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Telemundo Communications Group, a leading producer of high-quality content for Hispanics in the U.S. and audiences around the world, Billboard, the world's most trusted music brand, and The Puerto Rico Tourism Company announced today that they reached an agreement to hold the 2010 Billboard Latin Music Awards Presented by State Farm in San Juan, ...

The U.S. Chemical Safety Board announced that a malfunctioning fuel monitoring system probably led to the massive explosion at a Caribbean Petroleum Corporation facility near San Juan, Puerto Rico.

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - President Barack Obama is now confirming what many have long suspected: He will miss his January deadline to close the Guantanamo prison - partly because he cannot persuade other nations to take the detainees.

Textile Consultants Inc. and the Aspire Educational Institute recently announced that registration for their February 21, 2010, Advanced Water Damage Restoration Workshop in San Juan , Puerto Rico, is open, according to a press release .

Puerto Rico's Gov. Luis Fortuno revoked on Oct. 30, 2009 this reserve of mountain forests and beaches as part of a drive to bring jobs and investment for the US territory's struggling economy, as activists see a broader pattern of looser protection for the island's environment.

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico a " A U.S. agency has overturned its 2003 research that said no health hazards were caused by decades of military exercises on Vieques, a bombing range-turned-tourist destination off Puerto Rico's east coast.The federal Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry said Friday it intends to 'modify' some of its earlier ...

It always seems that no matter how much Celebrity Scoop we write about in a given week, there's also lots more that we didn't have time to get to.

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - Lower-than-feared sea temperatures this summer gave a break to fragile coral reefs across the Caribbean and the central Gulf of Mexico that were damaged in recent years, scientists said Thursday.

Puerto Rico halts government layoffs SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - Almost half of the 15,000 government employees scheduled to be laid off this week because of a budget deficit will keep their jobs until next year, Puerto Rican officials said Tuesday.

Police say a U.S. tourist who was pretending to be surfing on the hood of a friend's moving car was killed when he fell and broke his neck in a popular Puerto Rican beach town.

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SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico Puerto Rico lawmakers have voted to adop4 one of the world's lowes4 legal limits for drunk driving.

With nominations in five categories including album of the year, the Puerto Rican reggaeton duo Calle 13 is a favorite to win a Latin Grammy in Las Vegas - which might have producers of the international awards ceremony on edge.

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - A developer and nine other people, including a former salsa singer, have been charged in an alleged $14 million mortgage fraud in Puerto Rico, federal officials said Tuesday.

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - Puerto Rico's governor on Friday canceled the designation of a portion of the island's northeastern coastline as a nature reserve, opening the door to large-scale development along a white-sand beach where proposals for hotel resorts have sparked bitter protests.

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico a " Terrorism suspects held at the Guantanamo Bay naval base will soon get swine flu vaccines, despite complaints that American civilians should have priority, a military spokesman said Sunday.Army Maj.

Parker Waichman Alonso LLP, along with its co-counsel, is preparing to file lawsuits on behalf of individuals who sustained financial and physical damages as a result of the explosion and fire that occurred at the Caribbean Petroleum Corp.

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - The government of Puerto Rico says it has approved a $62 million loan to help finance the renovation of a ritzy hotel in the popular tourist area of Condado.

Happy cows apparently do not come from this U.S. Caribbean territory. For the first time in a decade, officials are importing fresh milk from the United States because high temperatures have stressed the island's cows and production has dropped, agriculture secretary Javier Rivera said Tuesday.