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  • Blogs

    April 9, 2012

    Frank Biden Discovers Blogging (Sort Of)

    Remember WordPress.com? Back in 2003, it was a brilliant invention designed to put any pajama blogger on the cutting edge. That edge is clearly where Frank Biden belongs.Biden, brother of the Amtrak-riding vice president, has entered into the wild world of WordPress to tout his for-profit chain of c ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 23, 2012

    FEC Train Operator Plans New Privatized Rail Service Between South Florida and Orlando

    ​It is, of course, essential Rick Scott lore that our budget-cutting governor nixed a federally funded high-speed rail project because it used too much taxpayer money. As little sense as that move made, the governor has always been clear that he favors private enterprise over the government provid ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 2, 2011

    Debbie Wasserman Schultz Tells Radio Host Her Endorsement of CCA Prison Still Stands

    ​U.S. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz wrote a letter (see below) in April to ICE Director Gary Mead indicating her support for the proposed immigrant detention facility that private contractor CCA wants to build in Southwest Ranches.Today, she went on the radio with WIOD-AM (610) host Jimmy Cefalo. ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 1, 2011

    Passenger Rail Coming to Downtown Fort Lauderdale and Its Soon-to-Be-Obsolete Bridge

    Eric Barton​As long as we're talking ferries and bikes, we may as well point your attention to another exciting mode of alternative transportation that's making its way to South Florida's urban centers.That's right -- the people who dream up such things say that passenger rail is on its way. That ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 22, 2011

    UPDATED: Joe Biden's Brother Is President and "P.T. Barnum" for SoFla Charter School Chain

    UPDATE: The Palm Beach County School Board's vote on three new Mavericks schools has been postponed. Read more after the jump.When owners of a for-profit charter school chain go before the Palm Beach County School Board tomorrow night seeking approval for three new high schools, they'll have a celeb ... More >>

  • Calendar

    January 20, 2011

    Trak Marks

    UPDATE: The Palm Beach County School Board's vote on three new Mavericks schools has been postponed. Read more after the jump.When owners of a for-profit charter school chain go before the Palm Beach County School Board tomorrow night seeking approval for three new high schools, they'll have a celeb ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 23, 2010

    Must-See TV: Six Food Shows We'd Like to Watch in 2011

    ​Anyone who's watched food TV since its inception has seen a steady evolution of the medium, from a staid Mario Batali cooking for three friends to Gordon Ramsay going batshit in Kitchen Nightmares to the snarky food soap opera that's Top Chef to Adam Richman snarfing down burritos as thick and lo ... More >>

  • Music

    November 25, 2010

    Electronic Artist-Producer Amtrac Adds Local Flavor to the Dancegiving Music Festival

    ​Anyone who's watched food TV since its inception has seen a steady evolution of the medium, from a staid Mario Batali cooking for three friends to Gordon Ramsay going batshit in Kitchen Nightmares to the snarky food soap opera that's Top Chef to Adam Richman snarfing down burritos as thick and lo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 30, 2010

    Ron Klein Wants to Ban French Company From Rail Project for Holocaust Involvement

    ​If Allen "Higher Security Clearance Than the President" West wasn't formidable enough, Ron Klein has a new enemy in his sights: the French national railway company. And now Klein, like West, is talking about Nazis.Société Nationale des Chemins de fer, or SNCF, is basically France's version of A ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 19, 2009

    Fashionable Inauguration Parties Will Serve Barack O'buca Till You Puke-a

    The view from my train, bound for the center of the political universeAfter trekking 21 hours by Amtrak from West Palm Beach to Washington DC.   -- along with  140 kids from a high school marching band and conductors who swore they had graduated from "Choo Choo U."  --  the ... More >>

  • News

    November 8, 2007

    Green Eggs and Dolphin Ham

    The view from my train, bound for the center of the political universeAfter trekking 21 hours by Amtrak from West Palm Beach to Washington DC.   -- along with  140 kids from a high school marching band and conductors who swore they had graduated from "Choo Choo U."  --  the ... More >>

  • News

    April 27, 2006

    Ghost Train

    Decaying cars, $300,000 in expenditures, and empty promises — that's your new railroad museum.

  • News

    August 11, 2005

    Finding Gary, Part 2

    A rogue FBI agent, tons of smuggled drugs, a wife in search of her husband's corpse

  • News

    August 4, 2005

    Finding Gary, Part 1

    After 21 years, Donna Weaver seems to finally be zeroing in on her lost husband

  • News

    April 15, 2004

    Next Stop, Nowhere

    Just wait till you see what this bad boy can do out on the open track

  • Sports and Recreation

    May 16, 2002

    Best Trainspotting

    West of the Pompano State Farmer's Market

  • Culture

    November 22, 2001

    Don’t Get Holidazed!

    Holiday Gift Guide 2001

  • News

    July 19, 2001

    Train Dreck

    Railroad noise and bureaucracy can't stymie a hearty bunch from Pompano Beach

  • Dining

    May 3, 2001

    High Mark's

    Mark's CityPlace

  • News

    April 9, 1998

    The Hunger Artist

    Michael Krasnow was one of the few male anorexics to leave behind a detailed account of his life. And his reasons for dying.

  • Dining

    March 5, 1998

    Off the Rails

    Michael Krasnow was one of the few male anorexics to leave behind a detailed account of his life. And his reasons for dying.

  • News

    November 13, 1997

    America's Most Frustrating

    Fifteen years after America's Most Heinous Murder, new evidence emerges, pointing to a suspect police had once dismissed

  • Calendar

    November 6, 1997

    Deep in the Heart of Deerfield

    Fifteen years after America's Most Heinous Murder, new evidence emerges, pointing to a suspect police had once dismissed

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