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White House aides suspected something big was about to happen when President John F. Kennedy sent his press secretary out to acquire as many H. Upmann Cuban cigars as he could lay his hands on.

As promised, here's our Florida cheat sheet. Bookmark it to have all the Florida data -- including who's running where, what old district became what new district, and how the new districts voted in previous elections -- in one handy place.

Havana heat: The title characters meet cute and swing hard in Chico and Rita, an animated love story with an infectious Latin groove.

Cuba has been on my bucket list for many years. I can't exactly tell you why but visiting a socialist country sparked my interest.

Reilly was born in Chaparra, Oriente, Cuba on April 22, 1935 to Eugenio and Angela Suarez.

An octogenarian who fled the Cuban revolution and made a home in Astoria was struck and killed by an allegedly drunken driver on Tuesday, police and the man's family members said.

Sinking a season-high 14 3-pointers and leading by as many as 46 points, the Marist College women's... This two file photo combo shows, above: Cuban leader Fidel Castro delivering a speech regarding his conversation with U.N. Secretary General Maha Thray Sithu U Thant in Cuba, Oct.

The U.S. government has restricted travel to Cuba for a half-century. However, the Obama administration has gone back to a Clinton-era policy that eased some limitations, and some 400,000 Americans visited Cuba last year.

Carmen Pelaez, a playwright and actress who grew up in Miami and made a name for herself nationally with her one-woman show, Rum and Coke, was running around New York, training for a marathon, when she experienced The Moment.

Ms Sanchez said it was the 19th time the government had turned down her request to be allowed to travel abroad.

Margaret Thatcher once said, "The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money." During my week in Cuba, I saw firsthand the truth of her case.

Paquito D'Rivera learned that the regime of Fidel Castro was no place for a musician, especially one interested in jazz.

What I mean is, I'm going to offer a mixture of notes on a trip to Santa Fe. Here goes .

There's a certain type of New York establishment that eludes classification: is it a bar with a kitchen, or a restaurant that takes drinks very seriously? In the end, Nights and Weekends, in Greenpoint, falls squarely in the former category; only at a bar does a waitress tell you, on a busy Friday night, that tables are every-man-for-himself. The ... (more)

This weekend, Cuban President Raul Castro will preside over the island's Communist Party conference.

Lobster salad, pineapple sorbet and truffle oil-infused black sesame seeds, as prepared by Cuban Chef Luis Alberto Alfonso PAfA©rez. This is the simple, filling fare served at Cuban restaurants around the world.

Here's your regular food & drink openings round-up. This round-up brings a new coffee shop, great new French food, and various Mexican joints.

In Cuba this weekend, President Raul Castro will preside over the first meeting of the island's all-powerful Communist Party since last April.

Brazil issued a tourist visa to a dissident Cuban blogger a few days before President Dilma Rousseff is scheduled to travel to the communist island in a visit being dominated by human rights concerns.

FILE: In this Nov. 29, 2011, photo, Mitt Romney shares the stage with influential Hispanic Republicans in Florida, Rep.