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Drum of Depleted Uranium Found at Opa-locka Airport

Officials have evacuated parts of Opa-locka Executive Airport after an unsealed 55-gallon drum of depleted uranium was found on the premises. The drum was sitting near a DC-10 aircraft that was slated for demolition. Thankfully, the radioactive discovery was made before the airplane was demolished...
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Wolfgang’s Steakhouse: Taste the Macho Meat

A few days ago, something strange happened. It was a sunless Monday, and the humdrum of lunch filled Wolfgang's Steakhouse downtown. Three guys chatted over steak salads, real estate tycoon Jorge Perez perused a lengthy report while sipping Diet Coke, and waiters scraped breadcrumbs off my white-tablecloth-topped table. Favoring silk...
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MasterMinds 2014

A stage visionary redefines the way South Florida sees theater. A thrift-shop connoisseur turns his love of collecting into an art career. A musician describes himself as "half Cuban Native Indian, half German Anunnaki wolf." You can say a lot of things about 2014's MasterMind Award finalists, but you can't...
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Miami’s Best Pho

Nothing ruins a meal like qualifying its authenticity. You know the drill: You slurp down a big bowl of aromatic pho, you really enjoy it, and then your brain kicks into gear. It didn't take you to the streets of Ho Chi Minh City or Hanoi. You have become the...
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Wolfgang’s Steakhouse: Taste the Macho Meat

A few days ago, something strange happened. It was a sunless Monday, and the humdrum of lunch filled Wolfgang's Steakhouse downtown. Three guys chatted over steak salads, real estate tycoon Jorge Perez perused a lengthy report while sipping Diet Coke, and waiters scraped breadcrumbs off my white-tablecloth-topped table. Favoring silk...
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South Floridians Suspend to Find Enlightenment

Eric Madrid is a 32-year-old shaman with a cropped beard, a protruding lower lip, and dark curls grown long in the back. Although he typically wears an all-black uniform, from flat-brimmed cap to high-top skate shoes, he's barefoot and stripped to his skinny jeans this January night. He lies prostrate...
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Maximo Caminero’s Million-Dollar Attack on the Miami Art World

On February 16, a middle-aged man with hazel eyes and a crown of salt-and-pepper hair walked into Pérez Art Museum Miami. The heavy wooden doors on the new $220 million public building swung open with a whisper. Smooth jazz murmured from speakers hidden somewhere in the Dorothy and Aaron Podhurst...
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Where to Find Miami’s Best Pho

Nothing ruins a meal like qualifying its authenticity. You know the drill: You slurp down a big bowl of aromatic pho, you really enjoy it, and then your brain kicks into gear. It didn't take you to the streets of Ho Chi Minh City or Hanoi. You have become the...
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Bartender Involved in DUI Manslaughter of Chef to Be Offered Plea Deal

Karlie Tomica, the 20 year-old "party princess" who was charged in the hit-and-run death of Terrazza executive chef Stefano Riccioletti on January 29, 2013, will allegedly be offered a plea deal tomorrow morning. See also: - Karlie Tomica Expected To Be Charged with DUI Manslaughter Today - Terrazza Executive Chef...
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Rush: An Action Movie Worth Seeing on the Big Screen

It's 1976, a year when all the groovy girls are traipsing around in tiny suede skirts and all the cool guys have Badfinger hair. One of those guys was English racing driver James Hunt, the charismatic rapscallion who won that year's Formula One World Championship — the embroidered badge on...
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Uncle Luke: Johnny Manziel Probe Is NCAA’s Worst Hypocrisy Yet

The NCAA is doing a great job maintaining its reputation as the sleaziest, most hypocritical sports organization in America. Texas A&M sophomore quarterback Johnny Manziel is reportedly its latest target because he might have profited from his John Hancock. A South Florida autograph broker allegedly paid Manziel a five-figure fee...
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The Ten Best Florida Novels: Freaks, Pioneers, Retirees, Hurricanes

Representative Allen West. Governor Rick Scott. Real Housewives skin assemblage Elsa Patton. Florida has long had a rough go of things when it comes to being represented to the world. But we've always had a fairly rich literary tradition -- even if much of it has been tattooed across our...
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Dolphins Beat Colts, Luck 24-20

On the final drive of Sunday's victory over the Andrew Luck-led Colts, there was that creeping feeling the NFL's newest comeback kid would do the thing Dolphins fans are so used to seeing: snatch victory from the jaws of defeat by putting a big ol' dunce hat on the Dolphins...
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Paul Rudd Charms in Prince Avalanche

Here's a humble wig-out, a curio that could endure beyond its creators' more demonstrably successful works — and for decades will certainly confound audiences who think they're streaming/torrenting/eye-jacking some broad Paul Rudd comedy they had forgotten about. Prince Avalanche director David Gordon Green gives star Rudd more chances to charm...
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Free Johnny Manziel, Abolish the NCAA

Uncle Luke, the man whose booty-shaking madness made the U.S. Supreme Court stand up for free speech, gets as nasty as he wants to be for Miami New Times. This week, Luke assesses the Johnny Football situation. The NCAA is doing a great job maintaining its reputation as the sleaziest,...
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Best Coffee

Cold Brew at Panther CoffeeIt is said that some things improve with age. When it comes to Panther Coffee’s cold brew (12-ounce, $3.50; 16-ounce, $4.50 ), time is certainly a good thing. The coffeehouse’s espresso blend is steeped overnight at room temperature and made with filtered water. After the grounds are removed, the result is a caffeinated drink that […]