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There’s Too Much Lead in the Port Everglades Drinking Water

The Port Everglades water distribution system supplies the cruise ships, Broward County Convention Center, and Harbor Shops (a plaza with a Publix, handful of eateries, and a gym for mothers and their babies). Now the Port is warning its users about their drinking water. The City of Fort Lauderdale once...
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Another Monkey Death Reported at Controversial South Florida Primate Dealer

After another monkey death was reported by Hendry County's Primate Products Inc., a national watchdog group is calling on the feds to revoke the animal dealer's license. Stop Animal Exploitation Now! says the latest death is a part of a pattern of negligence and abuse. "There are over 100 animal research facilities...
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Ten Incredibly Dumb Things You Shouldn’t Do During a Hurricane

It's beginning to look increasingly likely that Hurricane Matthew will hit Florida. Government agencies have been giving out typical advice: Have an emergency evacuation plan, stock up on non-perishable food and water, make sure you have extra flashlights and batteries, and so on. All good advice, but we figured some...
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The Best Things to Do in Broward and Palm Beach This Week

Friday It's hard to imagine a time when the vampire mythos wasn't baked (or staked) into our national consciousness. This century has witnessed the vampire as bullied adolescent, lovesick teenager, and bayou sex fiend. When they're not being slaughtered by Abraham Lincoln, today's fang-bearers are usually misunderstood outcasts pining for...
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Valentino Chef Unveils New Global Tapas Concept One Door East in Fort Lauderdale

Valentino Cucina Italiana chef-owner Giovanni Rocchio and his partner, Elke Quintana, have opened their long-awaited global tapas concept One Door East. The restaurant, located adjacent to Rocchio's Fort Lauderdale Italian eatery, opened Monday, August 8 after a brief soft opening. The former oil-changing station space has been completely renovated to...
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Activist Groups Urge the Remeasuring of Lolita’s Tank

Dr. Rebecca Lent, the executive director of the Marine Mammal Commission (MMC), sent shockwaves across the internet when she deemed the tank of orca Lolita's at the Miami Seaquarium substandard due to a five-foot-thick concrete island at the center.  Though officials at the U.S. Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service...
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Best AM Radio Breakout

Ethan J. SkolnickEthan Skolnick has had himself one hell of a season. Skolnick, who has covered South Florida sports for various outlets since 1995, returned to the Miami Herald this season to cover the Heat, but that wasn’t his biggest move of the year. In addition to his impeccable blog and newspaper coverage, Skolnick took on the […]
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Superheroes Killed the Movie Star: A Lament

Looking back at this dismal summer of superhero adaptations, I am reminded of something Chris Rock said during the 77th Academy Awards: “There are only four real stars, and the rest are just popular people.” This was February 2005, mind you — a few months before Christopher Nolan’s Batman Begins...
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Best Cheap Craft Bar Hangout

Brass TapAhhh, yes. The craft beer conundrum. We love the fact that we don’t have to drink Budweiser anymore, but we hate that it costs an arm and a leg. The Brass Tap must be aware of this problem, because it’s fixing it for us. Chances are, while you’re reading this, the Brass Tap is running […]
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For Father’s Day, Humane Society Conducting Doggy Paternity Tests

Dog paternity is a contentious issue at animal shelters. Often times, pets are taken in with little knowledge of their ancestry, leaving staff to assume a pet’s breed on its looks. Mary Steffen, director of the Humane Society of Broward County, explains that this guesswork can lead to problems since...
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Best TV News Reporter

Katie LaGroneLaGrone earned her platitudes this year for putting together a series of stories that included one thing absent from most TV newsreels: nuance. Working in tandem with the Palm Beach Post, WPTV’s LaGrone studied every shooting by Palm Beach County cops since 2000. Even in today’s post-Ferguson world, the results were shocking: Deputies were cleared […]
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Best Fried Chicken

Red CowChef Freddie Lawton fries up some of the best chicken wings, legs, thighs, and breasts south of the Mason-Dixie line. To make his birds moist and tender, chef Steve Shockey starts them in a bath in seasoned buttermilk for up to 24 hours. From there, it’s all about the breading— flour, eggs, more buttermilk, and […]