We’ve followed the ups and downs of 70-year-old feminist/population-control activist/gadfly Joyce Tarnow for about as long as this paper has been in print. Tarnow first caught our attention when she ran an abortion clinic in Fort Lauderdale: We reported she occasionally wore a flak jacket to work and had managed…
ADT, the home security systems company based in Boca Raton, protects its customers from the conventional thieves — prowlers, smash-and-grabbers, and your garden-variety home burglars. But who will protect ADT from the pack of thieves who defraud the company from the front steps of houses across America?Maybe the courts? Security…
The sleezetastic trial of Thanos Papalexis finally came to a conclusion Friday. This one had a little bit of everything. Papalexis, a Briton who moved to a Palm Beach mansion paid for by his Greek family’s shipping business, makes a splendid villain: a lying, cheating, narcissist accused of having arranged…
After three years of apprenticeship under the best quarterback in West Virginia Mountaineers history, Jarrett Brown finally took the controls this weekend in the team’s opening game against Liberty University. In the Big East Conference preview, an ESPN analyst named Brown as the single player who faced the most demanding…
Back to work, wage slaves. But first, let’s procrastinate by scanning the South Florida news.There’s Maalox-mashing in nearly every Broward city, but the pressure’s most intense in Pembroke Pines, Davie, and Deerfield Beach, where Sun-Sentinel coverage shows commissioners slaughtering sacred cows by the herd.There are only two firms bidding to…
As the newspaper industry dies, there’s been some talk of how the government should subsidize investigative reporting. When I hear that, I tell people to watch PBS’ show Issues on WPBT 2 before endorsing the idea. Watch that show enough and you’ll realize it’s probably best for the free market to take care of our journalistic needs. If…
If you don’t know the backstory, later this month in Seattle, Marc Emery, the so-called “Prince of Pot,” is scheduled to be sentenced to five years in American prison for selling marijuana seeds through the mail. The Canadian — and publisher of Cannabis Culture Magazine — claims to have sold…
I asked Mitchell Kraft a simple question on the phone Wednesday morning. Here’s how the call went with Kraft, husband of School Board Member Stephanie Kraft: Kraft: Hello? Pulp: Hi, Mitch. This is Bob Norman with the New Times. Kraft: [Unhappily] Oh yes. Hello, Bob. Pulp: Yeah, I have heard you…
The Palm Beach Sheriff’s office has just announced it’s searching for a violent rapist with a strange penchant for beating and biting his victims. Investigators believe the man has attacked two women since April, a 21-year-old and a 53-year-old, both in Palm Beach County.Here’s what they know so far, from…
Lake Worth politics have turned into a minefield. On one side, realtors and pro-development folks advocate fast growth; on the other, a progressive element (some, like bloggers Lynn Anderson and Wes Blackman, would call it radical element) plan community gardens, push for renewable energy, and practice grassroots advocacy. The latter…
After months or “reorganizing,” the rubber hits the road today at the Palm Beach Post. By the end of working hours, some 20 newsroom staffers will be gone in the latest round of buyouts/layoffs. Some have already packed their bags and taken the reduced severance package. Award-winning feature writer Christine Evans…
Most pirates need a shower. But they don’t want a shower. Especially not the kind offered by the Nemesis 5000. That’s the brand name of the pirate deterrent technology pioneered by SAFE Solutions, a private security company based in Deerfield Beach.You can see the Nemesis in the video above. SAFE,…
Yesterday’s Health Care Forum at the Palm Beach County Government Center, sponsored by the Republican Party of Palm Beach County, was a fairly subdued affair. A total of two protesters turned up outside the center in support of Progressive Democrats of America: They held a banner favoring a single-payer system…
Former Deerfield Beach Mayor Al Capellini was in Broward County Circuit Court this afternoon to present his motion to dismiss the felony corruption case against him. He was represented by the ubiquitous David Bogenschutz. Two weeks till the judge rules on the motion.This report brought to you by a source…
It’s not exactly prime time, but local bail bondsman William Staubs, AKA “Cobra” — the star of this week’s New Times cover story — has already received coverage from Discovery’s Investigation Channel.The Criminal Report Daily, David Lohr’s blog on the channel’s website, chronicles the troubles Cobra encountered when he began…
Less than a year after he lost his UFC heavyweight title to former NFLer Brock Lesnar, Couture had another hard loss last weekend to Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira in a fight MMA experts are calling one of the best of all time. But even after a string of losses, the 46-year-old…
A 26-year-old man has been arrested and charged with the murder of Edris Berry in the early-morning hours of Wednesday at a Shell Gas station in Pompano Beach. The news release from Broward Sheriff’s Office:The victim, 33-year-old Edris Berry, was at the gas station at around 1:50 a.m. when two…
This is what happens when you unleash a cover considered so vile by many. We have pushed a lot of buttons in the past, but who knew a picture of man French-kissing (natch) a dog would irk so many people? So it was only a matter of time before the…
Carl Willis is the name of the Palm Beach Sheriff’s Office community aide killed in a crash Tuesday. Here’s the release from PBSO:It is with deep regret and great sadness that Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office, District 14 (Lake Worth) informs you of the passing of Community Service Aide Carl…
But much was cut from the story too, including a few bits editors thought too literary (or not literary enough, maybe?). One of the many joys of the Juice, though, is that this space allows us to tell you more. For instance, the story once had the following epigraph: “You…
