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Capturing the Dominican Republic in a Glass

Puerto Plata is more than just a fashionable Dominican Republic vacation resort. It is also home to Brugal, the most popular rum in the Caribbean, and one that is now starting to be discovered in the United States as well as in Europe.

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Hurricane Irene Gathers Power on Path toward East Coast

By Neil Hartnell NASSAU (Reuters) - Hurricane Irene strengthened to a major Category 3 hurricane over the Bahamas on Wednesday as it roared up from the Caribbean on a path expected to swipe the East Coast from the Carolinas upward at the weekend.

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Cruise lines offer prepaid packages for booze

Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd., which includes Royal Caribbean and Celebrity Cruises, has taken a lead in expanding the prepaid concept to alcoholic beverages.

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Human Sewage Identified as Coral Killer

A Florida biologist has linked a vicious coral-killing pathogen in the Caribbean and Florida Keys to human sewage that leaks into the ocean from improperly treated wastewater. [More]

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Is Streaming Video Cannibalizing Amazon’s DVD Sales?

Over Memorial Day weekend, blockbuster sequels such as The Hangover Part II, Kung Fu Panda 2, and Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides soared at the box office. Unsurprisingly, prequels to these films also earned a boost in sales at the home box office, thanks to consumers looking to "quickly catch up on missed movies," according to an Amazon spokesperson, who added that all three of the franchises showed up on Amazon.com's top 30 best-sellers list for Instant Video

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America’s "Island of Enchantment": Environmental Hazards and Hope in Puerto Rico

Its nickname is "Isla del Encanto," or "Island of Enchantment," and on the surface, Puerto Rico seems to fulfill every paradisiacal promise made about it by glossy travel magazines. The 111 x 36 mile island has a remarkable range of geological, biological, and habitat diversity, including a rain forest, a dry forest, mangroves, karst formations, three bioluminescent bays, and one of the largest underground cave systems in the world.

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Extreme Explorers

On most megayacht charters, adventure means motoring from one idyllic Caribbean cove to another, or hopping among the Mediterranean’s most glamorous ports of call for cocktail hour. But a new breed of explorer yachts is bringing the same level of comfort and service one might find in Monte Carlo to ...

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Jamaica reports rebound in cruise ship tourists

Jamaica benefited from a nearly double-digit increase in cruise ship arrivals during the most recent, busy winter season, the Caribbean country's tourism minister announced Tuesday.

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Rango

Make room, Pixar and DreamWorks. Industrial Light & Magic, the special-effects shop behind the

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