Report: Kids need to get more physical

WASHINGTON — Reading, writing, ‘rithmetic — and PE? ...

Survey shows China manufacturing contracting, signals slowing in world’s No. 2 economy

BEIJING — A survey shows China’s manufacturing contracted this month, adding to ...

Mais non! French universities may teach in English

PARIS — In France, there’s a brewing debate over whether to speak anglais in uni ...

GDB selling Old City, Fajardo properties
Issued: May 23, 2013
Puerto Rico’s Government Development Bank is putting properties on the mark ...

OFG declares quarterly stock dividend
Issued: May 23, 2013
OFG Bancorp (NYSE: OFG) announced Thursday that its board of directors decl ...

Indian businesses eye PR ventures
Issued: May 23, 2013
A group of government officials and businesspeople from India are gauging p ...

Carrión enters race for IOC top post
Issued: May 22, 2013
Popular Inc. CEO & President Richard Carrión on Wednesday officially an ...

PR legislator targets parents of dropouts
Issued: May 22, 2013
A legislator in Puerto Rico has submitted a bill that would increase fines and jail time for parents whose children skip classes or drop out ...

Culebra mayor lauds building plan
Issued: May 22, 2013
Puerto Rico’s tiny island of Culebra has been forever dependent on the central government for food, jobs and health care, but the territory’ ...

Santa Rosa leads ‘Forever Tango’ to B’way
Issued: May 22, 2013
NEW YORK — The singer known as the Gentleman of Salsa is temporarily turning to tango: Gilberto Santa Rosa will make his Broadway debut in t ...

Crowley invests $275M in equipment fleet
Issued: May 22, 2013
Crowley Maritime Corp.’s liner services group is adding more than 3,000 pieces of cargo handling equipment to its robust and diverse fleet.

Puma to sell gasoline-ethanol mix in PR
Issued: May 21, 2013
A Swiss oil company says it will start selling regular gasoline mixed with ethanol as part of a pilot program in Puerto Rico.

Report: Jobs rise, wages fall in PR
Issued: May 21, 2013
Employment rose but average wages fell in Puerto Rico’s capital city of San Juan last year, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Tue ...

PIP regains certification at SEC
Issued: May 21, 2013
The Puerto Rican Independence Party has met the requirements for recertification as an official political party, the State Elections Commiss ...

Bayamón Hyatt to boast Applebee’s
Issued: May 21, 2013
The new Hyatt hotel being built in the heart of Bayamón will include the fourth Applebee’s restaurant in Puerto Rico.

PR, feds negotiate costly police reform
Issued: May 21, 2013
Puerto Rico officials and federal authorities are hammering out the final guidelines of a multimillion dollar reform of the Puerto Rico Poli ...

Towns appeal Jehovah’s Witness access
Issued: May 21, 2013
Municipal governments have appealed an order by a federal judge to give Jehovah’s Witnesses unfettered access to gated communities that lack ...

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US unemployment aid applications fall to 340K
Issued: May 23, 2013
WASHINGTON — The number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits fell by 23,000 last week, further evidence that the job market is sl ...

Companies pile perks on top of big pay
Issued: May 23, 2013
NEW YORK — Wynn Resorts kept a suite open all year at its tony Las Vegas hotel and casino for founder and CEO Steve Wynn, at a cost of nearl ...

Median CEO pay up to $9.7M in 2012
Issued: May 23, 2013
CEO pay has been going in one direction for the past three years: up.

4 Americans killed since 2009 in US drone strikes
Issued: May 22, 2013
WASHINGTON — The Obama administration acknowledged for the first time Wednesday that four American citizens have been killed in drone strike ...

Man shot to death while questioned in Boston probe
Issued: May 22, 2013
ORLANDO, Fla. — A Chechen immigrant was shot to death by authorities in central Florida early Wednesday after he turned violent while being ...

Bernanke: Ending stimulus could curb economic recovery
Issued: May 22, 2013
WASHINGTON — Chairman Ben Bernanke is telling Congress Wednesday that the U.S. job market remains weak and that it is too soon for the Feder ...

Apple case seen as possible spur for tax action
Issued: May 22, 2013
WASHINGTON — Now that tech darling Apple Inc. has been dragged front and center into the debate over the U.S. tax code, lawmakers are hoping ...

Stocks fall on news Fed weighed cutting stimulus
Issued: May 22, 2013
NEW YORK — Stocks are closing lower on news that several Federal Reserve policymakers favored cutting back on stimulus programs as early as ...

Oklahoma tornado damage could top $2 billion
Issued: May 22, 2013
MOORE, Okla. — The tornado that tore through an Oklahoma City suburb destroyed or damaged as many as 13,000 homes and may have caused $2 bil ...

College fossil-fuel divestment movement builds
Issued: May 22, 2013
SWARTHMORE, Pa. — In an effort to slow the pace of climate change, students at more than 200 colleges are asking their schools to stop inves ...

Officials: Suspect lunged at FBI agent with knife
Issued: May 22, 2013
BOSTON — Law enforcement officials say a man was shot while he was being questioned in the Boston Marathon bombing case after he lunged at a ...

FBI: Man fatally shot in Boston bombing probe
Issued: May 22, 2013
ORLANDO, Fla. — The FBI is leaving open the question of who fired the fatal shot that killed a man being questioned by authorities in the Bo ...

Boy Scout leaders to vote on lifting gay ban
Issued: May 22, 2013
GRAPEVINE, Texas — The Boy Scouts of America will convene a two-day meeting of 1,400 local leaders to consider changing its long-standing ba ...

More doctors, hospitals using electronic records
Issued: May 22, 2013
WASHINGTON — The Obama administration says more doctors and hospitals are embracing technology as adoption of computerized medical records r ...

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Weak yen a help for Japan, but headache elsewhere
Issued: May 23, 2013
TOKYO — A steady fall in the value of the yen is proving a godsend for exporters such as Toyota. The cheaper yen is making their products mo ...

Britain: Soldier slaying suspects had been probed
Issued: May 23, 2013
LONDON — Two men accused of butchering a British soldier had featured in previous investigations by security services, a British official sa ...

Japan gyrations underline economy's vulnerability
Issued: May 23, 2013
TOKYO — Japan's financial markets gyrated wildly Thursday, underscoring the vulnerability of its economy to a loss of investor confidenc ...

Brave woman tried to reason with London attackers
Issued: May 23, 2013
LONDON — A brave scout leader who may have prevented further violence has emerged as an unlikely hero in the apparent terror attack that lef ...

Ousted premier seeks return to power in Cayman
Issued: May 22, 2013
KINGSTON, Jamaica — A former Cayman Islands premier who faces 11 criminal charges and was ousted from leadership last year went into Wednesd ...

US envoy in Cuba engages critics on and offline
Issued: May 22, 2013
HAVANA — The meeting on a sunny Havana square was a little bit revolutionary for Cuba’s revolution. And for U.S. diplomacy as well.

Cameron: 'Indications' London attack terror
Issued: May 22, 2013
LONDON — British Prime Minister David Cameron says there are "strong indications" that a brutal attack in London is terror-related ...

Polish man gets quick face transplant after injury
Issued: May 22, 2013
WARSAW, Poland — A 33-year-old Polish man received a face transplant just three weeks after being disfigured in a workplace accident, in wha ...

Vatican releases first report of financial watchdog
Issued: May 22, 2013
VATICAN CITY — The Vatican took another step Wednesday to show greater financial transparency by publishing the first annual report from its ...

EU leaders discuss fight against tax evasion
Issued: May 22, 2013
BRUSSELS — The European Union's leaders are seeking to advance their fight against tax evasion and close loopholes for large corporation ...

SAP to recruit tech staff with autism
Issued: May 22, 2013
BERLIN — German software giant SAP AG says it plans to recruit hundreds of staff with autism to make full use of their talents to process in ...

Struggling Spain offers engineers to Brazil
Issued: May 21, 2013
BRASILIA, Brazil — Spain's development minister is urging Brazil to hire some of the engineers that her own economy doesn't have roo ...

The pope and the devil: Is Francis an exorcist?
Issued: May 21, 2013
VATICAN CITY — Is Pope Francis an exorcist? ...

Internet cable from Cuba to Jamaica comes online
Issued: May 21, 2013
HAVANA — A new branch of the Venezuela-to-Cuba undersea fiber-optic cable has reportedly come online, linking the island to nearby Jamaica, ...

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