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In this week’s print edition, Francisco Alvarado tells the story of two South Florida film makers chronicling the triumphant rise and embarrassing fall of the Miami Hurricanes. In The U, set to air locally next week and then nationally on ESPN, Billy Corben and Alfred Spellman place the football team’s rise…

…Tits? That article in the New York Times is the reason you’re liable to see droves of chubby women lining up outside plastic surgeon offices. Yes, cosmetic scientists are making progress in lipo-suctioning fat out of one undesirable location in a woman’s body so that that same fat can be…

In a last-ditch effort to prevent Broward school employees from paying thousands of dollars more for health insurance for their kids next year, the Broward Teachers Union this morning filed suit in Broward County Circuit Court to temporarily stop the 45 percent insurance rate hike.The rate increase doesn’t take effect…

​A lot of people suspect Tony Villegas was framed in the murder of former Rothstein Rosenfeldt Adler attorney Melissa Britt Lewis. The prosecution’s theory is that Villegas killed Lewis because she had become close with his estranged wife, Debra Villegas, chief operating officer at RRA and a right-hand woman to Ponzi…

Really, there’s only one airline that would stoop this hilariously low: Miramar-based Spirit Airlines. The airline that has previously boasted of being a skank compared to Virgin Air, that giggles about “tree-way” sex in another ad. Spirit had to work fast to get this ad out while it was still…

Russ Adler was just seen walking into the Broward County Courthouse, according to a witness, most likely in a matter involving the Larry Seidlin case. He had a smile on his face as usual and spoke to folks as if nothing out of the ordinary has been happening during this past month…

The news this Thursday morning in Broward and Palm Beach:Responding to a tip that Jupiter killer Paul Merhige had been spotted at a Miami condo, police conducted a searched last night. But alas, no sign of him. [Miami Herald]New details about how Scott Rothstein used politicians as props in his…

It’s just before the start of the Cotton Bowl Classic at Fair Park Stadium in Dallas on the morning of January 1, 1991. The University of Texas Longhorns line up against the University of Miami Hurricanes, the most reviled college football program in the nation. There is not an empty…

On September 9, 2007, a line of 40 people snaked single file through the highlands of Papua, New Guinea. Native Kaiberem villagers, perched on mountain ledges above, watched the travelers make their way uphill. It looked like an entire small town was trekking toward them through the forest. The villagers…

Broward sheriff’s Lt. Chief David Benjamin, who escorted Ponzi schemer Scott Rothstein to his jet when he fled last month to Morocco, has officially been removed from Sheriff Al Lamberti’s inner circle. The sheriff sent out an email late this afternoon announcing that he had appointed a new chief executive…

Talk to a meet-up organizer and he or she will tell you how hard it is to find suitable locations for events. Hotels always want money up-front — like dinners or rental fees. Bars and restaurants have a flat fee that must be paid to secure their private rooms.Apparently, it’s…

At Pet Airways, man’s best friend flies first class — even the ones who are homeless. The exclusive airline played a central role in the “Pup My Ride” rescue mission over the Thanksgiving holiday, transporting more than 50 dogs from parts of the country inundated with homeless and unwanted pets…

The Miami Herald is cutting 24 jobs throughout the company and reducing the hours of workers involved in printing and delivering the paper, Publisher David Landsberg announced in an email this morning.Seven people will lose their jobs in the Herald newsroom: an assigning editor, two copyeditors, two designers, a photo…

This is one for the documents file. I just received this email that was sent yesterday from the Banyon hedge fund to investors. Its authenticity is confirmed. In it, Banyon owner George Levin, the leviathan Scott Rothstein feeder who believed he and his investors had nearly $1 billion in RRA’s trust accounts, rebuts allegations…