rakontur links for September 14th:

• Tawdry tale of oil drillers and `MMS Chicks' (Carl Hiaasen/Miami Herald) - People always say the Bush administration is in bed with the oil companies, but it turns out to be literally true. According to the Interior Department, some government officials in charge of collecting oil and gas royalties smoked pot, snorted cocaine and had sex with employees of big energy firms.


• Carvalho's Liaison (New Times) - Today the Miami Herald broke the news that Alberto Carvalho, the 44-year-old married man who's been selected to helm Miami-Dade County Public Schools, may have had an improper romantic relationship with former Herald education reporter Tania deLuzuriaga.


• South Florida Strip Club Map -


• Last Night: Irvine Welsh at Books & Books (John Hood/New Times) -


• Former FBI agent on trial in 1982 slaying of Miami executive (Miami Herald) - If the life of ex-FBI agent John Connolly -- accused of killing a Miami gambling executive -- sounds like something from a Hollywood script, there is a good reason.