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Stephen Starr’s 954 Opens Tomorrow at W

By Gail ShepherdApril 29, 2009
Remember how we warned you about Stephen Starr's new steak house, Steak 954, scheduled to open this month at Lauderdale's new W Hotel? Well, here it is the end of the month, and the place is rolling it out right on schedule: You can call and make your reservation for...
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Go Ahead, Inhale

By Tara NieuwesteegJune 4, 2009
The first thing I saw upon approaching Off the Hookah was a brightly dressed bevy of shrieking party girls. Amid running mascara and tiny shaking fists (with perfectly manicured fingernails), I heard rumblings about a "fake I.D." and witnessed the subsequent expulsion of the entire pack from the club. As...
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John Patrick Fravel’s Con Artistry

By Thomas FrancisApril 8, 2009
South Florida papers refer to John Patrick Fravel (pictured) as a "Coral Springs man," while to upstate New York papers, he's a "Salina man." In fact, the real Fravel appears to be a modern version of the carpetbagger: According to police, he finds a mark, fleeces him, then leaves town...
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Bacon-Dominated America Now Fattest of All-Time

By Eric BartonMarch 20, 2009
It has long been known that Americans are No. 1 in the world for such things as figuring out new uses for bacon, reinventing potato skins as a fat-filled appetizer, and supplying the rest of the world with neck-down fat people footage for news stories about obesity. But now a...
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The Hoax on You

By Thomas FrancisFebruary 12, 2009
Here is a video of a UFO, courtesy Paul. Who knows whether Paul shot the original video -- which would have required the purchase of a remote-controlled flying saucer, or at least some nifty special effects. Or whether he deserves credit for time-stamping it February 9, 2009, and indexing it...
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This Pint-Sized Preacher May Be a Prophet, But Who’s Profiting?

By Natalie O'NeillApril 30, 2009
On a treeless cement slab of Northwest Miami-Dade County, a swarm of spruced-up families filters into New Harvest Missionary Baptist Church. Terry Durham sits quietly on a folding chair in a cluttered office at the building's rear. His knee bobs anxiously. He's dressed with flamboyant confidence in white alligator-skin boots...
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Christmas Tale

By Edmund NewtonDecember 11, 2008
True story. Tailpipe came out of his house a few months ago and found Sal, a glum, knobby-faced man from down the block, lying right in the middle of the street. On his way from the local package store to his one-room digs, Sal's legs had just given out. "I'm...
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Abrams: Time To Give Readers “Recession 101”

By Bob NormanDecember 8, 2008
On the day the company declares Chapter 11 bankruptcy, Tribune's Chief Innovation Officer, Lee Abrams, issues a "think piece" to staff in which he says Tribune newspapers must "own" the recession: THE RECESSION: Discussion on we should position our papers and TV as the vehicles that helps people through the recession...
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How I Lost My Left Index Finger…

By John LinnJuly 3, 2008
As a little kid, you used to do all sorts of inappropriate things with fireworks. The time you set off a string of Black Cats in your sister’s bedroom comes to mind. Oh, and what about when you and your friends paraded around town tucking bottle rockets behind your ears...
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Everything’s a Portrait: Watercolors of Dean Mitchell

By Marya SummersMay 29, 2008
"Everything's a Portrait: Watercolors of Dean Mitchell" offers more than the title suggests — not just watercolors but oil and acrylic paintings, etchings, and drawings too. Living up to the title, Mitchell's work captures the personality of whatever he explores, whether the balconied buildings in New Orleans or a dilapidated...
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Nintendo’s Wii Fit ignites yet another fitness fad

By Chris WardMay 29, 2008
Somebody forgot to tell Nintendo that "strenuous indoor exercise" does not top anyone's summer fun list. This, of course, does not explain why poor suckers everywhere are lining up for Wii Fit, an exhausting personal trainer disguised as a video game. Me? I'll be kicking back with Mario Kart Wii...
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Last Night: Pelican, Circa Survive, and Thrice at Revolution

By Arielle CastilloApril 30, 2008
Pelican, Circa Survive, and Thrice Revolution, Ft. Lauderdale Tuesday, April 29, 2008 Better Than: Considering just Thrice’s set – better than the band’s last appearance in South Florida, last December at the Fillmore Miami Beach. The Review: Alright, I start this review very irritated that it can’t be more detailed...
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High-Flying Mexico

By Gustavo ArellanoFebruary 21, 2008
Dear Mexican: Why do you suppose Mexico has such a hard time getting its act together? It has vast natural resources, good climate, natural ports, super-generous and good-looking neighbors, and plenty of laborers who seem to be willing to do all sorts of crappy jobs. But instead of having a...
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Put Yer Mitts Up

By Michael MillsJanuary 31, 2008
The concept and even the title sound hopelessly gimmicky: "A Show of Hands," as in an exhibition consisting solely of works featuring human hands and other reasonable facsimiles. And yet the show itself succeeds despite the gimmick, simply because the content is so strong. As indicated by the subtitle, "Photographs...
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Space Oddity

By Arielle CastilloNovember 29, 2007
At times, the oeuvre of Coheed and Cambria can make classic-rock works like The Wall or Tommy seem as though they were based on the flimsiest of gimmicky ideas. Really. The expansive rock quartet from upstate New York has, over the course of about a decade, created a fictional world...
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Can This Restaurant Be Saved?

By Gail ShepherdOctober 18, 2007
Sometimes I wonder if, back in the roaring 1990s, all those black families who lived in shanty shacks and cracker houses and cement block apartments just outside downtown West Palm Beach put a hex on the city when they moved out. They'd been relocated, evicted, or strongly encouraged to sell...
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Mayor Jim’s Tipping Point?

By Bob NormanJuly 18, 2007
You know, it really isn't fair. I have to dig up information, usually regarding extremely complicated and convoluted matters, to break big stories. Good journalism isn't easy. Sources won't talk, or they are afraid to talk, powerful people put you on their enemies' list, governments screw around with public records...
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Disco Diaries

By Saby Reyes-KulkarniJune 28, 2007
As pioneers of ¨trance fusion,¨ as they like to call it, electro-jam rockers the Disco Biscuits have made a name for themselves as innovators of the perpetual groove. By focusing on electronic effects, the Philadelphia-based group is known for finding creative ways to extend chords and sidestep the jam-band label...