MiamiHerald.com: Joan Fleischman http://www.miamiherald.com/news/columnists/joan_fleischman/index.html MiamiHerald.com: Joan Fleischman http://media.miamiherald.com/images/logos/rss_sitelogo.gif http://www.miamiherald.com/news/columnists/joan_fleischman/index.html 140 25 News, sports and entertainment from MiamiHerald.com en-us Copyright 2008 MiamiHerald.com Joan Fleischman 60 Sat, 11 Oct 2008 21:58:55 EDT http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss McClatchy Interactive's PubSys miamifeedback@miamiherald.com A-Rod lists Gables home for $14.8 mil http://www.miamiherald.com/news/columnists/joan_fleischman/story/721056.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/columnists/joan_fleischman/story/721056.html Fri, 10 Oct 2008 16:24 EDT New York Yankee Alex ''A-Rod'' Rodriguez and wife Cynthia, in the final stages of divorce, just listed their waterfront villa in Coral Gables -- for $14.876 million. The 8,310-square-foot residence, at 181 E. Sunrise Ave. in Sunrise Harbour, sits on more than an acre on the bay. There are six bedrooms, seven full baths, pool, plus a three-car garage. 30 years of attagirls and nastygrams http://www.miamiherald.com/news/columnists/joan_fleischman/story/713628.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/columnists/joan_fleischman/story/713628.html Sun, 05 Oct 2008 03:01 EDT This is my last Talk of Our Town column. Yup. I, Joan Fleischman, 55, have accepted a voluntary buyout. I joined this newspaper in '78 after three years with the Miami Beach Sun Reporter. I was 25. My first Miami Herald job: monitoring the police scanners from 5:30 p.m. until 2 a.m., Sundays and Mondays off. From on-air expletives to society-page fistfights http://www.miamiherald.com/news/columnists/joan_fleischman/story/713627.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/columnists/joan_fleischman/story/713627.html Sun, 05 Oct 2008 03:01 EDT Some of the most memorable Talk of Our Town entries, edited for length: CH. 7 ANCHOR SAYS OBSCENITY WAS `MISUNDERSTANDING' Sept. 25, 1992 After prison term, former police chief finds redemption http://www.miamiherald.com/news/columnists/joan_fleischman/story/704803.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/columnists/joan_fleischman/story/704803.html Sun, 28 Sep 2008 03:01 EDT D onald Warshaw, the ex-Miami police chief and city manager who served federal prison time for ripping off a nonprofit, is working at another nonprofit -- The Early Childhood Initiative Foundation. Naked model sues over surprise pics http://www.miamiherald.com/news/columnists/joan_fleischman/story/695096.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/columnists/joan_fleischman/story/695096.html Sun, 21 Sep 2008 03:01 EDT Supermodel Elsa Benitez, ex-wife of former Miami Heat center Rony Seikaly, is the ''Jane Doe'' plaintiff in an invasion of privacy lawsuit in Miami federal court. She says a paparazzo shot close-ups of her -- naked -- outside her home on gated Sunset Island II in Miami Beach. History repeats itself for author, Miami historian http://www.miamiherald.com/news/columnists/joan_fleischman/story/689462.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/columnists/joan_fleischman/story/689462.html Wed, 17 Sep 2008 03:01 EDT Rewriting history: Arva Moore Parks. The South Florida native is updating her book Miami: The Magic City, first published in 1980 and revised in 1991. Rosie's got a new neighbor -- and he's very, very rich http://www.miamiherald.com/news/columnists/joan_fleischman/story/675004.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/columnists/joan_fleischman/story/675004.html Sun, 07 Sep 2008 03:01 EDT Rosie O'Donnell has a new next-door neighbor on Star Island -- Dr. Cem Kinay, physician, developer and owner of a 560-acre island in the Turks and Caicos chain. House candidate drops out of sight after TV news story http://www.miamiherald.com/news/columnists/joan_fleischman/story/666172.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/columnists/joan_fleischman/story/666172.html Sun, 31 Aug 2008 03:01 EDT F reda Sherman Stevens, who ran in the Democratic primary for state House and lost Tuesday's election, is missing, husband Daric Stevens says. But Davie police and her mom don't suspect foul play. Cops believe Freda deliberately stepped away from some family, friends and her job as head of the Green Apple Association of Christian Schools. ''It appears that she decided to take a break,'' Lt. Wayne Boulier says. From court to court: Shaq and Shaunie teammates again http://www.miamiherald.com/news/columnists/joan_fleischman/story/655324.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/columnists/joan_fleischman/story/655324.html Sun, 24 Aug 2008 03:01 EDT It's official: Shaq and Shaunie will remain a team. NBA star Shaquille O'Neal's attorney Ira Elegant wrote to Miami-Dade Circuit Judge Roberto Pineiro: ``The parties have reconciled.'' Democratic leader lends his support to longtime friend http://www.miamiherald.com/news/columnists/joan_fleischman/story/649076.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/columnists/joan_fleischman/story/649076.html Wed, 20 Aug 2008 03:01 EDT Politics -- as usual. Florida house Democratic leader Dan Gelber rarely endorses candidates in partisan primaries. However, he recently wrote a $100 check to the campaign of Richard Steinberg, 35, a Miami Beach commissioner who is running for Gelber's seat. Gelber knows Steinberg's opponent, Joe Geller, mayor of North Bay Village. Gelber, 47, and Geller, 54, ran against each other for the legislative seat in 2000. Gelber won -- handily. Fisher Island condo president mired in lawsuits http://www.miamiherald.com/news/columnists/joan_fleischman/story/645349.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/columnists/joan_fleischman/story/645349.html Sun, 17 Aug 2008 03:01 EDT Dr. Irwin Potash, 81, longtime Fisher Island resident and condo association prez, is mired in two civil suits -- and one accuses him of less-than-civil behavior. When will Lil' Wayne pay his diamond debt? http://www.miamiherald.com/news/columnists/joan_fleischman/story/639667.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/columnists/joan_fleischman/story/639667.html Wed, 13 Aug 2008 03:01 EDT Judgment day for rapper Dwayne Michael Carter Jr., aka Lil' Wayne, accused of stiffing New Orleans jeweler Jack Sutton. ''Final judgment is hereby entered against the defendant,'' says Miami-Dade Circuit Judge Scott Silverman's two-page order. Carter owes Sutton $146,000 -- ``which sum shall bear interest at the rate of 11% a year.'' Bernie Kosar gets thrown for a loss by the IRS http://www.miamiherald.com/news/columnists/joan_fleischman/story/630703.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/columnists/joan_fleischman/story/630703.html Wed, 06 Aug 2008 03:01 EDT The tax man is trying to sack Bernie Kosar, former Hurricane and NFL star. The Internal Revenue Service filed a $228,806.21 lien -- income tax owed for 2006, according to Broward County records. Kosar is also delinquent on his 2007 property tax for his Weston home, on Paddock Road in Windmill Ranch Estates. He failed to pay $52,724.95 due last March 31 and now owes $59,881.49 with penalties, interest and other charges. Rejection slip leads doc to start his own publishing house http://www.miamiherald.com/news/columnists/joan_fleischman/story/627476.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/columnists/joan_fleischman/story/627476.html Sun, 03 Aug 2008 03:01 EDT Dr. Stephen Goldberg, an ophthalmologist and family medicine practitioner who taught for 25 years at the University of Miami's medical school, wrote his first book in 1978 -- Clinical Neuroanatomy Made Ridiculously Simple. He used mnemonics -- memory aids, such as funny illustrations -- to make the topic interesting. Former eatery's star-studded walls are painted over http://www.miamiherald.com/news/columnists/joan_fleischman/story/622665.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/columnists/joan_fleischman/story/622665.html Wed, 30 Jul 2008 03:01 EDT The hundreds of caricatures of South Florida notables that adorned the walls of The Palm in Coral Gables are gone -- just like the restaurant at Village of Merrick Park. Mommyhood will be twice as nice for CBS4's Hori http://www.miamiherald.com/news/columnists/joan_fleischman/story/619075.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/columnists/joan_fleischman/story/619075.html Sun, 27 Jul 2008 03:01 EDT WFOR-CBS4 anchor Shannon Hori, four months pregnant with twins, expects to learn the babies' genders this week. ''Can't wait!'' says Hori, 36. The new life of Miami-Dade's former manager http://www.miamiherald.com/news/columnists/joan_fleischman/story/614311.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/columnists/joan_fleischman/story/614311.html Wed, 23 Jul 2008 03:46 EDT Former Miami-Dade County Manager Steve Shiver and wife Cirenia ''Cire'' Andino-Shiver are separated after a two-year marriage. They plan to divorce. WPLG-ABC 10 owner may buy WTVJ-NBC 6 http://www.miamiherald.com/news/columnists/joan_fleischman/story/606099.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/columnists/joan_fleischman/story/606099.html Wed, 16 Jul 2008 03:01 EDT Major happening on the South Florida television front: The Washington Post's Post-Newsweek Stations, which owns WPLG-ABC 10, is expected to announce the purchase of WTVJ-NBC 6 from corporate parent NBC, industry sources say. The two stations will operate as a duopoly. The deal, of course, is subject to FCC approval.