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Hijacker of 1968 Pan Am Flight Gets 15-Year Sentence

A man who hijacked a plane to Cuba in 1968 was sentenced today to 15 years in prison by a federal judge who called the offense "a frightening crime." Luis Armando Pena Soltren, 67, who is a U.S. citizen, spent four decades as a fugitive before voluntarily returning to the U.S. from Cuba in 2009. He pleaded guilty in March...

Opinion: Puerto Rico Bites the Hand That Feeds It

(Nov. 10) -- Few places have been as hard hit by the recession as Puerto Rico. Over the past two years, the commonwealth has seen its unemployment climb from an already high 13 percent to a gut-wrenching 16 percent. So why did Puerto Rico Gov. Luis Fortuno just sign a law that will almost certainly make this picture even...

FBI Launches Largest Cop Corruption Case Ever in Puerto Rico

(Oct. 6) -- The FBI launched what it calls the "largest police corruption case" in the history of the agency early this morning in Puerto Rico, arresting 129 people around the country -- most of whom were public servants ranging from police officers to municipal workers to U.S. Army soldiers. The defendants face drug...

15th Named Atlantic Storm of Season May Be Forming

(Oct. 5) -- An area of low pressure in the western Atlantic is showing signs of becoming more organized this afternoon and may become the 15th named storm of the season. It would be Tropical Storm Otto, and initial indications are that the storm will not be a direct threat to the United States. Weather Resources:- Get...

Colbert's Congressional Appearance Is Over, But Don't Forget the Migrant Workers

(Oct. 1) -- Many have expressed umbrage at comedian Stephen Colbert appearing -- largely in character -- before a congressional panel to discuss migrant farmworkers. But of course his celebrity status brought attention, however briefly, to the plight of these farmworkers, many of whom are illegal immigrants. And his most...

Background on Puerto Rico

Puerto Rico ( or ), officially the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico (, —literally, "Associated Free State of Puerto Rico"), is an unincorporated territory of the United States, located in the northeastern Caribbean, east of the Dominican Republic and west of both the United States Virgin Islands and the British Virgin Islands.

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