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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)

When Jay Miscovich Found a Multimillion-Dollar Haul of Emeralds, Mel Fisher's Treasure-Hunting Family Attacked

When Jay Miscovich stepped off Duval Street into the Bull & Whistle bar in January 2010, Key West was shivering through a cold spell, the thermometer parked at a rare 70 degrees. A bearish guy in…
PUBLISHED: April 9, 2013
LENGTH: 20 minutes (5142 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)

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…
PUBLISHED: Feb. 18, 2013
LENGTH: 20 minutes (5024 words)

CIA Operatives, Barrels of Whiskey, and a Biker Named Thor

Thor Holm Hansen, disheveled and cantankerous inside his orange prison tunic, really wants you to know there hadn't been much cocaine. Grenades and women, yes. A briefcase stuffed with $54,000:…
PUBLISHED: Feb. 12, 2013
LENGTH: 18 minutes (4701 words)

Marissa Karp Murder: A Decade of Investigation Pays Off

A weak breeze was pushing in from the south, rippling the broad boulevard of water as it caught the midmorning sun. The canal, wide as a football field, ran north to south, slashing an engineered…
PUBLISHED: Jan. 22, 2013
LENGTH: 17 minutes (4431 words)

Miami's Best Youth Football Team Beats Violence, Gambling, Turmoil, and Opponents

With 90 seconds left in the first half, Nay'quan Wright walks slowly back to the line of scrimmage. Like his teammates on the Miami Gardens Bulldogs, the middle linebacker is grabbing his hips and…
PUBLISHED: Jan. 14, 2013
LENGTH: 21 minutes (5268 words)

Garrett Holeve, an MMA Fighter With Down Syndrome, Is on His Way to Changing the Sport

"I'm dangerous," 23-year-old Garrett Holeve warns as he bounces around a bedroom in his parents' suburban, single-story house, throwing punches and kicks. A pungent combination of protein-powered…
PUBLISHED: Dec. 17, 2012
LENGTH: 17 minutes (4325 words)

"Doctor Scumbag" Abused Miami HIV Patients; 20 Years Later, He Finally Faces Justice

Donald White stewed inside the small-town Denny's as he nervously leaned on a coffee-stained table next to his wife. They were both terrified they'd been invited here to confirm their worst fears.…
PUBLISHED: Dec. 11, 2012
LENGTH: 6 minutes (1630 words)
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