At about the 2:40 mark of this Sun-Sentinel video, you’ll hear Fort Lauderdale Mayor Jack Seiler complain about the lack of positive media coverage of the Broward County School Board. Then former Attorney General Bob Butterworth plays editor, questioning why the dailies didn’t give more coverage to some lame awards…
If the most famous magician in history were to come back from the dead as a publicity-related favor for any group or organization, it would probably be the skeptics.Harry Houdini spent most of his career debunking psychics and scamsters, convincing the world that these people are frauds — not worth…
For the past six years, downtown Delray Beach was home to a rare luxury — classic and kiddie movies, screened for free under the stars.All you had to do was pack a lawn chair, some popcorn, and your favorite 8-year-old, and you could enjoy Top Gun or the latest Harry…
So 30-year-old Junior Cesar had several friends with whom he played basketball but none of them recognized the person who walked up to Cesar, then shot him dead? Really? Here’s the latest from the Boynton Beach Police Department: The victim has been identified as Junior Cesar, 30, of Boynton Beach…
If you were a jew-hating, black-bashing, out-and-proud white supremicist, what would you name the little bun you had baking in your oven?We’ve been poking around on the web forums of our own homegrown hate group, Stormfront, lately. In part because theThe Palm Beach County Environmental Coalition has claimed…
Is it the one that Rubio’s campaign released yesterday, seen below? Or is it the more controversial one that Rubio has denounced as “offensive” and “grotesque.” (He forgot, “hilarious.”) I’ve posted that video after the jump…
Does “consumer option” sound more inviting than “public option”? How about “competitive option”? In case it does, Fox News is warning its partisan audience that whatever West Broward Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz and Nancy Pelosi call it, it’s still a “public option” — which still translates to the dreaded “big…
Southern California and South Florida are the two regions in the U.S. where the housing crisis has been felt most severely. So this story from Southern California should be a cautionary tale for us. However inclined we may be to torture the loan agents who said they could save our…
The Lake Worth elections slated for November 3rd just get weirder by the minute. As if the flap about Mayoral candidate Rene Varela’s role in the sales of wild dolphins to a marine park in Dubai weren’t scandal enough, now the Palm Beach County Environmental Coalition is claiming that one…
Well, the comments on the post about the newly appointed School Board Commission below show once again that this place has the smartest and most knowledgable readers in town. Which isn’t surprising since you so often get to see the future front page of the Sentinel here a few weeks in advance (the paper got…
During the 2008 presidential campaign, Barack Obama talked a good game about leading a corporate clean-up crusade, calling for the arrest and prosecution of corporate swindlers. In this week’s feature, James Lieber outlines the president’s plan of attack and progress in nabbing Wall Street crooks — which is virtually non-existent…
Famed South Florida attorney and tabloid dream Willie Gary is making headlines, again — but not for his own flamboyant behavior. The Rolls Royce riding, property tax evading, proud sex tape producer’s son Kobie was busted in the Treasure Coast for allegedly operating an elaborate pot-growing house equipped with all…
Let’s scan the headlines for this Thursday morning:If you challenged Miramar resident Joe Otano to name one exceptional quality of living next door to Ellie Boudreau, here’s what he’d say: “What really makes it stand out is the throwing of feces over into my property — human feces.” [WPLG]The attorney…
When Barack Obama donned the crusader’s mantle during the 2008 presidential campaign, his web-savvy team created KeatingEconomics.com. The main video showed Charles Keating — the wealthy, politically connected poster child of the ’80s savings-and-loan scandal — in handcuffs. The video portrayed John McCain as Keating’s stooge and likened the S&L…
Just before midnight, the Pollo Tropical is empty except for a couple of teenagers pointing toward the window and smirking. They’ve spotted a peculiar-looking 38-year-old who’s crouching behind a bush outside in the darkness. He’s clad in a Sesame Street T-shirt and a gold chain necklace, and his once-slicked-back hair…
Meet Daniel Bachove. As that Philadelphia Daily News story attests, the 31-year-old Fort Lauderdale resident and Philadelphia native won a lottery for tickets to watch the Phillies play the Yankees in the World Series. And he’s bringing his great-great aunt, 95-year-old Harriette Gubel.What have you done for your great-great aunt…
Olga Bichachi, a reporter for WPLG-TV (Channel 10) at least as recently as February 2008, has gone rogue! That’s her as part of a picket that took place last week outside her old studio in Hallandale Beach. She sounds pretty convincing — right up to the point where she starts…
So much for the Sun-Sentinel television show SFL Live, which was once billed by Tribune execs as a revolution in programming. Now it’s called The Morning Show, a groundbreaking name if ever there was one. This morning they ditched the old set; the hosts are now sitting safely behind a desk. In…
America loves a fierce competitor. And we have a particular soft spot for athletes who prove to be impervious to the ravages of old age. That’s why swimmer Dara Torres, who lives in Parkland, emerged as one of the biggest stars of the 2008 Summer Olympics. At 41, she’s the…
Two days ago, we posted this story about how protesters in Lake Worth targeted mayoral candidate Rene Varela, shining light on his work with Ocean Embassy, an Orlando company (formed by ex-SeaWorld employees) that has plans to build a resort in Panama featuring marine animal attractions. The company has also…
Last week, we told you about Dr. Bernard Zaragoza, the Harvard-educated surgeon who in 2007 operated on an 83-year-old man who had an inflamed gallbladder. Zaragoza was supposed to remove the gallbladder but took out the man’s kidney instead.However innocent the mistake was, the original penalty seemed a bit light…
