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Puerto Rico Environment

AP News 4 days ago

In this Oct. 4, 2007 photo, Puerto Rico's Natural Resources Secretary Javier Velez Arocho shows a map of the Northeast Ecological Corridor Reserve in the municipality of Luquillo in Puerto Rico. Puerto Rico's Gov. Luis Fortuno revoked on Oct. 30, 2009 this ...

Pacquiao beats Cotto to claim WBO welterweight crown

AFP Global Edition 6 days ago

Filipino challenger Manny Pacquiao won the World Boxing Organization welterweight title here by stopping Puerto Rican champ Miguel Cotto 55 seconds into the 12th round. Pacquiao became the first fighter to win seven world titles in seven weight classes. Copyright 2009 AFP ...

Pacquiao Cotto Boxing

AP News 6 days ago

Manny Pacquiao, of the Philippines, right, is worked on by trainer Freddie Roach during his WBO welterweight boxing title fight against Miguel Cotto, of Puerto Rico Saturday, Nov. 14, 2009 in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill) Copyright 2009 AP News

APTOPIX Pacquiao Cotto Boxing

AP News 6 days ago

Manny Pacquiao, of the Philippines, hammers Miguel Cotto, of Puerto Rico, against the ropes during their WBO welterweight boxing title fight Saturday, Nov. 14, 2009 in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill) Copyright 2009 AP News

PRico law banning pit bull ownership struck down

AP Features 7 days ago

Puerto Rican legislators have struck down a law that prohibits ownership of pit bulls. The Association of Medical Veterinarians estimates that more than 3,800 pit bulls have been euthanized in less than two years as mandated by an amended 1971 law that ...

Meeting expected to pump $100M into state economy

AP News 7 days ago

Jehovah's Witnesses convention expected to pump $100M into Hawaii's economy The Hawaii Tourism Authority calculates delegates to the Jehovah's Witnesses convention at the Hawaii Convention Center to spend about $100 million. HTA Vice President David Uchiyama says the projection is based, in ...

Changes in AP Latin American, Caribbean operations

AP News 9 days ago

Associated Press announces changes in Latin American, Caribbean operations The Associated Press on Wednesday announced changes in its Latin America and Caribbean operations, closing a service limited to Puerto Rican news within Puerto Rico while adding editors and reporters elsewhere for the ...

NY tourist robbed inside Ritz hotel in Puerto Rico

AP News 11 days ago

New York lawyer tied up, robbed inside room at Ritz-Carlton hotel in Puerto Rico A New York lawyer was robbed inside his room at the Ritz-Carlton hotel in Puerto Rico by assailants who tied him up before dawn Monday and stole $800 ...

"Men Who Stare at Goats" weathers far-flung shoot

Reuters US Online Report Entertainment News 12 days ago

LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Getting his project cast and financed was not the hard part for Grant Heslov. His feature directing debut, "The Men Who Stare at Goats," starring George Clooney, opened Friday via Overture Films and earned a respectable $13.3 ...

US tourist dies 'car surfing' in Puerto Rico

AP News 13 days ago

Police: New York tourist dies in 'car surfing' accident in Puerto Rico beach town 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 ...

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