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  A Miami-Based Jail Health-Care Company Profits While Patients Die

  Brittany Shammas | September 17 at 9 a.m.

  The voice on the other end of the line sounded so thin, so frail, that at first Erika Williams didn't recognize it as her son's. It was only by the ten digits glowing on her iPhone — the number for the Flagler County jail — that she realized who...

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  Moving to Miami: A Newcomer's Guide to Navigating the Magic City

  New Times staff and contributors | August 27 at 8 a.m.

  Almost since its inception, Miami has been an experiment, a sweaty petri dish bubbling with excitement and potential, always threatening to implode. In its 123-year history, the city has produced several manmade islands, the country's premier art...

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  A Disheveled History of Miami's Shopping Malls

  Malcolm Lauredo | August 20 at 8 a.m.

  Until the mid-'50s, Miami's definitive shopping district was nestled on bustling Flagler Street in downtown. Many amenities standard in today's shopping malls could be found there: department stores (most important, the Burdines on South Miami...

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  In Unity and Defiance, Miami Musicians Embrace the Spanish Language

  Liz Tracy | August 13 at 8 a.m.

  Dorys Bello and Eli Oviedo of the Miami band Dracula grew up singing in Spanish before they could speak English. Bello's parents are Cuban immigrants, and Oviedo is from Honduras. Onstage, the two 34-year-olds (pictured above) harmonize...

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  Miami-Area Hospital Diagnoses Medical Marijuana Patient With Drug Abuse

  Jess Nelson | August 6 at 8 a.m.

  The morning of June 20, Michael Morell woke up as he did every weekday, when his alarm clock rang at 6. The 34-year-old father of two sat up and reached over to his bedside table to hit snooze. But when he attempted to lie back down, his muscles...

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  Amid Puerto Rico's Political Meltdown, American Guns Are Flooding the Island

  Douglas Hook | July 30 at 8 a.m.

  As we tore into a maze of streets outside San Juan, Agent Victor O. Acevedo pulled a firearm from his belt and placed it on his lap as he looked for any threats that might surface. Acevedo, an enthusiastic eight-year veteran of Puerto Rico's...