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1. Feature

   New Trial to Begin in Boynton Beach Dogfighting Case

   By Michael J. Mooney

   Published: October 22, 2009

   On the warm, humid afternoon of June 22, 2007, Liz Roehrich, a petite woman in her 40s, turned left into a predominantly black, middle-class neighborhood and parked her animal...

2. Bob Norman

   School Board Member Stephanie Kraft Has a History of Shady Deals

   By Bob Norman

   Published: October 22, 2009

   The Broward County School Board is slowly coming unraveled at the seams of its own long-standing corruption. First the FBI brought down School Board member Beverly Gallagher...

3. Crossfade

   Hit the Vagabond in Costume

   Junior Boys' entire tour has a Halloween theme.

   By Jose D. Duran

   Published: October 22, 2009

   The last time indie-electro outfit Junior Boys played in South Florida was during Winter Music Conference 2007 at Poplife's awkward temporary venue Post, a restaurant/lounge...

4. Live Wire

   Set Your Goals

   By COTT HEISEL

   Published: October 22, 2009

   Of all the acts signed to a major label in the post-Blink-182 pop-punk boom, who would've guessed that New Found Glory would serve as inspiration for hundreds of sound-alikes?...

5. Music

   Miami's Ketchy Shuby Brings the Downtown Soul

   By Bernard Hacker

   Published: October 22, 2009

   These days, soul music is a genre often stuck in the side aisle of the record store or passed off into smoky cafés and '70s reunion shows. The originators of American...

6. Night Watch

   An Irish Bar Tour of Fort Lauderdale: Maguire's, Waxy O'Connors, and McSorley's

   By Tara Nieuwesteeg

   Published: October 22, 2009

   There's something about Ireland that just makes people wish they were there. It might be the beautiful scenery, the culture, or the Irish reputation for reckless beer...

7. Dish

   Bamboo Fire Café in Delray Beach Is Worth the Wait

   By John Linn

   Published: October 22, 2009

   It was about 7 on a Wednesday night when we arrived at Bamboo Fire in Delray Beach. We picked out a cozy seat near the restaurant's front window looking out on Fourth Avenue....

8. Dish

   Peniel's Palace in Fort Lauderdale Boasts Inexpensive Southern Cooking

   By John Linn

   Published: October 22, 2009

   This fishbowl restaurant off Broward Boulevard brings inexpensive Southern cooking to a shopping complex already inundated with lunch options. But with home-style food this...

9. Film

   Black Dynamite Doesn't Spoof a Genre as Much as It Comes Straight Out of Blaxploitation Hollywood

   By Brett Gillin

   Published: October 22, 2009

   Black Dynamite opens with three drug-dealing pimps lined up outside a limousine. A shadowy man rolls down the window and informs them there's a traitor in their midst. After a...

10. Film

    Trucker's Solid Cast Sells a Predictable Story

    By Brett Gillin

    Published: October 22, 2009

    We're introduced to Trucker's main character, Diane Ford (Michelle Monaghan), in the midst of a drunken one-night stand in a seedy truck-stop motel. Once lust has run its...

11. Night & Day

    Off-Hollywood Coppola

    By J. Hoberman

    Published: October 22, 2009

    Step two in Francis Ford Coppola’s reinvention as a self-financed, off-Hollywood, personal filmmaker, Tetro — a moody job shot in carefully-framed widescreen and...

12. Night & Day

    The Book of Isiah

    By P. Scott Cunningham

    Published: October 22, 2009

    Touché, New York. After years of Allan Houston & Co. owning the Miami Heat’s balls in the playoffs, you went into the toilet when James Dolan sold MSG’s soul...

13. Night & Day

    The Gloved Wonder’s Final Thriller

    By Nicole M. Rodriguez

    Published: October 22, 2009

    Michael Jackson, the immortal Peter Pan, takes audiences on a spellbinding journey through his whimsical world in This Is It. Opening in theaters nationwide today for a...

14. Night & Day

    I Dream in The Color Purple

    By Raina McLeod

    Published: October 22, 2009

    Instead of catching a flight to see the bright lights of Broadway, a quick ride to Biscayne Boulevard can give you your theatre fix this season. If you think that that means...

15. Night & Day

    Deal 'Em Out

    By Mickie Centrone

    Published: October 22, 2009

    Say you have a crazy dream that you’re copiloting a plane, and Jon Bon Jovi is the pilot. Soon, he gets up and asks you to grab the controls. Why would he do this? Hint:...

16. Night & Day

    Because Your Skin Should Look Like Pigskin

    By Chris Joseph

    Published: October 22, 2009

    Stephen Ross’ quest to make the Miami Dolphins the most ridiculous franchise in the NFL is nearly complete. As if getting D-List celebrities that haven’t been...

17. Night & Day

    West Meets Cute

    By John Hood

    Published: October 22, 2009

    Julie West’s collection of uber-cute characters might seem like simply cuddlesome creatures fit for kids of any age. But beneath their insanely adorable surfaces lies a...

18. Night & Day

    Art and Beer: A Splendid (Burp) Combination

    By Penn Bullock

    Published: October 22, 2009

    Las Olas Boulevard will transform into a beer-soaked art fair this weekend. A hundred and fifty national artists are showing up on the drag with $15 million worth of juried art...

19. Night & Day

    Stuff Yourself With Raw Fish

    By Brett Gillin

    Published: October 22, 2009

    Crafting sushi is an art. Carefully selecting the best high grade fish, vegetables, and rice and arranging them into picture perfect rolls takes years to perfect. There’s...

20. Night & Day

    Get Your Zombie On

    By Sam Eifling

    Published: October 22, 2009

    Who’da thunk in 1983 that Michael Jackson’s actual corpse would look nothing like the swarthy, raccoon-eyed zombie he plays at the end of the “Thriller”...