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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. Â will be operating the weekly service that departs mid-afternoons starting...Tags: Trips and Vacations, BWI 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: BWI 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: BWI Thurgood Marshall Airport
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Cuba's high court rejects appeal by Maryland man
Cuba's Supreme Court rejected an appeal by Maryland contractor Alan Gross to be released from a 15-year prison sentence for alleged spying. The court claimed that Gross, of Potomac, who was arrested in December 2009 after distributing computer...Tags: Computing and Information Technology Industry, U.S. Department of State, George W. Bush, Barack Obama, Trips and Vacations
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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, U.S. Department of the Treasury, Havana (Cuba), Trips and Vacations, Marketing
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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: Mitch Daniels, Democratic Party, Iran, Republican Party, Immigration
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Emily falls apart over Hispaniola; could recover
Maryland WeatherThe National Hurricane Center says Tropical Storm Emily, which struck the island of Hispaniola Thursday, has degenerated into a tropical low after colliding with the island's mountains. Forecasters said they have not pronounced Emily dead yet:"THERE IS...Tags: Hispaniola, Floods, Tropical Storms, Dominican Republic, Disasters
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Katia nearly a hurricane; Gulf storm brewing
Maryland WeatherTropical Storm Katia is now producing top sustained winds of 70 mph, according to the National Hurricane Center, and it is expected to reach hurricane force tonight - just the second storm this season to become a hurricane.Meanwhile, another storm......Tags: Tropical Storms, Disasters, National Hurricane Center, Hurricane Katia (2011), Natural Disasters
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Stormy Caribbean could bring Cuba drought relief
Maryland WeatherFROM TODAY'S PRINT EDITIONS:We can be thankful, again, for those engineers who had the foresight to build Baltimore’s fine reservoir system, and for rainfall we can (usually) depend on. Cuba is suffering through another severe drought. It’s...Tags: Water Restrictions, Tropical Storms
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2 to 4 inches of rain due from TS Nicole
Maryland WeatherForecasters are warning that a new tropical storm near Cuba this morning will merge with low pressure forming off the southeastern U.S. overnight to bring Central Maryland 2 to 4 inches of rain tonight and Thursday, with up to 6 inches in......Tags: Transportation, Baltimore Weather, Natural Disasters, Washington County, Washington County (Maryland)
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Paula to dampen the Dry Tortugas
Maryland WeatherHurricane Paula, a very small and now minimal Cat. 1 hurricane, is moving north of western Cuba and threatening extreme South Florida with heavy rain. A Tropical Storm Watch is posted now for the Florida Keys and the Dry Tortugas......Tags: Floods, Tropical Storms, Disasters, Natural Disasters, Weather Warnings
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