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1. Feature

   Witch Hunt at New Mount Olive

   Trustees at the state's biggest black church and its pastor are at odds – and heading for court.

   By Thomas Francis

   Published: December 20, 2007

   For regulars at the Sunday service of Fort Lauderdale's New Mount Olive Baptist Church, the spiritual journey of Pastor Mack King Carter is as familiar as that of any...

2. News

   Miguel and the Mouse

   Ain't no fairy tale. A doctoral student aims to save a disappearing breed.

   By Isaiah Thompson

   Published: December 20, 2007

   On a recent Sunday afternoon, biologist Miguel Fernandes stands on a five-foot-wide oceanfront sand dune in Lauderdale-by-the-Sea, stroking a slender stalk of sea oats and...

3. Letters

   Letters for December 20-26, 2007

   Published: December 20, 2007

   More Cubans, Fewer Haitians Go back or stick around, that is the question: It is a stark contrast to read yet another horror story about Haitians treated like dogs by our...

4. Bob Norman

   Stacey & Friends

   Four characters in search of a talk show

   By Bob Norman

   Published: December 20, 2007

   It was the mouth that struck a chord. Everything else about her, the rouge on her cheeks, the long brown hair, the dark-tanned skin, was common enough, especially in Fort...

5. Tailpipe

   See Cows?

   Somebody Bad Stole the Manatees

   As told to Edmund Newton

   Published: December 20, 2007

   Manatees are everywhere now, slow-moving, bovine, as graceless as hippos in ballet slippers. So prevalent have they become that the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation...

6. ¡Ask a Mexican!

   Trillions for Illegals!

   Did Mexicans take over the Pentagon?

   By Gustavo Arellano

   Published: December 20, 2007

   Dear Mexican: U.S.A citizens are sick and tired that for more than 40 years, Latin American elites have lived like monarchs, because they pimp their poor to American businesses...

7. Music

   The Ten Most Hated Figures in Hip-hop

   Break out the Haterade

   By Jonathan Cunningham

   Published: December 20, 2007

   Judging by record and ringtone sales, hip-hop is the most popular genre of music in the country. There's a host of cocksure yet affable rappers out there for whom people...

8. Short Cuts

   David Byrne

   The Knee Plays (Nonesuch)

   By Nicholas L. Hall

   Published: December 20, 2007

   Better to burn out or fade away? The current musical tendency to fetishize the past, creating new markets through nostalgia, has come up with a new answer to this timeless rock...

9. Live Wire

   Cyrus Chestnut

   By Ernest Barteldes

   Published: December 20, 2007

   It's hard to find anyone with a subtler touch on the keys than Maryland-born pianist Cyrus Chestnut, who draws from modern and traditional jazz while also flirting with R&B...

10. Pub Stalker

    Ganey's

    By Bryan Falla

    Published: December 20, 2007

    Ganey's 2301 W. Sample Rd. Deerfield Beach 954-974-0251 The indoor waterfall in Ganey's in Deerfield Beach is the perfect backdrop to my double Johnny Walker on the...

11. Dred Scott!

    Free the P!

    By Jonathan Cunningham

    Published: December 20, 2007

    It's Wednesday night at Santo in Miami Beach, and most folks in the hip-hop know are in attendance. Local rapper Jackie-O is in the building with her new partner Remy Ma...

12. Dish

    Prime Rip

    Abe & Louie's got lost on the way south

    By Gail Shepherd

    Published: December 20, 2007

    I'm not having an affair," a woman sitting behind us asserts. I can't tell if she's defending herself from a lover's accusation or rejecting the advice of a friend. But without...

13. Film

    Moolah for Mullahs

    All aboard the '80s way-back machine for Mike Nichols' good-time Charlie

    By Robert Wilonsky

    Published: December 20, 2007

    Hell of a thing, getting Mike Nichols to adapt the yer-kiddin'-me story of Charlie Wilson, the congressman from Lufkin, Texas, who damn near single-handedly helped the...

14. Night & Day

    Can I Get an Amen?

    And another mimosa?

    By Jamie Laughlin

    Published: December 20, 2007

    It’s tough being holy during the holidays. Sinners pack your church to maximum capacity in an impulsive effort for atonement, leaving you – the good church-goer...

15. Night & Day

    Trim that Tree

    By Jamie Laughlin

    Published: December 20, 2007

    Aren’t you tired of making every errand on your list about others? You should be. Taking a little time for you is the key to enjoying the holidays. Totally Bare Wax Center...

16. Night & Day

    You Only Hurt the Ones you Love

    By Jamie Laughlin

    Published: December 20, 2007

    If there’s a lesson to be learned from watching Before the Devil Knows You’re Dead, it’s this: Never have children. If you do, from the time they are small and...

17. Night & Day

    Making Friends the Hard Way

    By Mike Sauer

    Published: December 20, 2007

    It can’t be easy for an insult comic to make friends (trying to form small talk with someone whose joy arises from demolishing another would wear on even the most patient...

18. Night & Day

    All the Living Room’s a Stage

    By Penn Bullock

    Published: December 20, 2007

    Have you ever been at a restaurant, talking with a friend, when you sense suddenly that the table next to you is quieting down and obliquely tuning in? As you realize this, you...

19. Night & Day

    Meshuggana and Spice

    By Phillip Valys

    Published: December 20, 2007

    It’s hard to say when public opinion on yentas corroded, but it could be traced to the ´70s. That’s when Frank Zappa crooned about vicious Jewish-American...

20. Night & Day

    Lost and Lost-er

    By John Linn

    Published: December 20, 2007

    Jeff Daniels’ tenth play, Guest Artist, is something of a head-scratcher -- one that attempts to tackle deeper questions than you’d ordinarily expect from him....