What would the 99 percent say about this?

​Memo to Patrick Murphy: If you want to win street cred with the 99 percent, don't have Rush Limbaugh's lawyer host your fundraiser.More >>

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Boyd in his heyday.

Boyd's story may be familiar to some New Times readers -- he was the subject of a 2007
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The travails of T&A.

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​Sometimes you have to wonder what's going on in the Keys.

This weekend, there was a 500-person underwater music festival in the National Marine Sanctuary six miles south of Big Pine Key, which looked like a Little Mermaid revival concert with scuba equipment.

Aside from actually playing songs from The Little Mermaid, "famed" underwater musicians such as "Eel-vis Presley," "Bob Marlin," and "Joss Stone Crab" also played other ocean-themed music like the Beatles' "Yellow Submarine" and Jimmy Buffett's "Fins," according to the Associated Press.

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Dalia Dippolito is now facing 20 years in the slam.

​Many observers have wondered why Dalia Dippolito chose a reality television defense to explain why she plotted to have her husband killed. Her attorney argued that Dalia's attempt to hire a hit man was part of an elaborate ruse designed to make her husband, Michael, a TV star (like the Balloon Boy ploy, except with sex and murder).

Michael Dippolito vehemently denied this allegation, and the jury in the Palm Beach Circuit Court case was equally skeptical. In May, Dalia was convicted of solicitation to commit murder. Judge Jeffrey Colbath, who called Dalia "pure evil," sentenced her to 20 years in prison.

Why did Dippolito choose such a novel, and unsuccessful, defense strategy? That's anyone guess, but a clue can be found in the sworn deposition of her lover, Michael Stanley.

Stanley, 39, is a construction contractor who dated Dalia just before she met Michael
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Give us your cash, we'll let you board the plane.

​Spirit Airlines, the Miramar-based discount carrier that makes your miserly 83-year-old grandpa look generous, has announced its latest fee: It will now cost five bucks to have a ticket agent print a boarding pass at the airport. And starting next June, they'll even charge customers a dollar for printing their own passes at an airport kiosk!

This is the same company that charges $30 for carry-on baggage and up to $60 for reserving a seat.

Spirit's nickel-and-dime fee strategy may drive some customers insane, but company execs insist they are only being helpful.

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Too many empty seats greet Heat stars.

​What's the problem, Miami Heat fans? Are you too busy sipping mojitos and grazing on patatas bravas to get your butts in the seats on time? Is it the economy? Do you secretly hate LeBron James as much as the rest of the country does?

These are the allegations lobbed at Heat fans by the New York Times today. According to the nation's most venerable newspaper:
 

Ticket holders straggle in long after the opening tip and flee en masse midway through the fourth quarter to beat the traffic. Clusters of red-and-orange seats remain blindingly vacant, making American Airlines Arena appear half-empty on television. 

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This is not a SoFla bowler, but it's still a great photo.

via Travis Geske for the Rochester City Newspaper

​Sometimes, when journalists go bowling together, we find things -- just things -- random, funny, and worth sharing with you here. What made the cut this week? The world's most flamboyant and entertaining bowling roster. If you live in Broward County, can you guess where the roster (after the jump) was taken from?

Presented without further comment, but with a little smirk, here it is...



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The B Ocean on Sunrise and A1A

​Ever wish there were more establishments on Fort Lauderdale beach than just swanky resorts, cut-rate motels, and those shops that sell "FBI: Female Body Inspector" shirts and mysteriously manage to stay in business?

Two international hedge-fund managers are here to help. As Scott Wyman at the SS reports, Swedish investor Par Sanda has been buying up struggling old hotels on the barrier island between Bayshore Drive and the Bonnet House.
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