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Kellie Pickler's wedding revealed in music video
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — If you want to see country singer Kellie Pickler on her wedding day, check out her husband's new music video. Songwriter Kyle Jacobs wrote and recorded a song for her, called "Say I Do." He used their private wedding...Tags: Human Interest, Marriage, Kellie Pickler, Badgley Mischka, New Year's Day
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U.S. contractor jailed in Cuba settles suit against employer
ReutersWASHINGTON (Reuters) - An American contractor imprisoned in Cuba has settled a lawsuit in which he accused the company he was working for when he was arrested and the U.S. government with failing to warn him about the risks of working on the communist-...Tags: Bethesda (Montgomery, Maryland), Arthritis, Chubb Corporation, Cuba
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Bill in U.S. Congress seeks vote on Puerto Rican statehood
ReutersSAN JUAN, May 15 (Reuters) - Puerto Rico's sole non-voting representative to Congress proposed legislation Wednesday that would offer U.S. statehood to the island if its voters wanted it. The Puerto Rico Status Resolution Act, which has 30 bipartisan co-...Tags: White House, U.S. Congress, Executive Branch, Politics, Spain
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Puerto Rico says bond payments on schedule
ReutersMay 9 (Reuters) - The president of Puerto Rico's Government Development Bank on Thursday denied a news report that the Caribbean island's highways authority might default on a bond payment. Dismissing the report as inaccurate, the development bank's...Tags: Credit Ratings, Credit and Debt, Bonds
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News of the Weird: Well-Earned Retirement
In March, twin sisters Louise and Martine Fokkens, 70, announced their joint retirement after more than 50 years each on the job — as Amsterdam prostitutes. (In February, the minimum age for prostitutes in the Netherlands was raised to 21, but there...
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Hong Kong shares expected to open steady, Q1 earnings loom
ReutersHONG KONG, April 25 (Reuters) - Hong Kong shares could start steady on Thursday ahead of a slew of first quarter earnings from bellwether Chinese companies ranging from Chinese oil majors PetroChina and Sinopec Corp to Bank of China. Citic Securities,...Tags: China Pacific Incorporated, Japan, Quarterly or Semiannual Financial Statements, South Korea, China
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ANALYSIS-Puerto Rico's economy may get worse before it gets better
Reuters* A tight budget may further dampen tepid economic growth * Key economic indicator turning down from December * Economic slowdown a negative for bonds By Michael Connor April 24 (Reuters) - Puerto Rico's new governor is trying to heal the Caribbean...Tags: Finance, Labor Markets, Employment Opportunities, Powerball Lottery, Luis Fortuno
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Southwest offers four new cities from BWI
Southwest offers flights to four new cities from BWI Southwest Airlines is now operating flights from Baltimore to four new cities as it continues its integration of subsidiary AirTran Airways. As of April 14, passengers can book flights on the...
Tags: Fort Lauderdale, AirTran, BWI Thurgood Marshall Airport, Southwest Airlines Co.
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Bow Wow Boogie promises to be a night to remember
All 460 seats to the largest party of the year for Harford County's homeless and neglected animals are already sold out, but there are still plenty of ways to support the animals at the shelter. The Humane Society of Harford County's Bow Wow Boogie will...Tags: Royal Caribbean International, Human Interest, Key West, Auction Service, Port Canaveral
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Sandy retired from list of tropical storm names
Sun SentinelAfter leaving a trail of death and destruction in the Caribbean and United States last October, Hurricane Sandy’s name has been retired from the official storm list. Sara now will replace Sandy, beginning in 2018, the National Oceanic and...Tags: Tropical Storms, Natural Disasters, Hurricane Sandy (2012), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Miami (Miami-Dade, Florida)
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Monarch of the Seas leaving Port Canaveral
Hispanosphere - Orlando SentinelAfter 22 years of sailing the Pacific and Atlantic oceans, Royal Caribbean's Monarch of the Seas is leaving Central Florida again - this time for good. On April 1, right after its last trip to Royal's private island of CocoCay in the Bahamas, the cruise... -
New details as FBI probes death on cruise ship from Baltimore
The woman who died onboard a cruise ship that originated out of Baltimore was 64 years old and from central Virginia, the FBI said Tuesday as the agency continued to investigate her death as "suspicious." The passenger from Midlothian, Va., outside of...
Tags: FBI, Police Investigations, Royal Caribbean International, Crime, Law and Justice, Personal Service
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