Fortuño: I have doubts that Vía Verde pipeline plan is the best alternative

Gov. Luis Fortuño on Monday left the door wide open to scrapping plans for the V ...

US casinos generated $125 billion in spending in 2010, industry report says

LAS VEGAS — A new report shows U.S. casinos and the industries that depend on th ...

PR economy breaks into positive terrain for first time since spring 2006

The Government Development Bank-Economic Activity Index for December 2011 showed ...
Senate chief seeks plebiscite tweaks
Issued: February 6, 2012
Senate President Thomas Rivera Schatz and New Progressive Party Sen. Melind ...

Report: Iverson may play in PR
Issued: February 6, 2012
Former NBA great Allen Iverson and Puerto Rico’s professional basketball le ...

10 DEA agents in PR sue agency
Issued: February 6, 2012
Ten Puerto Rican agents with the Drug Enforcement Administration have filed ...

Caguas mayor pushes train proposal
Issued: February 6, 2012
Caguas Mayor William Miranda Torres is lobbying to get back on track a prop ...

Caribbean security plan gains support
Issued: February 6, 2012
Three influential groups in Congress have sent a joint letter to President Barack Obama expressly endorsing Resident Commissioner Pedro Pier ...

PR fisherman survives 20 days adrift
Issued: February 6, 2012
BOGOTA, Colombia — A Puerto Rican fisherman spent nearly three weeks adrift in the Caribbean, surviving on raw fish and trapped rainwater, b ...

Doral meets NYSE listing standards
Issued: February 6, 2012
Doral Financial Corp. said Monday it has regained compliance with the New York Stock Exchange’s (NYSE) continued listing standards.

Bacardi: High spirits on 150th birthday
Issued: February 6, 2012
Nearly 600 members of the Bacardi family gathered in Puerto Rico this weekend as the world’s largest world’s largest privately-owned spirits ...

SJ launching unit to fight hate-crimes
Issued: February 6, 2012
The San Juan municipal government is launching a hate-crimes unit to investigate and raise awareness on crimes targeting people because of t ...

Behind the scenes of plastic surgery
Issued: February 6, 2012
What came first, Jennifer Lopez's big booty or women's desire for big booties? According to plastic surgeons, the "American Ido ...

Aponte pushes for parity in key programs
Issued: February 6, 2012
Veteran New Progressive Party Rep. José Aponte is calling for a renewed push to get Puerto Rico to be treated equally with U.S. states in th ...

17 dead, dozens missing as yola sinks
Issued: February 5, 2012
SABANA DE LA MAR, Dominican Republic — Rescuers have recovered 17 bodies and pulled 13 survivors from white-capped waters off this coastal t ...

Ortiz: Vía Verde decision in pipeline
Issued: February 5, 2012
A decision from the island's central government on the future of the proposed Vía Verde natural gas pipeline is expected by next month, ...

PR rising stars to shine in Super Bowl
Issued: February 5, 2012
The Puerto Ricans are taking over Indianapolis, as Aaron Hernandez and Victor Cruz are set to become the first Puerto Rican duo to play in a ...

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Key states move closer to foreclosure-abuse deal
Issued: February 6, 2012
WASHINGTON — California and New York, the key holdouts in a long-awaited settlement over foreclosure abuses, moved closer Monday to backing ...

Stocks slip on Wall Street as Greek talks drag on
Issued: February 6, 2012
NEW YORK — Stock indexes closed slightly lower Monday as talks dragged on between Greek political leaders over a fresh cost-cutting package ...

Ex-Stanford exec: Fraud could no longer be hidden
Issued: February 6, 2012
HOUSTON — Attempts to cover up a massive Ponzi scheme alleged to have taken billions from depositors at Texas tycoon R. Allen Stanford's ...

FBI focused on 'sovereign citizen' extremists
Issued: February 6, 2012
WASHINGTON — The FBI says it has been paying closer attention to people around the country who ascribe to an extremist movement that rejects ...

Top senators question Pentagon move on fighter jet
Issued: February 6, 2012
WASHINGTON — The leaders of the Senate Armed Services Committee suggested on Monday that Defense Secretary Leon Panetta rushed a decision to ...

Report: Large charitable donations on the rise
Issued: February 6, 2012
SEATTLE — Money donated by the nation’s most charitable people is starting to catch up with pre-recession giving, thanks in part to some ver ...

Romney works to fend off Santorum challenge
Issued: February 6, 2012
GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. — Mitt Romney is dispatching top surrogates to attack rival Rick Santorum over Santorum's past support for spendin ...

Verizon, Redbox combine on streaming
Issued: February 6, 2012
NEW YORK — Phone company Verizon Communications Inc. will challenge Netflix and start a video streaming service this year with Redbox and it ...

Romney latest pol to join wait-let-me-explain club
Issued: February 6, 2012
WASHINGTON — Mitt Romney's remark that he's not worried about the very poor, the latest gaffe in a campaign rich with blunders, join ...

Defense cuts test lawmakers' resolve on deficits
Issued: February 6, 2012
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama's call to shrink the military, shut bases and cancel weapons to meet the demand for budget cuts test ...

Romney adds to delegate lead after Nevada victory
Issued: February 6, 2012
WASHINGTON — Mitt Romney has added to his lead in the race for delegates now that Republican officials in Nevada are done counting the votes ...

Super Bowl ads play it safe
Issued: February 6, 2012
NEW YORK — The pressure was on. The tension was thick. And then, there were yawns in between.

Obama: Negative ads will have role in 2012 race
Issued: February 6, 2012
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama says the rise of political action committees guarantees that there will be a lot of negative ads in the ...

NJ eyes hand-held gambling devices inside casinos
Issued: February 6, 2012
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. — Gamblers at Atlantic City casinos may someday be able to place bets while standing in line for dinner, in a lounge, or ...

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US closes Syrian embassy as diplomacy collapse
Issued: February 6, 2012
BEIRUT — The U.S. closed its embassy in Syria and Britain recalled its ambassador to Damascus on Monday in a new Western push to get Preside ...

Candidacy tests Mexico's culture of machismo
Issued: February 6, 2012
MEXICO CITY — The nation's ruling party has chosen a woman as its candidate for president, a test for a society where women could not vo ...

Markets cautious as Greek talks drag on
Issued: February 6, 2012
LONDON — Markets were in a cautious mood on Monday as talks dragged on between Greek political leaders over a fresh austerity package that i ...

Greece caves in on civil service firings
Issued: February 6, 2012
ATHENS, Greece — Greece's coalition government on Monday caved in to demands to cut civil service jobs, announcing 15,000 positions woul ...

Palestinians take step toward unity
Issued: February 6, 2012
RAMALLAH, West Bank — After months of wavering, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas took a decisive step Monday toward reconciliation with t ...

China bars its airlines from paying EU carbon tax
Issued: February 6, 2012
BEIJING — China announced Monday it will prohibit its airlines from paying European Union charges on carbon emissions, ratcheting up a globa ...

Rescuers dig to reach trapped in Philippines quake
Issued: February 6, 2012
MANILA, Philippines — Rescuers dug with picks and shovels trying to reach dozens of people trapped under houses collapsed by a strong earthq ...

US closes embassy in Syria
Issued: February 6, 2012
WASHINGTON — The Obama administration has closed the U.S. Embassy in Damascus and pulled all American diplomats out of Syria.

Indonesia to hit train roof riders with nasty goop
Issued: February 6, 2012
JAKARTA, Indonesia — Indonesia has another bizarre way to keep commuters off the roofs of trains: swat them with brooms drenched in putrid g ...

Fidel Castro presents 2-volume memoir
Issued: February 6, 2012
HAVANA — Fidel Castro spent six hours presenting a two-volume memoir to an audience at a Havana convention center, state media said Saturday ...

Obama: US has 'very good' intelligence on Iran
Issued: February 6, 2012
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama says the U.S. has a "very good estimate" of when Iran could complete work on a nuclear weapon.

After UN veto, US floats coalition on Syria
Issued: February 5, 2012
BEIRUT — The United States proposed an international coalition to support Syria's opposition Sunday after Russia and China blocked a U.N ...

Protesters attack 7 Syrian embassies around world
Issued: February 5, 2012
CANBERRA, Australia — Protesters attacked seven Syrian embassies around the world following reports of the bloodiest episode yet in Damascus ...

Mexican aid lags for starving Tarahumara Indians
Issued: February 4, 2012
GUACHOCHI, Mexico — It’s been months since Maria Luisa Gonzalez and her husband have been able to harvest anything from their drought-parche ...

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