Officials to Free Puerto Rican Parrots Los Angeles Times
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico -- Twenty-one Puerto Rican parrots raised in captivity will be released -- a first attempt to create a new population of the threatened species by reintroducing it into an area where it previously existed, U.S. wildlife officials said Wednesday.
Thousands attend Puerto Rican event Florida Today
Thousands turned out for Sunday's 10th annual Puerto Rican Day Parade down Malabar Road to City Hall in Palm Bay.
Cross-border education: A strategy  The Manila Times
In the World Conference on Higher Education (WCHE) meeting (held in Paris in 2003) it was revealed that the changes taking place were already exceeding the far reaching expectations of 1998: demographic growth estimations pointed to a population of 7 billion to 8 billion people by 2025; the threshold of 100 million students worldwide had been crossed; and it was estimated that there would be some
A dozen vets of WWI still soldier on Knoxville News Sentinel
Scrawny but determined to fight in World War I, Howard Ramsey scarfed down banana after banana to bulk up enough to enlist. Today, he is still feisty at 108.
Millions Still Hungry in America; Record Number of Americans Depend on Food Banks This Holiday Season U.S. Newswire via Yahoo! News
While many of us are planning for Thanksgiving gatherings with friends and family, millions of our neighbors will be making decisions between turkey and basic necessities like heat, rent or medicine. In fact, more than 38 million people, including nearly 14 million children, in the United States are living on the brink of hunger, uncertain where their next meal will come from. That's more than
Puerto Ricans sought to fill need for bilingual speakers Daily Record
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico -- Police officers to Baltimore. Nurses to Florida. Teachers to Las Vegas.
Local rapist caught in Connecticut Leavenworth Times
A convicted rapist from Leavenworth who’d been a fugitive since his guilty verdict in September was said to be in custody Monday in a Connecticut jail.
Spanish Broadcasting System, Inc. Reports Results for the Third Quarter 2006 FinanzNachrichten
COCONUT GROVE, Fla., Nov. 7 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Spanish Broadcasting System, ( Nachrichten ) Inc. (the "Company" or "SBS") today reported financial results for the three- and nine-month periods ended September 30, 2006.
$400,000 grant spurs aquaculture research Honolulu Star-Bulletin
DESPITE grim news of declining fish populations, Charles Laidley of the Oceanic Institute says he's "pretty optimistic" because of developments in aquaculture.
Home Shopping Latino, Inc. Announces Merger Agreement with 1-800-Auto Tow Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance
MIAMI----Home Shopping Latino, Inc., dba Viva TeleCompras, today announced its merger with a Delaware company, 1-800-Auto Tow Inc. Under the terms of the merger, Home Shopping Latino's operations were mergered with and into 1-800-Auto Tow, 1-800-Auto Tow changed its name to "Home Shopping Latino, Inc.", the shares of 1-800-Auto Tow were reverse split on a 100:1 basis, and all the shares of

CIA - The World Factbook -- Puerto Rico
In 1898, after 400 years of colonial rule that saw the indigenous population nearly exterminated and African slave labor introduced, Puerto Rico was ceded
Census 2000 data for Puerto Rico
Link to Census 2000 Gateway, Census 2000 Data for Puerto Rico The population of Puerto Rico on April 1, 2000 was 3808610.
Puerto Rico Atlas: Maps and Online Resources — Infoplease.com
Up-to-date information on: Government, Economy, Population & Culture. Encyclopedia: Puerto Rico In-depth entries covering: Economy, Government, History,
Puerto Rico - Atlapedia Online
CLIMATE: Puerto Rico has a tropical climate at lower elevations and a 80% of the population and are predominantly of Spanish or mixed Spanish descent.
Puerto Rico People – Yahoo! Education
Puerto Rico – People information from the CIA World Factbook on Yahoo! Education. 7.86 deaths / 1000 population (2005 est.) Net migration rate: