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Kashi Ashram: Claims of Rape, Child Abuse, and Kidnapping

The night the dark-haired guru declared herself greater than God, the chanting started at dusk. Scores of sweaty followers squeezed around a platform and closed their eyes. Their features slackened,…
PUBLISHED: May 13, 2013
LENGTH: 20 minutes (5171 words)

Miami Cold Case Murder Solved With Recovered Memories

Hissing and spitting like an animal, high tide surged across the sands of Virginia Key. Dark waves broke over the jagged shore and scattered flotsam on the stones like tea leaves at the bottom of a…
PUBLISHED: May 6, 2013
LENGTH: 22 minutes (5517 words)

Cuban Veterans Poisoned by Agent Orange

The temperature hovered slightly above freezing near the end of winter 1963. A small group of soldiers who had recently been transferred to Fort Jackson, South Carolina, stood in line outside dusty…
PUBLISHED: April 8, 2013
LENGTH: 7 minutes (1809 words)

Six lies about the Marlins stadium- Miami

Like a festering, silver-plated pustule, a grotesquely huge can opener, or just an obscene ode to wasted cash, the new Florida Marlins stadium is rising above Miami's skyline. Whether you're driving…
PUBLISHED: May 2, 2011
LENGTH: 3 minutes (894 words)

Pain & Gain: Where the Real-Life Sun Gym Gang Characters Are Now

They juiced harder than Mark McGwire, pumped iron faster than a Lamborghini Diablo's pistons, and made it rain on more strippers than Juicy J at King of Diamonds. To finance their voracious…
PUBLISHED: April 1, 2013
LENGTH: 21 minutes (5281 words)

South Florida Millionaire Irving Moskowitz's Millions Thwart Middle East Peace

The bulldozers arrive at dawn on a Sunday. In the inky twilight of this crisp January morning, several bearded men creak open a barbed-wire gate to grant entry to the three Caterpillar machines. For…
PUBLISHED: March 25, 2013
LENGTH: 20 minutes (5229 words)

Puerto Rico's Wave of Drugs and Brazen Murders Reverberates to Miami

Julio Ramos Oliver died over a spilled drink. It was just after midnight January 20, and Old San Juan shook with the fiesta de San Sebastián. Under the golden glow of street lamps, more than…
PUBLISHED: March 19, 2013
LENGTH: 20 minutes (5221 words)

How Russell Faibisch Built Ultra Music Festival -- and Whom He's Battled Along the Way

Russell Faibisch left the Outback Steakhouse on 21st Street in Miami Beach on March 12, 1999, the night before he was to launch his huge beachside electronic music festival. "We had a big family…
PUBLISHED: March 12, 2013
LENGTH: 15 minutes (3966 words)

Miami Hurricanes Basketball Moves to NCAA Championship

At tip-off, Jim Larranaga is on his feet, watching the first ugly minutes unroll from the sideline. It's a Wednesday night in Tallahassee, the stage for a Rivalry Week hoops battle between Florida…
PUBLISHED: March 1, 2013
LENGTH: 20 minutes (5215 words)
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