FBI tries to deport Muslim man for refusing to be an informant

Bush-Cheney and Kerry-Edwards signs littered the lawns of North Miami Beach as Imam Foad Farahi walked from a mosque to his apartment a few blocks away. It was November 1,...

Religious Conviction

On October 24, 2004, following a six-day trial in federal court, Ofelia Canals won a major victory against her former employer and one of the most powerful institutions in...

On June 25, 1995, Adham Amin Hassoun, a computer programmer, talked on the phone from his home in Sunrise to Kassem Daher, head of the Canadian Islamic Association: "Our...

Death Do Us Part

News of the shooting came as a shock in Hialeah Gardens. One of the city's veteran police officers, 41-year-old Robert Gomez, and his fiancée, 33-year-old Martha...

Classroom Felon, Part 2

At St. Thomas University School of Law in Miami Gardens, felons can teach criminal law. They just can't study it. On July 13, Miami New Times reported that St. Thomas had...

Megabyte Millionaire

It's the big day. Jon Jacobs is rushing around his office in his Spanish-style house in the Design District. A 39-year-old with dirty-blond hair and a British accent, he's...

The Miami Strangler, Part 2

Editor's note: This is the second of two parts. Read the first in our online archives. It's 1:30 p.m. Monday, July 17, and Pinkie Braddy waits nervously on a bench in Judge...

The Miami Strangler, Part 1

Harrel Braddy is menacing. He stands six feet tall and weighs 220 pounds. He shaves his scalp and walks like a lumbering heavyweight fighter. When he enters Courtroom 4-5 of...

Classroom Felon

Steve Clark has about an hour before his class begins. He's one of the newest professors at St. Thomas University School of Law in Miami Gardens. And he's an expert on his...

Lights! Camera! Terrorists!

The story of the Liberty City 7 ignited last Thursday as most of South Florida headed home from work. At 5:57 p.m., NBC affiliate WTVJ-TV (Channel 6) disrupted regular...

The Terrorist Who Wasn't

It's 10:30 on a Wednesday night in February, and 46-year-old Mandoah "Manny" Ebaid is checking the foot traffic outside his Middle Eastern eatery, Exotic Bites, near Young...

Armed and Caffeinated

If a U.S. soldier's lover in the field is his M-4 assault rifle, his mistress is caffeine. Caffeinated drinks are some of the best-selling items among military personnel in...

Videogames: Just Say No

Listen up, kiddies. You better buy your videogames soon. If state Sen. Alex Diaz de la Portilla has his way, you'll need Mommy to purchase the next Grand Theft Auto. That's...

The New Shock Jocks

The studio is crammed in the back corner of Tootsie's Cabaret, a sprawling strip club near the Miami-Dade/Broward County line. The walls are painted pitch-black. Leopard-print...