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Miami-Dade County

  • Blogs

    April 5, 2012

    Why South Florida Is Pretty Healthy and the Panhandle Is Going to Drop Dead

    The University of Wisconsin's Population Health Institute released its third-annual county health rankings earlier this week, offering a huge pile of statistics on more than 3,000 U.S. counties that reveal, among other things, that fewer car crashes happen in the Northeast and teen pregnancy is high ... 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 >>

  • Music

    December 22, 2011

    Candyland 2011 at Revolution, December 23

    ​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 14, 2011

    Mavericks High in Homestead Graduated 18 Students in Two Years

    maverickshigh.comMavericks High in Homestead graduated a tiny percentage of students.​A Homestead charter school run by a for-profit company that promises to help at-risk kids graduate issued standard diplomas to only 18 students in the past two years, according to the Miami-Dade school district.M ... More >>

  • Calendar

    September 8, 2011

    Beckett Gone Green

    maverickshigh.comMavericks High in Homestead graduated a tiny percentage of students.​A Homestead charter school run by a for-profit company that promises to help at-risk kids graduate issued standard diplomas to only 18 students in the past two years, according to the Miami-Dade school district.M ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 19, 2011

    Lee Lewis Discovers That Fake Bazookas Are Apparently Illegal in Florida

    Miami-Dade CorrectionsLee Lewis​Lee Lewis -- the hearse owner with exotic leather outfits who's accused of bringing traffic to a standstill on the Palmetto Expressway a few weeks ago after allegedly leaving his body-hauler loaded with fake guns and explosives on the side of the road -- has had ano ... More >>

  • Calendar

    September 9, 2010

    Loitering in the Library

    Miami-Dade CorrectionsLee Lewis​Lee Lewis -- the hearse owner with exotic leather outfits who's accused of bringing traffic to a standstill on the Palmetto Expressway a few weeks ago after allegedly leaving his body-hauler loaded with fake guns and explosives on the side of the road -- has had ano ... More >>

  • News

    July 15, 2010

    The Dark Side

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

  • News

    May 13, 2010

    The C-9 Basin Serves as a Last Bastion of Lawless South Florida

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

  • Calendar

    April 22, 2010

    South Eats

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

  • Blogs

    February 9, 2010

    Numbers of Haitian Students in Browards Schools: 587 and Counting

    ​As of last Friday, the Broward County School District had 587 new Haitian students -- an increase of 85 since the Sun-Sentinel published its last article a few days earlier. That's far more students than Miami-Dade or Palm Beach County, but then the Broward schools have plenty of room, thanks to ... More >>

  • Music

    January 7, 2010

    Sweet Bronco

    ​As of last Friday, the Broward County School District had 587 new Haitian students -- an increase of 85 since the Sun-Sentinel published its last article a few days earlier. That's far more students than Miami-Dade or Palm Beach County, but then the Broward schools have plenty of room, thanks to ... More >>

  • Calendar

    January 7, 2010

    Sweet Bronco

    ​As of last Friday, the Broward County School District had 587 new Haitian students -- an increase of 85 since the Sun-Sentinel published its last article a few days earlier. That's far more students than Miami-Dade or Palm Beach County, but then the Broward schools have plenty of room, thanks to ... More >>

  • Calendar

    October 29, 2009

    Hair Up to There

    ​As of last Friday, the Broward County School District had 587 new Haitian students -- an increase of 85 since the Sun-Sentinel published its last article a few days earlier. That's far more students than Miami-Dade or Palm Beach County, but then the Broward schools have plenty of room, thanks to ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 21, 2009

    Bless This Mess: Is Miami-Dade Really Desperate Enough to Copy Broward Health?

    As the bearer of so much bad news for the North Broward Hospital District, we should acknowledge its recent note of favorable publicity. Despite recent scandals about the commissioners' ethics, their district is in far better financial shape than the public health care district in Miami-Dade, Jackso ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 14, 2009

    Builders Actually Started Work on Two Condos This Year

    The Christian Science Monitor is the latest in a long, distinguished line of national media outlets that have come to South Florida to report on our very busted housing bubble. This story reports on day laborers, who are just about nonexistent at the places where contractors, who are out of work the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 19, 2009

    Fewer New Yorkers Are Flipping Us Off, State Considers Expanding Lanes for Range Rovers

    Fewer outsiders are moving to Florida, and the biggest drop in newcomers is among New Yorkers. The number of New Yorkers registering to drive in Florida has dropped by 50 percent in recent years, leading to what I'm sure will be remembered as The Great New Yorker Shortage of 2009.It'd be easy to mak ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 2, 2009

    Music Musica Returns to the Miami Science Museum

    Those of you who missed the Music Musica Exhibit at the Miami Science Museum in early December will get another chance this week. The exhibit returns to give museum-goers a chance to learn about the impact of Latinos throughout the history of American popular music, and also to play with any of 33 ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 4, 2008

    Mötley Crüe Returns to South Florida on Mar. 3

    If it seems like Mötley Crüe was just here, well, it's because they were, in July, headlining their Crüefest tour at the Cruzan Amphitheatre in West Palm Beach. They're coming baaaaa-aaaaack, though, as part of their Saints of Los Angeles Tour, and diehard fans will be happy it's a relatively int ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 18, 2008

    Breaking News: Opa Locka Rapper Toro Gunned Down

    If it seems like Mötley Crüe was just here, well, it's because they were, in July, headlining their Crüefest tour at the Cruzan Amphitheatre in West Palm Beach. They're coming baaaaa-aaaaack, though, as part of their Saints of Los Angeles Tour, and diehard fans will be happy it's a relatively int ... More >>

  • Dining

    August 14, 2008

    Kick the Bottle

    As the containers and costs mount, in South Florida and beyond, plastic is played out

  • News

    November 22, 2007

    Rent to Moan

    The condos at Dadeland Place are selling, but dwellers feel dissed

  • Music

    September 20, 2007

    Deadbeats, Unite

    A scumbag Broward hip-hop crew readies for its debut

  • Blogs

    May 18, 2007

    Miami Herald Photo Says It all

    A scumbag Broward hip-hop crew readies for its debut

  • Blogs

    April 17, 2007

    Cenziper Wins Pulitzer

    A scumbag Broward hip-hop crew readies for its debut

  • Blogs

    October 3, 2006

    The Nyquil Made Him Do It

    A scumbag Broward hip-hop crew readies for its debut

  • Blogs

    May 18, 2006

    Heckuva Job, O'Matzie

    A scumbag Broward hip-hop crew readies for its debut

  • Music

    March 3, 2005

    The Secondhand Outfit

    Clean Gloves Hide Dirty Hands (Audio Thrift Shop)

  • Dining

    December 18, 2003

    Miami Without a Passport

    Yes, you can brave the wilds south of Broward and find an A-list meal

  • News

    November 6, 2003

    Bring Us the Ballpark

    Build the Marlins' new home where it belongs. Forget that swampy wasteland to the south.

  • Arts and Entertainment

    May 15, 2003
  • Subtropical Life

    May 15, 2003

    Best Natural High

    Seminole Health Club

  • News

    October 31, 2002

    Felon Follies

    A problem that marred the 2000 ballot is back

  • Goods and Services

    May 16, 2002

    Best Dollar Store

    99 Cent Stuff

  • Arts and Entertainment

    May 16, 2002

    Best Lesbian Bar

    Kicks Sports Bar

  • Culture

    March 14, 2002

    The Kids Are Alright

    Children's theater in these parts deserves more attention

  • Dining

    December 6, 2001

    Angelo and Maxie's Steakhouse

    Where does a two-pound chicken breast sleep?

  • Arts and Entertainment

    May 17, 2001
  • Best of BPB

    May 17, 2001

    Best Recount

    Broward County Canvassing Board

  • Best of BPB

    May 17, 2001

    Best Place to Enjoy the Everglades

    Royal Palm Visitor Center

  • Dining

    December 28, 2000

    Foodstuff

    Hobo's Fish Joint

  • Goods and Services

    May 11, 2000

    Best Ploy To Get People To Buy A Faltering Daily Newspaper

    The Herald's Sunday Broward edition fire sale

  • News

    November 18, 1999

    Fort Lauderdale -- It Ain't Miami

    The Herald's Sunday Broward edition fire sale

  • Dining

    August 26, 1999

    Foodstuff

    Truffles

  • Foodstuffs

    March 11, 1999

    Best Dim Sum

    Bamboo Garden III

  • Dining

    October 1, 1998

    Winds of Change

    Bamboo Garden III

  • Dining

    May 14, 1998

    Foodstuff

    Bamboo Garden III

  • Dining

    March 19, 1998
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