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Yeshiva Dustup

A lawyer who battled the church takes on the Orthodox establishment

By Forrest Norman
Jul 13, 2006

Zipping around his Aventura office on a recent afternoon, Jeffrey Herman doesn't look much like someone who regularly hears real-life horror stories. The young-looking 44-year-old lawyer wears a white Kiss T-shirt with yellow sleeves and answers his cell phone every few seconds. He is simultaneously participating in a conference call...
Thrashed

Robbie Weir crashed, burned, and recovered

By Forrest Norman
Jul 6, 2006

The splinters were so big that Robbie could see them from the top of the ten-foot-high ramp. Despite his kneepads, he knew the wrong fall on the half-pipe would shred his legs. Still, he had to practice for a couple of hours every day before a competition. And anyway, skating...
The Drink-'Em-Up World Cup

America's most international city was scandalously lubed

By Francisco Alvarado, Jean Carey, Calvin Godfrey, Joanne Green, Forrest Norman, Lyssa Oberkreser, Chuck Strouse, Emily Witt and Patrice Elizabeth Grell Yursik
Jun 29, 2006

Not long after noon on June 11 at the Playwright Irish Pub in South Beach, the predominantly pro-American crowd was silent. It had nothing to root for in this opening round of World Cup action. A flat-footed Team USA was unraveling against the Czech Republic, down two-zip entering the second...
Wedding Trasher

A store owner is too Christian to serve a gay couple

By Forrest Norman
Jun 15, 2006

Miami has been good to Nicole Waters and Viviana Villagra. The young couple — Waters is 30 years old, Villagra 31 — met here, fell in love here, and, only four months into their courtship, decided to spend the rest of their lives together here. Miami has also been a...
Key Issue

Should high-rises tower over this pricey island paradise?

By Forrest Norman
May 11, 2006

Sunlight gently filters through the royal palms lining Key Biscayne's Village Green and then settles softly on the tanned and healthy shoulders of small children who dart and squeal like piglets at play. Jaguar and Mercedes sedans fill the parking spots lining the lush community park, and sunglassed moms and...

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