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  • Blogs

    May 21, 2012

    Republican Presidential Candidates Owe Floridians More Than $230,000

    Newt Gingrich's campaign for the Republican presidential campaign is over. Done-zo. Finished. The guy is walking around his home state wearing a Mitt Romney sticker.But the former speaker of the House isn't even close to concluding the dealings surrounding his campaign, as documents filed over the w ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 5, 2012

    Red Light Cameras Capture Highlight Reel of Florida Car Crashes

    ​Place a few all-watching eyes at intersections throughout South Florida and reckless driving takes on a whole new meaning.American Traffic Solutions -- the Big Brotheresque company that operates about a dozen red light cameras in Broward and another 26 in Miami-Dade -- scoured its footage for the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 19, 2011

    Middle School Teacher Charged With Battery After Allegedly Hurling Hash Browns

    Polk County Sheriff's OfficeSimone Paolercio​Simone Paolercio teaches children during the week at Lakeland's Highlands Middle School, but this Saturday, she was allegedly tossing hash browns at a McDonald's employee.According to the Polk County Sheriff's Office, Paolercio, 39, rolled through t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 12, 2011

    Chicken Wings From Publix Maim Broward Man, Lawsuit Claims

    Instant death? ​A Broward man is probably taking a second look at vegetarianism after a bad fried chicken wing almost killed him, according to a recent court filing.

  • Blogs

    June 11, 2011

    Crispers Coupon: Buy One, Get One Free on Entrees

    flickr/ImmortalxKissThe potato soup and club sandwich set-up at Crispers. ​Don't let the name fool you -- this is not a deal on fried chicken.However, healthy food at a healthy price works just as well.

  • Blogs

    May 4, 2011

    Does the Sun-Sentinel Hate Atheists?

    Will he smite bad bloggers with his noodly appendage?​Could the Sun-Sentinel's corporate overlords at Tribune Co. please explain why Barbara Hijek has a job? Could they please explain why a paper at which honest-to-goodness investigative reporters and serious editorialists were not long ago pressu ... More >>

  • News

    December 9, 2010

    Car Accident? Doctors and Lawyers in the 411-PAIN Network Will Line Their Pockets With Your Insurance Money

    Will he smite bad bloggers with his noodly appendage?​Could the Sun-Sentinel's corporate overlords at Tribune Co. please explain why Barbara Hijek has a job? Could they please explain why a paper at which honest-to-goodness investigative reporters and serious editorialists were not long ago pressu ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 7, 2010

    Should Brandie the Dog Die? Depends on Your Definition of Self-Defense

    Brandie may be put to death if Gov. Crist doesn't step in.​Justin Lamar Dillard lost an old-school shootout back on November 10. That's when Dillard pulled a gun on the front yard of an apartment complex in Greer, South Carolina. Rusty Jones, one of the complex's residents, drew his own handgun an ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 20, 2010

    Rick Scott May Have Claim That the Liberal Media Is Out to Get Him

    From Rick Scott's Facebook pageAt least Rick Scott didn't get a negative headline for this photo opp.​Lots of right-winged Republicans claim the liberal media treats them unfairly. For Rick Scott, the GOP candidate for governor, lately it seems to be true.Or at least, that's a conclusion easily dr ... More >>

  • News

    April 29, 2010

    Did Friendship Cost a Young Scott Rothstein Lawyer Her Life?

    From Rick Scott's Facebook pageAt least Rick Scott didn't get a negative headline for this photo opp.​Lots of right-winged Republicans claim the liberal media treats them unfairly. For Rick Scott, the GOP candidate for governor, lately it seems to be true.Or at least, that's a conclusion easily dr ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 15, 2010

    Immokalee Workers Plan Major Push on Publix This Weekend

    Pressure mounts on Publix.​Thirty-year-old Romeo Ramirez has worked on Florida farms for his "whole life," he says. And despite the conditions he's seen -- stagnant wages, no benefits, and even migrant farm workers forced to work against their will -- he still seems to see the state he lives in as ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 17, 2009

    Closing of the River House in Fort Lauderdale Hard to Stomach

    Photo by Flickr user Boggs IndustriesI'd been asking Kris to take me to River House for most of the duration of our relationship. I'd had my sights on a visit there since I moved to Fort Lauderdale from Lakeland in 1999. But that kind of high-end dining isn't likely as a broke college student. Final ... More >>

  • Calendar

    October 30, 2008

    Poe Moves to Palm Beach

    Photo by Flickr user Boggs IndustriesI'd been asking Kris to take me to River House for most of the duration of our relationship. I'd had my sights on a visit there since I moved to Fort Lauderdale from Lakeland in 1999. But that kind of high-end dining isn't likely as a broke college student. Final ... More >>

  • News

    September 18, 2008

    The Real Girlfriend Experience

    My hooker romance

  • News

    September 11, 2008

    Toy Soldiers

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

  • Blogs

    November 5, 2006

    Maxwell Reveals The Mind of the Muddled Media

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

  • News

    November 2, 2006

    Letters for November 2, 2006

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

  • Music

    March 17, 2005

    Motion Potion

    Copeland's new release

  • News

    July 29, 2004

    River of Sludge

    Sure, Hollywood's sewage plan is dirty. It pollutes the Everglades too.

  • News

    May 15, 2003

    Letters for May 15-21, 2003

    Where the megamonsters areWhere the Megamonsters AreWhere the Megamonsters AreWhere the Megamonsters Are

  • News

    November 14, 2002

    The Antiwarriors

    Riding shotgun with Broward County's tiny but angry peace movement

  • News

    September 12, 2002

    Big Cypress Buyout

    Proposed payment of millions to a wealthy clan amounts to nothing more than stealing from taxpayers for the Bush boys' political gain

  • News

    August 8, 2002

    Judge, Reformer, Bureaucrat

    On the couch, Kathleen Kearney talks out of all three sides of her mouth

  • News

    May 30, 2002

    Dr. Strange Train

    Or: How I learned to start worrying and hate the bullet train

  • News

    November 15, 2001

    Longshot

    Florida House minority leader Lois Frankel is waging an impossible campaign for governor

  • News

    February 22, 2001

    Undercurrents

    Forget the Marc Rich pardon. Bob Crawford is the one who really got away with something.

  • News

    January 25, 2001

    Train in Vain

    Millionaire Charles Croffard Dockery dreams of creating a high-speed bullet train in Florida. Sound crazy? Wait until you hear the details.

  • News

    October 12, 2000

    Outside the Ring

    To protect boxers from the fight game, Irv Abramson wants to form a more perfect union

  • News

    February 10, 2000

    Publix Where working can be lethal

    Five workers have died in Publix's Deerfield Beach warehouse in the past eight years. Has the workplace gotten safer? Apparently not.

  • Calendar

    June 18, 1998

    Tavern on the Key

    Five workers have died in Publix's Deerfield Beach warehouse in the past eight years. Has the workplace gotten safer? Apparently not.

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