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Miami Gardens police turn friends (like Quickstop job creator) into enemies

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If you don’t live in Miami Gardens, you probably think its police department is no concern of yours. Ira Glass thinks otherwise. This week, the host of This American Life used his highly respected program to bring the Miami Herald‘s reporting on the out-of-control police department to his international audience of public radio listeners. The tale was first told to Herald investigative reporter Julie K. Brown by Alex Saleh, the owner of the Quickstop convenience store on Northwest 207th Street. Saleh’s Quickstop…

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Should Tucker Duke’s chef Brian Cartenuto still cook for James Beard Foundation?

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Tucker Duke’s Lunchbox in Tallahassee closed permanently this month in a ring of fiery accusations by investors who all but accused chef Brian Cartenuto of embezzlement and theft. Now, some are wondering whether the two-time winner of the popular Food Network show Cutthroat Kitchen should still be given the privilege of cooking for the prestigious James Beard Foundation. As first reported by SaintPetersBlog, Tucker Duke’s Tallahassee site was damaged in a fire Feb. 2 that temporarily closed the business, but it was expected…

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Gov. Rick Scott suspends 11th grade English test

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Gov. Rick Scott is officially suspending a standardized test that the state’s 11th graders were supposed to take this spring. Scott on Tuesday signed an executive order that directs Education Commissioner Pam Stewart to suspend the test. The governor last week said that there was too much testing going on in Florida’s schools. He said then he planned to use his executive power to stop the administration of the English language arts test for high school juniors. The test is…

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Antsy for new “House of Cards” season? Let this “Sesame Street” parody tide you over

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It’s not quite as funny as censoring the Count in this Sesame Street “counting” song that makes it sound dirty instead of sounding like the innocent learning ditty that it really is. But this Sesame Street take on House of Cards is pretty epic, whether you’re a fan or not. The House of Bricks parody of the scandalous political drama takes the timeless story of the Three Little Pigs by portraying Frank Underwood as the Big Bad Wolf, Frank Underwolf. True…

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Um, an interesting headline from today’s Times: ‘Trophy has just a hint of a taint’

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Evidently, the editors at the St. Petersburg Times did not look up the word “taint” on Urban Dictionary before writing this headline:

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Um, an interesting headline from today’s Times: ‘Trophy has just a hint of a taint’

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Evidently, the editors at the St. Petersburg Times did not look up the word “taint” on Urban Dictionary before writing this headline:

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