Congressional candidate Allen West wanted the South Florida Cystic Fibrosis Foundation to apologize for what he said was his politically motivated ouster from the “Finest Couples” gala. This afternoon, he got that apology, but it stopped short of admitting the dark political motives that West alleged.Rather, the foundation continues to…
The homeless people of Cleveland don’t want them, and average citizens are tempted to burn them. So boatloads of LeBron James’ former Cleveland Cavaliers jerseys will soon be shipped to unsuspecting homeless shelters in Miami.This presents a number of issues. First, what self-respecting man would wear such an outdated piece…
Unless the wheels on your house sit below sea level, you probably haven’t done much to prepare for the tropical depression that’s about 400 miles southeast of Key Largo. It’s expected to turn into Tropical Storm Bonnie today, and then maybe hit South Florida.After living through everything from Andrew to…
Juice is still waiting to hear back from the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation about its reasons for asking congressional candidate Allen West and his wife, Angela, to step down from the “Finest Couples” gala. But in public remarks today, the foundation spokesperson cited the fact that West is in the midst…
In the midst of an interesting interview, so thought I’d break up things with a quick comment cleaner (and we’ve really needed them lately). First, here are links to YouTube videos made by 24-year-old Nikayla Baldomero, who survived an apparent suicide pact with 22-year-old Joseph Brown on Monday. Both were found hanging from a picnic pavilion in Parkland;…
Nelson Mandela, Edmond Dantes, Andy Dufresne… Conrad Black? No, the media mogul who raided his company doesn’t leave prison with the same heroic sheen as those other ex-inmates; but you can expect Black to enjoy a post-release life similar to the Count of Monte Cristo. First stop for the chastened…
We must have entered the home stretch of the Broward County campaign, because there’s a fresh batch of high-larious hit mailers being circulated around the 954. That’s one of ’em on the right, courtesy the reelection campaign for Broward County Commissioner Sue Gunzburger. They feature Steve Geller as the greedy host…
Broward and Palm Beach news for this Thursday morning:Tropical Storm Bonnie is blooming over the Bahamas this morning. Storm advisories are expected around 11. [Palm Beach Post]The wife of attorney Stuart Rosenfeldt gave a deposition Wednesday in which she said her husband didn’t launder money for Ponzi schemer Scott Rothstein,…
On a recent afternoon inside the bustling day-care center Las Familias del Pueblo in downtown’s Skid Row, Alice Callaghan heads toward a ringing phone. The middle-aged Episcopal minister, who was once a Catholic nun, still wears a kind of religious uniform that’s both pragmatic and modest: a khaki skirt cut…
Four days after his 39th birthday, Marco Rubio flashes a toothy grin in a sunlit conference hall. Crow’s-feet wrinkle around his eyes as 60 supporters, mostly gray-haired and clad in pastel polos, stand and clap. More than one hand reaches for a hearing aid before the GOP candidate for U.S…
It seems natural to assume that college journalists think of newsprint the way NBA basketball players think of short-shorts: as a ridiculous relic from a hopelessly unhip past generation. But the longtime adviser to the Florida Atlantic University newspaper, Michael Koretzky, says that in his experience, young writers care little…
So the Sun-Sentinel editorial board (mainly the wife of the Pulp) asked Broward Mayor Ken Keechl about his rampant campaign spending and posted the video this morning. Those summations are totally — and some might say recklessly — paraphrased, which is why I include the actual video after the jump. At…
It worked for a legendary crook named Jack Abramoff, not to mention fictional crooks played by James Cagney and fictional tomb raiders like Indiana Jones. So now South Florida bank robbers are rocking this iconic headwear. Two weeks ago, a fedora-wearing thief knocked over a bank in Boynton Beach. And…
There might not be anything as tragic or heartbreaking as when a parent leaves a child to die in the back of a hot car. This is hardly a rare occurrence, though, especially in Florida. The Sunshine State accounts for roughly one-sixth of all the fatal child hyperthermia cases in…
Look out, ocean: You’re next.Donald Trump sued the Palm Beach airport this week under the Environmental/Toxic tort, citing noise pollution and seeking to prevent both the airport’s planned expansion and air travel over his sprawling oceanside mansion, Mar-a-Lago.To be fair, the digs were there first…
With its hairpin turns and thousand-foot drops, Bolivia’s “Road of Death” is mighty terrifying. But local thrill seekers don’t have go south of the equator to get their fix. They can just take a drive out to Southwest Broward — specifically, the intersection of Pines Boulevard and Flamingo Road…
Given the profound distrust between South Florida residents and South Florida cops, it should come as no surprise that a national television network like ABC News would draw from this region to illustrate a conflict between police and camera-wielding civilians. ‘Round here, we love to see cops on tape!But cops…
No more burning jerseys. The good people of Cleveland are packing garbage bags full of those tainted LeBron James relics — No. 23 jerseys, shoes, homemade T-shirts that proclaimed the King’s name in puffy paint — and donating them to a worthy cause.A group of ad designers and other creative…
A standoff Tuesday afternoon with a suicidal man ended with his being gunned down by Palm Beach Sheriff’s deputies. PBSO has just released the man’s name: Robert Mathew Geiserman, 69.The initial call occurred around 3 p.m., and several hours of negotiation did nothing to change the mind of the man…
The Broward Sheriff’s Office has released the name of the man who drowned Tuesday night in choppy waters off Lauderdale-by-the-Sea. George Yuantei Tsai, 36, is the man’s name.Deputies and volunteer firefighters were called to the beach near the 4100 block of El Mar Drive Tuesday night around 6:30 after two…
— Gov. Charlie Crist made a national list of “Crooked Candidates” compiled by the group Citizens for Ethics and Responsibility in Washington (CREW). Mentioned was Crist’s close association with indicted former Florida Republican Chairman Jim Greer. Not mentioned: Crist’s extensive ties to Ponzi schemer Scott Rothstein. That’s a bit of a shocker,…
