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Don't worry, the new gay paper will still cover Charlie. a South Florida Blade editor Dan Renzi stopped by his Wilton Manors office last Sunday evening to check his email, and encountered a strange sight.

Two people were killed in Oakland Park Thursday morning after their car got caught in railroad tracks and a Tri-Rail train hit the vehicle.

Southbound lanes of Interstate 95, starting at Stirling Road, will be closed until about 10 p.m. Monday night after a rush-hour crash killed one person and injured four, according to the Florida Highway Patrol.

German carmakers BMW AG and Audi AG said Monday their October sales improved as the global downturn showed signs of waning and demand for luxury cars improved.

Lillian Landry always said she wasn't afraid to die. So when death came last week, the 99-year-old was lying peacefully in a hospice with no needles or tubes.

Photo by flickr user shesimmers. a For many of us unmarried gals, it can be particularly difficult eating alone in public.

Somebody's been writing out his Christmas wish list early this year. But the guy in the Miami Hurricanes hat should have stipulated that he does not want an exploding dye pack with the rest of the cash in his bag.

Douglas J. Ketcher and Christina Wypych were indicted on 58 counts of operating a prostitution ring, money laundering, and tax fraud.

While chatting with hairstylist Simone Hylton a few days before Chris Rocka s follicle film, Good Hair , opened Oct.

Bring plenty of bills to Pulp Live -- performing bands, this means you, too. a This past weekend I made a belated first visit to Pulp Live , the venue on Oakland Park Boulevard that was known previously as the Metal Factory.

Four young men accused of roughing up a homeless man in Pompano Beach and then posting videos of the beating on the Internet are facing charges of kidnapping and battery.

Share + Oct 30, 2009 5:22 pm US/Eastern OAKLAND PARK A taxi driver said he thanked God he was alive Friday morning after armed robbers targeted him in Oakland Park.

It has influences from the country's Asian, Italian, and Spanish immigrants, and that shows on the menu of the new Fusion & Flavors.

Two teenagers were arrested and two more were sought in connection with the videotaped beating of a homeless man in Pompano Beach, WPLG-TV in Miami reported.

Alligator Alley was one of the most distinctive venues we had in South Florida. Where else could you munch on savory gator ribs, sip on a crisp microbrew, and listen to funky New Orleans zydeco all at once? Sadly, it is no more -- after a weekend-long send-off, Alligator Alley shuttered its doors last Sunday.

Three years ago, Chris Canning got a kick out of sitting on his patio, watching iguanas crawl from nearby brush and scurry over to Pradera, the community across the retention pond from Canning's townhome in L'Ambiance. "Now it's not so amusing because they're coming to our side," said Canning, 69, who has lived in his home in the Via Verde area for ...

Coffee date: good. Breakfast date: fail. a This week's column is going to piss some people off and cause all kinds of debate, but frankly, I don't care.

Share + Oct 22, 2009 11:27 pm US/Eastern OAKLAND PARK One of the suspects in the fatal beating of a Broward County man earlier this year was investigated seven months before in another violent attack, police records show.

Alligator Alley, an Oakland Park pub that serves up live music, micro brews and Southern-accented food, is shutting down this weekend after seven years in business, owner Carl "Kilmo" Pacillo said Wednesday.