At last night’s South Florida premiere of his new documentary, Run Ricky Run, the Dolphins running back told a crowd of family, friends, fans, teammates, and coaches that he is “reconsidering” his decision to retire at the end of the 2010 season.”My coach and general manager are here, so I…
So finally Debra Villegas, who has been cooperating with the feds for months, is officially charged with money laundering. She’s the first of many. Word from sources close to the case is that 20 or more of Rothstein’s associates will be charged before all’s said and done, several of them from…
If you’re reading this right now from a computer in Hallandale Beach, watch your ass. The mayor and city manager believe Juice’s political coverage is unpatriotic, maybe treasonous. But definitely “pornographic.” That’s the reason they’ve blocked this website from computers in City Hall.This report comes from Commissioner Keith London, that…
Lake Worth City Commissioner Cara Jennings logged on to the Palm Beach Post’s website last week and found a death threat against her. A story posted on Wednesday, April 21, by Willie Howard detailed a two-part ethics complaint filed against Jennings in 2008 by Lake Worth planning and zoning board member…
The lack of decent food at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport has been a fact of life in South Florida for years. Some residents avoid the airport altogether, happy to pay more to fly out of Palm Beach International, rather than suffer the indignities of greasy burgers, congealed pizza, and concession…
Just for the sake of comparison, that’s the video for “Empire State of Mind,” by Jay-Z and Alicia Keys. (Around the two-minute mark, I think I heard him say he’d steal Dwyane Wade from our Miami Heat, the jerk.) Now let’s let a local grandmother take a crack. Here’s Hindy…
These years have not been kind to the proverbial Floridian wallet: If Madoff didn’t take your money, then Rothstein probably did, and good luck selling that four-bedroom for more than the price of a Lego pirate ship. Now, Florida’s own cash crop, sugar cane, is under fire as the Environmental…
Tuesday’s local headlines:Art and physical education teachers at roughly a dozen Broward County schools have been asked to accept a paycheck half the size of the one they get now. It’s the latest, desperate effort by school administrators to balance the district’s budget. [Sun-Sentinel]Another casualty of the economy: cold cases…
A key player in the Scott Rothstein Ponzi scheme was featured in a Philadelphia newspaper over the weekend. In the article, the player talks of how the debacle has “forced him out of the investment-advisory business and left him stunned at how things fell apart.” Here’s the lead quote from the player: “I rip…
Today the Allen West campaign is heralding a new internal poll that shows he’s two points ahead (44-42) of Congressman Ron Klein in the race for the 22nd Congressional District seat.The news release highlights a poll finding that of those who claim to know who West is, 23 percent hold…
Let’s go back to 2002. It was the year that Halle Berry won the Academy Award for Monster’s Ball, the New England Patriots won their first Super Bowl, and then-state Rep. Roger Wishner (and current Sunrise mayor) criticized the North Broward Hospital District and got on the wrong side of then-NBHD general…
Trying to reason with the tea party is an exercise in futility, but that didn’t stop outgoing Sun-Sentinel editor Earl Maucker from making it the subject of his Sunday column, the point of which is… (I’m struggling here)… to show how hard it is to please readers? Writes Maucker:Every day…
The Fort Lauderdale Police Department seems pretty sure about its strange ruling in the bloody death of former Miami socialite Bernice Novack in today’s Miami Herald. On one of the most perplexing mysteries this town has ever seen, FLPD spokesman Francis Sousa gave us a rendition of, “Move along, nothing to see here.” Bull…
UPDATE: Youtube’s taken down the video above, and we couldn’t immediately find a new one. When we locate it, we’ll update this post. Jozy Altidore, the Boca-born son of Haitian parents, is one of America’s best soccer players, but an ugly scene during an English Premier League match on Saturday…
The Crist-Rubio discussion comes in around the 1:45 mark. There really are similarities between the decision facing Charlie Crist and the one that Sen. Joe Lieberman faced in 2006 after he lost the Democrat primary. Of course, Lieberman opted to run as a third-party candidate, winning the general election thanks…
On the coattails of this morning’s tornado watches comes the news that the Wicked Witch of New York Real Estate may be landing for good in Wellington — again. According to Page2Live, Madonna is “thisclose” to closing on a home in Mallet Hill, neighborhood to New York Mayor Mike Bloomberg…
Let’s see what’s going on in South Florida this Monday morning:A Hollywood woman, Cheryl Arthur, has been charged in the strangling and suffocation death of her 3-year-old daughter. A passerby found the 39-year-old woman walking along the shoulder of I-95 in Hollywood and gave her a ride to a police…
Kim Rothstein has left the building. Well, almost. Rothstein attorney Scott Saidel told me that the bride of the Ponzi schemer has moved everything out of their palatial estate off Las Olas Boulevard. He said she is living with family and friends now, though she might spend one night a week in what she described a…
Earlier this week, we brought you the news of what appeared to be a string of violence in Belle Glade. In the span of ten days, the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office reported a dead body found in the street, a stabbing, and an alleged burglary/homicide at a convenience store.For…
Sen. George LeMieux, the architect of Charlie Crist gubernatorial campaign, who owes his current job to the governor, is said to be considering giving an endorsement to Marco Rubio in the event that Crist declares as an independent candidate, according to a report in Hotline, the National Journal blog.Sources close…
