1.   Another factor adding to the striking color off tropical island beaches is white coral reef bottom sand.

2.   A number of boats floated upside down, like dead guppies, in the waterways separating the Panhandle from its barrier island beaches.

3.   Less pretty is Robert Carlyle as Daffy, the teetering basket case who slips Richard a map to a mythical island beach.

4.   The nearly year-old dry spell has brought the lake to its lowest levels in more than a decade, creating shallows and island beaches miles from shore.

5.   The Natural Resources Defense Council noted that most sewage pollution occurs in Texas bays rather than along barrier island island recreational beaches.

6.   A seaplane crashed into a restaurant and exploded Saturday while trying to land near an island beach, killing five people and forcing customers to dive for safety.

7.   The group set up camp on Vieques island beach littered with unexploded munitions.

8.   At least four people were killed when a seaplane slammed into a crowded restaurant and exploded Saturday while trying to land near an island beach.