Will Haitian Quake Be Crist’s 9/11?

Charlie Crist juggled his schedule so he could fly down to Miami-Dade, where a press conference will be staged to comfort the Haitian people. But however little Crist has to lose in his Senate race against Marco Rubio, still he had better be careful about dashing toward ground zero, Giuliani-style,…

Morning Juice: All Eyes on Haiti

Thursday brings another chilly morning but warm weather is on the way. Let’s look at the local headlines:A Boynton Beach man was at the Port Au Prince airport when the earthquake hit and says it felt like an airplane strike. [Palm Beach Post] Members of a united nations United Nations…

Hamilton Forman Dead at 90

Hamilton Forman, the man who was to Broward County what Montgomery Burns is to Springfield, died last night at age 90. The old man had a facility for making friends with powerful figures — especially when it was a simple matter of writing a check to a campaign. That style…

Victims Identified in Boynton Shooting

Benton Lineau is the name of the man who was driving a gold Lincoln Navigator last night, when he was shot in the chest, say Boynton Beach Police. The 23-year-old, who crashed into a home on the 2000 block of Northeast 3rd Street, died later at Delray Trauma Center.Police were…

Vengeance Against Cop a Motive in Boca Fire?

Let’s patch together the clues of last night’s blaze at a quadplex in Boca Raton: You’ve got only one occupied unit. A cop is a resident of that unit, which is upstairs. And there’s a piece of graffiti in the vacant unit where the fire started that says, “Cop Killa…

Novel on Human-Dolphin Love Affair Hits the Market

We all love dolphins. But few of us love them as much, or as literally, as Malcolm Brenner, who lives in Southwest Florida. Of all the zoophiles I interviewed for this controversial New Times feature story in August, Brenner’s story is the one that most shocked readers. Brenner described how…

Boynton Beach Man Accused of Beating 11-Month-Old Infant

Jean-Carlo Baptist told police that he was tired and trying to sleep after working a night job, when his 11-week-old daughter wouldn’t stop crying. His wife was working at Walgreens at the time. Baptist had told paramedics that his daughter had fallen out of bed, but after questioning by Boynton…

Dishy Campaign Book Describes How Crist Overplayed Hand With McCain

It’s hard to fathom, but some dishy new campaign tell-all book casts Florida Gov. Charlie Crist as a treacherous, ruthlessly self-interested politician looking to sell his endorsement in the 2008 presidential campaign to whatever Republican promised to pay him the most political capital in return.Yup, that sounds like our Charlie.The…

Nothing But ‘Net: Another Viral Video With Scottie Pippen

Fort Lauderdale’s retired basketball great, Scottie Pippen, is all over the net these days. Last week we told you how the former Chicago Bulls stars was ambushed by extremely aggressive midgets. This week, Pippin has a supporting role in a segment from Fox’s The Cleveland Show that’s sure to be…