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Issue: October 2, 2008
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    Stadium Madness

    Why have we spent more than $1.1 billion in the past decade on sports meccas?

    By Tim Elfrink
    Published: October 2, 2008

    It has been a bad year for sports venues. The Orange Bowl went boom. The Miami Arena imploded. Even the House that Ruth Built is no more. Of course, at a time of economic...

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    Noche de Poesia

    Library offers language lovers a setting.

    By Heather Burdick
    Published: October 2, 2008

    Flores de rojo, Flores de azul, If you’re anywhere near Weston, Read your poems en Espańol. In celebration of Hispanic Heritage month, Broward County Library has...

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    Cross-Dressers, Junkies, and Ass Blood

    The best of Old New York arrives in Fort Lauderdale

    By Jamie Laughlin
    Published: October 2, 2008

    It was more than just another weekly New York party; Squeezebox! was an institution. The deliciously seedy party-slash-rock concert raged from the late ‘90s to early 2001....

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    Shrugging Through Time

    By Brandon K. Thorp
    Published: October 2, 2008

    Pablo Picasso and Carlos Luna have little to do with each other. Sure, Spanish was a first language for both of them; Picasso half-invented Cubism, and Luna has at least a...

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    Daily Candy Imagineered It!

    By Jamie Laughlin
    Published: October 2, 2008

    Have you ever had an instance that was so 2008 that no dictionary-approved word could quite capture it? Language is changing faster than we can approve/disapprove words on...

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    We All Wear the Ribbon

    By Jamie Laughlin
    Published: October 2, 2008

    Your faith in your neighbors is restored every October. That’s when the folks you’d least expect to see reppin’ a pink ribbon show up wearing one to rock...

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    Highway to Hell

    (We're on a...)

    By Nick Montecalvo
    Published: October 2, 2008

    Do you like a side of angry fidgeting and doomsaying with your stand-up? If stroke-hand gesticulating and quivering jowls are your thing, be there when Lewis Black brings his...

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    Back Down to Earth

    By John Linn
    Published: October 2, 2008

    The Miami Dolphins should still be a little heady after their improbable victory over the New England Patriots two weeks ago. But while Ronnie Brown and company completely...

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    Calling All Princesses

    By Jamie Laughlin
    Published: October 2, 2008

    Once upon a time, there was a beautiful princess with long, golden hair. Castle life wasn’t terrible, with jesters to keep her amused and Dukes-aplenty courting her. But...

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    Hurricane Strength

    By Brett Gillin
    Published: October 2, 2008

    It has been years since the University of Miami Hurricanes have dominated college football. Hell, the Canes used to field what was close to a professional outfit, with multiple...

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    Get Your Bier On

    By John Linn
    Published: October 2, 2008

    What’s this? Your step is suddenly lighter than it was before, converting your walk into something of a bounce. You find yourself whistling polka tunes uncontrollably as...

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    CraftWork

    By Jamie Laughlin
    Published: October 2, 2008

    Recycle, reuse, refurbish is your mantra. And the mall’s boutiques, while sparkly and new, don’t have the proper gifts for you to give to your friends. Your punk rock...

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    Put Up Or Shut Up

    Kimbo Slice will need a big win at tonight’s EliteXC match.

    By John Linn
    Published: October 2, 2008

    When it was announced that Kimbo Slice, Miami’s favorite street fighter, would be fighting Ken Shamrock in EliteXC’s upcoming Saturday Night Fights, fan reaction was...

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    Laughing at Old People

    By Mike Sauer
    Published: October 2, 2008

    If you’ve seen any of the great, African-American comedies of the past few decades, chances are you’ve seen John Witherspoon show up in at least one. He seems to be...

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    From the Closet to the Stage

    By Terra Sullivan
    Published: October 2, 2008

    If a gay octogenarian pulled the “When I was your age” card today, it might include events like blackmail by the U.S. State Department in the 1950’s, police...

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    Strangers with Candy

    Alter your perspective with “Eye Candy” at the Norton

    By John Linn
    Published: October 2, 2008

    Still-life works are tricky buggers — their excitement-to-dullness ratio is unusually pear shaped, unless of course the artist’s normalcy-to-insanity ratio is also...

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    Dark Wave Masquerade

    By Jason Budjinski
    Published: October 2, 2008

    This month’s Foundation Fridays kicks off the costume-wearing season with a good old-fashioned masquerade ball. Ballroom gowns, corsets, walking canes, top hats —...

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    God, We Adore (Ir)Reverence

    By John Linn
    Published: October 2, 2008

    Politics in this country might be too far gone for any reasoned debate, but that’s exactly why GWAR exists. As “Earth’s only openly extra-terrestrial rock...

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    Va-Va-Va Stay Still!

    By Amy Guthrie
    Published: October 2, 2008

    We know you've got a little artist in there somewhere, yearning for wild subjects to draw. We're talking about the part of you that's dying to sketch real-life models with...

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    LOL Straight to the Grove

    You can thank us later.

    By Raina McLeod
    Published: October 2, 2008

    You probably send hundreds of LOLs and LMAOs by text message every day, but the true question is: Are you thumbing away with a straight face, or are you really laughing out...

Issue: October 2, 2008
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41 stories found - 1 through 20
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