Bring out your pills! Leave no injectable behind! Think that two-year old bottle of codeine isn’t safe to mix with Sprite? Ditch it! Fort Lauderdale is hosting a no-questions-asked medication take back on Jan. 27 at 301 N. Andrews Ave. from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. The city and much…
Staring down the barrel of what’s sure to be a brutal campaign to stay in the governor’s mansion beyond 2014, Rick Scott is pushing out a variety of campaigns that seem aimed at scoring points with weary voters. On Wednesday Scott announced he’s planning to give every public school teacher…
Rand Hoch, the president of the Palm Beach Human Rights Council, doesn’t waste words summing up what’s been happening in Boca Raton recently: “Boca is just being anti-gay,” he tells New Times.Over the last six months, the city has been locked up with activists over a number of issues involving…
Commissioners in Miami-Dade County said they want the Dolphins’ Broward County operations come south of the county borderline should they help fund the team’s $400 million revamp of Sun Life Stadium. “Any public investment we entertain, we must have a return, a clear public purpose,” said Mayor Carlos Giménez. “If…
I-95 in South Florida is America’s most dangerous highway. That’s pretty well known. Why?Sure, it’s the only major north-south highway in an overbuilt, unsustainable megalapolis, driven daily by the aged, the undereducated and the uncouth. But the cause lies even deeper than that, at the core of the Flori-duh mentality,…
Though he lives quietly in Plantation, Randall James Hamilton Zwinge, AKA “The Amazing Randi,” has a cult following around the globe.In one of the greatest about-faces ever performed, Randi was a nationally famous magician (he appeared on the Today Show, broke at least one of Houdini’s records, and toured with…
In just a few years, Julie Orr has gone from running a successful advertising business to being a single mom on disability. This past May, the 54-year-old from Riverside, California, bounced a $91 check at a grocery store. Though she tried to make good, she was told the store had…
A weak breeze was pushing in from the south, rippling the broad boulevard of water as it caught the midmorning sun. The canal, wide as a football field, ran north to south, slashing an engineered course through the unruly tangle of low-lying bush in Big Cypress National Preserve. Scott Harris,…
A West Palm Beach man and four others have been indicted in Philadelphia for beating and locking several mentally disabled people in basement dungeons in three states for years at a time to steal hundreds of thousands of dollars of Social Security benefits. The 196-count indictment accuses West Palm Beach’s…
When incoming Broward County Sheriff Scott Israel wanted to bring in his own people to help run the department, he didn’t realize that removing some of former Sheriff Al Lamberti’s top lieutenants would cost nearly $4.3 million, including a more than $340,000 payout to one colonel who had never called…
Just because you’re a public official once accused of corruption, doesn’t mean you can’t pick make a comeback. Tamarac city commissioner Patricia Atkins-Grad in December was acquitted on corruption charges stemming from a 2010 indictment. The commissioner, a realtor who goes by the nickname “Positively Patte, had been accused of…
Yup, looks like this is happening. About a year ago, Palm Beach County’s hopes were high when word spread that a local strip club would host the inaugural naked shimmy (just the tops, not the bottoms — keep it classy) of Nadya Suleman, known the world over as Octomom. Those…
Yesterday we gave you a heads-up on some stats about local guys who’ve hiked to one of the great peaks in professional sports — a spot on a Super Bowl roster. Big bragging rights go to Palm Beach County, and specifically Glades Central High School in Belle Glades. Five former…
Ever been to a strip club and thought to yourself, “Boy! This place is great! I sure like looking at all the boobies! If only it were open until the sun came up so I can look at boobies till breakfast!”? Well, Hallandale Beach resident who loves boobies, you’re in…
Late last year, a Deerfield Beach High School teacher named Juliet Hibbs was hurled into the international spotlight when a set of parents accused her of encouraging their daughter to become a lesbian. Soon, her name materialized in the Huffington Post, the U.K.’s Daily Mail, and the National Examiner. Hibbs…
Republican donor Jay Odom, a Panhandle developer who was a key person in the downfall of former House Speaker Ray Sansom, because Odom wanted a new plane hangar, has been indicted on charges of violating federal campaign finance laws. Derp. The federal indictment alleges that Odom, 56, laundered more than…
Going to Fort Lauderdale beach can be quite awesome. Not so awesome, however, is the ban of allowing alcohol on the beach. Sitting on the sand by the water is an activity that needs to be done with booze, damn it! But there seems to be some good news on…
The Miami Heat’s Shane Battier hosted his second-annual “South Beach Battioke Celebrity Karaoke Contest” on Monday night. The event has turned into a must-see as members of the Heat get up on stage and sing karaoke for charity, with proceeds going to the Battier Take Charge Foundation. And while LeBron…
A young Osceola County girl was alone at a mailbox located at 4750 Cirento Drive in the Siesta Lago community. She was allegedly approached by a man who asked her for the time. The unidentified juvenile reached for her phone to see the time, and when she looked up, the…
If you found yourself saying, “Hey! He’s talking about me!” during Barack Obama’s inaugural speech, it’s because you either waited in line to vote for many hours or you’re gay or both! During the speech for his second inauguration, Obama made references to two items that are of great importance…
After a weekend of some top-quality football, the Super Bowl face-off is all sealed up: On February 3, the San Francisco 49ers will knock heads with the Baltimore Ravens in New Orleans for all the marbles. Wrapped up in a soundbite, that news doesn’t seem to have a lot of…
Valyn Calhoun posted a photo of himself, looking pale and weighing 95 pounds. “I put up a picture of my body,” the 29-year-old wrote. “It may scare some, but this is something I see everyday.”Calhoun, a photographer who runs in Fort Lauderdale’s music and art scenes, contracted HIV and hepatitis…
