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Thursday Nov 5 | WIOD-AM Miramar

Broward Couple Pleads Guilty In Prostitution Ring

Douglas J. Ketcher and Christina Wypych were indicted on 58 counts of operating a prostitution ring, money laundering, and tax fraud.

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Wed Nov 04, 2009

WBZL-TV Hollywood

Does Chris Rock's 'Good Hair' lock-doc have cultural sting in SoFla?

While chatting with hairstylist Simone Hylton a few days before Chris Rocka s follicle film, Good Hair , opened Oct.

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Mon Nov 02, 2009

Miami New Times

Random Venue Review: Pulp Live

Bring plenty of bills to Pulp Live -- performing bands, this means you, too. a This past weekend I made a belated first visit to Pulp Live , the venue on Oakland Park Boulevard that was known previously as the Metal Factory.

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Sat Oct 31, 2009

The 13th juror

Teens busted for YouTube beat down of homeless man

Four young men accused of roughing up a homeless man in Pompano Beach and then posting videos of the beating on the Internet are facing charges of kidnapping and battery.

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Fri Oct 30, 2009

CBS 4

Taxi Driver Grateful He Survived Armed Robbery

Share + Oct 30, 2009 5:22 pm US/Eastern OAKLAND PARK A taxi driver said he thanked God he was alive Friday morning after armed robbers targeted him in Oakland Park.

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Broward-Palm Beach - News

Fusion & Flavors Shows Off Peru's Eclectic Influences

It has influences from the country's Asian, Italian, and Spanish immigrants, and that shows on the menu of the new Fusion & Flavors.

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Wed Oct 28, 2009

Local6.com

Video Shows Attack On Homeless Man

Two teenagers were arrested and two more were sought in connection with the videotaped beating of a homeless man in Pompano Beach, WPLG-TV in Miami reported.

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Tue Oct 27, 2009

Broward-Palm Beach - News

Concert Review: Alligator Alley's Friday Night Closing Party, October 23

Alligator Alley was one of the most distinctive venues we had in South Florida. Where else could you munch on savory gator ribs, sip on a crisp microbrew, and listen to funky New Orleans zydeco all at once? Sadly, it is no more -- after a weekend-long send-off, Alligator Alley shuttered its doors last Sunday.

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Mon Oct 26, 2009

WBZL-TV Hollywood

Iguanas becoming a pesky problem for Boca Raton

Three years ago, Chris Canning got a kick out of sitting on his patio, watching iguanas crawl from nearby brush and scurry over to Pradera, the community across the retention pond from Canning's townhome in L'Ambiance. "Now it's not so amusing because they're coming to our side," said Canning, 69, who has lived in his home in the Via Verde area for ...

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Sun Oct 25, 2009

Broward-Palm Beach - News

The New Rules for Doing It Over Dinner -- Dating, That Is

Coffee date: good. Breakfast date: fail. a This week's column is going to piss some people off and cause all kinds of debate, but frankly, I don't care.

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Fri Oct 23, 2009

CBS 4

New Details On Oakland Park Beating Suspect Emerge

Share + Oct 22, 2009 11:27 pm US/Eastern OAKLAND PARK One of the suspects in the fatal beating of a Broward County man earlier this year was investigated seven months before in another violent attack, police records show.

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Wed Oct 21, 2009

WBZL-TV Hollywood

Oakland Park pub, music venue Alligator Alley closing this weekend

Alligator Alley, an Oakland Park pub that serves up live music, micro brews and Southern-accented food, is shutting down this weekend after seven years in business, owner Carl "Kilmo" Pacillo said Wednesday.

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Tue Oct 20, 2009

OfficialWire

Police Abuse Alleged During Fla. Pot Bust

A Florida multimillionaire who pleaded no contest to drug charges may file a complaint alleging mistreatment while in police custody, his lawyer said.

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Mon Oct 19, 2009

Detroit Free Press

Millionaire who says cops abused him takes deal

FT. LAUDERDALE, Fla. -- A Ft. Lauderdale multimillionaire has quietly taken a plea deal in a misdemeanor drug case after telling members of the Israeli news media that Broward County sheriff's deputies beat him and made anti-Semitic remarks during his arrest.

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Fri Oct 16, 2009

Broward Palm Beach New Times

Eggelletion Cheats at Golf Too

About two years ago, a couple of golfing buddies took the first tee at Parkland Golf & Country Club.

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Wed Oct 14, 2009

CBS 4

Teen Charged With Fatal Oakland Park Beating

Share + Oct 14, 2009 1:23 pm US/Eastern An 18-year-old man has been arrested in the fatal beating of a Wilton Manors man; it's the third arrest in the beating death of 47-year-old Craig Cohen.

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Tue Oct 13, 2009

Augusta Chronicle

Coble reaches semifinals

Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2009 12:51 p.m. Former Augusta State golf coach Laura Coble reached the semifinals of the U.S. Women's Mid-Amateur today with a 3 and 1 victory over Christy Schultz of Rochester, N.Y. Coble will face Meghan Stasi of Oakland Park, Fla., this afternoon.

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Sun Oct 11, 2009

Queerty

Florida Gay Bashing Victim Craig Cohen Dies 6 Months After Attack

Craig Cohen, the gay Florida man attacked by four men in April after leaving a diner in Oakland Park outside Ft.

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Sat Oct 10, 2009

WBFS-TV Miami

Fire Destroys Lauderdale Lakes Restaurant

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FOX 4 Florida

Man sentenced to death for fatal robbery

A Boca Raton man has been sentenced to death for hog-tying, beating, strangling and robbing a 72-year-old man in Oakland Park.

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