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Travel Agents Booking Trips to Cuba Win Suit

Apr. 14, 2009
Florida travel agencies that book trips to Cuba gained a victory when a federal district judge overturned a state law that required them to post a bond of $250,000 each.
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Youngsters compete in Scripps National Spelling Bee
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Contestants (L-R) Cooper Barth of West Long Branch, New Jersey, Eboseremhen Eigbe of Galloway, New Jersey, Jacob Bayly Hunter of Sante Fe, New Mexico and Massound Sharif of Albany, New York, all await their turns to compete during the 3rd round of the Scripps National Spelling Bee, May 30, 2012, in National Harbor, Maryland. UPI/Mike Theiler