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NEWS ABOUT: Key West

Key West stories: 5 news summaries

(Newser) - Looking to vacation in a spot that inspired your favorite novel? USA Today asks travel expert Melissa Biggs Bradley about the best hotels to connect physically with the literature.
  • The Resort at Paws Up, Greenough, Mont.: "The Blackfoot River, which runs through this 37,000-acre ranch,
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entertainment • travel • New York City • Montana • literature • Paris • hotel • Key West • Edith Wharton • Simone de Beauvoir • Ernest Hemingway • Jay-ZTV • Oscar Wilde • Herman Melville • Gertrude Stein • Norman Maclean • Lennox, Mass.

 Key West Ogles Nude Beach 

Law banning 'naturist' beaches may be shot down

Jul 20, 09 4:31 AM CDT
(Newser) - Uninhibited Key West may loosen up even more if naturists gets their way, reports the Miami Herald. A city commissioner plans to introduce a referendum in October to amend an ordinance barring public nudity—much to the delight of nude sunbathing advocates who want a small strip of rarely used... More »

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Key West • nude beach

(Newser) - The Florida Keys are in serious danger from rising ocean levels—and woefully unprepared to deal with the challenge, the Miami Herald reports. “South Florida is on the front line against sea-level rise in the United States, and the Florida Keys are ground zero,” a scientist said. In... More »

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climate change • global warming • sea level • flooding • Key West • Florida Keys • ocean levels • Monroe County

Obama to Announce New Cuba Travel Rules in Spring

Administration plans to allow more citizens to visit Communist island

Mar 25, 09 12:23 PM CDT
(Newser) - President Obama will travel to Key West this spring to announce the softening of travel restrictions to Cuba, the Washington Times reports. New rules will tweak the decades-long embargo to allow more US citizens to visit. Currently, only individuals such as journalists or researchers with specific business can travel to... More »

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Barack Obama • Cuba • Key West • Cuban embargo • Obama administration • President Obama • travel restrictions

Soaring Costs Force Workers Out of Key West

Few remain to service the island's tourists
and millionaires

Feb 10, 08 5:58 PM CST
(Newser) - High Key West housing costs are sparking an exodus of residents and leaving the island's tourists with too few people to serve them, the Los Angeles Times reports. Some 2,000 workers have fled in the past 7 years, a crushing blow to a county that houses 75,000 residents... More »

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workers • US economy • housing industry • Key West • service industry • Florida Keys

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