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Dominican Republic stories: 24 news summaries

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(Newser) - The Netherlands’ upset of a squad full of big-league Dominican talent still seems pretty far-fetched, Jeff Passan writes for Yahoo Sports the day after the stunning Dutch victory in the World Baseball Classic. “They beat a team paid more than $80 million this year by melding kids trying to... More »

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David Ortiz • Netherlands • Dominican Republic • Jose Reyes • World Baseball Classic • Randall Simon • upset • Felipe Alou

 Haiti School Collapse 
 Kills At Least 30 

Poor repair job, not recent rains, doomed building, mayor says

Nov 7, 08 4:21 PM CST
(Newser) - At least 30 people, many possibly children, died in Haiti today when a school building collapsed, AP reports. The school, in a village in the hills above Port-au-Prince, experienced a partial collapse in 2000. Before today, the building was under construction, and the town’s mayor said structural problems, not... More »

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Brazil • Haiti • Chile • school • Red Cross • collapse • Ecuador • Dominican Republic • Doctors Without Borders • engineering • disaster

 'Language Barrier', 
 Not Tax Evasion: Rangel 

Powerful congressman sorry for screw-up

Sep 11, 08 10:15 AM CDT
(Newser) - Rep. Charles Rangel blamed his failure to pay taxes on his rental income from a Caribbean villa to “cultural and language barriers,” reports the New York Times. “Every time I thought I was getting somewhere, they’d start speaking Spanish,” Rangel said of his attempts to... More »

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taxes • tax evasion • Charles Rangel • Dominican Republic • House Ways and Means Committee • tax dodge • Villa • political scandal

Ike Spikes to Cat 4, Deadly
Hanna Churns Toward US

Now Josephine's waiting in the wings

Sep 4, 08 2:25 AM CDT
(Newser) - Two major storms are churning across the Atlantic, with their chances of striking the US still unclear. Hurricane Ike has rapidly strengthened to a raging Category 4, while Tropical Storm Hanna is now battering the Bahamas after killing 26 in Haiti. Hanna could hit the US  Saturday anywhere between Georgia... More »

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Georgia • North Carolina • Haiti • National Hurricane Center • Dominican Republic • Bahamas • Hurricane Hanna • Hurricane Ike • Tropical Storm Josephine

 Gustav Slams Jamaica 
 as Gulf Coast Braces

Tropical storm could be category 3 hurricane by tomorrow

Aug 29, 08 7:46 AM CDT
(Newser) - Tropical Storm Gustav pummeled Jamaica today with 65mph winds and may build to a category 3 storm by the time it reaches Cuba tomorrow, CNN reports. The storm killed some 51 in Haiti and eight in the Dominican Republic yesterday. Officials in the National Hurricane Center’s “cone of... More »

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Haiti • National Hurricane Center • evacuation • hurricane • Dominican Republic • Tropical Storm • Gulf Coast • Hurricane Gustav

Dalai Lama Cancels Trips
Due to 'Exhaustion'

Spiritual leader takes rest after months of traveling the globe

Aug 27, 08 1:53 PM CDT
(Newser) - Citing "exhaustion," the Dalai Lama has canceled plans to travel, the AP reports. A spokesman said the Tibetan spiritual leader would not go to Mexico and the Dominican Republic, and instead would rest and undergo medical tests for the next three weeks. The 73-year-old has had an intense... More »

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China • Mexico • Tibet • Dalai Lama • Mumbai • Dominican Republic • Buddhism • exhaustion

 Gustav Kills 11, Weakens

Could strike US as Category 3

Aug 27, 08 11:09 AM CDT
(AP) - Thousands fled their homes as Hurricane Gustav triggered flooding and landslides that killed at least 11 people in the Dominican Republic and Haiti before weakening to a tropical storm, but forecasters said today that he still represents a major threat to the Caribbean and the Gulf of Mexico. They suggested... More »

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weather • Latin America • Mexico • Cuba • United States • Jamaica • Haiti • Caribbean • tropical storms • Dominican Republic • Royal Dutch Shell • Hurricane Gustav

 Fay May Hit Fla. as Hurricane

Tropical storm carries 50 mph winds

Aug 17, 08 6:45 AM CDT
(Newser) - Tourists were ordered to evacuate the Florida Keys this morning, as Tropical Storm Fay, which has already killed six in Haiti and the Dominican Republic, is expected to hit the Keys as soon as midnight tonight, the Miami Herald reports. With winds at 50mph and rising, Fay could be a... More »

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Florida • Cuba • Haiti • tropical storms • Dominican Republic • Florida Keys

  Was White Sox Exec
  Extorting Bonus Money
  from Dominican Teens?

Team fires personnel chief, two scouts as investigation into skimming continues

May 19, 08 12:32 AM CDT
(Newser) - A source with knowledge of the investigation tells the Chicago Tribune that questions about signing bonuses and how they were distributed to teenage Latin American prospects were behind the firing of David Wilder, the Chicago White Sox senior personnel director, and two of his scouts. Authorities are seeking to determine... More »

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Chicago White Sox • MLB • Dominican Republic • baseball • Ken Williams • David Wilder • minor leagues

Marichal, Mets' Martinez Shown at Cockfight

Pitchers were honorary starters of event in Dominican Republic

Feb 7, 08 3:46 PM CST
(Newser) - Video of Mets pitcher Pedro Martinez and Hall of Famer Juan Marichal at a cockfight in their native Dominican Republic—where the practice is legal—was briefly available on YouTube today, the New York Post reports. The pair is seen enjoying themselves and even throwing the chickens into the ring... More »

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New York Mets • animal cruelty • Baseball Hall of Fame • Dominican Republic • baseball • cockfighting

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

Pirate Ahoy! Capt. Kidd's Ship Found in Caribbean

Found in just 10 feet
of water off coast of Dominican island

Dec 14, 07 4:20 AM CST
(Newser) - An American underwater archaeology team has found what's believed to be the remains of a ship piloted by notorious buccaneer Captain William Kidd. Indiana University researchers discovered cannons and anchors off a tiny Caribbean island in just ten feet of water, which they believe belong to the Quedagh Merchant, a... More »

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archaeology • shipwreck • Caribbean • Dominican Republic • William Kidd • discovery

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

Noel Grazes Mass., Hits Canada

43,000 New Englanders lose power in winds up to 70 mph

Nov 4, 07 11:45 AM CST
(Newser) - New England was only hit with the remnants of Hurricane Noel, but that was enough to cut power for about 43,000 people, with winds howling up to 70 mph. Massachusetts felt the brunt of the storm, with Cape Cod and coastal communities suffering most of the outages. The storm... More »

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Miami • Haiti • Massachusetts • National Hurricane Center • Caribbean • hurricane • Dominican Republic • Hurricane Noel • Cape Cod

Hurricane Noel Toll Hits 108

Furious storm slammed Caribbean, but is expected to spare Florida

Nov 2, 07 3:54 AM CDT
(Newser) - Tropical storm Noel was upgraded to a Category 1 hurricane last night, and has claimed 108 lives, making it the deadliest Atlantic storm this year. The island of Hispaniola suffered nearly all the fatalities, with 66 reported in the Dominican Republic and 40 in Haiti, most of them in or... More »

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Cuba • Haiti • tropical storms • hurricane • Dominican Republic • Bahamas • Tropical Storm Noel • Hurricane Noel • Port au Prince

Noel Kills 81; Surges to Bahamas

Bahamas brace for storm as Noel gathers strength

Nov 1, 07 7:58 AM CDT
(Newser) - Children were torn from parents' arms by surging floodwater as Tropical Storm Noel continued to drench Hispaniola yesterday and churned toward the Bahamas, where it may reach hurricane strength when it makes landfall today. Flooding and mudslides in the Dominican Republic and Haiti pushed the death toll in the region... More »

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Haiti • hurricane • Dominican Republic • Tropical Storm Noel • Hispaniola • Hurricane Noel

Noel Deaths and Damage Mount

59 dead in the Caribbean as the storm takes aim at the Bahamas

Oct 31, 07 2:29 PM CDT
(Newser) - The death toll from Tropical Storm Noel rose to 59 in the Caribbean today, with the storm moving on from Cuba and headed towards the Bahamas, the Miami Herald reported today. The Dominican Republic's government reported 41 dead with 20 more missing, and Haitian authorities, who had previously reported no... More »

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Cuba • Haiti • Dominican Republic • Bahamas • Tropical Storm Noel

Weaker Noel Soaks Cuba

Storm will hit Bahamas next, probably miss Florida

Oct 30, 07 5:10 PM CDT
(Newser) - Tropical Storm Noel hit Cuba today as its rains kept drenching the Dominican Republic and Haiti, CNN reports. The ex-hurricane's 40 mph winds and 5 to 15 inches of rain are expected to stay over Cuba tonight before moving north tomorrow. Forecasters say the storm will likely miss the US,... More »

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Florida • Atlantic Ocean • Cuba • storm • Haiti • hurricane • Dominican Republic • Topical Storm Noel • Hurricane Noel

Tropical Storm Noel Kills 20

After slamming Haiti and Dominican Republic, heads for Cuba, Bahamas

Oct 29, 07 6:37 PM CDT
(Newser) - Tropical Storm Noel slammed into the Dominican Republic today with torrential rain and mudslides, leaving 20 people dead and another 20 missing. Noel was expected to drop as much as 20 inches of rain on Hispaniola, the island shared by Haiti and the Dominican Republic, before heading northwest toward the... More »

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weather • Cuba • Haiti • National Hurricane Center • tropical storms • Dominican Republic • Bahamas • Noel • Turks and Caicos Islands • Santo Domingo

Dean Makes Landfall in Mexico

Storm that rattled Caribbean arrives in the Yucatán

Aug 21, 07 4:54 AM CDT
(Newser) - The ferocious Hurricane Dean struck Mexico's Yucatán Peninsula early this morning as it moved west from Jamaica. Winds of over 160mph, above the threshold for a Category 5 storm, are expected to batter seaside towns and tourist destinations on the Maya Riviera. Mexican officials have evacuated local residents, oil... More »

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Mexico • storm • Jamaica • Haiti • hurricane • Hurricane Dean • St. Lucia • Dominican Republic • Yucatan Peninsula • Dominica

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