The Daily Pulp tag:blogs.browardpalmbeach.com,2012:/pulp//14 /img/atom_logo.png 2012-05-26T02:31:10Z The Broward Palm Beach Blog Movable Type Enterprise 4.21-en BREAKING: Broward County, There Is Poo in the Water tag:blogs.browardpalmbeach.com,2012:/pulp//14.608594 2012-05-25 22:14:15 2012-05-26T02:31:10Z A Broward County water plant serving Pompano Beach, Deerfield Beach, Lighthouse Point, and Coconut Creek has tested positive for "fecal indicators," according to a statement just sent out by the c... Rich Abdill A Broward County water plant serving Pompano Beach, Deerfield Beach, Lighthouse Point, and Coconut Creek has tested positive for "fecal indicators," according to a statement just sent out by the c...

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Continue reading "Congress Speaks at Tenth-Grade Level; Florida Totally Average; Connie Mack Simplest Speaker in Congress" > ]]> 1 Congress Speaks At 10th-Grade Level; Florida Totally Average Minnesota Counties Stop Sending Kids to Youth Services International Juvie Lockup tag:blogs.browardpalmbeach.com,2012:/pulp//14.608174 2012-05-25 11:53:50 2012-05-25T17:34:20Z For more than a year, New Times has been investigating Thompson Academy, a publicly funded, privately run juvenile detention center in Pembroke Pines where teens have alleged they faced physical a... Lisa Rab For more than a year, New Times has been investigating Thompson Academy, a publicly funded, privately run juvenile detention center in Pembroke Pines where teens have alleged they faced physical a...

Continue reading "Minnesota Counties Stop Sending Kids to Youth Services International Juvie Lockup" > ]]> 0 Palm Beach Police Animal Interactions: Burglar Befriends Terrible Guard Dog, Cop Saves Stupid Turtle tag:blogs.browardpalmbeach.com,2012:/pulp//14.607655 2012-05-25 10:03:56 2012-05-25T15:46:02Z We've got a twofer of animal stories out of Palm Beach County. The first is from Delray Beach: According to police, two men tried to break into a house on Swinton Avenue on May 17 by chucking a ... Rich Abdill We've got a twofer of animal stories out of Palm Beach County. The first is from Delray Beach: According to police, two men tried to break into a house on Swinton Avenue on May 17 by chucking a ...

Continue reading "Palm Beach Police Animal Interactions: Burglar Befriends Terrible Guard Dog, Cop Saves Stupid Turtle" > ]]> 0 Poll Shows Floridians Like Connie Mack, Stand Your Ground Law, and Rick Scott tag:blogs.browardpalmbeach.com,2012:/pulp//14.607672 2012-05-25 08:55:28 2012-05-25T14:03:19Z Quinnipiac University has been ringing Florida phones off their hooks the past week or two -- a poll yesterday showed Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney pulling ahead of Barack Obama in... Rich Abdill Quinnipiac University has been ringing Florida phones off their hooks the past week or two -- a poll yesterday showed Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney pulling ahead of Barack Obama in...

Continue reading "Poll Shows Floridians Like Connie Mack, Stand Your Ground Law, and Rick Scott" > ]]> 0 Boca Man Arrested on Maryland Pill Mill Charges May Have Run Deerfield Beach Clinic tag:blogs.browardpalmbeach.com,2012:/pulp//14.607141 2012-05-25 08:01:43 2012-05-25T14:44:16Z A Boca Raton man arrested last week on accusations he was running a pill mill in Maryland may be the vice president of a Deerfield Beach clinic that was raided by the DEA last year.Gerald Wiseber... Rich Abdill A Boca Raton man arrested last week on accusations he was running a pill mill in Maryland may be the vice president of a Deerfield Beach clinic that was raided by the DEA last year.Gerald Wiseber...

Continue reading "Boca Man Arrested on Maryland Pill Mill Charges May Have Run Deerfield Beach Clinic" > ]]> 1 http://blogs.browardpalmbeach.com/pulp/wiseberg-featured.jpg Accused Baltimore Pill-Pusher Has Florida Business Ties Mystery Sponge-Killing Disease Now Seen From Palm Beach to Lower Keys tag:blogs.browardpalmbeach.com,2012:/pulp//14.608034 2012-05-25 05:00:00 2012-05-25T14:59:40Z ... Chris Sweeney From Sombrero Reef down in the Keys to the waters of West Palm Beach, red barrel sponges are disintegrating at worrisome rates. The culprit is unknown, and state scientists are busy trying to...

Continue reading "Mystery Sponge-Killing Disease Now Seen From Palm Beach to Lower Keys" > ]]> 0 Class at Broward College Reportedly Interrupted by Child Porn (Updated) tag:blogs.browardpalmbeach.com,2012:/pulp//14.608094 2012-05-24 14:34:53 2012-05-25T15:51:30Z UPDATE, 3:26 p.m.: Received a statement from Broward College. Modified the post accordingly.A developing story from Gossip Extra: Apparently, a police leadership class at Broward College's central... Rich Abdill UPDATE, 3:26 p.m.: Received a statement from Broward College. Modified the post accordingly.A developing story from Gossip Extra: Apparently, a police leadership class at Broward College's central...

Continue reading "Class at Broward College Reportedly Interrupted by Child Porn (Updated)" > ]]> 0 Casey Anthony Lawyer, on Her Being Found: "Bull$%!&" tag:blogs.browardpalmbeach.com,2012:/pulp//14.607992 2012-05-24 11:49:22 2012-05-24T17:05:45Z People magazine broke a story Tuesday under the headline "Casey Anthony Flushed Out of Hiding." It featured Orlando lawyer Matt Morgan saying that he'd found Casey Anthony in order to serve her pa... Rich Abdill People magazine broke a story Tuesday under the headline "Casey Anthony Flushed Out of Hiding." It featured Orlando lawyer Matt Morgan saying that he'd found Casey Anthony in order to serve her pa...

Continue reading "Casey Anthony Lawyer, on Her Being Found: "Bull$%!&"" > ]]> 1 http://blogs.browardpalmbeach.com/pulp/casey-anthony-mug-feature.jpg Casey Anthony Lawyer, on Her Being Found: "Bull$%!&" Uncovering the Rothstein Ponzi Involvement of George Levin, Frank Preve, and Banyon Investments tag:blogs.browardpalmbeach.com,2012:/pulp//14.607462 2012-05-24 10:25:54 2012-05-24T14:38:30Z Yesterday, we brought you the accusations against Rothstein Ponzi investors George Levin and Frank Preve, who the Securities and Exchange Commission says knew about Rothstein's scam and fed hundr... Rich Abdill Yesterday, we brought you the accusations against Rothstein Ponzi investors George Levin and Frank Preve, who the Securities and Exchange Commission says knew about Rothstein's scam and fed hundr...

Continue reading "Uncovering the Rothstein Ponzi Involvement of George Levin, Frank Preve, and Banyon Investments" > ]]> 1 http://blogs.browardpalmbeach.com/pulp/assets_c/2012/05/rothstein-levin1-thumb-200x195.jpg Uncovering Banyon's Role in Rothstein Ponzi Wanted: Summer, Fall Journalism Interns tag:blogs.browardpalmbeach.com,2012:/pulp//14.607486 2012-05-24 08:58:34 2012-05-24T13:32:58Z New Times Broward-Palm Beach is looking for writing interns for both the summer and fall semesters. Here's your chance, truth-speakers and blog-typers, to get some genuine newsroom experience, wri... Rich Abdill New Times Broward-Palm Beach is looking for writing interns for both the summer and fall semesters. Here's your chance, truth-speakers and blog-typers, to get some genuine newsroom experience, wri...

Continue reading "Wanted: Summer, Fall Journalism Interns" > ]]> 0 Suspicious Belle Glade Garbage Truck Explained: Dude Has No Idea How to Read Odometer tag:blogs.browardpalmbeach.com,2012:/pulp//14.607743 2012-05-24 07:57:05 2012-05-24T05:57:39Z On Tuesday, we had a story looking at suspicious use of a Belle Glade garbage truck -- the mileage records were a mess and seemed to suggest something shady was happening that caused the use of th... Rich Abdill On Tuesday, we had a story looking at suspicious use of a Belle Glade garbage truck -- the mileage records were a mess and seemed to suggest something shady was happening that caused the use of th...

Continue reading "Suspicious Belle Glade Garbage Truck Explained: Dude Has No Idea How to Read Odometer" > ]]> 0 Feeling Burned by Facebook's IPO? Be Pissed Instead at the Stock Market, a True Sucker's Bet tag:blogs.browardpalmbeach.com,2012:/pulp//14.607918 2012-05-24 07:26:33 2012-05-24T17:38:21Z On May 9, Facebook's upper brass had a meeting with financial analysts to tell them the company's revenue should be on the low end of projections, according to the Associated Press. That was bad... Eric Barton On May 9, Facebook's upper brass had a meeting with financial analysts to tell them the company's revenue should be on the low end of projections, according to the Associated Press. That was bad...

Continue reading "Feeling Burned by Facebook's IPO? Be Pissed Instead at the Stock Market, a True Sucker's Bet" > ]]> 1 http://blogs.browardpalmbeach.com/pulp/Instagram-Zuckerberg.jpg Feeling Burned by Facebook's IPO? Food Not Bombs to Celebrate 32nd Anniversary and a Farewell, Before Embarking on Puppet Show Bus Tour tag:blogs.browardpalmbeach.com,2012:/pulp//14.607759 2012-05-24 07:00:08 2012-05-24T14:01:19Z Every Friday for the past few years, Food Not Bombs has been gathering at Stranahan Park in downtown Fort Lauderdale to pass out food to the homeless, hungry, or just plain bored. Our cover story ... Stefan Kamph Every Friday for the past few years, Food Not Bombs has been gathering at Stranahan Park in downtown Fort Lauderdale to pass out food to the homeless, hungry, or just plain bored. Our cover story ...

Continue reading "Food Not Bombs to Celebrate 32nd Anniversary and a Farewell, Before Embarking on Puppet Show Bus Tour" > ]]> 0 Mavericks High Has Lowest FCAT Reading Score in Palm Beach; Tied for Second-Worst in Broward tag:blogs.browardpalmbeach.com,2012:/pulp//14.607765 2012-05-24 05:58:50 2012-05-24T15:06:49Z Aside from the kids in the Palm Beach County jail, tenth-grade students at Mavericks High in Palm Springs fared worse on the FCAT reading test than any of their peers in the county, according to... Lisa Rab Aside from the kids in the Palm Beach County jail, tenth-grade students at Mavericks High in Palm Springs fared worse on the FCAT reading test than any of their peers in the county, according to...

Continue reading "Mavericks High Has Lowest FCAT Reading Score in Palm Beach; Tied for Second-Worst in Broward" > ]]> 0 Deep-Water Drilling Rig to Move West Along Cuba's Coast After Exploratory Well Comes Up Dry tag:blogs.browardpalmbeach.com,2012:/pulp//14.607620 2012-05-24 05:00:00 2012-05-24T01:51:25Z ... Chris Sweeney Spanish oil giant Repsol YPF recently announced that its exploratory drilling efforts in "ultra-deep" waters off the coast of Cuba were unsuccessful. To drill the test well, Repsol leased t...

Continue reading "Deep-Water Drilling Rig to Move West Along Cuba's Coast After Exploratory Well Comes Up Dry" > ]]> 0 Allen West Says He'd Consider Raising Taxes: What's Going On? (Video) (Updated) tag:blogs.browardpalmbeach.com,2012:/pulp//14.607645 2012-05-23 12:49:50 2012-05-23T18:25:18Z ... Rich Abdill Update, 1:17 p.m.: Added comment from Patrick Murphy, his Democratic opponent in the District 18 race.Allen West's unpredictability quotient is through the roof these days. The whole "co...

Continue reading "Allen West Says He'd Consider Raising Taxes: What's Going On? (Video) (Updated)" > ]]> 0 Mitt Romney Beating Obama in New Florida Poll; Rubio VP Pick Would Boost Romney tag:blogs.browardpalmbeach.com,2012:/pulp//14.607585 2012-05-23 11:24:03 2012-05-23T18:21:30Z Took a little while to get to because Quinnipiac University's website is being duct-taped together today, but here are the results of its latest poll, taken May 15 to 21 with a 2.4-percentage-poi... Rich Abdill Took a little while to get to because Quinnipiac University's website is being duct-taped together today, but here are the results of its latest poll, taken May 15 to 21 with a 2.4-percentage-poi...

Continue reading "Mitt Romney Beating Obama in New Florida Poll; Rubio VP Pick Would Boost Romney" > ]]> 1 http://blogs.browardpalmbeach.com/pulp/marco_rubio_portrait.gif Would Help Romney]]> Frank Preve Emailed Scott Rothstein: "I Can't Show Anyone That I Am a Complete Idiot" tag:blogs.browardpalmbeach.com,2012:/pulp//14.607477 2012-05-23 09:04:37 2012-05-23T13:51:18Z This is one of those times when the documents speak for themselves; I could rewrite and paraphrase the claims made by the Securities and Exchange Commission, but that wouldn't be better for either... Rich Abdill This is one of those times when the documents speak for themselves; I could rewrite and paraphrase the claims made by the Securities and Exchange Commission, but that wouldn't be better for either...

Continue reading "Frank Preve Emailed Scott Rothstein: "I Can't Show Anyone That I Am a Complete Idiot"" > ]]> 0 Anthony Costanzo, BSO Detective Accused of Witness Tampering, Has Clean Record tag:blogs.browardpalmbeach.com,2012:/pulp//14.606617 2012-05-23 08:01:58 2012-05-23T13:46:42Z ... Rich Abdill Broward Sheriff's Office Det. Anthony Costanzo faces charges of witness tampering, evidence tampering, disclosure of confidential information, and felony use of a two-way communication device...

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