DANICA COTO

Associated Press Writer
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PR bar owner where 7 killed arrested on drug count

The owner of a neighborhood bar and grocery where seven people were shot to death was arrested and charged with drug trafficking Tuesday, authorities said.

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Top 'Caribbean Escape' closes in Turks and Caicos

An exclusive resort in the Turks and Caicos Islands that catered to celebrities and offered personal butlers and a pillow menu has closed after less than two years of operation.

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Miss Universe says crown fulfills improbable goal

The 2009 Miss Universe says her title fulfills a lifelong dream — and an improbable one for a girl who finished last in one of her first beauty pageants.

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Monkey-breeding facility in PR faces opposition

Residents of a Puerto Rican town are vowing to fight a planned monkey-breeding facility for fear that the primates will escape and overrun their community.

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Puerto Rican pageant fires petite beauty queen

The Miss Puerto Rico Petite competition stripped the reigning queen of her crown Friday, accusing the young woman of "intolerable conduct" that included threatening and assaulting pageant staff.

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Puerto Rico slashes gov't work force en masse

Puerto Rico fired nearly 8,000 government workers Friday, the start of a wave of layoffs aimed at closing a budget deficit as the island struggles through its third year of recession.

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A tsunami? The apocalypse? No, it's just the moon

It's only the moon, emergency officials in Puerto Rico are telling nervous islanders who have feared that recent extreme tides portend a tsunami or biblical catastrophe.

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Sotomayor maintains Puerto Rican roots

Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor wasn't born in Puerto Rico but she keeps in close touch with family back on the island, relatives said Tuesday.

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European scientists launch new space telescope

As American astronauts overhauled the aging Hubble, European scientists launched an even larger space telescope toward a far-flung orbit, hoping to help answer two questions: How did the cosmos begin and are we alone in it?

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Rocket departs French Guiana on Big Bang mission

A rocket carrying the largest telescope ever has launched into space on a mission that European scientists hope will help unravel the mystery of the universe's creation.

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Frogs flown from Montserrat to flee deadly fungus

Scientists are airlifting dozens of one of the world's largest frogs off of Montserrat island to save them from a deadly fungus devastating their dwindling habitat.

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4 Trinidad cops accused of stealing 1,000 animals

Four police officers in Trinidad allegedly hijacked a smuggling boat at gunpoint and stole 1,000 endangered birds and monkeys along with 400 pounds of wild animal meat, authorities said Tuesday.

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Tourists shun Mexico, embrace Caribbean amid flu

The Caribbean is reporting an unexpected jump in tourism as vacationers once bound for Mexico's sunny shores turn to new destinations amid worries about swine flu.

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Puerto Rico to ship pesky monkeys to Iraq

Puerto Rico has found an unlikely solution to ease its surplus of pesky wild monkeys: ship them to Iraq.

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US swimmer's trans-ocean odyssey raises questions

A U.S. swimmer crossed the Atlantic Ocean this month — but did she swim "across" the ocean?

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56-year-old becomes 1st woman to swim Atlantic

Jennifer Figge pressed her toes into the Caribbean sand, exhilarated and exhausted as she touched land this week for the first time in almost a month.

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Puerto Rico man charged in tourist slaying

A Puerto Rican man whose mother once slit the throats of two children was charged Thursday with killing a pregnant U.S. tourist in the same way after stuffing her in the trunk of his car.

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Top Navy official to review Guantanamo operations

The Pentagon said Tuesday it is sending a top Navy official to review operations at Guantanamo Bay even though it believes they already meet international standards.

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Gitmo detainee lawyers raise torture allegations

The attorney for a Guantanamo detainee accused of masterminding the USS Cole bombing has requested that charges be dropped following comments from a Pentagon official regarding torture.

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USS Cole bombing suspect to be arraigned at Gitmo

The Pentagon formally approved war crimes charges Friday against a Guantanamo detainee accused of masterminding the 2000 bombing of the USS Cole, potentially setting up a high-profile arraignment in the final days of the Bush administration.

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PR governor seeks help for islanders held in China

A U.S. congressman and Puerto Rico's governor said Tuesday they have asked the State Department to investigate the treatment of four island businessmen who were detained in China and accused of using counterfeit money.

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US investigator leads Puerto Rico crash probe

An initial examination of the wreckage of a small plane that plowed into a Puerto Rican rainforest this week turned up no evidence of engine malfunction, a U.S. investigator said Friday.

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Wyndham resort lays off 200 workers in Puerto Rico

About 200 workers have been laid off from a luxury resort in Puerto Rico, officials said Tuesday, adding to the struggles of a Caribbean hotel industry hit by falling revenues and bookings due to the global financial crisis.

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5 Gitmo detainees blame arrest on 'political game'

A group of Algerians who were ordered released from Guantanamo Bay on Thursday have long denied being terrorists, saying they were swept up in Bosnia and handed over to the U.S. as political pawns.

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