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Wasilla Dissected
The skinny (and the fat) from someone who knows
As told to Edmund Newton
Published: September 18, 2008
In South Florida's very midst lives a transplant who hails from the celebrated town of Wasilla, Alaska. A second-year medical student at Nova Southeastern University, his name...
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Don’t Call It Partisan…
Democracy? In America? Not so, they say.
By Brandon K. Thorp
Published: September 18, 2008
Honestly: Would we Americans actually notice if our votes ceased to matter? According to director Dorothy Fadiman, this isn’t even a hypothetical — they don’t,...
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Drawing Outside of Party Lines
By Terra Sullivan
Published: September 18, 2008
This election cycle has been particularly “big top” in execution. From moose burgers to knuckle bumps, it seems that inconsequential data is chomping up most of the...
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Hump Day: Now With Tube Meat!
By Jamie Laughlin
Published: September 18, 2008
You can tell whether someone is an optimist or a pessimist by the way he reacts to Wednesdays. The pessimist drags himself into the office, plops down, and bitches about how...
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Live Strong Like Armstrong
By John Linn
Published: September 18, 2008
Just last week, the winningest cyclist in the history of the Tour De France, Lance Armstrong, announced he would be coming out of retirement for the 2009 season. His return to...
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She Blinded Me With Science! And Art!
By Jamie Laughlin
Published: September 18, 2008
Scientists take joy and beauty from the little things — literally. Just ask Julie Davidow, the frustrated scientist behind Hollywood Art and Culture Center’s (1650...
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Our Neighbors From the North
By Mike Sauer
Published: September 18, 2008
If there’s one group of people that South Floridians have grown accustomed to it’s New Yorkers. Being the retirement capital of the world brings us our fair share of...
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Attack of the 50-Foot Ganesh
By Nick Montecalvo
Published: September 18, 2008
Move over, Laser-Floyd, there’s a new sensory overload in town: IMAX. If forty-eight-hundred square feet of mind-blowing color and a mega-decibels audio track sounds like...
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The Real Sunday Ticket
By John Linn
Published: September 18, 2008
OK, we’ve got to vent about something right quick: This two-broadcast-NFL-games-per-Sunday-afternoon bullshit has got to go. Thanks to boneheaded programming decisions,...
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Dirty Dogs Wanted
By Heather Burdick
Published: September 18, 2008
According to its slogan, Georgie’s Alibi (2266 Wilton Dr., Wilton Manors) is always “the right time at the right place,” but few probably cash that in at 10 a.m....
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Psst: It Means “Tropical Chicken”
By Jamie Laughlin
Published: September 18, 2008
We’ve got it good in South Florida. We can pluck mangoes straight from the trees, we can throw ourselves in the ocean should an especially gnarly hang-over take hold, and...
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Doin’ the Nasty
By John Linn
Published: September 18, 2008
Have you ever gotten a cold and wondered to yourself, “Why in the world would a body be designed to spew forth more green stuff than Linda Blair when you catch a little...
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Give Back and Say “Spaaah”
By Jamie Laughlin
Published: September 18, 2008
“If momma’s happy, everyone’s happy,” Carla Bell says with a chuckle. She’s explaining the unique vision behind Spaaah Day, the newest event being put...
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Lift Every Voice and Sing!
By Raina McLeod
Published: September 18, 2008
Gas prices are sky-high, political crap is ruling the airwaves, and the unemployment rate is to the point where PhD’s are applying for jobs at Mickey D’s. While your...
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Creative Tension
By Brandon K. Thorp
Published: September 18, 2008
Art’s been looking for symmetry forever — loving it, cuddling it, approaching it, bowing before it wherever it was located. Then came the 1600s and science, and...
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“Hey Everybody: We’re All Gonna Get Laid…”
Well, some laid-back golf, that is.
By John Linn
Published: September 18, 2008
As far as golf scrambles go, the PUMA Open, co-hosted by Maxim magazine, is sort of like the golf tournaments you see in beer commercials. You know the ones: Where a rag-tag...
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Pheeling Phine
By Sam Eifling
Published: September 18, 2008
That the 2008 Marlins did as well as they did — which is looking more and more like a squarely .500 run, no better than it is worse — is a bit of a miracle. After 145...
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Going on a Treasure Hunt!
Some local Moms and Pops want to make you richer and happier!
By Jamie Laughlin
Published: September 18, 2008
For the wealthy, economic slumps indicate that it’s time to buy. Snatching up undervalued real estate and stockpiling shares of companies while they’re in the toilet...
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So Nice to Be Naughty
By Jason Budjinski
Published: September 18, 2008
Talk about a modern-day odd couple. Comic Christina Pazsitzky went to a Catholic high school, where she received sacraments as part of her curriculum. Pazsitzky’s partner...
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“Everything I Wanted to Know About Growing Up,
I learned from Towelhead. And now I'm in therapy!
By John Linn
Published: September 18, 2008
There’s a heap of conflicting viewpoints when it comes to Alan Ball’s latest film, Towelhead. An adaptation of the novel by Alicia Erian, the most recent portal into...
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