Akron

Mavericks High Schools Hope to Profit From Education – But at What Cost?

Mavericks Schools Founded by Former Head of Controversial Ohio Charter Schools

maverickshigh.comMavericks High in Homestead​Mavericks in Education Florida, the Fort Lauderdale-based charter school chain promoted by Frank Biden, has ties to another for-profit charter school company that has been highly controversial in Ohio.Mark Thimmig, the founding CEO of Mavericks, is the ... More >>

South Florida Butchers Hope a Return to Local Means Their Survival

maverickshigh.comMavericks High in Homestead​Mavericks in Education Florida, the Fort Lauderdale-based charter school chain promoted by Frank Biden, has ties to another for-profit charter school company that has been highly controversial in Ohio.Mark Thimmig, the founding CEO of Mavericks, is the ... More >>

Pretenders' Chrissie Hynde Closes Her Ohio Restaurant, Citing Bad Economy

​Chrissie Hynde closed her vegan restaurant on Sunday, citing a bad economy.  The Akron, Ohio, restaurant was open four years and was voted one of the top five vegan restaurants in America by Business Week.The Vegiterranean served vegan dishes with an Italian-Mediterranean flair. On the resta ... More >>

Hack-a-Shaq: The Former Basketball Superstar Wages Digital War Against an Ex-Con Computer Geek

​Chrissie Hynde closed her vegan restaurant on Sunday, citing a bad economy.  The Akron, Ohio, restaurant was open four years and was voted one of the top five vegan restaurants in America by Business Week.The Vegiterranean served vegan dishes with an Italian-Mediterranean flair. On the resta ... More >>

LeBron James Sparks Nasty War of Words Among Nation's Top Magazine Writers

​Never has the word dickwad been used with such eloquence. If you don't frequent the journalism aggregate website Gangrey.com, you are missing out on some of the best writing in the country (in addition to an occasional New Times story).But more recently, you've been missing a very entertaining (a ... More >>

LeBron James Jerseys Go From Cleveland to the Backs of South Florida's Homeless

​Never has the word dickwad been used with such eloquence. If you don't frequent the journalism aggregate website Gangrey.com, you are missing out on some of the best writing in the country (in addition to an occasional New Times story).But more recently, you've been missing a very entertaining (a ... More >>

The Dark Side

A bizarre, disputed, cocaine-fueled mania is killing Floridians, especially when they're jolted with a Taser.

LeBron James Joins Heat, Needs Geography Lesson on South Florida

​NBA free agent LeBron James announced tonight that he'll be joining the Miami Heat in South Beach, apparently declaring a new home for South Florida's basketball team.LeBron's announcement was made live on ESPN in a chatty town-hall-type discussion, with James waiting to make his decision until a ... More >>

Nobody Knows Where LeBron's Going... Except Us

Flickr: NBA PhotosA dynasty in the making?​In the hunt for the signature of LeBron James, South Florida has suddenly (briefly?) vaulted into the lead. Apparently, there was a "summit" last weekend in Miami, hosted by Dwyane Wade, with Chris Bosh and LeBron James himself in attendance. ESPN is repo ... More >>

Celebrity Vegan Chef and Author Tal Ronnen to Cook At Sublime

Ronnen: tofu is not just for hippies any more!​If you've entered a Barnes & Nobles since October 2009, you may have seen Chef Tal Ronnen's book The Conscious Cook, dominating the food books aisle. In years past, vegan cookbooks have appealed to just a niche audience, but Ronnen's tome -- the f ... More >>

More Than a Game Follows Akron's Fab Four

Ronnen: tofu is not just for hippies any more!​If you've entered a Barnes & Nobles since October 2009, you may have seen Chef Tal Ronnen's book The Conscious Cook, dominating the food books aisle. In years past, vegan cookbooks have appealed to just a niche audience, but Ronnen's tome -- the f ... More >>

Jesse Jackson

Ronnen: tofu is not just for hippies any more!​If you've entered a Barnes & Nobles since October 2009, you may have seen Chef Tal Ronnen's book The Conscious Cook, dominating the food books aisle. In years past, vegan cookbooks have appealed to just a niche audience, but Ronnen's tome -- the f ... More >>

The Black Keys

Somewhere in between Danger Keys and the Black Mouse

Monday Afternoon Music Fix: Black Thought, Black Keys, and Lot's of Free Music.

Somewhere in between Danger Keys and the Black Mouse

Roaring Silence

America phones in, and the emptiness is deafening

Letters for January 4, 2007

America phones in, and the emptiness is deafening

The Doctor's Trials

Meet Hollywood's Donald Tobkin: caring M.D., feared lawyer, accused felon

Depression Obsession

Nine Inch Nails' latest is a breakthrough in Trent Reznor's personal therapy, but don't expect it to take you to his happy place.

Black Keys

Black Keys between the White Stripes

Best Pro Athlete

Jason Taylor

Miami Dolphins

Hot Wheels

Tearin' up the road soapbox style

Metal Meltdown

Marky Mark becomes a rock star but doesn't get to enjoy it

Baby Steps

Bobby Baker's Baby Robots bust Boca a new one

Devo

Recombo DNA (Rhino Handmade)

Scalp It, Scalp It Good

Devo conspirator Gerald V. Casale waxes cynical about the old days and a new retrospective

Disloyalty Is Job One

Bob Horvath was the ultimate company man for GM and sold their cars for 40 years. The thanks he got? The auto giant put him out of business.