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Florida Beaches

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Sun Sentinel | Ihosvani Rodriguez | Posted 04.30.2013 | Miami

Perilous seas have kept red flags raised along much of Florida's coastline, warning swimmers and rescue workers to be on the alert for deadly rip curr...

Should Florida Ban Smoking On Beaches?

Sun Sentinel | Anthony Man | Posted 03.30.2013 | Miami

If you enjoy the freedom to light up at a park or beach -- or if you gag at the stench of the second-hand smoke -- change could be coming. With a pus...

PHOTOS: The World's Greatest Beaches

Travel + Leisure | Posted 03.17.2013 | Travel
Travel + Leisure

These photos will make you want to plan a trip immediately.

WATCH: Swimmers Attempt To Ride Dying Whale

Posted 12.21.2012 | Miami

Sunday morning, a South Florida woman spotted a whale off the coast of Pompano Beach. As she watched what she described as the whale trying to beach i...

PHOTOS: South Florida's Hidden, Unspoiled Beaches

Visit Florida | Posted 12.28.2012 | Travel
Visit Florida

The Hobe Sound beach extends north more than two miles to where the equally pristine St. Lucie Preserve beach begins.

A Historic Playlist for the Florida Summer

Visit Florida | Posted 09.19.2012 | Miami
Visit Florida

Our summer soundtrack in Florida -- the party songs, the sunset songs, the songs that remind us of that one time in Destin, in Miami, in love on St. Pete Beach -- has shifted with the times just like the top of pop charts.

(WATCH) Florida's Beach Bum Ban: This Day In History

Posted 11.15.2011 | Weird News

On this dark day in Florida's history, the state told women to cover up. The Sunshine State banned the thong bikini from state beaches in 1990. ...

WATCH: Tar Balls Wash Up On Pristine White Florida Beaches

AP/Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green

GULF ISLANDS NATIONAL SEASHORE, Fla. -- Waves of gooey tar blobs were washing ashore on the white sand of the Florida Panhandle and nearby Alabama be...