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UPDATE: Woman in "Jamaican lottery scam" behind bars
A 76-year-old woman is behind bars in the Kosciusko County Jail, accused of defrauding an elderly couple. Kosciusko County Sheriff’s detectives drove to Georgia last week and arrested Joanne McCrary, 74, Calhoun, Georgia, on two counts of felony...
Tags: Crimes, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Theft, Customs and Tradition, Social Security
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Letters to the editor: compassionate cruise line, student debt, and Kiera Wilmot
At a time when so many cruise lines are being villified — some deservedly — I would like to voice my experience with the Royal Caribbean International Cruise Lines. On April 28, on the first day of our planned cruise on the Caribbean, my...Tags: Orlando, Royal Caribbean International, Tour Operations Industry, Science, Heart Failure
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Whistling Bird to reopen with new owner
Duluth News TribuneThe restaurant that brought a taste of Jamaica to the Iron Range town of Gilbert for 11 years is returning. Closed since November 2009, the Whistling Bird will reopen this summer, new owner Jessica Antonovich of Gilbert said Friday. She plans a July 3...Tags: Dining and Drinking, Trials, Lifestyle and Leisure, Restaurants
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Athletics-Diamond League Meeting Shanghai men/women results
ReutersMay 18 (Infostrada Sports) - Results from the Diamond League Meeting Shanghai Men/Women on Saturday Men's 1500m 1. Asbel Kiprop (Kenya) 3:32.39 2. Gebremedhen Gebremariam (Ethiopia) 3:32.43 3. Collins Cheboi (Kenya) 3:32.96 4. Abdalaati Iguider...Tags: Kenya, Track and Field, Ethiopia, Lashinda Demus, Germany
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OPINION: Not a Caribbean Man?
Caribbean News Now, Grand Cayman, Cayman IslandsTension is developing toward the Caribbean Community and Common Market (CARICOM) from some quarters in Jamaica. This was exemplified by a column in the Jamaica Gleaner newspaper written by an immigration attorney, Mr Ronald Mason. I believe it is fair...Tags: Marketing, North America, Caribbean Islands, Usain Bolt, Nobel Prize Awards
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Jamaican singer Derrick Morgan has been there, done that -- for real
Jamaican singer Derrick Morgan recorded the song "Conquering Ruler" in 1967, and it was no empty boast. He dominated his country's airwaves in the early '60s when he was barely out of his teens. Now 73 and performing regularly, Morgan is equally proud...
Tags: Entertainment, Music
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Copas Confederaciones y Oro no sacan a México de ruta al Mundial de Brasil
México, 14 may (EFE).- El seleccionador de fútbol de México, José Manuel de la Torre, afirmó hoy que el camino al Mundial de Brasil es el único objetivo de su país, que se alista para disputar en junio la Copa Confederaciones y en julio la Copa Oro de...Tags: Costa Rica
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Lab woes torpedo drug case
Boston HeraldA drug-dealing illegal alien linked to suspected welfare abuse in a Herald report last week had a 2011 cocaine and heroin case dismissed earlier this year because the evidence was locked inside the scandal-shuttered Jamaica Plain crime lab, according to...Tags: Justice System, Lawyers, Politics, Science and Technology, Deval Patrick
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In urban Delray Beach, mangoes, farm life still thrive
Just a few minutes north of the lights and crowds on Atlantic Avenue, there is a hidden oasis of tropical fruit. Tucked away unassumingly at the end of residential Seacrest Avenue, the Truly Tropical farm can almost go unnoticed among the homes, schools...
Tags: Property, Delray Beach, Palm Beach County, Lantana, Mangos
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From Jamaica to Northern Liberties
The Philadelphia Inquirer>BAR FERDINAND VERY GOOD This has been the spring of happy returns to Philadelphia restaurants. The past two weeks, I've reviewed the comebacks of a New York pizza padrone (Lombardi's Mike Giammarino at Gennaro's Tomato Pie) and a culinary star...Tags: Seafood, Fennel, The Philadelphia Inquirer, Animals, Foods and Beverages
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Rudisha keeps his cool to see off Aman in Doha
Reuters(Reuters) - Kenya's world record holder and Olympic champion David Rudisha had to work hard to secure victory over Ethiopian teenager Mohammed Aman in the 800 metres at the opening Diamond League meeting of the season in Doha on Friday. London Games...Tags: Justin Gatlin, Kenya, Track and Field, IAAF Diamond League, Doha (Qatar)
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Athletics-Meeting Doha men/women results
ReutersMay 10 (Infostrada Sports) - Results from the Meeting Doha Men/Women on Friday Men's 800m 1. David Lekuta Rudisha (Kenya) 1:43.87 2. Mohammed Aman (Ethiopia) 1:44.21 3. Job Koech Kinyor (Kenya) 1:44.24 4. Pierre-Ambroise Bosse (France) 1:44.77 5....Tags: United Kingdom, Ukraine, Germany, Russia, France
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