Persian Gulf

Reader mail: Rapist cop Michael Ragusa could have been stopped

Sarkis Soghanalian, Miami's "Merchant of Death" Arms Dealer, Dead at 78

​Burn Notice doesn't tell the half of the absurd real-life characters who call Miami home. Take Sarkis Soghanalian, our very own "Merchant of Death," who sold Saddam Hussein his arsenal, profiteered from dozens of bloody wars, and whenever things went sour, traded his freedom for juicy CIA intel o ... More >>

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 >>

The Agent from Iran

How a mother of two ended up in a plot to smuggle high-tech gear to the enemy.

Wait a Minute

Take time for this Factory Model exhibit

A Fish Farmer's Tale

Could this be the next salmon?

Little Misses

Introducing the best movies of 2005 you probably didn't see

The Question That Won't Die

A mild-mannered U.S. Customs inspector is shot to death. Police call it suicide. Friends and family say that’s inconceivable.

Breaking Boundaries

Performers unhinged by their artistry

Murdered in Havana

After the Catholic Church banished him, Cuba welcomed him. But the vibrant new life George Zirwas created for himself soon ended in tragic death.

Beach Head

At the Winter Music Conference, P. Diddy blows up dance music while the U.S. blows up Iraq

Too Close for Comfort?

Cattle-ist for reform

Closing in on Baba

Cattle-ist for reform

He Made Dade

Battling cancer, veteran pol Dante Fascell talks of war, Cuba, and a lifetime of putting Miami on the map

Baba's Big Bucks

African millionaire Foutanga Dit Babani Sissoko opened his checkbook and stole Miami's heart. Not surprisingly, that wasn't the only thing he stole.

Letters

African millionaire Foutanga Dit Babani Sissoko opened his checkbook and stole Miami's heart. Not surprisingly, that wasn't the only thing he stole.

Calendar for the week

African millionaire Foutanga Dit Babani Sissoko opened his checkbook and stole Miami's heart. Not surprisingly, that wasn't the only thing he stole.

Acting with Valor

African millionaire Foutanga Dit Babani Sissoko opened his checkbook and stole Miami's heart. Not surprisingly, that wasn't the only thing he stole.

Labor of Gloves

No one thinks much of the Mexican boxers who fight out of Homestead. But that's nothing new to Johnny Torres. When he was a fighter, no one thought much of him, either.

He Said, She Said

A county worker levels a charge of sexual harassment. Her employer is disciplined. Nobody is satisfied.

Money Well Spent

Airport parties are first-class affairs, as long as you're a political player

Lumps of Coal

Major albums that don't belong in anyone's Christmas stocking.

Back from Baghdad

Major albums that don't belong in anyone's Christmas stocking.

Alberto Gonzalez -- Wild Man at the Plate

Major albums that don't belong in anyone's Christmas stocking.

Take This Commissioner, Please!

Major albums that don't belong in anyone's Christmas stocking.

My Ship of Fools

Major albums that don't belong in anyone's Christmas stocking.

Cuba Over and Out

Major albums that don't belong in anyone's Christmas stocking.

Melanie/Woodstock, Too Feature

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