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On Major Label Debut, Bomba Estéreo Never Loses Sight of its Roots

It was a typically dreary evening in the Colombian capital—cold and drizzling. Yet that didn't stop thousands from coming out on May 17 when Colombian sensation Bomba Estéreo gave Bogotá a sneak peak of its new album Amanecer ("Daybreak," in English) at a massive open-air, mountainside dance party on the...
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Boy Sues ChildNet, Says Foster Parent Abused Him

A child who was allegedly sexually abused by a foster parent has filed a lawsuit against welfare providers Kids in Distress Inc. and ChildNet, Inc. because the agencies did not conduct proper background checks on the parent before issuing a foster parenting license.  According to the lawsuit, the child —...
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Palm Beach Drops Kratom Warnings Pursuit

Palm Beach County Commission has decided not to pursue their months-long quest to enact an ordinance that would force kava bars to put up warnings about kratom. Kratom and whether it should be banned has been in the headlines ever since the death of a 20-year-old Boynton Beach man named...
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Florida Election Results Live Blog

OK. This is it. The polls have closed, and it's time to tally up them votes. After all the handshakes and ads and campaigning and the spending of millions upon millions of dollars, the time has finally come to announce who the winners are in Florida's midterm election. We could...
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Ten Best Ramen Spots in Broward and Palm Beach Counties

We've all had ramen. For most Americans, it comes from styrofoam cups or familiar plastic packaging in flavors like "oriental" and "seafood." We eat it when we are short on time, hungover, broke, or living in a dorm. The Japanese would shake their heads at this; for them, ramen is...
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Five Reasons to Enter the Silly, Sad World of Netflix’s BoJack Horseman

BoJack Horseman lurched out of the gate last year with a whole lotta animal puns and one uncomplicated thesis: Old sitcoms suck. An aggressively stupid and mawkish show from the late Eighties called Horsin’ Around, about an equine-human hybrid in Cosby sweaters who adopts three adorable orphans, made its star,...
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Cameo Frontman Larry Blackmon: “Sincerity Turns Me On”

Around this time every year, Cameo frontman Larry Blackmon gets calls from people he hardly knows saying, “Larry I love you! Happy birthday, man!” But they never know when his birthday is — it's listed as May 24 by some sources and May 29 by others. Few beyond close friends...
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Ten Live Aid Acts You Shouldn’t Have Forgotten

Live Aid is 30 years old this week. The concert for Ethiopia, held simultaneously at London's Wembley and Philadelphia's John F Kennedy stadium, brought together a who’s who of pop and rock. Titans were made at the two concerts: Freddie Mercury and Queen stole the show, U2 took a giant...
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Xtreme Indoor Karting

If it’s got XTreme in the name, you can pretty much bet it’s gonna be good. And at Xtreme Indoor Karting, anyone with a need for speed can race around the 90,000-square-foot complex in agile little vehicles designed to zip, zoom and haul ass. There’s a results board, a bar, Nascar simulators, a pro shop, […]
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Cafe Sharaku

This boutique, six-table restaurant located off of Federal Highway in Fort Lauderdale takes French technique and merges it with the ingredients of Japanese chef/owner Iwoa Kaita’s homeland. The result is as enticing as a well-written line of poetry. A specials board denotes what’s fresh daily and includes offerings like vibrant Florida stone crab baked with […]
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Seaquarium Is About to Get Sued Over Cruelty to Lolita

The People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) has sent the Seaquarium a letter notifying their intent to file a lawsuit in federal district court under the Endangered Species Act (ESA). The letter says that the orca Lolita’s captivity at the Seaquarium is unlawful because she is being harmed, harassed,...
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Seasons 52

This Fort Lauderdale storefront is just one of seven chain restaurants courtesy of Darden Inc. (of Olive Garden fame). And you can bet your Prada handbag that this test concept, “seasonally inspired healthier dining,” has been thoroughly researched, tested, evaluated, and strategized. Low-cal flame-grilled meats, 60 wines by the glass, whole grains, fresh veggies, and […]
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Walter Phillip Coleman, Ex-Priest, Sued Sixth Time for Sex Abuse

Snowbirds land in South Florida hauling all sorts of baggage. For one former Connecticut resident, that includes six lawsuits stemming from allegations of Catholic church sex abuse. The most recent allegations hit just last week. n the late 1970s and early 1980s, Father Walter Phillip Coleman was the priest at...
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Jeb Bush Is Petty and Vindictive

Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, his face contorted in a scowl, doesn't get up to greet Alex Villalobos when the big-eyed 42-year-old state senator enters the dimly lit office connected to the executive suite of Tallahassee's Capitol building. It's early May 2006, shortly after the last day of the legislative session,...
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Chick-fil-A Opens in Delray Beach

Chick-fil-A opens its first Delray Beach location today, turning its parking lot into a sort of tent city. Dozens of people converged on the restaurant's parking lot at 1900 S. Federal Hwy., setting up sleeping bags and tents to camp out for as much as 24 hours in the hopes...