Our brethren in Miami showed how you can kayak to Marlins Park or take the Metrorail to nowhere. But what if you just want a nice leisurely, relaxed, death-defying 17-mile bike ride from Fort Lauderdale to the Everglades and back? YOU’RE IN LUCK! We’ll show you how! On the way,…
See also “Urban Sprawl Kills Endangered Florida Panther”Some lawsuits make you want to punch mankind’s collective crotch and pray to the gods that the Mayans were right about the whole 2012 thing.Case in point: Kenneth Nolan filed a suit in Broward County Court seeking $15,000 from the Florida Department of…
Every now and then, beachgoers run into debris that has washed up on shore: seaweed, jellyfish, seashells, and the occasional plastic CVS bag. And now you can add weed to that list. Early this morning, some people walking on the beach called 911 after they found 15-pound packages of cannabis…
According to the Broward School District, three charter schools will be permanently closing, leaving a whole lot of kids in the lurch. Eagle Charter Academy and SMART Charter School in Lauderdale Lakes say their governing boards had voted to voluntarily terminate charter contracts with the School Board.They join Touchdowns4life Charter…
Joining the likes of other people down in recent polls like Mittington Romnom, Allen West: COMMIE HUNTER and people who have become wholly irrelevant like Sarah Palin, Florida Rep. Connie Mack has jumped into the fray of yelling loud things at the president about Libya and terrorist coddling and stuff.Because…
A soggy speech on a soggy day. It’s an overcast waterfront Thursday afternoon at Lantana’s Old Key Lime House, and Adam Hasner, GOP candidate for U.S. House District 22, is looking for all the world like a nicely baby-faced blow-up doll, big brown eyes and a mop of hair, slightly…
Yesterday we told you about the Pembroke Pines Walmart that did the most Walmart thing ever by telling school kids to take their 9/11 singing tributes someplace else. Even though they had already arranged it with the store in advance. Well since corporate greed knows a good boycott looming when…
Momma always told you to be careful at ATMs, so you hide your PIN from strangers and use the machines in a well-lighted area. But what if the machine itself is stealing your information?A gang of high-tech thieves has allegedly been traveling up and down Florida’s east coast, hacking those…
Florida is a swing state. Even robots are aware of this. So, Mitt Romney will be hitting up Florida next week for four different major fund-raising events within a 24-hour period on each coast. (He’ll be fine. He has his own plane). On the heelsof his Libya comments and recent…
See also “Fake-Pot Industry Comes Down From A Three-Year High”The effects of synthetic cannabinoids on the human brain are not well understood. Yet people routinely smoke this stuff, sometimes called “synthetic pot.”This week’s cover story on the subject describes the phenomenon, but a recently published article in the Cleveland Clinic…
With all the trash-talking and name-calling that goes on during presidential elections, it’s high time we go back to the way these things were settled according to what we learned from watching Martin Scorsese’s Gangs of New York: with fisticuffs. That’s exactly what Esquire magazine and Yahoo! News set out…
The Bill Nelson-Connie Mack race is pretty much America’s most closely watched Senate race. And now incumbent Nelson — the Democrat — and Mack — the Republican — have agreed to the only confirmed statewide televised debate on October 17. The showdown will take place at Nova Southeastern University in…
While at a Patrick Murphy fundraiser yesterday, Charlie Crist was asked about Scott Van Duzer’s bear-hugging President Obama. And Crist expressed a strong desire to meet the man. “You know what?” Crist responded. “I wanted to stop by the guy’s… Where is his place?” Crist, whose ousting from the Republican…
Broward has been out in front of the rest of the state, maybe the country, in terms of preparing for climate change and rising sea levels. The county commissioned a report showing that large parts of Lauderdale could be underwater 50 years from now. Over and over, experts say our…
Yesterday we told you about how one RoboRomney seized the opportunity of the attacks on Libya that left Chris Stevens and other U.S. diplomats dead to pounce on Obama’s terrorist-coddling, apologetic ways by attacking a statement Obama never actually made. Well, it turns out, the president watches the news (or…
Because Walmart is a gaping maw of soul-eating despair, this story shouldn’t be too surprising. But somehow it is. As part of a school-related “I Will” campaign, which encourages kids to help their fellow citizens and do a public service on 9/11, students from Coconut Palm Elementary in Miramar showed…
A federal lawsuit filed this week claims that U.S. marshals acted recklessly when they opened fire in a Boynton Beach parking lot last year and shot an innocent woman five times. Attorney Ronald Guralnick tells New Times that he’s seeking $10 million in compensation for his client, Janira Calderin. According to court documents,…
Jennifer Barker didn’t recognize the number rattling her cell phone one morning in May. But the soft-spoken blond answered anyway. It was a decision the Louisville, Kentucky, resident instantly regretted. The unknown caller claimed to represent a law firm seeking to settle a civil complaint against Barker. The middle-aged hospital…
For months, Lila Steinhoff wondered what was going on in the middle bay of the peach-colored warehouse across from her home. When the wind came out of the north or northeast, the pungent stench of nail-polish remover wafted from the small commercial site onto her quiet side street in West…
Dolphins running back Daniel Thomas was bonked on the head during 30-10 loss against the Houston Texans last Sunday. He left the game with an apparent concussion and didn’t return. But according to Orlando Alzugary of 640 Sports, Thomas passed his concussion test. However, according to Alzugary’s sources, the team…
What’s this? An Obama Done Coddled the Terrorists and Apologizes to Them All the Time party? And Allen West wasn’t invited? No, wait. There he is. With Mitt Romney leading the way and attacking a statement the president never actually made and Sarah Palin getting in on the Obama is…
Here’s a fun story: Girl has sex with a dude while he drives his car, girl pulls out a gun, dude swerves cross several lanes, car hits a tree, dude punches girl in the face. The end. According to Charlotte County Sheriff’s detectives, that’s exactly what happened when 26-year-old Amanda…
