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1. Feature

   Fast & Fury

   Ten years later, the fury are still grinding out the yardage. Barely.

   By Francisco Alvarado

   Published: June 5, 2008

   It's a blazing late-May afternoon at Nathaniel "Traz" Powell Stadium near Opa-locka. The 29 members of the Miami Fury gather at the 50-yard line, dressed in their shiny aqua...

2. News

   Red Erring

   To the boxers who will square off in Red China, retired Olympian Nicholas Spanakos offers a cautionary tale

   By Brantley Hargrove

   Published: June 5, 2008

   Driving his Buick Regal around Aventura, Nicholas Spanakos might seem like just another 70-something snowbird. But look closely. The nose gives him away. It bulges to the right...

3. Bob Norman

   Pink Slip Justice

   When a clique is in charge, you don't stand a chance — even at the State Attorney's Office

   By Bob Norman

   Published: June 5, 2008

   Sonia King says she was appalled when one of her coworkers made the proposition: If she would marry an illegal immigrant, she could make $10,000 in cash. A single mother of...

4. Tailpipe

   Mano a Mano Against Poverty

   Planting Seeds of Hope

   As told to Edmund Newton

   Published: June 5, 2008

   Back in the 1960s, America declared a war on poverty. The government funneled millions into "community development" programs, recruited neighborhood enablers, financed jobs...

5. Music

   Duck Down

   Buckshot's back, and he's ready to spray

   By Ben Westhoff

   Published: June 5, 2008

   Few rappers give better interviews than Black Moon/Boot Camp Clik alum Buckshot. Naturally, the pioneering underground MC sometimes refers to himself in the third person, makes...

6. Short Cuts

   Foxy Brown

   By Ben Westhoff

   Published: June 5, 2008

   Naturally, Foxy Brown is the object of Ali G's affections. With her foul mouth and short skirt, she epitomizes the fake gangsterism he parodies. At least she has the track...

7. Subtropical

   Efon

   By Jonathan Cunningham

   Published: June 5, 2008

   Rappers out of Palm Beach County don't get a lot of love in South Florida. Everyone's eyes are on Miami's scene, as if it's the only one worth writing about. Well, actually,...

8. Live Wire

   Stevie Nicks

   By Lee Zimmerman

   Published: June 5, 2008

   She whirls like a dervish and seems to evoke thoughts of witches, dreams, leather, and lace. But Stevie Nicks' career extends further than the chiffon-garbed earth mother she...

9. Outtakes

   Microphone Fiend

   Rap pioneer Rakim talks about life after Aftermath

   By Jonathan Cunningham

   Published: June 5, 2008

   Within the realm of hip-hop, few artists ever garner the level of coast-to-coast respect that Rakim had in the 1980s. When he and his former partner, Eric B, dropped their...

10. Pub Stalker

    Texas Rose Saloon

    By Bryan Falla

    Published: June 5, 2008

    You might not have heard, but Texas Rose Saloon is home to a little cover band called Shadow Creek (2008 Best Of country band). They take the tiny triangular stage in the...

11. Dred Scott!

    Local Blues Music at the Crossroads

    By Jonathan Cunningham

    Published: June 5, 2008

    Last weekend, the Bamboo Room — a longtime blues hub located in Lake Worth — may have closed its doors to the public forever. Fingers are crossed in the local music...

12. Night Watch

    Three Cheers for the Red, White, and Green

    She has seen the future — and it's in Spanish

    By Tara Nieuwesteeg

    Published: June 5, 2008

    Oh, Memorial Day weekend, three wonderful work-free days to spend drinking, lounging, grilling, and marinating in unadulterated American pride. After all, the average...

13. Dish

    Give Bessie a Break

    Learning from Santa Monica

    By Gail Shepherd

    Published: June 5, 2008

    I just got back from a trip to Santa Monica, California, a place so foreign to my experience and sensibilities that I felt like Marco Polo encountering the Mongolians. The ways...

14. Film

    Hairpiece in the Middle East

    Adam Sandler returns as a Mossad baddie turned stylist, and the bubbies will love him

    By Ella Taylor

    Published: June 5, 2008

    Behold Adam Sandler, in a passable Israeli accent and outsized codpiece, as Zohan the Mossad superheavy: catching barbecued fish in his butt crack on a Tel Aviv beach,...

15. Film Feature

    Shots in the Dark

    Reflecting its moment, Cannes 2008 takes a decidedly serious tone

    By J. Hoberman

    Published: June 5, 2008

    CANNES, France—No need for dreaming here. Each Cannes Film Festival generates its own metaphors for a 10-day regimen of visions in the dark. It's impossible to forget,...

16. Night & Day

    Numero Ichi

    By John Linn

    Published: June 5, 2008

    If you’ve never seen Japanese actor Tadanobu Asano in action, you have to check him out. He’s basically a badass: Women find his roguish features irresistible; men...

17. Night & Day

    Fightin’ the Good Fight

    By John Linn

    Published: June 5, 2008

    Pearl Jam has always been a political sort of band — recall the Ticketmaster boycott, Eddie Vedder’s public Bush bashing, and the group’s aversion to big...

18. Night & Day

    Phillin’ it

    By Sam Eifling

    Published: June 5, 2008

    The Phillies are either the team you most want to see as a Marlins fan, or the most feared. The Marlins made their surprise run to first place in the National League East on...

19. Night & Day

    Boys, Baseball, Beer and Billiards

    By Brandon K. Thorp

    Published: June 5, 2008

    Sidelines is a fantastic place. A clean, well-lit and perpetually busy spot in Wilton Manors (specifically at 2031 Wilton Dr., right next to The Naked Grape and One Tea...

20. Night & Day

    Over a Barrel

    By John Linn

    Published: June 5, 2008

    With the price of gas careening over $4 per gallon all across South Florida, everyone is feeling the petrol pinch. A night on the town with friends no longer just includes the...