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High-Speed Stakes

An Indy driver and his teenaged protégé struggle in today's pay-to-ride car racing.

By Lisa Gartner
Aug 19, 2010

Tristan Nuñez is about to lose a piece of his go-cart. The 14-year-old from Boca Raton leads the ten-lap junior-division race, fairly unexpectedly. It's Friday, July 16, and Tristan's competing in the second heat of the Grand National Karting Championship in Newcastle, Indiana. The junior-division racers — age 13 to...
Survey Says? Florida Is Number-One Answer for Buggiest State

By Lisa Gartner
Jul 30, 2010

Whether it's ants in your pants, bugs in your rugs, or termites in your... Lucite? coffee table?... InfoGroup ORC released some unsurprising news this week: Florida has more bug problems than any other state, they found, after conducting a telephone survey of homeowners.Ninety percent of homeowners reported fighting off insect...
Art Rock Organizer Amanda Linton Makes the Cover!

By Lisa Gartner
Jul 29, 2010

When her arm has a more intricate pattern than her apron, you know she's not your typical domestic goddess -- and in fact, Amanda Linton's much better than any old June Cleaver. You may remember Linton, this week's cover girl for our feature on chefs with tattoos, as the brain...
Sean Healy's Mansion Hearing Can Be Attended by Anyone With a Telephone

By Lisa Gartner
Jul 28, 2010

At 11:15 a.m. today, a judge will decide if the sale of Ponzi schemer Sean Healy's ridiculously luxe mansion will go through for $2.46 million. On July 13, the judge had put a "telephone conference call" of the hearing in the hands of court-appointed receiver Melanie Damian, but just yesterday,...
AWF Gives Florida's Labor Climate a C; Hooray, We're Passing!

By Lisa Gartner
Jul 28, 2010

Ever get news that you know is supposed to be bad, but it's actually kind of awesome? Like when your parents are really solemn about getting divorced but you're like, woo, two Christmases? This is one of those times: The Alliance for Worker Freedom released its biannual report that analyzes...

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