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Feature
The Florida Panthers and star Jay Bouwmeester toil in obscurity
By Thomas Francis
Published: November 13, 2008
It's halfway through the first period of the Florida Panthers' game against the Minnesota Wild. Panthers goaltender Tomas Vokoun skates behind the goal to retrieve a puck. He...
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News
Raul Martinez beat himself in his muddy race to replace Congressman Lincoln Diaz-Balart
By Francisco Alvarado
Published: November 13, 2008
On Election Day, under a somber gray sky in Pembroke Pines, a line of voters snaked from the entrance of the Pembroke Shores Park gymnasium to the parking lot. A six-foot-four,...
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Letters
Letters for November 13-19, 2008
Published: November 13, 2008
Fishy Green The Republicans should have quit while they were ahead ("Outing the Trojan Horse," Eric Barton, November 6). It's bad enough they got George W. Bush elected. Now...
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Bob Norman
Fear of the Queer: Blacks in Florida vote to oppress gays
By Bob Norman
Published: November 13, 2008
Newly elected state Sen. Chris Smith always gets a visit from his Aunt Bertha before major elections. She likes to look at his voter's guide to get the lowdown on the...
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Tailpipe
Dennis Miller’s no help for grieving McCainites
As told to Edmund Newton
Published: November 13, 2008
If there was one place where disappointed Broward Republicans might expect to find a little solace the day after Election Day, it should have been at an invitation-only...
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Music
Her Imperial Majesty
Reggae artist Queen Ifrica speaks truth to power
By Jonathan Cunningham
Published: November 13, 2008
Watching reggae's newest female star, Queen Ifrica, liven up a crowd sends a jolt through the body and spirit. During a recent stage show two weeks ago in Nassau, Bahamas,...
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Short Cuts
Deerhunter
By Ben Westhoff
Published: November 13, 2008
Bradford Cox's oversized persona threatens to overwhelm almost anything his band Deerhunter does. In concert, the singer/songwriter — who has Marfan syndrome and is...
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Subtropical
I Set My Friends on Fire
By Lee Zimmerman
Published: November 13, 2008
You Can't Spell Slaughter Without Laughter (Epitaph) Hmmm. It seems this local duo has renamed itself appropriately. If you've never heard of I Set My Friends on Fire before,...
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Live Wire
Sarah Brightman
By Lee Zimmerman
Published: November 13, 2008
Suffice it to say Sarah Brightman is one class act. Known for her soaring soprano and waif-like demeanor, she's musical theater's leading lady... a diva deluxe... and, it might...
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Outtakes
John Coltrane Goes Classical
A California string quartet fiddles with 'Trane's greatest works
By Ernest Barteldes
Published: November 13, 2008
Roughly four decades after John Coltrane's untimely passing at age 40, his musical heritage reverberates to this day. His compositions have been studied, deconstructed, and...
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Dred Scott!
Blues on the Rise
By Jonathan Cunningham
Published: November 13, 2008
If you were wondering how much longer the blues will be around, you could have gotten some strong clues about its future by attending the Second Annual South Florida...
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Night Watch
Drown Your Troubles in Tullamore
Is there a cure in Biddy Early's mysterious bottles?
By Tara Nieuwesteeg
Published: November 13, 2008
Sick as a dog on a Thursday evening? Try the Irish whiskey cure. Maybe it's not just what the doctor ordered, but it sure doctors the pain when you don't feel good. That's what...
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Dish
The Potato Chip Chronicles
Fine dining ends not with a bang but a crackle
By Gail Shepherd
Published: November 13, 2008
Two restaurants. Two cities. One menu. The restaurants aren't even remotely related. Yolo is a flashy newcomer on Las Olas Boulevard operated by high-rolling dining duo Peter...
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Film
Neither Shaken nor Stirred
Marc Forster has a license to confuse and bore in Quantum of Solace
By Robert Wilonsky
Published: November 13, 2008
Those of us who adored Casino Royale, the 2006 reboot of the haggard, self-parodic James Bond franchise, had some trouble trying to decide where to place it among the series'...
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Night & Day
Waiting For the Sky to Fall
By Chris Joseph
Published: November 13, 2008
It’s safe to say Dolphins fans have the psyche of a plumber who’s had one too many toilets explode in his face. This season, the team is a legit contender for not...
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Night & Day
Breakdance
Broken bones and missed shots — the Heat is on!
By Sam Eifling
Published: November 13, 2008
If anyone doubts that basketball can be a brutish game — or that Shawn Marion is something of a space cadet — consider that he didn’t realize until after the...
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Night & Day
I Got Soul But I’m Not a Soldier
By John Linn
Published: November 13, 2008
Ray Charles had it. So did James Brown — they don’t call him the Godfather for nothing. But having soul doesn’t stop and start with music, let alone soul music....
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Night & Day
All The World’s a Stage
By Patrice Elizabeth Grell Yursik
Published: November 13, 2008
How does one describe a Cirque du Soleil show to a person who’s never seen one? Close your eyes. Imagine a spectacle unfolding before you — acrobats twisting and...
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Night & Day
Big Names, Rising Stars
Walk the streets of the Miami International Book Fair
By Patrice Elizabeth Grell Yursik
Published: November 13, 2008
The Miami International Book Fair is celebrating its 25th anniversary, and unless you’ve been hiding in a cave for the first ten months of the year, you already know that...
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Night & Day
The Kids Were Alright
By Brandon K. Thorp
Published: November 13, 2008
The Who weren’t always quite as good as people think. From 1964 ’til 1971, they suffered from a tinny sound and a vocalist, Roger Daltrey, who yelped more than he...
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