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Playing With Fire

Only one man is set to stand trial for a grisly murder seven years ago – but if he's guilty, did he really act alone?

By Kelly Cramer
Jul 19, 2007

On a sunny, 70-degree Saturday morning, on April 5, 2000, Fort Lauderdale Fire-Rescue Lt. Ray Cicero pulled into an alley behind Bond Paint Co. and smelled something unforgettable. Cicero and another investigator had been summoned by a call about a Dumpster fire. But the smell coming from the Dumpster behind...
Daddy´s Dog

Saying she´s treated like a stray cur, the wife of ¨Daddy´s Girl¨ millionaire Bruce McMahan breaks her silence

By Kelly Cramer
Jun 21, 2007

Elena McMahan is disarmingly soft-spoken. She keeps her head lowered as she begins a conversation barely above a whisper. She wears a headscarf that identifies her as a member of the Russian Orthodox Church, and she speaks to her two unusually well-behaved children, Vladimir, 5, and Elizabeth, 3, in Russian...
Court Jesters

Dale Ross steps down as Broward County´s chief judge, but will anything really change?

By Kelly Cramer
Jun 7, 2007

Brown is the color of choice for R.O. Dale Ross. The spines of his law books are leathery tan, the vinyl on his chairs is cardboard-box brown, and his wooden table is the hue of watery chewing tobacco. Even the Lady Justice on the wall clock in the chief judge´s...
Once Bitten

Animal rights activist gets sued, shy

By Kelly Cramer
May 31, 2007

For an animal rights activist who once mounted the Oscar Meyer Wienermobile, Nicolas Atwood is feeling awfully shy these days. A decade ago, a Miami-Dade police officer had to escort a screaming Atwood off the giant hot dog by sliding him down the fiberglass frank. "Meat is murder!" said Atwood,...
Halfsies!

Welcome to Wellington, home of hot studs, deep tans, and the mother of all custody showdowns. The child in question? A stallion named Bam Bam.

By Kelly Cramer
Mar 29, 2007

The mingling scents of hay and horse manure creep into the consciousness even at Wellington's outer edges. The heavy aroma defines this young, western Palm Beach County exurb conceived in the late 1970s and built for the love of horses. Like much of the Sunshine State, the Village of Wellington...

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