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The Deadly Road Through Mexico
When Cubans leave their homeland, things can get lots worse.
By Francisco Alvarado, Russell Cobb and Paul Knight
Published: January 10, 2008
Early in the day this past July 19, Luis Lázaro Lara Morejón left his sunny oceanside room at the Solymar hotel in Cancún to buy groceries at a small...
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Remember Old Jim Crow
By Patrice Elizabeth Grell Yursik
Published: January 10, 2008
Your new year’s resolutions: 1) Read more. 2) Educate yourself about this upcoming presidential election and keep another power-mad, oil-hungry idiot out of the White...
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Street Theater
Enjoy artsy films in an outdoor oasis.
By SCOTT CUNNINGHAM
Published: January 10, 2008
A nine-hole minigolf course whose every obstacle was designed by a different local artist, plus a complimentary drink with each round -- we're in San Francisco’s Mission...
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Serving Up Love
You gotta have lime-green balls for this tourney.
By Raina McLeod
Published: January 10, 2008
So you say you want to be a tennis star? You crave the glamorous life of roaming from the red clay of Roland-Garros to red carpets at chic nightclubs? You want to walk the...
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Vokoun Can Stop an Avalanche
By BRETT GILLIN
Published: January 10, 2008
What better way to usher in a brand-new year than with a gut-check? The Colorado Avalanche (which has one of the best team names in hockey) descends on South Florida with...
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Time for Outdoor Fun
Go south, pick on a mango for a change.
By Raina McLeod
Published: January 10, 2008
In case you hadn’t heard, there’s a 39-acre park just south of Miami where you can find more than 500 types of fruits, herbs, spices, vegetables, and nuts from around...
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Isn’t She Lovely?
Find out who’s the real Queen B*#%@ at Miss Miami.
By Raina McLeod
Published: January 10, 2008
It was 1994 when the Nancy Kerrigan/Tonya Harding scandal showed the world that the seemingly lily-white sport of figure skating was really no safer than a night at Fight Club....
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Another Day in “Paradise”
By Patrice Elizabeth Grell Yursik
Published: January 10, 2008
During the mid-19th Century, paradise meant different things to the Anglo-American population than to African-Americans. In the Fifties, white visions might have neatly lined...
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Love at First Crawl
Kick off 2008 in fine Wynwood style.
By Carlos Suarez De Jesus
Published: January 10, 2008
Aramis Gutierrez lights the fuse on the year’s first Wynwood arts crawl with an arsenal of combustible works that revel in the uncanny and grotesque. “Even Now, in...
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What People Do for Munny
See ketchup-flavor art at DFLA today.
By Patrice Elizabeth Grell Yursik
Published: January 10, 2008
Back in the day, you collected Barbies and G.I. Joes, My Little Pony and Transformers. Now that you’re all grown up, the toys you once prized must be kept secure so their...
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Something to Snack About
Grub out in the Grove this weekend.
By Raina McLeod
Published: January 10, 2008
So you’ve had 11 days to execute your new year’s resolution of eating less. Considering you didn’t last for 11 hours in 2007, we salute you. But honestly, we...
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All-American Lies
Meet pro wrestling legends at Dolphin Mall.
Published: January 10, 2008
Your parents lied to you. They said Santa Claus puts gifts under the Christmas tree, the Tooth Fairy slips money under your pillow, and the Easter Bunny hides colored eggs in...
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He’ll School You
Rafe Esquith reveals the burning passion of teaching.
By Patrice Elizabeth Grell Yursik
Published: January 10, 2008
To borrow and rephrase a quote from Big Daddy Kane, teachin’ (much like pimpin’) ain’t easy. The pay is notoriously lousy, and the government never seems to...
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Let’s Go Fishin’
Head down to Islamorada for the first catch of the year.
By Greg Baker
Published: January 10, 2008
A great blessing of living in South Florida near the Gulf Stream is winter sailfishing; there’s a real opportunity to catch the jaguars of the sea. They’re famous for...
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How Strangé
By Raina McLeod
Published: January 10, 2008
After many years of research, you’ve convinced yourself that the bull-doggish bouncers manning the velvet ropes at Privé would never let you slink into the...
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Meandering Meadows
Behold, the siren sounds of Mr. Marion.
By Greg Baker
Published: January 10, 2008
Soprano saxophonist Marion Meadows has built a career purveying what is politely called "smooth jazz." As cool as that (and he) may be -- cool being code for both contemporary...
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Strap ’Em On
We’re talking roller skates, ya big freak!
By Patrice Elizabeth Grell Yursik
Published: January 10, 2008
“Five days you work, one whole day to play. Come on, everybody, wear your roller skates today!” All right, maybe we’re a day too early to quote De La Soul’s...
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Don’t Call It a Comeback
Boxing harks back to the glory days.
By TOM MCFADDEN
Published: January 10, 2008
Although the groundswell of interest in mixed martial arts (MMA) ostensibly struck a deathblow to boxing, rumors of its demise have been greatly exaggerated. Sure, Chuck...
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Behind the Mask
Dulce Pinzón celebrates everyday heroes.
By MARA LEVENTHAL
Published: January 10, 2008
In the heated political rhetoric of this year’s presidential race, the immigration issue can bring even cool heads to a boil. If you are sick of the emotional hyperbole...
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Where Everybody’ll Know Your Name
By Patrice Elizabeth Grell Yursik
Published: January 10, 2008
“Hey, let’s go to that sweet new bar in Coconut Gro ...,” you begin to say before you remember, Damn, yet another new place with potential has shut its doors in...
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