Denny's Corporation

Phoenix, Arizona: America's kidnapping capital is brutal

Mr. Blood Red, Vol. 2

Two decades after the severed ear of Reservoir Dogs, Quentin Tarantino serves up Hitler's head on a plate.

Black-Market Cigarettes: Miami's New Vice

The feds say a local man smuggled millions of smokes for terrorists. He's not alone.

The Curse

Six students in Carol City High's tragic class of 2006 were murdered. Hope survives.

A Stripper, a Mobster, and a Murder

Yep, that's Miami.

Why Can't Barack Obama Speak English?

Um, because that's not him.

Theater Project Stirs Spontaneous Creation

Six plays come to life in 24 hours.

Haitians Sent Home

Refugees fled slavery, slaughter, and starvation, and got rejected.

Confessions of a Trafficker

Jon Roberts was a big-time Miami coke dealer who did time in the big house

Coffin Classics

The Subculture that Would Not (Un) Die Lusts for New Blood

Meet Mr. Toothpicks

Why would anyone painstakingly collect and count exactly one million little wooden sticks?

Trouble From Denmark

Wacky Danish cult leader Mogens Amdi Petersen was a guest on tony Fisher Island until recently; now he's staying with the State of California

Deadly Cargo

Big payoffs. Gruesome murders. Nosy feds. Life as a cargo handler at MIA just ain't what it used to be.

Buyer Beware

That's a motto you might want to keep in mind next time you go shopping for a used car

The Devil and Mr. Jones

Activist Leroy Jones battled personal demons and has emerged as a radical bent on black empowerment.

The Cachet of Crochet

"Hey, I'm no Calvin Klein," says Shanie Jacobs. Yet her handmade angora garments fetch up to $2500 a pop.

Gospel Truth

Pastors in South Dade's black churches have discovered one sure way to attract male membership: Start a choir

Miller's Time

The Everglades' Sweet Light

For photographer Joel McEachern, the chill of a winter dawn is prime time for traipsing through the saw grass in pursuit of The Everglades' Sweet Light

Eyewitnesses to History

Marion and Orlando de Cardenas aided Fidel Castro when the Cuban revolution was still a daydream, not a bad dream

Deep Inside the Scandal

Howard Gary discusses OPERATION GREENPALM, the ambitious corruption investigation rattled by mismanagement and blown apart by astonishing leaks of secret information

Crime & Politics

The continuing success of lobbyist Ron Book: Perverse proof of how much lawmakers need lawbreakers

Burke Besieged

The Florida Elections Commission and the Florida Bar. Maybe the FBI, too. For a man who won automatic re-election, Metro Commissioner James Burke seems to have a lot of explaining to do.

Beacon of Hope

Students who can't overcome the alienation of inner-city public schools are finding their thrill on Beacon Hill