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Hakkens will appear in court this morning
April 11, 2013 3:53 AM
The parents accused of kidnapping their children and fleeing to Cuba are scheduled to be in a Florida courtroom this morning. Josh and Sharyn Hakken are facing numerous charges. Investigators say Joshua tied up the boys' grandmother and took the boys last Wednesday morning. That grandmother got permanent... more » -
Cuba offers paid time off for workers to see Pope
March 18, 2012 12:30 AM
HAVANA (AP) - Cuba's communist government is making it easier for citizens to see Pope Benedict XVI during his visit this month. The government Labor Ministry says state workers in Havana and Santiago will get paid time off to attend papal events during the pope's March 26-28 trip to the... more » -
Cuba: Marathon swimmer Nyad eyes new Florida swim
September 22, 2011 6:47 PM
HAVANA (AP) - Cuban authorities said Thursday that American Diana Nyad plans to take another shot at what would be a record swim from Cuba to Florida after falling short of her goal last month. An email from Cuban press officials invited journalists to meet the famed endurance swimmer... more » -
Latin American singers honor Fidel Castro at 85
August 12, 2011 8:04 PM
HAVANA (AP) - Nearly two-dozen singers and musicians from nine Latin American nations are feting Fidel Castro in a happy-birthday concert on the eve of the former leader's 85th. The show in the Cuban capital is dubbed the "Serenade to Fidelity." The Communist Party newspaper Granma calls it... more » -
Man sentenced in 1968 hijacking
January 4, 2011 12:23 PM
NEW YORK (AP) - A U.S. citizen convicted of hijacking a plane from New York to Cuba four decades ago has been sentenced to 15 years in prison. Luis Armando Pena Soltren was sentenced Tuesday in federal court in Manhattan. Authorities say he and co-defendants brought pistols and knives... more » -
Bullseye on Cancun, Cozumel as hurricane approaches
October 13, 2010 8:14 AM
The center of Category 2 Hurricane Paula is expected to pass just to the east of Cancun this morning and slow down as it turns to the northeast. That would take the storm on a path toward the western end of Cuba later today. Evacuations have been ordered... more » -
Man gets life in spy case, wife also punished
July 16, 2010 11:46 AM
A federal judge has sentenced a former State Department worker to life in prison without possibility of parole for spying for Cuba and sentenced the man's wife to 81 months behind bars for helping her husband steal U.S. Secrets. U.S. District Judge Reggie Walton said Kendall and Gwendolyn Myers betrayed... more » -
U.S. talks with Cuba about approaching oil
May 19, 2010 12:51 PM
A U.S. State Department official says U.S and Cuban officials are holding "working level" talks on how to respond to the massive Deepwater Horizon oil spill that is believed to be dumping some 5,000 barrels of crude a day into the Gulf of Mexico. The talks are the latest... more » -
Army plans to blow-up chemical weapons in Pueblo
February 19, 2010 8:48 AM
The Army is planning to speed up the destruction of chemical weapons at facilities in Colorado and Kentucky by blowing them up. Officials say the plan to use explosives is perfectly safe. But environmental activists question that and say the Army is caving in to international pressure. Even speeding... more »
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