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Babies Beware

Rock For Light

Every Miami youngster has a little bit of Uprokk in them

Naked Sushi - Smells Like Fish

Nyotaimori, aka naked sushi, refers to the Japanese art of sushi served on a human body. Talk about your food looking at you while you eat -- but hey, rich people gotta find some way to liven up their dinner parties. I recently set out on a mission to find it in South Florida. It only took a few ph ... More >>

I Said Pull Over, Lady!

Did cops beat the daylights out of her, or was schoolteacher Paula Redo merely the victim of "facial injuries when there was contact with the ground"?

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Did cops beat the daylights out of her, or was schoolteacher Paula Redo merely the victim of "facial injuries when there was contact with the ground"?

Edison High Football Star Makes a Great Escape

Philip Thomas dodges the tackles of a crime-ridden childhood.

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Philip Thomas dodges the tackles of a crime-ridden childhood.

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What is this thing called credibility, love?

Wicked Itch

If you don't know a bowler from a batsman or overs from innings, you probably don't know anything about South Florida's West Indian communities

Busy Signals

County bureaucrats aren't the only ones who get to have cellular-phone fun

Skateboard Film Pits Overtown Against Sistrunk

Go behind the scenes of this hood war.

Letters from the Issue of June 21, 2007

"Miami has lost a premier shooting facility. What a pity!"

Toys for Lots

See what these guys do for Munny

Calling All Cars

An investigation reveals harassment and intimidation. Police respond in kind.

Local Heroes

An investigation reveals harassment and intimidation. Police respond in kind.

New Year's 2004 Guide

How to navigate your big night

Blood Money

Every time you donate, it's money in the pockets of two South Florida companies. Big money.

Emperors of Ice Cream

South Florida offers a veritable world tour of frozen goodness

Drive, He Said

Fundamental philosophy from righteous Rastaman Screwdriver

Rare Riddims

Today's reggae is a dirty business. Black Uhuru's Duckie Simpson rolls up his sleeves.

Donato's Closet

When an INS officer confronted el Pescador and Elian, he didn't know what he was facing

In the Rough

A half-century before the Tiger Woods era, black Miamians fought a losing battle to hit the links

Riptide

It pays to advertise

Reverb

It pays to advertise

Mr. Basketball

Dozens of pro hoops pioneers retired to South Florida, destined to grow old and die in obscurity. Not if Jack Shaber has anything to say about it.

No, You Listen to ME!

Wanna get in touch with South Florida's rage? Read through the complaint letters to local radio stations.

Cultural Exchange

Machine heads Christopher Phipps and Alex Zaitsev aim their humanity at your sound system

Letters from the Issue of May 21, 2009

"They tried to make him out as an innocent victim, but he has a record of drinking, drugs, and speeding."

Lauderhill Cat Killings: Copy-Cat, Same Guy or Just Dogs?

via I Can Has CheezburgerRemember to hug your cats tonight. The mystery of the cat killer of Culter and Palmetto Bay deepened this week as now four cats were found mutilated in Lauderhill. Police aren't sure whether the crimes are related, the result of a copy cat killer or just dogs.The detail ... More >>

It's Official: Lauderhill's "Copycat Cat Killer" was Dogs

The dogs better be on the lookout for retaliation attacks. The media maybe was a little too fast trying connect a few dead cats in Lauderhill to the now infamous Cat Killer down in the Bays of Cutler and Palmetto. When details of the Broward maulings came out, we kind of thought it wa ... More >>

May the Plush Be with You

A new art exhibit in Lauderhill shows the softer side of Star Wars.

Over the Weekend: Mos Def, Radioboxer and South Florida Tattoo Expo

With three storms whirling around us, it reminds us that we are the midst of hurricane season. So from here on out we need to remember a storm-free weekend is a blessing. Let's hope this upcoming weekend remains quiet.Anyway, here is what happened during over the (storm-free) weekend:Woodstock 40th ... More >>

The World's Largest Rubber Band Ball Transcends on South Florida Today

Gus Garcia-Roberts​The world's largest rubber band ball stands six feet seven inches tall and has a circumference of 25 feet. It took five years for Joel Waul of Lauderhill to create, weighs more than 9,400 pounds, and contains approximately 720,000 rubber bands. The outer layers consist of ... More >>

Lauderhill's Joel Waul cashes in on his record-setting rubber band ball

Gus Garcia-Roberts​The world's largest rubber band ball stands six feet seven inches tall and has a circumference of 25 feet. It took five years for Joel Waul of Lauderhill to create, weighs more than 9,400 pounds, and contains approximately 720,000 rubber bands. The outer layers consist of ... More >>

Miami 2009: Seven signs the End Times are nigh

Gus Garcia-Roberts​The world's largest rubber band ball stands six feet seven inches tall and has a circumference of 25 feet. It took five years for Joel Waul of Lauderhill to create, weighs more than 9,400 pounds, and contains approximately 720,000 rubber bands. The outer layers consist of ... More >>

Soft Spot for Softies

Gus Garcia-Roberts​The world's largest rubber band ball stands six feet seven inches tall and has a circumference of 25 feet. It took five years for Joel Waul of Lauderhill to create, weighs more than 9,400 pounds, and contains approximately 720,000 rubber bands. The outer layers consist of ... More >>

Michael Arciola, Accused of Sexual Harassment Two Decades Ago, Kicks Up New Firestorm in Biscayne Park

via Village of Biscayne Park​Twenty years ago, Michael Arciola was at the center of a firestorm in Lauderhill. The city's mayor accused the then-41-year-old finance director of sexually harassing a clerk, a problem for which he'd apparently been reprimanded twice before.That fight is ancient histo ... More >>

Biscayne Park finance director Michael Arciola under fire for old sexual complaints

via Village of Biscayne Park​Twenty years ago, Michael Arciola was at the center of a firestorm in Lauderhill. The city's mayor accused the then-41-year-old finance director of sexually harassing a clerk, a problem for which he'd apparently been reprimanded twice before.That fight is ancient histo ... More >>

Gabose's Korean Barbecue: Asian Food South Florida Needs

John ZurCharcoal grill at Gabose​The experience of Korean barbecue is distinct. And Gabose, of Lauderhill, is the only Korean restaurant in Broward, or Miami-Dade County, that affords its guests the opportunity to cook their own food over a charcoal grill. Gabose was started ten years ago. Curren ... More >>

Deaths at Strax raise questions about the safety of cheap nips and tucks

John ZurCharcoal grill at Gabose​The experience of Korean barbecue is distinct. And Gabose, of Lauderhill, is the only Korean restaurant in Broward, or Miami-Dade County, that affords its guests the opportunity to cook their own food over a charcoal grill. Gabose was started ten years ago. Curren ... More >>

School Sign Misspelled as "Scohol" in South Florida, Again

​Sure, there's book smarts and then there's street smarts, but the streets in South Florida have never been too bright. A road sign painted on Pine Island Road in Lauderhill has been misspelled as "SCOHOL." It shouldn't surprise anyone that this is a fairly regular occurrence in South Florida.