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• IKEA Says It Never Sold Furniture Made By Cuban Prisoners (Though It Did Use German Forced Labor)

  In May, cheap chic Swedish furniture giant IKEA was rocked with shocking accusations in the German press: That it had manufactured products using forced prison labor in East Germany in the '70s a...

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• Best and Worst Movies Shot in Miami Beach, From Scarface to Sly Stallone's The Specialist

  For years, wealthy Miami Beach residents -- including celebs like Alex Rodriguez -- have pimped out their mansions as movie studios. Now, however, it seems locals are finally getting pissed off ...

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• The Dream Is Over: Dolphins Fall 19-14 To Bills

  Last night's beatdown in Buffalo was so dispiriting that John Lennon rose from the grave to write a tragic ballad about the game. Take it away, John:Fins are a concept ...By which we measure ...O...

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• Mugshots Friday: Drunk Girls, Ed Hardy Tattoos, and the Match Game

  Every Friday, Riptide brings you the most eye-catching mugshots taken the previous week (or thereabouts) in Miami-Dade County. Yes, there is some mockery of bad neck tattoos, but also adulation d...

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• Who Motor-Boated Alex Rodriguez? Slugger's Speedboat Stripped of $30,000 Engines

  In this week's feature, a 69-year-old Holocaust survivor accuses Yankees third baseman Alex Rodriguez of ruining their Miami Beach neighborhood by turning his mansion into a de facto movie studi...

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• Miami Mayor Regalado Pens Letter to Bud Selig Over Marlins Trade

  Miami Mayor Tomas Regalado basically won his position because while serving on the city commission he was one of the few voices against funding for the new Marlins' stadium. So, it's no surprise ...

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• Obama Won Florida Because of the Gay Vote

  Barack Obama might have gay voters to thank for his reelection, especially right here in Florida. A new analysis suggests that if only straight people went to the polls here, Romney would have pu...

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• Archdiocese of Miami Hit With New Sex Abuse Lawsuit, Responds By Targeting Attorney

  This afternoon, local attorney Jeffrey Herman held a press conference to announce yet another lawsuit against the Archdiocese of Miami. According to the suit, Father Neil Doherty -- now in priso...

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• Photo of the Day: Just Driven Over a Cliff

  Today's photo comes from Infinity & Beyond Photography: Kev Cook's Flickr. If you'd like to see your photo here join our Flickr group.Follow Miami New Times on Facebook and Twitter @MiamiNewT...

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• Here's the Taiwanese Animation Take on the Marlins Fiasco

  Not a news story goes by without the Taiwanese-based Next Media Animation turning it into some low budget Pixar-lite masterpiece, and the recent Miami Marlins controversy is no exception. If, for...

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