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2005 Stories by Forrest Norman

• No Foul, No Crackup

  published December 22, 2005

  Miami was quiet after Hurricane Wilma's winds subsided. Millions of people sat in shuttered homes listening to the final raindrops and withering... More >>

• Dangerous Work

  published December 22, 2005

  "I've only worked there for about five months. I was in good health when I started working there, but now I'm sick." Gisela Ochoa cleans... More >>

• Donna vs. Donna

  published November 24, 2005

  Much has been made of a union's recent attempts to organize the University of Miami's custodial workers. There have been Miami Herald... More >>

• No Horse Race

  published November 17, 2005

  "Im having to make a quantum leap in my way of thinking, a total shift," says Gulfstream Park general manager Scott Savin. It's not that Savin is... More >>

• Goodwill Melting

  published November 3, 2005

  This year's hurricanes didn't just beach boats, buzz-saw trees, and short-circuit South Florida. They also floored the region's number one... More >>

• Hurricane Voyeurism

  published October 27, 2005

  She came from the West, a demure Category One, letting us think she was steady, docile, and relatively harmless. But when Hurricane Wilma blew... More >>

• A Profusion of Corpses

  published October 6, 2005

  It was four guys -- bound, gagged, and shot to death. It was drugs. There were empty grocery bags with coke residue in them, and somebody got... More >>

• Scrabbled

  published September 22, 2005

  Ben Bloom's anger was uncontrollable. It forced its way up from his chest and through his knotted vocal cords and clenched teeth. "Don't fucking... More >>

• Disintegration

  published September 15, 2005

  It should have been perfect, and maybe, for a while, it was. Although it's difficult to derive the appropriate scale on which to measure a life... More >>

• Civil Experiment Ignores the Obvious

  published September 8, 2005

  Disputes -- even legal battles -- over real estate transactions are far from unique in South Florida's out-of-control market. So when real estate... More >>

• Streetball Legends

  published August 25, 2005

  The Players A sinewy man in white sweatpants, white baseball cap, and an oversize white T-shirt sits on a picnic table next to his... More >>

• Disappearing Nurses

  published August 11, 2005

  The staff at Jackson Memorial Hospital routinely performs miracles. Real, true, bringing-people-back-from-the-precipice-of-death miracles. At... More >>

• Burial Plots

  published April 21, 2005

  The City of Miami's former archaeologist says she was fired for not being friendly enough to developers. "Citizens ... should be aware of... More >>

• Colorful Personalities

  published April 7, 2005

  ArtCenter/South Florida has, by most accounts, been blessed by visionary leadership, talented artists, and good luck. But there has also been... More >>

• The Ultimate Nasty Neighbor

  published March 31, 2005

  Miami's skyline is spiked with construction cranes. Drive down Biscayne Boulevard south from the Julia Tuttle Causeway and that's what you see --... More >>

• Ags to Riches

  published March 3, 2005

  Homestead's Main Street is an encomium to the ideal of the small town, an open invitation to tourists more interested in quaint Americana than... More >>

• Messing With The Man

  published February 17, 2005

  Miami-Dade's southwest suburbs could belong to Anywhere, U.S.A. Trade the royal palms for dogwoods and the Peruvian bakeries for Vietnamese... More >>

• Captives

  published February 17, 2005

  This year marks two milestones for Seaquarium. Virginia Key's landmark marine theme park has been a Miami fixture for 50 years, coasting on its... More >>

• Strike Three, You're Out

  published February 3, 2005

  Nine months ago the Homestead City Council agreed to let a business group take over the moribund Homestead Sports Complex, a 6500-seat baseball... More >>

• Blunt Trauma

  published January 20, 2005

  Juan Carlos Cardenas idly twirls a spoon, then holds it still over his plate of rice. He sits in silence at Puerto Sagua restaurant on South... More >>

• The Rapture

  published January 13, 2005

  Religion, as a subject of public discourse, has been hijacked by political analysts who talk about faith mostly in the context of political... More >>