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Miami parking nightmare: From the homeless parking mafia to the meter fairyBy Gus Garcia-RobertsThursday, November 05Haitian cabbie Pierre Jean-Charles climbed into his yellow taxi van while cradling a bottle of Coke and a bag of Doritos — the customary... More >> -
President Obama fails to go after those responsible for the financial meltdownBy James LieberThursday, October 29When Barack Obama donned the crusader's mantle during the 2008 presidential campaign, his web-savvy team created KeatingEconomics.com. The main... More >> -
South Florida dogfighting rages on despite tough lawsBy Michael J. Mooney and Tim ElfrinkThursday, October 22On the warm, humid afternoon of June 22, 2007, Liz Roehrich, a petite white woman in her 40s, turned left into a predominantly black,... More >> -
Jerry Powers, the man behind Ocean Drive, refuses to surrenderBy Francisco AlvaradoThursday, October 15Jerry Powers strolls the sidewalk outside the stately Biltmore Way entrance to Coral Gables City Hall. An impish 23-year-old New Jersey native... More >> -
FBI tries to deport Muslim man for refusing to be an informantAfter Imam Foad Farahi declined to become a federal informant, the government tried to destroy him.By Trevor AaronsonThursday, October 08Bush-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... More >>
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A New Times Staffer Takes a Safari Into Scam Baiting on 419Eater.com
By Gail Shepherd
I was in the Paris Charles de Gaulle International Airport, getting ready to board a flight to... More >>
Dallas
No Justice: We've Bailed Out the Banks. When Do We Go After the Crooks Behind Our Financial Collapse?
By James Lieber
Where did our wealth go? How do we claw it back? And when are we going to punish the... More >>
Denver
I-300 is out to put the brakes on illegal immigration
By Jared Jacang Maher
The real terrors we should fear this Halloween aren't werewolves, ghosts or zombies, Dan Hayes... More >>
Houston
No Justice
We've bailed out the banks. When do we go after the crooks behind our financial collapse?
By James Lieber
When Barack Obama donned the crusader's mantle during the 2008 presidential campaign, his... More >>
Kansas City
After keeping an eye on victims of the Hyatt disaster, KC shrinks have bad news for the grief-counseling industry
By Peter Rugg
Five days after the attacks on September 11, 2001, Vickie Taylor led a group of firefighters... More >>
Minneapolis
Obama's bank regulation: Doomed to fail?
Administration lax on cleaning up AIG, Bear Stearns, and Lehman Brothers
By James Lieber
WHERE DID OUR WEALTH GO? How do we claw it back? And when are we going to punish the... More >>
Phoenix
Paranormal Activity: Arizona Ghostbusters Go to Extremes for Good Causes
By Niki D'Andrea
The corner of Cave Creek Road and Cheryl Street in Sunnyslope isn't usually a roadside... More >>
San Francisco
Under Fire
Mike Estrada was supposed to be ordered away from a burning building by his superior. It was just one of many mistakes that put him in harm's way.
By Anna McCarthy
The smell of smoke was enough to spike firefighter Mike Estrada's bloodstream with adrenaline.... More >>
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Riptide 2.0
What the Conservative Defeat in New York Means for Crist and Rubio
Wed Nov 4, 12:08 PM
?Last night Democrat Bill Owens pulled off a surprising win in New York's 23rd congressional district special election over insurgent Conservative Party candidate Doug Hoffman who had forced the ... More >>
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FBI tries to deport Muslim man for refusing to be an informant After Imam Foad Farahi declined to become a federal informant, the government tried to destroy him.
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Miami parking nightmare: From the homeless parking mafia to the meter fairy
Thursday, November 05Haitian cabbie Pierre Jean-Charles climbed into his yellow taxi van while cradling a bottle of Coke and a bag of Doritos — the customary... More>>
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Lauderhill's Joel Waul cashes in on his record-setting rubber band ball
Thursday, November 05A ratty blue tarp is wrapped tightly around a huge sphere in a Lauderhill driveway. It takes up a full parking space and is nearly as tall as the... More>>
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Miami-based National Circle of Journalists from Cuba can't find a recipient for its award
Thursday, November 05Forget everything you've heard about Raúl Castro liberalizing Cuba. Fidel is still alive and kicking — reporters. How do we know?... More>>
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In Coconut Grove, Peacock Park's mangroves have become a dump
Thursday, November 05Riptide has a question for all the crazy Coconut Grovites. In the past year, what spectacular little spit of land has been used as a dumping... More>>
Letters
Letters from the Issue of November 5, 2009
Thursday, November 05
Barack Talk
Get to work, big O: "No Justice" (James Lieber, October 29) was great. President Obama should read it and get rid of most of his... More >>
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