Fort Lauderdale News

Attorney Scott Rothstein had his fingers – and maybe his toes too – in a lot more business pies than was evident when the $1 billion Ponzi scandal surrounding him first broke three weeks ago, according to new documents filed...

It is as if training camp, the preseason and the 6-1 start never happened. That's what has Miami Heat coach Erik Spoelstra so disappointed. For a month, his team had established a defensive disposition. For the first two weeks of...

Saturday, November 21, 2009 at 1:00 a.m. When Cindy Naugle took the witness stand in her lawsuit against tobacco company Philip Morris USA, she toted an oxygen bottle and had to pause a few minutes to catch her breath. Lawyers...

The Wednesday before Thanksgiving might be getting a bad rap: It's not quite the travel nightmare you probably think it is. Federal transportation statistics reveal a curious trend as South Florida prepares for an 11-day holiday stretch famous for packed...

Phillip Morris says it will appeal the $300 million awarded a Florida woman who claimed the tobacco company hid the addictive and harmful nature of cigarettes. The South Florida Sun-Sentinel reported Friday Fort Lauderdale office manager Cindy Naugle won the...

Two people are dead and one injured following a collision between a commuter train and a car in Broward County. Fort Lauderdale police said the Thursday morning crash was just west of Interstate 95. The victims were identified as 44-year-old...

Just this week, less than a month after the investigation of Rothstein's financial dealings began, five attorneys started new jobs at the small Rice Pugatch Robinson & Schiller firm in Fort Lauderdale. Other firms are also courting Rothstein's employees from...

Sir Richard Branson lent his flamboyant celebrity persona to Virgin America's debut in Fort Lauderdale on Wednesday, hoping to appeal to South Floridians' sense of cool. Virgin's iconic chairman virtually guaranteed that passengers heading nonstop to San Francisco and Los...

Disgraced financier Bernard Madoff's yacht Bull, two smaller boats and a Mercedes-Benz convertible were sold at auction yesterday for more than $1 million combined. Madoff's 1969 Rybovich, a restored 55-foot fishing boat, sold for $700,000 to an unknown buyer.