AltWeeklies Wire
'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
South Florida's Tabloid Valley Vanishesnew
The story behind the consolidation of all the major scandal sheets into one company, and the National Enquirer's upcoming move to New York City, is a shocker.
New Times Broward-Palm Beach |
Trevor Aaronson |
03-16-2005 |
Media
Unusual Suspects: Writer Searches for Truth About Deathsnew
Barbara Gordon, who discovered her friends' bodies in their home 16 years ago, has challenged the police ruling that the couple died as a result of simultaneous recreational cocaine overdoses. Part 2
New Times Broward-Palm Beach |
Bob Norman |
02-15-2005 |
Crime & Justice
Unusual Suspects: Case Gets Cold After Mysterious Deathsnew
Sixteen years ago, a Coral Springs, Fla, couple was found dead in their million-dollar home of an unexplained cocaine overdose. Part 1
New Times Broward-Palm Beach |
Bob Norman |
02-15-2005 |
Crime & Justice
Are Women Crazy? Men Respondnew
The list of daffy dames in literature, movies, and life is long. Men out on the town weigh the evidence as to whether women are crazy.
New Times Broward-Palm Beach |
Courtney Hambright |
02-15-2005 |
The War on Women
Tags: bar hopping, neurotic
Police Used Casanova to Entrap Woman on Drug Chargenew
Acting as a confidential informant for the Hollywood, Fla., Police Department, a handsome Bahamian romanced optician Valarie Curry and then set her up in a cocaine transaction.
New Times Broward-Palm Beach |
Trevor Aaronson |
02-11-2005 |
Crime & Justice
Researcher Keeps the Science Trip Going on LSDnew
Thomas Lyttle's mission, after 30 years of study, is to undemonize acid. Ironically, he's achieving some success just as LSD has virtually disappeared from the underground drug landscape.
New Times Broward-Palm Beach |
Jeff Stratton |
02-01-2005 |
Science
The Younger Set Takes on Viagranew
Young men are stealing Viagra from their Dads and selling it on the street.
New Times Broward-Palm Beach |
Courtney Hambright |
01-17-2005 |
Sex
Jeb Bush's Men Wanted Silence on Biotech Project's Impactnew
An employee for the Florida Department of Environmental Protection learned that any comment about the impact of Scripps Research Institute's biotech project on Palm Beach County's ecosystem was strongly discouraged.
New Times Broward-Palm Beach |
Wyatt Olson |
01-11-2005 |
Environment
The Deadliest Daynew
AltWeeklies Award - Feature Story
New Times Broward-Palm Beach |
Staff |
01-03-2005 |
Media
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
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
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
