Fashion designers find inspiration in the strangest places. For Keith Segal, it was a Fort Lauderdale sales clerk who had the nerve to ask $150 for a T-shirt without guaranteeing him a beautiful woman in the trade. From Segal’s hometown Chicago Sun-Times:About a year and a half ago. Segal attended…
When a celebrity gets a toe tag, Dr. Joshua Perper clears his throat for the inevitable talk-show appearance. The Broward medical examiner was catapulted to fame during the Anna Nicole Smith investigation, and now that prescription drug overdoses are slaying celebrities, Perper’s become a go-to guy.A frequent guest on Nancy…
At least since Bonnie and Clyde, criminals have been fashion trendsetters. Now an unidentified thief appears to be seeking similar icon status, days after wearing a “POLICE” T-shirt to an armed robbery in Pompano Beach.The BSO news release tells of a 35-year-old woman named Frances Baker who was at her…
National media coverage of the Joe Zada investment scandal has so far focused on his relationships with the Wellington-based equestrian community as well as with the former hockey star, Sergei Fedorov, who claims that Zada cheated him out of his $43 million investment. But it’s apparent that a number of…
A verdict is expected this week in the civil suit against Martin Memorial Medical Center in Stuart for flying an illegal immigrant patient out of the country in 2003 after he had accumulated some $1.5 million in medical bills that were unlikely to be paid. Luis Jimenez, who is Guatemalan,…
Ted Gibson, the celebrity stylist who just joined the cast of What Not to Wear, a TLC show, is opening his third salon in September at the W Hotel in Fort Lauderdale, the city that Gibson declares to be “the new Miami.”He’d better hope Lauderdale’s the new Palm Beach if…
The Joe Zada story had been inching along until a lawsuit filed last week by retired NHL star Sergei Fedorov gave it some celebrity juice. The former All-Star forward for the Detroit Red Wings accused Zada of screwing him out of a $43 million investment. When he met Fedorov, Zada…
Cmdr. Jeffrey Gordon, a Navy spokesman, has written a letter to Herald Editor Anders Gyllenhaal accusing Rosenberg, pictured left, of hurling abusive and sexually charged comments. Gordon went so far as to tell the Washington Post’s Howard Kurtz, “I’ve been abused worse than detainees have been abused.” In the…
Getting hairy at the Living Room in downtown Fort Lauderdale…
The next U.S. attorney for the Southern District of Florida will be either David Buckner, Willy Ferrer, or Daryl Trawick. They were selected by the Judicial Nomination Commission after interviews this month of 16. All three finalists are members of Miami’s legal community — Buckner in private practice, Ferrer in…
Of course West Palm’s CBS affiliate is going to give the story about the hazards of skinny jeans to Emily Pantaloons!…
No name, no age, no cause of death. All that Broward Sheriff’s Office is reporting for the moment is that their deputies found an inmate dead in his cell at the main jail in Fort Lauderdale, around 7 p.m. The inmate had been in the cell alone. Here’s the release…
An internal investigation of Deerfield Beach Fire-Rescue’s involvement in the city’s March municipal election found that six employees committed ethical violations. But those violations — storing political material in the fire station and wearing their work pants on the campaign trail — weren’t serious enough to cost the employees their…
Even when you’re in the newspaper business, it’s jarring to see someone you know on the front page of the New York Times website. (It’s been updated since then, but you can see the screen grab from earlier today.) As a cub reporter ten years ago, I covered politics for…
Seems there’s been some serious conflict for the ultrawealthy Wells family empire that owns the historic Riverside Hotel and a good deal of the entire Las Olas shopping district. And the turmoil, according to sources, led this week to the ouster of Irving Bowen, chairman of Wells-owned Las Olas Co. The company confirmed that Bowen is out, and sources say…
Delray Beach City Commissioners may balk at housing too many ex-drug addicts, but at least they did vote last Tuesday to make Delray a safe haven for sharks. The commission banned shark fishing on the Delray municipal beach or within 300 feet of it. Or, they didn’t exactly ban it;…
Fort Lauderdale-based BankAtlantic is, like most big banks, getting crushed by home loans that aren’t paying — the dreaded “toxic assets.” But unlike the biggest banks in the nation, BankAtlantic is not celebrating a second-quarter profit. Rather, it’s trying to cheer the loss of slightly less than it lost in…
A few weeks ago, New Times brought you the story of our own black-market cigarette king, Roman Vidal. The feds accused the gray-haired Cutler Bay resident of funneling millions of illegal smokes through the Port of Miami to England and Ireland. Worse, investigators say that Vidal’s profits went to a group…
When Michael Sullivan arrives in Hollywood for good next year, someone should give him a position with the city’s Office of Tourism. Because no one is more qualified to see the beauty and bountiful future of an otherwise shabby town than is the former mayor of Lawrence, Massachusetts — the…
Ruh-roh. Just when you thought you’d finally stuffed all those pesky gay people back into the closet where they belong, along comes an organization like the Tides Foundation, which has just awarded a $150,000 grant to “educate and train gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender leaders across Florida.” That’s all we…
The marginally palatable prospect of a Subway sandwich is largely to blame for the escape of two thieves from the Seminole Travel Center in Weston, pictured above. The success of the robbery itself? Well, that you can blame on the unlocked safe in the owner’s office.A Broward Sheriff’s Office release…
For the H. Wayne Huizenga class, it makes perfect sense. You’ve already got a private jet for business, so why not get a “rectum water jet” for your most private business? The “bottom drier” comes standard, as the salesman must have mentioned, along with the heated seats and the symphony…
