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The Law's Arm Is Broken
I just read Thomas Francis' article on Cliff Berry, and I thought it was exceptional ("Fool Me Thrice," February 12). The community needs to know...
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The soldiers move through the wheat field, scanning the windswept plain for signs of trouble. There are six of them, dressed in fatigues and body armor, wearing the sunglasses...
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Rapper Rick Ross was not on the set of the Miami music video shoot in May 2008 when Mark McCarthy led his 400-pound white tiger out of her crate. The producers had offered...
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Hmmm. Ludo? Isn't that the nickname for a certain much-abused narcotic of somewhat ill repute? Or could it be that hit by Boz Scaggs from way back in the day? Or maybe it's the...
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Tapping into tradition isn't exactly a shortcut to notoriety. But when the Mavericks set out to carve their niche in country music in the late 1980s, they were arguably the...
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I sat there in silence at the bar inside Nippers in Boca, trying not to concentrate on what was about to be a disastrous — but supersexy — wardrobe malfunction. In...
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They may as well make it an annual holiday. Morrissey Day, perhaps. A designated midwinter morning when the iconic, mercurial British crooner steps out of his house, sees the...
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Nobody loves getting insulted by a six-foot-two transvestite as much as a 70-year-old lady from Muskogee.
At least, that's the theory behind Lips, "the ultimate in drag...
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There are many similarities between Laurent Cantet's terrific The Class and any of the following schoolroom chestnuts — Mr. Holland's Opus, Dangerous Minds, and To Sir,...
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Long before it was the norm for comedians to redefine themselves with dramatic rolls, Robin Williams was getting crap for it. Some people just couldn't get over that the guy...
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An eloquent bartender named Elliott explains that the building currently occupied by the Hotel Biba was built in 1939, in the “Bermuda vernacular” architectural...
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There’s something about having the two best basketball players in the universe facing off on the same court. The 1970s had Dr. J and George Gervin, the ΄80s Magic...
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If you’re looking for a nice family friendly hypnotism act where a guy in a funny outfit twirls around a wristwatch and makes someone walk across the stage like a chicken,...
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There are few songs as commanding as "Sweet Georgia Brown." No matter where you are or who you are, when you hear those mercurial, whistling notes play you're almost insatiably...
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The only certain thing in the current world is that you have questions, but nobody has answers. “What happened to my parents’ retirement fund?” “Why am I...
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Alright, alright — in years past we’ve been not-so-kind to the annual Caribbean Festival, known in years past as the Bob Marley Fest. But can you blame us? With...
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By day, Tad Carpenter is a mild mannered designer, crafting creative for companies like Target, Hallmark, and Lee Jeans at the Kansas City branding and design firm for which he...
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For ten years, comedic actor Michael McDonald created and played dozens of characters on the sketch comedy show MADtv. One of his notable recurring characters was Stuart...
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Look around any given American road, and you’ll notice at least one quarter of the drivers chatting away on their cell phones. You might even spot a truck driver swerving...
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The Rokafonik Philharmonik is certainly no School of Rock. Although the group is composed of all teenage musicians from age 14 to 19, none of them are new to their instruments,...
