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OMG! Dunkin’ Donuts Has Peeps Donuts!

We interrupt this blog to share a bit of cuteness overload. Dunkin' Donuts now has Peeps donuts! These cutie-patooties are actually flower-shaped donuts, decorated with pastel pink or green icing. Then they're topped with an honest-to-gosh pink or yellow Peep! See also: Ten Best Easter Brunches in Broward...
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Dwyane Wade Flop: Are Heat Better Without Him?

Dwyane Wade has been fined $5,000 for his Game 2 flop against the San Antonio Spurs. And deservedly so. The NBA says flopping is illegal and has tried to curb the act by fining players when they do. And Wade's Game 2 flop was a doozy. Although it came against...
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Musicians Who’ve Taken Sides in Israel-Palestine Conflict

To us mere plebeians, social media is often a voyeuristic peek into the glamorous idiocy of celebrity. We get to see their endless slew of selfies, obtain a first glance at whatever new thing they are trying to sell us, and we can chuckle at their all caps, poorly written...
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Chris Bosh Unleashes His Dino-Vengeance on the Pacers

Chris Bosh kicked the Pacers' asses right through their faces. In what was his best performance against his bumpy history with Indiana, Bosh managed to come out with a molten-lava-hot shooting hand and buried the Pacers in the Heat's 102-90 Game 4 victory. In the first three games of this...
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Agustina Woodgate Makes Beautiful Rugs From Teddy Bears

Back in 2010, Agustina Woodgate began seriously thinking about teddy bears. The Miami conceptual artist came across Pepe, her childhood bear, which she had received at age 1 while living in Buenos Aires. That scruffy brown cub somehow made it to Miami when she moved here nearly ten years ago...
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Hands Across the Sand 2014: Global Shout-Out for Clean Energy

An annual green event that started in Florida in 2010 now spans the globe, uniting people of many lands in a cry for energy sanity and environmental preservation. See also: - Rick Scott Says "I'm Not a Scientist" as He Continues to Ignore Climate Change Issue Hands Across the Sand...
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Aaron Hernandez Indicted for Double Homicide

Former New England Patriot and Florida Gator Aaron Hernandez has been indicted on murder charges for the 2012 deaths of Daniel Abreu and Safiro Furtado. A search warrant filed in Connecticut in January placed Hernandez at the drive-by shooting in Boston, but on Thursday, prosecutors said Hernandez was the triggerman...
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Dark Star Orchestra Are Always Out to Raise the Dead

It ought to come as no real surprise that certain outfits are embracing the cover band concept and reaping rewards as a result. Consequently, there's a veritable cottage industry that flourishes via tributes to the Beatles (natch), Pink Floyd, the Eagles, Led Zeppelin (led by the son of drummer John...
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Trader Joe’s Wellington to Open May 16

It's official. Trader Joe's has set the date. The grocery will be located at Village Green Center at 2877 S. State Road 7 and will feature 12,500 square feet of wares, most of them exclusive to the Monrovia, California-based chain. The store, which features exotic foods from throughout the world,...
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Tap 42 Adds Spring Cocktails, Drinks on Tap

If you haven't noticed the recent random hot and humid days, spring is in the air -- soon enough it'll be raining everyday. That's right, while the rest of the country is defrosting, we're about to head into full-on oven mode. Bad hair aside, it's not going to be pretty...
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Fort Lauderdale Cyclist Killed by Hit-and-Run Driver

On the heels of the Legislature's working on laying out harsher punishments for hit-and-run suspects and the trial of Axel Inostroza (a man who allegedly ran over a cyclist before dumping him in the woods), and this weekend's Fort Lauderdale Critical Mass comes the sad news of yet another cyclist...
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UPDATED Mai-Kai Was Temporarily Closed Due to Health Violations

Whether you're a fan of government regulation or not, there are some bureaucratic entities that come in handy from time to time -- parking services certainly is not one. The Health Department, however, is one that helps keep us safe (most of the time). Just last week, one of the...
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Giant Rats Won’t Die and Keep Invading Florida

Between 1999 and 2001, about eight giant Gambian pouched rats were let loose by a local exotic breeder. More than a decade later, despite multiple attempts to eradicate what Zoo Miami Communications Director Ron Magill calls "the largest true rat in the world," the mutant critters just won't go away...
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Ten Best Suburban Restaurants in Broward

Cities tend to get all the cred when it comes to dining. It's usually the downtown areas and restaurant strips that host all the trendy bars and eateries -- hey, that's just the way it is. For the most part, if you're looking for chef-driven fare, emerging concepts, great cocktails,...