The adult room of Delray Beach’s Salt Suite looks like a well-groomed beach. Plush white leather chairs line the perimeter, a flimsy white plastic partition separating each. But there’s no sand. Just salt. Everywhere.On the ground are several inches of coarse, granular salt. The walls are coated with dense, jagged…
At 1 p.m today, Allen West fans outside the St.Lucie County courthouse were parading with signs and chanting, “What do we want?” and “When do we want it?” Answer one was “Recount!” Answer two was “Now!”At 3 p.m., Circuit Judge Dan Vaughn told them “No” on both points. But by…
Allen West’s lawyers got their hearing today to ask a judge for a full recount of all 37,379 early voting ballots in St. Lucie County. And at around 2:45 Friday afternoon, West was shot down by the judge. Again. Circuit Judge Dan Vaughn told West’s attorneys that he doesn’t have…
Christopher Castillo of Melbourne, Florida, was not so happy that Barack Obama was going to implement his health-care law. It was the last straw, even. So Castillo, 28, did what we all do when we’re angry about stuff. He went to The Facebook and updated his status with angry emoticon…
Keith Kirk appeared in court Thursday with a face that looked like it had been trampled on by a horse. Kirk, 30, showed up in Fort Lauderdale bond court and stood before Judge John “Jay” Hurley with black swollen eyes and stitches between his eyebrows. It turns out that Kirk…
The Palm Beach County School District and the teacher’s union had a tentative agreement all ready to go that would give most teachers at least a $1,500 raise. And then, at the last minute, things became unraveled when arguments that had nothing to do with the subject at hand derailed…
The Dolphins went into Orchard Park last night and promptly got kicked in the onions several times by the Buffalo Bills to the tune of 19-14. And while that score might seem tight, it felt more like a 35-point blowout. Against one of the worst defenses in the league, Reggie…
Angel Raymundo’s odyssey began in the style of B. Traven, fleeing the highlands of Guatemala in search of a life beyond subsistence. It ended like something out of Franz Kafka, ground up and cast aside by an impenetrable bureaucracy.It’s a common story here lately, one detainee after another accusing the GEO Group’s…
Earlier this month, we told you about a guy named Trevor Allen. Then, it was over a video in which Allen seemed to beat up a 12-year-old student, and that despite this evidence, no one had investigated Allen. Well, now Broward County School District has suspended Allen. But this investigation…
Imagine standing along A1A, chugging some ice-cold brews on a hot fall day and watching a string of Formula One cars race by at 190 mph. The breeze from the beach, the whistling whiz of the engines, the potential for a horrific wreck — these are the things dreams are…
The last time we saw the Miami Dolphins, they were busy getting clubbed in the face with a frozen chicken at the hands of the Tennessee Titans. So then, with only a few days to prepare for the Buffalo Bills, the Fins had to pick their teeth off the floor and…
It was announced Thursday that BP is to fork over $4.5 billion in a settlement with the U.S. government because of its devastating 2010 oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. This also includes the biggest criminal penalty in American history, with almost $1.3 billion in criminal fines, including manslaughter…
Because this thing is never, ever going to end, a hearing has been scheduled for Friday to hear Allen West’s request for a full recount of roughly 37,379 St. Lucie County ballots. The county did a partial recount last weekend that made the race a bit tighter, but still not…
Corporate heads and rich business owners are so in a huff over President Obama’s reelection that they’ve decided to express their outrage by charging their customers more money and cutting back work outs for their employees. That’ll learn ya for voting for Obama, America! Specifically, Papa John’s CEO John Schnatter…
In the early 1990s, some the progressive-minded yet fun-loving folks at Adbusters magazine promoted the idea of a Buy Nothing Day — a “holiday” that would condemn consumerism, not involve any monetary transactions, and definitely include some mischievous but harmless festivities. The perfect day to celebrate was, of course, Black…
At first Rick Scott was all, NO HEALTH CARE FOR OUR STATE, EVAR! And then everyone started to hate him because they realized he’s a beady-eyed pustule with dumb GOPer agendas and an affinity to eat people’s souls (allegedly!). But now, all of a sudden as if by magic and…
The numbers are out, and Florida tops the nation for the second straight month in foreclosures. Broward numbers have been increasing for months, and in Palm Beach: “Our foreclosure caseload continues to grow and shows no signs of slowing down,” said County Clerk Sharon Bock. “That we’ve already exceeded the number…
Ricardo Salamanca took Rosita Rosario out on a date to a Plantation nightclub back in October. Afterward, the two went back to her place. But Salamanca wanted a little more than a nightcap, so he made his move. But Rosita was having none of it and spurned his advances. So…
West Palm Beach Mayor Jeri Muoio believes a hotel with Intracoastal water ways can potentially be a big deal for the downtown area. So the City Commission will be hearing three proposals for one to be built where City Hall used to be. Included in the plans is the old…
The limos begin pulling up to Alex Rodriguez’s North Bay Road mansion at dusk, disgorging one celebrity after another: Owen Wilson, Real Housewives star Lea Black, even murderer-turned-mob-rat Chris Paciello. A-Rod, clad in a navy blazer, checked tie, and Italian loafers, welcomes each with a meaty multimillionaire’s paw. Two months…
On May 17, inside a red-roofed mansion in a whitewashed enclave of properties in Boca Raton called Whisper Walk, the lights were low. Mitt Romney was talking, and atop a table cluttered with napkins, candles, and water, a video recorder blinked to life. The candidate appeared relaxed, for once among…
First the Sun Sentinel did it earlier this year. And now the Miami Herald is joining it. The McClatchy Co., which owns the Miami Herald and El Nuevo Herald, announced today that both those online sites will implement a paywall this year. The company’s other papers, the Sacramento Bee, the…
