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1. Feature

   Judging Ana

   Broward Judge Gardiner's alleged relationships with defense lawyers and prosecutors raises troubling questions

   By Bob Norman

   Published: April 24, 2008

   Defense attorney John Cotrone stood before Broward Circuit Judge Ana Gardiner in her marble-laden courtroom and dropped in what seemed like a jab at her honor. It came after...

2. News

   No Country for Old Communists

   Mikhail Gorbachev, at Seminole Hard Rock, tears down that hall

   By Michael J. Mooney

   Published: April 24, 2008

   His hulking Russian bodyguard preceded him at every turn. Next came his translator, a thin, bald man with a brown mustache and a thick accent. Then there he was in the flesh,...

3. Letters

   Letter for April 24-30, 2008

   Published: April 24, 2008

   SoFla Clothing, Natch I love Kyra Jachode's stuff ("Dressing for a Warm Climate," Tailpipe, April 17)! This is what I've been looking for all over South Florida. Finally,...

4. Bob Norman

   Judge's Gambit

   Gardiner's only defense was an off-the-wall cease-and-desist letter

   By Bob Norman

   Published: April 24, 2008

   His lawyer, Daniel Maggio, told of how Myers was helping his girlfriend cope with cancer and how he was trying to turn his life around. He asked Gardiner to forgive him for his...

5. Music

   Rootz Rock Rebellion

   Kingston's Rootz Underground takes spiritual reggae to higher heights

   By Jonathan Cunningham

   Published: April 24, 2008

   Reggae music is rarely considered a genre in which artists are afraid to speak truth to power. The music has a storied tradition of rebellious singers, from Bob Marley to...

6. Short Cuts

   One.Be.Lo

   By Khary Kimani Turner

   Published: April 24, 2008

   Passion + good music = respect. It's a formula few rappers in today's hip-hop climate seem to understand, much less use. Pontiac, Michigan, emcee One.Be.Lo is quickly...

7. Subtropical

   Howitzer

   By Jonathan Cunningham

   Published: April 24, 2008

   When the latest 7-inch release from Howitzer showed up at the New Times office a month or so ago, it was an odd surprise. For starters, most bands don't have enough cojones to...

8. Live Wire

   Behemoth

   By Saby Reyes-Kulkarni

   Published: April 24, 2008

   Even by their own genre's standards, Polish black/death metal outfit Behemoth sounds like a relentless hailstorm of jackhammer drumming and super-fast, abrasive riffing. As if...

9. Pub Stalker

   Atmosphere Lounge

   By Bryan Falla

   Published: April 24, 2008

   In the club culture of Las Olas Riverfront, among the booze and the miniskirts, you’ll find a wholly different atmosphere at Atmosphere Lounge. The Lounge is best known...

10. Dred Scott!

    A New Radio Home for Indie Artists

    By Jonathan Cunningham

    Published: April 24, 2008

    Navigating your way through the music industry as an independent artist isn't easy. The road is typically filled with more negative experiences than positive ones and...

11. Night Watch

    Borne in the U.S.A.

    How they define the heartland on Broward Boulevard

    By Tara Nieuwesteeg

    Published: April 24, 2008

    I like to think I'm a little more culturally savvy than your average cookie-cutter blond American girl. I'm a hookah pro. I love licorice from northern Europe. I can swear in...

12. Dish

    Very Like a Whale

    Don't like the fried clams? Try the coal oven pizza.

    By Gail Shepherd

    Published: April 24, 2008

    There's a little amusement you can indulge in at the Whale Raw Bar and Fish House in Parkland while you're waiting for your basket o' steamers. It's like those...

13. Film

    Let's Go to Prison

    Harold and Kumar get shipped to Gitmo in this forced act two

    By Robert Wilonsky

    Published: April 24, 2008

    Jon Hurwitz and Hayden Schlossberg wrote Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle with the novel idea: What if you made a John Hughes movie, but instead of writing garishly...

14. Night & Day

    A Legendary Art Show

    By Bill Frogameni

    Published: April 24, 2008

    There are weird myths, like the story of Oedipus and his mum. And then there are extra weird myths — like that yarn about Keith Richards getting his blood changed in...

15. Night & Day

    Skate or Die

    (And go to skate heaven)

    By John Linn

    Published: April 24, 2008

    It’s a little known fact: Pro skateboarders have concave eyeballs. It’s true. That’s why all skate videos are filmed with a fish eye lens – the effects...

16. Night & Day

    Breaking in is Hard to Do

    By John Linn

    Published: April 24, 2008

    You’ve got your film degree framed neatly above your desk at home, reminding you of all the hard work and dedication you put in getting your learn on. Now it’s time...

17. Night & Day

    Truly, Truly, Truly Outrageous

    By John Linn

    Published: April 24, 2008

    The 1980s were the best time in the world to be a kid. Back then, we had cartoons galore – Voltron, He-Man, Jem, G.I. Joe, Care Bears, and the Smurfs, to name a few –...

18. Night & Day

    Have a Beautiful One Night Stand

    By Jamie Laughlin

    Published: April 24, 2008

    Sure, you’ve left your mark on a few hotel rooms. How could you not? These spaces become your temporary residences, so naturally you customize them: Your toothbrush is...

19. Night & Day

    Walk it Out

    By Jamie Laughlin

    Published: April 24, 2008

    Close your bar tab a little early on Saturday night – you’ve got morning calisthenics to do on Sunday. Yes, it’s time to lace up your shoes, open your wallet,...

20. Night & Day

    Ties that Bind

    MoAFL serves up Cubans, coffee and culture

    By Riki Altman

    Published: April 24, 2008

    Get in a Cuban state of mind Sunday for the opening of “Unbroken Ties: Dialogues In Cuban Art (Sin rupturas).” Smoke a cigar, sip café con leche, or listen to...