A shocking little ditty appeared today on The Buzz, the political blog of the St. Petersberg Times, about the passage through subcommittee of what most folks are calling the "sagging pants bill." The bill is what is sounds like. The "sagging pants bill," HB 61, is known less colloquially as...
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If you're like most people and you don't watch a lot of local TV news, then you probably missed Carmel Cafiero's fine report on Channel 7 last week about a corruption investigation into BSO's fire rescue division. And it's a shame that most of us didn't watch this report, because...
Lauderdale Lakes cannot balance its budget without aid, though it's still unclear how this aid will take shape. In November, the Juice reported that the city was behind on its payments to the Broward County Sheriff's Office, and last week, the Sun-Sentinel reported that the city is "teetering on the...
As a countdown to the Best of Broward Palm Beach 2011, coming in June, Clean Plate Charlie is serving up a hundred of our favorite dishes in South Florida. Send your own nominations to Deirdra.Funcheon@BrowardPalmBeach.com.No. 84: Guacamole From Dos Caminos...
Two mansions, two miles apart, spark intrigue on the island of Palm Beach. The first, on the northern end of the oceanfront street nicknamed "Billionaire's Row," is 30,000 square feet of arched windows and red, Spanish-tile roof, a villa that includes a ballroom where flappers danced and sipped moonshine in...
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, Rocking on the road."Now we got country and western on the bus/ R and B, we got disco in 8-tracks and cassettes in stereo/ We've...
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A group called Public Policy Polling (PPP) discovered the obvious: Floridians are having some dramatic buyer's remorse when it comes to electing fraudster Rick Scott as governor. A poll of 500 Floridians found that his approval rating from diehards remained about the same as a similar PPP poll in December --...
We here at Charlie enjoy a snarky blog here and there, and we like to poke fun at the South Florida dining scene. Joking aside, there is a growing epidemic resulting from unhealthy relationships with food. 2011 has just begun, and many of us are making resolutions to lose weight...
In a lawsuit filed this week, a young woman who hostessed at a Las Vegas nightclub -- Jet nightclub at the Mirage -- claims her bosses at the Light Group and Dancing Monkey coerced her to drink at work, do massive amounts of coke, and get a boob job.According to...
"I didn't fight to become Gov. of the greatest state in nation to settle for a status quo that doesn't promote the potential of our people," tweeted Rick Scott in a typical bout of unsubstantiated braggadocio. See also: "Florida can become the most innovative and effective place in the country...
If a new Florida Senate bill becomes law, the Sunshine State will finally have a legal definition of "sexting" - sending sexual advances or photos via text message. That may sound like a silly thing for the state legislature to be working on during a period of such economic uncertainty...
The latest round of 96 layoffs at foreclosure attorney David J. Stern's subsidiary document processing company, DJSP, shows that this once-booming business is teetering more delicately than ever. The ongoing pressure of a Florida attorney general investigation of allegedly fraudulent foreclosure practices and the loss of its biggest clients, including...
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To serve the growing interest in gluten-free foods, the Celiac Disease Foundation of South Florida has expanded its annual expo and moved it to a new location.This year's expo is at the South Florida Fairgrounds Saturday, Feb. 19, and will showcase vendors selling gluten-free products, allow room for lecturers on...
NBC Universal This is it...the finale. Padma and Tom meet Richard and Mike. Tom says there are no twists and turns - just show us your future - your challege is to create the restaurant of your dreams (that's it? OK - I'll just write you the great American...
Dear Phil Collins: I just heard that you're retiring from the music business, mainly because years of drumming caused hearing loss, a dislocated vertebrae, and nerve damage. Seriously? You can't quit, Phil. You're iconic. It's just that no one really realizes how iconic you are. I don't know why, but...
How would you like to meet up for some Green Drinks?Although Green Drinks may sound like the perfect name for some newfangled, health-conscious, eco-friendly beverage, it's nothing of the sort. It actually stands for something much better: the name the Green Drinks nonprofit uses for its meetings, where South Florida members...
Was the new play Ghost-Writer really written by Michael Hollinger, as its credit states, or was it penned by Strunk and White? A grammarian's play if there ever was one, Ghost-Writer announces itself by subverting conventional punctuation with its title. It is not the standard, hyphenless Ghostwriter, nor is there...
This generation's celebrities are terrible at reclaiming their stories. Vows to fight back against gossip outlets and the bloodthirsty public result in tell-alls that tell little, on-camera sniveling about the perils of being on camera (see authorized documentaries of Paris Hilton or Britney Spears), and harrowing continuations of the cycle...
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Brian Krebs was $2 short. Last call was nearing on April 17, and the girls behind the bar at Fishtales just wanted 38-year-old Krebs to pay up and leave. He had $6. He owed $8. Krebs argued with the bar staff until they finally told him to get out. He...
The Sun-Sentinel has published an editorial that makes two points: (1) That Qur'an-burning Gainesville pastor Terry Jones bears no responsibility for the recent murders of U.N. workers and civilians in Afghanistan, and (2) that Jones' Qur'an-burning is "appalling." Wrongo, Sentinel. You can't have it both ways. If Terry Jones' Qur'an-burning...
Like The Polar Express, Beowulf, and A Christmas Carol before it, the characters in Mars Needs Moms boast the waxy complexions, unreal movements, and dead eyes of mannequins come to surreal, energetic life. With an unsettling Joan Cusack facial reproduction lending the proceedings a predictably creepy Madame Tussauds vibe, Mars...
There's a serious disconnect in how we Americans think about weather. On the one hand, we love crazy weather stories and the intense, irrational panic they cause. On the other hand, we're absolutely unwilling to consider that those extreme weather patterns are a result of our own stupid behavior (i.e.,...