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18 hrs ago | SmarterTravel

JetBlue Set to Become Boston's Biggest Carrier

JetBlue plans to announce a 25 percent expansion of its Caribbean service from Boston, according to Katie Johnston Chase at the Boston Globe .

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Related Topix: World News, Puerto Rico, Jamaica, Dominican Republic, Central America

Sat Dec 05, 2009

Cruising World

San Juan Suprise

Expectations proved to be misleading: From the moment the Around the Americas guys sailed into the harbor off Old San Juan, their experiences in Puerto Rico were nothing but fantastic.

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Related Topix: Puerto Rico, World News, Virgin Islands, Central America

Thu Dec 03, 2009

GISCafe

Urban Mapping(R) Neighborhood Database Reaches New Milestone

Dec 03, 2009 -- Urban Mapping, Inc. , the leading provider of location-rich content for interactive applications, today announced updates to the company's market leading URBANWARE Neighborhoods database, which now includes over 100,600 neighborhoods in over 3,400 cities across the United States, Canada, and Europe.

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Related Topix: Puerto Rico, World News

Wed Dec 02, 2009

TheSweetScience.com

Winky Wright/Grady Brewer Clash Is Cancelled

Chalk it up to the bad economy. The Winky Wright/Grady Brewer fight scheduled for Dec.

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Related Topix: Mixed Martial Arts, Josh Koscheck, World News, Puerto Rico, Sports, Boxing, More Sports

Mon Nov 30, 2009

The State

Plan to breed lab monkeys splits Puerto Rican town

Puerto Rico has such a bad history with research monkeys running amok, some residents are stunned that its territorial government has approved a plan to import and breed thousands of primates for sale to U.S. researchers.

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Related Topix: Puerto Rico, World News

Sun Nov 29, 2009

Towleroad

Watch: Pedro Julio Serrano Scolds Gay Puerto Rican Nightclub Crowd...

Pedro Julio Serrano, an activist and the Communications Manager for the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force, scolds the crowd at Krash nightclub in San Juan, Puerto Rico in this recent video, after reportedly hearing negative remarks about transgender people while serving as a judge for a contest at the club.

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Related Topix: Puerto Rico, World News, Transgendered

UPI

Cruise ship loses power at sea

A cruise ship based out of Miami temporarily lost power while returning home from a Southern Caribbean cruise, a Norwegian Cruise Line spokeswoman said.

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Related Topix: Puerto Rico, World News

Fri Nov 27, 2009

News Chief

Norwegian cruise ship temporarily loses power

The Norwegian Dawn cruise ship temporarily lost power off the coast of Puerto Rico.

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Related Topix: Puerto Rico, World News

Thu Nov 26, 2009

Themonitor.com

San Juan city manager resigns

SAN JUAN San Juan city commissioners accepted the resignation of City Manager Tony Garza Tuesday night.

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Related Topix: Argentina, World News, Puerto Rico

Tue Nov 24, 2009

KCPQ

San Juan, Puerto Rico

CARIBBEAN DEAL Eat, drink and play for $900 for four people, four nights at Coconut Bay Resort & Spa on the Caribbean island of St.

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Related Topix: World News, Puerto Rico, Family, Kids, Travel

Mon Nov 23, 2009

MELODIKA.net

Telemundo, Billboard and the Puerto Rico Tourism Company Sign Agreement to Broadcast the 2010 Billbo

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, ...

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Related Topix: Puerto Rico, World News

Sat Nov 21, 2009

Personal Injury Law News

Puerto Rico Explosion Investigation Points To Defective Fuel Monitor

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.

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Related Topix: Explosion, Puerto Rico, World News

Thu Nov 19, 2009

Hattiesburg American

Behind missed Gitmo deadline: No one wants jailees

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.

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Related Topix: US Military Prisons, Guantanamo Bay Detention Camp, Prison, US News, Camp Delta, World News, Puerto Rico, Cuba,

Tue Nov 17, 2009

Cleanfax

Restoration Journeys lands in Puerto Rico

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 .

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Related Topix: Puerto Rico, World News

Mon Nov 16, 2009

Examiner.com

Environmentalists alarmed by Puerto Rico policies

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.

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Related Topix: Luis Fortuno, US House of Representatives, World News, Puerto Rico, Central America, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

Sun Nov 15, 2009

Newswatch 50

US health agency to take 'fresh look' at Vieques

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 ...

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Related Topix: World News, Puerto Rico, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Sat Nov 14, 2009

HotelChatter

Jean Paul Gaultier Probably Flashed The High Line

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.

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Related Topix: Puerto Rico, World News

Thu Nov 12, 2009

Poughkeepsie Journal

Caribbean, Gulf spared widespread coral damage

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.

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Related Topix: Puerto Rico

Tue Nov 10, 2009

Worcester Telegram & Gazette

Across the nation

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.

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Related Topix: Luis Fortuno, US House of Representatives, World News, Puerto Rico, Wedding, Life, Interracial,Multiracial, Multiethnic, and Multicultural, Albuquerque Metro, Albuquerque, NM

Sun Nov 08, 2009

The Huffington Post

Jorge Geysel, New York Insurance Salesman, Dies "Car Surfing" On Rincon Beach In Puerto Rico

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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Related Topix: Long Beach, NY, Puerto Rico, World News

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