Haitian cabbie Pierre Jean-Charles climbed into his yellow taxi van while cradling a bottle of Coke and a bag of Doritos — the customary get-me-through snack for the 51-year-old full-time student and father of five. He had parked at a meter in front of a corner store at 75th Street a... Full Story »
A ratty blue tarp is wrapped tightly around a huge sphere in a Lauderhill driveway. It takes up a full parking space and is nearly as tall as the simple white house behind it. It looks like a captured UFO. As Joel Waul throws aside cinder blocks to remove the tarp, he appears otherworldly... Full Story »
Forget everything you've heard about Raúl Castro liberalizing Cuba. Fidel is still alive and kicking — reporters. How do we know? Well, for the first time in its 15-year history, the Miami-based National Circle of Journalists from Cuba did not give out an award on Cuban Journ... Full Story »
Riptide has a question for all the crazy Coconut Grovites. In the past year, what spectacular little spit of land has been used as a dumping ground for a large dead goat, the home of a five-foot-long saltwater crocodile, and a bum fort turned junkyard? The answer: mangroves around Peacock... Full Story »
Robert Kelly has the spy image down pat. The muscular 40-year-old arranges an interview in an empty food court. He talks in mysterious acronyms, like "NOC" — which stands for "no official cover." He refuses to have his photo taken. He talks about elaborate takedowns and ruses that s... Full Story »
Barack Talk Get to work, big O: "No Justice" (James Lieber, October 29) was great. President Obama should read it and get rid of most of his treasury officials. He should put Brooksley Born, the lady who tried to regulate derivatives under President Clinton, in her place. He... Full Story »
It's midnight and a would-be monarch gives Washington Avenue his best Saturday Night Fever strut. He's dressed in jeans and a black guayabera, and resting atop the future majesty's clipped brown hair is an exquisite plastic gold coronet. "Nice crown, asshole!" shouts a crass underl... Full Story »
Hello, Kitty: After 34 years of being my mom, my lovely mother has become a lady-licking, full-blown lesbian. She and my dad divorced nearly ten years ago, but judging from the parade of guys who followed, I thought she was hetero. She and I aren't close enough to discuss her sex life, but... Full Story »
A morning moonset peeks through the autumn foliage near Bradfordton, Ill. AP Photo/Seth Perlman
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