlie Crist’s about ready to step to the mic and make it official. Follow us after the jump for the MSNBC feed and commentary…
Truth is stranger than fiction and reality shows are always more interesting when the cameras go dark. That’s definitely the case with Big Brother, the execrable CBS show that forces an obnoxious group of people to be imprisoned within a camera-filled home. The winner of Big Brother 9 was Adam…
Broward Sheriff’s Office detectives believe they’ve solved Yalitza Garcia’s murder. The 24-year-old Deerfield Beach woman disappeared July 2, 2009, from an apartment she used to share with her boyfriend, Jason Allen, 32, who now lives Plant City.According to friends and neighbors interviewed by detectives, Allen and Garcia had a “turbulent”…
