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  • Palm Beach Post wins five reporting awards

    The Palm Beach Post's investigative series about defective voting machines took first place recently for technology reporting in the annual Green Eyeshade Awards.The Post won four other awards in the contest, which covers journalism in 11 Southeastern states, and is hosted by the Society of Professional ...

  • Pedestrian fatality snarls Fort Lauderdale airport

    People using the Fort Lauderdale/Hollywood International Airport Saturday might experience delays beacuse parts of the airport are closed after a pedestrian was struck and killed, the Broward County Sheriff's Office said. The person was struck by a private charter bus at the lower level of Terminal 4 and died at the scene. None of the 10 people on the bus was hurt. Deputies closed the lower ...

  • Flags spangle Riviera Beach City Hall for Memorial Day

    Lyala Thomas, 7, plants a flag during a Memorial Day tribute to fallen soldiers and their families at the City Hall Municipal Complex in Riviera Beach Saturday morning, May 18, 2013. The event, organized by Riviera Beach Councilwoman Judy Davis, was also designed to honor veterans, active duty personnel and emergency first-responders. Davis said about 2700 flags were planted and that the event ...

  • Watchdog group urges power to sue for Palm Beach County inspector general

    A local ethics watchdog group will ask Palm Beach County commissioners on Tuesday to start the process of changing county rules in order to give Inspector General Sheryl Steckler the power to sue and be sued.The Palm Beach County Ethics Defense Alliance is calling on its members to bring signs to Tuesday's commission meeting urging commissioners to "Fix the IG Ordinance." The ...

  • Raw Gun Scare Mars Cannes Film Festival

    A live outdoor television broadcast from the Cannes Film Festival was briefly interrupted on Friday when what sounded like gunshots sent crew and spectators scurrying for cover. (May ...


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Movie Review

Kingpin

It has always been said that funny is a matter of taste. "Kingpin" is a matter of being funny by being tasteless. "Kingpin" is a gross, screwball comedy sprinkled with social and cultural satire, then loaded with bathroom humor and a whole heaping of cinema in-jokes and movie spoofs, plus one good sheep joke. If anything, "Kingpin" features a great competition between two characters for the worst ... ...

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  • Hands Across The Sand

    Participants in Hands Across The Sand hold hands on Lake Worth beach to protest offshor oil drilling at noon on Saturday, May 18, 2013. (Bruce R. Bennett/The Palm Beach ...

  • St. Jude Dream Home Giveaway tickets on sale

    The St. Jude Dream Home Giveaway gives you the chance to win a $500,000 home, while supporting the lifesaving care and childhood cancer research performed by St. Jude Children's ...

  • No tickets wins Mega Money game

    TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- No tickets matched all four numbers plus the Mega Ball in the Mega Money game so the jackpot rolled over to $550,000, the Florida Lottery said Saturday.Six tickets won $1,153.50 for picking 4-of-4; 52 tickets won $291.50 each for picking 3-of-4 plus the Mega Ball number; 1,076 tickets won $42 each for picking 3-of-4; 1,630 tickets won $19 each for picking 2-of-4 plus the ...

  • Paul McCartney kicks off Out There tour in US

    ORLANDO, Fla. -- Paul McCartney is kicking off the North American leg of his "Out There" tour in Orlando.The massive production, which requires 31 trucks worth of equipment, includes lasers, huge pyrotechnics, and state of the art video displays, according to the website of the former Beatles star.McCartney performed the show to a sold out crowd of 55,000 people in Brazil earlier this ...

  • 4 Fantasy 5 players share $58228 top prize

    TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- Four winners of the "Fantasy 5" game will collect $58,228.92 each, the Florida Lottery said Saturday.The winning tickets were bought in Tarpon Springs, Miami, Homestead and St. Petersburg, lottery officials reported.The 371 tickets matching four numbers won $101.00 each. Another 12,091 tickets matching three numbers won $8.50 each, and 108,031 tickets won a Quick ...

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