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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 >>
  • Violent Jewelry Thieves Prowl South Florida
    They give new meaning to the term blood diamond.
    Thursday, August 28
    It 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 Craziness
    A filmmaker and genius with a junk obsession talks shop.
    Thursday, August 21
    Since 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 Boot
    As containers and costs mount, tap water is the rule in eateries.
    Thursday, August 14
    1. 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 Hurts
    It's not all glitz and glory at the table.
    Thursday, August 07
    At 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
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.
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

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
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.
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
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

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.
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

Earlier this summer, Roderick McArthur shuffled into a courtroom at the Thomas F. Eagleton... More >>

Blog

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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Columns

  • 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>>
  • Neighbors Battle in Cutler Bay
    This showdown means restraining orders, anti-Semitism, guns, and 68 calls to the cops.
    Thursday, September 04
    Gripping 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>>
  • Killer Mold in Miami Court
    The fungus nailed Judge Ted Klein and endangers others. Federal incompetence is to blame.
    Thursday, September 04
    Once 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>>
  • Miami PD Deputy Chief Frank Fernandez to Replace Timoney?
    Thursday, September 04
    It 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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