Puma to sell gasoline-ethanol mix in PR

A Swiss oil company says it will start selling regular gasoline mixed with ethan ...

US envoy in Cuba engages critics on and offline

HAVANA — The meeting on a sunny Havana square was a little bit revolutionary for ...

Santa Rosa leads ‘Forever Tango’ to B’way

NEW YORK — The singer known as the Gentleman of Salsa is temporarily turning to ...

Crowley invests $275M in equipment fleet
Issued: May 22, 2013
Crowley Maritime Corp.’s liner services group is adding more than 3,000 pie ...

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 ...

PIP regains certification at SEC
Issued: May 21, 2013
The Puerto Rican Independence Party has met the requirements for recertific ...

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

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 ...

Another drop in PR labor participation
Issued: May 20, 2013
Clouds continue to hang over Puerto Rico’s job scene despite falling unemployment as the labor participation rate continues to seesaw lower.

Toro Verde launches $15M expansion
Issued: May 20, 2013
Toro Verde Nature Adventure Park is investing more than $15 million in expansion that will include new installations and more attractions.

Governor takes status fight to The Hill
Issued: May 20, 2013
Gov. Alejandro García Padilla has turned to congressional media outlet The Hill as part of his pledge to “unmask” Resident Commissioner Pedr ...

Arrest for anti-gay Twitter threat in PR
Issued: May 20, 2013
A man has been arrested in Puerto Rico for a Twitter post that threatened a gay activist and made a reference to the Boston Marathon bombing ...

Police probe bomb threats in San Juan
Issued: May 20, 2013
Police opened an investigation Monday afternoon into bomb threats at La Fortaleza, the Capitol and the Treasury Department.

Condado Palm fills niche in travel hub
Issued: May 20, 2013
The Best Western Plus Condado Palm Inn & Suites is spreading the word that it is fully open following a $21 million investment to fully ...

Big ‘green’ plan for tiny Culebra
Issued: May 19, 2013
Gov. Alejandro García Padilla outlined Sunday a plan to make the tiny island town of Culebra the first of Puerto Rico’s 78 municipalities to ...

Drug charge for USVI environment officer
Issued: May 19, 2013
Federal agents have arrested the top enforcement officer for the U.S. Virgin Islands environment agency on drug trafficking charges after he ...

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Anthony Weiner launches bid to become NYC mayor
Issued: May 22, 2013
NEW YORK — Anthony Weiner's run for a renaissance is officially on.

More tornadoes from global warming? Nobody knows
Issued: May 21, 2013
A deadly tornado hit suburban Oklahoma City on Monday. A quick look at some basic facts: ...

Power of Moore tornado dwarfs Hiroshima bomb
Issued: May 21, 2013
WASHINGTON — Wind, humidity and rainfall combined precisely to create the massive killer tornado in Moore, Okla. And when they did, the awes ...

Stock indexes close higher on hopes for Fed
Issued: May 21, 2013
NEW YORK — Stocks are closing higher on Wall Street as investors bank on continued support from the Federal Reserve.

Moniz: LNG exports on hold until he reviews data
Issued: May 21, 2013
WASHINGTON — Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz said Tuesday he will put on hold about 20 applications to export liquefied natural gas until he r ...

US Senate grills Apple’s Cook on taxes
Issued: May 21, 2013
Apple’s CEO is disputing assertions by a Senate panel that the company avoids billions of dollars in U.S. taxes by shifting profits to forei ...

Court: US can keep bin Laden photos under wraps
Issued: May 21, 2013
WASHINGTON — A federal appeals court Tuesday backed the U.S. government's decision not to release photos and video taken of Osama bin La ...

Obama pledges urgent aid to Oklahoma town
Issued: May 21, 2013
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama pledged urgent government help for Oklahoma Tuesday in the wake of "one of the most destructive&quo ...

JPMorgan’s Dimon survives shareholder referendum
Issued: May 21, 2013
TAMPA, Fla. — Shareholders at JPMorgan Chase voted to let Jamie Dimon, the chairman and CEO, keep both his jobs.

ESPN cutting workforce, 'smartly managing costs'
Issued: May 21, 2013
NEW YORK — ESPN says that it is cutting its workforce.

Did you just win $590M? Get a good team in place
Issued: May 21, 2013
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — So you have a lottery ticket worth $590.5 million. Now what? ...

Medical examiner: 24 dead in Oklahoma twister
Issued: May 21, 2013
MOORE, Okla. — Emergency crews combed the sticks and rubble remains of an Oklahoma City suburb Tuesday morning less than a day after a massi ...

AP photographer sees kids pulled from Okla. school
Issued: May 21, 2013
Oklahoma City-based AP photographer Sue Ogrocki was at the elementary school destroyed by a tornado and saw rescuers pulling children out of ...

Crews dig through night after deadly Okla. twister
Issued: May 21, 2013
MOORE, Okla. — Spotlights bore down on massive piles of shredded cinder block, insulation and metal as crews worked through the night liftin ...

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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, ...

Cuba lifts ban on energy-hogging appliances
Issued: May 21, 2013
HAVANA — Cuba has authorized individual imports of appliances such as air conditioners, refrigerators and microwave ovens, lifting a ban imp ...

Does France have right plan to revive its economy?
Issued: May 21, 2013
PARIS — The man charged with reviving France's shrinking economy and attracting businesses to invest there is gaining a reputation for d ...

Venezuela opposition: Audio suggests Cuba meddling
Issued: May 20, 2013
CARACAS, Venezuela — Venezuela's opposition on Monday released an audio recording that it said contains a prominent member of the ruling ...

Chile miner happy to be played by Banderas in film
Issued: May 20, 2013
SANTIAGO, Chile — Antonio Banderas will star in a movie as one of the 33 Chilean miners trapped deep underground for more than two months in ...

Russian oligarchs foot most of 2014 Sochi Olympics
Issued: May 20, 2013
SOCHI, Russia — The mountains of Sochi are now home to Potanin's slope, Gazprom's gondola lift and Sberbank's ski jump. The nick ...

Palestinians hold off on UN agency membership
Issued: May 20, 2013
UNITED NATIONS — A top official says Palestinians have done all the legal work necessary to join 63 U.N. agencies, conventions and treaties, ...

State Dept: Reports of anti-Semitism increase
Issued: May 20, 2013
WASHINGTON — The State Department appointed a special envoy to monitor and combat anti-Semitism Monday as a new report documents a global in ...

Silver drops despite steady market tone elsewhere
Issued: May 20, 2013
LONDON — The price of silver was the standout mover in financial markets Monday as it took a hammering for the second trading session in a r ...

Russia claims to have foiled possible terror act
Issued: May 20, 2013
MOSCOW — Russia's counterterrorism agency said Monday that its special forces killed two militants and detained a third believed to have ...

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