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Skateboard Film Pits Overtown Against SistrunkGo behind the scenes of this hood war.By Deirdra FuncheonThursday, September 04"Don't make like this is Beverly Hills. This is the real goddamn hood. The motherfuckin' hood." So warns the gentleman watching workers set up... More >> -
Violent Jewelry Thieves Prowl South FloridaThey give new meaning to the term blood diamond.By Brantley HargroveThursday, August 28It is a creepy feeling, knowing these masked men have cased you for weeks, studying your every move. Leon Rozio had crossed paths with their kind... More >> -
Clifton Childree's CrazinessA filmmaker and genius with a junk obsession talks shop.By Carlos Suarez De JesusThursday, August 21Since learning he won the Hilger Artist Project Award last December, Clifton Childree has been hoarding discarded wood, ornate headboards, piles... More >> -
Bottled Water Gets the BootAs containers and costs mount, tap water is the rule in eateries.By Lee KleinThursday, August 141. Days of Water and Roses The couple peruses the menu from plushly pillowed pods set along the perimeter of a Zen-like reflection pond. After... More >> -
Pro Poker HurtsIt's not all glitz and glory at the table.By Michael J. MooneyThursday, August 07At a poker table, perhaps nothing is more disturbing than a well-tanned man. This is a man of luxury. He has the time in his schedule to lie... More >>
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Broward - Palm Beach
There Goes the Hood
A legendary underground filmmaker from Sistrunk surfaces to make a movie about Florida homeboys
By Deirdra Funcheon
Don't make like this is Beverly Hills. This is the real goddamned hood. The motherfuckin'... More >>
Dallas
Six Pac
The Cowboys are counting on NFL outlaw Pacman Jones to pop the top on their sixth Super Bowl.
By Richie Whitt
Father murdered. Mother imprisoned. Drugs. Fights. Guns. Lies. Suspensions. Handcuffs.... More >>
Denver
William Orr's quest for better, cheaper gas left him facing prison time
By Alan Prendergast
Few dreamers believe in their dream the way William Orr did.
He chased his idea, a search for... More >>
Houston
Hope for the Houston Texans?
Gary Kubiak and team search for their first winning season
By Richard Connelly
The Houston Texans are about to embark on their seventh NFL season. In only one of the previous... More >>
Kansas City
Home Sweet Parking Lot
When a workingman doesn’t have a home in Johnson County, a Wal-Mart parking lot is the next best thing.
By Nadia Pflaum
Times are tough all over.
Today, several families are visiting the office of Catholic... More >>
Minneapolis
Tim Pawlenty: Jilted for Sarah Palin
The Minnesotan governor now knows how Carol McCain feels
By Jonathan Kaminsky
Wearing a striped polo shirt and a forced smile, Gov. Tim Pawlenty last week handled the... More >>
Phoenix
Warring US Airways and America West pilots have the merged company in a real tailspin
By Sarah Fenske
David Braid doesn't look like a gangster.
A pilot for US Airways, Braid has the friendly... More >>
San Francisco
Dancing with Words
Choreographer Erika Chong Shuch imagines a strange future.
By Nirmala Nataraj
Erika Chong Shuch and her much-lauded company, the Erika Shuch Performance Project, have been... More >>
St. Louis
Perverts Beware: St. Louis area police have your number
By Kathleen McLaughlin
Earlier this summer, Roderick McArthur shuffled into a courtroom at the Thomas F. Eagleton... More >>
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Riptide 2.0
Crushed Into Submission by Miami's Amazon Women
Sat Sep 6, 3:32 PM
Natalie O'Neill Amazon Lindsay getting ready for a video shoot. This past week, I accepted an invitation to hang out on the set of an erotic video shoot, in order to do research for a story. There would be... More >>
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Violent Jewelry Thieves Prowl South Florida They give new meaning to the term blood diamond.
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Salvia Sucks A newly illegal drug takes us on a short, bumpy trip.
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Pro Poker Hurts It's not all glitz and glory at the table.
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Neighbors Battle in Cutler Bay This showdown means restraining orders, anti-Semitism, guns, and 68 calls to the cops.
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Bottled Water Gets the Boot As containers and costs mount, tap water is the rule in eateries.
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Skateboard Film Pits Overtown Against Sistrunk Go behind the scenes of this hood war.Thursday, September 04"Don't make like this is Beverly Hills. This is the real goddamn hood. The motherfuckin' hood." So warns the gentleman watching workers set up... More>>
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Neighbors Battle in Cutler Bay This showdown means restraining orders, anti-Semitism, guns, and 68 calls to the cops.Thursday, September 04Gripping a 12-gauge shotgun by the stock, Steven Robbins stormed out of a single-story home on Martinque Drive in Cutler Bay late in the evening... More>>
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Killer Mold in Miami Court The fungus nailed Judge Ted Klein and endangers others. Federal incompetence is to blame.Thursday, September 04Once an active skier and runner, U.S. Magistrate Theodore Klein could hardly breathe. His face was swollen from steroids. And he had to wheel... More>>
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Miami PD Deputy Chief Frank Fernandez to Replace Timoney?
Thursday, September 04It might be wishful thinking, but vociferous Miami Police union boss Armando Aguilar is still cheered by the rumors. "I've heard he's supposed to... More>>
Letters
Letters from the Issue of September 4, 2008
Thursday, September 04
Nice Job, Business Boys
Diamonds are a newspaper's best friend: Although I think the purpose of Brantley Hargrove's August 28 story, "Blood... More >>
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