…Tits? That article in the New York Times is the reason you’re liable to see droves of chubby women lining up outside plastic surgeon offices. Yes, cosmetic scientists are making progress in lipo-suctioning fat out of one undesirable location in a woman’s body so that that same fat can be…
As word spread that Scott Rothstein’s associates might be charged in the federal investigation for circumventing campaign finance laws, it must have made a whole lot of Broward folks anxious. If you work for a developer or for any firm that depends on government contracts or that’s lobbying for a…
Really, there’s only one airline that would stoop this hilariously low: Miramar-based Spirit Airlines. The airline that has previously boasted of being a skank compared to Virgin Air, that giggles about “tree-way” sex in another ad. Spirit had to work fast to get this ad out while it was still…
The news this Thursday morning in Broward and Palm Beach:Responding to a tip that Jupiter killer Paul Merhige had been spotted at a Miami condo, police conducted a searched last night. But alas, no sign of him. [Miami Herald]New details about how Scott Rothstein used politicians as props in his…
It’s been a while since the United States apprehended a fugitive on this scale — maybe not since Saddam Hussein was found crouching in his spider hole. Richard Goldstein of Hollywood and Charles Lennon of Coral Springs are accused of collaborating in a plot to steal the precious bottle of…
It didn’t make much of a splash in yesterday’s news cycle, so let’s try this again: The Florida Supreme Court has denied Charlie Crist’s request for a special grand jury to investigate corruption in South Florida. From the get-go, it seemed like a bizarre request for Crist to make, especially…
Gary Don O’Neal, a 43-year-old man arrested Tuesday night on disorderly conduct charges, hanged himself in a Wilton Manors holding cell while he awaited transfer to the Broward Sheriff’s Office Main Jail.From the release just issued by the Wilton Manors Police Department, it’s not clear when O’Neal was found dead…
Sources with knowledge of a major Broward County corruption investigation say that Spencer Levine, appointed last April to the Fourth District Court of Appeals, has retained a criminal defense attorney to help him answer prosecutors’ questions.Mind you, this isn’t the Scott Rothstein investigation. Rather, it’s the investigation by the Broward…
China already owns the U.S. government. It’s just a matter of time till Chinese money also buys the American media. But look at the bright side. After that happens, we can expect wicked-cool videogame reenactments of the day’s biggest stories. Like the one below, which offers two animated versions of…
Let’s look at the news on this Wednesday morning:A terrifying number of references to “unidentified co-conspirators” in the information filed yesterday by the U.S. Attorney’s Office against Scott Rothstein. There’s little question that he and his friends in the political, banking, and legal communities have earned the full attention of…
This past weekend, while waiting for a dryer to finish drying near Fort Lauderdale Beach, I spotted an old copy of Las Olas Lifestyle magazine. From March 2009 to be exact, some six months before Rothstein’s billion-dollar house of cards came crashing to earth.The magazine is to Fort Lauderdale what…
The colossal Oasis of the Seas has been bathed in glowing publicity. The reviews from VIPs and journalists who toured its decks during its November debut were almost universally positive. And yesterday was an occasion for a feel-good story, as the ship invited celebrities like Michael Jordan aboard to fulfill…
Tuesday is shaping up to be a big news day in Broward County.Scott Rothstein is finally going to be charged for his roughly $1 billion Ponzi scheme. But no, we still don’t know the juiciest details. [Miami Herald]The trial for Teah Wimberly, the 16-year-old girl who killed a teenaged friend…
Of all the local nonprofit organizations that have been stung by recent investment scandals, Holy Cross Medical Center wins the Triple Crown. Or is it the Grand Slam? Check out the list of medical facilities on the main campus.There’s the Michael and Diane Bienes Comprehensive Cancer Center, honoring donations that…
To anyone who’s recently been near a South Florida roadway, it seems preposterous to hope that drivers in this region can change their dangerous ways and adapt to walkers, runners, and bikers. Deadly driving is practically a tradition here and in other parts of the state, as evidenced by a…
That’s Ken Green, a golfer in West Palm Beach, who lost his lower right leg, his brother, his girlfriend, and his dog in a car accident in Mississippi last June. His quest to return to the PGA Tour was the subject of a feature story in Sunday’s New York Times.Green…
If you don’t bother to pick up a paper over the long, luxurious holiday, here’s what you missed in the local news:Let’s try to sum up the weekend’s offerings on Daily Pulp, which remains ground for all things Rothstein. The Ponzi schemer is said to have treated his law firm…
The stress of the holiday season has begun, and it wasn’t long before the violence began in South Florida.A 35-year-old man shot five of his own relatives after Thanksgiving dinner in Jupiter, killing four of them, including a 6-year-old girl who was in her bed. She’s the daughter of a…
