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Miami parking nightmare: From the homeless parking mafia to the meter fairyBy Gus Garcia-RobertsThursday, November 05Haitian cabbie Pierre Jean-Charles climbed into his yellow taxi van while cradling a bottle of Coke and a bag of Doritos — the customary... More >> -
President Obama fails to go after those responsible for the financial meltdownBy James LieberThursday, October 29When Barack Obama donned the crusader's mantle during the 2008 presidential campaign, his web-savvy team created KeatingEconomics.com. The main... More >> -
South Florida dogfighting rages on despite tough lawsBy Michael J. Mooney and Tim ElfrinkThursday, October 22On the warm, humid afternoon of June 22, 2007, Liz Roehrich, a petite white woman in her 40s, turned left into a predominantly black,... More >> -
Jerry Powers, the man behind Ocean Drive, refuses to surrenderBy Francisco AlvaradoThursday, October 15Jerry Powers strolls the sidewalk outside the stately Biltmore Way entrance to Coral Gables City Hall. An impish 23-year-old New Jersey native... More >> -
FBI tries to deport Muslim man for refusing to be an informantAfter Imam Foad Farahi declined to become a federal informant, the government tried to destroy him.By Trevor AaronsonThursday, October 08Bush-Cheney and Kerry-Edwards signs littered the lawns of North Miami Beach as Imam Foad Farahi walked from a mosque to his apartment a few... More >>
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A New Times Staffer Takes a Safari Into Scam Baiting on 419Eater.com
By Gail Shepherd
I was in the Paris Charles de Gaulle International Airport, getting ready to board a flight to... More >>
Dallas
Recession Blues Got You Down? The Folks at Get Motivated! Have a Solution: Think Happy Thoughts.
By Megan Feldman
An autumn storm soaks the streets and paints the outdoors a dull shade of gray, but inside the... More >>
Denver
The writing's on the wall for KOZE, a graffiti vandal who thought he'd never be caught
By Jared Jacang Maher
Over the two years that George Gray has been a detective with the graffiti unit of the Denver... More >>
Houston
Getting Off
Attorney Tyler Flood says he wins 80 percent of his clients' DWI trials, even if they were 100 percent drunk as a skunk.
By Mike Giglio
Sergei Tukanov drove his gold Nissan Maxima through a red light toward the end of a Sunday... More >>
Kansas City
After keeping an eye on victims of the Hyatt disaster, KC shrinks have bad news for the grief-counseling industry
By Peter Rugg
Five days after the attacks on September 11, 2001, Vickie Taylor led a group of firefighters... More >>
Minneapolis
Brett Rogers vs. Fedor Emelianenko: The Baddest Man on the Planet
Heavyweight Strikeforce fight to air live on CBS Saturday
By Bradley Campbell
SOME UNRULY GOD bestowed Brett "The Grim" Rogers with the physical gifts needed to knock out... More >>
Phoenix
Losing Erica: Cynthia Clark Harvey Doesn't Want Anyone Else's Child to Die in a Wilderness-Therapy Program
By Amy Silverman
Cynthia Clark Harvey climbs the stairs to the second floor of her north Phoenix home, pausing... More >>
San Francisco
Under Fire
Mike Estrada was supposed to be ordered away from a burning building by his superior. It was just one of many mistakes that put him in harm's way.
By Anna McCarthy
The smell of smoke was enough to spike firefighter Mike Estrada's bloodstream with adrenaline.... More >>
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Riptide 2.0
The Fast Lane: Championship Racecar Driver Will Do Three Years in Ecstasy Case
Sat Nov 7, 9:33 AM
When it comes to the drug habits of the rich and famous, there's a thin line between hilarious and disturbing. Championship race car driver Mariusz Malyszczycki's relationship with ecstasy is som... More >>
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Miami parking nightmare: From the homeless parking mafia to the meter fairy
Thursday, November 05Haitian cabbie Pierre Jean-Charles climbed into his yellow taxi van while cradling a bottle of Coke and a bag of Doritos — the customary... More>>
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Lauderhill's Joel Waul cashes in on his record-setting rubber band ball
Thursday, November 05A ratty blue tarp is wrapped tightly around a huge sphere in a Lauderhill driveway. It takes up a full parking space and is nearly as tall as the... More>>
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Miami-based National Circle of Journalists from Cuba can't find a recipient for its award
Thursday, November 05Forget everything you've heard about Raúl Castro liberalizing Cuba. Fidel is still alive and kicking — reporters. How do we know?... More>>
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In Coconut Grove, Peacock Park's mangroves have become a dump
Thursday, November 05Riptide has a question for all the crazy Coconut Grovites. In the past year, what spectacular little spit of land has been used as a dumping... More>>
Letters
Letters from the Issue of November 5, 2009
Thursday, November 05
Barack Talk
Get to work, big O: "No Justice" (James Lieber, October 29) was great. President Obama should read it and get rid of most of his... More >>
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