LOBSTER SEASON
2 dead, 1 missing as miniseason opens
The Coast Guard spent several hours Wednesday night searching for a 30-year-old man who went missing while diving for lobster off Key Biscayne.
By the time it ended, Florida's two-day spiny lobster miniseason had claimed the life of at least three divers, with two others missing at sea.
LOBSTER SEASON
The Coast Guard spent several hours Wednesday night searching for a 30-year-old man who went missing while diving for lobster off Key Biscayne.
FLORIDA KEYS
The Miami man accused of murdering his wife and dumping her body off the Seven Mile Bridge surrendered and confessed to strangling the woman, Nicaragua's chief prosecutor said Tuesday.
PEMBROKE PINES
Glow-in-the-dark stars adorn the ceiling. A ''princess'' pillow lies on the bed. Diaries with heartfelt entries fill a drawer. A fluffy pink Betty Boop bathrobe hangs in the closet.

THE KEYS
The Florida Keys Lobster Rodeo & Dive Safety Expo had just finished Sunday afternoon when it became all too clear why such an event is needed.

CRIME
The mystery of the corpse found floating near the Seven Mile Bridge began 11 years ago and 951 miles away in the small town of Nandaime, Nicaragua.
FLORIDA KEYS
It's a private collection so rare only the natural history museums of Yale, Harvard and Great Britain can match it: The first known illustration of a coral, done in 1550.
BIG PINE KEY
Big Pine Key residents will keep their own animal shelter, at least for a couple more years. The shelter sits on land owned by Keys Energy Services, the Lower Keys electric utility. Monroe County leases the land for the shelter's use.
Joyce Newman has considered what qualities she shares with more than a dozen other women who are subjects of a new book called Women Conserving the Florida Keys by Susan Nugent. She has come to this conclusion: