rakontur links for August 8th:

• What Would You Do For Cash? (James Burnett/Miami Herald) - one of the best non-journalistic works of true crime I've ever seen is the documentary Cocaine Cowboys.


• Spy catcher claims four are agents for Cuba (Miami Herald) - A U.S. intelligence expert has named four people as Cuban agents in the United States, including two in the Miami area.


• More than 300 suspected gang members arrested in South Fla. (Miami Herald) -


• Club Worker Confesses to Killing Lil Kim’s Guest (The Rap Up) -


• Did the TIs throw bleach on Beyonce? (Byron Crawford/XXL) - After days of rumbling on the Internets about whether or not L’Oreal used Photoshop or some sort of high school graduation photo-style “aftertouch” (remember that shit?) to make Beyonce’s face look that much more cracka-ass cracka-ish in ads for their Feria hair coloring system, L’Oreal issued a statement today saying that they didn’t.