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Feature
Lady of the House
She's got three kids, 650,000 constituents, and millions of watching eyes. Debbie Wasserman Schultz can't keep them all happy.
By Thomas Francis
Published: May 29, 2008
Debbie Wasserman Schultz's political acumen has never been in doubt. Nor has her ambition. At 26, she became the youngest woman ever elected to the Florida Legislature. A...
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News
Finally... Florida
A rogue state meets presidential candidates who pine for its fickle heart
By Thomas Francis
Published: May 29, 2008
It's May 21, and residents of Sunrise Lakes condos are getting a fresh lesson in the virtues of punctuality. Stragglers who arrive at the Hillary Clinton campaign stop three...
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Letters
Letters for May 29-June 4, 2008
Published: May 29, 2008
Nitpick Me Not I read the article "Sobriety in a Bottle" with great avidity. I have a younger brother with a serious drug problem, and I have seen that counseling, behavioral...
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Bob Norman
The Mayor's Private Dick
Al Capellini takes the Nixon route against his rival on the commission
By Bob Norman
Published: May 29, 2008
Deerfield Beach Commissioner Steve Gonot didn't know he was being watched. When Gonot attended a League of Cities convention in Orlando last August, he had no idea a private...
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Tailpipe
Sooo Sweet
How Not to Kill a Film
As told to Edmund Newton
Published: May 29, 2008
If they gave an Oscar for the muckraking documentary that most riles the world's fat cats, turning them into red-faced, sputtering stuffed shirts, Amy Serrano's film on Big...
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Music
Yo Ho Ho
Watch out, hip-hoppers: Captain Dan and the Scurvy Crew are pillaging for beats
By Jonathan Cunningham
Published: May 29, 2008
It's probably not a typical assumption that pirates and hip-hop have anything in common. Rap music started in the Bronx back in the mid- to late 1970s, and by most accounts,...
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Short Cuts
Black Stars
By Phil Freeman
Published: May 29, 2008
It would be easy to look at the recent deluge of compilation CDs (the three Nigeria Special volumes, Nigeria 70, and the Lagos All Routes and Lagos Chop Up sets) and conclude...
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Subtropical
Indie Unplugged Miami
By Abel Folgar
Published: May 29, 2008
Indie Unplugged Miami was a nifty little show that went down at the Wallflower Gallery last July and was recorded for posterity. As far as a live recording is concerned, the...
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Live Wire
Jessy J
By Jonathan Cunningham
Published: May 29, 2008
There used to be a time when jazz artists were seen as the sex symbols of pop music. A lot of ladies in the '50s and '60s would tell you in a heartbeat that there was nothing...
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Pub Stalker
Shipwrecked
By Bryan Falla
Published: May 29, 2008
Shipwrecked has a full bar, a raw bar, and a perpetual supply of $1 drafts. OK, so they're only ten-ounce glasses, but even on a New Times budget, that's just enough beer to...
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Dred Scott!
Obama Jam-a-Rama
By Jonathan Cunningham
Published: May 29, 2008
Even if I weren't a fan of his politics, I'd still vote for Sen. Barack Obama based on his choice of music. Not only does he have the overwhelming support of most mainstream...
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Night Watch
Living La Vida Rica
You gotta smoke it without sucking, capiche?
By Tara Nieuwesteeg
Published: May 29, 2008
I have five uncles, and none of them is filthy stinking rich. That said, all five are considerably wealthier than a certain wayward, estranged niece (me). I live several...
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Dish
This Is Not a Pancake
Where to breakfast like a doomed aristo
By Gail Shepherd
Published: May 29, 2008
There's only one country in the world that could take something so crude, a list of ingredients any bumpkin ought to have within reach — a bit of flour, egg, milk, and...
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Film
Cheap Sex
Despite the labels and levity, big-screen SATC is a poor-man's knockoff
By Ella Taylor
Published: May 29, 2008
Oh, please — spoiler alert? Fine, I won't tell you whether Carrie Bradshaw ties the knot with Mr. Big, even though you've already seen that gown winging its way around...
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Film Feature
Cannes Class of 2008
A jury divided unites around Laurent Cantet's schoolhouse drama
By J. Hoberman
Published: May 29, 2008
CANNES, France—Wading through 20-odd movies in half as many languages, each Cannes jury supplies its own dramatic narrative, to be interpreted according to its...
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Night & Day
Quality Control
By Terra Sullivan
Published: May 29, 2008
It doesn’t take a pre-k presentation (“Yes, Darling. Your stick figure family is charming!”) to see that just about anybody can put on an art show. While that is...
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Night & Day
A Musical for Mullet-lovers
By Riki Altman
Published: May 29, 2008
The Great American Trailer Park Musical blows into town Wednesday, just in time for hurricane season. Set in The Sunshine State [no shocker there], it stars a home-wrecking...
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Night & Day
Click into First Gear
By Raina McLeod
Published: May 29, 2008
When you hop onto your bicycle with a beer in one hand and an erect middle finger in the other, your friends think that you’re nuts. “Watch out for open car...
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Night & Day
You Give, and We All Breathe Easier
By Jamie Laughlin
Published: May 29, 2008
Just glancing at a picture of 13 year-old Brieanna Yowell makes your heart melt. Her little denim jacket matches her excited blue eyes, and her braces? Simply adorable....
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Night & Day
Bump Mappin’ All Up in Here
By John Linn
Published: May 29, 2008
At first look, the work of abstract photographers Walter Hnatysh and Katie Deits is almost maddeningly obscure. Hnatysh’s Green Cay, for example, consists solely of a...
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