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Menendez says he reimbursed donor for 2 jaunts
Sen. Robert Menendez's office says he reimbursed a prominent Florida political donor $58,500 on Jan. 4 of this year for the full cost of two of three ...
Angels' Pujols hopes to join Dominicans for WBC
Los Angeles Angels slugger Albert Pujols says he hopes to play for the Dominican Republic after the second round of the World Baseball Classic.
Sosa says he and McGwire belong in Hall of Fame
Sammy Sosa thinks he and fellow steroid-tainted star Mark McGwire belong in the Hall of Fame. Slammin' Sammy also said the Chicago Cubs should retire ...
UN team evaluates Dominican mine expansion project
A team of experts from the U.N. on Tuesday began evaluating a proposed nickel mine expansion in the Dominican Republic that has been halted by a court ...
A view of post-quake Haiti, on the run
Six days a week, the rail-thin athlete sets off at daybreak, his neon-green running shoes glowing in the grey light of dawn. It's hard not to notice ...
Haitian president to sing with Julio Iglesias
Haiti's singer-turned-president is returning to the international stage. President Michel Martelly will sing two songs with Spanish singer Julio ...
US magician burned in Dominican TV 'stunt'
A magician from the United States said Monday he is getting medical treatment and pursuing legal action after the host of a TV show in the Dominican ...
Haiti seeks to fix broken adoption system
Haiti is overhauling its adoption laws for the first time in nearly 40 years in an attempt to end practices that have allowed thousands of children ...
NY nanny pleads not guilty in 2 kids' knife deaths
A nanny accused in the stabbing deaths of two children in her care at their upscale home near Central Park pleaded not guilty Wednesday inside a ...
Marc Anthony comes to aid of Dominican orphanage
Singer Marc Anthony is coming to the aid of an orphanage in the Dominican Republic. A foundation run by Anthony with music and sports producer Henry ...
Ramirez homers on 1st pitch in Dominican debut
Manny Ramirez homered on his first pitch of the Dominican winter league season. Thousands of cheering fans stood and cheered as Ramirez came to bat ...
Dominican police arrest 3 in killing of ex-Yankee
Police in the Dominican Republic said Saturday that they have arrested three men suspected in the killing of former major league pitcher Pascual Perez ...
Dominican police say ex-Yankee Perez slain at home
Former major league pitcher Pascual Perez, who had a troubled 11-season career that included two suspensions for drug use, was killed at his home in ...
Dominican former Yankees pitcher slain at home
Police in the Dominican Republic say former major league pitcher Pascual Perez has been killed during an apparent home invasion robbery. A statement ...
Baseball talent flows like oil in Venezuela
On a ragged baseball diamond, its grass tall and infield dirt pockmarked, nearly 200 boys practice for hours every day. Many of them are inspired by ...
NYC nanny not herself before children's killings
Friends and relatives of Yoselyn Ortega, the New York City nanny accused of stabbing two young children to death, said she appeared to be struggling ...
Sandy gone, Caribbean mourns 58 dead, cleans up
The Caribbean death toll from Hurricane Sandy rose again sharply on Saturday, even as the storm swirled away toward the U.S. East Coast.
NY parents shaken as nanny accused of killing kids
The nightmarish case of a nanny accused of stabbing to death two children in her care stunned the family's well-to-do neighborhood and caused legions ...
Venezuela cheers for record 9 World Series players
Venezuelans are celebrating their homegrown baseball heroes as a record contingent of players from the country heads into the World Series with the ...
Villages slowly vanish as Hispaniola lakes grow
No one thought much about it when the largest lake in the Caribbean began rising in a year of heavy rains. But then it never stopped. Lake Enriquillo ...
Hispaniola death toll from Isaac climbs to 10
Haitians began to dig themselves out of the mud on Sunday, one day after Tropical Storm Isaac doused the Caribbean nation and killed eight people here ...
Isaac drenches Haiti, Cuba, heads toward Florida
Tropical Storm Isaac pushed over Cuba on Saturday after sweeping across Haiti's southern peninsula, where it caused flooding and at least four deaths, ...
Isaac nears Haiti with homeless quake population
Tropical Storm Isaac bore down on Haiti's southern peninsula early Saturday, threatening a city prone to flooding and dousing other areas of the poor ...