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Night on pavement shows solidarity with homeless
Here we were, a crew of 19 temporarily homeless, bedding down for the night in a Fort Lauderdale parking lot. By day we are lawyers, executives, entrepreneurs — and a journalist. But past midnight Friday, we were simply human beings trying to...
Tags: Family, Matt Craven, Fort Lauderdale, Social Issues, Homelessness
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Covenant House benefit 5K draws record field
Covenant House Florida couldn't have asked for a better response for its recent benefit 5K. The annual fundraiser that runs along A1A in Fort Lauderdale attracted a record field of about 700 runners. The race started at the Parrot Lounge and ran along...Tags: Running, Fort Lauderdale, Tennis, Road Running
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Weekend Preview: Get your party on, get your swede in
Here's what's on our mind this weekend: Low-budget movies, cheap drinks, free music, Ben Taylor, Mike Piazza and two leading curators of the cultural drift: Augusten Burroughs and KRS-One. SWEDE ME, BABY Organizers of the second annual South Florida...
Tags: Services and Shopping, Budgets and Budgeting, Florida Gators, The Hunger Games (movie), Movies
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To do Friday: Troy Roberts, Deerfield Beach Wine and Food Festival and Fort Lauderdale Bus Loop
Bus Loops Fort Lauderdale Bus Loop: It's always a good idea to take public transportation after consuming a huge amount of alcohol, but here's another reason: the Fort Lauderdale Bus Loop, rolling its trolleys to Fort Lauderdale's throng of beach bars...
Tags: Entertainment, Fort Lauderdale, Festive Events, Wines, Alcoholic Beverages
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To do Wednesday: Cash giveaways, Sham-Rock-It and Tip-a-Cop fundraiser
Gambling Cash giveaways: It's called Two Days, Two Chances To Win, and Wednesday is day two. Repeating a promotion it ran on April 11, the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino will give away $500 every 30 minutes from 2 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. to five patrons....
Tags: Fort Lauderdale, Weston (Broward, Florida), Special Olympics, Broward County Sheriff's Office
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Why are lawmakers concerned with abortion?
A March 3 letter to the American News regarding abortion statistics prompts this letter. Fundamental extremists in the right to life movement seem to be more concerned about the preservation of an intrauterine conceptus than in the welfare of an...Tags: Human Rights, Politics, Abortion, Medical Procedures and Tests, Social Issues
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State Task Force Examines Prevalence of Human Trafficking in Alaska
Channel 2 NewsHuman trafficking and sex trafficking occurs in Alaska but how often remains unclear, according to a recent study by a state task force. The report was compiled by a working group appointed by Gov. Sean Parnell in 2012. The five-month study examined the...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Sean Parnell, Alcohol Addiction, Medical Research, Sex Crimes
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Weekend Preview: Sports Illustrated swimsuit model Nina Agdal... Any questions?
When the 2013 Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue is published on Tuesday, Nina Agdal will be as anxious as you are to see the cover. She may be on it. If so, it will not be the only thing she has in common with last year’s wildly popular cover...
Tags: Services and Shopping, Swimming, Lifehouse (music group), Deerfield Beach, Fall Out Boy (music group)
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For beer lovers, a week to celebrate
Eighty pounds of porcine meat will blaze at a Boca Raton eatery come noon this Sunday, while patrons wait to get their share of Cuban-style roasted pork, likely kicking back a beer sent from Tampa. The occasion will be the Sybarite Pig's caja china...
Tags: Jupiter, Festive Events, Jacksonville (Duval, Florida), Lifestyle and Leisure, Bars and Clubs
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Best South Florida Beer Week events by county
BROWARD Swamp Head and Cigar City at Riverside Market, 7 p.m. Monday Not only is Riverside Market the chillest beer bar in Fort Lauderdale -- no other trusts boozers enough to let them drink right out of the fridge, racking up no tab other than the...
Tags: Dining and Drinking, Coconut Grove, Fort Lauderdale, Tequesta, Palm Beach (Palm Beach, Florida)
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Dot Foods donating $61,126 to assist superstorm victims
In response to the tragic events of Hurricane Sandy in the northeastern United States, Dot Foods is donating $61,126 to the American Red Cross and Covenant House New York to be used toward disaster relief. “With our distribution centers in New York...Tags: Employees, Career and Workplace, Family, Relief and Aid Organizations, American Red Cross
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The Go Guide Weekend Preview: This is not Del Boca Vista
It's been nearly 20 years since Jerry Seinfeld began visiting Del Boca Vista, the fictional South Florida retirement community where parents Morty and Helen battled crotchety neighbors, ate dinner at 4:30 p.m., didn't run their AC much and reaffirmed...
Tags: Services and Shopping, Jack Beats (music group), Jerry Seinfeld, Major Lazer (music group), Lifestyle and Leisure
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