AltWeeklies Wire
Sick, Injured Cruise Workers Drown in Loopholesnew
Those who keep an eye on corporations such as Carnival Cruise Lines and Royal Caribbean International say that employees, especially foreign-born employees, are being funneled to cheap doctors in the Caribbean who provide sometimes inadequate care for cut-rate prices.
Miami New Times |
Forrest Norman |
11-16-2004 |
Business & Labor
Tags: business & labor
Carl Hiaasen Unloads on Pols and Corporate Medianew
Long a writer for the Miami Herald, Hiaasen admits that the paper has changed for the worse. "I blame Knight Ridder," he says. "It's amazing what [the editors] still do given how the budget has shrunk, the staff has shrunk, the news hole has shrunk."
Miami New Times |
Brett Sokol |
11-16-2004 |
Media
Tags: media
Rockers Form Virtual Neighborhood on MySpacenew
It seemed like only yesterday that Friendster was the destination for young, hip Americans to build their own personalized Websites and participate in a worldwide online network. But that was two years ago. These days everyone is heading over to MySpace.
Miami New Times |
Mosi Reeves |
11-08-2004 |
Science
SPIRIT Database in Dade County Is Open for Hackingnew
The county’s court system has spent $36 million on a revolutionary new database, but when programmers warned it was vulnerable, they’re the ones who got deleted.
Miami New Times |
Kirk Nielsen |
11-08-2004 |
Science
Brothers Blame Endangered Panther for Attacks on Animalsnew
An eccentric ecologist and a couple of feisty backwoods boys claim that a rare Florida panther is on the attack.
Miami New Times |
Forrest Norman |
10-12-2004 |
Animal Issues
Wealthy Widows Left Money to Their Primary Care Physiciannew
Three childless widows in Florida remembered their doctor, Aloysius "Al" Brady, generously in their wills. Relatives of one of the women say he used the doctor/patient relationship to take advantage of her.
Miami New Times |
Tristram Korten |
10-05-2004 |
Science
Shooting Underlines Flaws in Assault Weapons Bannew
An AK-47 attack on police officer Keenya Hubert illustrated precisely why a national ban on certain assault weapons had been created in the first place. That it happened the day before the ban's expiration was a bloody coincidence.
Miami New Times |
Tristram Korten |
09-28-2004 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
The Teele Conspiracy: Commissioner Claims He's a Victimnew
The arrest last week of Miami Commissioner Art Teele on assault charges following a wild car chase brought to a climactic close one more scene in the drama that has become his life.
Miami New Times |
Francisco Alvarado, Kirk Nielsen and Rebecca Wakefield |
09-07-2004 |
Crime & Justice
Patients at Miami-Dade County Jail Found to Be at Risknew
The leg of a Miami-Dade County jail inmate became so badly infected with virulent, drug-resistant bacteria that it may have to be amputated, and the infection has spread to other inmates.
Miami New Times |
Tristram Korten |
09-07-2004 |
Crime & Justice
An Imperfect Murder: Marielito to Face Trial for Killing Mobsternew
The man accused of murdering convicted Mob associate Charlie Moretto was a career criminal who had become an informant for the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives. In fact, Luis Martinez was on the government payroll the day Moretto was slain.
Miami New Times |
Trevor Aaronson |
08-23-2004 |
Crime & Justice
