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Fort Lauderdale Draws Disappointing Score on LGBT Municipal Equality Index

By Chris JosephNovember 12, 2014
For a city with the highest concentration of same-sex couples, Fort Lauderdale got a pretty substandard score in the Municipal Equality Index this year. The index, released annually by the gay-rights group Human Rights Campaign, grades how municipalities across the country treat lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender residents. And Fort...
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Locavore Index 2013: How Does Florida Stack Up?

By Sara VentieraApril 11, 2013
Since the Alice Waters and Chez Panisse came into the scene in Berkeley in the 1960's, there has been a huge movement to localize our food systems. Obviously, some areas caught on a bit quicker than others. Some areas do make it easier. Iowa, for example, is pretty much one...
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The Hot Waitress Economic Index: A Primer

By Stefan KamphMay 29, 2012
I was looking up some financial terms on Investopedia the other day when I came across an interesting item: the Hot Waitress Economic Index, which posits that the worse the economy, the hotter the wait staff at your favorite restaurant will be.The theory is that in good economic times, hot...
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This O’Grime Video is “Windex Your Monitor” Bloody

By Reed FischerDecember 5, 2011
Anyone claiming to have just experienced a "brutal" weekend might want to step into Miami hip-hop/dubstep collective O'Grime's blood-stained shoes for a second. So maybe your forehead's a tad sore from a bit too much Franzia, or someone left a scratch on the side of your 2008 Ford Focus, or...
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How I Lost My Left Index Finger…

By John LinnJuly 3, 2008
As a little kid, you used to do all sorts of inappropriate things with fireworks. The time you set off a string of Black Cats in your sister’s bedroom comes to mind. Oh, and what about when you and your friends paraded around town tucking bottle rockets behind your ears...
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Hospital Index

By Bob NormanFebruary 12, 2004
You might think the North Broward Hospital District would be at least moderately thrifty, especially since it keeps raising our property taxes to help fund its monstrous $800 million budget. But then, you'd be wrong. A look at an unauthorized Internet database of NBHD's expenses provides strong evidence that the...