This just in. We got a press release today announcing that WWE, a publicly traded “integrated media organization and recognized leader in global entertainment” that creates and delivers “original content 52 weeks a year to a global audience” and provides “family friendly entertainment on its television programming, pay-per-view, digital media and publishing platforms” is...
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A little more than a month ago, businesses in downtown Sanford were reeling. The media became consumed by the city’s handling of the Trayvon Martin case, national civil rights leaders were coming to town to hold rallies and the city was battling a reputation as an enclave of provincial politics and segregation. For a...
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In honor of the 125th anniversary of the incorporation of the city of Winter Park.
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This week in Our Dumb State: A group of white supremacists was arrested in Osceola County, not far from the Happiest Place on Earth, for planning a race war. According to the arrest warrant filed in Osceola County (see below), members of the militia organization American Front planned to “kill Jews, immigrants and other...
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Tags: american front, deseret ranch, hate crimes, marcus faella, orlando city hall disturbance, osceola county white supremacists, racism in central florida, white supremacists in orlando
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So says Men’s Health magazine in its list of the smuttiest cities in America. We finally beat Miami at something!
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We love a good exposé, particularly when it involves a shadowy, private organization that’s trying really hard to influence the democratic process behind the scenes. As you may recall from our September 2011 feature “Hiding the Sausage,” the American Legislative Exchange Council is an organization that has the interests of corporations and the executives...
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Fort Lauderdale artist Michael Reyes (aka Terribly Odd) has mastered the art of illustrating the cute and alien, and he’ll be unveiling six new designs at this show based on classic old-movie monsters.
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Dogs of all shapes and sizes are paired up then released down fenced-in lanes to race one another to the finish.
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MSNBC posted the first really comprehensive profile of George Zimmerman that I’ve read to date. It also explains a lot about the crime situation in the Retreat at Twin Lakes, where Zimmerman shot Trayvon Martin. Worth a read.
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Ever since United Arts lost its bulldog-for-the-arts president and CEO Margot Knight, who left town in November for a new gig at a San Diego arts colony, it seems like assaulting local arts organizations has become something of a sport for certain local politicians. Shortly before Knight left, Orange County commissioner Ted Edwards grilled...
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