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Every Night Is Eighties Night at South Florida Skating RinksRemember couples skate? Suede rentals? Cheap pizza? They all live on at the roller rink.By Amy GuthrieThursday, October 09Miguel Carver looks devilishly happy as he rounds a corner of the roller rink. Bent slightly forward, lost in his own world, he skates close to... More >> -
Invasion of the Amazon WomenBig girls, little guys, lots of fun.By Natalie O'NeillThursday, October 02The elevator doors part, and Mikayla Miles joins a threesome of clean-cut executives on the way up to the ninth floor. It's 8 p.m., and the... More >> -
Let Terrorist Eduardo Arocena GoEl exilio wants him out of jail.By Tim ElfrinkThursday, September 25Prickly late-fall air rustles through a block of blue-collar homes in Union City, New Jersey, and butterflies swarm 13-year-old Richard... More >> -
Ex-North Miami Mayor Elton Gissendanner Is BackA prison stay and bankruptcy can't keep him down.By Gus Garcia-RobertsThursday, September 18"He's a politician?" cracks the construction worker assigned to guarding the flooded road. "Throw him in the creek!" But then he allows the... More >> -
Missing Person: Lilly AramburoShe's one of 5,000 people a year reported gone without a trace in Miami-Dade County.By Francisco AlvaradoThursday, September 11Lilly Aramburo and Christen Pacheco were hanging out in the living room of a first-floor condominium in Kendall shortly before 2 a.m. June 1,... More >>
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Roller Jam: Every night is '80s night at South Florida roller rinks
By Amy Guthrie
“Spring Love” by Stevie B:
Miguel Carver looks devilishly happy as he rounds the... More >>
Dallas
DISD In the Hole
Teachers get axed and parents fret as Dallas' school leaders scramble to cover a budget hole
By Robert Wilonsky
A greeting, passed along in a coffee shop:
"Hey, I haven't seen you in a long time."
"How are... More >>
Denver
America's promise to protect asylum-seekers gets lost in the paperwork
By Lisa Rab
Eleven years ago, Peter arrived in America, desperate for a place to hide.
In his native... More >>
Houston
Ronald Taylor Is One of Perhaps Hundreds of Innocent People Harris County Has Sent to Prison
Our local justice system would prefer to leave them there
By Randall Patterson
Ronald Gene Taylor's long night began one morning 15 years ago when he was awakened by the... More >>
Kansas City
The Ghosts of St. Elizabeth: For Kansas City's Catholic sex-abuse victims, this was a parish of pain.
By Peter Rugg
The cold face of the St. Elizabeth rectory gives no indication of comfort within. Inside, its... More >>
Minneapolis
Skate or die: Life with the MN Roller Girls
The rough-and-tumble Roller Girls punch, smack, and kick their way to victory at the rink
By Beth Walton
Before we get too far ahead of ourselves, there's something you need to know about me: I'm a... More >>
Phoenix
A Mormon Widower Wasn’t Counting on a Murder Rap When He Followed His Late Wife’s Instruction to Marry His Ex-Lover
By Paul Rubin
On September 23, 2001, Faylene Grant wrote a letter to her husband Doug and his ex-girlfriend,... More >>
San Francisco
Building Overtime
Off-duty police officers making time and a half are swarming over construction sites, handing out tickets. Only in S.F.
By Joe Eskenazi
Six hundred and twenty-two dollars and eighty-one cents. This is a figure virtually every... More >>
St. Louis
Abracadabra: St. Louis has become a flourishing place for magicians
By Matt Kasper
It is a Friday afternoon in August and Keith Jozsef is shuffling cards at Tucker's Place in... More >>
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Riptide 2.0
Carvalho Gets the Contract
Fri Oct 10, 4:42 PM
This man works as a Carvalho impersonator. He is available for parties, bar mitzvahs, and to fill the lustful needs of any Herald reporters who don't want to face ethics charges. So, the School Board ratified Albert Carvalho's superintendent... More >>
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Missing Person: Lilly Aramburo She's one of 5,000 people a year reported gone without a trace in Miami-Dade County.
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Neighbors Battle in Cutler Bay This showdown means restraining orders, anti-Semitism, guns, and 68 calls to the cops.
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Topless Protesters on South Beach Well, they drew lots of onlookers.
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Michael the Black Man Trashes Obama A former cult member crashed the UM rally.
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Selling Out at the Miami Herald The newspaper's county hall reporter takes a six-figure job with the very people he was supposed to cover.
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Every Night Is Eighties Night at South Florida Skating Rinks Remember couples skate? Suede rentals? Cheap pizza? They all live on at the roller rink.Thursday, October 09Miguel Carver looks devilishly happy as he rounds a corner of the roller rink. Bent slightly forward, lost in his own world, he skates close to... More>>
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Panty Thief Sparks Security Meltdown at Barry University Weirdness in the launderette leads to firings.Thursday, October 09It started with a troubled security guard stealing college coeds' underwear. It ended last month with the quiet resignation of the executive... More>>
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Lobbyist Ron Book Tries to Tackle the Housing Crisis Maybe he can rent us a room in his $2.2 million pad in Plantation.Thursday, October 09Riptide can't pay his rent. So he recently headed downtown to visit the guys who advise the county commission on building affordable... More>>
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City of Miami Bullies Martin Margulies Will the art collector be forced to paint over a mural on his own warehouse in Wynwood?Thursday, October 09Who's a better judge of art: a prolific collector or a city code enforcer? The City of Miami hopes the Wynwood Art District might finally bring... More>>
Letters
Letters from the Issue of October 9, 2008
Thursday, October 09
Ban Reporters from County Hall
At least if they're vying for six-figure jobs: After reading September 25's "Selling out at the Miami Herald," by... More >>
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