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1. Feature

   Curse of the Dead

   Anna Nicole's ghost could go home at last — if some trial hotshots get their way

   By Thomas Francis

   Published: October 4, 2007

   The body of Anna Nicole Smith lies beneath ten feet of Bahamian dirt. But eight months after her death, her ghost still stalks South Florida, thanks to a case filed last April...

2. News

   Merman

   Faster than a speeding dolphin, this Cuban rafter aims to be world champ

   By Tamara Lush

   Published: October 4, 2007

   Joel Armas is a strapping guy, solid as a block of concrete, barrel-chested, and handsome except for his feet, which are long, flat, and bumpy. His eyes are big and brown, and...

3. Letters

   Letters for October 4-10, 2007

   Published: October 4, 2007

   The Chub Chase You mean you just want me for my body? Amy Guthrie's cover article ("Fat Chance," September 27) really hit home with me. When I moved here from Maine in 2003, I...

4. Bob Norman

   Terrible Trio

   The Wasserstrom conviction should have at least a few pols shaking in fear — but, hey, this is Broward

   By Bob Norman

   Published: October 4, 2007

   The Broward State Attorney's Office railroaded Hollywood Commissioner Keith Wasserstrom. Not because the recently convicted politician was innocent of official misconduct (the...

5. Night Rider

   Fessin' Up

   Dashboard Confessional takes community spirit to the Limits

   By Marya Summers

   Published: October 4, 2007

   I have a confession. I've never followed Dashboard Confessional. Mea culpa. I recently attended the first gig in the national tour to support Dashboard's fifth album, at City...

6. ¡Ask a Mexican!

   Mencia Menstealia

   Ugly, maybe. But Ugly Betty? No.

   By Gustavo Arellano

   Published: October 4, 2007

   Dear Mexican: I'm a minority, and I know we can be overly sensitive sometimes, but I just can't stand Carlos Mencia. Not only are his jokes asinine but I feel they are actually...

7. Music

   Rockstar Approved

   How Jason Tyler got his groove back

   By Arielle Castillo

   Published: October 4, 2007

   About two years ago, Jason Tyler lost everything in a Chicago house fire that was started accidentally by a superstar DJ and good friend. Then he spent a couple of semihomeless...

8. Short Cuts

   Diana Krall

   The Very Best of Diana Krall (Verve)

   By Andres Solar

   Published: October 4, 2007

   Is it possible that there exists any sizable group of people who (a) have never heard Diana Krall or, worse, (b) have heard but are still undecided about her? Yes, probably...

9. Subtropical

   Allison Lee

   Been Here Before (Self-released)

   By Lee Zimmerman

   Published: October 4, 2007

   At times, Jamaican-born singer Allison Lee's vocals barely rise above a whisper. Her voice is a hushed, waif-like instrument that betrays vulnerability and supreme confidence....

10. Live Wire

    Rob Base

    By Jonathan Cunningham

    Published: October 4, 2007

    The year was 1988. The "golden era" of hip-hop was in full effect, and practically every rap record to hit the radio left a lasting impression. Almost two decades later, not...

11. Outtakes

    Velvet Revolver Seeks Libertad

    Slash touts his new band as others celebrate the old one

    By Michael Roberts

    Published: October 4, 2007

    The good news: Slash's photo appeared on the August 9 cover of Rolling Stone just as his current band, Velvet Revolver, was releasing a new CD, Libertad. The bad news: The...

12. Pub Stalker

    Boca Muse

    By Bryan Falla

    Published: October 4, 2007

    Boca Muse 7136 Berascasa Way Boca Raton 561-367-1133 High society, meet your barstool. Six months ago, the Boca Muse was the Red Lion Pub. Today, the sports-bar atmosphere of...

13. Dred Scott!

    Carnivals and Clusterfucks

    By Jonathan Cunningham

    Published: October 4, 2007

    After weeks of uncertainty and bad press, Caribbean Carnival weekend is finally here. The fetes have begun, and they'll continue for the next four to five days as partiers pour...

14. Dish

    Enlightened Eating

    Frenching the Buddha at Ricky Gopeesingh's Nirvana

    By Gail Shepherd

    Published: October 4, 2007

    You'd have to have steel cojones, or some mixture of naiveté and optimism, to name your first restaurant Nirvana. You'd be setting the bar in the stratosphere and...

15. Film

    Wide-Open Spaces

    Sean Penn delivers a soulful road movie that doesn't go all hippie-dippy

    By Scott Foundas

    Published: October 4, 2007

    To some, the story of Christopher Johnson McCandless, a 24-year-old Emory University graduate who starved to death in the Alaskan wilderness in the spring of 1992, will never...

16. Night & Day

    Penny for Your Backcourt?

    By Sam Eifling

    Published: October 4, 2007

    Looking at the past three months for the Heat, it’s hard to tell whether the team took the off-season off or merely had an off off-season. In one of the deepest drafts in...

17. Night & Day

    Two by Four: Building the Perfect Morning Escape

    By Jamie Laughlin

    Published: October 4, 2007

    Some mornings you just need to play hooky, buy a fancy coffee drink, and lose a spindle’s worth of moments inside an art gallery. It’s just good for the soul. Lucky for you the...

18. Night & Day

    The Silver Screens of Sodom

    By Penn Bullock

    Published: October 4, 2007

    The Bible is as much a guide to sex as the Kama Sutra is a guide to satellite repair. But fundamentalist Christians have extracted two statements from its pages and used them...

19. Night & Day

    Extra Hold Hairspray + Size 12 Pumps = One Glamorous Diva

    By Daniel Renzi

    Published: October 4, 2007

    What's a girl gotta do to pursue her dreams? If the girl in question is Misty Eyez -- a.k.a., a man named Dakota -- "her" dream is to win the Miss Florida At Large pageant,...

20. Night & Day

    MNF on ESPN? OMG BRT!

    By John Linn

    Published: October 4, 2007

    When a network change brought the ratings-deficient Monday Night Football to ESPN last year, many speculated that it was the end of an era. But ESPN’s actually done a...