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Puerto Rico stories: 24 news summaries

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Island Rum
Fight Fattens Rangel's Coffers

Campaign cash pours in from Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands

Oct 6, 09 1:30 PM CDT
(Newser) - Charles Rangel’s campaign coffers are bulging with campaign cash from Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands, but he insists that’s in no way influencing his decision on the competing rum tax bills each territory is pushing. “Besides Puerto Rico, you are the only one who has asked... More »

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taxes • Charles Rangel • Puerto Rico • rum • Virgin Islands • subsidies

travel

 Cool and Weird Places to Swim 


Sep 19, 09 5:51 AM CDT
(Newser) - If you love swimming but tire of the ordinary and the chlorine-scented, consider these "unusual or cool places" uncovered by WebUrbanist:
  • The Dead Sea: Lie back and read a good book in the world's saltiest body of water, which will likely keep you afloat while delivering "
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Florida • travel • Zimbabwe • swimming • Black Sea • Puerto Rico • Gulf of Mexico • Dead Sea • jellyfish • underwater • Southeast Asia

Holder Pushed Clemency
for Puerto Rican Militants

Obama's attorney-general pick helped commute sentences for PR nationalists

Jan 9, 09 12:36 PM CST
(Newser) - Barack Obama’s attorney-general nominee fought for clemency for 16 militant Puerto Rican nationalists during his time in the Clinton administration, the Los Angeles Times reports. Eric Holder pushed Justice Department subordinates to pave the way to Clinton’s clemency grant, documents show, sparking fury from law-enforcement officials who’d... More »

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Attorney General • Bill Clinton • Clinton administration • clemency • Puerto Rico • nationalism • militant • Eric Holder • transition team • President Obama

 Refineries Shut as Omar 
 Nears Virgin Islands 

Hurricane could threaten Puerto Rico as Category 2

Oct 15, 08 3:04 PM CDT
(Newser) - Caribbean oil refineries are under threat from Hurricane Omar, whose 85-mph winds roared through St. Croix today, Bloomberg reports. It could hit the Virgin Islands, home to one of the hemisphere's largest refineries, as a Category 2 storm tomorrow. Puerto Rico may be in line for 20 inches of rain... More »

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Caribbean • hurricane • Puerto Rico • oil refineries • Virgin Islands • Hurricane Omar

Feds Bust Ring that Hid Cocaine in Legos

Drugs packaged with toys in Puerto Rico, mailed to New York

Sep 24, 08 11:49 AM CDT
(Newser) - Federal agents announced the arrest yesterday of a pack of Bronx drug dealers accused of smuggling cocaine into New York with the help of the world’s smallest traffickers: Lego men. Agents say the cocaine was sent from Puerto Rico through normal US mail, ingeniously hidden within buckets of the... More »

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War on Drugs • drugs • New York City • cocaine • Drug Enforcement Administration • Bronx • Puerto Rico • Lego

Study Links Child Abuse, Asthma

Stress seen as possible cause of respiratory condition

Sep 1, 08 4:52 PM CDT
(Newser) - Abused children are twice as likely to develop asthma as kids who are not abused, a new study says. Although the research doesn't conclusively establish a cause-and-effect link, it does suggest doctors should consider looking for evidence of physical and sexual abuse in young patients with hard-to-treat asthma, the Boston ... More »

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study • child abuse • sexual abuse • Puerto Rico • asthma

Corpse Proves Yankee Fan a Stand-Up Guy

Puerto Rico man receives last wish: to be mourned upright

Aug 19, 08 3:13 PM CDT
(AP) - A Puerto Rican man has been granted his wish to remain standing—even in death. A funeral home used a special embalming treatment to keep the corpse of 24-year-old Angel Pantoja Medina standing for his 3-day wake, the AP reports. Dressed in a Yankees cap and sunglasses, Pantoja was mourned... More »

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Puerto Rico • wake

ANALYSIS

Puerto Rico: Clinton's Vacation From Reality

'She might as well have been on another planet'

Jun 2, 08 12:54 PM CDT
(Newser) - Hillary Clinton enjoyed a final vacation from reality this weekend, Mike Madden writes in Salon. Her stay in Puerto Rico—including riding a float loaded with giant speakers blaring salsa and reggaeton—“couldn’t possibly have been the most efficient use of” time for a fighting candidate: rather, it... More »

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Hillary Clinton • vacation • Puerto Rico • reggae

 Clinton Wins Puerto Rico Easily 

But turnout in victory likely insufficient to give her an edge with popular vote

Jun 1, 08 2:23 PM CDT
(Newser) - Hillary Clinton was projected to win the Puerto Rico primary by a wide margin today as polls closed, but turnout was estimated to be lower than the 700,000 that Bill Clinton said would support her emphasis on the popular vote. Hillary, Bill, and Chelsea Clinton had spent a combined... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • primary • Latino voters • Puerto Rico • Democratic nomination • popular vote

 5 Things to Watch in Puerto Rico 

Island doesn't vote in primaries, but today its Democratic delegates are up for grabs

Jun 1, 08 10:01 AM CDT
(Newser) - Hillary Clinton is banking on a sizable victory today in Puerto Rico to bolster her argument that she’s received more votes than Barack Obama and is a stronger draw for Latinos. Key points to keep an eye on:
  1. The second wave: While many Puerto Ricans sleep in, it's
... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • presidential campaign • primary • presidential primaries • Clinton 2008 • Obama 2008 • Puerto Rico • Democratic nomination • delegates • presidential candidates

Dems Put Spotlight on Puerto Rico

But voters there aren't all that excited about
their 15 minutes

Jun 1, 08 7:10 AM CDT
(Newser) - Today’s Democratic primary in Puerto Rico will bring the island the national attention many residents seek—but not for the right cause. Puerto Ricans are less excited about the Democratic presidential candiates—neither of whom will they get to vote for in November—than the perennial issue of how... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • Puerto Rico • Election 2008

OPINION

Is Obama Playing It Too Safe? Is Clinton Really Finished?

Where Barack's missing out and what Hillary needs to do

May 15, 08 10:24 AM CDT
(Newser) - John Edwards’ endorsement may have helped Obama turn the page on recent troubles, but pundits say he should face up to them—or he leaves an opening for Hillary to climb back in:
  • Sure, it was a “rational, prudent decision” to skip West Virginia, David Broder allows, but
... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • Kentucky • Puerto Rico • Mount Rushmore • blue-collar vote • Oregon primary • West Virginia primary

In Olympics, Puerto Rico Fights Like a Nation

Residents don't want to lose special sporting status

May 6, 08 10:07 AM CDT
(Newser) - Puerto Rico has its own Olympic team, and many residents don't want to give it up, reports  the Wall Street Journal. But if and when the island commonwealth finally makes the transition to US statehood, Puerto Ricans will likely have no option but to compete on the US team. "... More »

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2008 Beijing Olympics • Puerto Rico • McJoe Arroyo

Feds Indict Puerto Rican Governor in Finance Probe

Look into campaign funds yields 19 counts

Mar 27, 08 11:46 AM CDT
(Newser) - Puerto Rican Gov.Anibal Acevedo Vila was indicted today on 19 counts, including election fraud and conspiracy to violate federal campaign-finance laws, the AP reports. Vila and 12 associates are accused of breaking rules in financing the 2000 campaign that saw Vila elected the territory's Washington rep. Vila says the... More »

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campaign finance • Puerto Rico • Federal Election Law • governor • federal indictment • Anibal Acevedo Vila

ANALYSIS

Puerto Rico Role Certain to Draw Dems' Scrutiny

Mainland conventional wisdom doesn't apply in June Caribbean vote

Mar 13, 08 4:15 PM CDT
(Newser) - Puerto Rico will vote on the late date of June 1, and the commonwealth might find itself with outsized influence on the Democratic race. Leading Puerto Ricans often deliver for their candidates by wide delegate margins; the territory’s governor has endorsed Barack Obama, but New York’s massive Puerto... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • Latino voters • Puerto Rico

J-Lo's Expecting Twins

Lopez pop's already shopping for double bundle

Feb 7, 08 6:45 AM CST
(Newser) - Singer-actress Jennifer Lopez is expecting twins, her dad told a Spanish-language TV show—and he's already gone shopping for the dynamite duo. "In Puerto Rico it's custom to buy an azabache bracelet for babies to protect them from the evil eye. It's part of our culture," said the... More »

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pregnancy • twins • Puerto Rico • Jennifer Lopez • Marc Anthony • celebrity pregnancy • David Lopez • azabache bracelet

Puerto Rican Drug Plants Shipped Tainted Pills: FDA

Quality control a problem at factories producing US' top-selling drugs

Feb 6, 08 1:38 PM CST
(Newser) - The Caribbean island that produces 13 of the 20 best-selling drugs in the US has sold tainted pills and is struggling with quality control at its pharmaceutical plants, AP reports.  FDA inspections of 13 Puerto Rican plants between 2003 and 2007 revealed problems such as machinery pins left in... More »

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FDA • GlaxoSmithKline • Puerto Rico • pharmaceutical • Wyeth

Caribbean Storm's Toll at 38

Tens of thousands homeless as UN scrambles for aid

Dec 15, 07 8:32 AM CST
(Newser) - The death toll from a violent storm that ripped through the Caribbean earlier this week has risen to 38 as flood waters recede and rescuers comb through the wreckage, the BBC reports. All but three of the deaths from Tropical Storm Olga were in the Dominican Republic, where tens of... More »

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Haiti • death toll • Caribbean • Puerto Rico • Dominican Republic • Tropical Storm Olga

Flooding Claims 9 in Caribbean

Tropical storm batters Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico

Dec 13, 07 7:37 AM CST
(Newser) - Tropical Storm Olga set off flash floods in the Dominican Republic yesterday, killing at least 8 people, reports Reuters. Another man died in a mudslide in nearby Puerto Rico. The storm was downgraded to a tropical depression by the end of the day, and predicted to head between Jamaica and... More »

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Cuba • Jamaica • Caribbean • tropical storms • Puerto Rico • Dominican Republic • Bahamas • tropical depression • mudslide • Tropical Storm Olga • flash floods

Beauty Probed as Pepper Spray Claims Prove False

Police say pepper spray claims in pageant may be false

Dec 3, 07 3:08 AM CST
(Newser) - In the latest twist in a Miss Universe pageant scandal, police investigating claims that someone put pepper spray on the clothing and cosmetics of the new Miss Puerto Rico found no trace of the chemicals. The 24-year-old beauty said she broke out in hives and had to ice down her... More »

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Puerto Rico • pepper spray • Ingrid Marie Rivera • Miss Universe pageant • Forensic Sciences Institute • Police Superintendent Pedro Toledo

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