May 10, 1993 | Newsweek Author: SPENCER REISS with PETER KATEL in Miami | Page: 45 | Section: National Affairs There are many ways to get to Florida, but few rank with Jose Luis Palin’s trip from hell. In early March, he and four friends pushed off from a Cuban beach on a couple of…
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A Brutal Assault On A Tourist In Florida
A Murder That Didn’t Have to Happen Magazine April 19, 1993 | Newsweek Author: PETER KATEL | Page: 29 | Section: NATIONAL AFFAIRS A BRUTAL ASSAULT ON A TOURIST IN FLORIDA PETER KATEL It was up to 6-year-old Alexander Jensen to tell the police, with the help of toy cars, miniature figures and a translator,…
Wayne Huizenga’s Florida
New Kid on the Block, Buster Magazine January 11, 1993 | Newsweek Author: PETER KATEL | Page: 48 | Section: BUSINESS A FLORIDA MOGUL DREAMS DREAMS OF AN EMPIRE PETER KATEL It’s, say, 1995 and the Blockbuster megastore near you is hopping. Flashing your Blockbuster frequent-shopper card, you rent a videocassette, then scrutinize the potential…
Something Is Missing In Florida Prisons
NEW WALLS, NO INMATES Magazine May 18, 1992 | Newsweek Author: PETER KATEL | Page: 63 | Section: SOCIETY JUSTICE SOMETHING’S MISSING IN FLORIDA’S PRISONS PETER KATEL Each cell of Florida’s new 336-man death row has a black-and-white television set. But no one is watching. The new men’s prison on the grounds of the Union…