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After 5 decades, MLB makes a comeback on Cuban TV
HAVANA (AP) -- Cubans got to watch something on their television screens this week that this baseball-crazed island hasn't seen in more than half a century: a Major League Baseball game broadcast in its entirety on the open airwaves.( 07/01/2013 3:19 PM )
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Puerto Rico murder-for-hire suspect faces life
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) -- Authorities say a Puerto Rican woman accused in a murder-for-hire scheme faces a maximum penalty of life imprisonment.( 07/01/2013 2:24 PM )
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FBI: Murder-for-hire suspect arrested in Spain
KINGSTON, Jamaica (AP) -- A woman accused of hiring someone to kill her wealthy Canadian husband on the U.S. Caribbean island of Puerto Rico was arrested Sunday by police in Spain after being sought for five years in the alleged murder-for-hire scheme, according to the FBI.( 06/30/2013 8:01 PM )
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Puerto Rico to better protect bioluminescent bay
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) -- Puerto Rico's environment agency is trying to better protect a bioluminescent bay that's considered one of the brightest in the world.( 06/30/2013 3:28 PM )
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Grenada to punish offensive online comments
ST. GEORGE'S, Grenada (AP) -- Legislators in Grenada have approved a bill that makes it a crime to offend people through websites such as Facebook and Twitter.( 06/29/2013 12:50 PM )
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Grenada to punish offensive online comments
ST. GEORGE'S, Grenada (AP) -- Legislators in Grenada have approved a bill that makes it a crime to offend people through websites such as Facebook and Twitter.( 06/29/2013 12:06 PM )
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USVI to reinstate govt wages after 8 percent cut
CHARLOTTE AMALIE, U.S. Virgin Islands (AP) -- A U.S. Virgin Islands senator says government employees will have their original salaries reinstated next week following an 8 percent reduction approved two years ago.( 06/29/2013 10:04 AM )
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UK tech guru James Martin found dead in Bermuda
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico -- James Martin, a British philanthropist and technology guru who was once the highest-selling author on books about computing, has died near his private island in Bermuda. He was 79. Authorities in the British territory said Thursday that an autopsy is pending for Mr. Martin, whose body was found by a kayaker in waters near his home on Agar's Island. Police have said they do not believe a crime is involved. Mr. Martin was the largest single private donor in the nearly 900-year history of Oxford University, donating more than $150 million to help establish the Oxford Martin School, where researchers study global issues, challenges, and opportunities facing humanity in the 21st century. Project topics range from climate change to quantum physics to the future of food.( 06/29/2013 12:00 AM )
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Dominican groups reject gay US ambassador nominee
SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic (AP) -- Religious groups in the Dominican Republic said Friday they are outraged by the nomination of a gay U.S. ambassador to the conservative Caribbean country.( 06/28/2013 7:03 PM )
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Dominican groups reject gay US ambassador nominee
SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic (AP) -- Religious groups in the Dominican Republic say they are outraged by the nomination of a gay U.S. ambassador to the conservative Caribbean country.( 06/28/2013 5:48 PM )
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Puerto Rico awaits budget to solve economic crisis
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) -- Puerto Rico legislators on Friday rushed to try to approve a budget amid debate on how best to revive the U.S. territory's economy, which the New York Federal Reserve president warns has not yet bottomed out.( 06/28/2013 5:22 PM )
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UK tech guru James Martin found dead in Bermuda
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) -- James Martin, a British philanthropist and technology guru who was once the highest-selling author on books about computing, has died near his private island in Bermuda. He was 79.( 06/27/2013 1:55 PM )