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Matt Malan finishes his workout at CrossFit Ogden in The Front Climbing Gym late last year in Ogden.

CrossFit trend gains strength

Last updated Friday, June 8, 2012 - 6:02pm

MIAMI -- Just a couple of years ago, terms like WOD, Fran or bar-facing burpee were mostly unknown. That's ditto for Pukey the Mascot and Greg Glassman, the former gymnast who founded the intense, grueling fitness craze called CrossFit.

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The Keller family of Washington, D.C., explores the mangrove creeks at John Pennekamp Coral Reef State Park in Key Largo, Fla.

Paddles common transportation in the Keys

Cammy Clark McClatchy Newspapers

Last updated Sunday, May 27, 2012 - 10:43am

ISLAMORADA, Fla. -- Mark Terrill led a couple on bicycles down a narrow road lined by perfectly manicured trees, flowers and shrubs. At the end was the crystalline white sand beach of The Moorings Village, a luxurious 18-acre resort along the Atlantic Ocean that formerly was a coconut plantation.

"This is where they filmed scenes from the movies 'Hannibal' and 'I Am Number Four,' " Terrill said, adding it also has been a popular location for photo shoots by the likes of Victoria's Secret and Sports Illustrated.

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This is the side scan sonar image of the British submarine HMS Olympus (N-35) that a team from the Key Largo-based Aurora Trust discovered a year ago in waters off the coast of Malta. (Photo courtesy Aurora Trust/Miami Herald/MCT)

Explorers discover WWII British sub in Mediterranean

Cammy Clark The Miami Herald

Last updated Tuesday, January 10, 2012 - 4:53pm

MIAMI -- The Aurora Trust, a Florida-based not-for-profit ocean exploration and education foundation, has solved a World War II British mystery.

On May 8, 1942, under the cover of darkness, the British submarine HMS Olympus (N35) was attempting to leave the British Naval Base in the Grand Harbor of Malta, a small island nation blockaded by the Germans and Italians.

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Islmorada, Fla., is seen from an altitude of 400 feet as a seaplane takes a sightseeing tour.

Former Navy pilot brings seaplane service to Florida

Cammy Clark McClatchy Newspapers

Last updated Sunday, September 11, 2011 - 12:23pm

ISLAMORADA, Fla. -- During a chase scene in "Fool's Gold," Kate Hudson asked Matthew McConaughey how he knew what to do to fly the getaway seaplane. McConaughey replied: "PlayStation."

One of the bright yellow Cessna seaplanes used in that Hollywood adventure comedy -- "the one that didn't crash," he says -- was purchased by pilot Rob Ceravolo. He painted it white with blue waves and used it to found his dream company, Tropic Ocean Airways.

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Tourist survives collision with jumping sea creature

Cammy Clark, The Miami Herald

Last updated Wednesday, March 30, 2011 - 10:32am

MIAMI -- The Hausch family will return home to Illinois with a great souvenir of their Florida Keys vacation: a barb from a majestic spotted eagle ray that jumped onto their chartered boat.

"I've only known two cases of that happening in the Keys in 22 years," said Bobby Dube, spokesman for the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission.

The first case, in 2008, ended with the death of a 55-year-old tourist from Michigan. This fish tale, which started out scary, has a happy ending.

Hausch, 39, was struck in the chest by the five-foot-wide, approximately 200-pound sea creature last week. The collision knocked her to the deck, with the ray on top of her. But when she managed to crawl out from under it, she was not injured not even suffering a bruise.

The equally stunned spotted eagle ray apparently also survived the rare ordeal, swimming away after being helped off the 26-foot, pontoon boat.

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Man accused of stalking college girls on Facebook

Cammy Clark, The Miami Herald

Last updated Friday, December 10, 2010 - 5:10pm

KEY WEST, Fla. -- The search for a cyber stalker and blackmailer of college sorority pledges at universities in the Southeast led police to Key West, Fla., where a 27-year-old chef was arrested Thursday, Key West police said.

Mitchell W. Hill, 27, was arrested on a Louisiana warrant for two cases of video voyeurism, two counts of extortion and 12 counts of attempted video voyeurism. Police also had a search warrant and confiscated the computer at his residence.

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