You may be under the impression that our congressmen disagree with one another because they’ve reviewed the evidence about a given topic, searched themselves for the right thing to do, and simply come to different conclusions.A video posted earlier this week, however, shows something different: Sometimes, congressmen are opposed to…
NBC’s Dateline at 10 EDT tonight will feature the disappearance of David Jackson and the investigation two decades later that threatened to tear a family apart. Our cover story, “My Father’s Bones,” won last year’s Sigma Delta Chi award for feature reporting. (Yeah, I’m bragging; shut up.)…
See also “DEP Brass Jeff Littlejohn’s Parents Own Lobbying Firm With Questionable Clientele” and “EPA Wants to Know if Herschel Vinyard Lied on His Resume”UPDATED AT 1:17 p.m. DEP spokeswoman Dee Ann Miller just informed New Times that Sally Mann and Doug Mann are now divorced. The below post has…
Update, 2:25 p.m.: Lopez was reportedly offered his job back. He declined, adding what looks to be a conclusion on the biggest life guard PR meltdown we can remember.Original post, 11 a.m.:Hallandale Beach lifeguard Tomas Lopez ran 1,500 feet outside of his assigned area to help save a drowning victim…
The Miami Heat has reached a settlement to recoup part of what it says was a $3 million loss from its involvement in the $1.4 billion Scott Rothstein Ponzi scheme, according to documents filed Tuesday.The RRA bankruptcy trust initially sued the Heat and its affiliate, Basketball Properties Ltd., to get…
George Zimmerman might be getting out of jail, even after having his bail revoked for lying to the court about all those donations he’s been taking in from folks who think we should all be allowed to shoot each other.Though his original bail was set at $150,000, a judge this…
It’s a small bill, but we’ve finally got a hint of bipartisanship in Florida.Lawrence Davis was a World War II veteran who died without any family, any money — or any casket. He was buried in a Florida national cemetery in 2004 in a cardboard box. His body was discovered…
See also “Broward Whooping Cough Cases Shouldn’t Surprise Anyone”According to the most recent data from the Florida Department of Health, 260 cases of whooping cough have been reported throughout the state as of the end of June.That’s 120 more cases of the highly contagious respiratory ailment than there were at…
The good news: The section of Broward Boulevard between SE Tenth and 12th avenues is getting a face-lift from the county. The bad news: That section of the road is going to be narrowed to one lane in either direction, 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. every weekday, plus Saturdays.The construction…
Contrary to what you may have read over the past few days (or received in a Palm Beach Post breaking news text message), it doesn’t look like anybody actually knows where Casey Anthony is.The Post sent out a text alert with a link to a story late Tuesday night that…
Earlier this month, the Justice Department arrested 26-year-old Boca Raton resident John Michael Romero Mendoza for allegedly using the iPhone app BoyAhoy to arrange a sexual tryst with a 15-year-old boy. According to the criminal complaint, Mendoza’s car was stocked with “condoms, lubricant, and homosexual pornographic magazines” when he pulled…
Republican congressional candidate Joe Kaufman loves him some Second Amendment, and if he wants to look in the mirror and play with his gun, daggummit, that’s his right. He exercised that right last November — and shot himself in the finger, as first reported by Gossip Extra. “Don’t go thinking…
South Florida is littered with C-list celebrities, from Vanilla Ice to Donald Trump. Although it’s easy to riff on these past-their-prime peddlers of spectacle, they at least possess a modicum of some redeeming quality. But the newest edition to Palm Beach’s gaggle of crazy, Amy Fisher, is simply the worst…
On Friday, July 27, athletes from around the globe will converge in London for the XXX Olympiad. But here on our own sands, thousands of under-the-radar athletes are training every day of the week — often for hours at a time, usually when everyone else is still asleep, and without…
On July 11, 2008, the price of oil rose to $147 per barrel, a record high. Gas stations engaged in hot pursuit as the price of a gallon rocketed past $4. All hell was about to break loose. The country’s largest banks had already begun to implode through arrogance and…
Cops Say South Florida Protesters Busted in Chicago Are Terrorists; Friends Call Bullshit Three men formerly associated with Occupy Fort Lauderdale were charged today in Chicago with 11 counts, including conspiracy to commit terrorism, possession of explosives, and attempted arson. Each is being held on a $1.5 million bond awaiting…
Brandon Johnson wanted to fly to Jamaica, and he didn’t much care about little things like “passports” and “not cursing out police officers.”The 30-year-old was berating a Spirit Airlines ticket agent about getting a flight out of Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport when a Broward deputy arrived.”Defendant refused to accept the…
Yesterday, we told you about Vincent Colangelo, the Fort Lauderdale pill-mill owner who was sentenced to 20 years in the clink. Before he was arrested, however, he was living the high life: The federal government seized millions of dollars in cash and accounts from Colangelo and his co-conspirators and properties…
Dara Torres has competed in five Olympic games since 1984, won 12 medals, and set the American record in the 50-meter freestyle first at 15 years old and then again at 40. The New York Times described her as having “the perfect swimmer’s body,” hardly marked by age, “gangly, loose…
Drug manufacturer Purdue Pharma is now testing its proprietary formula for OxyContin on children as young as 6, according to the Daily, in what appears to be a bid to extend the life of a patent set to expire next year.OxyContin is a formulation of oxycodone, the opioid that for…
Tomorrow is the Fourth of July! A glorious celebration of the adoption of the Declaration of Independence by our founding fathers some 236 years ago. It is a day of great historical weight, and there is no better way to commemorate the occasion than to sit in a field and…
Congressman Allen West is perturbed by the U.S. Supreme Court’s upholding of the individual mandate. That isn’t particularly surprising, so when he called it “a sad day for Americans,” there wasn’t a blog post about it. Likewise when he said, “Well, I got a great idea. I believe that for…
