Iceland: Avoiding The Next Meltdown Oct 23, 2009
America's Nuclear Growth A trip to the Florida Keys where crocodiles thrive in the warm waters of a nuclear plant. Delving Deeper For Oil Shell is building the deepest offshore facility of its kind. (Forbes -- Business)
Top ready-made autumn adventures Oct 22, 2009
Your base for the "Sea Kayak and Snorkel the Florida Keys and Dry Tortugas" trip is, fittingly, an island beach house in the Gulf of Mexico. Kayak through mangrove tunnels in a bird-filled park, visit Key West for Fantasy Fest (a Halloween festival that rivals Mardi Gras), and snorkel among orange and yellow coral, purple sea fans, and parrot fish. (CNN)
Fla.'s Overseas Highway now an All-American Road Oct 20, 2009
The Overseas Highway, which stretches over 127 miles in the Florida Keys, has been named an All-American Road. In this April 17, 2009, photo, released by the Florida Keys News Bureau, vehicular traffic rolls on the Seven Mile Bridge near Marathon, Fla ... Federal transportation officials announced Friday, Oct. 16, 2009, that the Florida Keys Overseas Highway road, with 42 bridges over water, was one of five highways to receive the prestigious All-American Road designation. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Travel)
US 1 through Fla. Keys called 'All-American Road' Oct 18, 2009
The Overseas Highway through the Florida Keys was one of five new All-American Roads. There are only 30 nationwide. (WSVN-TV Miami, FL)
Report: Pythons could damage tourism Oct 15, 2009
Pythons may be controllable in the vicinity of bird rookeries and wildlife officials may be able to protect isolated places like the Lower Florida Keys from giant constrictors, but the costs could be high, according to the report. Earlier this year, U.S. Rep. (South Florida Business Journal, FL)
First FOM concert draws large crowd Oct 15, 2009
King has participated in art shows in South Carolina and the Florida Keys and considers her greatest achievement being a founding member of Bougainvillea House Gallery in Marathon, Fla. The next free concert is Blue, Blues, and Boogie with Joe Bourne on Sunday, Nov. 8 at 2 pm in the Community Center. (Wickenburg Sun, AZ)
Stone crab season set to begin Thursday Oct 15, 2009
Last season, low demand caused by the recession, had many commercial fishermen in the Florida Keys keeping their traps on land, according to Gary Graves, vice president of Keys Fisheries, one of the largest processors of claws in the state. "Last year we went through the first part of the recession and a lot of restaurants weren't buying stone crabs and other seafood," Graves said. (WSVN-TV Miami, FL)
School Board votes to fire teacher Oct 15, 2009
Take the parent who attended an educational trip to the Florida Keys that Todd organized but that was not sponsored by the school district. A mother of one of the students described Todd's behavior with another student as that of a couple more than teacher and student. (The Palm Beach Post)
CBS College Sports Network and Comcast to Air Miami-UCF Oct 15, 2009
- As a courtesy to Miami Hurricanes' fans, Comcast and CBS College Sports Network announced Wednesday that they will offer a free preview of the network in the Florida Keys, Miami-Dade, Broward, Indian River, St. Lucie, Southern Brevard and Palm Beach Counties allowing for the No. 9 Miami-UCF game to be seen by all Comcast digital customers this Saturday ... Miami-Dade, Broward, Florida Keys Comcast 744 (Digital Cable). (Hurricanesports.com)
Fly-fishing favorites Oct 15, 2009
Robbins' picks: Seattle (Puget Sound); Florida Keys, Fla. (Long Key); Alder, Mont. (News & Observer -- Sports)
Family travel five: Make a splash at historic seaports Oct 13, 2009
Near Mallory Dock and Old Town, explore the Florida Keys Eco-Discovery Center. Contact: 1-800-352-5397; http://fla-keys. (Fresno Bee -- Lifestyle)
Brown » Oct 13, 2009
Although some of the larger kingfish will find a nice deep water wreck or reef and spend the summer eating snapper and grunts, the majority of kings winter in the Florida Keys, migrate northward to the upper Gulf in the spring and then return south when early fall cold fronts foretell the approaching cooler season. Capt. Randy Rochelle of St. Petersburg, Fla. (ESPN -- Outdoors)
GMA: Family Survives Plane Crash - How? Oct 13, 2009
Three people survived a small off the Florida Keys by clinging to a lobster-trap buoy until the Coast Guard rescued them the next morning. Three people are rescued at sea after 12 hours in the water. (ABC News)
Robbins Ready for Star Party Oct 11, 2009
From all over America, and even other countries, stargazers are assembling once again to enjoy one of Robbins' greatest natural resources -- the clearest, darkest skies between Maine and the Florida Keys. Every October, during the dark of the moon when stars are at their brightest overhead, hundreds of astronomers come for an unusual kind of party. (The Pilot Newspaper)
Political wrangling needs change in climate Oct 11, 2009
The Florida Keys will still be dry long after the southeast coast of Louisiana is part of the Gulf. Ten years ago a stiff blow from the south might have ruined fishing and pushed water higher at boat ramps and camp docks, but it would not have resulted in wholesale flooding of roads and lawns. (Nola.com -- Sports)
Home BancShares, Inc. Announces Exercise of Over-Allotment Option Oct 8, 2009
Centennial Bank has locations in central Arkansas, north central Arkansas, southern Arkansas, the Florida Keys and southwestern Florida. The Company's common stock is traded through the NASDAQ Global Select Market under the symbol "HOMB.". (Primezone Releases)
Derelict Boats Pile Up Costs for Taxpayers Oct 8, 2009
" Getting rid of derelict boats is a slow and expensive process, Koeppen reported. The removal of one boat Koeppen found being extricated from the Florida Keys will cost taxpayers roughly $15,000. And from Florida to California, states all across the country are spending millions removing boats, Koeppen said. But Sprauge says even more needs to be done to get these boats out of the water. "People are going to get killed. These pieces of boat are going to pop up, float away, get in someone else's... (CBS News -- US)
Fisherman answers the calling of the Keys Oct 7, 2009
Crew off the Florida Keys is on a quest for spiny tail lobster ... IN THE FLORIDA KEYS (CNN) -- In the early morning darkness of the Florida Keys, the low hum of the Mystic I is hardly enough to disturb the slumber of the tourists in their hotel rooms ... A lobster fisherman holds two spiny tail lobsters caught during the Mystic I's trip off the Florida Keys. (CNN -- US)
The 20 most stressed counties Oct 6, 2009
It's easy to see why bookkeeper Linda Mortimer moved to the Florida Keys 20 years ago: the impossibly blue water, the year-round sunshine, a lifestyle so laid-back that every day is like a Jimmy Buffett lyric. What Mortimer didn't anticipate was falling in love - and then getting divorced less than two years after taking her wedding vows. (Fresno Bee -- Nation)
Coral Bleaching Increases Chances Of Coral Disease Oct 4, 2009
Brandt and her colleagues surveyed colonies in the Florida Keys before, during and after this event to determine the relationship between bleaching and coral disease. The researchers found that the coral diseases they observed were related to bleaching, but in different ways. (Science Daily)
Brown: Say no to closures » Oct 2, 2009
Marine sanctuaries already limit anglers in the Florida Keys and the feds' absurd mishandling of Gulf grouper regulations has proven that recreational anglers are slipping lower and lower on the great totem pole of priority. Many valid points, opinions and concerns factor into scenarios like that of BNP, but wholesale closure to waters in need of better management smacks of laziness kick everyone out and that will make it easy for fish populations to flourish. (ESPN -- Outdoors)
Story » Oct 1, 2009
About 6 years ago I was introduced to saltwater fishing in the Florida Keys. I was hooked immediately. (ESPN -- Outdoors)
A new type of bachelor bash Sep 30, 2009
Exotic not that kind bachelor party ideas - Active- msnbc. Exotic not that kind bachelor party ideas. (MSNBC -- Travel)
BubbaFest Bike Tour: See the Keys with pedal power Sep 30, 2009
"The Florida Keys is really a unique location in our country," he says. "There are times you can literally be biking and see the Atlantic Ocean on the left and the Gulf of Mexico on the right. The only thing that is separating them is that little ribbon of two-lane highway."Then there's the whole Keys atmosphere, that hippie attitude. (Herald Online, SC -- Lifestyles)
Regulators seize Key Federal Credit Union Sep 26, 2009
It has assets of $180 million and three branches, all in the Florida Keys. NCUA spokesman John McKechnie said the board of his organization would run Key Federal until it determined what to do with the credit union. (South Florida Business Journal, FL)
3 price points: Key West, Fla. Sep 26, 2009
Florida Keys News Bureau A tour train passes Sloppy Joe's Bar, once frequented by writer Ernest Hemingway. Florida Keys News Bureau The Harry S. Truman Little White House Museum in Key West ... Florida Keys News Bureau Body art and costumes at the Fantasy Fest Masquerade in Key West. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Travel)
Divorce Rates in U.S. Rise Slightly Sep 25, 2009
(AP) It's easy to see why bookkeeper Linda Mortimer moved to the Florida Keys 20 years ago: the impossibly blue water, the year-round sunshine, a lifestyle so laid-back that every day is like a Jimmy Buffett lyric ... Divorce is as common in the Florida Keys as fresh grouper and cold beer ... Some folks in the Florida Keys are quick to say that it's not that people are actually divorcing in droves there - it's that divorced people come to the area to start new lives. (CBS News)
Giant squid caught off coast of Louisiana Sep 24, 2009
According to Vecchione, scientists have known giant squid are in the Gulf because remnants of them have been found in the stomachs of predators (such as sperm whales) from Gulf waters, as well as from nearby waters of the Caribbean and Florida Keys. This find illustrates how little we know about what is swimming around in the deep waters of the Gulf of Mexico. (MSNBC -- Environment)
David Brown » Sep 24, 2009
Built for speed and born to bite, macks are common Gulf of Mexico catches in all but the depths of winter when most are tucked comfortably in the warm waters of the Florida Keys. However, fall finds massive aggregations of these fish staging around the passes and inlets from Tarpon Springs south to Charlotte Harbor. (ESPN -- Outdoors)
Charles ‘Chaz' Wenderoth Sep 23, 2009
Thursday, September 17, 2009 Edition. Always warm and friendly with a loving spirit. (Malibu Times, CA)
‘The World is Blue,’ ‘Down to the Wire’ warn of global disaster Sep 20, 2009
This is not just someone who laments the fate of, say, the spiny lobster, but someone who can write, Even in the 1950s, during my first underwater explorations of the Florida Keys, it seemed that spiny lobsters were everywhere, their long antennae seeming to sprout like whiskers from ledges and crevices. Fundamentally Orr and Earle are making moral arguments, not scientific or philosophical ones. (Boston Globe)
Toast of the Coast: Pay tribute to Woodstock at Caf Unique Sep 17, 2009
Louisiana and the Florida Keys will follow as locations. Legendary chef. (Florida Today)
A paw and a prayer: Pilots save shelter animals Sep 15, 2009
Bennett, 50, is a retired Florida Keys businessman with a soft spot for homeless dogs. He's got a Cirrus SR22, a zippy little four-seat plane, and is always looking for an excuse to get above the clouds. (Fresno Bee -- Nation)
Second Annual "Mad Dog" Mandich Classic Sep 15, 2009
ISLAMORADA, Florida Keys Jim "Mad Dog" Mandich, a former Miami Dolphins star player and current Dolphins color analyst, is to show his passion for a different sport when he hosts the Oct. 16-17 Publix Mad Dog Mandich Fishing Classic in Islamorada ... A portion of the proceeds benefits the Florida Keys' Mariners Hospital ... To find out about area accommodations, call the Islamorada Chamber of Commerce at (305) 664-4503 or (800) 322-5397, or visit the official site of the Florida Keys est at www.... (ESPN -- Outdoors)
Our views: Stop the stampede Sep 9, 2009
The Loop Current in the Gulf, which flows into the Gulf Stream, could carry a spill through the fragile Florida Keys and up the states east coast. Meanwhile, a huge spill that began Aug. 21 from a rig about 90 miles off Australias coast is more evidence the industrys drilling is safe claim isnt true. (Florida Today)
Ott - Stokes (39) Sep 6, 2009
Following a wedding trip to the Florida Keys the couple will reside in Bamberg. Mrs. Stokes is currently employed as a Radiologic Technologist at Beaufort Memorial Hospital in Beaufort. (Orangeburg Times and Democrat, SC)
* Coastal homes at risk from rising seas Sep 6, 2009
The Florida Keys, Miami Beach, Sanibel and Captiva, and Palm Beach, the exclusive east coast hideaway of the super-wealthy, are all built on barrier islands and some experts believe these sand islands would be swamped by rising seas. With a 3-foot [90cm] sea level rise, most of the lower half of the Everglades disappears. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World Business)
Warhol of waves: Tattoo artist applies talents to surfboards Sep 6, 2009
That led to his first "real" job, at 21, drawing the T-shirt patterns for Jimmy Buffett in the Florida Keys. "I drew a lot of parrots drinking Coronas in a hammock," he said, laughing. (Florida Today)
Cactus moth must be stopped, Ag officials say Sep 5, 2009
From the Caribbean, they spread accidentally in 1989 to the Florida Keys, and have munched their way since then across the Gulf Coast. We ve decided to establish a barrier here to attempt to prevent them from going further west, Spitzer said. (KHOU.com, TX)
Environmentalists' lawsuit targets flood insurance Sep 4, 2009
and in the Florida Keys. In New Mexico, Sugarman said, FEMA is talking with Fish and Wildlife about how the flood insurance program may affect endangered species, but it hasn t opened a formal consultation. (Sierra Vista Herald, AZ)
Caught on Tape: Baby Turtles Take to Sea Sep 4, 2009
Webcam Captures Newborn Loggerhead Turtles Heading to the Ocean after Hatching on Florida Keys Beach ... Newborn loggerhead turtles are captured on a webcam heading to the ocean after hatching in the Florida Keys, Sept. 1, 2009 ... (CBS) Newborn loggerhead turtles were captured on a live streaming emerging from their nest and crawling to the ocean in the lower Florida Keys, in Miami. (CBS News)
Flood insurance neglects species threats, suit says Sep 3, 2009
FEMA has consulted with other agencies about its program's effect on endangered species only twice before, in Puget Sound in Washington, and in the Florida Keys. In New Mexico, Sugarman said, FEMA is talking with Fish and Wildlife about how the flood-insurance program may affect endangered species, but it hasn't opened a formal consultation. (AZCentral -- News)
Dorothy Quinn Sep 3, 2009
After a spider bite in 1981 while living in the Florida Keys, she became increasingly disabled, but was continually cared for by her husband. They traveled extensively, visiting Africa, Spain, Greece, Italy, and Israel on multiple occasions. (Bartow Polk County Democrat, FL)
Post offices in West Palm Beach, Lantana, Boca Raton still set to close, U.S. Postal Service says Sep 3, 2009
The Postal Service employs about 12,500 people between Port St. Lucie and the Florida Keys. Mail volume in 2009 is expected nationwide to be about 170 billion pieces. (The Palm Beach Post)
This day in history Sep 2, 2009
In 1935, a hurricane slammed into the Florida Keys, claiming more than 400 lives. In 1945, Ho Chi Minh declared Vietnam an independent republic. (Boston Globe)
Postcard season is over Sep 1, 2009
Jerry and Patty Babb and family and friends were parasailing in the Florida Keys. Also in Florida were Karmen and Brent Spletzer , of Aiken, who say they had a fun time in Daytona Beach but "have discovered Ponce Inlet has the most beautiful beach with clear, aqua water. We discovered this from our view from the top of Florida's tallest lighthouse.". (The Augusta Chronicle)
Saltwater kayaks provide inshore thrills Aug 25, 2009
Coast-to-coast kayak tournaments, staged in coastal areas from as far north as Maine to as far south as the Florida Keys, attest to the growing popularity ... In the Florida Keys, for example, guides sometimes use kayaks to take customers into the backwaters of the Everglades National Park, which is a long boat ride from the middle and lower Keys. (ESPN -- Outdoors)
ERAU grad to call space station home Aug 25, 2009
Stott, 46, has specifically trained for her time on the space station for several years, in Russia, Japan, Canada, Germany as well as underwater off the Florida Keys. Among her objectives will be completing a space walk and blogging from space for. (Daytona Beach News Journal)
Chasing fish tales Aug 24, 2009
Ive been using it a lot out of Islamorada in the Florida Keys fishing with my son, Brian, who lives there. . (Florida Today)
Fishing Trips Top Florida Tourist A... Aug 22, 2009
Rolling south to the Everglades and beyond, check out Tranquil Adventures and the website of the same name for more wheelchair accessible charter tours and Florida Keys fishing in Key Largo. These are just two charter boat companies that offer fishing trips accessible to the handicapped. (Suite101.com)
In hot water: World sets ocean temperature record Aug 21, 2009
Bleaching has started to crop up in the Florida Keys, Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands _ much earlier than usual. Typically, bleaching occurs after weeks or months of prolonged high water temperatures. (Chippewa Falls Chippewa Herald, WI)
More lawmakers tackle rise of wage-theft complaints Aug 17, 2009
By Emily Bazar, USA TODAY Agustin Gonzalez became a casualty of the real-estate bust in 2007 when he lost his construction job in the Florida Keys. Since then, he says, he has become another kind of casualty: a victim of wage theft. (USA Today -- News)
Health Care Goes Electronic Aug 14, 2009
America's Nuclear Growth A trip to the Florida Keys where crocodiles thrive in the warm waters of a nuclear plant. Delving Deeper For Oil Shell is building the deepest offshore facility of its kind. (Forbes -- Business)
Trips on one tank Aug 13, 2009
to the wineries of Napa Valley and even to the wetlands of the Florida Everglades or to the tropical Florida Keys, there are adventures and relaxing weekends aplenty. Click for related slideshow. (MSNBC -- Travel)
Staghorn coral reproduces for first time Aug 12, 2009
KEY LARGO, Florida Keys Students working with marine scientists in the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary have documented what is believed to be the first known case where Atlantic-Caribbean, farm-raised coral has reproduced to serve as a foundation for future reefs ... More details on the Florida Keys are available at www. (ESPN -- Outdoors)
James Jay Kenneth Greene Aug 10, 2009
Jay was a master carpenter who built homes in Arizona, the Florida Keys and Connecticut ... He said it reminded him of the Florida Keys, only with seasons. (Sierra Vista Herald, AZ)
Lucky survivors rescued by Fla. turtle hospital Aug 7, 2009
The seafoam green hospital, halfway through the Florida Keys, offers round-the-clock care to the turtles that call the waters around this ribbon of islands home. Morning is just beginning, and the hospital's patients are already being prepped on the X-ray room floor. (Chippewa Falls Chippewa Herald, WI)
4 things to make you smarter Aug 7, 2009
Answer: He was the slippery scene stealer who chattered and danced on the waters of the Florida Keys, much to the delight of people pals, Sandy and Bud. Question: Who was Flipper. (Gaylord Herald Times, MI)
Florida Bay's ecology on the brink of collapse Aug 6, 2009
"Bonefish used to be very prevalent, and now we don't see a tenth of the amount that we used to find in the bay, and even around the Keys because the habitat no longer supports the population," says Burke, head of the Florida Keys Fishing Guides Association ... Experts fear a collapse of the entire ecosystem, threatening not only some of the nation's most popular tourism destinations Everglades National Park and the Florida Keys but a commercial and recreational fishery worth millions of... (MSNBC -- Environment)
Woman captures video of weather oddity rarely seen in Alaska Aug 6, 2009
Dorothy Ivanoff had just lifted off from the Eskimo village of Koyuk in a small plane Saturday when the pilot spotted a weather phenomenon that's common in the Florida Keys but nearly unheard of in Alaska. Story tools. (Anchorage Daily News)
National Courage Award Winner Jordan Thomas to Participate in PGA Adapted Youth Golf Clinic Aug 5, 2009
In August 2005, at age 16, Jordan Thomas was scuba diving in the Florida Keys when a boat propeller struck him. He lost both of his legs from the calf down. (PR Newswire)
Predatory snakes become prey in Everglades Aug 3, 2009
A "Python Patrol" was launched in the Florida Keys, south of the , by Alison Higgins of the Nature Conservancy. Her program uses utility workers, wildlife officials, park rangers and police to keep an eye out for snakes and trains them to capture any they find. (CNN -- US)
State goes after lobster poachers Aug 2, 2009
During Operation Freezer Burn, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) assisted the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Office for Law Enforcement and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in the search and arrest warrants of a group illegally harvesting lobsters from artificial habitat placed in the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary (FKNMS) ... He and his wife also had to forfeit three vehicles and three boats; and the Dreiforts must sell two properties... (Lake Wales News, FL)
Country profile: Cuba Aug 2, 2009
The service beams programmes to Cuba from high-power transmitters, some based in the Florida Keys. In late 2006 TV Marti began buying airtime on a station in Miami, Florida, which Cubans using illegal satellite equipment can pick up. (BBC News -- Americas)
Should the Military Be Called in for Natural Disasters? Aug 2, 2009
Billy Wagner, who retired as director of emergency management in the Florida Keys two years ago, says the military is the way to go. "I've always advocated that," Wagner says. (Time.com)
