AltWeeklies Wire
The Leader of a High-Profile Florida Church is Enveloped in Scandalnew
Next month, Pastor Gaston Smith of Friendship Missionary Baptist is set to stand trial for allegedly stealing from a community fund named for his hero, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
Miami New Times |
Gus Garcia-Roberts |
08-17-2009 |
Religion
Shark Attack -- Oops, Shark Accident -- Victim Defends the Beasts on Capitol Hillnew
Michael Beach recently joined eight other survivors on Capitol Hill to lobby legislators to pass the Shark Conservation Act of 2009, introduced by Sen. John Kerry. It would close loopholes related to "finning," the brutal practice of slicing off live sharks' fins for soup.
Miami New Times |
Gus Garcia-Roberts |
08-17-2009 |
Animal Issues
A Darker Look at Che's Revolutionnew
There's little question that, as former top CIA analyst Brian Latell puts it, Gustavo Villoldo played a "very critical role in the capture of Che Guevara." But while some exiles consider Gustavo a hero, Che fans and scholars such as UCLA's Peter McLaren call him a "narrow-minded ideologue who set out to avenge his father and took his anger out on a great man."
Miami New Times |
Tim Elfrink |
08-10-2009 |
International
Miami Heat Superstar Dwyane Wade Sure Picked a Dubious Business Partnernew
In 2007, Richard von Houtman and Wade teamed up to create a chain of upscale sports bars and invest in a charter school company. Now von Houtman seems to have a single objective: to disparage one of the National Basketball Association's most popular players.
Miami New Times |
Gus Garcia-Roberts |
07-13-2009 |
Crime & Justice
Black-Market Cigarettes: Miami's New Vicenew
A gray-haired 57-year-old Florida man named Roman Vidal smuggled millions of cigarettes from Miami to Dublin criminals who funded a terrorist group, investigators say. The charges are just the latest link between black-market U.S. smokes and violent terrorist groups around the world.
Miami New Times |
Tim Elfrink |
07-06-2009 |
Crime & Justice
How Jackson Hospital's Mental Health Unit Fails Miaminew
Many tragedies have plagued the deeply troubled unit of the nation's third-largest public hospital. After an exhaustive review, New Times has uncovered the following: rushed patient releases, inadequate supervision, undocumented use of restraints, and possible civil rights violations.
Miami New Times |
Natalie O'Neill |
06-22-2009 |
Science
The Supreme Court Will Decide Whether to Reconsider the Conviction of the Cuban Fivenew
Miami is on trial this month. The U.S. Supreme Court will decide June 15 whether we are scum-sucking Cuba haters.
Miami New Times |
Chuck Strouse |
06-08-2009 |
Crime & Justice
Swamped: The Everglades Restoration Isn't Good for Everyonenew
As environmentalists absorb the biggest infusion of cash in a decade from the federal government, activists around the Glades are raising some inconvenient concerns.
Miami New Times |
Tim Elfrink |
06-08-2009 |
Environment
Florida International University Spends Big Bucks on Bureaucratsnew
Even as the FIU president's salary is rising, the university is slashing majors, departments, and jobs. And it's raising tuition.
Miami New Times |
Chuck Strouse |
05-04-2009 |
Education
Who Profits from Pint-Size Preacher Terry Durham?new
While television and newspapers have chronicled his growing success, the circle of adults that surrounds him, and their respective criminal histories, makes the story more complex.
Miami New Times |
Natalie O'Neill |
05-04-2009 |
Religion
They'll Slaughter Your Dinner As You Watch -- But Don't Tell the Copsnew
At the tiny, often filthy farms of rural Northwest Dade County, Cubans and other immigrants keep alive a cottage industry of unlicensed slaughter.
Miami New Times |
Gus Garcia-Roberts |
04-06-2009 |
Food+Drink
The Trail of an Art Heist in France Ends in Suburban South Floridanew
In less than five minutes, five men stole $6.3 million worth of art. Thirteen months later, a Frenchman was sentenced to five years in prison for trying to sell the artwork in South Florida.
Miami New Times |
Michael J. Mooney |
04-06-2009 |
Crime & Justice
A Fight Brews Over Secure Wrap's County Contract at Miami International Airportnew
Secure Wrap's contract with MIA is up and things are getting interesting again. Secure Wrap has a squad of high-powered lobbyists to protect it from competitors who want in on the action. The company needs all the help it can get.
Miami New Times |
Francisco Alvarado |
03-23-2009 |
Business & Labor
Feds Say a Cutler Bay Man Funded Irish Terrorists Through the Port of Miaminew
A Cutler Bay man funneled money to the Irish terrorists who murdered two British soldiers in Belfast earlier this month, federal prosecutors say in a complaint unsealed in Miami-Dade court.
Miami New Times |
Tim Elfrink |
03-23-2009 |
Crime & Justice
Guards Are Preying on Inmates at a Miami Federal Prisonnew
Officers and employees sexually assaulting inmates without fear of any consequences is a widespread problem afflicting federal prisons across the nation.
Miami New Times |
Francisco Alvarado |
03-23-2009 |
Crime & Justice
