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Is Charlie Crist Florida's Next Governor?

Supreme Court to Hear Fane Lozman's Lawsuit Over Towed Riviera Beach Floating House (UPDATED)

​Riviera Beach activist Fane Lozman has been in a long legal battle with the city after Riviera Beach officials got the feds to seize and tow away the houseboat floating home* where he lived in a local marina.The towing, nearly three years ago, followed a previous trial in which a jury found that ... More >>

Reggae Great Buju Banton Is Locked Up on Drug Charges. Was He Entrapped?

As Demand for Food Grows, "Food Not Bombs" Is There – Causing a Ruckus

Suspicion Cast on Judge Skolnik's Accuser; Webmaster Now Under Criminal Investigation

Flickr: Brooks ElliottFort Lauderdale police are looking closely at the Skolnik campaign's dustup with a web designer; was it really about money?​For a man who claims to be a victim, Stephen Smith has behaved very strangely. The webmaster seized the domains of Broward Circuit Court Judge Peter Sko ... More >>

Despite History of Crack Abuse, Man From Ultra-Rich Lauderdale Family Wins Custody of 2-Year-Old

Photo provided by Lisa HutchingsWes Hutchings, in an undated photo.​Wesley Hutchings enjoys the kinds of privileges that come with being born to a family made rich by the American automotive industry. His father, James "Jack" Hutchings made hundreds of millions though the manufacture of air-condit ... More >>

Spank the Monkey

Children's TV pioneer Alan Shalleck had a secret that killed him

Witch Hunt at New Mount Olive

Trustees at the state's biggest black church and its pastor are at odds – and heading for court.

Storming the Castle

Hallandale Beach and a Broward judge are trying to drive a man from his home

Muscles, Murder, and a Messiah

Ex-cop and bodybuilder Gil Fernandez Jr. murdered three men in the Everglades. But he only admits to killing the man he was.

Proselytizing 101

Broward Community College is a public school, but its religion professors consider it a private reserve

Vested Interests

War has been good for Pompano Beach's Point Blank Body Armor

Tailpipe

Woo Ooh Ooh

The Doctor's Trials

Meet Hollywood's Donald Tobkin: caring M.D., feared lawyer, accused felon

Unusual Suspects, Part 3

A mercenary knocks, almost everybody talks, and a new light shines on two mysterious deaths

Chief Walking Eagle

Robb Tiller went from rags to riches and right back after 15 years spinning deals around the Seminole

One-Way Street

Popped for DUI? Smile. You've just fallen victim to the DHSMV's kangaroo court.

Porn War

Why can't the kids get along? If Momma knew what was going on, she'd be heartbroken.

United States of Jesus

The folks who are "reclaiming America for Christ" are pushing an agenda for a Taliban-like state where Scripture is law

Deutsch Marks

He's raised a lot of money in his bid for the Senate, but from whom?

Burn, Oliphant, Burn

Listen up, lady; your attackers know whereof they speak

Barred For Life

The process for restoring the civil rights of felons in Florida works perfectly -- if not restoring their rights is the goal

Wild, Wild West

Once convicted of fraud and in debt to the IRS for a cool million, Steven West is some kind of businessman

The Double Cross

Two years ago, Ken Eggleston was Palm Beach County Sheriff Ed Bieluch's heir apparent. Now, they are implacable foes. What happened?

Old-School Psychic

Miss Cleo is neither Jamaican nor a shaman, but she is a Catholic schoolgirl

A Queer Law

Florida's ban on gay adoption is not only unjust; it's downright homophobic

The Perils of Marilise

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

Guardian Gone

Irv Reisfeld fought ferociously for Broward's forgotten children. Then his boss axed him.

Cough It Up

The man who created Josie and the Pussycats can't understand why his girls don't belong to him

The Elmo Files

The saga of would-be liberal crusader and ex-con James "Elmo" Spaulding proves that anyone can get a second chance in America. And a third. And maybe even a fourth.

A Homeless Homicide

A stoned driver killed Christina Van Huffel in his Mercedes. The mental-health system let her die.

Impeachment as Cache

If there's anyone who can feel Bill Clinton's pain, it's ousted-judge-turned-congressman Alcee Hastings

United They Fall

The effort to unionize Kitchens of the Oceans drove the company out of town and Haitian employees into unemployment lines

Sonny's Last Stand

Coming soon to a courtroom near you: dueling conspiracy theories that pit Fort Lauderdale's finest against their political bosses. One certain verdict: There's a price to pay for tangling with civic activist Sonny Irons.

Biting Back

A K-9 took a huge chunk out of Rusty Samarco's leg. The crippling bite was worse than the crime.

The Gallows and the Deep

The story of the bloody, high-seas crimes and execution of smuggler Horace Alderman is a yarn worthy of Joseph Conrad. Or Quentin Tarantino.