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From Cuban cell, Gross thanks Jewish community for support
Alan Gross, the Potomac man serving 15 years in Cuba after carrying communications equipment into the communist island nation, continues to communicate with supporters from the military hospital where he is held.
The Jewish Community Relations Council of...Tags: Breast Cancer, Bill Richardson, Cancer, Prisons, Barack Obama
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Alan Gross, in Cuban prison, asks to see his ailing mother
Alan Gross, the Maryland man who is serving 15 years in a Cuban prison after taking communications equipment into the communist nation, is asking authorities there to let him return to the United States to visit his ailing mother before she dies.
Gross,...Tags: Cancer, Hospitals and Clinics, Caribbean Islands, Lung Cancer, Benjamin L. Cardin
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Havana Road paves a tasty path between Cuban culture and Towson
Havana Road Cuban Café has been open for less than two years, long enough to gain a following in downtown Towson simply on the merits of its Cuban cuisine.
But for owner and chef Marta Inés Quintana, the restaurant, located at 8 W. Pennsylvania Ave.,...Tags: Dining and Drinking, Foods and Beverages, Voting, Towson Commons, Elections
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U.S. State Department must stop meddling in other nations' affairs
Cuban accusations against American Alan Gross and recent Egyptian allegations against four Americans who were promoting democracy on Egyptian soil have some eerie similarities. Alan Gross, who has been confined in Cuba since 2009, and the four Americans...Tags: National Government, Democracy, Government, Political Systems, U.S. Department of State
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Planned BWI-Cuba flights delayed until October
Plans to begin weekly flights to Cuba from Baltimore have been pushed back to October because of lack of demand, the head of the travel company offering the service said Tuesday. The flights were to begin next month.
William Hauf, president of Tampa,...Tags: Companies and Corporations, Havana (Cuba), Tampa, Trips and Vacations, Marketing
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Question for Occupy protesters: If socialism is so great, how come Americans aren't flocking to live in Cuba?
Please pass on to letter writer Umar Farooq ("Occupy Baltimore: There's a reason The Sun can't grasp what our movement is about," Oct. 8) that most of us prefer the optimism and opportunity of capitalism to the pessimism and depression of socialism....Tags: Philosophy
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Hola, Cuba! Flights from BWI to Cuba to start next year
If you have the hankering for a good cigar, you will be able to jump on a charter flight from BWI to Cuba beginning in March and buy a box there. Island Travel & Tours Ltd. will be operating the weekly service that departs mid-afternoons starting...Tags: Trips and Vacations, Baltimore-Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport, International Travel
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Celebrating the return of flights to Cuba
I was elated to read your article about the new charter flights to Cuba ("BWI flights to Cuba to start in March," Nov. 5). I left Cuba in 1997 which I was 9, which officially makes me a "Castro's daughter" – the term Cuban-Americans use to...Tags: Baltimore-Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport
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Cuba: Americans should be free to go see it for themselves
Our organization was pleased to read about plans to begin charter flights from BWI to Cuba in March ("Hola, Cuba! Flights from BWI to Cuba to start next year," Nov. 4). It's about time. The ban on U.S. citizens traveling to Cuba has been in place for...Tags: Baltimore-Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport
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Mother appeals for son's release from Cuban prison
The 89-year-old mother of Alan Gross, the Maryland man who is serving 15 years in a Cuban prison after taking cellphones, laptop computers and satellite equipment into the communist nation, released a video statement Thursday appealing to President Raśl...Tags: Hillary Clinton, Lung Cancer, Lungs and Airways, C.A. Dutch Ruppersberger, Benjamin L. Cardin
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Supercommittee should take a look at the Puerto Rican miracle
Since the congressional supercommittee appears unable, or unwilling, to take a lesson from Indiana or Virginia -- where Republican governors have made spending cuts and delivered budget surpluses without damaging the social safety net -- members might...Tags: Iran, Mitch Daniels, Regional Authority, Moody's Corporation, Executive Branch
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Table Talk: Havana Road expands into prepackaged meals
Marta Ines Quintana's Havana Road Cafe was one of the sweetest success stories of 2010. The Towson restaurant caught on quickly.
"Every once in a while, you come across a restaurant that has distinctive, well-prepared food at sensible prices," The...Tags: Havana (Cuba), Hollywood (Broward, Florida), Entertainment Events, Federal Hill, Dining and Drinking
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