AltWeeklies Wire
His Drug Supply Gone, a Smuggler Deals in Informationnew
Longtime drug smuggler Michael Ray Roberts has avoided serious prison time by ratting out his partners. So far.
New Times Broward-Palm Beach |
Eric Alan Barton |
10-25-2005 |
Crime & Justice
Faulty Breath-Testing Machines Jeopardize DUI Casesnew
Problems with maintaining Intoxilyzer machines mean thousands of cases against accused drunk drivers could be dropped.
New Times Broward-Palm Beach |
Eric Alan Barton |
09-13-2005 |
Crime & Justice
A New Saintnew
Living like a pauper himself, a young man from Florida spends every nickel and dime to save Haiti's children.
New Times Broward-Palm Beach |
Eric Alan Barton |
07-25-2005 |
Economy
Philanthropist's Dark Side Earns Him the Nickname Bullet Bobnew
Bob Montgomery is a Southern gentleman who has donated an estimated $100 million to arts and social causes. But his kindness shouldn't be mistaken for weakness.
New Times Broward-Palm Beach |
Eric Alan Barton |
05-03-2005 |
Business & Labor
The Mystery of the Sunken Submarinenew
The tourist submarine Capt. Ernesto Garfias Ramirez was towing along the coast of Baja California sank in a storm, he says. The owner claims there was no storm.
New Times Broward-Palm Beach |
Eric Alan Barton |
03-22-2005 |
Business & Labor
Urban Removal Project Displaces Blacksnew
Descendants of the black people who lived in the doomed settlement of Styx are having their land taken away -- this time by the West Palm Beach Housing Authority.
New Times Broward-Palm Beach |
Eric Alan Barton |
03-22-2005 |
Race & Class
'Renewable Energy' Program Spews Out Pollutantsnew
Florida Power & Light's Sunshine Energy Program
isn't as green as promised. Most of the money sent in by well-intentioned customers will not go toward buying energy produced from traditional "clean" sources like solar or wind but from the burning of industrial wood waste and landfill methane.
New Times Broward-Palm Beach |
Eric Alan Barton |
03-16-2005 |
Environment
Here's Lookin' at Younew
A company with a checkered past, Applied Digital Solutions Inc., makes microchips that can be implanted in workers and children to keep track of them.
New Times Broward-Palm Beach |
Eric Alan Barton |
11-30-2004 |
Science
Tags: Health & Science
South Florida Bank Robbers Elude Authoritiesnew
A gang calling itself the Knotty Head Clique is thriving because robbing banks is perhaps easier than it has ever been. Banks spend little money or time preventing heists, taking the stance that giving robbers whatever they want will avoid the injuries during thefts that could lead to lawsuits.
New Times Broward-Palm Beach |
Eric Alan Barton |
11-15-2004 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Cinema So Verité the Cops Rush to the Setnew
Gary Davis has carried the title of guerrilla filmmaker with pride since he was 10 years old, when he started shooting films when on a rundown urban corner of New Jersey. He relishes the danger of shooting scenes that, if he doesn't get in and out quickly, could end in his arrest.
New Times Broward-Palm Beach |
Eric Alan Barton |
10-26-2004 |
Profiles & Interviews
Infamous Sugar Barons Make Nice with Publicnew
For decades, the Fanjul family and their company, Florida Crystals, have symbolized the harshness of corporate, big-business farming. Now they want to win public favor and push ahead with real estate development plans.
New Times Broward-Palm Beach |
Eric Alan Barton |
08-30-2004 |
Business & Labor
Tags: business & labor
