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Metro
Scott Rothstein's drunken adventure
By Bob Norman
Published: December 10, 2009
From its base in South Beach, V Georgio Vodka was supposed to take over the world. Started by college basketball player, recording artist, and sports agent Victor Harvey, the...
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Riptide
Broward Mayor Stacy Ritter threatened at gunpoint by her father, Tamarac mayoral candidate Ed Portner
By Bob Norman
Published: October 15, 2009
Broward County Mayor Stacy Ritter was literally being backed into a corner in her Parkland home, afraid for her life. Her 84-year-old father, Ed Portner, angry and distraught,...
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Metro
Hollywood's Mickey Mouse Cops, Parts I and II
The officer who pulled a "Walt Disney" with the facts has been called a liar before.
By Bob Norman
Published: August 6, 2009
You've probably heard about the Hollywood cops who framed a woman in a car crash involving a fellow officer. And you've likely seen the video from a cruiser's dashboard camera...
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Metro
Cocaine and Free Gambling at Gulfstream Park
The biggest game at the racetrack was trading gambling money for drugs, investigators say.
By Bob Norman
Published: July 30, 2009
For some employees, Gulfstream Park was a hell of a place to work, full of cocaine and free gambling. When the scheme was finally discovered in 2007, hundreds of thousands of...
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Metro
Dr. Dread
A Miami plastic surgeon is accused of child molestation.
By Bob Norman
Published: March 19, 2009
Plastic surgeon Richard B. Edison is a dubious doctor who has been hit with a lot of life-altering allegations over the years. Five patients at the medical facility he directs...
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Metro
Judge, Jury, and Dictator
Liberty City Six Judge Joan Lenard refuses to pay a P.I. after he speaks out.
By Bob Norman
Published: March 12, 2009
How much does freedom of speech cost when applied to the now-infamous Liberty City terror trial? For one private investigator who worked long and hard on the case, Rory...
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Metro
Madoff's Man
South Florida multimillionaire Michael Bienes never cut ties with Bernie Madoff, even after the SEC shut him down.
By Bob Norman
Published: January 22, 2009
Until recently, millionaire philanthropist Michael Bienes was the toast of South Florida, a man who threw lavish parties and fundraisers at his $7 million estate on the...
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Riptide
Ban on Gay Marriage Got the Black Vote
Amendement 2 oppresses another minority.
By Bob Norman
Published: November 13, 2008
Last week, an anti-gay marriage measure passed statewide, garnering a majority of votes in every Florida county but Monroe. The ballot was one of the great paradoxes in...
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Metro
MMA's Post-Kimbo Limbo
There's no proof Slice took a fall, but his damage to cage-fighting is clear.
By Bob Norman
Published: November 6, 2008
Michael Wilbon, a sports commentator with ESPN and the Washington Post, has recently and repeatedly declared that Miami native Kimbo Slice took a dive October 4 in his...
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Metro
Miami Herald Owner in Danger of Bankruptcy
Layoffs, partnerships, and the Net conspire to kill South Florida's dailies.
By Bob Norman
Published: October 30, 2008
The loss of news is almost imperceptible; there's really no way to know what stories we might be missing when there's no one there to report it. The Shrinking Three have handed...
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Metro
Sugar Deal Is Not So Sweet
Charlie Crist gets a bogus hero medal for bailing out Big Sugar.
By Bob Norman
Published: July 17, 2008
Florida Gov. Charlie Crist's plan to buy U.S. Sugar for $1.75 billion has been described by Florida newspapers as "bold," "ambitious," and "grand." Now it's time to throw...
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Metro
Wait, Let Me Change Hats
Senator Geller does costly deals but shuns the L word.
By Bob Norman
Published: April 10, 2008
When the City of Hallandale Beach bailed out a developer by wasting millions on a bad land deal, state Sen. Steven Geller was there. Geller, the Senate minority leader who...
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Metro
Stacey and Friends
Four characters in search of a talk show.
By Bob Norman
Published: December 20, 2007
It was the mouth that struck a chord. Everything else about her, the rouge on her cheeks, the long brown hair, the dark-tanned skin, was common enough, especially in South...
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Metro
Liberty City Seven Trial Travesty
The case against Miami “terrorists” is mired in greed and falsehoods.
By Bob Norman
Published: November 22, 2007
One extorted $7,000 from a friend who raped his girlfriend and then, after accepting the money, beat her up and went to jail. The other failed an FBI polygraph test while...
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Metro
Free Gambling
A casino theft ring at Gulfstream spooks the Sun-Sentinel
By Bob Norman
Published: November 15, 2007
A criminal investigation into an alleged slots theft ring at Gulfstream Park Racing & Casino has led to the ousting of several employees, including the pari-mutuel's vice...
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Columns
Slot Machine Ripoff at Gulfstream
A casino theft ring spooks the Sun-Sentinel
By Bob Norman
Published: November 8, 2007
The Florida Department of Law Enforcement is investigating an alleged slot-machine theft ring by employees at Gulfstream Park Racing & Casino. This is the first potential...
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Metro
Shades of Truth
Does Barack Obama embroider his own history for political effect?
By Bob Norman
Published: March 15, 2007
The e-mails regarding one of the leading 2008 presidential contenders arrive every week or so, and the subject lines aren't kind. "Obama profits from media cover-up of family...
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Metro
News Hate
For racist talk, look to that daily newspaper to the north
By Bob Norman
Published: December 28, 2006
A local Website has become ground zero for hate in South Florida. It's loaded, on an almost daily basis, with racist stereotypes, slurs, and sentimental references to slavery...
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Metro
Psych Job
Local Gypsy fortuneteller puts one over on publishing giant Judith Regan
By Bob Norman
Published: July 13, 2006
On the first page of her recently released HarperCollins book Miami Psychic, self-proclaimed clairvoyant Regina Milbourne writes: "Because I believe I got the gift directly...
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Metro
The Alien Has Landed
It's Prince Mongo's planet. We only live on it.
By Bob Norman
Published: January 19, 2006
The extraterrestrial sits on a couch and looks up at a blank artist's canvas hanging crookedly on the wall. Only it's not blank. There are vague grayish shapes and blotches in...
