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Lionfish Opera: Invasive Fish, Like, Sings Verdi and New NOAA Guide

Lionfish are nothing new. The vibrant and venomous  invasive species has been screwing up local marine habitats since the first one was recorded in U.S. waters off our very own Dania Beach back in 1985. Their persistence prompted the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to release a new reports on best practices for controlling...
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Ang Lee’s “Life of Pi” Boasts Great 3-D Visuals but Not Much Else

A stacked-deck theological inquiry filtered through a Titanic-by-way-of-Slumdog Millionaire narrative, Life of Pi manages occasional spiritual wonder through its 3-D visuals but otherwise sinks like a stone. It's no shock that Ang Lee brings to his high-seas adventure graceful and refined aesthetics devoid of any unique signature or pressing emotion,...
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The Best Eggnog Martini Recipe, Plus Five More Christmas Cocktails

Ah, the holiday season, a time for holiday parties and tons of food. While the holidays are always a great excuse to pig out on all those home-cooked goodies, it's also a great reason to get slogged off festive cocktails and martinis with your extended family and friends. This year, celebrate...
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Miniature Golf as Art? I’m Not Buying It

How's this for conceptual art? Invite more than a dozen artists — some working individually, some as teams — to create interactive installations, each inspired by a hole of miniature golf. Devote a museum's prime display space to the results and call it art. Sit back and watch as people...
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Beer 101: A Basic Guide to Beer

Oktoberfest celebrations are happening in South Florida through October 21, and since beer is a fundamental part of the two week celebration, it may help you to know a thing or two about it. See Also: - The Craft-Beer Craze Finally Finds Florida - Oktoberfest 2012 in South Florida: Celebrations...
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Damonlessness Clouds a Franchise in “The Bourne Legacy”

The Bourne films have more than just overstayed their welcome and outlasted the Ludlum books — they've been Van Halenized, with an abrupt change of frontman and a resulting dip in personality. The only big-ass popcorn franchise of the past decade to have not been spawned on computers, the series...
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Broward County Was Mostly Meh About Voting in Last Night’s Primaries

The results are in: Broward County just didn't have a single crap to give when it came to the primary elections last night.According to the Florida Division of Elections website, Broward posted 10.69 percent turnout, which is pretty darned low, even for Broward's traditional meh stance on primary election nights,...
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Assault Rifles Are Big Business in Florida as Federal Ban Looms

As Suleiman Yousef fires a sleek black AR-15-style rifle, orange and blue muzzle bursts flash inside the Trail Glades Gun Range in West Miami-Dade. The rapid-fire rounds ping off a metal target 100 yards away. His thick arms hold steady against the explosive recoil. Then Yousef, a 31-year-old South Miami...
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The Fresh Market Seeks Young Artists For Design Our Bag Challenge

In 1962, an artist named Andy Warhol created a series of portraits of his favorite food. The result? The now iconic Campbell's Soup screen prints were the catalyst of the pop art movement and changed our views on fine art forever. These cans, by the way, last sold for $9,042,500...
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Fort Lauderdale’s Investment Plan: A $250,000 Covered Walkway at City Hall and Other Talking Points

See also "Fort Lauderdale Proposes 2013 Budget; City Hall's $300,000 Paint Job"Fort Lauderdale released its 2013-17 Community Investment Plan, a hulking document chock-full of expensive proposals. There are some noble and seemingly necessary ideas that could improve life in the city and give a much-needed boost to antiquated infrastructure. Then there are the...
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Right-to-Lifer Randall Terry Goes Ghetto for Romney

We weren't really sure about writing about anti-abortion fanatic militant Randall Terry until we came across the photo, below, taken from his debate last December with Vermin Supreme. (Randall's the one without a boot on his head.) After that, we had no choice. Vermin, you may not know, is running...
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Allen West Bats .500, More or Less, in St. Lucie Vote Count Contest

At 1 p.m today, Allen West fans outside the St.Lucie County courthouse were parading with signs and chanting, "What do we want?" and "When do we want it?" Answer one was "Recount!" Answer two was "Now!"At 3 p.m., Circuit Judge Dan Vaughn told them "No" on both points. But by...