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3 hrs ago | BroadwayWorld.com

SalsaCrazy.com Announces Dance Cruise to the Caribbean, 1/19

SalsaCrazy.com , an extremely popular and long lived online salsa resource for worldwide salsa dance enthusiasts, is excited to announce the Salsa and Bachata Dance Cruise 2014.

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Related Topix: World News, Virgin Islands, Aruba, Central America

6 hrs ago | Boxing Socialist

Harry Joe Yorgey to Rematch Julius Kennedy on Saturday June 15TH

On Saturday night June 15th, Marshall Kauffman's Kings Boxing Promotions will present a great night of boxing at the Valley Forge Casino and Resort that will be headlined by an intriguing rematch featuring local favorite Harry Joe Yorgey ans Julius Kennedy in Jr.

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Wed May 22, 2013

Canada.com

Puerto Rico promises Culebra island more independence with hospital, school, recycling centre

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - Puerto Rico's tiny island of Culebra has been forever dependent on the U.S. territory for food, jobs and health care, but the territory's governor is cutting some of those strings.

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Canada.com

Puerto Rico legislator seeks to reduce dropout rates through increased fines, jail time

Photos taken from video made available by London's The Sun newspaper appear to show one of the assailants speaking to the camera after a brutal attack in broad daylight May 22, 2013 near a military barracks in London.

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Tue May 21, 2013

Hispanically Speaking

$3 Million Worth of Cocaine Seized in Puerto Rico

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's Homeland Security Investigations special agents seized Wednesday 125 kilograms of cocaine with an estimated street value of approximately $3 million at a residence in Villa Rica, Bayamon.

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Related Topix: Drugs, Prison, World News

Mon May 20, 2013

The Grand Junction Sentinel

Driven apart after a divorce, Clifton father, son reunite 30 years later

Fred Romero holds his infant son, David, above, when the family lived in California.

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Related Topix: World News, Santa Clara County, CA

O-R Online

Hot Shots, May 2013

It's a tough time of year for delicate flowers. Kerry Pigeon of Scenery Hill took this photo of her tulips after a recent overnight frost.

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Related Topix: Scenery Hill, PA, Canonsburg, PA, Home Listing, Home, West Middletown, PA, World News,

Caribbean News Now!

Puerto Rico authorities seize unreported currency

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico -- US Customs and Border Protection field operations officers seized more than $43,500 in unreported currency at the Luis Munoz Marin Airport in Puerto Rico last Wednesday, in two separate incidents.

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Related Topix: World News,

Sat May 18, 2013

The Gater 98.7 FM

Video: Funny Chiropractor Commercial

I'm now in my 21st year as the Gater's Music Director/Assistant Program Director and in my 16th year holding down the fort as the Gater's Afternoon Drive Air Talent.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Health, Chiropractic, World News, Grinnell College, Gainesville, FL, Fort Pierce, FL, The Grateful Dead, Pop/Rock

Fri May 17, 2013

Caribbean News Now!

Narcotics discovered in vehicles arriving in Puerto Rico from Dominican Republic

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico -- US Customs and Border Protection officers and special agents of US Immigration and Customs Enforcement's Homeland Security Investigations , seized a total of 6.04 kg of heroin and 5.14 kg of cocaine hidden in vehicles arriving from the Dominican Republic at the San Juan Seaport in separate incidents last weekend.

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Bryan County News

Four fallen soldiers honored on walk

Jackniel Robles-Santa plays with an action figure during the ceremony on Fort Stewart Thursday that dedicated an eastern redbud tree on Warriors Walk for his father, Cpl.

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Related Topix: World News, US Military, US Army, Hunter Army Airfield

Thu May 16, 2013

Science Daily

Asteroid 1998 QE2 to sail past Earth is nine times larger than cruise ship

And while QE2 is not of much interest to those astronomers and scientists on the lookout for hazardous asteroids, it is of interest to those who dabble in radar astronomy and have a 230-foot -- or larger -- radar telescope at their disposal.

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Related Topix: Astronomy, Science, World News, Pasadena, CA, Science / Technology, NASA, Space

Observer

Juan Ramon Castro

Juan Ramon Castro, 79, formerly of South Beaver Street, Dunkirk, NY died Monday at the Terrace View Long Term Care Facility in Buffalo, NY.

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Wed May 15, 2013

Travel World News

Seaborne Airlines Launches Two New Routes to Guadeloupe and Martinique

Seaborne Airlines has announced that they will launch two new routes from San Juan, Puerto Rico to the French West Indies Islands of Guadeloupe and Martinique.

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Related Topix: Travel, Puerto Rico Travel, Caribbean Travel

DFW Catholic

Puerto Rican archbishop resisting pressure from Vatican to quit: report

The bishop has reportedly been accused of protecting pedophile priests in his diocese, supporting of a type of civil union

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Tue May 14, 2013

Supconnect.com

The WHO'SUP Fest Hits Puerto Rico June 22

June 22, 2013 will be the WHO'SUP FEST . A This unique event will be a combination of racing, SUP clinics, family activities, Aguadilla Bay SUP & kayak touring, SUP demos, SUP rentals, kiosks, live music, fun and more.

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Mon May 13, 2013

Presbyterians Today

New worshiping communities movement inspires church in Puerto Rico

At times, strong relationships between the church in Puerto Rico and other parts of the Presbyterian Church have been frustrated by differences in location and language; yet, those differences have not brought the Synod of Boriquen immunity to the questions facing every expression of the church.

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Sun May 12, 2013

Sunday Punch

BSL wanted MC Adore for himself

Lawyer Liberato Reyna Jr. and businessman Manny Roy, both former business partners of re-electionist Mayor Benjamin Lim, went on local cable television not only to re-affirm their support to his opponent, Vice Mayor Belen Fernandez, but to expose how Lim allegedly plotted to acquire the controversial MC Adore property in Dagupan.

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The Times-Herald

Mom-daughter team working today

Mirta Pagn and Liza Caraballo, the mother-daughter team behind the specialties served at La Perla del Sur in Senoia, stir things up Puerto Rican-style in the restaurant's kitchen.

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Sat May 11, 2013

Times Herald-Record

Rita Moreno's memoir is survivor's story

The award-winning actress Rita Moreno opens up - way, way up - in "Rita Moreno: A Memoir" , driven less by recollections from her career than by her effort to overcome crippling self-doubts. Fans eager to learn what it was like to dance for Gene Kelly , share a soundstage with Yul Brynner and perform the choreography of Jerome Robbins aren't likely ... (more)

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Related Topix: Comedy Movies, Singin' in the Rain, Musical Movies, Rita Moreno, Celebrities, Gene Kelly, Big-Band, Yul Brynner, World News