NYT: Treatment for Blood Disease Is Gene Therapy Landmark
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Medical researchers in Britain have successfully treated six
11:41 pm | Carlos Henriquez stood front and center with his bass throughout “The Music of Cachao,” Jazz at Lincoln Center’s tribute to the pioneering Cuban bassist and composer Israel Cachao López on Friday night at…
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06:31 pm | The Cuban government has denied that a man who died in custody on Thursday was a political prisoner who had been on hunger strike. State-controlled media said Wilman Villar had been in jail…
Jan 21 2012 / No Comment / Read More »11:31 pm | Sirius-XM’s Cristina Radio and En Vivo to Include National Coverage of 2012 Election National Latino Broadcasting LLC (NLB) announced today the roll-out of cutting-edge programming examining current political issues on Cristina Radio and…
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02:45 am | Twenty-six Cubans came ashore near Newfound Harbor in the Florida Keys in what authorities described as a possible migrant-smuggling operation. The refugees, who arrived Friday, were taken into custody by the U.S. Border…
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02:36 am | Venezuela President Hugo Chavez, who suffered from cancer, has been told by doctors that he has less than a year to live. Chavez, 56, declared himself cancer-free after undergoing surgery in Cuba to…
Jan 17 2012 / No Comment / Read More »04:32 am | Around the world, propagandists for the Castro brothers in Cuba are heralding the regime’s “new economic reforms.” After plundering the island’s wealth during 52 years of brutal repression and totalitarian rule, the octogenarian…
Jan 15 2012 / No Comment / Read More »04:52 am | During a September round-table with Hispanic journalists, President Obama was asked whether he was concerned about a backlash from his administration unilaterally easing sanctions towards Cuba despite the fact that the Castros’ regime…
Dec 27 2011 / No Comment / Read More »11:59 pm | Luis Damian came to the U.S. from Cuba nearly a decade ago and has never returned, nor does he frequently send money to his relatives on the island. Still, he can’t understand why…
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01:05 pm | CARACAS — Leaders of Latin American and Caribbean nations worked Saturday to finalize an action plan for a new Americas bloc, which excludes the United States and which, according to its organizers, is…
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12:30 pm | Take out the account = “Saca la cuenta” You didn’t take account = “No te diste cuenta” The embarrassment costs = “Vale la pena” They threw me an indirect = “Me tiro una…
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11:21 pm | Reasonable minds should be able to agree that it’s not in the United States’ national interest to assist anti-American dictators in searching for oil to support their repressive, failing regimes. It won’t drop…
Nov 16 2011 / Comments Off / Read More »03:15 am | HAVANA — Guillermo Farinas, a leading Cuban dissident and winner of the European parliament’s top human rights prize, was arrested and for the first time beaten in detention, said his mother and activists.…
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01:56 am | This is the meaning of the word refugee and was the choice of words to describe the first wave of Cubans who left Cuba in the early 60′s. It remained the choice word…
Nov 3 2011 / No Comment / Read More »01:26 pm | Recently there has been much ado about the validity of Sen. Marco Rubio’s status as a son of exiles. The controversy mistakenly suggests that to be pro-freedom a Cuban must have left the…
Oct 29 2011 / No Comment / Read More »10:59 pm | Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer says she meant no disrespect when she pointed a finger at President Obama during an…
Jan 26 2012 / No Comment / Read More »11:41 pm | Carlos Henriquez stood front and center with his bass throughout “The Music of Cachao,” Jazz at Lincoln Center’s tribute…
Jan 22 2012 / No Comment / Read More »11:26 pm | STATE COLLEGE, Pa. – Happy Valley was perfect for Joe Paterno, a place where “JoePa” knew best, where he…
Jan 22 2012 / No Comment / Read More »06:31 pm | The Cuban government has denied that a man who died in custody on Thursday was a political prisoner who…
Jan 21 2012 / No Comment / Read More »04:16 pm | If you hadn’t heard of SOPA before, you probably have by now: Some of the internet’s most influential sites—Reddit…
Jan 19 2012 / No Comment / Read More »12:08 am | Medical researchers in Britain have successfully treated six patients suffering from the blood-clotting disease known as hemophilia B by…
Jan 19 2012 / No Comment / Read More »11:31 pm | Sirius-XM’s Cristina Radio and En Vivo to Include National Coverage of 2012 Election National Latino Broadcasting LLC (NLB) announced…
Jan 18 2012 / No Comment / Read More »10:54 pm | Visitors and residents in Westminster and Kensington and Chelsea will be able to access free WiFi on their smartphones,…
Jan 17 2012 / No Comment / Read More »02:45 am | Twenty-six Cubans came ashore near Newfound Harbor in the Florida Keys in what authorities described as a possible migrant-smuggling…
Jan 17 2012 / No Comment / Read More »02:36 am | Venezuela President Hugo Chavez, who suffered from cancer, has been told by doctors that he has less than a…
Jan 17 2012 / No Comment / Read More »01:59 am | On the first King holiday since the now-global Occupy movement launched in New York City in September, the reignited…
Jan 17 2012 / No Comment / Read More »08:17 pm | The news yesterday from Cairo, once again, was ominous. This time Iran warned its oil-producing neighbors in the Persian…
Jan 16 2012 / No Comment / Read More »04:32 am | Around the world, propagandists for the Castro brothers in Cuba are heralding the regime’s “new economic reforms.” After plundering…
Jan 15 2012 / No Comment / Read More »11:45 pm | Three people are confirmed dead after a cruise ship carrying more than 4,000 people ran aground off Italy. There…
Jan 14 2012 / No Comment / Read More »03:13 am | COMMERCE has long been at the mercy of the elements. The British East India Company was almost strangled at…
Jan 14 2012 / No Comment / Read More »01:33 am | Carbon dioxide may be public enemy number one in the fight against global warming. But taking aim at methane…
Jan 13 2012 / No Comment / Read More »03:01 pm | A federal judge has ruled that a Rhode Island high school must tear down a prayer banner that encouraged…
Jan 12 2012 / No Comment / Read More »07:13 pm | If you live or work in an area with marginal cell service and want to use your Android smartphone…
Jan 5 2012 / No Comment / Read More »06:55 pm | IT SEEMS a strange sort of new year’s resolution. Twice in a row the Hungarian government has begun the…
Jan 5 2012 / No Comment / Read More »06:40 pm | The U.S. Air Force’s top secret X-37B space plane may be spying on China, according to a report in…
Jan 5 2012 / No Comment / Read More »04:23 am | Let’s be honest: We all know you’re not really gonna quit smoking, start exercising, and eat more vegetables as…
Jan 3 2012 / No Comment / Read More »12:20 am | The giant keyhole limpet’s hemolymph carries a protein that is the essential component of a new cancer vaccine. Keyhole…
Jan 2 2012 / No Comment / Read More »04:52 am | During a September round-table with Hispanic journalists, President Obama was asked whether he was concerned about a backlash from…
Dec 27 2011 / No Comment / Read More »07:37 pm | The global activist hacking group Anonymous claims to have obtained thousands of credit card numbers and personal information from…
Dec 26 2011 / No Comment / Read More »07:23 pm | A radical Muslim sect has claimed responsibility for two bomb attacks on churches in Nigeria during Christmas Day services…
Dec 26 2011 / No Comment / Read More »05:02 am | Associated Press= CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — President Barack Obama’s sharp criticisms of Venezuela’s human rights record and its ties…
Dec 20 2011 / No Comment / Read More »03:33 am | SEOUL, South Korea – Kim Jong Il, North Korea’s longtime leader, has died at 69 of a heart attack,…
Dec 19 2011 / No Comment / Read More »08:43 pm | Cairo (CNN) — Pro-democracy demonstrators battled Egyptian police for a third straight day Sunday, their anger stoked by images…
Dec 18 2011 / No Comment / Read More »11:59 pm | Luis Damian came to the U.S. from Cuba nearly a decade ago and has never returned, nor does he…
Dec 15 2011 / No Comment / Read More »12:49 pm | Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula is rebranding itself to try to lose the negative “baggage” associated with the…
Dec 14 2011 / No Comment / Read More »Fox News: Obama dismisses tense exchange with Brewer in Arizona as ‘blown out of proportion’
NYT: Veterans and Young Guns Pay Tribute to the Cuban Father of the Mambo
FoxNews: Joe Paterno, former Penn State football coach, dies at 85
BBC: Cuba says dead prisoner Wilman Villar ‘no dissident’
Gizmodo.com: What Is SOPA?
NYT: Treatment for Blood Disease Is Gene Therapy Landmark
Capitol Hill Cubans: National Latino Broadcasting Announces First-of-its-Kind Political Programming from Washington DC Targeting US Hispanics
TechnGadgets.uk: O2 gets ready to give London free Wi-Fi
Miami Herald: 26 Cuban migrants reach land in Keys
Deccan Chronicle: Doctors say cancer-stricken Chavez has ‘less than one year to live’
Reuters: Martin Luther King Jr. is remembered across the nation
GasBuddy.com: OPEC’s all about semantics
Huff Post: Cuba’s ‘New’ Reforms are an Old Scam
BBC: Italy cruise ship Costa Concordia aground near Giglio
The Economist: The rising cost of catastrophes
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11:41 pm | Carlos Henriquez stood front and center with his bass throughout “The Music of Cachao,” Jazz at Lincoln Center’s tribute to the pioneering Cuban bassist and composer Israel Cachao López on Friday night at the Rose Theater. This was, as Mr. Henriquez noted with a chuckle in the concert’s second half, a departure from his usual…
Jan 22 2012 / No Comment / Read More »12:08 am | Medical researchers in Britain have successfully treated six patients suffering from the blood-clotting disease known as hemophilia B by injecting them with the correct form of a defective gene, a landmark achievement in the troubled field of gene therapy. Hemophilia B, which was carried by Queen Victoria and affected most of the royal houses of…
Jan 19 2012 / No Comment / Read More »10:59 pm | Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer says she meant no disrespect when she pointed a finger at President Obama during an intense discussion on an airport tarmac. But the Republican governor says the Democratic president showed disrespect for her by abruptly ending their conversation. Obama, for his part, responded in an interview with ABC News that the…
Jan 26 2012 / No Comment / Read More »08:17 pm | The news yesterday from Cairo, once again, was ominous. This time Iran warned its oil-producing neighbors in the Persian Gulf against boosting production to offset any potential decrease that might occur when and if Iran drops its exports in the event of an embargo. Iran does not want to see oil shipments from Saudi Arabia,…
Jan 16 2012 / No Comment / Read More »04:16 pm | If you hadn’t heard of SOPA before, you probably have by now: Some of the internet’s most influential sites—Reddit and Wikipedia among them—are going dark to protest the much-maligned anti-piracy bill. But other than being a very bad thing, what is SOPA? And what will it mean for you if it passes? SOPA is an…
Jan 19 2012 / No Comment / Read More »08:17 pm | The news yesterday from Cairo, once again, was ominous. This time Iran warned its oil-producing neighbors in the Persian Gulf against boosting production to offset any potential decrease that might…
Jan 16 2012 / No Comment / Read More »03:13 am | COMMERCE has long been at the mercy of the elements. The British East India Company was almost strangled at birth when it lost several of its ships in a storm.…
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12:30 am | (Reuters) – Retailers were hoping for more shoppers like Shawn Elzia as the annual Black Friday bargain stampede marked the unofficial start…
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03:53 am | Oil futures surged over $101 a barrel today for the first time since June, a spike which analysts say could raise prices…
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03:41 am | As MF Global Holdings Ltd. was sinking in late October, trader Andrew Gochberg thought he was making all the right moves to…
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07:13 pm | If you live or work in an area with marginal cell service and want to use your Android smartphone to make and…
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01:38 am | The Linux community is setting the itinerary for what could become the biggest leap yet toward achieving a fully connected, software-enhanced car.…
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06:50 pm | Facebook Inc., preparing for a potential initial public offering, plans to hire thousands of employees in the next year and add an…
Dec 3 2011 / No Comment / Read More »04:16 pm | If you hadn’t heard of SOPA before, you probably have by now: Some of the internet’s most influential sites—Reddit and Wikipedia among them—are going dark to protest the much-maligned anti-piracy…
Jan 19 2012 / No Comment / Read More »10:54 pm | Visitors and residents in Westminster and Kensington and Chelsea will be able to access free WiFi on their smartphones, laptops and tablet devices this summer during the Olympics thanks to…
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