Puerto Rico hopes military can put dent in crime - CNN
(CNN) -- About 1,000 National Guard soldiers will report for duty Saturday in Puerto Rico, activated by the governor this week to help fight a drug-fueled crime tsunami that has flooded the Caribbean island. The military personnel will repair police ...
USVI And Puerto Rico Competing For Jobs Through Tax Policy - BNET
Update — As part of the reaction by Puerto Rico to the planned move of a rum distillery to the USVI its representative attempt to change the law relative to the use of the “cover-over” revenues used by the USVI and Puerto Rico from their rum ...
Cowgirl Golf Moves Into Third Place In Puerto Rico - Oklahoma State Athletics
RIO GRANDE, Puerto Rico - Oklahoma State's women's golf team turned in a 288 total on Monday during its second round at the Lady Puerto Rico Classic to move into third place at Trump International Golf Club. The Cowgirls' even-par score was one shot ...
Puerto Rico beats Mexico 8-2; Dominicans need win in final to take ... - The Gaea Times
MARGARITA ISLAND, Venezuela — Puerto Rico has defeated Mexico 8-2, forcing the Dominican Republic to win its final game against Venezuela to clinch the Caribbean Series. Puerto Rico’s Indios de Mayagues improved to 4-2. Los Leones del Escogido ...
CPI Corp. Declares Regular Quarterly Dividend - Forbes
CPI is the leading portrait studio operator in North America offering photography services in approximately 3,000 locations in the United States, Puerto Rico, Canada and Mexico, principally in Sears and Wal-Mart stores .
Endometrial cancer in Puerto Rico: incidence, mortality and survival ... - BioMed Central
Endometrial cancer is the most common gynecologic malignancy in Puerto Rico and the United States (US). Age-standardized incidence rates of endometrial cancer increased significantly (p<0.05) in Puerto Rico (APC=2.8%) and among NHB (APC=1.9%) and ...
Man faces extradition to Puerto Rico after arrest - Danbury News-Times
BRIDGEPORT -- Police investigating a report of shots fired on Calhoun Avenue early Saturday arrested a 34-year-old man for an alleged murder in Puerto Rico. Geovanny Rivera Vazquez, of Pembroke Street, was being held Sunday night, awaiting ...
Missing pregnant NJ woman found in Puerto Rico - MyCentralJersey.com
Lt. Edgar Martinez, a Jersey City police spokesman, said the agency has video proof that 27-year-old Aileen Cepeda Velasquez left the United States late last month and went to Puerto Rico. However, she's still classified as a missing person because ...
Puerto Rico beats Mexico 8-2 - Times Union
MARGARITA ISLAND, Venezuela -- Puerto Rico has defeated Mexico 8-2, forcing the Dominican Republic to win its final game against Venezuela to clinch the Caribbean Series. Puerto Rico's Indios de Mayagues improved to 4-2. Los Leones del Escogido, the ...
Puerto Rico sheds 'ugly duckling' status - Major League Baseball
MARGARITA ISLAND, Venezuela -- Puerto Rico is no longer the ugly duckling of the Caribbean Series. On Sunday afternoon, the club from Mayaguez topped Mexico, 8-2, in its double round-robin finale at Estadio Nueva Esparta to finish with a 4-2 record ...
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Taliban: We won’t fight GIs ‘face-to-face’
 Taliban fighters plan to disguise themselves as civilians during a looming NATO offensive in southern Afghanistan, a militant commander told NBC News.
Body found in landing gear of N.Y.-Tokyo flight
 A body was found inside a wheel well of a Delta Air Lines plane after it landed in Tokyo from New York, and Japanese authorities Monday were trying to identify the man.
Spring rains threaten Haitian survivors
 In Haiti's devastated capital city, early spring rains threaten to cause landslides and bring about health problems in the makeshift camps where more than 500,000 people are living.
Alligator kills 11-year-old girl in Brazil
Authorities say an alligator killed an 11-year-old girl as she swam with friends in a river in northeastern Brazil.
Pakistan: 6 held in plot to attack Americans
 Authorities arrest six suspected Taliban militants with a suicide vest and hand grenades allegedly on their way to attack a five-star hotel and kill Americans, police say.
Iran moves closer to nuke warhead capacity
Iran moves closer to being able to produce nuclear warheads with formal notification that it will enrich uranium to higher levels.
Britain’s ITV fined over killing rat on TV show
British broadcaster ITV pleaded guilty to animal cruelty and was fined by an Australian court Monday after a rat was killed and eaten on the reality TV show "I'm a Celebrity ... Get Me Out of Here."
Heavy snow paralyzes parts of Bulgaria, Romania
Heavy snowfall has seriously disrupted transport in Bulgaria and neighboring Romania, blocking highways and leaving cars stranded in snow.
Tel Aviv man accused of enslaving women
 An Israeli man has been jailed, suspected by police of enslaving a cult-like harem of at least 17 women and 37 children.
17 soldiers dead, 53 rescued in Kashmir avalanche
 A massive avalanche plowed into an Indian army training center at a ski resort town in Indian-controlled Kashmir on Monday, killing 17 soldiers and critically injuring 17 others.
Mexico troops find 12 tons of pot in truck
Mexican soldiers seize more than 12 tons of marijuana found beneath a false floor of a tractor trailer.
World Blog: Did 'pandering' cost U.S. lives at Afghan base?
Why did eight American soldiers die defending an remote outpost the U.S. military no longer wanted to hold? NBC News' Richard Engel reports from Kabul.
Afghan avalanches kill at least 28, strand 1,500
Avalanches on a mountain pass north of Kabul have killed at least 28 people, with another 1,500 stranded in their vehicles on snow-blocked roads, Afghan officials said Tuesday.
Recovery effort revives China’s quake zone
 China is showing off the results of its massive drive to rebuild its own quake zone 22 months after a 7.9-magnitude temblor struck and devastated the region and left at least 90,000 dead.
Mexico arrests 2 reputed leaders of drug gang
Mexican authorities on Monday arrested two suspected leaders of a brutal drug trafficking gang that terrorized the border city of Tijuana for several years, a U.S. official said.
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