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 2008 MiamiHerald.com Florida Keys 60 Sat, 29 Nov 2008 03:03:58 EST http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss McClatchy Interactive's PubSys miamifeedback@miamiherald.com http://www.miamiherald.com/news/florida-keys/story/791865.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/florida-keys/story/791865.html Sat, 29 Nov 2008 00:01 EST onhed goes here In the Florida Keys this week, the sun contributed to more than warmth, tans and pretty days. For the first time, it provided clean energy for the nonprofit electric utility that powers the northern half of Monroe County. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/florida-keys/story/776320.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/florida-keys/story/776320.html Tue, 18 Nov 2008 03:01 EST The recreation boat was cruising through Jewfish Creek Channel about 30 mph in the dark Saturday evening when 7-year-old Alexis Beckman heard her teenage cousin shout a warning: ``Marker, marker!'' http://www.miamiherald.com/news/florida-keys/story/755131.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/florida-keys/story/755131.html Tue, 04 Nov 2008 03:01 EST The U.S. Postal Service delivers mail by car, truck, plane, boat, ferry, helicopter, bicycle, foot, and in the Grand Canyon, even mule. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/florida-keys/story/756965.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/florida-keys/story/756965.html Tue, 04 Nov 2008 22:03 EST There's a new sheriff in the Florida Keys, along with two new Monroe County commissioners. Capt. Bob Peryam, a 27-year member of the Monroe County Sheriff's Office, won a close race over retired federal agent Ken Davis. Sandra Downs, with no law enforcement experience, was a distant third. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/florida-keys/story/753541.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/florida-keys/story/753541.html Mon, 03 Nov 2008 08:44 EST Captain Tony's adventurous and colorful life was about the stories. Key West legend Anthony Tarracino created them as a passionate gambler, shrimper, charter boat captain, gunrunner, mayor, romantic and father of 13 children, now age 22 to 72. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/florida-keys/story/745728.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/florida-keys/story/745728.html Wed, 29 Oct 2008 03:01 EDT South Florida sun is getting less competitive against global economic gloom. Recent news from the tourism sector points to growing softness and alarm. Hotel bookings appear to be off for this weekend's boat show in Fort Lauderdale, the biggest fall event for that city. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/florida-keys/story/744169.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/florida-keys/story/744169.html Tue, 28 Oct 2008 03:01 EDT TraumaStar, the life-saving medical helicopter run by the Monroe County Sheriff's Office, is fighting for its own survival. Monroe County voters will decide Nov. 4, in a nonbinding special referendum, whether they favor legislation to pay higher property taxes -- about $45 per year on a $300,000 home -- to keep TraumaStar running. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/florida-keys/story/743238.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/florida-keys/story/743238.html Mon, 27 Oct 2008 10:34 EDT Ten days of costumed frivolity -- with many revelers impersonating presidents, as well as presidential and vice presidential wannabes -- ended Sunday on this subtropical island. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/florida-keys/story/737442.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/florida-keys/story/737442.html Thu, 23 Oct 2008 10:56 EDT A Korean War-era bomb that rested in shallow Gulf waters just off the coast of the Middle Keys for years until recreational divers discovered it last month was blown up by a Navy ordnance disposal unit on Wednesday. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/florida-keys/story/734511.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/florida-keys/story/734511.html Tue, 21 Oct 2008 03:01 EDT A Florida Fish & Wildlife Conservation Commission officer made a big discovery over the weekend: nearly 800 spiny lobster tails, most undersized, hidden in a small compartment of a hot, roach-ridden boat cabin in the Florida Keys. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/florida-keys/story/729594.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/florida-keys/story/729594.html Fri, 17 Oct 2008 03:01 EDT The Southernmost City expects to be overrun soon with donkeys, elephants, lame ducks and even lipstick-wearing pigs. After Wednesday's presidential debate, Key West also should attract a bunch of ``Joe the Plumbers.'' http://www.miamiherald.com/news/florida-keys/story/726395.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/florida-keys/story/726395.html Tue, 14 Oct 2008 03:01 EDT Just three months after being attacked with a machete, ''Johnny,'' the endangered loggerhead sea turtle, was back where it belonged Tuesday: swimming in the Atlantic Ocean. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/florida-keys/story/789470.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/florida-keys/story/789470.html Thu, 27 Nov 2008 03:01 EST Traffic Enforcement Deputy Nick Pham was in a festive mood Wednesday, talking about holiday plans with co-workers at lunchtime before getting into his unmarked Monroe County Sheriff's Office car to patrol the Florida Keys' roads. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/florida-keys/story/787834.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/florida-keys/story/787834.html Wed, 26 Nov 2008 03:01 EST Outside her home, Audrey Murphy sat next to her walker, her 75-year-old eyes staring forlornly as she slowly puffed on a cigarette and worried. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/florida-keys/story/783858.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/florida-keys/story/783858.html Sun, 23 Nov 2008 03:01 EST The state Department of Transportation has delayed for at least five years the planned refurbishment of the old Seven Mile Bridge off Marathon.