Immokalee Gang’s Assault on Gay Men Sparks Hate Crime Probe

​Manuel Galan and Cirildo Soliz — both young, gay and living in rural Collier County — were walking in the center of Immokalee recently when a car pulled up and someone yelled, “Fucking fags!” Five or six young men jumped out and beat Galan and Soliz bloody while yelling homophobic…

Psystar, Miami Computer Company Fighting Apple, Loses In Appeals Court

Two years ago, a tiny, Doral-based computer firm called Psystar challenged Apple with a legal question its two 20-something founders believed had never really been answered in court: Can Steve Jobs legally force consumers to use Apple operating systems only on Apple hardware?Psystar just got its answer in the Court…

Cubans Can Buy and Sell New Cars, Raul Castro Says

Say farewell to the most enduring image of the time bubble the Castros have built around Cuba: the kinda charming fleet of jerry-rigged ’50s American cars clogging Havana’s streets, held together with not much more than duct tape and hope.For fifty years, the regime has forbidden most Cubans from buying…

Ice-Cream Shop Owner Forced to Clarify That Mascot Is Not a KKK Member

The good citizens of Ocala have been mighty concerned lately about the man in the pointy-headed white hood waving at cars from a downtown street corner. “Is the KKK back in Florida?” they naturally wondered.But no. Ocala’s most questionable street-corner display is simply an anthropomorphic ice-cream cone gone horribly, horribly wrong…

Five Greatest Baseball Moments In Sun Life Stadium History (Video)

Judging by the comments around baseball, not many players are going to weep openly tomorrow when the Marlins play their last game ever at Sun Life Stadium. “There were a lot of rain delays, and no fans,” Josh Willingham recalls. “You’re talking about the worst conditions,” ex-fan fave Cody Ross…

Drag-Queen Bandits Loot Florida Stores of Sequins, Boas, and Fancy Silk

A vicious crime wave has gripped Central Florida’s finest fabric stores, seeding blind terror in the sequin isles, panic in the feather-boa racks, and knee-shaking fear in the wig department. Tell us of the horror, Amanda Marshall, Orlando-area Jo-Ann Fabrics manager: “It’s a whole gang of drag queens,” she tells the…