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Fake Lawyer Chas Brady Is Back on the Case (and Back in Jail) (UPDATED)

Update: Aaand... he's out! Details after the jump.Brady then... and now.​In April 2008, New Times profiled Robert "Chas" Brady, who was facing fraud charges for passing himself off as a lawyer and Harvard grad when, in fact, he hadn't even gone to college. The six-foot-two, well-spoken 27-year-old ... More >>

Questionable Developer Mark Siffin Wants to Build a Times Square in Miami

Update: Aaand... he's out! Details after the jump.Brady then... and now.​In April 2008, New Times profiled Robert "Chas" Brady, who was facing fraud charges for passing himself off as a lawyer and Harvard grad when, in fact, he hadn't even gone to college. The six-foot-two, well-spoken 27-year-old ... More >>

Allen West Disappointed With Elena Kagan's Lack of Military Service

FlickrWest posing with the Sacred Text.​Retiring Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens was a former Navy man -- the lone former serviceman on the high court -- and so some observers expected President Barack Obama to nominate a justice with a military background. Or at least, that appears to be ... More >>

Arizona Sheriff's Reign of Terror Becomes State Policy

FlickrWest posing with the Sacred Text.​Retiring Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens was a former Navy man -- the lone former serviceman on the high court -- and so some observers expected President Barack Obama to nominate a justice with a military background. Or at least, that appears to be ... More >>

Sheriff Joe Arpaio's Reign of Terror Becomes State Policy, Thanks to State Sen. Russell Pearce and Gov. Jan Brewer

FlickrWest posing with the Sacred Text.​Retiring Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens was a former Navy man -- the lone former serviceman on the high court -- and so some observers expected President Barack Obama to nominate a justice with a military background. Or at least, that appears to be ... More >>

A Poor Man's Bernie Madoff Screws Haitian-Americans

FlickrWest posing with the Sacred Text.​Retiring Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens was a former Navy man -- the lone former serviceman on the high court -- and so some observers expected President Barack Obama to nominate a justice with a military background. Or at least, that appears to be ... More >>

That's Foul

Hoops hero Rumeal Robinson blew a fortune on strippers, got indicted, and left his mom homeless.

With Capitalism: A Love Story, Michael Moore Sells the Same Old Shtick

Hoops hero Rumeal Robinson blew a fortune on strippers, got indicted, and left his mom homeless.

Matt Damon for U.S. Senate: How D'Ya Like Them Apples?

OK, they cook up some zany ideas over there at the Florida Progressive Coalition Blog, but this one takes the cake: To challenge the otherwise-inevitable Charlie Crist victory in the 2010 U.S. Senate race, blogger Mark Weaver is casting Miami Beach resident celebrity Matt Damon in the role of Democr ... More >>

Charlie Crist Adviser Mendelsohn Tied to Ponzi Scheme

   Hollywood ophthalmologist Alan Mendelsohn is one of Charlie Crist's closest political allies, a leader on the governor's transition team who helped raise Crist and other Republicans huge amounts of cash for their campaigns during the past decade. Mendelsohn may ... More >>

South Florida maintenance man becomes Barack Obama impersonator

   Hollywood ophthalmologist Alan Mendelsohn is one of Charlie Crist's closest political allies, a leader on the governor's transition team who helped raise Crist and other Republicans huge amounts of cash for their campaigns during the past decade. Mendelsohn may ... More >>

Toy Soldiers

Be all that you can be — in war games with almost-real assault weapons

Muddy Politics

A sure-fire technique to rile a city: Accuse people of anti-Semitism

Lambs to Slaughter

Again and again, local claims of abuse point to one priest, the Rev. Neil Doherty, and the Catholic archdiocese that protected him

Revenge of the Nerd

Perez Hilton, a pure product of South Florida, makes bitchery pay

What's Wrong With This Picture?

Robert Redford and the American façade.

Wide-Open Spaces

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

Scattered Flowers

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

Something Abstract About Nature

Georgia O'Keeffe zoomed so close into flowers, leaves, and bones that they were transformed

Best Damn Movies of 2006

And why nearly all you'll see in 2007 is sequels, prequels, and threequels

Matchhead

Carlos Arredondo did the unthinkable with gasoline, a Marine van, and a propane torch. Two years later, he still burns.

Jailbait

How does a 65-year-old behavioral biologist explain being exposed as an Internet masher hot for 15-year-old girls?

The God Fossil

Most Americans who accept evolution think God created it. These scientists think they can prove the opposite.

The House That Bill Built

A modern-day visionary still shines brightly through his houses and his blind son

This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

A modern-day visionary still shines brightly through his houses and his blind son

Curious George Sails the River of Red

Following a long tradition, new Fort Lauderdale City Manager George Gretsas tries to tame the big spenders at City Hall

Third Man

Fort Lauderdale's John B. Anderson ran for president in 1980 and paved the way for spoiler candidates

Mary Does California

South Florida's own Mary Carey -- ex-preppy, gubernatorial candidate, and porn star -- wants it all

Analyze This

A Boca Raton tech company seeks an antidote for anthrax and dotcom failure

Letters for July 27, 2003

Who do you trust?

Luna Tunes

Dean Wareham long, long ago left Galaxie far, far away

All Right Now

In Mike Leigh's latest, things are looking up

Net Free

A whimsical journey on the wings of a butterfly

By Susan Eastman

Chris Cross

Behind the Greenlight is a producer proud to be an ass

Almost Prefect

West Palm planner Joe Minicozzi sure doesn't sound like a bureaucrat

Passing the Bar

A drunk, horny guy hits a drunk, horny town -- to learn how to make people drunk and horny

Down and Dirty

The Dirty South documents the triumph of down-home hip-hop

Hypocrisy Ahead

Team Bush loses its case-and loses sight of Dubya's so-called principles-in a Miami court

The Best Shot at a Cure For Cancer

Cancer vaccines are the hottest thing in oncology. Dr. Howard Abel is bringing the experimental treatment to South Florida.

Tom Lehrer

The Remains of Tom Lehrer (Rhino Records)

Harvard Square

The Remains of Tom Lehrer (Rhino Records)

High School Unhinged

The Remains of Tom Lehrer (Rhino Records)

Objection Overruled

The Remains of Tom Lehrer (Rhino Records)

Your Worst Nightmare

Welcome to Riviera Beach, home of slums, violent crime, a police department in turmoil, political hit lists, union busters, angry ex-wives, junkyard insurrections, and Zedrick Dwayne Barber, South Florida's most-investigated cop

The Fickle Finger of Filmic Fate

Welcome to Riviera Beach, home of slums, violent crime, a police department in turmoil, political hit lists, union busters, angry ex-wives, junkyard insurrections, and Zedrick Dwayne Barber, South Florida's most-investigated cop

Weird Science

The Life Extension Foundation claims it'll add years to your life with pills and cancer profiles. As long as you have the money.

Growing Pains

The Life Extension Foundation claims it'll add years to your life with pills and cancer profiles. As long as you have the money.

Boogie Slights

The Life Extension Foundation claims it'll add years to your life with pills and cancer profiles. As long as you have the money.

The Straight Dope

The Life Extension Foundation claims it'll add years to your life with pills and cancer profiles. As long as you have the money.

Blue Collar Hero

The Life Extension Foundation claims it'll add years to your life with pills and cancer profiles. As long as you have the money.