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  • Blogs

    May 3, 2012

    Junior Seau's Dementia Was Predicted By Scientist Studying Dave Duerson's Brain

    When Dave Duerson committed suicide in a Sunny Isles condo in February 2011, the manner of his death was so shocking and tragic-- a bright and beloved former football star shooting himself in the chest to preserve his brain for concussion-related dementia testing-- that it seemed to signal the begin ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 7, 2012

    Masterminds 2012 Honorable Mention: Sarah Kontoff Baker

    Miami New Times' Mastermind Awards honors the city's most inspiring creatives. This year, we received more than 150 submissions, which our staff narrowed to an elite group of 30. We'll be profiling our honorable mentions, and eventually the finalists, in the weeks to come. This year's three Mastermi ... More >>

  • News

    September 15, 2011

    Food Not Bombs fights to give away food in parks

    Miami New Times' Mastermind Awards honors the city's most inspiring creatives. This year, we received more than 150 submissions, which our staff narrowed to an elite group of 30. We'll be profiling our honorable mentions, and eventually the finalists, in the weeks to come. This year's three Mastermi ... More >>

  • News

    August 18, 2011

    Student athletes suffer the stings of concussions while lawmakers fail to help

    Miami New Times' Mastermind Awards honors the city's most inspiring creatives. This year, we received more than 150 submissions, which our staff narrowed to an elite group of 30. We'll be profiling our honorable mentions, and eventually the finalists, in the weeks to come. This year's three Mastermi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 2, 2011

    Study: Dave Duerson Did Have Brain Trauma

    ​At a news conference today, Boston University researchers announced that Dave Duerson, the former NFL player who committed suicide in Sunny Isles Beach and donated his brain for testing, was indeed afflicted with the brain trauma common in former players. Duerson, who won two Super Bowl rings i ... More >>

  • News

    April 28, 2011

    Dave Duerson's secret life and tragic end

    ​At a news conference today, Boston University researchers announced that Dave Duerson, the former NFL player who committed suicide in Sunny Isles Beach and donated his brain for testing, was indeed afflicted with the brain trauma common in former players. Duerson, who won two Super Bowl rings i ... More >>

  • Calendar

    January 6, 2011

    Return of the King

    ​At a news conference today, Boston University researchers announced that Dave Duerson, the former NFL player who committed suicide in Sunny Isles Beach and donated his brain for testing, was indeed afflicted with the brain trauma common in former players. Duerson, who won two Super Bowl rings i ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 18, 2010

    Gerald Posner Plagiarized in Why America Slept and Secrets of the Kingdom, Research Shows

    Photo by Bill Cooke Gerald Posner​In this week's Miami New Times, we write about new evidence that Gerald Posner plagiarized dozens of passages in his 2003 book Why American Slept and in 2005's Secrets of the Kingdom. After the jump, you can check out all the proof. But first, a little back ... More >>

  • Music

    May 13, 2010

    Head Spins: DJ Brooke G

    Photo by Bill Cooke Gerald Posner​In this week's Miami New Times, we write about new evidence that Gerald Posner plagiarized dozens of passages in his 2003 book Why American Slept and in 2005's Secrets of the Kingdom. After the jump, you can check out all the proof. But first, a little back ... More >>

  • News

    September 10, 2009

    Legends of the Fall

    In Miami's jungle of condo towers, 16 people have jumped to their deaths.

  • News

    September 11, 2008

    Heimlich Maneuvering

    Thousands of local schoolkids were taught a faulty lifesaving technique thanks to Manny Diaz.

  • News

    April 12, 2007

    Code Red

    For those left behind after the brutal murder of fourteen-year-old Jaime Gough, the emotional lockdown lingers

  • Music

    September 21, 2006

    Coming Zune

    Once again, Microsoft is chasing Apple in the hipster hardware game. Will it make sweet music this time?

  • Music

    December 25, 2003

    School Daze

    A rare interview with a young and hungry pre-stardom Phish

  • News

    August 22, 2002

    Travail to the Chief

    Raul Martinez is a product of Miami's dysfunctional police department, so how can he be expected to transform it?

  • Calendar

    October 22, 1998

    Welcome to Hades

    Raul Martinez is a product of Miami's dysfunctional police department, so how can he be expected to transform it?

  • News

    August 27, 1998

    News of the Weird

    Raul Martinez is a product of Miami's dysfunctional police department, so how can he be expected to transform it?

  • Film

    March 6, 1997

    The Ascent of Fartman

    Raul Martinez is a product of Miami's dysfunctional police department, so how can he be expected to transform it?

  • Culture

    July 6, 1995

    Sweat Equity

    Raul Martinez is a product of Miami's dysfunctional police department, so how can he be expected to transform it?

  • News

    March 16, 1995

    When Bad Breath Happens to Good People

    Is something rotten in the state of your mouth? Kill halitosis with costly new technologies!

  • News

    September 28, 1994

    From Animal House to Bleak House

    -- dry rush. No hazing. And you need to pull a permit to throw a decent party. It's enough to make a UM Greek hurl.

  • News

    August 3, 1994

    That's the Way the Check Bounces

    Thanks to executive order 12922, some Haitian students face the prospect of being kicked out of local colleges for failure to pay tuition

  • News

    March 3, 1993

    How to Talk to a Child

    Thanks to executive order 12922, some Haitian students face the prospect of being kicked out of local colleges for failure to pay tuition

  • News

    January 6, 1993

    Waste Erased

    Scientist Brian LaPointe wants to tame the sugar barons, corner the cat food market, and solve the sewage problems of the Florida Keys

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