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A Cold Winter Means Fewer Butterflies This Spring in Florida

It's like some sort of child's fable, or maybe a Virginia Woolf essay. It is both poetic, and a sad reminder of modern woes.After the coldest South Florida winter in more than 30 years, this spring will see a sharp reduction in the number of butterflies fluttering about.The Clay Glass...
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Did South Florida Invent the Foam Finger?

If you watched much of the Vikings-Cardinals game last night (it wasn't much of a game), you probably saw this week's installment of Toyota's "Great Moments in Tailgating History." The topic: the origin of the giant foam finger.The legend, according to the entertaining reenactment, is that the foam finger came...
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Miami Caliente Stars Named to Lingerie Football All-Star Team

Five players from the Miami Caliente will represent the eastern conference at the first Lingerie Football League all-star game in Monterrey, Mexico. The matchup, dubbed the "All-Fantasy Game" by the league, is scheduled for June 10.Quarterback Anonka Dixon and wide receiver-slash-safety-slash kicker Tina Caccavale, a team captain, will both start...
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When Is It OK to Shhh the Home Fans?

You probably didn't see it. I only realized what it was when I watched the replays again last night. After Vontae Davis stepped in front of Lee Evans on Sunday to intercept Bills quarterback Trent Edwards and then took it into the endzone for a score he celebrated in a fashion...
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Should Father Convicted in Baby’s Death Get Out of Prison?

When Antonio Balta saw his 9-month-old daughter, Veronika, her eyes were rolled back in her head. Her body was limp. When he lifted her up, a thick, milky substance seeped from the baby's mouth.Balta had been inside Gulfstream Park in Hallandale Beach, waiting for his girlfriend to get off work...
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Embattled Greyhound Trainer Has Been Investigated Since Arrest

Ursula O'Donnell was arrested in 2002 for helping to kill more than 2,000 greyhounds. Last month we learned she was still working as a trainer in the state of Florida, where her alleged crimes took place. The Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation investigated O'Donnell, a member of the...
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Sheila Elias and Stan Slutsky at Coral Springs Museum of Art

I would be hard-pressed to come up with two artists as diametrically opposed as Sheila Elias and Stan Slutsky, whose work is presented in a mismatched pair of solo shows at the Coral Springs Museum of Art. Maybe that's the point. Elias, whose "Sheila Elias: Somewhere — Anywhere" takes up...
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Culturebeat

"George Segal: Street Scenes." Through December 6 at the Norton Museum of Art, 1451 S. Olive Ave., West Palm Beach. Call 561-832-5196, or click here. There are 13 life-sized plaster casts of the human figure in this mini-retrospective — sometimes alone, often in pairs or groups, usually in public places...
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Lithium From Bolivia Could Reshape Miami and the World

Moises Chambi needs only two tools to survive on the world's largest salt flat: a wooden-handled pickax and a shovel beaten into a worn fold. The 23-year-old with sun-darkened skin, prominent cheekbones, and a quick, sarcastic smile grunts softly as he repeatedly slams his ax into the parched earth of...
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HIV-Positive Man Won’t Get Hair Transplant…

But this dude will be able to buy one sweet-ass toupee after he wins his lawsuit against the Age-Defying Surgical Center in Fort Lauderdale, which he claims denied him service based on his medical condition. Maybe even the Sam Donaldson model, seen at left.You can bet the center is gonna...
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Cosmic Bingo at the Seminole Casino Hollywood

At Cosmic Bingo, you'd better hope you don't scream "Bingo!" at the same time as someone else. Otherwise, you'll be ushered to the front of the room to compete in that most fearsome of tiebreakers: the dance-off. In this case, a dance-off that involves a lot of gyration and removal...
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Man and Beast: Temps Rise, Tempers Flare

The heat index climbed over 110 last month and we've had more rain than you could shake a wet cat at -- two factors likely to get everybody feeling ornery. Judging from the number of weird animal incidents this week, that includes our furry, feathered, and scaled friends around the...
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Obama’s Listening Tour Comes to Broward Monday

Sure, President Obama's ears are big, but he's got a helluva lot of people competing for their attention. If you have a message you hope will make its way to 1600 Pennsylvania Ave., your best bet may be to attend Monday's "Listening Tour" stop in Plantation.  The prez himself won't...
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Picture Perfect

For all those who regret overlooking photography 101 in college, here’s your chance to flex your photography muscles, or index finger, in a free group offered by the Secret Woods Nature Center in Dania Beach. The free photography group will meet on Thursdays from 2:30 to 4 p.m., and photography...
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Donkey Farmer Austin Forman Files Suit Against Commissioner, Citizens

Austin Forman, the land heir, developer, and political power broker, has branched out to the Panhandle, where he's got several pieces of apparently environmentally sensitive parcels of land, a pending lawsuit, and a small herd of donkeys. I'm most interested in the lawsuit, since it tangentially involves my newspaper. Forman...
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Wednesday Night: New York Dolls at Culture Room

David Johansen of the New York Dolls at the Culture Room on WednesdayNew York Dolls  Wednesday, June 10, 2009  Culture Room, Ft. Lauderdale  Better than: A half-authentic tribute act.  Maybe I'm a natural-born negative creep. Or maybe my inner lonely planet boy has been shocked out of his bubble a...