AltWeeklies Wire
Whistleblower Alleges Congressman May Have Rigged Electionnew
In 2000, U.S. Rep. Tom Feeney asked a Florida software company if it could develop a prototype of a voting program that could alter the vote tabulation in an election and be undetectable, a programmer for the firm claims in a sworn affidavit submitted to the U.S. Congress.
New Times Broward-Palm Beach |
Trevor Aaronson |
02-17-2005 |
Politics
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
Band of Brothersnew
While most modern bluegrass bands step lightly in Birkenstocks and ponytails and strum meandering, milquetoast newgrass, the Hackensaws stomp through their repertoire with a purposefulness that can be described only as blue-collar.
New Times Broward-Palm Beach |
Jonathan Zwickel |
01-26-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: The Hackensaw Boys, Give It Back
Dania Jai-Alai Faces Extinctionnew
On the eve of a vote on slot machines that could resuscitate this ailing, brutish ballet, both jai-alai fans and gringo Scotty Klier wonder how much longer their love affair with this elegant, 500-year-old Basque competition can continue.
New Times Broward-Palm Beach |
Sam Eifling |
01-25-2005 |
Sports
Tags: sports & fitness
Female Pool Players Kick Ass With a Cue Sticknew
Players with nicknames like "The Empress," "The Irish Invader" and "The Black Widow' competed at the Women's Professional Billiard Association Classic Tour last month.
New Times Broward-Palm Beach |
Wyatt Olson |
01-18-2005 |
Recreation
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
Thanks to Deathnew
Javier Bardem aces the role of a charming quadriplegic who wants to die in this drama by Spanish director Alejandro Amenábar.
New Times Broward-Palm Beach |
Melissa Levine |
01-11-2005 |
Reviews
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
Famed South Florida DJ Does His Second Spinnew
Gabriel Fain was spinning records at one of America's most illustrious dance clubs, Voodoo Lounge and Club Space in downtown Miami, before he surrendered himself to the Drug Enforcement Administration. Now he's back.
New Times Broward-Palm Beach |
Jonathan Zwickel |
01-11-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
The Ludicrous Dozen of 2004new
Scramble the letters in South Florida's four hurricanes, "Charlie Frances Ivan Jeanne," and you get the hidden message "Jesus Is Finally Coming." Read that and 11 other unusual stories of 2004 from South Florida.
New Times Broward-Palm Beach |
Staff Writers |
01-04-2005 |
Commentary
The Deadliest Daynew
AltWeeklies Award - Feature Story
New Times Broward-Palm Beach |
Staff |
01-03-2005 |
Media
