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1. Feature

   Lab Rats

   Most Doctors Agree: Use Caution When Mixing Stocks and Drugs

   By Thomas Francis

   Published: August 30, 2007

   George Theodore was not expecting me. Judging by his what's-your-angle expression, this is not a pleasant surprise for the CEO of a Boca Raton company called University Lab...

2. Letters

   Letters for August 30 to September 5, 2007

   Published: August 30, 2007

   Jungle Jim Looking for a reason to forgive: Alas, there are many religious leaders and groups who have completely distanced themselves from Mayor Jim Naugle and his antigay...

3. Bob Norman

   Return to Sender

   When it comes to the specter of corruption, the Ritter-Klenet-URS connection has it all

   By Bob Norman

   Published: August 30, 2007

   First it was a mysterious journal; now it's a trail of telling e-mails. Both strongly indicate that Broward County Commissioner Stacy Ritter has compromised her public office...

4. Tailpipe

   Norm, Norm, and NORML

   Who's Smokin' Funny Cigarettes?

   As told to Edmund Newton

   Published: August 30, 2007

   Lawyer and activist Norm Kent gets around. He made a flash in the news a few weeks ago, when Fort Lauderdale Mayor Jim Naugle said that he felt most gay people were unhappy...

5. ¡Ask a Mexican!

   Christly Christly

   Rosa Parks? Maybe Not

   By Gustavo Arellano

   Published: August 30, 2007

   Dear Mexican: Do you agree with immigration rights activists calling Elvira Arellano, who is an illegal immigrant and a criminal, I might add, the Mexican Rosa Parks? The very...

6. Music

   Egyptian Cock Rock

   Nile's sausage fest collides with Ozzfest

   By Saby Reyes-Kulkarni

   Published: August 30, 2007

   Everybody sing together now: "Anoint my phallus with the blood of the FAL-LEN!" If you see the crowd gathered in front of the second stage at Ozzfest — girls and boys...

7. Short Cuts

   Minnie Driver

   Seastories (Zoe/Rounder)

   By Lee Zimmerman

   Published: August 30, 2007

   You don't have to scroll very far down the lengthy list of actors who have tried to pass themselves off as singers — William Shatner and David Hasselhoff, anyone? —...

8. Subtropical

   Alexis Cole

   Zingaro (Canopy Jazz)

   By Ernest Barteldes

   Published: August 30, 2007

   On her newest disc, Zingaro, Fort Lauderdale-raised jazz sensation Alexis Cole takes on several familiar standards and allows her captivating voice to stand out without much...

9. Live Wire

   Porter Batiste Stoltz

   By Jonathan Cunningham

   Published: August 30, 2007

   Within the holy walls of New Orleans backline music, George Porter Jr., Russell Batiste Jr., and Brian Stoltz are easily looked at as the city's three funky wise men. They've...

10. Outtakes

    Working Class Heroes

    The best work tunes to enjoy over Labor Day

    By Cole Haddon

    Published: August 30, 2007

    When you think about it, Labor Day is the most American holiday we have, trumping even the Fourth of July, since, let's face it, this nation prides itself on its blue-collar...

11. Pub Stalker

    Legends Café

    By Bryan Falla

    Published: August 30, 2007

    2029 Harrison St., Hollywood 954-920-1312 It's time to ditch the sandals and cargo shorts and don dress shoes and a button-down. Today, I'm OK putting down the sweaty beer mug...

12. Dred Scott!

    Ozzfest Says: Free the Music

    By Jonathan Cunningham

    Published: August 30, 2007

    It was sometime around last February that Sharon Osbourne, wife of grandfatherly rocker Ozzy Osbourne, made the shocking announcement. Ozzfest, the 11-year-old mainstay of the...

13. Dish

    Mexi-Can't

    Cantina Laredo sells mole to the middle

    By Gail Shepherd

    Published: August 30, 2007

    You really have to wonder about Palm Beach Gardens — what the heck is going on up there? The city is attracting investment just as though South Florida's economic bubble...

14. Film

    Celebrity Justice

    In Steve Buscemi's latest, the journalist-star sitdown is an interview between vampires

    By Jim Ridley

    Published: August 30, 2007

    Steve Buscemi the director is nothing like the art-damaged auteur Buscemi the actor played in 1995's Living in Oblivion. No dry ice and dwarves for the victim of the cinema's...

15. Night & Day

    Save on Airfare

    Vacation at the Jetsetter

    By Jamie Laughlin

    Published: August 30, 2007

    In today’s trademarked world, independently-owned businesses have become an endangered species. So when a joint is able to not only thrive and flourish, but also act as a...

16. Night & Day

    Save on Airfare

    Vacation at the Jetsetter

    By Jamie Laughlin

    Published: August 30, 2007

    In today’s trademarked world, independently-owned businesses have become an endangered species. So when a joint is able to not only thrive and flourish, but also act as a...

17. Night & Day

    Save on Airfare

    Vacation at the Jetsetter

    By Jamie Laughlin

    Published: August 30, 2007

    In today’s trademarked world, independently-owned businesses have become an endangered species. So when a joint is able to not only thrive and flourish, but also act as a...

18. Night & Day

    Copeland: A Nice Place to Visit

    By Reshma Kirpalani

    Published: August 30, 2007

    The third time is charmed for Copeland. These indie-rockers open for The Rentals on Wednesday with lush, expansive instrumentals, marble-smooth vocals, pale emo complexions,...

19. Night & Day

    Power Lunch

    By John Linn

    Published: August 30, 2007

    In the grassy mountains of Argentina, cattle-rustlers feast on super-sized lunches of beef and starch to provide the primo energy they need to corral cows all day. Here, in...

20. Night & Day

    You Got Game

    By John Linn

    Published: August 30, 2007

    It used to be that going to the arcade and plopping a fresh fin’s worth of quarters into the Street Fighter II cabinet was a weekly ritual. Now, thanks to high-powered...