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Author Sarah Dessen, "Bonsai People" and Bill Burr at SoBe Comedy Festival
Bill Burr: The storm of meteor rocks that pelted Russia back in February inspired, oh, let's call it a "strange" comedy bit from the comedian. "It's really disappointing that that meteor didn't kill anybody," Burr announced to audiences at a recent comedy...
Tags: Authors, Entertainment, Tracy Morgan, Festive Events, Entertainment Events
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Weekend preview: Tortuga ticket news and the new Mike Tyson
The rumors running rampant (OK, two friends from different parts of Broward County) that Rock The Ocean’s Tortuga Music Festival is sold out are not true. In fact, organizers are expecting “heavy walk-up” at the festival on Saturday...
Tags: Relentless7 (music group), Entertainment Events, Broward County, Fort Lauderdale, Delray Beach
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Learn how booze comes from plants at Books and Books
This week, I interviewed author Amy Stewart, who tells stories about humans' interactions with and usage of plants for purposes such as murder or inebriation. Although she's neither a botanist nor a mixologist, Stewart knows enough about plants to write a...
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The Go Guide Weekend Preview: Movies, music and open Mikes
Should unexpected pleasures be so unexpected around here anymore? A visit to South Florida by Steve Martin, banjoist? Mike Tyson at the Arsht Center? A family-style scavenger hunt in Wilton Manors? New Kids on the Block … anywhere? Nothing should...
Tags: Amour (movie), Services and Shopping, Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival, American Express Company, Chicago Tribune
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Can NCAA give itself a death penalty?
If you're a University of Miami fan, you're confident of one thing today. The NCAA is as covered with Nevin Shapiro's stench as you are. Maybe more. Its officials always flaunt toy badges and stand on the highest ground in the sewage plant they've...
Tags: National Collegiate Athletic Association, Justice System, College Sports, University of Miami, Mark Emmert
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The book of jobs
Baby boomers working today may not necessarily be considering retirement. They may be ready for an encore. "Encore" careers — jobs that feed middle-aged workers' passions but may be in completely different fields than their lifelong professions...
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Scott appoints two new members to State Board, re-appoints John Padget to education policy panel
Sentinel School Zone - Orlando SentinelUPDATE: Board member A.K. Desai did resign, sending a resignation letter to Scott on Tuesday. Gov. Rick Scott has made three appointments to the State Board of Education, the panel that helps set education policies and rules for Florida's public schools... -
Karen Russell's higher ground
Karen Russell’s debut novel, “Swamplandia!” was one of the most-acclaimed books of 2011. NPR, Entertainment Weekly and the New York Times ranked it high on their year-end lists. HBO optioned it for a forthcoming series. The Pulitzer...
Tags: NPR, Vampires (supernatural entitiess), Lemons, Entertainment Events, Carl Hiaasen
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Teel Time: History of 10-0 ACC starts bodes well for Miami in March
At 10-0 in the ACC and No. 3 in the Associated Press national poll, Miami absolutely has national-championship potential. No stranger to such teams, North Carolina coach Roy Williams is piloting the Hurricanes' bandwagon. “I think Miami is a...Tags: Wake Forest Demon Deacons, Atlantic Coast Conference, Virginia Cavaliers, Billy Packer, Florida State Seminoles
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This Florida serial killer is out for the laughs
'The Riptide Ultra-Glide' By Tim Dorsey. Morrow, 304 pages, $25.99 While a mystery's twists and turns will keep readers turning the pages until the wee hours of the night, the characters are what make readers return, novel after novel. Put another...
Tags: Literature, Pembroke Pines, Tampa, Murder, Arts and Culture
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Broward, Palm Beach place 14 teams on Miracle Sports pre-season softball polls
Sun SentinelBroward and Palm Beach counties have long been high school softball hotbeds, and the folks at Miracle Sports don't expect that to change this year. The site released its 2013 pre-season polls and the two counties have a combined 14 teams ranked from...Tags: Canterbury, Cooper City, High School Sports, Winter Springs, Oviedo
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Miami pulls scholarship from Denver Kirkland; FSU, USF, Arkansas or Ole Miss stand to gain
Someone once said, "One man's trash, is another man's treasure." Not to say that Denver Kirkland is garbage. He's a person, to be sure, a very large person, standing 6-foot-5, and weighing 330-pounds But on Thursday night, as reported first by XOFan/...
Tags: University of Mississippi, Awards and Prizes, University of Miami, Miami Hurricanes, Florida State Seminoles
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