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Jamaican Drug Lord Christopher "Dudus" Coke Has Bloody South Florida Roots

Christopher "Dudus" Coke​The standoff over Jamaican drug lord Christopher "Dudus" Coke, who has turned a Kingston slum into his own personal bunker to avoid extradition to the U.S, has forced his country into a state of emergency. To local law-enforcement officials, the situation is all too ... More >>

Jamaica State of Emergency Explained; Best of the Best Concert Still On

Christopher "Dudus" Coke​As we posted yesterday, Kingston, Jamaica still remains under a state of siege by gang members, and both they and Jamaican officials have blockaded streets throughout the capital city. At the center of it all is Christopher "Dudus" Coke, a notorious drug lord with bloody l ... More >>

Thirty Killed in Raids of Dudus' Kingston Camp

​The extradition saga of Jamaican druglord Christopher "Dudus" Coke, leader of the ultra-violent South Florida-connected Shower Posse, has become yet more bloody today. The Associated Press is reporting that at least 30 people have been killed in gunfights between bandits, soldiers, and cops in th ... More >>

Breaking: Jamaica State of Emergency Not Yet Affecting Best of the Best Concert

CC by 2.0, via Sr Atlantico on FlickrJamaica-based Capleton is one artist whose travel plans could be affected by Kingston's state of emergency.​Kingston, Jamaica is under siege. The city is the current battleground for a standoff between authorities and gang members sympathetic to an alleged drug ... More >>

Backyard Bash Welcomes FAT Village Residents to the Neighborhood

Photo by Mickie CentroneSimply Puppets' David Goboff shows how puppetry can bite -- and still be worthwhile​New Times Broward-Palm Beach Calendar Editor Mickie Centrone has the enviable job of knowing about every event that happens within the boundaries of the two counties, and then some. When sh ... More >>

The Upside of Passover: Coca-Cola With Sugar

The backlash against products with high fructose corn syrup has become more vociferous each year as food crusaders like Michael Pollan decry the artificial sweetener. While Coca-Cola stopped using sugar in place of high fructose corn syrup since the mid-'80s, there is a loophole that many soft drink ... More >>

Top 10 Best and Worst Super Bowl Commercials From the 1980s

Fridge, McMahon, Coke, Super Bowl 1986​This Sunday, February 7, football rules the airwaves when Super Bowl 44 beams out live from Miami, and millions of dollars worth of commercials for crap you don't need and foods that kill-slowly connive their way into your subconscious, wallet, and fridge thr ... More >>

Skinny Mini Coke Can is Such a Tease

Courtesy of Business Wire​Let's do a little word association game, shall we? Chocolate candies are to cavities as a can of Coke is to ____. Did you say "a trim physique?" Perhaps "a lean, mean, fabulous-looking-while-sunbathing-nearly-naked on-South-Beach me?" Probably not. So please, someone tell ... More >>

County Soda Systems Makes Cola, Restaurants Sell It To You as Coke or Pepsi

Jacob Katel Mike Barba - County Soda Systems According to Mike Barba, a boss in the family-owned County Soda Systems, most of the time when you go to a bar, club, or restaurant and order a Coke, Pepsi, or any name brand soda, what you're actually getting is an offbrand knockoff that tastes ju ... More >>

Miami Team Owners Really Good at Being Really Bad

Miami sports fans may harbor passion for their teams, but there's no love lost between the fans and the moneybags who actually own the franchises. Maybe it's because thanks to Wayne Huizenga we forgot that all owners aren't often detestable people, but Sports Illustrated points out that the cur ... More >>

Hundreds of Bottles of Rum on the Wall

Ahh, good ol' rumbullion. Ye olde English colonies called it kill devil -- both for its hangover-inducing properties and its medicinal powers. Mix it with some lime juice and a little sugar, shake it, and it becomes a daiquiri. A splash of Coke and a squeeze of lime make it a Cuba libre. We like it ... More >>

FIU's Own Prof. Gump Teaches Wine to Chinese

Barry Gump is a wine EXPERT. He spent 30 years as a chemistry and enology (basically wineology) professor at California State University but now teaches as the "Harvey R. Chaplin Eminent Scholar's Chair in Beverage Management at Florida International University's School of Hospitality and Touri ... More >>

Bill McCullom Bravely Keeps Us Safe From Misleading Enviga Claims

via Coca-ColaState Attorney Generals love to get together and kick some class action ass over sort of inane things. It is the service they have been called too. Yesterday, it was announced that Florida and 25 other states have come to a settlement with Coke, Nestle and Beverage Partnership Worldwi ... More >>

Soda Robots To Conquer Beverage Universe

Coca-Cola Co.Behold, the future of robotic beverage delivery -- Coca-Cola machines that may be able to serve up to 120 different drinks. The technology is being showcased this week at the Consumer Analyst Group of New York Conference in Boca Raton. The machines would replace those 6-8 valve machines ... More >>

¿Que Pasa, M.I.A.? New Year's Resolutions

To read past installments of ¿Que Pasa, M.I.A?, click here. Trying to make a New Year's resolution stick is like trying to get all your friends to call you by a self-appointed nickname. (Dudes, bro, from now on call me  Shatterstar. ) This year, I'm gonna buckle down and really stick to my res ... More >>

Jose El Rey Shares His New Year's Resolutions

The singer, dancer, and lover starts '09 with his own New Times column.

Booze Hound - BYOBooze

Down Home Southernaires

Negro en Bicicleta (Floridita 1800 Records)

Cheap Eats: LC's Roti Shop

Cheap Eats: LC's Roti Shop

Cheap Eats: American Adobo

Cheap Eats: American Adobo

Doc Block

Nonfiction continues its ascent onscreen.

Cheap Eats: La Estancia Argentina

Cheap Eats: La Estancia Argentina

Prodigy vs. The Prodigy: A Primer

Is "Healthy" Food Healthier than "Fast"? Not Always

Is "Healthy" Food Healthier than "Fast"? Not Always

Cred Sheet

Two-Five

Who Is Two-Five? (Future Star Music Group)

Exclusive: Raunchgate

The University of Miami coach scrambled for cover, but we got ’im

BEST DINER

Hannah's Gourmet Diner

Current Art Shows

Current Art Shows

Input/Output

The underground is alive and kicking at I/O

BEST DINER

Eleventh Street Diner

Manic Mondays

It's not the work week; it's the party week

Turn of the Screw

That POP! of the wine cork may soon be a sound of the past

BEST LOCAL SOFT DRINK

Materva

Declaration of Independence

The art and revolution of Ani DiFranco

Best Liquor Store

Fox's Sherron Inn walk-up window

Is Havana Cola as Good as the Real Thing?

Pop Quiz

What did your kids learn in school today? To drink Coke.

Calendar for the week

Will the Last Hurricane Profiteer to Leave Miami Please Turn Out the Lights?

John Eugene Yoder arrived in Miami 30 days after the Big One. Three stray dogs, 48 pairs of tennis shoes, one girlfriend's college degree, seven hammers, 300 condos, and four years later, he's riding off into the sunset.

Serious Girls

The escort service business, up close and unpleasant

Whose Woods These Are I Think I Know

Miami Beach gets down to matters of substance and boardwalk repair

Bin There, Done That

Terrorists can't be tempted by Metrorail's trash cans - but what about people who just want to throw something away?

Swelter 19

Mex Education