The 12-year-old Haitian boy who was brought to the U.S. to treat the malignant tumor on his neck was in good spirits this morning. Through a translator, Esthelhomme Peterson said that he was in a lot of pain during the trip here but that he was feeling much better. He...
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When the weather is shitty, your boss is pissed, your dog dies, and no one seems to understand, there's only one thing to do: Stop being a pain. Life is pain, Princess. And the only way to survive it is by going to your happy place. My happy place exists...
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...
State Rep. Darryl Rouson, a Democrat from St. Petersburg, wants to ban glass water pipes (bongs) in Florida. He has proposed and backed several bills that would effectively shut down stores that sell these products. His first bill, which never made it to a vote, would have put a 25...
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...
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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The cover art for Monotonix's recent full-length Where Were You When It Happened? is a crotch-shot of two fists tearing open an unzipped denim fly. Someone has probably sneaked your camera into the bathroom and taken this sort of picture as a prank. But in this case, bursting from the...
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...
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...
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...
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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You know that sinking feeling you get when you discover that the orange you just bought at the local supermarket came from South Africa? Imagine how long it has been off the tree compared to that one you bypassed at the green market that same morning. The same goes for...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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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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...
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...
Editor's note: As our new restaurant critic, John Linn, gets ready to take over next week, we offer this leftover from April 2007. My "father-un-law" was in town, and I wanted to take him to dinner. Not that I needed to impress him. Here's a guy who drove his battered...