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Hip-Hop Fame at South Florida Strip ClubsLocal rappers know the road to stardom is through the champagne room.By Jonathan CunninghamThursday, October 16It's just before midnight outside Diamonds Cabaret, a swank-meets-hood black strip club on the western, industrial edge of North Miami Beach. Six... More >> -
Every Night Is Eighties Night at South Florida Skating RinksRemember couples skate? Suede rentals? Cheap pizza? They all live on at the roller rink.By Amy GuthrieThursday, October 09Miguel Carver looks devilishly happy as he rounds a corner of the roller rink. Bent slightly forward, lost in his own world, he skates close to... More >> -
Invasion of the Amazon WomenBig girls, little guys, lots of fun.By Natalie O'NeillThursday, October 02The elevator doors part, and Mikayla Miles joins a threesome of clean-cut executives on the way up to the ninth floor. It's 8 p.m., and the... More >> -
Let Terrorist Eduardo Arocena GoEl exilio wants him out of jail.By Tim ElfrinkThursday, September 25Prickly late-fall air rustles through a block of blue-collar homes in Union City, New Jersey, and butterflies swarm 13-year-old Richard... More >> -
Ex-North Miami Mayor Elton Gissendanner Is BackA prison stay and bankruptcy can't keep him down.By Gus Garcia-RobertsThursday, September 18"He's a politician?" cracks the construction worker assigned to guarding the flooded road. "Throw him in the creek!" But then he allows the... More >>
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South Florida rappers find success at local strip clubs
By Jonathan Cunningham
Six cops sit in patrol cars outside Diamonds Cabaret, a swank-meets-hood black strip club on... More >>
Dallas
Beer Is Good
Texas law stifles state's craft brewers
By Robb Walsh
Oktoberfest in Fredericksburg starts with a free glass of Shiner "Helles," a crisp,... More >>
Denver
Ryan Frazier puts his job on the line with Amendment 47
By Joel Warner
Ryan Frazier is in fine spirits, all things considered.
He's at ease here, glad-handing and... More >>
Houston
Texas Wants Beer!
Our state is the top beer market in the country, so why are we falling behind in the microbrewery movement?
By Robb Walsh
Oktoberfest in Fredericksburg starts with a free glass of Shiner "Helles," a crisp,... More >>
Kansas City
Monopoly Boy
The second-in-command of Wyandotte County’s power company faces a 57-count indictment.
By Justin Kendall
Marc Conklin gazes out the courtroom's third-story window, at the American flags flapping in... More >>
Minneapolis
The top 10 most dangerous bike intersections in Minneapolis
Is biking in Minneapolis becoming treacherous transit?
By Bradley Campbell
Jimmy Nisser just might have been the nicest person in all of St. Louis Park. He had a trimmed... More >>
Phoenix
A Mormon Widower Wasn’t Counting on a Murder Rap When He Followed His Late Wife’s Instruction to Marry His Ex-Lover
By Paul Rubin
On September 23, 2001, Faylene Grant wrote a letter to her husband Doug and his ex-girlfriend,... More >>
St. Louis
Mavericky!: Alderman and ex-cop John Hoffmann aims to rid Town & Country of dirty rotten four-flushers, varmints and deer
By Chad Garrison
Seated in the office of his modest, 1960s-era ranch home, Town & Country alderman John Hoffmann... More >>
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Live Blogging The Third Presidential Debate
Wed Oct 15, 8:58 PM
via CTV The final Presidential debate is tonight, and since we've had so much fun live blogging this one and "that one" (can't forget this either, doncha know) we're doing it again. And just because we love you so much... More >>
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Columns
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Hip-Hop Fame at South Florida Strip Clubs Local rappers know the road to stardom is through the champagne room.Thursday, October 16It's just before midnight outside Diamonds Cabaret, a swank-meets-hood black strip club on the western, industrial edge of North Miami Beach. Six... More>>
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Gay Hate in Miami Beach A condo association rejects a dream tenant and his partner.Thursday, October 16The call came in to Tower 41 Condominium, a salmon-pink set of buildings on Pine Tree Drive, on February 22, 2006. Why, asked real estate broker... More>>
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Michael the Black Man: Shot by Obama Henchmen? How the Blacks Against Obama leader surved an "assassination" attempt.Thursday, October 16Michael Symonette is the cultish, Old Testament-spewing, mysteriously wealthy, and not-at-all-batshit visionary behind Blacks Against Obama. He... More>>
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Big Girls Gather at AmazonCon The Seminole Hard Rock hosts a convention for Amazon women and the fetishists who love them.Thursday, October 16On the way to the slot machines at Seminole Hard Rock last weekend, a little old lady was surrounded by a circle of seven-foot-tall women.... More>>
Letters
Letters from the Issue of October 16, 2008
Thursday, October 16
Panty Scum
Keep your daughter away from security: I read Natalie O'Neill's October 9 article "The Panty Thief" this morning, and I was shocked... More >>
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