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Waste Management comes out on top in county garbage collection fee row BY TERRY SCHMIDA A dispute between the county and Waste Management, Inc. of …

Trash can deal trashed BY PRU SOWERS KONK LIFE STAFF WRITER A plan to spend over half a million dollars to purchase almost 12,000 new …

Sanctuary Experts Say Don’t Use Shallow Wells at Cudjoe Regional The South Florida Conservation Director of The Nature Conservancy and two eminent Florida Keys National …

Why many experts missed this: Cheap oil can hurt US economy CHRISTOPHER S. RUGABER, AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — If there was one thing …

Havana Cup debrief: ‘Overwhelmingly positive’ event says organizer Joe Weatherby BY TERRY SCHMIDA As seasoned Key West seafarers, Joe Weatherby and George Bellenger are no …

Veterans frustrated by presidential debate on Iraq war REBECCA SANTANA, Associated Press   Veterans of the Iraq War have been watching in frustration as Republican …

Ready for liquor bottles smart enough to talk smart phones? MICHELLE LOCKE, Associated Press   The message-in-a-bottle routine is going Wi-Fi. And that means pretty …

Sanctuary Experts Say Don’t Use Shallow Wells at Cudjoe Regional The South Florida Conservation Director of The Nature Conservancy and two eminent Florida Keys National …

Oil slicks spread 9 miles off California, foul beaches, air CHRISTOPHER WEBER, Associated Press BRIAN MELLEY, Associated Press   GOLETA, Calif. (AP) — An oil …

Review: Curves and ‘self-healing’ in super-premium phones ANICK JESDANUN, AP Technology Writer   NEW YORK (AP) — For those not satisfied with just a premium …

Cuba establishes banking relationship in US, furthering ties BRADLEY KLAPPER, Associated Press   WASHINGTON (AP) — Cuba has established a banking relationship in the U.S., …

Death investigators cut and run Pair slam door upon exit BY TERRY SCHMIDA The Monroe County Medical Examiner’s office received yet another black eye on …

Where They Stand: Lindsey Graham on issues of 2016 campaign BILL BARROW, Associated Press   ATLANTA (AP) — South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham will announce …

Redevelopment coming to Blue Waters Resort   BY TERRY SCHMIDA   Another old-skool, mom-and-pop style Marathon-area stopover is about to meet the wrecking ball. The …

Construction begins on scaled-down City Cemetery sexton’s house   BY TERRY SCHMIDA   With 2013 plans for a $532,000 sexton’s house at the city cemetery …

Florida Republicans exploring Senate run work party meeting BRENDAN FARRINGTON, AP Political Writer   ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Chances are good that U.S. Rep. Ron …

Anti-Arctic drilling kayaktivists to hold ‘Shell No’ protest MARTHA BELLISLE, Associated Press   SEATTLE (AP) — Activists opposed to drilling for oil in the Arctic …

US says Gulf oil spill could last 100 years ERIC TUCKER, Associated Press MICHAEL KUNZELMAN, Associated Press   WASHINGTON (AP) — A decade-old oil leak …

Dozens of Cubans stranded at sea aboard Coast Guard vessel ALICIA A. CALDWELL, Associated Press   WASHINGTON (AP) — Thirty-eight Cuban migrants caught trying to …

USDA creates new government certification for GMO-free MARY CLARE JALONICK, Associated Press   WASHINGTON (AP) — The Agriculture Department has developed a new government certification …