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Feature
To Hug a Porcupine
Three little boys set out to destroy the parents who loved them. This isn't how adoption is supposed to work.
By Deirdra Funcheon
Published: June 26, 2008
Jorge needed some help, so for several thousand dollars, he hired two professional "transporters" — imposing men trained in a whole repertoire of negotiating skills and...
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News
Rubber Doll
Polite businesswoman by day, international fetish icon by night
By Michael J. Mooney
Published: June 26, 2008
Camera flashes reflect off her skin-tight, red-and-black rubber corset. Shiny electrical tape covers her nipples. Wearing sleek fishnet stockings and gigantic, lethal high...
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Bob Norman
The Ink-Stained Unemployed
Newspapers will shrink as veterans are forced out the door
By Bob Norman
Published: June 26, 2008
Miami Herald political writer Gary Fineout was driving to his office at the Tallahassee bureau last Monday morning when he got word: An editor was in town to meet with the...
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Tailpipe
Where the Money Is
Gas Stations, Gas Tanks
As told to Edmund Newton
Published: June 26, 2008
When some larcenous computer genius figured out the PIN for Tailpipe's ATM card recently, first thing the cyberthief did was make four $100 purchases at a San Antonio gas...
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Music
Totally Sane in the Membrane
Despite drinking enough syrup to kill a small horse, Lil Wayne is actually quite calculated
By Ben Westhoff
Published: June 26, 2008
Lil Wayne is not batshit insane. Let's be clear about that. Despite the fact that he regularly refers to himself as an extraterrestrial, seems to have an utter disregard for...
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Short Cuts
Seun Kuti
By Jason Ferguson
Published: June 26, 2008
In an interview earlier this year with the Independent, Seun Kuti bluntly stated, "I'm crazy. My father was too." There's something heartening about the progeny of a famous...
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Subtropical
Swazy Styles
By Jonathan Cunningham
Published: June 26, 2008
Sometimes rap music is like an ice cold glass of lemonade on a hot summer day. If you're going to be out cruising around in the sun, it's best to have some driving music by...
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Live Wire
Toby Keith
By Jonathan Cunningham
Published: June 26, 2008
Depending on your demographic, Toby Keith is either a big redneck or the biggest thing to hit country music since Garth Brooks. The reality is, he's both, and most casual music...
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Outtakes
2 U From Teddy
Teenaged heartthrob Teddy Geiger keeps on blossoming
By Monica Cady
Published: June 26, 2008
Acclaimed singer/songwriter and budding film star Teddy Geiger seems to have stumbled upon a special formula for success in the entertainment industry. For the 19-year-old,...
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Pub Stalker
Tequila Ranch
By Bryan Falla
Published: June 26, 2008
On weekends, after the dinner crowd goes home to sleep off the food coma, Tequila Ranch gets clubby. The tables are pushed away, and the dance floor emerges. It wraps around...
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Dred Scott!
Local Hip-Hoppers Decide to Give Back
By Jonathan Cunningham
Published: June 26, 2008
Let's face it: Rappers don't have great reputations when it comes to community accountability. The image of a rap star on television involves a nice car, nice clothes, lots of...
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Night Watch
Aloha, Goodbye? No Way.
Local lovers of tiki culture aren't going to let Hukilau go without a fight. Or at least a tipsy hug.
By Tara Nieuwesteeg
Published: June 26, 2008
When I was young, my parents took me to Hawaii. I remember wholesome family fun there, swimming in the ocean and visiting some volcanoes. We checked out both Maui and Oahu, but...
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Dish
Diet for a Broke Planet
A brief guide to eating well in tough times
By Gail Shepherd
Published: June 26, 2008
You can't take two steps these days without running into somebody who's been laid off — or is planning to be. Suddenly, we're all transformed from grasshoppers into ants,...
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Film
Empire Strikes Back
Mongol paints a historically hazy but kick-ass picture of everyone's fave emperor, Genghis Khan
By Jim Ridley
Published: June 26, 2008
You want a history lesson? Take a class. You want clanging swords, sneering villains, storybook romance, and bloody vengeance? Here's a brawny old-school epic to make the CGI...
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Night & Day
Islam’s Most Unlikely Storytellers
By Heather Burdick
Published: June 26, 2008
Contrary to popular belief, the word jihad does not translate specifically to “holy war” (just like Muslim does not mean “scary bad guy American-hater”)....
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Night & Day
Sweet, Sweet Revenge
Nerd comedy returns to the Improv for Episode IV
By John Linn
Published: June 26, 2008
Think of comedian Lisa Corrao as sort of the den mother to all of South Florida’s nerds. For over a year now, she’s hosted Revenge of the Nerd Comics, her own series...
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Night & Day
Everybody Loves Chris
Except maybe the censors.
By Raina McLeod
Published: June 26, 2008
Somewhere between his dramatic turn as crackhead Pookie in New Jack City and his creation of the hilarious CW hit Everybody Hates Chris, the world had to admit that Chris Rock...
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Night & Day
Starr F&*%$#s
By John Linn
Published: June 26, 2008
There’s something tragic about rock stars who become painters or photographers after their music careers have already taken them to stardom. Not because the combination is...
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Night & Day
America After Dark
By Brandon K. Thorp
Published: June 26, 2008
We’ve already used this space to tell you how Bill’s Filling Station (2209 Wilton Drive, Wilton Manors) has brought Sunday diners back in touch with a great American...
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Night & Day
Rise Like a Graceful Phoenix
And get with the dirty jokes, Diceman!
By John Linn
Published: June 26, 2008
If you’re old enough to rent a car legally, then you remember Andrew Dice Clay. Dice was, for a glorious minute or two, one of the biggest comedians of the late 1980s, a...
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