Even the GOP-friendly Sunshine State News can't pull Gov. Rick Scott's approval rating out of the crapper.The governor has now set a new personal record for disappointing voters, posting a 27 percent approval rating, according to a poll commissioned by the paper.That edges out the Quinnipiac University poll in May,...
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Viewpoint Florida -- a polling firm headed by GOP operatives Randy Nielsen and Pat Bainter -- found that Gov. Rick Scott's approval rating is on the rise, according to the firm's newest poll.Out of the 1,235 likely Florida voters surveyed, 45 percent approved of the governor's job performance, whereas 51...
Patrick Murphy, who is vying for the spot to challenge Rep. Allen West for his seat in 2012, is keeping up with the game in Washington, D.C.This week, he says he's "disturbed" by the country's lowered credit rating, calling it "unacceptable," and he's also unveiled a new coffee mug for...
Former Gov. Charlie Crist is still in the good graces of Florida voters, according to what we swear is the last Sunshine State News poll we're publishing this week.Crist was the only one -- between himself and Sens. Marco Rubio and Bill Nelson -- to receive a favorable rating above...
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The Kings of Leon have just issued a statement announcing cancellation of the remainder of the band's U.S. tour. After a pretty hairy show in Dallas over the weekend, which included vocalist Caleb Followill leaving the stage midset because of reported heat problems, things weren't looking too promising.Obviously, KOL will...
Chances are, 17 percent of third-graders in Broward County and 18 percent in Palm Beach County couldn't read that headline, according to the Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test results released today.Only around 80 percent of the youngsters in both districts passed the reading test of the FCAT this year, which means...
The Onion may be the world's greatest source of satirical news, but sometimes its hilarity actually yields more fact than fiction.For President Obama's birthday yesterday, The Onion ran a news brief with the headline "Obama Turns 50 Despite Republican Opposition.""After months of heated negotiations and failed attempts to achieve any...
Thanks to the results of last night's 2011 CMT Awards it looks like the down-home Southern-bumpkin style of music so lovingly referred to as "country" has gone a little insane. It used to be that country music was known for it's twangy banjo and lyrics that cried about broken marriages,...
A hacker going by the name Abhaxas claims to have hacked part of the Florida voter database and publicly posted his findings.Using his Twitter account, Abhaxas posted this text file of Florida voting information, saying, "Who believes voting isn't being tampered with?"From the names of the files the hacker allegedly...
In honor of the upcoming Death to the Sun III music festival at the Snooze Theater, County Grind will profile select acts from the lineup.Miami's Toad Eyes are a band to be watched. Not that we have any idea where they're going. But that's a big part of the allure...
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A cinematic reboot for the patron saint of 98-pound weaklings, Conan the Barbarian is both truer to the vision of its character's creator, Robert E. Howard, and more satisfyingly pulpy than John Milius' 1982 movie incarnation. Director Marcus Nispel, along with no fewer than three screenwriters, eschews the lugubrious mythmaking...
Here's a new election where people may actually want to vote for Gov. Rick Scott again -- the race for the "Worst Governor Ever."As part of an online campaign by the Transport Workers Union of America, Scott joins Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker, Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Corbett, New Jersey Gov. Chris...
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Glimpses of the South Florida Scene is a weekly column devoted to the artists thriving within Broward and Palm Beach counties featuring interviews with the folks making it happen. This week, Astrea Corporation.It's been established that Astrea Corporation make music for and from the future: somewhere between trip-hop and dubstep and...
Put down your margarita for a second and imagine a South Florida without bad guys. No scumbags, hucksters, shysters, megalomaniacs, sleazeballs, or assholes. Nothing but peaceful existence, marked by occasional strong weather. Rolling tides and the buzz of insects and not a dollar to be made. Almost paradise. That place...
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Music vet and New Times scribe Lee Zimmerman offers his insights, opinions and observations about the local scene. This week: Fueling some feedback... It goes without saying that one of the hazards of being a writer is having to open yourself up to feedback, either positive or negative, and in...
Cook, restaurateur, cookbook author, businessman, buddy to the stars. . . now Steve Martorano has one more title to add to his resume: cooking teacher. In a series of nine videos entitled Yo Cuz: The Italian-American Cook, Martorano mixes a bit of Oprah-esque self-esteem building with his patented South Philly...
Watching Todd Allen Durkin wend his way through a character as hefty and complex as his latest host body — a shell-shocked World War II veteran marooned in St. Louis in the Caldwell's Six Years — is nothing short of a gift. In his Caldwell debut, Durkin is jittery and...
For those already shaking their heads in disapproval at another ironic mainstream rap parody, save your neck muscles for the nod factor on this Lex Luger-produced banger -- cuz ain't shit sweet here. Starring Fort Lauderdale's own flighty friend Bleubird as Ace Hood, L.A.'s K-the-I-??? as Rick Ross and Anticon...