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Puerto Rico Unions Protest Job Cuts

Oct. 15, 2009
Union members in San Juan spoke out Thursday against a plan to lay off more than 20,000 government workers.
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SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico, Oct. 15 (UPI) -- Thousands of workers in Puerto Rico gathered Thursday in the capital of San Juan as part of a strike against major government budget cuts, an official said.
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LINWOOD, N.J., April 22 (UPI) -- Miss Puerto Rico will compete in the Miss America Pageant in January for the first time since 1961, organizers said.
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BAYAMON, May 25 (UPI) -- U.S. Democratic presidential hopefuls Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama traveled to Puerto Rico Saturday to try to sway voters as Puerto Rican primary nears.

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SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico, Feb. 21 (UPI) -- Clashes with police and scattered violence erupted Thursday after teachers in Puerto Rico went on strike, El Nuevo Dia reported online.

LIN TV sells Puerto Rican operations

PROVIDENCE, R.I., Oct. 19 (UPI) -- InterMedia Partners LP has agreed to pay $130 million to buy LIN TV Corp.'s Puerto Rico television operations. The stations being sold in the all-cash deal include WAPA-TV, a full-power independent station, and WJPX-TV, an independent station branded as M

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SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico, May 11 (UPI) -- Puerto Rico has brokered a deal to end the budget crisis gripping the Caribbean island, El Nuevo Dia reported Thursday.

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SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico, May 11 (UPI) -- Trade unions in Puerto Rico have halted protests while waiting for a commission's finding on the government's budget crunch, which led to massive layoffs.

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SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico, Nov. 29 (UPI) -- Verizon Tuesday awarded a total of $50,000 in scholarships to 10 students in Puerto Rico.

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Lori Anne Madison, 6, competes in Scripps National Spelling Bee
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Lori Anne Madison, 6, of Woodbridge, Virginia, spells out the letters in her word as she competes during the opening round of the Scripps National Spelling Bee, May 30, 2012, in National Harbor, Maryland. Madison, the youngest known qualifier in the history of the contest, correctly spelled the word "dirigible*", a lighter-than-air aircraft, to advance. UPI/Mike Theiler