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Diana Nyad Quits Swim After Storm, Jellyfish Stings
CNNHAVANA, Cuba -- Endurance swimmer Diana Nyad's latest attempt to swim across the Straits of Florida ended Tuesday morning after severe jellyfish stings and a lightning storm put her off course, her team said. She had been in the water for 60 hours and...Tags: Asthma, Sports, CNN (tv network), Swimming
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Oswaldo Paya dies at 60; Cuban anti-Castro activist
Cuban activist Oswaldo Paya, who spent decades speaking out against the communist government of Fidel and Raul Castro and became one of the most powerful voices of dissent against their half-century rule, died Sunday in a car crash in Cuba. He was 60....
Tags: Government, Activism, Prosecution, Roman Catholicism, Cuba
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Christian De La Rosa - Reporter
Christian De La Rosa wants to know your story. He comes to FOX 5 San Diego from Orlando, Florida where he spent 5 years covering hurricanes, The Case Against Casey Anthony and the controversial killing of Trayvon Martin.
Christian also covered numerous...Tags: Gainesville, Orlando, Marilyn Monroe, NASA, George W. Bush
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L.A. Film Festival spotlights human stories from Latin America
24 FramesAfter a string of movies about narco gang wars and desperate migrants, the Los Angeles Film Festival is presenting a different side of Latin American cinema: Cuban zombies, Chilean family road trips, Buenos Aires Elvis impersonators and the flying bird... -
Florida homeless shelter asks Fidel Castro for help
FloriDUHIf anything, it's innovative fundraising, The Bread of Life Mission, Charlotte County's oldest homeless shelter, helps more than 200 people in the county every day, according to its president, reports WBBH NBC News-2 in Fort Myers. Now the Christian-based... -
Pakistani doctor caught between counterterrorism and treason
World NowThe treason conviction and 33-year prison sentence given the Pakistani doctor who helped the CIA locate Osama bin Laden last year has outraged U.S. leaders who see Shakeel Afridi as a hero in their campaign against terrorism. A Senate panel voted to slash... -
Caribbean odyssey a harrowing and humorous tale
"Jamaica, Farewell" a show title with a judiciously placed comma but very little in the way of a set or other trappings, is one woman's first-person story of her determination to leave the Caribbean island of her birth and find her way to a new life in...
Tags: Government, Immigration, Jamaica, Politics, Joel Zwick
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April 10: Poll Results
WGN NewsMORNING NEWS POLL: Should the Miami Marlins punish Ozzie Guillen for his comments about Fidel Castro? Yes: 40% No: 60% MIDDAY NEWS POLL:Do you think Ozzie Guillen's 5 game suspension is fair? Yes: 55% No: 45% NEWS AT NINE POLL: Yes: % No: % THANKS...Tags: Politics, Elections, Ozzie Guillen
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Feds investigating BWI flights to Cuba
It was undoubtedly exciting news: Baltimore would become one of the few spots in the U.S. offering flights to Cuba, a Communist nation largely off-limits to American travelers.
But one critical item had been overlooked: the paperwork.
The Florida travel...Tags: Transportation, Tampa, Companies and Corporations, BWI Thurgood Marshall Airport, Travel
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BWI flights to Cuba to start in March
A Tampa-based company plans to begin offering flights next spring from BWI-Marshall Airport to Cuba, where travel has been restricted since 1961, shortly after Fidel Castro took power and nationalized U.S.-owned businesses.
But visitors shouldn't count...Tags: Government, Transportation, Travel, BWI Thurgood Marshall Airport, Companies and Corporations
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The week in Latin America: Meet Cuba's Scrabble man
La PlazaStories that made headlines this week in Latin America, and highlights from our coverage of the region by Times reporters and your blogger here at La Plaza....
Aug 21, 2012
|Story| CNN
Aug 21, 2012
|Story| KTLA-LTV
Jul 24, 2012
|Story| Los Angeles Times
Jun 15, 2012
|Story| KSWB-LTV
Jun 15, 2012
| Los Angeles Times
Jun 24, 2012
| Orlando Sentinel
May 27, 2012
| Los Angeles Times
May 8, 2012
|Column| Chicago Tribune
Apr 10, 2012
|Story| WGN-TV
Nov 17, 2011
|Story| Baltimore Sun
Nov 5, 2011
|Story| Baltimore Sun
Sep 10, 2011
| Los Angeles Times
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