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1. Feature

   Bust Me if You Can

   If it looks like a lawyer and quacks like a lawyer, is it really a lawyer?

   By Deirdra Funcheon

   Published: April 10, 2008

   Besides his stellar career as South Florida's premier cardiologist, Dr. Zachariah P. Zachariah moonlights as a bigtime Republican fundraiser. He sits on a slew of corporate and...

2. News

   New Dogs, Old Tricks

   The future of dog racing clouds a classic race

   By Mooney, Michael J.

   Published: April 10, 2008

   It may not have mint juleps and gaudy hats, but this year's $150,000 Greyhound World Classic — billed as "The Kentucky Derby of Dog Racing" — featured two dogs that...

3. Letters

   Letters for April 10-16, 2008

   Published: April 10, 2008

   Straight From The Pig As a recent college graduate, I was incredibly disturbed by Michael J. Mooney's "Spring Break is Still Decadent and Depraved" (April 3). In fact, it's...

4. Bob Norman

   Wait, Let Me Change Hats

   Geller does costly deals but shuns "L" word

   By Bob Norman

   Published: April 10, 2008

   When the City of Hallandale Beach bailed out a developer by wasting millions on a bad land deal, state Senator Steve Geller was there. Geller, the Senate minority leader who...

5. Tailpipe

   Swimming with the Stars

   Stop the Presses

   By Edmund Newton

   Published: April 10, 2008

   Tailpipe missed those palmy scotch-on-the-rocks days when Fort Lauderdale was a civilized little haven for celebrities like Johnny Carson, Ed McMahon, Bob Hope, and Jackie...

6. Music

   One Cool Cat

   Boca's Cat Shell channels a classic sound with soul and savvy

   By Lee Zimmerman

   Published: April 10, 2008

   On first encounter, the voice actually sounds ageless, a supple, sensuous caress that quietly croons about romance and longing while evoking the feel of smoky cabarets. It...

7. Short Cuts

   Foals

   The poppiest thing out of Oxford since, well, ever. Yet it doesn't suck.

   By Braden Ruddy

   Published: April 10, 2008

   Hyped as the next big thing by British music rags and blogmobs alike, Foals comes out of the starting gate with heavy expectations on its full-length debut Antidotes. This...

8. Subtropical

   Cat Shell

   Sultry songwriting has never sounded so innocent

   By Jonathan Cunningham

   Published: April 10, 2008

   When you first pop in Cat Shell's debut disc, Cat's Outta the Bag, you can't help but notice the retro sound of the lead-off track, "I'm Torn." It's full of simple and subtle...

9. Live Wire

   The Morning Of

   By Braden Ruddy

   Published: April 10, 2008

   The Morning Of is a sextet of indie youngsters from upstate New York who have suddenly found themselves on the national stage. Reinforced by major distribution via their label,...

10. Outtakes

    Has anyone seen Anwar Robinson?

    An American Idol reemerges on the stage

    By Jonathan Cunningham

    Published: April 10, 2008

    The year was 2005. Popular television show American Idol was still respectable (come on, you know it's hard to watch now), and the country was in a tizzy over who the next Idol...

11. Pub Stalker

    Harrison's Wine Bar

    By Bryan Falla

    Published: April 10, 2008

    It's all about perspective at Harrison's Wine Bar: It's either a small place, or an intimate setting. The people are either (how do I say this without pissing off the PC...

12. Dred Scott!

    Risque with Riskay

    By Jonathan Cunningham

    Published: April 10, 2008

    A hot, beautiful spring Saturday shouldn't be spent indoors. There's too many beautiful women, waves, and other distractions awaiting you. But that's exactly where I found...

13. Night Watch

    I Love Bikes 'n' Pelts

    Diving into the leather dive scene

    By Tara Nieuwesteeg

    Published: April 10, 2008

    Sure, I'm a girly-girl. I like pretty shoes and lipstick. I'm so sissified that a cockroach scurrying through the kitchen can send my voice traveling up to glass-shattering...

14. Dish

    Marriage is Like Mushrooms

    The Love Boat departs on the hour from Little Palm Island

    By Gail Shepherd

    Published: April 10, 2008

    If you're like Amy Winehouse, Rod Stewart, and Tony Bennett, you got married for the first or third time in May or June. That means your anniversary will soon be upon you like...

15. Film

    Kids and Scoundrels

    That other, smaller, more manageable film festival

    Published: April 10, 2008

    The Palm Beach International Film Festival is a far more manageable affair than its neighbor in Fort Lauderdale. Lauderdale's big festival runs more than a month, dragging in a...

16. Night & Day

    Broward Ferret Rescue April Adoption Day

    Published: April 10, 2008

    Got a yen for the furries? Broward Ferret Rescue is holding an adoption day where you can get your hands on the tubular critters Saturday April 12 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. An...

17. Night & Day

    Spoon Feed Me

    By D. Sirianni

    Published: April 10, 2008

    Is it so wrong to love hook-inflected pop, delivered with a sideways glance and a you’re-in-on-it smirk? We think not. Spoon delivers on this promise with a plate of...

18. Night & Day

    Can I Call him “Gorbie?”

    By Mooney, Michael J.

    Published: April 10, 2008

    He is arguably the person most responsible for the end of the cold war. He was the last man to preside over the Soviet Union, helped end the political supremacy of the...

19. Night & Day

    Increase Entropy Locally: Push Back Against Pseudoscience

    By Jamie Laughlin

    Published: April 10, 2008

    Science is under attack. From wide-release films like What the Bleep Do We Know!? to a public force-feeding of Intelligent Design prattle, popular culture and religious groups...

20. Night & Day

    Further Proof that Aquaman Sucks

    By John Linn

    Published: April 10, 2008

    Of all the ill-fated pilots out there, Aquaman probably towed the most dark clouds behind it. Even though the show was doomed from the get-go (Aquaman is quite possibly the...