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Twenty-Four Hours in Margaritaville: Did Hollywood Beach Sell Its Soul to Jimmy Buffett?

By Kyle Swenson
Dec 8, 2015

Noon, Saturday, November 14: The Hollywood Broadwalk is choked with people. Vendors hawk beer, shots, and margaritas on the ribbon of pavement along the beach. Couples trip over their flip-flops. Beers slosh in plastic cups. Today is the grand opening of Margaritaville, a 349-room luxury beachfront resort parked right in...
Miami Man Sues Tinder Over Fees for Extra Swipes

By Kyle Swenson
Nov 9, 2015

Tinder has been a game changer for sex-thirsty singles, but it's also changed how the entire world thinks about the dating scene. The smartphone app short-circuits old romantic rituals and slow-paced courtship by using geolocation to instantly bring together users who are in the same area. One by one, profile...
Jason Genova: The Saga of a Publix Bag Boy Turned YouTube Bodybuilding Celebrity

By Kyle Swenson
Nov 3, 2015

Dawn has yet to crawl up in the east, but 30-year-old Jason Genova is awake. No alarm need pluck him out of his sleep cycle. The first thought forming in his fuzzy-topped head is the same one that was sitting there when he blacked out seven hours ago: Get freaking...
UM Sues Donor Behind Famed Shark Research Program, Alleging Missing Money

By Kyle Swenson
Oct 21, 2015

Shark programs hit the sweet spot for ocean-side research universities – weighty enough with scientific import to justify the eyeballs of the hardcore scientific community, gnarly enough to reel in the interest of your plain ol' Discovery Chanel fiends. For almost a decade, the University of Miami has been one...
Valerie Bozeman Pardoned by Obama as America Wrestles With War on Drugs' Fallout

By Kyle Swenson
Sep 22, 2015

Two hours before her redeye Greyhound was scheduled to snort out of the lot, Valerie Bozeman walked into the bus station in Oakland, California. She was traveling light: $93 in her pocket, a tote bag full of underwear and toothpaste courtesy of the Bureau of Prisons, and the blessings of...

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