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Cool building designs can keep people more comfortable during record-breaking summer heatwaves. But they also promise to reduce the amount of electricity homes use for air conditioning while also reducing the carbon emissions that are raising global temperatures.
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This year marks the centennial anniversary of the Girl Scouts of Tropical Florida. To celebrate the occasion, a new exhibit at the HistoryMiami Museum showcases 100 years of what it means to be a girl scout in South Florida.
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Mallory Square is Key West's famous tourist spot for watching the sunset. The lead Florida Keys historian for the Monroe County Public Library system said it's not named for Stephen Mallory who was secretary of the Confederate Navy.
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HistoryMiami museum has remains and funerary artifacts from 132 Tequesta and Calusa tribe individuals. Those tribes are considered extinct, but the Seminole Tribe of Florida has long claimed to be their descendants - now the items are finally in the process of being returned to them under a 1990 federal law.
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Before Mar-a-Lago housed government documents, the opulent mansion had a rich and lively history. And it all begins with a wealthy heiress.
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The Balboa Cemetery or the Panama City Colored Cemetery, is one of many abandoned African American cemeteries that have recently been discovered throughout Florida.
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Democratic State Sen. Gary Farmer talks about his own party’s current shortcomings. A Florida educator who teaches future teachers has something to say about the state’s education policies. Plus, we talk with the publisher of Islandia Journal about extinct species and hidden Florida history.
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Key West will celebrate its bicentennial with a time capsule. But locals are learning that an earlier capsule marking the island's 150th anniversary is AWOL.
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The crew from the USS Shark raised the American flag over Key West for the first time on March 25, 1822. Now the ship's logbook is part of local historic archives.
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The Overseas Railroad that ran through the Keys was wiped out by the Labor Day Hurricane in 1935. But remnants remain. One of the last mile markers is being restored and will soon be on public display.
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Want a truly authentic Thanksgiving dinner? You may have to forgo the standard mashed potatoes and stuffing and opt for some stewed pumpkin.
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More than 500 people died when the steamship Valbanera sank in a hurricane off Key West in 1919. But the ship, and its story, have never gotten the attention of other wrecks in that region. Marine archaeologists are hoping a recent expedition to the site will change that.