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10 hrs ago | The Journal of Commerce Online

Crowley Maritime Offers LCL Service From Chicago

Crowley Maritime's logistics group has launched a new, weekly less-than-containerload service from Chicago to Puerto Rico, the Caribbean and Central America.

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Sun Jun 16, 2013

The News-Star

Royal Isabela: Queen of Puerto Rico's northwest coast

Rugged cliffs, natural sand dunes, deep canyons, native grasses, sod-faced bunkers and Caribbean trade winds shape the course at Royal Isabela.

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Related Topix: Travel, Puerto Rico Travel, Caribbean Travel, World News,

Sat Jun 15, 2013

Observer

Edna I. Gonzalez

Edna I. Gonzalez, 61, of Dunkirk died Friday evening at home. She was born Aug. 4, 1951 in Guayama, Puerto Rico, the daughter of Maximina Castorie Santiago of Buffalo and the late Angel L. Castorie.

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Related Topix: Dunkirk, NY, World News, Classical, Religion, Jehovah's Witness, Jehovah's Witnesses

MSNBC

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The Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico has captured the most detailed radar images yet of asteroid 1998 QE2 and its newly discovered moon.

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Related Topix: Science / Technology, Space, World News, Astronomy, Science, US News, Liberal Political News

MSNBC

Arecibo Observatory

The living quarters may be as spare as a college dorm room, and the nightlife is all work and little play.

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Related Topix: Astronomy, Science, Arecibo, Puerto Rico Travel, Caribbean Travel, Travel, World News, Puerto Rico Travel, Science / Technology, Space, US News, Liberal Political News

Fri Jun 14, 2013

Canada.com

Bill to grant temporary licenses to migrants illegally in Puerto Rico nearing approval

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - The government of Puerto Rico is poised to approve a bill that would allow immigrants living in the U.S. territory illegally to obtain a temporary driver's license.

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Related Topix: Immigration Reform, World News,

Caribbean News Now!

Antigua-Barbuda collaborates with LIAT in destination drive in San Juan, Puerto Rico

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico -- The destination of Antigua and Barbuda was represented by the Antigua and Barbuda Tourism Authority and the Ministry of Tourism when it once again partnered with Caribbean regional airline LIAT in a destination drive recently held in San Juan, Puerto Rico.

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Related Topix: Rico, CO, Antigua and Barbuda Travel, Travel, World News, Antigua and Barbuda, Caribbean Travel, Central America,

Boxing Scene

Juan Manuel Lopez Demise? Greatly Exaggerated

When Juan Manuel Lopez touched down this week in Dallas, the site of his Saturday bout with WBO featherweight champion Mikey Garcia, it was hot.

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Korean News

Anniversary of Korean Victory in War to Be Marked in Austria, Nigeria

Austrian and Nigerian preparatory committees were inaugurated on June 6 to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the Korean people's victory in the great Fatherland Liberation War.

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Related Topix: Central America, World News

Thu Jun 13, 2013

The Sweet Science

Two Days To Fightnight For Mikey and JuanMa

June 13, 2013, Fort Worth, Texas --- Undefeated WBO Featherweight Champion Mikey Garcia of Oxnard, Ca.

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Related Topix: Fort Worth, TX, World News, Dallas, TX

SFGate

US researchers explore deep Caribbean reefs

This photo released by the Smithsonian Institution shows a Haptoclinus dropi, a new blenny fish species collected in the Caribbean island of Curacao in 2013.

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Business Journal

Exclusive: FIT in talks with Valencia to bring biomedical engineering ...

Florida Institute of Technology President and CEO Anthony Catanese talks about plans to bring biomedical engineering and aviation management degrees to Medical City.

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Wed Jun 12, 2013

The Hill

Under Contract

The company claims to be "the most experienced operator of unmanned aircraft systems in the Homeland Security mission set on the world stage."

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Sacramento Bee Newspaper

2014 MLB opener in Australia: Dodgers-Diamondbacks

The Los Angeles Dodgers and Arizona Diamondbacks will play a two-game series at the Sydney Cricket Ground on March 22 and 23, baseball's first regular-season games in Australia.

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Related Topix: World News, Sacramento, CA

Boxing Scene

Photos: Juanma Gets in Last Minute Work For Garcia

Former two-division world champion Juan Manuel Lopez of Caguas, Puerto Rico is getting in some last minute work for his scheduled fight with undefeated WBO Featherweight Champion Mikey Garcia of Oxnard, Ca.

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Related Topix: World News, Dallas, TX

Hispanically Speaking

Puerto Rico: 2-Year-Old Found Wandering Alone Near Gas Station

A 2-year-old boy was found before dawn Tuesday wandering alone near a gas station in the San Juan suburb of Bayamon, the Puerto Rico Police Department said.

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Tue Jun 11, 2013

Star-Telegram.com

World featherweight championship boxers to visit Fort Worth on Wednesday for autograph session.

Boxing fans will have several opportunities to see Mikey Garcia and Juan Manuel "Juanma" Lopez during their open workouts and public appearances this week.

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Mon Jun 10, 2013

ETaiwanNews.com

Puerto Ricans protest mass gov't layoffs

Thousands of demonstrators swarmed Puerto Rico's financial hub Thursday, blocking highways and setting fires in the streets of the capital to protest massive layoffs of government workers.

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Related Topix: Luis Fortuno, US House of Representatives, US Governors, World News, Central America, Travel, Puerto Rico Travel, San Juan, Puerto Rico Travel, Caribbean Travel

The Huffington Post

Puerto Rico Gov. Repeats Call To Free Oscar Lopez, Independence Fighter

The governor's request comes on the heels of a major protest against the continued imprisonment of 70-year-old Oscar LA3pez Rivera , who was convicted of "seditious conspiracy" in 1981 and slapped with a 55-year jail sentence.

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Related Topix: Prison, Rico, CO, US Politics, US News, Barack Obama, World News, Central America,

The Washington Post

FBI: Food services worker at prison charged with delivering heroin to inmate

Federal agents say a Puerto Rican man working for a company that provides meals to prisons has been arrested for allegedly delivering narcotics to an inmate.

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Related Topix: World News, State Prisons, Prison