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Shadow Blog Attacks PB Post’s Page2Live
It sorta looks like Page2Live.com, what with the black background and neon links, only this blog calls itself Page2Lie, an unsubtle jab at the journalistic integrity of Page2Live’s Jose Lambiet, who’s renamed Josey Lambchop for the purposes of satire.I sent an email to the site operator, but he or she…
Baby-Faced Killers: One Arrested, One Still at Large in Dania Beach Murder
Man, but we’ve got some violent teenagers around here. Broward Sheriff’s Office reports that 17-year-old Terry Moore has been bragging about gunning down Antonio Parker, 20, who was shot dead Sunday evening near the back door of his home on Southwest 7th Avenue in Dania Beach. Now sheriff’s investigators are…
Save the Cheerleader: Probation for Teen Who Committed Fatal Hit-and-Run
That’s Jordan Valdez, who was a 16-year-old cheerleader driving her SUV home from practice through Tampa streets last February 8 when she struck and killed homeless woman, Melissa Sjostrom. Sjostrom’s biological mother, Connie Wheeler, who lives in Fort Lauderdale, wanted Valdez to be charged as an adult and get 30…
Thanksgiving Dinner Free in “Muck City”
It’s too bad there aren’t more players like Santonio Holmes. The Pittsburgh Steelers wide receiver and Super Bowl MVP swung back to his native Belle Glade for the second straight year to serve Thanksgiving meals to needy families. WPBF was there.NFL players do tons of charity work, but much of…
Can Boca Firm Save Playboy Magazine?
In what may be a sign that men are no longer curious about the nude female form — or that the internet exists — Playboy magazine is struggling to stay afloat financially. Now a Boca Raton company, American Media Inc., has the job of trying to save it.The Wall Street…
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Morning Juice: Dirty Commissioner to Enter Plea; Drug House Raided in Wellington
Happy Turkey Eve. Let’s see what’s cooking in South Florida:Remember that other big FBI case? Former Broward County Commissioner Josephus Eggelletion appears prepared to enter a guilty plea today to one charge of money-laundering conspiracy after being accused of assisting undercover agents launder what they said was dirty money. [Miami…
The Way We Were: View From Inside the Oasis of the Seas
Does anyone still remember 2007, when we were all spending like a bunch of drunken Scott Rothsteins? Turns out the world’s biggest ship, Port Everglades-based Oasis of the Seas, is also the world’s biggest floating time capsule. Construction started long before the Lehman Brothers meltdown, during an age when Bernard…
Note to Charlie Crist: In Making Case to Party’s Right Wing, Best to Avoid Quoting Daily Kos
Anxious to break Marco Rubio’s momentum in their Senate race, Charlie Crist gave one of those “wide-ranging” interviews to the St. Petersburg Times yesterday, during which he invoked the sacred ancient text of The Gipper: I believe in Reagan’s 11th Commandment — thou shall not speak ill of a fellow…
AIG’s Chief Executive: Too Much Time in the Boca Sun?
In return for taxpayers’ massive bailout of insurance giant AIG, you would think we’d be enjoying a measure of contrition right now from the corporation’s board of directors, as well as from the greedhead executives and traders who did their part throwing the nation into this never-ending economic crisis.Instead, for…
Woman on Tricycle Killed by SUV
Antonia Vargas Vilca, a 55-year-old Peruvian woman, was killed November 15 after her tricycle wandered into the path of an SUV on Saddle Club Road in Weston. The SUV was driven by Maria Barrionuevo, 49, who was unharmed. Here’s the BSO release.Add another casualty in South Florida drivers’ war against…
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Bracelet Bought at Madoff Auction Will Be Sold Again to Benefit Madoff-Cheated Charity
Think of it as a Ponzi scheme with a heart of gold. Instead of taking one person’s money to pay yourself and another investor, Circa Jewelry has taken its own money ($50,000 to be exact) to buy a bracelet that belonged to the Madoffs, and now plans to sell it…
Siren Call: You’re Attracted to a Lady in Uniform; She’s Attracted to Drunk Drivers
For single men who go to singles bars, then drink till they’re charming: Opportunity knocks on the streets of Boynton Beach. Actually, that’s not a knock so much as a… police siren? Those flashing lights must mean this one wants it bad. Was it your tricked-out car? Your deafening taste…
Expert on Ancient Spiritual Wisdom Finds It Lacking in Apocalyptic Blockbuster
For those of us in the news business, it’s a tad frustrating to see people skip past news stands so they can stand in long lines for movies like 2012. Not that you can blame them entirely. The media in the kiosk describes a complicated world. And the movie describes…
Morning Juice: Deerfield Beach Burn Victim Talks; Governor Does Not
Here’s the view of the front page this Tuesday in Broward and Palm Beach:Charlie Crist came to Fort Lauderdale to drum up support from local Republicans and to duck questions about Marco Rubio. Check out the video — Crist reacts to the Rubio name the way Captain Hook reacts to…
West Palm Marine Reserve Unit on Watch for Terrorists Everywhere, Even Tampa Parking Garages
Not to say that we don’t appreciate the men and women who volunteer to serve their country in the War Against Terrorism, but maybe this Marine Reserve unit in West Palm has the soldiers a bit too keyed up. On November 11, a member of that unit, Jasen Bruce, was…
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Dania Beach Man Dead After Being Shot in His Home
Antonio Brandon Parker, 20, was shot and killed last night near the back door of his home on SW Seventh Avenue in Dania Beach. His grandmother and younger siblings heard the gunshots. Broward Sheriff’s Office investigators are looking for two men who are suspects in the shooting.BSO release is here…
Boca Man Commits Pint-Sized Fraud in Kansas; Earns Super-Sized Sentence
As every other movie attests, being an FBI agent is exciting! Except in a place like in Wichita, Kansas, where crime-busting business is so slow that agents apparently have time to take their investigative leads from their fax machine. And that’s how they met one of your Boca Raton neighbors,…
Devin Hester Victimized by Wardrobe Malfunction
Last night on NBC’s Sunday Night Football, the world saw a new dimension of Devin Hester. Late in the game, with his team desperate for a first down the Riviera Beach native, U. Miami alum and current Chicago Bear ran a crossing pattern. But his quarterback, Jay Cutler, threw the…
Morning Juice: Community Shocked by Predictable Youth Minister Plotline; Gay Adoption Case on Collision Course With Supreme Court
It’s Thanksgiving week. Let’s check the headlines:Take a wild guess why a “youth minister” is in the news. (It’s the only reason they’re ever in the news.) [Sun-Sentinel]As classmates mourn the deaths of the three Coral Springs teens killed last weekend after their car plunged into the canal, police say…