Puerto Rico

• Puerto Ricans favor statehood for first time

  (CNN) -- In an overshadowed Election Day contest, Puerto Ricans voted in favor of statehood in a nonbinding referendum, marking the first time such an initiative garnered a majority.

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• Puerto Rico vote endorses statehood with asterisk

  By BEN FOX, Associated Press - 1 minute ago. SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) - Puerto Ricans have supported U.S. statehood in a vote that jubilant members of the pro-statehood party say is the strongest sign yet that the Caribbean island territory is on ...

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• Puerto Rico approves statehood

  A slim majority of Puerto Ricans voted Tuesday to approve a nonbinding referendum that would make the island the 51st U.S. state.

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• Puerto Rico votes on whether to change relationship with US, elects governor ...

  The two-part referendum first asked voters if they wanted to change Puerto Rico's 114-year relationship with the United States.

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• Puerto Ricans opt for statehood in referendum

  SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) - A slim majority of Puerto Ricans sought to change their ties with the United States and become the 51st U.S.

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• Bobby Lutz fields questions about NC State on a Puerto Rico Tip-Off conference ...

  Coaches from the eight teams in the field for this year's Puerto Rico Tip-Off participated in a conference call Wednesday.

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• Puerto Rico votes on US ties and chooses governor

  By By DANICA COTO, Associated Press - 20 hours ago. SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) - Puerto Ricans faced a fundamental question on Election Day: Should they change their ties with the United States?

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• Randy Smith: Preparing For The Puerto Rico Tip-Off

  The Puerto Rico Tip-Off is a made for television, early season college tournament, staged by ESPN Regional Television, a subsidiary of ESPN.

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• Learning experience in Puerto Rico

  All the best lifters in the world were in Puerto Rico for the Powerlifting World Championships last week to compete for a spot at the World Games taking place next year.

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• Puerto Rico vote could change ties to US

  The two-part referendum first asks voters if they want to change Puerto Rico's 114-year relationship with the United States.

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• Puerto Rico votes to become America's 51st state in non-binding referendum

  SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - Puerto Ricans faced a fundamental question on their ballots this past Election Day: Should they change their ties with the United States?

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• Puerto Rico governor concedes in close race

  SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) - Puerto Rico's governor is conceding defeat in a close election in the U.S. island territory.

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• UMass crazy travel before facing Friars in Puerto Rico

  The coaches in the Puerto Rico Tip-Off are holding a press conference this morning. Here are a few nuggets: *The event is moving to the city of Bayamon, only a few miles outside of San Juan, due to a scheduling conflict.

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• Puerto Rico statehood vote still too close to call

  Aimed at resolving the 114-year-old conundrum over Puerto Rico's status, Tuesday's referendum marked the fourth time in 45 years that a vote had been held on the island's future.

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• Santiago filling idle time in winter ball

  Santiago, who turns 25 in December, now is part of Gigantes de Carolina in the Liga de Beisbol Profesional de Puerto Rico, making the trip with his fiancée as well as his brother, Anthony, who is a Minor League hurler in the White Sox system and will ...

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• In Puerto Rico, a Governor Pushes Big Change

  Puerto Rico is a unique example of these ideas in play, one where both the problem and its remedy are more extreme than nearly anywhere on the American mainland.

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• Susanne Ramirez de Arellano: Puerto Rican Voters to Choose the Lesser Evil

  After a bruising run-up to the elections, complete with political bickering and the demonization of the only two real contenders, Puerto Rican voters will go to the polls Tuesday to unravel a dilemma: which of the candidates is the lesser of perceived ...

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• Puerto Ricans are key in Florida presidential vote

  Florida's two biggest Hispanic groups -- Puerto Ricans and Cuban Americans -- have legal statuses not enjoyed by immigrants from other Latin American countries.

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• Puerto Rico votes on statehood or status quo

  From the moment you touchdown in Puerto Rico its dual heritage is clear, the cabin crew welcomes you to the capital San Juan in English and then Spanish.

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• Lady Gaga shows off fuller bikini body

  Mother Monster stripped down to a skin-tight, blue-and-white bikini while relaxing on the beach with pals in San Juan, Puerto Rico Friday, and she didn't care who saw. Gaga, who admitted to gaining 30 pounds earlier this year after unflattering photos ...

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