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Allen West vs. Marco Rubio?

By Chris Joseph
Poll: Rubio Still Liked by Florida

By Terrence McCoy
Heat Take Game 6 In Epic Comeback

By Chris Joseph
Rick Scott Kills Florida Wildflower Bill

By Chris Joseph
Expert and Public Defender Locked in "Death Match"

By Kyle Swenson
Missing Boca Attorney Owes $600K

By Terrence McCoy
Will Chris Bosh Be Let Go from Miami Heat?

By Dennis Bovell
Scott Signs Bill Banning Paid Sick Leave

By Chris Joseph
IKEA Hosts Flash Mob Proposal

By Dennis Bovell
Spurs Torch Heat Again, Take 3-2 Lead

By Chris Joseph

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Ed Napleton Goes to YouTube After Story on His DUI Arrest Disappears From Palm Beach Post Site

By Stefan Kamph Tue., May 17 2011 at 9:28 AM

Categories: Dirty Laundry, Media

PBSO

Ed Napleton: What does he have to do to put you in a brand-new car today?

A few months before Jose Lambiet left the Palm Beach Post for a more lucrative gig at Radar Online, he broke a story about the DUI arrest of Ed Napleton, who owns auto dealerships in the West Palm area and happens to be one of the Post's biggest advertisers.

Rumor has it that in the wake of the story's publication in late January, Napleton fired back by pulling all of his ads from the Post. We put in calls to Napleton's marketing department and the Post publisher's office for details on the boycott but didn't hear back. The most authoritative (not very) account of the move comes from an online piece by rival car salesman Earl Stewart.

And Lambiet's story? It disappeared from the Post's website. Speculation began to grow, and when Lambiet left his job at the paper,More »

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DUI, Ed Napleton, Jose Lambiet, Palm Beach Post

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"My Mother Is the Mayor; I'll Spit All Over Your Kids," and Other Tales From Hallandale Beach

By Stefan Kamph Mon., May 16 2011 at 8:43 AM

Categories: Dirty Laundry

Mayor Joy Cooper

Over the past few months, Hallandale Beach City Commissioner Keith London has been in touch with New Times to express his concern about the number and frequency of police and fire department responses involving the personal activities of Mayor Joy Cooper and her family.

We have obtained a number of police reports, many of them supplied by London after he submitted both public-records requests and "commissioner requests" for information about Cooper, including a matrix of all police incidents at her home on Holiday Drive over the past decade.

Cooper insists the dissemination of this information by London is simply dirty politics, a way of dragging the discourse through the mud -- "Don't bring my family into this" are her words to London.

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car accident, Hallandale Beach, Joy Cooper, Keith London

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Naughty Bits

Osama Bin Laden's Porn Collection

By Brandon K. Thorp Fri., May 13 2011 at 5:05 PM

Categories: Dirty Laundry, Naughty Bits, Really?, Religion, War on Terror

Watching intently.

We found Bin Laden's porn!

This news comes courtesy of Reuters. And though Reuters admits that the supersecret CIA leakers who gave them this information can't confirm that the porn definitely belonged to Osama Bin Laden -- as opposed to, say, his wives or sons -- who cares? The interwebs have made up their own mind. It was Osama's porn, whether it was Osama's porn or not. And there is much rejoicing.

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