AltWeeklies Wire
Homeless Find Sanctuary in Sherwood Forestnew
A bucolic homeless camp has been up and running in Fort Lauderdale's Sherwood Forest for two decades. Hard living has taken a toll on its denizens.
New Times Broward-Palm Beach |
Jeff Stratton |
12-27-2004 |
Economy
See You Later, Navigatornew
It took nearly three years for Tracy McGrady Sr. to get back the SUV police seized after they found a baggie of pot in it. The car was a gift from McGrady Sr.'s son, All-Star basketball player Tracy McGrady Jr.
New Times Broward-Palm Beach |
Jeff Stratton |
12-21-2004 |
Crime & Justice
Broward Commissioner Plays Dual Role With Developersnew
On the Broward County Commission, Josephus Eggelletion has advocated giving public funds to developers who build affordable housing. He was openly on the payroll of one developer, and now well-placed sources say he's been working behind the scenes for another.
New Times Broward-Palm Beach |
Bob Norman |
12-21-2004 |
Politics
Teens Complain of Beatings and Humiliation at Boot-Campnew
On a boy's first night at Growing Together, a boot camp-style drug treatment center for adolescents in Lake Worth, Fla., he says he got a visit from "The Naked Crusader." A New Times investigation discovered that physical and sexual abuse are common there.
New Times Broward-Palm Beach |
Trevor Aaronson |
12-13-2004 |
Crime & Justice
To Re-Catch a Thiefnew
For the old cat burglars known as The Dinnerset Gang, all that's left is a movie script, a book proposal, and undying hatred for one another.
New Times Broward-Palm Beach |
Wyatt Olson |
12-06-2004 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Misdirectednew
The Spanish director's latest is a movie about a movie, which Almodóvar addresses with his usual strengths -- zest, humor, and sharp visual beauty -- as well as his weaknesses, including the failure to acknowledge the gravity of his subject.
New Times Broward-Palm Beach |
Melissa Levine |
11-30-2004 |
Reviews
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
Chief Walking Eaglenew
Battered, broken, living in obscurity, quasi-hermit Robb Tiller was once a linchpin in the fortunes of one of Florida's biggest businesses: the Seminole Indians' gambling operations.
New Times Broward-Palm Beach |
Sam Eifling |
11-30-2004 |
Business & Labor
Tags: business & labor
South Florida's Sex Industry Goes Onlinenew
In the national $8-billion-dollar-a-year sex trade, the Internet has become an insulating blanket protecting women from the dangers of the street while allowing them smart new methods to screen potential clients for safety.
New Times Broward-Palm Beach |
Jeff Stratton |
11-24-2004 |
Sex
Down with the Pixies, Up with Chick Flicksnew
Death Metal Douglas' band, Radar O'Reilly, is seen either as an AC/DC rehasher repelling audiences from local bars and clubs or a talent burning too brightly among the blind.
New Times Broward-Palm Beach |
Courtney Hambright |
11-16-2004 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Death Metal Douglas
An Election Day Tour in the Sunshine Statenew
A sign on Julie Beck's front yard, reading "Save America: Flush the John's" [sic], was stapled to a vintage Nixon/Agnew placard. Brilliant irony? Um, no.
New Times Broward-Palm Beach |
Edmund Newton |
11-15-2004 |
Commentary
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
Five Steps to Achieving Metal Health, the Metallica Waynew
Two years ago, members of Metallica paid a sports therapist to help them deal with one another. He wasn't qualified so New Times offers a better prescription.
New Times Broward-Palm Beach |
Jason Bracelin |
11-08-2004 |
Music
Vote Interruptednew
Broward County's elections office was plagued by technological problems, ill-equipped early voting stations, and, worst of all, the disappearance of thousands of absentee ballots. The question lingers: Were the ballots lost, or were they stolen?
New Times Broward-Palm Beach |
Bob Norman |
11-08-2004 |
Politics
Resurrected Skinny Puppy Shows Some Teethnew
Drug abuse has taken a catastrophic toll on Canada's legendary proto-industrial outfit. 1996's The Process was released after keyboardist Dwayne Goettel's overdose death. The surviving members, long-time friends, spent the remainder of the decade estranged.
New Times Broward-Palm Beach |
Jeff Stratton |
11-02-2004 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Skinny Puppy
