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SoFlo: IT'S THE ZEITGEIST, BEBE (6#) -

# BERMUDA TRIANGLE: The search continues for Harris Sullivan, 68, of Port Richey FL, the pilot of a missing Lancair IV airplane that vanished Saturday northwest of the Bahamas on its way to the Palm Beach Intl Airport. Sullivan is a registered commercial pilot. [sent] [pbpost]

# WM FIVE-O: The Control Freaks at the Sun-Sentinel newspaper are trying to discredit a website forum aimed at police officers. As usual, the managers at this newspaper feel threatened by any websites, forums or blogs they can't control and, consequently, always try to trash them. [sent]

# BOOKS & CROOKS: Mitchell Kaplan's Books & Books store is celebrating its 25th anniversary in downtown Coral Gables. The Sentinel asks the owner some preposterous questions about the prospects of establishing a branch on Las Olas Boulevard in Fort Lauderdale, which is essentially a magnet for nouveau riche rednecks. And the surrounding county is experiencing an ever-dwindling population who can even read English beyond the utilitarian level.

"I just wonder where the mass of people are
that I'd need visiting that store on a daily basis."

+ Yeah, those are the mysteries.

# SUPERSEALED WID A DISS: *Broward judges have issued 10 sealing orders since the high court's ruling on April 5, the clerk's office said. Eight don't meet the new requirements... The new rules require all sealing orders be posted on the court clerk's website and at the courthouse... The high court's ruling also outlawed the practice in civil court of erasing any trace of a case's existence from the public record, called ''supersealing.''*

# THE NEXT BOOST THING: Forget the Next Best Thing. Ipods? That's sooo last week. What is the trendy fence in the Fort Lauderdale area on the prowl for this week? Apparently, it's Global Positioning Systems from car dashboards. Collared by PO Hamoud Alsamawi, a couple of guys had a dozen of the devices already stashed in their vehicle.

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