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Barred For Life
The process for restoring the civil rights of felons in Florida works perfectly -- if not restoring their rights is the goal
By Wyatt Olson
Indian War
A Hollywood man has spent the past decade trying to pry open the Seminoles' accounting books -- without much success
Scores of Poor
The homeless population is skyrocketing, but you'd never know it by reading the dailies
Land Grab
Doug Peterson paid a cool half million for his place. Now the government wants a chunk of it.
Cheap Kills
A digital camera, a demented dream, lots of fake blood, and almost no money: That's Fear Film
Uh-Oh
A consultant arrives at SoFla's top newspaper, and old hands cry foul
Big Cypress Buyout
Proposed payment of millions to a wealthy clan amounts to nothing more than stealing from taxpayers for the Bush boys' political gain
Boys Under the Hood
What makes fast-car enthusiasts furious? Cops, speed limits, and punk kids with loud mufflers and no brains.
Judge, Reformer, Bureaucrat
On the couch, Kathleen Kearney talks out of all three sides of her mouth
Drop-off Debacle
A St. Lucie hospital leaves a mentally ill man high and wet in a Fort Lauderdale downpour
The Double Cross
Two years ago, Ken Eggleston was Palm Beach County Sheriff Ed Bieluch's heir apparent. Now, they are implacable foes. What happened?
Catch Me a Catch
A Palm Beach matchmaker is busted
By Eric Alan Barton, Wyatt Olson and Jeff Stratton
Delayed Indemnity
A Polish immigrant collides head-on with capitalism and loses
Mismatch
Slammed with hefty court-ordered judgments in the Northeast, matchmaker Helena Amram has found no peace in South Florida either
Room at the Inn
Sean Cononie has revolutionized SoFla homeless care. So why are the bureaucrats snubbing him?
Mail Chauvinists
The U.S. Postal Inspection Service is tough on mail fraud -- and, some say, even tougher on its black female agents
The Odd Couple
A minister and a rabbi team up to sue Palm Beach County on behalf of the homeless
Gimme Shelter
Allen Reesor's friends-and-family program has other homeless-services professionals crying foul
Rabbit Run
In western Palm Beach County, the sugar harvest also brings a bumper crop of bunnies
By Colby Katz and Wyatt Olson
Wally's War
Walter Philbrick's Hollywood lair is the one-stop shop for all your post-9/11 needs - and home to some truly odd characters
Exile on 18th Street
By forcing a grandmother to sleep in a car outside her own home, a city board goes too far