Rapist and three-time murderer Oba Chandler, who's scheduled to be receive his lethal injection at 4 p.m. on November 15, doesn't want to be executed. Imagine that.Chandler's lawyer filed a motion in a circuit court today seeking to have Chandler's death sentence thrown out, claiming the state's judicial method of...
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Initially when I read this, I thought this was Method Man teaming up with Garbage Pail Kids, which would have been an even better idea. But anyhow, Mr. Meth has launched yet another commercial partnership -- this time with the tongue-scraping, tooth-gumming Sour Patch Kids. Remember Wu Wear and all...
Occupy Fort Lauderdale's residency in Wilton Manors was a bit short-lived.After the Downtown Development Authority informed protesters it was going to close Bubier Park in Fort Lauderdale from 2 to 6 a.m. and ban tents and tarps from the park, the group picked up and moved to Equality Park in...
Not long after the Broward County Natural Resources Planning and Management Division released its report detailing how rising sea levels could cause major flooding across Fort Lauderdale, Florida Atlantic University has released its own report detailing climate change in South Florida and how to combat its effects.Again, it's the rising...
In Hollywood, across from the ocean, Taco Beach Shack was quiet on a rainy Monday night. On a concrete patio, chair backs leaned forward onto tables to stay dry. A table of sisters watched their toddlers run around obstacles like a three-cone drill. A pair of guys sat at the...
Gov. Rick Scott signed a death warrant to give a lethal juicing to the second inmate of his governorship -- this time for 65-year-old triple murderer Oba Chandler.The execution is scheduled for 4 p.m. on November 15, but don't be surprised if that doesn't get delayed at some point.Scott has...
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The Palm Beach Post laid off "more than" 20 people today, adding to the more than 300 jobs the newspaper cut three years ago.With papers across the country shrinking, shifting, and shutting down, Post Publisher Tim Burke blamed the economic downtown for the latest cutbacks.Insiders say four of the employees...
Music vet and New Times scribe Lee Zimmerman shares stories of memorable rock 'n' roll encounters that took place in our local environs. This week: The former Goods guy shares the music that changed his life... One of South Florida's most renowned and critically acclaimed singer-songwriters and multi-talented musicians, Jim can...
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A 31-year-old man threw a hot dog at Tiger Woods at yesterday's golf tournament at CordeValle in San Martin, California, as he ran toward the seventh green. The motive is unclear: perhaps a phallic reference to Woods' epic infidelities? Woods was getting ready for his putt, said the golfer. "Next thing...
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Too many stodgy old farts, Broadway isn't what it used to be, now that nearly all of the productions are based on movies, TV shows or previous productions, and -- these days -- every patron shows up dressed like a slob. Hey, sounds like a good time to us. If...
September's numbers on employment from the Bureau of Labor Statistics aren't due until Friday, but a private report says 1,638 Floridians were laid off last month.The consultants at Challenger, Gray & Christmas Inc. released their findings this morning, reporting that more than 115,000 American workers were laid off last month,...
Boynton Beach cop/alleged meth trafficker/federal fugitive David Britto is still getting paychecks from the Boynton Beach Police Department, according to a statement released from the department this morning.The only hitch there is that the department isn't directly depositing the checks into his back account, so he'd have to come down...
At a dinner party in 1979, Tim and Nina Zagat groused about the local newspaper restaurant reviewer. Afterward, they rallied 200 of their friends to provide amateur reviews of 100 New York restaurants. Soon, the city's gastronomes were clamoring for the results, which had been consolidated and photocopied on legal-sized...
Crabby Jack's, the Deerfield Beach dive bar that became an institution, was destroyed by a two-alarm blaze early Sunday morning, August 28. Clean Plate Charlie went to the scene of the fire to find Crabby Jack's all but completely destroyed. Only part of the façade remains, along with two dartboards...
A study from the Florida Center for Fiscal and Economic Policy says Florida ranks third, fourth, and fifth out of the 50 states in three different economic indicators.Unfortunately, those indicators are the highest rates of residents without health insurance, the largest percentage of children under 18 without health insurance, and...
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The Monroe County Sheriff's Office has confirmed that the cause of death for 53-year-old Thomas Swindal -- who died after snorting an unknown white powder from a brick he found floating in the Florida Keys -- was a cocaine overdose.The autopsy results have not come back from the Miami-Dade Medical...
It has been a good several weeks since Hurricane Irene was shivering anyone's bones in South Florida, but its reverberations are still felt today. The makeup date for Skullcandy's Identity Festival, which was supposed to happen at Miami's Bayfront Park on August 25, has been canceled.There was a brief glimmer...
Rosh Hashanah probably isn't Texas Gov. Rick Perry's favorite holiday. Aside from the fact that he's not Jewish, he'll also find out today that Florida Jews don't want him to be president.Public Policy Polling released the second part of its survey of Florida voters today, finding that President Obama wouldn't...
If you're in Florida blasting obnoxious music from your car way louder than you need to, well, that's your First Amendment right, according to a recent appellate court ruling.In Marion County, Shannon Montgomery learned that the hard way. After being pulled over for rocking out while driving, the cops also...