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The Truman Waterfront at the end of Southard Street in Key West, a 33-acre parcel conveyed to Key West by the U.S. Navy, has the potential to be remade as one of the nation's great waterfronts.

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.

Thousands attend the crazy wild festival of Key West’s Fantasy Fest. A week of insane masquerades, drinking in the streets and naked picture ops.

Today Duvall Street in the heart of Key West is off limits to cars. Hundreds of street vendors are lined from end to end. Every kind of food is available for the tasting.

Jim Brooks of Ramrod Key, Fla., checks the positioning of a mylar balloon affixed to his "Balloon Dog" Brutus during the Fantasy Fest Pet Masquerade staged Wednesday, Oct.

Many hotels and resorts in Key West are requiring a four-night minimum during Fantasy Fest, which continues through Nov.

Hemingway Writes to Have and Have Not, the Only One of His Books to Be Set in Florida It is said that the sun over key west is brightest in the evening just before it sets, so each afternoon, impromptu congregations appear at gathering points around the island.

The 10th annual Pirates in Paradise festival will be held Nov. 28 to Dec. 6 in Key West , featuring events for kids and adults alike, including a plank-walking contest, pirate sails, and themed parties.

HAVANA a " A top Cuban communications official said Monday that the communist government is wary of a Miami company's plan to run a fiber optic cable to the island and it hasn't yet even been asked for permission.TeleCuba Communications Inc.

The Gulf of Mexico as seen from the stern of the BluQ. A fantastic sunset cruise was sponsored by the Island House , the largest and best known gay men's resort on Key West .

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Coast Guard crewmembers from Station Islamorada responded to a diver death near the Benwood wreck dive site, four miles east of Rodriguez Key, Fla., Tuesday afternoon.

Folks aiming to please their pooch, be it with holistic dog food or a fancy new collar, need only to grab a leash and take a walk over to 1025 White St.

Key West Fantasy Fest body painting is a beloved tradition of Fantasy Fest. Fantasy Fest is an annual festival that occurs this year from October 23 to November 1 in Key West, Florida.

Key West police tactical officers fired tear gas into a William Street home early Sunday and arrested a Florida City man after a robbery investigation led investigators to a three-hour standoff in Old Town.

A U.S. Coast Guard crew that discovered four migrants in a boat near Key West, Fla., sent them back to Cuba, Coast Guard officials said.

The Overseas Highway, which stretches over 127 miles in the Florida Keys, has been named an All-American Road.

Bahamian, Cariibean and West African food, music, arts and crafts, costumes and dance "riddims" highlight this weekend's Goombay Festival, which is in its 29th year.

Share + Oct 17, 2009 12:00 pm US/Eastern KEY WEST, Fla. Federal officials are calling the 110-mile stretch of U.S. 1 from Key Largo to Key West an All-American Road.

KEY WEST, Florida - A Miami-Dade County man is facing up to life in prison after being convicted of charges that he helped organize and outfit a human smuggling trip in which a Cuban boy died.

In this photo released by the Florida Keys News Bureau, Rudy Nichols, a Florida Department of Transportation sign crew leader, positions a placard designating the Florida Keys Overseas Highway as an All-American Road Friday, Oct.

Photo Special to The DPA Standing beside the marker denoting the southernmost point of the United States are, from left, Johnny and Darlene Smith with Larry Morrow and Wesley Morrow , Michelle Davis, Josh Jackson, Kathy Morrow, Gail and Ricky Hester.

A 34-year-old Key West man pleaded guilty in federal court Wednesday to possessing two drugs more commonly found at big-city raves than in the Florida Keys.

Uzbekistan News.Net Thursday 15th October, 2009 A Miami-based telecommunications company has said it plans to build an underwater fiber-optic cable linking the US and Cuba.

A Utah man who fled the state after being charged with environmental crimes and later was shot after confronting law officers in Florida with an assault rifle has been sentenced to 20 years in prison.

Southernmost point in the Continental U.S. The previous set of articles dealt with the destinations served by the Celebrity Mercury's 12-night cruise from Baltimore.

A former Key West administrator and AIDS Help director drowned Sunday while trying to rescue his girlfriend from a rip current at Crescent Beach near St.

It's an incredible story of survival on the high seas in Florida. A small plane pilot, his stepdaughter and her husband are alive after spending 12 hours clinging to a lobster trap buoy after their plane crashed off the coast of South Florida.

The Coast Guard on Monday intercepted a man in a dinghy heading toward Key West after other boaters reported that he was shooting a gun from his sailboat near Fleming Key.

A plane carrying three people from Tampa to Marathon crashed into the Gulf of Mexico Friday night.

A 16-month-old child is in state custody after police raided a Bahama Village home on a drug warrant Wednesday and allegedly found the mother injecting heroin, police said.

Fantasy Fest is just over two weeks away and you know what that means - time to transform yourself into a vampire, villain, or vixen... or anything else, for that matter.And the folks at Imagination Station, which has long sold kids' games, toys and costumes plus adult costumes seasonally, have now expanded into a whole new storefront specializing ...

NAPA Auto Parts owner Craig Cates was elected mayor of Key West on Tuesday, besting three other candidates -- including two-term incumbent Morgan McPherson.

That's because participants in this poker run will be pushing pedals, not throttles.

An oil spill off the coast of Australia that is currently dumping 16,800 gallons of crude in the ocean each day is heightening concerns about allowing drilling off the coast of Florida.

Mayor Morgan McPherson collected several $500 donations in the days leading up to the campaign.

CBS' Dave Price oversees the cream of the crop among key lime pies in Key West, Fla.