News
Features
-
The Lost SeasonBy Bob NormanThursday, November 27It looked bad. The 13-year-old QB clutched his right wrist, the one connected to his throwing hand. He seemed to be in more than great pain; he... More >> -
Residents of a Davie trailer park think their contaminated water made them sickBy Amy GuthrieThursday, November 20Allan Payan lifts a photograph from a shelf inside his singlewide trailer home. The smiling woman in the image has full cheeks and long, thick,... More >> -
The Florida Panthers and star Jay Bouwmeester toil in obscurityBy Thomas FrancisThursday, November 13It's halfway through the first period of the Florida Panthers' game against the Minnesota Wild. Panthers goaltender Tomas Vokoun skates behind... More >> -
Tree-huggers mobilize to stop FPL from building Everglades power plantBy Deirdra FuncheonThursday, November 06Alex Larson has many endearing qualities — but tactfulness isn't one of them. "Knowing me is bad," the roly-poly, middle-aged... More >> -
South Florida maintenance man becomes Barack Obama impersonatorBy Gus Garcia-Roberts and Michael J. MooneyThursday, October 30He exits the Starbucks at Federal Highway and Broward Boulevard on a warm Wednesday afternoon. Traffic slows, and drivers stretch their necks to... More >>
Special Reports
National
News from Coast to Coast
Dallas
Dallas Hip-Hop: Swagger Like Us
Local artists make waves with D-Town Boogie, but the real test comes in 14 months
By Pete Freedman
The line of people waiting to get into Cirque, the 18-and-up nightclub at the intersection of... More >>
Denver
There's no place like home for Somali refugees in Greeley
By Lisa Rab
Zuheyra was freezing on the evening of September 5, even colder than usual because she was... More >>
Houston
Turkeys of the Year
DA Chuck Rosenthal flies off with top honors
By Richard Connelly
Everyone knows it — 2008 was a year of change. A black guy won the White House, for... More >>
Kansas City
For Civil War re-enactors, the Border War ain’t no football game
By Jen Chen
The first volley of shots in Westport rings out around 11:30 in the morning.
At the... More >>
Miami
Art Basel Invasion!
Screw the recession. The nation's number one art fest is bigger than ever.
By Carlos Suarez De Jesus
Artist Alette Simmons-Jimenez has toiled mightily on her ambitious project "Giants in the City"... More >>
Minneapolis
Living on the streets of Minneapolis for a week
More than 9,000 Minnesotans are homeless. I decided to join them.
By Matt Snyders
The unemployment rate is the highest it's been since 1994. More than a million jobs have been... More >>
Phoenix
Janet Napolitano’s Sorry Service in Arizona Makes Her a Terrible Choice for Homeland Security Secretary
By Michael Lacey
Consorting with anti-immigrant enforcers, indulging rank opportunism, and adhering to failed... More >>
San Francisco
Border Crossers
Long rap sheet? No problem. Transgender Latina hookers in S.F. are successfully fighting deportation by asking for asylum.
By Lauren Smiley
On any given night on the shadowy stretch of Post Street near Polk where the lavender Divas... More >>
St. Louis
The Pope of Pork: In tiny towns across Missouri, old-school hog farming stages a comeback — and at tables across the nation, diners rejoice
By Kristen Hinman
Over the past few years, Missouri hog farmer Russ Kremer has kept some exclusive company, from... More >>
Blog
The Daily Pulp: Bob Norman's Blog
Post: No Holiday Party Or Raises for $65,000-plus employees
Mon Dec 1, 2:07 PM
In what might be called a progressive move, the Palm Beach Post is giving employees at the company who make $65,000 and less a 2 percent raise this year. Those making more than that are out of luck; they'll see... More >>
Most Popular
- Tree-huggers mobilize to stop FPL from building Everglades power plant
- Kimbo Slice's a sissy: The fight that wasn't threatens to ruin a sport that isn't
-
Barack Obama wins -- and So Does South Florida It's a victory just to have an election pass without a local embarrassment
- The Florida Panthers and star Jay Bouwmeester toil in obscurity
- Fear of the Queer: Blacks in Florida vote to oppress gays
Columns
-
Banana Republic America downscalesThursday, November 27So it's official. Ellen Brodsky, Broward County's most uncompromising voting rights activist and independent candidate for the county's top... More>>
-
Janet Napolitano's Sorry Service Makes Her a Terrible Choice as Homeland Security Secretary
Thursday, November 27Consorting with anti-immigrant enforcers, indulging rank opportunism, and adhering to failed policies seem an unlikely recipe for change we can... More>>
-
Meh-rino!
Thursday, November 27Finally: The Dolphins are at least mediocre. In this, the season of giving thanks, fans owe much to Chad Pennington. He's the reason that in one... More>>
-
Pain of Beefcake
Thursday, November 27Christina, Janelle, and Lissandra were doing what a lot of young women do on Saturday nights in Fort Lauderdale: some casual bar-hopping on... More>>
Letters
Letters from the issue of November 27, 2008
Thursday, November 27
Old Yeller
Thank you for the article about the water in Palma Nova, the trailer park formerly known as Silver Oaks ("Drink Up," Amy... More >>
Web Extras >
Slideshows >
Broward-Palm Beach New Times Insiders
- Local food, music and news blasts
- Free Stuff
Free Classifieds Broward/Palm Beach, FL
Now Click This