In the summer of 1978, she attempted the 103-mile journey from Cuba to Key West, Florida.

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Hustvedt told a story to CNN about giving a talk at a literary festival in Key West, Florida.

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The same scenario played out Tuesday, when the Coast Guard cutter Pea Island's crew interdicted 12 Cuban migrants they'd found on a boat south of Key West, Florida.

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Price was last seen in Key West, Florida, in mid-June, and "despite a recent search by the (U.S.) Coast Guard, Price's body has not been recovered, " the complaint said.

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He's been struck by the little wooden houses that dot a Russian Orthodox cemetery in Fairbanks, Alaska, the photographs on tombstones in Key West, Florida, and the inscriptions he's come across during his travels.

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Five years ago, a Cuban airforce defector in a MIG-29 fighter aircraft -- flying undetected until outside Key West, Florida -- confirmed that he had trained to attack the Turkey Point nuclear power facility in South Florida.

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Rita continued to strengthen as its eye passed through the narrow Straits of Florida between Key West and Cuba and into the warm, open waters of the Gulf of Mexico.

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Sunk just off Key West , an island in the Straits of Florida, in 2009, the Vandenberg is the second-largest artificial reef in the world, attracting a diverse range of marine animals and plant life.

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Among the places where he has qualified are key battleground states such as Nevada, Iowa, West Virginia, New Mexico, New Hampshire, Florida, Oregon and Ohio.

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