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Hauling a fishing rod and bait, Orlando Maytin and his 12-year-old son trudged through a vacant parking lot just past Mile Marker 31 on Alligator Alley. It was 7:45 a.m. March...
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Return with us now to those thrilling days of yesteryear, 1992 to be exact. Gus Van Sant, the filmmaker who had just thrilled the world with his young-hustlers-in-love classic,...
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To-night and to-night and to-night only —
Thirty-seven plays by one Bill Shakespeare
Abridged into ninety-seven minutes
Of pure sound and fury, signifying
Nothing except...
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It’s official. The Eighties revival is just about over. It has almost come to that awkward tipping point where old and laughably uncool has met edgy and ironic, and is...
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India’s Akbar the Great, ruler of the Mughal Empire from 1556 to 1605, is renowned for his contributions to art, science, and building technologies. No surprise that his...
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Anita Bryant was a pop singer in the late Fifties who made a name for herself entertaining American troops on deployment. In the Seventies, she became a spokeswoman for the...
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It’s easy to be hip and happening when you’re young and single, and even when you’re older and settled down. Some losers might think you’re a little less...
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What a difference a year makes. Last time the New England Patriots were in town, they humiliated the Miami Dolphins on their way to a perfect 16-0 regular season. They were the...
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In light of today’s housing woes, your architectural skills are in higher demand than ever. The kitchen walls must be large enough to accommodate portraits of Jesus, MLK,...
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Trips to the bathroom would be boring without the possibility of running into one of our coke-sniffing co-workers doing a Lohan in one of the stalls. And these days, we...
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The 2008-09 Miami Heat season is filled with questions. Can they win without a true center? How many times will they triumph? How many will they lose? But the main question on...
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Professional sports have given us the Fighting Irish, the Washington Redskins, and the Minnesota Vikings. Conspicuously absent from the roster are teams with such as the...
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You turned your back when the leftover holiday stuff turned up near the Halloween supplies on store shelves in October, and you couldn’t believe your ears when the muzak...
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Squeeze. Slather. And rub. Your skin is protected from the harmful rays of the sun, but could you parade around a stage wearing nothing more than a teeny-weeny bikini and a...
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In her 50 years on the planet, Madonna has established herself as performer and transformer extraordinaire. Nobody does over-the-top, envelope-pushing pop music better. But...
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There are still a few days left before you take a bite of a turkey leg or dive elbow-deep into a bowl of stuffing, but nevertheless the holidays are here. Soon you’ll be...
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They say laughter is good exercise for the abs, but we haven’t yet found a chuckle that’ll transform our belly from a keg to a six-pack. What we do know is that a...
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In all the hubbub and joy surrounding Barack and Michelle Obama as they became the new president and first lady, we noticed a void. Actually, two: John and Elizabeth Edwards....
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If you’re piss-broke and wondering where to hide from the repo man, take heart. Tobacco Road, the Magic City’s oldest honky-tonk, is celebrating its 96th birthday...
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Her knee-length dreadlocks wrapped in a green cloth, Cassy hoists her two-year-old daughter up on a hip and shuffles in her socks into her big, clean bedroom. "This house is a...
