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Change is not only afoot in Cuba, it is well along the road. In "The Future of Cuba" I noted that the economic reform process had begun, was irreversible and would take on a momentum of its own.

A visitor takes a picture of "My Ark" by Cuban artist Ruben Alpizar at the San Carlos de La Cabana fortress as part of the 11th Havana Biennial exhibition in Havana, Cuba, Friday, May 25, 2012.

Memorial Day is that special day when we remember the sacrifices of the troops - and forget to bring the bottle opener.

Handsome, youthful, Cuban American and Republican, U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio of Florida has been mentioned repeatedly as a potential running mate for Mitt Romney - in part because of hopes that the presence of the first Latino on a major national ticket would draw that key voting group Romney's way.

It's a quintessentially Cuban experience: Capping off a meal with a snifter of rum and an aromatic cigar.

Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel, who for months has been talking about the huge economic boost that hosting the NATO Summit can provide for the city, says there are signs it's already happening.

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The daughter of Cuban President Raul Castro has been granted a U.S. visa to attend an academic conference in San Francisco and another event, one of her associates confirmed Thursday.

Good morning, it's Thursday, May 17, the 138th day of 2012. There are 228 days left in the year.

On May 17, 1937, Teddy Hill and His Orchestra recorded "King Porter Stomp" for RCA Victor's Bluebird label in New York; making his recording debut was trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie.

U.S. chef Sara Jenkins, right, and Cuban chef Hector Higuera, center, wearing red shirt, team up to prepare dinner, in Havana, Cuba, earlier this month during a chef-exhange named 'Project Paladar.' The event, named after Cuba's popular independent restaurants, is part of Havana's 11th Biennial contemporary art event.

The University of Louisville Cardinal Singers will perform at the first U.S./Cuba Summit on Choral Music in Havana, Cuba, representing the American Choral Directors Association at the May 26-31 event.

Attorney and novelist Paul Goldstein manages the enviable feat of writing a compelling legal thriller without ever putting his characters in the less-than-thrilling venue of a courtroom.

Foreign art lovers are breaking bread with Cuban waiters, drivers and parking lot attendants this week in a unique experience that forces diners and chefs alike to overcome barriers of culture, language and five-plus decades of animosity between Washington and Havana.

Here's a first: Terese Keil of Breck sent us this most excellent SDN Globetrotter photo from Cuba, of all places.

China's Chen Guangchen, the asylum seeker of the moment, is hardly unique. All oppressive regimes generate defectors, but each regime deals with them in its own way.

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In this May 6, 2012 photo provided by Robbie Jackson, Becky Jackson, poses with a rifle she received as a Mother's Day present at her ranch in Lewiston, Mont.

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Skrillex, Grimes, and Diplo Remix the 'Train Tour Across Canada' Idea Fang Island Ready 'Major' New Summer Album Neil Young's 'Americana' Will Get the Shepard Fairey Treatment As the world gets smaller and more connected every day, Cuba remains isolated and repressed, mired in poverty and outdated technology.