Sound the alarm! Slide down the polls! Gold Five to Red Leader, we have inbound data sets!That’s right, ladies and gentlemen, the U.S. Census Bureau released a new batch of data yesterday, and the Pulp has done some spreadsheet surfing to bring you the hottest numbers from the report. You’ll…
Republican Senate candidate Connie Mack has had to deal with a bit of drama the past few days. And the check pictured above could mean that the drama isn’t over.The trouble started when Mack, who bills himself a fighter of liberal “spending sprees,” decided to spend a pile of federal…
While we were reporting our cover story on the murder of high-flying multimillionaire Ron Vinci and the impending trial of his girlfriend, Catherine Pileggi, New Times went to court to fight for the release of evidence and statements collected during the police investigation. The judge granted us access to everything…
As far as mash-ups go, this is one for the books. Johnny Damon — the former long-haired, free-rocking, super-awesome Boston Red Sox outfielder turned short-haired, lame-o Yankee turned Cleveland Indian, ugh, Cleveland — has decided to donate a bunch of money through his foundation so that the University of Florida can set up a research station…
Here’s the latest from a 9:10 p.m. press conference from authorities about the shooting this afternoon; information is pulled together from the FBI, Broward Sheriff’s Office and other news sources.From FBI spokesman Tim Donovan:It started at about 2:20 p.m., when a man stole a car at the intersection of 75th…
There isn’t any evidence to prove that Rep. Connie Mack intentionally used $18,000 in taxpayer money to send political postcards all over the state, but there isn’t anything about the situation that makes Mack look good.If you haven’t heard about it already, all the recent hullabaloo is over 90,000 mailers that Mack…
Good news for all you Marlins fans who were worried that you were going to have to pay prices inflated by people actually wanting to go to the games: Tickets for Sunday’s game against the Mets are now online for as low as $2.99, and tix for next Tuesday’s game…
Tuesday night, the guy who lives at 420 SW 18th Ave. in Fort Lauderdale couldn’t sleep. He was put out of his house by a termite infestation and was staying elsewhere while exterminators draped a giant tent over his house and filled it with poison gas.It was around 4 a.m…
If you’ve got a TV or an internet connection, you’ve probably already heard about President Barack Obama’s statement to ABC News that “I think same sex-couples should be able to get married.”If you frequent Think Progress, you’ve seen the gigantic “THANK YOU OBAMA! PRESIDENT OBAMA ENDORSES MARRIAGE EQUALITY” banner they’ve…
The U.S. Supreme Court has taken on some of the most compelling debates in history: the struggle for civil rights, the power of corporations to influence political campaigns, a woman’s right to get an abortion. Now, thanks to a South Florida activist, they’ll be taking on another subject for our…
It seems every week a new invasive species tearing through Florida makes headlines. Maybe it’s because we’re home to some of the busiest ports in the world, maybe it’s due to our ostentatious exotic pet owners constantly trying to one-up one another, or maybe it’s just that the climate here…
Perched on the gym bleachers, Taryn Marriott bounces her knees up and down in a nervous trot, her eyes wide with fear. “I just want to get a medal,” she says. The 8-year-old is bean-sprout thin and beautiful, her face pale and earnest, her long brown hair braided into two…
This morning, I wrote a mean blog post about attorney Jose Baez’s upcoming book, Presumed Guilty, Casey Anthony: The Inside Story, coming out in July. I called it a “‘let’s make some cash off Casey Anthony’ book” and called Baez “the guy who sold bikinis on the internet before writing…
We’re less than a month away from the official opening of hurricane season. After reading our recent cover story about modern-day survivalists, you may feel compelled to make better preparations this year than the usual ritual of hoarding toilet paper, bottled water, and Chef Boyardee from Publix at 10 p.m.After…
If Fort Lauderdale’s red-light program has helped traffic safety, there’s no way to actually tell yet. Crashes at the six intersections where cameras are currently installed actually went up slightly after their installation, but it went from 21 to 24 crashes over ten months, so it’s not clear what changed.Despite…
Niagara Falls is one of the most recognizable natural wonders in North America, 165 feet tall in places and as majestic as a bald eagle flying in slow motion with a golden scepter in its talons.So it was good news when Allegiant Air announced last month that it would be…
Note: We’ve since had the opportunity to chat with Baez about the book (and about this blog post).Texas-based BenBella Books announced yesterday that Jose Baez, the South Florida attorney who successfully defended Casey Anthony on murder charges, will be releasing a book in July that “exposes shocking, never-before-revealed, exclusive information…
Red barrel sponges from Delray Ledge north to Breakers Reef are being attacked and killed by a mysterious disease, according to divers with Palm Beach County Reef Rescue.Ed Tichenor, who first observed the problem, says what’s most alarming is the rate at which the disease is killing the sponges. On April…
Workers at the Mardi Gras Casino say management has been adopting illegal union-busting tactics with its workers, and now they’re planning a king-hell spectacle to bring attention to it.Event organizers say they have 500 “confirmed” participants for a rally tonight that will start at B.F. James Park on NW Ninth…
Republican Senate candidate George LeMieux released a sequel to his “Two and a Half Macks” campaign ad against primary opponent, Connie Mack, yesterday. While the first ad’s thesis was essentially “Connie Mack is a doofus,” this one takes a more specific route — the Lemieux campaign says Mack doesn’t live…
One year after Thompson Academy settled a federal lawsuit alleging a 14-year-old boy was twice sexually assaulted by a counselor at the lockup, the head of the Pembroke Pines juvenile detention center is facing scrutiny. Administrator Craig Ferguson has left his post amid allegations that he took residents home with…
The sentence for 35-year-old James Mozie was handed down in federal court yesterday: life in prison, plus ten years of supervised release. Dude’s going to have a parole officer in the afterlife.Mozie was convicted in December of one count of conspiracy to commit sex trafficking of a minor, eight counts…
