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Perez Hilton Picks a Fight
Haters and lawsuits threaten Miami's infamous celebrity gossip export.
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The Murder of Master Do
Ten murders and Haitian gangs roil the quiet town of North Miami.
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A Felony with That Croqueta?
Criminals are everywhere at the nation's best-known Cuban eatery.
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Lambs to Slaughter
Miami's Catholic leaders covered for a priest who drugged and sodomized at least a dozen boys.
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Che Guevara Who?
Cubans get pissed, an artist gets even, and the supreme prosecutor of the Cuban revolution gets booted from Dadeland.
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Shirley Q. Liquor's Racist Scum (23)
Ban ugliness from Miami Beach.
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A Pregnant Pause (12)
Drink heavily and don't worry. That baby will be fine.
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Carbonell Cold Shoulder (8)
We're all losers at South Florida's biggest awards show.
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Sour Milk (7)
Tennessee Williams gets walloped in the Design District.
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Che Guevara Who? (6)
Cubans get pissed, an artist gets even, and the supreme prosecutor of the Cuban revolution gets booted from Dadeland.
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Pampered for Pennies
Get more massage for your buck during Spa Week.
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Hungry, Hungry Hip-Hop
Beats, rhymes, and life at Joseph Caleb.
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Shaken, Not Deterred
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En Garde for the Avant Garde
Art After Dark brings fresh expression to downtown.
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Better Than AMC
Recent hits hit the lawn at Fairchild.
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Magic City Kitty - Kimora Lee Simmons Says To Go Nude
08:56AM 04/24/08 -
On The List - Baile Funk, Boris, and Bamby
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Celia Is Still The Queen
08:23AM 04/24/08 -
Cultura Festival 2008 is Looking for Bands
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Is R&B Singer Akon a Fraud?
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Concert Review: B-Live Miami 08
12:52PM 04/23/08
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- Bicentennial Park
- Churchill's
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- Hollywood
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- Little Haiti
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- Marc Sarnoff
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- Miami local art
- Miami local music
- Miami local theater
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- Tobacco Road
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Recent Articles By Raina McLeod
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Don’t Passover the Island
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Vroom, Vroom Goes Our Hearts
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This Won't Hurt
But not going to the Fitness Expo might.
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Rock Out With Your C@#k Out
The cool kids are at Fridays at The Vagabond.
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Better Than AMC
Recent hits hit the lawn at Fairchild.
National Features
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The Pitch
Time Bomb in a Bottle
"The idea that you're using sex hormones to make plastic is just totally insane."
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Houston Press
Foreclosure Pets
When homeowners are pushed out, animals get left behind.
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Broward-Palm Beach New Times
On Your Honor
A judge's alleged relationships with defense lawyers and prosecutors raise eyebrows.
By Bob Norman -
Village Voice
A Soldier's Story
Remembering the day a black mob lynched a white man.
By Tony Ortega
Puff, Puff, Class
We’re hitting the hookah at the Ritz-Carlton.
By Raina McLeod
Published: April 24, 2008
It’s hard to extol the benefits of smoking, with the attorney general screaming at you from warning labels, and cities across the country turning into puff-free zones. But we also can’t fight the fact that humans have been lighting up for centuries — and liking it. You might turn up your nose at one of those red-tipped white sticks, but if try taking a toke from a beautiful tabletop pipe that looks more like art than a vice device, you might find yourself hooked on the hookah. See for yourself at the Ritz-Carlton South Beach’s DiLido Beach Club’s Hookah Lounge Happy Hour.
Chillax in a cabana while you take pulls of exotic-flavored tobaccos from Egyptian imports, sip on specialty sangrias and signature rum cocktails, and nosh on delicious sun cuisine every Thursday and Friday from 5 to 8 p.m. A flamenco guitarist will do the serenading, chef de cuisine Jeff McInnis will do the cooking, and all you have to do is enjoy the ocean view and get an amazing buzz. The first drink is free, the rest just seven bucks apiece.
Thursdays, Fridays, 2008
