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South Florida Muslims Meet With BSO Officials, Urge Collaboration

​The men file in slowly to the meeting room at the Broward Sheriff's Office headquarters in Fort Lauderdale. "As-Salaam-Alaikum," they greet one another, shaking hands, smiling warmly at a Sunrise police officer they recognize from prayer services.About 25 men are here, some wearing skull caps, ... More >>

Happy Hour: Laser Wolf In Downtown Fort Lauderdale

Jatinder Channa​Want a Patron shot and a Corona? Hit up Himmarshee St -- there's nothing here for you, bro. If you haven't heard, Laser Wolf is the laid-back beer bar half a mile away from the congestion and confusion of Riverfront. It's one of Fort Lauderdale's few places that serve good be ... More >>

Five Restaurants or Bars That Fluffed a Neighborhood

Will KaPow! Noodle Bar change the neighborhood?​Last week, several commenters questioned the opening of Kapow! Noodle Bar in Boca, an area that's dominated by older folks, so I asked around about it. Will Boca embrace Kapow once it's open in November? "The Dubliner is the only place in Boca for yo ... More >>

Terry Jones Burns Qur'an; Mob Kills Ten UN Workers

2010 protest against Jones' Qur'an-burning.​Rev. Terry Jones is an asshole.There will be a lot of talk in the coming weeks about Jones' culpability for the murder of ten U.N. workers, and not a few Afghan citizens, in a Friday riot protesting Jones' burning of a Qur'an. Those on what passes for th ... More >>

Cigar City Wins at the Great American Beer Festival

Courtesy of dosbeerigos.Cigar City's Humidor IPA took home a silver medal at this year's GABF.​The Mecca of beer events, the Great American Beer Festival, was held last weekend in Denver, Colorado. Among the thousands of breweries and beers in attendance was a small contingent of Florida brewers - ... More >>

Party at World of Beer's Grand Opening Celebration This Saturday

​It's a busy weekend night at World of Beer in Coconut Creek. By 9 p.m., the bar area has turned into a dense sea of bodies that spill out of the front door and into the Promenade sidewalk. Every last table is spoken for and there's almost no room to stand either. People who do manage to grab thei ... More >>

Angelina Jolie's Contradictions Buoy the Otherwise Rote "Salt"

Activists Protest Scripps Plan for Briger Tonight in Palm Beach Gardens

Handfern: One of many species environmentalists hope to protect in the Briger Tract​Lake Worth environmental activist Panagioti Tsolkas was one of many locals who banded together five years ago to protest the Scripps Biotech development on Mecca Farms. Some of those same activists, including membe ... More >>

100 Favorite Dishes: Vegetarian Reuben From Sara's

​As a countdown to the Best Of Broward Palm Beach 2010, coming in May, Clean Plate Charlie is serving up a hundred of our favorite dishes in South Florida. Send your own nominations to John.Linn@BrowardPalmBeach.com.No. 47: Vegetarian Reuben From Sara'sSara's in Hollywood is a vegetarian Mecca ( ... More >>

A Guide to This Weekend's Inaugural Miami Music Festival

Greyhound Racing Suspended in Rhode Island; Racing Opponents Eye Florida

"Wouldn't you rather pet me than bet on me?"​Last weekend, greyhound racing was suspended at Twin River, the only active track in Rhode Island. The track is bankrupt, in part it says, because of the cost of dog racing. The state assembly there is trying to revive the moribund industry, but ... More >>

Surprise! Corrupt Palm Beach County Runs Out of Cash

Former County Commissioner Mary McCarty and her colleagues had a slight spending problem.Beaches without life guards, higher bus fares, laid off county workers, a major tax hike. Such a dismal budget proposal is hardly shocking in a county that's drowning in a housing bust. But Palm Beach County's p ... More >>

Grand Jury Details Palm Beach County's Sins

Flickr user: HeneghanYour money, wasted by Palm Beach County officials.How corrupt is Palm Beach County government? A grand jury report released today counts the ways. From overpriced land deals to shady bond underwriting practices, to slush funds that allow public officials to spend millions on the ... More >>

Galactic brings its space funk to Revolution

Fun With Dickerdoodles (NSFW)

Penny ArcadeEach year around Christmas, the Mecca of all gaming sites, Penny Arcade, throws a little contest called Dickerdoodles. The concept is pretty simple: A dickerdoodle is essentially a snickerdoodle in the shape of a penis. The object of the contest is to submit the funniest picture of your ... More >>

Food & Wine Shout Out to Schwartz

Tree-huggers mobilize to stop FPL from building Everglades power plant

Sign of the Season: Joe's to Open October 10

Haiti, Stand Up

An American Idol-style competition goes Haitian for a good cause

Shout Outs to the 718 and 212

Duct Tape Can Fix Anything

But it won’t mend your broken heart.

The Night the Earth Stood Still

The Jews partied till dawn

Monday Afternoon Music Fix: The Cool Kids, Gift of Gab, Les Claypool and more

When Calgon Won’t Cut It

Behold the Power of Beer!

Behind the Velvet Curtain

Allah Drops In

The Christian right tries to muscle a Pompano Beach Islamic congregation.

UB Irie

Reggae Sunsplash hits the States, Florida-first.

Soul Kitchen

A Deep South journey puts some meat on our bones.

From Gitmo With Love

The elephant in Guantanamo's living room gets 4,200 calories a day and a Koran.

2005's Egregious Eleven

The scam artists/malfeasants come at you in waves in South Florida

Best Power Couple

Mary and Kevin McCarty

Pipe It to Me

Hold on a Bahamian Minute

Black Moon Rising

Black Moon

Scripps...Shut Up!

Why don't Jeb Bush's men want us to know about Scripps?

Scripps Script

When it comes to the huge biotech project, the Sentinel's editorial license should be revoked

Wet Dreams

The Great Slurp

Gov. Bush's Scripps gamble is sucking up state funds -- and the Everglades with it

Wrong Ways and Dead Ends

You'll never get out of this Maize

Reggae Got Soul

Ginger Bay gets jerked

The Nuanced Road Taken

Intentionally or not, this Fugard production hits many subtle levels

Sheila Chandra

The Indipop Retrospective (Indipop/Narada World)

Muslim McCarthyism

A Miramar family gets the full suspect treatment

Letters for November 14, 2002

F-A-Screw-You, New Times

Next Onstage ...

What's the future look like? Only our theater critic knows for sure.

The War Within

Listen to the leaders of two South Florida mosques tied to terror

Migrant Justice

Rosa Gonzalez trudged through a desert and toiled in the fields. Now she's in for a real trial.

Diesel Power

Pitch Black

Short Cuts

Best Gym

Gold's Gym of Pembroke Pines