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Feldman: "Honey, you won't believe what I just found."

The Fort Lauderdale city commissioners must be patting themselves on the back right now for hiring Lee Feldman as city manager: Turns out he's a master at rooting around the couch cushions of city budgets for money that's gone missing.More >>

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If the decrepit, fictionalized methheads on Breaking Bad have taught us anything, it's that stealing an entire ATM is a fruitless venture that will result in your skull getting crushed. More >>

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Wear nothing, and enjoy the ride.

The penny pinchers at Spirit Airlines have come up with a new way to ruin your flying experience. Starting in early November, the Miramar-based discount carrier will charge up to $100 for a carry-on bag. The fee only applies if, like us, you procrastinate packing, sprint through the airport, and end up having to pay for the bag at the gate.If you're one of those weirdo advance planners, it will still cost you $35 to pay for the bag online, or $50 at the airline counter. Checking a bag will cost $30 to $45.

Never fear. The staffers at the Pulp have expert advice for avoiding all such fees.

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This is not the way to answer the phone.

​If you've always wanted to learn how to polish silver, fold linens, or serve a six-course dinner to spoiled rich kids, here's your chance.

The City of West Palm Beach is offering free, totally unironic classes on "How to Work in a Wealthy Home." You too can scrub the bathtub and serve British tea, just like the hard-working hotties on Downton Abbey.

For two hours every Thursday, the city-funded Vickers House holds classes on vital subjects such as "Duties in the House or Estate," "Answering the Phone," "The Household Directory," "Greeting Guests," and "Polishing Sterling." Tomorrow's class, which will be the sixth week of the nine-week course, covers items such as "China Care" and "The Everyday Table Setting."

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Shrubs and love, man.

His name is SoFloDude, and he's fed up with dating websites.More >>

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Your stimulus dollars at work.

​Buying guns and shooting targets in Lake Worth is officially part of the economic recovery effort.

According to data compiled by the nonprofit journalism website ProPublica, the Palm Beach Shooting Center in Lake Worth received a $550,000 loan backed by the Small Business Administration using stimulus funds.

The loan, which was awarded in February 2010, was made possible through a program designed to keep mom-and-pop operations afloat during the recession. Since 2009, federal stimulus funding has helped the government back billions of dollars in loans to small businesses that would not otherwise be able to get credit in the private marketplace.
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​As cities across the country face growing water shortages with the innovative idea of treating wastewater, then sending it back to the tap, probably the biggest hurdle is public perception. Media outlets certainly don't help, exploiting the "toilet-to-tap" trope to raise the so-called "yuck factor" of this relatively desperate measure.More >>

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Goodman called his girlfriend after the crash.

​Rich people do strange things to protect their money. Wellington polo mogul John Goodman went so far as to adopt his 42-year-old girlfriend to preserve his family's fortune. Which means, legally, he's his girlfriend's dad, and... well, you get the idea.

Why would a multimillionaire do such a thing? Goodman, 48, has a few good reasons. He's currently facing criminal charges for allegedly driving drunk and causing a car accident that killed 23-year-old Scott Wilson in 2010. Wilson's parents have sued Goodman for damages that could top $100 million, and his children's trust funds have become an issue of contention in the case. Adopting his girlfriend, Heather Hutchins, and making her a beneficiary of the trusts means she immediately inherits a portion of the money, according to WPEC-Channel 12. Theoretically, she couldMore >>

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An example of an item that shouldn't be donated to the Salvation Army.

​Apparently the Salvation Army in West Palm Beach wasn't too open to the idea of accepting the grenade workers found in the donation bin this morning.

Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office spokeswoman Teri Barbera tells New Times she currently doesn't know whether the grenade is live, but deputies believe it is a real grenade.

Barbera says a Salvation Army employee found the grenade this morning and phoned up the cops around 9:45 a.m. because they "weren't sure" if it was real.

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