The door to the kitchen of Mount Sinai Medical Center's Founders Dining Room swings open. A tall, buxom, middle-aged woman with smooth, dark-cocoa skin saunters across the carpeted floor of the elegant cafeteria with a breathtaking view of Miami Beach's Biscayne Bay. She wears a white dress shirt, black bow tie, black vest, and black dress slacks. She carries a pot of fresh-brewed coffee to four hospital employees sitting at a table facing a window overlooking a white sailboat cutting the waves as it passes under the Julia Tuttle Causeway.
"Here you go, sweetie," the waitress says s... full story >>
Speed Candidating is a revolutionary candidate service designed to make it as fast and fun as possible for voters to connect with the ten mayoral candidates running for the May 3, 2011, Denver Municipal Election.
Unlike most candidate forums, Speed Candidating profiles are designed to cut through the sweet talk! We've read between the lines of all available political profiles and condensed the essence of first impressions and gut reactions. The Speed Candidating system allows voters to hook up and enjoy a happy candidating experience.
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Even drunk, John Kinsel knew what to expect the night he was arrested for driving a tow truck into a ditch in West Monroe, Louisiana. He'd go to jail, make bond and pay a fine. By his early twenties, the blond-haired, blue-eyed Texan already had a knack for getting into trouble. He'd been in jail once before for stealing a car in Dallas.
Kinsel served a month in jail in 1996 and decided to pay his fine to get out. The prison guard checked to see how much Kinsel owed, and when he pulled up Kinsel's records, he found something alarming. Kinsel had a warrant for his arrest in Jefferson... full story >>
The door to the kitchen of Mount Sinai Medical Center's Founders Dining Room swings open. A tall, buxom, middle-aged woman with smooth, dark-cocoa skin saunters across the carpeted floor of the elegant cafeteria with a breathtaking view of Biscayne Bay. Wearing a white dress shirt, black bow tie, black vest, and black dress slacks, she carries a pot of fresh-brewed coffee to four hospital employees at a table facing a window overlooking a white sailboat cutting the waves as it passes under the Julia Tuttle Causeway.
"Here you go, sweetie," the waitress says softly as she pours a cup... full story >>
This is the story of how love aided and abetted a criminal conspiracy.
Larry Black and Joel Fox both are high-ranking lawmen with more than 20 years at the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office.
Along with Sheriff Joe Arpaio's number two, Chief Deputy David Hendershott, Deputy Chief Black is a part of the MCSO's inner circle. He is a former deputy who retired four years ago to collect his pension, then immediately was rehired by Arpaio as a civilian. He met his younger friend and subordinate, Captain Fox, in the 1990s while they were assigned to the Lake Patrol.
Black is ... full story >>
Illustration by David Plunkert
Many an offbeat film is highlighted by the crafting of a cockamamie plan blessed with the endorsement, "It's so crazy, it just might work!" Leave it to San Francisco to make this notion the basis for establishing public policy.
In 2008, San Francisco found itself unable to properly staff its police force. The solution enshrined by city voters: Allow cops to simultaneously work and be retired — and earn both hefty salaries and pensions at the same time. The effectiveness of this plan is a matter of debate. Its craziness? Less so. "... full story >>
One typical 1970 afternoon, Thérèse Williams, nicknamed "Tres," and her best friend Kitsy Christner gathered for their usual after-school guitar lesson. The two Webster Groves fifth-graders were in a silly mood. While waiting for their guitar teacher, Jim Curran, they discussed a Christmas party that Kitsy's parents were planning. Tres wasn't yet sure if she could stay over that weekend.
"Be sure to ask your mom!" Kitsy reminded Tres.
"I will," said Tres.
"Be sure to ask your grandparents!"
"I will, Kitsy! I'll even ask my dog, Tuffy! And he'll ... full story >>
For his latest documentary, British director Phil Cox wanted to get beyond the political affairs that usually dominated his work and develop a film around a character.
He certainly found that in Rajesh Ji, an Indian private detective, dedicated family man, and dance enthusiast who is so improbably colorful that he sounds like a fictional character. The fruit of Cox's labor, The Bengali Detective—a recently completed film that was co-produced by Minnesota native Annie Sundberg—is featured at this year's festival. The documentary profiles Ji as he investigates a murder, tak... full story >>
