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We Head to Afghanistan to Find Out What's Been Gained by Eight Years of War

By P.J. Tobia
Mar 26, 2009

The road leading to Bagram Air Base is a mess. Car-sized craters dot the lane, interspersed with ruts deep enough to get lost in. For stretches, it's hard even to know where the road is as it peters out into expanses of dusty scrubland stretching for miles. Every few hundred...
Elbo Grease

So far, a developer hasn't come up with the right lubricant to dislodge a local landmark

By P.J. Tobia
Jan 12, 2006

Once ground zero for Fort Lauderdale's legendary spring breaks, much of the still-scruffy block at Las Olas Boulevard and A1A has quietly been purchased by a developer intent, apparently, on transforming the area. The block north of the intersection still evokes an earlier era, with small shops that sell T-shirts,...
Crazy Like a Henn

Swap Shop owner Preston Henn is having a difficult time convincing others he's still got a grip

By P.J. Tobia
Nov 24, 2005

Preston Henn's mug shot shows a thin, older man with deep-set, pale-blue eyes. His head, with thinning hair on top, is cocked a bit to one side. His lips are pursed; a worry line creases his chin. He could be your grandfather on a bad day. After the shot was...
Frankenstein?

By Deirdra Funcheon, Lewis Goldberg and P.J. Tobia
Oct 20, 2005

Is that you? WED 10/26 When Rob Thomas learns that Bat Boy: The Musical will be in town the same night as his show at the Hard Rock Live (One Seminole Way, Hollywood), his competitive spirit comes out. "Actually," he confides, "my producer and I have a few songs that...
Hot Bods, Hotter Odds

Shooters owner John Wile is known for suits -- both the bathing and legal sorts

By P.J. Tobia
Sep 22, 2005

John Wile will probably sue us for saying this, but residents of Fort Lauderdale know that Sunday afternoon at Shooters means one thing: the poolside hot-bod contest. Why would Wile, who owns Shooters, take us to court for pointing out that his Intracoastal fixture is the place to be for...

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