U.S. Coast Guard

Cult of the Can: Red Bull Fine-Tunes the Science of Hype

WTFlorida: 10 Reasons Why Florida is Better at Everything

Miche Ratto​Here in Florida we're really good at a lot of things. Topping the list we have: growing indoor marijuana, staging car accidents, and throwing children in jail. And boy are we good at all of those things.To learn more about the awesome state you live in click the image.

Carnival's Bruise Cruise Lets Loose 400 Garage Rock Fans Onto a Cruise Ship

Miche Ratto​Here in Florida we're really good at a lot of things. Topping the list we have: growing indoor marijuana, staging car accidents, and throwing children in jail. And boy are we good at all of those things.To learn more about the awesome state you live in click the image.

FAIR-y Tales

Russell Pearce and other illegal-immigration populists rely on misleading, right-wing reports to scapegoat immigrants and terrify penny-pinched Americans.

Does George LeMieux Think Obama Is Moses?

Sen. George LeMieux is beginning to doubt whether this Barack Obama fellow really is the Chosen One. Because if he were, Obama would be standing on the shore of the Gulf of Mexico, parting the sea. Oil to the left. Saltwater to the right. And his people (Americans) would be free.Seriously, what's w ... More >>

Max Mermelstein, the Snitch Who Brought Down the Cocaine Cowboys, Hid for Two Decades

Sen. George LeMieux is beginning to doubt whether this Barack Obama fellow really is the Chosen One. Because if he were, Obama would be standing on the shore of the Gulf of Mexico, parting the sea. Oil to the left. Saltwater to the right. And his people (Americans) would be free.Seriously, what's w ... More >>

Smoked Tuna in the Can

He was the first big bust of the War on Drugs. That and two bits won't get you a cup of coffee.

Just Say Uncle

The DEA's "Twin Oceans" hooked a big fish, but can they reel it in?

Dirty South

The DEA's "Twin Oceans" hooked a big fish, but can they reel it in?

Burned at Both Ends

A background in hauling pot gives you the skills and chutzpah to become a Medicaid mogul

Dogging a High-Flying Bird

Planes crash, coke spills, but Mr. O'Connor remains a mystery

Merman

Faster than a speeding dolphin, this Cuban rafter aims to be world champ

Rebreathe Deep the Gathering Doom

How did a careful, experienced dive instructor find himself 200 feet underwater off Hallandale Beach with no way to survive?

Entrapped

Hollywood police used a Bahamian Casanova to set up Valarie Curry

Man Overboard

Behind South Florida's golden crab industry is the story of a family proud but divided

Fort Nowhere

In which New Times sets out to find the roots of a rootless burg

Letters for February 21, 2002

Hip-hoppin' mad

Look Back in Anthrax

Magazine mogul David Pecker rates public agencies' response to the Boca debacle

The Perils of Marilise

A child of a Tonton Macoute family escaped political violence in Haiti - and then her real troubles began

Swept Out to Sea

The waves, winds, and tides conspired to send the canoe miles into the Gulf of Mexico. A writer deals with his own mortality during a life-and-death struggle.

In Search of the Mach Turtle

A reporter tags along as a South Florida PI searches for a missing trawler in Cuba, then finishes the job by battling with the boat's owner

A Short-Order War

For years Harry Rogers ran the eccentric Malibu East diner. Now that he's gone, three former employees are waging an ownership battle that may destroy his legacy.

Bait and Shackle

For years Everett Hobby has net-fished offshore for ballyhoo. Only recently has he been considered a criminal for doing so.

Excessive Farce

The Palm Beach County school police force is charged with protecting schoolchildren, not endangering its female officers