http://www.miamiherald.com/news/florida-keys/index.html http://media.miamiherald.com/images/logos/rss_sitelogo.gif http://www.miamiherald.com/news/florida-keys/index.html 140 25 News, sports and entertainment from MiamiHerald.com en-us Copyright 2009 MiamiHerald.com Florida Keys 60 Sun, 22 Nov 2009 22:31:25 EST http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss McClatchy Interactive's PubSys miamifeedback@miamiherald.com http://www.miamiherald.com/news/florida-keys/story/1346261.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/florida-keys/story/1346261.html Sat, 21 Nov 2009 01:00 EST The oil once used to fry grouper and conch fritters in Key West restaurants is now fueling an old Mercedes-Benz and soon could be powering a school bus. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/florida-keys/story/1319244.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/florida-keys/story/1319244.html Thu, 05 Nov 2009 22:00 EST Thrill-seekers from around the country will be in Marathon this weekend to see the tropical island views -- from 13,500 feet.<p/> Sky divers began leaping from planes over the island chain Thursday, the opening day of the Keys Boogie sky-diving weekend that ends Sunday. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/florida-keys/story/1313146.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/florida-keys/story/1313146.html Tue, 03 Nov 2009 08:05 EST The Key West Police Department arrested 23-year-old Nicholas Ferro of Fort Lauderdale on Sunday in the stabbing death of a Key West man during an altercation near the heart of Key West's tourist section. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/florida-keys/story/1313147.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/florida-keys/story/1313147.html Tue, 03 Nov 2009 08:26 EST Monroe County sheriff's detectives have identified the body found a week ago wrapped in plastic and washed up in the mangroves of Jewfish Key.<p/> Using fingerprints, detectives identified the dead woman as Christine Marie Kaye, 48. Her last known address was the town of Lake Park in Palm Beach County. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/florida-keys/story/1310554.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/florida-keys/story/1310554.html Mon, 02 Nov 2009 05:43 EST The Key West Police Department arrested 23-year-old Nicholas Ferro of Fort Lauderdale on Sunday in the stabbing death of a Key West resident during an altercation near the heart of Key West's tourist section. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/florida-keys/story/1308054.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/florida-keys/story/1308054.html Fri, 30 Oct 2009 01:00 EDT If you think Key West's annual 10-day drunken party where fantasies come to life and body paint passes for clothing is just for the young, think again. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/florida-keys/story/1299062.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/florida-keys/story/1299062.html Sun, 25 Oct 2009 01:00 EDT Amid 300-pound groupers, curious barracudas and a rainbow of tropical fish attracted to a new artificial reef off Key West, a tiny creature is causing a big stir among conservationists: the long-spined sea urchin. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/florida-keys/story/1286930.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/florida-keys/story/1286930.html Sat, 17 Oct 2009 01:00 EDT The Florida Keys' Overseas Highway has made the grade.<p/> U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood announced Friday in Washington that the 110-mile stretch of U.S. 1 from Key Largo to Key West -- with its 42 bridges linking the scenic island chain -- has been designated an All-American Road. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/florida-keys/story/1286922.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/florida-keys/story/1286922.html Sat, 17 Oct 2009 01:00 EDT Four years after a 6-year-old Cuban boy drowned in a foiled human-smuggling trip across the Florida Straits, a federal jury has convicted a man for helping organize the scheme and outfitting the go-fast boat that capsized. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/florida-keys/story/1286268.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/florida-keys/story/1286268.html Fri, 16 Oct 2009 15:02 EDT The Florida Keys' Overseas Highway has made the grade.<p/> U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood announced Friday morning in Washington that the 110-mile stretch of U.S. 1 from Key Largo to Key West -- with its 42 bridges linking the scenic island chain -- has been designated an All-American Road. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/florida-keys/story/1279551.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/florida-keys/story/1279551.html Tue, 13 Oct 2009 07:01 EDT Luxury developers with grand plans swarmed the Florida Keys during the real estate boom, paying big bucks to gobble up campgrounds, trailer parks, marinas, mom-and-pop motels -- even renowned Holiday Isle and its World Famous Tiki Bar. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/florida-keys/story/1277064.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/florida-keys/story/1277064.html Sun, 11 Oct 2009 01:00 EDT Three people who survived a Friday night plane crash at sea were rescued Saturday morning, when they were found tired and nervously clinging to a buoy five miles from the southern tip of mainland Florida. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/florida-keys/story/1340980.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/florida-keys/story/1340980.html Wed, 18 Nov 2009 22:00 EST ``Come on, you're just in time for the stampede,'' Laura Quinn said, as she grabbed her walker and began trudging toward the beach.<p/> Picking up a slimy bowl of fish, the 81-year-old founder and director of the Florida Keys Wild Bird Rehabilitation Center in Tavernier headed down the boardwalk, tossing food to ibis, snowy egrets and pelicans lining the route. Hundreds more wild birds awaited her arrival at the beach for the daily 3:30 p.m. feeding. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/florida-keys/story/1335932.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/florida-keys/story/1335932.html Mon, 16 Nov 2009 08:23 EST A man from Cypress, Texas, died Friday afternoon while diving the USS Vandenberg, a military ship that was sunk six months ago as an artificial reef off Key West, according to the Monroe County Sheriff's Office. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/florida-keys/story/1323757.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/florida-keys/story/1323757.html Mon, 09 Nov 2009 01:00 EST The last time Louise Hall saw her daughter, she helped her pack a suitcase into her trunk.<p/> They said goodbye, and Janet Cates, 56, drove off.