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  • Blogs

    December 29, 2011

    Hugo Chavez Thinks The U.S. Secretly Gave Him And Other Latin Leaders Cancer

    ​Hugo Chavez has struggled through cancer over the past year, losing his hair, gaining weight and traveling repeatedly to Cuba for surgeries. Chavez has never said precisely what stage of the disease he has, but on Wednesday the Venezuelan president suggested that he knew the source: A secret U.S. ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 12, 2011

    Will Gay Voters Save the Republican Party?

    ​After their success in the midterm elections, many Republicans probably think their party is in pretty good shape and doesn't need to be saved. But one local GOP group is thinking long term. It argues that the party needs to moderate itself on social issues and attract gay voters in order to rema ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 4, 2011

    Efraim Diveroli Earns Four Years In Prison For Fraudulent Arms Deal To Afghanistan

    ​Efraim Diveroli, the young Miami Beach gun runner who stirred national outrage two years ago with a fraudulent a $300 million Pentagon ammunition deal, listened with downcast eyes yesterday as a federal judge read aloud his sentence: four years in prison, a $250,000 fine and $149,000 in restituti ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 13, 2010

    Nine Years After DJ Uncle Al's Death, Miami's Hip-Hop Scene Remembers the Legend

    ​Even nine years after his horrific murder, DJ Uncle Al's name still rings heavy in the streets of Liberty City. In what was said to be a case of mistaken identity, Al's death on September 10, 2001 was overshadowed by the 9/11 attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. Four years after th ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 7, 2010

    Your Week In Fidel Castro Fantasies: U.S. Sank South Korean Ship, Wants Nuclear War With Iran

    Fidel Castro may indeed be 83 percent dead, based on our crack team of unpaid but enthusiastic scientists' latest calculations, but that 17 percent still kickin' can spin a better conspiracy theory than Rush Limbaugh.(On second thought, isn't Castro basically Cuba's Rush at this point? He spends his ... More >>

  • News

    September 17, 2009

    Peace, Love, and Terror

    The investigation into a cop killing in the '70s leads to a law professor who helped launch Barack Obama's political career.

  • Blogs

    February 24, 2009

    The Stain of Gitmo: "We Destroyed People's Lives."

    Tomorrow on newsstands, we tell the story of Omar Khadr, who is the youngest detainee at Guantanamo, the only Westerner, and a symbol of sorts. To some, he is exhibit A for all that is wrong with America's War on Terror. For others, he's an example of why the camp exists in the first place. For us, ... More >>

  • News

    February 5, 2009

    Armed Again

    Indicted Miami Beach weapons dealer Efraim Diveroli is still making millions of dollars from the U.S. government.

  • News

    October 2, 2008

    Letters from the Issue of October 2, 2008

    "Senator Obama's ancestors were never slaves in America; therefore he wouldn't have been in anybody's 'house'!"

  • Dining

    August 14, 2008

    Bottled Water Gets the Boot

    As containers and costs mount, tap water is the rule in eateries.

  • Culture

    January 17, 2008

    Toys for Tyrants

    A former artist turned ad man comes back, guns a-blazin'.

  • Culture

    September 6, 2007

    Catastrophic Kitsch

    "Cathartic" makes tragedy trite at Abba Fine Art

  • Film

    May 12, 2005

    War: What Is It Good For?

    In Ridley Scott's latest epic, it's good for one really stunning siege

  • News

    December 19, 2002

    Is David Caruso Too Good to be True?

    That red-haired guy and CSI: Miami put us back on the media map

  • News

    January 31, 2002

    Live from Havana, It's Mesa Redonda!

    Thanks to one show, an unprecedented amount of foreign news is airing in Cuba -- but it ain't Nightline yet

  • News

    December 20, 2001

    The Return of Johnny Bev

    Collins Avenue's greatest hits

  • Culture

    October 25, 2001

    Emmy or Not to Emmy?

    That's been the long, hard decision for TV academy chairman Bryce Zabel

  • News

    October 25, 2001

    New Face, Old Connections

    Miami mayoral candidate Manny Diaz may look like an outsider, but his political history places him squarely on the inside

  • Culture

    October 11, 2001

    Arabian Knight

    Jack Shaheen crusades against cinema's depiction of Reel Bad Arabs

  • Culture

    September 27, 2001

    Law & Disorder

    As one of TV's best and best-loved series launches a new spin-off, its creator grapples with the aftershocks of terror

  • News

    September 20, 2001

    Of Pain and place

    Documenting devastation near and far-of the body, the mind, and the soul

  • News

    May 10, 2001

    Class Act

    If you want to know where many of Miami's social and political elite got their start, check the playgrounds at Belén

  • News

    August 17, 2000

    The Energizer

    Forget the bunny. Robin Parker has a battery that might save the world.

  • News

    February 24, 2000

    In the Rough

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

  • News

    March 4, 1999

    Full Metal Racket

    Attorney John Mattes led a crusade on behalf of lost commandos. Now he wants his millions.

  • Film

    July 24, 1997

    Point Plank

    Attorney John Mattes led a crusade on behalf of lost commandos. Now he wants his millions.

  • News

    March 27, 1997

    The Airport's Flush Fund

    Attorney John Mattes led a crusade on behalf of lost commandos. Now he wants his millions.

  • News

    February 20, 1997

    News of the Weird

    Attorney John Mattes led a crusade on behalf of lost commandos. Now he wants his millions.

  • News

    February 20, 1997

    Great Job, Terry! Now Pack Your Bags

    Everyone seems to love the Florida commander of the Army Corps of Engineers. So why do his superiors want him to leave?

  • Film

    July 18, 1996

    Acting with Valor

    Everyone seems to love the Florida commander of the Army Corps of Engineers. So why do his superiors want him to leave?

  • News

    June 6, 1996

    If You Sink It, They Will Come

    Creating an artificial reef is no longer a slam-dunk affair, despite an abundance of missile sites, water towers, and wanna-be philanthropists

  • News

    May 2, 1996

    When Tush Comes to Shove

    A Hialeah graphic artist gets carried away with a, shall we say, fundamental concept

  • News

    September 14, 1995

    The Making of an Exclusive

    A navy press officer says the Miami Herald unfairly finagled its way inot Gloria Estefan's Guantanamo entourage

  • Film

    January 19, 1995

    Charge of the Light Brigade

    A navy press officer says the Miami Herald unfairly finagled its way inot Gloria Estefan's Guantanamo entourage

  • Film

    August 10, 1994

    Drugstore Doughboys

    A navy press officer says the Miami Herald unfairly finagled its way inot Gloria Estefan's Guantanamo entourage

  • News

    August 18, 1993

    The Secret Script

    A navy press officer says the Miami Herald unfairly finagled its way inot Gloria Estefan's Guantanamo entourage

  • Film

    May 12, 1993

    Just `Cause

    A navy press officer says the Miami Herald unfairly finagled its way inot Gloria Estefan's Guantanamo entourage

  • News

    April 14, 1993

    Junkies

    It alters perceptions and skews the ability to tell right from wrong. Ultimately, it results in a dysfunctional society. But it's not a drug. It's the War on Drugs.

  • News

    March 4, 1992

    Inside Feature

    It alters perceptions and skews the ability to tell right from wrong. Ultimately, it results in a dysfunctional society. But it's not a drug. It's the War on Drugs.

  • News

    February 19, 1992

    Inside Feature

    It alters perceptions and skews the ability to tell right from wrong. Ultimately, it results in a dysfunctional society. But it's not a drug. It's the War on Drugs.

  • News

    November 7, 1990

    Operation Screw Up

    It alters perceptions and skews the ability to tell right from wrong. Ultimately, it results in a dysfunctional society. But it's not a drug. It's the War on Drugs.

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