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    <title>Fire closes historic Cheeca Lodge in Islamorada</title>
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    <pubDate>Fri, 02 Jan 2009 03:01 EST</pubDate>
    <description>Jeff and Katie Davison of England had a wedding they will never forget: a beautiful ceremony at Spa Island, a sunset cruise and dinner -- with a raging fire causing significant damage at their hotel.</description>
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    <title>Keys marina `a ghost town'</title>
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    <pubDate>Thu, 25 Dec 2008 03:01 EST</pubDate>
    <description>The iconic marina at Holiday Isle -- next to the &amp;#39;&amp;#39;World Famous Tiki Bar&amp;#39;&amp;#39; -- once was home to the largest charter boat fishing fleet in Islamorada, the self-proclaimed sport fishing capital of the world.</description>
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    <title>Bank buys ship, keeps Key West reef plan afloat</title>
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    <pubDate>Thu, 18 Dec 2008 03:01 EST</pubDate>
    <description>First State Bank of the Florida Keys purchased the USS Hoyt S. Vandenberg for $1.35 million Wednesday morning at a federal auction in Virginia, clearing the way for the former World War II and Cold War ship to become an artificial reef near Key West.</description>
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    <title>Debts could sink Keys artificial reef  project</title>
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    <pubDate>Wed, 17 Dec 2008 03:01 EST</pubDate>
    <description>The final voyage of the USS Hoyt S. Vandenberg -- a former missile-tracking ship that also brought World War II soldiers home from France -- will be either to the ocean floor or to a scrap yard.</description>
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    <title>Key West fire fails to foil 89th birthday for 'Queen of Swing' Norma Miller</title>
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    <pubDate>Fri, 05 Dec 2008 03:01 EST</pubDate>
    <description>Norma Miller, the Queen of Swing, has entertained millions of people over eight decades with performances in movies and TV, for soldiers in Vietnam, at the Beachcomber Hotel in Miami Beach, and in packed venues around the world.</description>
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    <title>Upper Keys solar energy experiment begins</title>
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    <pubDate>Sat, 29 Nov 2008 00:01 EST</pubDate>
    <description>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.</description>
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    <title>Monroe County deputy dies in crash with tractor-trailer</title>
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    <pubDate>Thu, 27 Nov 2008 03:01 EST</pubDate>
    <description>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&amp;#39;s Office car to patrol the Florida Keys&amp;#39; roads.</description>
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    <title>Loss of Key West nursing home to uproot 78 seniors</title>
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    <pubDate>Wed, 26 Nov 2008 03:01 EST</pubDate>
    <description>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.</description>
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    <title>Old Seven Mile Bridge in the Florida Keys still waiting for repairs</title>
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    <pubDate>Sun, 23 Nov 2008 03:01 EST</pubDate>
    <description>The state Department of Transportation has delayed for at least five years the planned refurbishment of the old Seven Mile Bridge off Marathon.</description>
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    <title>Captain flees Key Largo boat crash, leaves injured child</title>
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    <pubDate>Tue, 18 Nov 2008 03:01 EST</pubDate>
    <description>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!&amp;#39;&amp;#39;</description>
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    <title>Key West moves the mail with electricity</title>
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    <pubDate>Tue, 04 Nov 2008 03:01 EST</pubDate>
    <description>The U.S. Postal Service delivers mail by car, truck, plane, boat, ferry, helicopter, bicycle, foot, and in the Grand Canyon, even mule.</description>
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    <title>Keys voters elect Bob Peryam as new sheriff</title>
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    <pubDate>Tue, 04 Nov 2008 22:03 EST</pubDate>
    <description>There&amp;#39;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&amp;#39;s Office, won a close race over retired federal agent Ken Davis. Sandra Downs, with no law enforcement experience, was a distant third.</description>
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    <title>New Year's Eve fire strikes Cheeca Lodge in Keys</title>
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    <pubDate>Thu, 01 Jan 2009 14:53 EST</pubDate>
    <description>BY CAMMY CLARK cclark@MiamiHerald.com A fire broke out about 9:45 p.m. Wednesday night at the Cheeca Lodge &amp;amp; Resort in Islamorada while hotel guests were dining and children were swimming in the pool.</description>
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    <title>Islamorada man found shot dead in charred trailer; suicide suspected</title>
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    <pubDate>Sat, 27 Dec 2008 03:01 EST</pubDate>
    <description>Hours after sharing Christmas dinner with friends, Henry J. Atkinson II was found dead early Friday morning by firefighters outside the charred ruins of his home at the Seabreeze Trailer Park in Islamorada.</description>
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    <title>Wintry weather up north a boon to the Florida Keys</title>
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    <pubDate>Thu, 25 Dec 2008 23:01 EST</pubDate>
    <description>. While Julie Quirk shoveled foot-high snow off her driveway in Milwaukee last week, she reminded herself: ``Just a few more days until we can get out of Dodge and go to the beach.&amp;#39;&amp;#39;</description>
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