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Last year's Officer of the Year from the Boynton Beach Police Department now faces up to life in prison for meth trafficking, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office.Officer David Britto, 28, was allegedly slangin' meth between June 2009 and March 2011, officials say, although no further details of his alleged...
Lady Gaga's meat dress is a tasty addition to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland wanted to display Lady Gaga's infamous meat dress for its "Women Who Rock: Vision, Passion, Power" exhibit. Problem is, how do you store and display...
Rhino Records just announced that it will release a deluxe boxed set of all eight of the Smiths' full-length albums, reworked and remastered by Johnny Marr. They failed to mention, though, that this new collection comes complete with a 24 oz. can of snake oil...
Fun, highly bloggable fact: One-half of Parallels, Cameron Findlay, was originally the drummer for electronic-noise terrorists Crystal Castles. On the road with that act, though, when Findlay wasn't providing skittering blast beats, he was busily writing more-melodic material. The resulting frosty, New Romantic-style dance-floor anthems were meant for a solo...
We're still a pair of Novembers away from seeing the fate of Rep. Allen West's congressional seat, but 28-year-old Patrick Murphy looks like he's already giving the congressman a run for his money -- lots and lots of money.Murphy announced that he raised $450,000 in the second quarter, on top...
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A sixth employee of the Broward County's jailing system was arrested, this time for allegedly showing up to work with a care package including Newport cigarettes and some blow for an inmate.Tavares Damian West, 34, allegedly brought in a bag with headphones and batteries as well as the aforementioned smokes...
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A few minutes before I met Pembroke Pines Detective Donna Velazquez for the first time, she sent me a text message: "I have asked the victim's mother, Judy Carlson, to join us." We were meeting to discuss the murder of David Jackson, which eventually became the center of a feature...
What a weird ride it's been for poor Rick Scott! He came into office with hardly any pretense, with his intentions as plainly visible as the veins in his scalp. But nobody noticed, and now everybody hates him.Which is bad news to the folks manning the bridge on the GOP...
Perpetual Groove With AquaphonicsCulture Room, Fort LauderdaleFriday, August 12, and Saturday, August 13, 2011 Fresh out of a stellar showing at Gathering Of The Vibes and hosting the 10th annual Amberland festival, the boys of Perpetual Groove just kicked off a late summer tour that boasted six dates in Florida...
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Farm-to-table dining has become so mainstream that Levi's is collaborating on a T-shirt collection with Alice Waters, the gastronomic icon who pioneered the movement when she founded Berkeley's legendary Chez Panisse restaurant in 1971. These days, big cities like New York and Chicago are choked with farm-to-table restaurants that promote...
An argument at a Lauderdale Lakes bar early this morning led to 12 people being shot, two of whom died, according to the Broward Sheriff's Office.The BSO's Dani Moschella tells New Times they got a call at 3:19 a.m. about a shooting at the South Rock Lounge Bar & Grill,...
Music vet and New Times scribe Lee Zimmerman offers his insights, opinions, and observations about the local scene. This week: John Ralston discusses his local progress ahead of tonight's gig opening for John Vanderslice (more on that here). John Ralston is not your typical South Florida muso. Tall, lean, and long-haired,...
Under normal circumstances, you should probably avoid putting anything Rush Limbaugh related in your mouth. But the conservative firebrand did recently release a Paul Revere-themed beverage, Two If By Tea, so Clean Plate Charlie decided to risk life, limb, and sanity to review the oxy-chaser summertime drink. Before you say...
Schools in the Broward and Palm Beach school districts have been asked to determine whether cheating occurred on Florida's Comprehensive Assessment Test in their schools, according to the Florida Department of Education.Deborah Higgins, an information specialist for the Florida Department of Education, tells New Times that schools in 14 districts...
Food Network Star finalists put on quite a show Sunday night for Season Seven's Fourth of July special-episode featuring "Diners, Drive-ins and Dives," host, Guy Fieri. The show's 10 remaining contestants -- who compete for a chance to have their own show on the Food Network -- were asked to vamp-up...
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With clear, relentless devotion, Chick Corea has been creating music for more than half a century. His journey has landed him in bands with such greats as Miles Davis, Herbie Mann, and Chaka Khan, and his own vision has moved him to put together more ensembles than most musicians have...
Chalk this one up as a "plus" for Rep. Allen West -- he's asked the acting inspector general of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development to launch a "full investigation" into the Deerfield Beach Housing Authority.For those keeping score on the local government scene, Deerfield's housing authority has...
Apparently it's getting tough for the state to continue prosecuting someone for criminal transmission of HIV when its suspect isn't HIV-positive.Daniel Hay Lewis -- accused by police of attempting to bite a cop in the process of trying to steal $12,000 worth of garden products from a Home Depot on...
Back in 1929, there was no Hoarders. There was no Hoarding: Buried Alive, its sensationally titled cousin on TLC. But over several decades beginning in the 1920s, Homer and Langley Collyer would become the first tabloid celebrity hoarders. The affluent couple buried themselves under some 130 tons of accumulated junk...