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Abrams: Tribune Should Study USA Today's Success

We have the latest think piece from Tribune Co. Innovation Chief Lee Abrams and it's another doozy. I can't begin to capture the Abrams vibe, but here are some highlights:   -- He proposes to "blow up" an underperforming TV station in the Tribune chain and totally "rethink" the m ... More >>

Short Cuts

We have the latest think piece from Tribune Co. Innovation Chief Lee Abrams and it's another doozy. I can't begin to capture the Abrams vibe, but here are some highlights:   -- He proposes to "blow up" an underperforming TV station in the Tribune chain and totally "rethink" the m ... More >>

Raga 'n' Roll

We have the latest think piece from Tribune Co. Innovation Chief Lee Abrams and it's another doozy. I can't begin to capture the Abrams vibe, but here are some highlights:   -- He proposes to "blow up" an underperforming TV station in the Tribune chain and totally "rethink" the m ... More >>

The Ministry of Half-Truth

Broward's Coral Ridge Ministries says it's merely running an educational outreach. So why is it using politics to campaign against gay rights?

Best Place To Beat The Heat

Riverside Hotel

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Riverside Hotel

Letters to the Editor

Letters for April 6, 2000

Paradise by the Dashboard Light

The Second Coming of Christopher Ender Carrabba

Day Laborers with Murky Immigration Status for Hire in Lake Worth

USA TodayThe Lake Worth Resource Center opened two months ago with the aim of securing employment for day laborers, many of whom probably don't have work visas. Depending on your point of view, it arrives at either the best, or worst, of possible moments. The economy is in the crapper, put ... More >>

Kate Voegele

USA TodayThe Lake Worth Resource Center opened two months ago with the aim of securing employment for day laborers, many of whom probably don't have work visas. Depending on your point of view, it arrives at either the best, or worst, of possible moments. The economy is in the crapper, put ... More >>

There Goes the Bride

Runaway Bride

The Race Is On

Dylan won the 2006 Pazz & Jop poll, but TV on the Radio is the real protester

Letters for August 17-23, 2006

Dylan won the 2006 Pazz & Jop poll, but TV on the Radio is the real protester

The Last Wives Club

The Smell of the Kill is funny, just like a sitcom pilot.

Gravy Train

Taxpayers foot the bill for Rover's ramblin'

Stealing Is the New Stealing

It's a race to the rip-off between Gwen and Madge

Capsule reviews of current area art exhibitions.

It's a race to the rip-off between Gwen and Madge

Capsule reviews of current area art exhibitions

It's a race to the rip-off between Gwen and Madge

Capsule reviews of current area art exhibitions.

It's a race to the rip-off between Gwen and Madge

Adios, Ink-Stained Vets

Old newspaper pros quit the FIU J-school as academicians run the show

Liquid Courage for Kids

Palm Beach County Schools peddle their good name

The Stuntman

Creatures from a black lagoon. Aliens. John Tesh. What's up with Lake Worth these days?

Bigger and Blacker

Black is back

The Whitest Greens

Augusta refugees will find everything they want -- and everyone they don't -- at many of South Florida's private clubs

Duh Press

Fear and self-loathing at the Minority Report junket

Bad News

Boca's hometown newspaper, once a paragon of journalism, has become a laughingstock

Letters to the Editor

Letters for July 19, 2001

Technical Difficulties: Elderly Senate Candidate Adjusts Antennae on His YouTube

Here's a quandary: What do you do if you announce your candidacy for higher office, but nobody reports it? (Or at least nobody besides Juice?) If you're Bob Smith, former U.S. Senator from New Hampshire now semi-retired in Sarasota, you sorta pretend you never made the first announcement, then... ma ... More >>

Kiwi Airline Gets Even Cheekier Than Spirit

A guess: That's the first airline safety video you watched voluntarily. To conclusion. (Those who didn't missed the bare bum!). Ah, so now you have? Such is the power of the prospect of nudity. On this blog we've teased our own local airline, Spirit, for its using sex to get consumers' attention, t ... More >>

UBS Case: Who's Public Enemy No. 1?

Flickr User: dr_zeno​A settlement between federal prosecutors and UBS, accused of helping America's wealthy cheat Uncle Sam out of his taxes, appears likely to be struck tomorrow in Miami's federal court. The deal -- brokered through intense negotiations by diplomats -- is not likely to produce th ... More >>

Airline Chooses Lauderdale Airport Over Miami Because of Superior "Demographics"

Flickr: F18E777​Now there's a word you want to be careful with when explaining an investment in Broward County over one in Miami-Dade. But that's the word that Virgin America CEO David Cush used to justify his airline's decision to make Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport a destination ... More >>

Deal Forged in South Florida Will Peel Back Secrecy of Swiss Bank

Flickr: twicepix​More details are emerging about the agreement between the U.S. Justice Department and UBS, the Swiss bank accused of helping wealthy Americans evade taxes -- a case that's been bandied about in South Florida's U.S. District Court and which has attracted the two nation's top diplom ... More >>

When America's Not Hiring, AmeriCorps Is

Flickr: SpinnCommA young AmeriCorps volunteer rolls up her sleeves to rehab a house in St. Charles, Louisiana.​Take it from a recent college graduate: It's rough out there. With the national economy in a shambles and entry level employment opportunities scarce, AmeriCorps can be a saving grace for ... More >>

Screw the Manatees! Boaters: Steer Clear of Supreme Court Justice

Flickr: Ron Gunzburger​Watch out, boaters. There are plenty of signs like the one to the left, warning you about those adorable manatees, who have a way of wrapping their fat asses around boat propellers. But if you're cruising near the Fort Lauderdale shore you may be faced with a choice between ... More >>

Supreme Court Has Stoner Conversation About Florida Beaches

Flickr: USA TODAY / H. Darr BeiserMaybe the Supreme Court needs to spend a day at the beach before they give their ruling.​These are the nation's most eminent legal minds? Read this article in today's New York Times, about the U.S. Supreme Court's debate over whether to allow the state to claim be ... More >>

The Humane Society's Battle With Farmers Began Right Here in Florida

Flickr: USA TODAY / H. Darr BeiserMaybe the Supreme Court needs to spend a day at the beach before they give their ruling.​These are the nation's most eminent legal minds? Read this article in today's New York Times, about the U.S. Supreme Court's debate over whether to allow the state to claim be ... More >>

No More Butts Behind Bars: Smoking Will Be Banned in Florida Prisons

​Even though drug laws haven't stopped illicit substance abuse in prisons, Florida's new prison chief hopes that banning cigarettes will keep inmates from smoking. Prisoners have six months to kick the habit before cigarettes go from currency to contraband, according to the state Department o ... More >>

Wall of Shame

CNN, USA Today, and other media organizations got fooled.

Women's Funding Network Sex Trafficking Study Is Junk Science

Schapiro Group data wasn't questioned by mainstream media.

LeBron James' Face Plastered Around Miami Boys and Girls Club

Photo by Rebecca MeiserYes, James has a furniture line.​The Decision ESPN special that heralded LeBron James' move from Cleveland to Miami last summer highlighted two sides of the NBA superstar: his ego, and his generosity.Although it inspired ridicule and resentment in many longtime fans, the one ... More >>

Rick Scott's Education Adviser Caught Up in Cheating Scandal

​Despite the rising contempt for Gov. Rick Scott, this one kind of flew under the radar. With the exception of the Florida Center For Investigative Reporting, our local media outlets seem determined not to notice that the credibility of Gov. Scott's education adviser has been grossly undermined by ... More >>

Will Remodled McDonald's Restaurants Invite Customers to Hang Out?

McDonald's makeover underway in Fort Lauderdale​McDonald's recently began a billion dollar renovation project to update their stores to a more inviting, modern look, as reported in USA Today. The refurbishment project, which began with stores in Tampa, is the largest in the chain's history.  ... More >>

Legal Sea Foods Wants to Save Crabs - So They Can Kill Them (Video)

Legal Sea Foods wants to save the crab...for your dinner.​Legal Sea Foods, the Boston-based restaurant chain, has produced a series of commercials and print ads that start out as a message of conservancy and humanity...then turn to bloodshed (if crabs had blood, that is).One ad starts all Greenpea ... More >>

Not Just For Dessert, Fast Food Minis Are A Whole Meal

​USA Today reports on the mini-dessert trend, which includes today's rollout at Baskin Robbins of the four bite cake-and-ice-cream dessert that fits in the palm of a hand. While fine and mid-range dining restaurants have featured mini sweets for decades, the trend is finally hitting the mass ... More >>

Hungry Hungry Pythons Decimate Mammal Populations in Everglades

​It's no secret that Burmese pythons have been wreaking havoc in the Everglades, but the extent of their destruction has been hard to grasp. A new study provides some of the first hard statistics on how these invasive reptiles are altering the food chain, and the numbers are downright scary.Betwee ... More >>