Pennsylvania Sen. Arlen Specter was another far-flung politician to ride the Scott Rothstein gravy train, to the tune of at least $4,200. This morning, Specter’s reelection campaign is reporting that it plans to make a donation of that amount to a charity. How fitting; Rothstein loved charities!But this is no…
Keith Sloane is the man whom Fort Lauderdale Police arrested yesterday as a suspect in the broad-daylight murder of Oscar Battle. According to a news release by the FLPD, the 21-year-old Sloane got into a verbal argument with Battle, 20, on Wednesday afternoon on the sidewalk of NW 15th Terrace…
Your daily glance at what’s happening in Broward and Palm Beach media:Sun-Sentinel: The 59-year-old nursing assistant who had a Plantation cop fire a bullet through her car’s window Monday night says she never saw a cop directing traffic and certainly never struck one with her car, as the cop who…
Your local congressional candidate Allen West is Fox News’ go-to guy on the treatment of suspected terrorists. He’s outraged that we read them their Miranda rights — just like Sen. George LeMieux is. That damned liberal Barack Obama isn’t as “tough on terror” as a true Republican like George W…
Scary reports from both Broward and Palm Beach counties today involving kids with access to firearms. Broward Sheriff’s Office deputies just arrested three suspects — including two 13-year-olds — in the disappearance of five guns in Lauderdale Lakes. Meanwhile, in Boca Raton, police have arrested a 16-year-old for firing an…
Hell, let the bank have it! Because it’s not like the former New York Giants star wideout was using the Lighthouse Point mansion he bought in 2005. No, these days the 32-year-old Plaxico Burress has a rent-free room at New York state’s Oneida Correctional Facility, where he’s counting the days…
Among the cast of hundreds who attended last night’s standing-room-only meeting of the Pompano Beach Commission were several leaders of a neighboring city that has a Broward Sheriff’s Office contract coming up for renewal this year: Deerfield Beach.City commissioners Marty Popelsky, Joe Miller and Bill Ganz were all in the…
An otherwise rosy real estate picture for South Florida’s tri-county area was thrown out of whack by a devastating report of foreclosure actions in Palm Beach County.Real estate analysts at Condo Vultures found that foreclosures in January 2010 dropped by 23 percent in Broward County compared to January 2009 and…
Today’s will be a lightning round edition, as we’re playing catch-up after my home internet connection went kaput.Palm Beach Post: Acreage residents anxious for tests to identify the source of the cancer cluster let state officials hear it last night at a public meeting.Sun-Sentinel: Like a horror movie sequel that’s…
The sacrament of marriage has taken a beating in recent decades, but it’s time to take a stand. If Donald and Melania Trump’s marriage is not the fairy tale story it appears to be, then all hope is lost.Fortunately for us romantics, reports of that marriage’s demise appear to be…
Broward Sheriff’s Office made a major arrest Friday, nabbing accused sex offender Robert Speights, who was recently featured on America’s Most Wanted as a prolific sex offender and fugitive. Deputies arrested Speights early Friday morning in an apartment at 707 NW 9th Street in Dania Beach. According to the BSO…
As of last Friday, the Broward County School District had 587 new Haitian students — an increase of 85 since the Sun-Sentinel published its last article a few days earlier. That’s far more students than Miami-Dade or Palm Beach County, but then the Broward schools have plenty of room, thanks…
It’s nice to see a Broward-born politician like Sen. George LeMieux keeping a vigilant eye for conflicts of interest, even though we’re not technically sure he’s right — nor that he’s remotely qualified to be an arbiter of such things. A few months ago, LeMieux boldly challenged the chairman of…
The local news for this Tuesday morning:Home values in Broward County fell approximately 16 percent this past year, a figure that means that county officials may have to trim up to $150 million from an already skeletal budget. [Miami Herald]A very thin silver lining? South Florida made some major bank…
Patrick Maloney resigned Friday as the chief executive officer of Coral Springs Medical Center, inviting speculation that he found himself the wrong side of a political faultline at the public hospital district.There were signs of Maloney’s departure as recently as last week’s board meeting. That’s when Dr. Carrie Greenspan, chief…
Having had our own favorite teams eliminated from the NFL Playoffs, my friends and I were dispassionate observers of yesterday’s Super Bowl. We had a slight preference for a Saints victory, if only because it’s easy to empathize with New Orleans’ hurricane misfortunes and for the franchise’s four decades of…
Even the irony of it has become a cliche: Reality television is the best place to deceive the world. Ross Mandell’s looking to convince the public that he’s not the boiler-room-based white collar crook he appears to be in the U.S. government’s criminal complaint; rather, that he’s a honest, funny,…
Here’s what’s going on in the local metro scene:The underdog New Orleans Saints knocked off the Indianapolis Colts at Sun Life Stadium, to the jubilation of their hard-luck fans, as well as a clutch of celebrities who made it to the game. [WPLG-10]Yet more evidence that the Broward County School…
