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Student Protests and Death Threats: The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict Gets Personal at FAU

By Lisa Rab
Jun 28, 2012

The dormitory hallways at Florida Atlantic University were uncomfortably quiet. By 3 p.m. Friday, many residents had left to begin their weekends. The air conditioner thrummed loudly in their absence. A stale odor, mixed with the chemical sting of cleaning products, struck 21-year-old Gabi Aleksinko as she and her friends...
Mavericks Charter School Holds Job Fair, Insists Diplomas Are Legit

By Lisa Rab
Jun 20, 2012

If you've always wanted to work for a company with a shady academic track record and legal headaches, here's your chance. Mavericks High in Palm Springs, the newest in a chain of for-profit charter schools headed by Vice President Joe Biden's brother, is holding a job fair next Monday. According to...
Koch Industries PAC Donates to Adam Hasner and Connie Mack

By Lisa Rab
Jun 18, 2012

Remember 2010, when the Medicare scooter-riding lunatic fringe of the Republican Party swept to power? Two years later, the people who gave you Allen West and Michele Bachman have stopped making daily headlines, but their influence is still strong.Billionaire oil barons Charles and David Koch, the sugar daddies behind the...
The Week in Crazy: Get Your Coulter, Limbaugh, Trump Fix Here

By Lisa Rab
Jun 15, 2012

South Florida is crawling with famous crazy people. Who has time to keep up with all their yammering? Behold, the weekly roundup: -- Wellington resident Vanilla Ice plays himself in the new Adam Sandler movie That's My Boy, which opens today. As Twitter commenter @ryan_derosa noted, "Every show I watch...
Meet Joe Talley, the Palm Beach Sheriff's Candidate You've Never Heard Of

By Lisa Rab
Jun 14, 2012

According to this week's New Times, the best place to spy on cops in Palm Beach County is a website called PBSOTalk.com. It's the rare spot on the interwebs where police officers can gripe about high-profile murder cases and pill-popping lieutenants without fear of losing their jobs.Founded by former PBSO...

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