After decades of populating major league rosters with All-Stars at every position, Puerto Rico had only 20 players on opening day rosters last season.

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Puerto Rico Traces Decline in Prospects to Inclusion in the Baseball Draft

The 17,000-officer police force of Puerto Rico is accused of a pattern of civil rights violations and other illegal practices.

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Report Finds Puerto Rico Police Dept. Corruption

US President Barack Obama has used a rare visit to Puerto Rico to offer support for a referendum on the island’s political future.

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Obama offers Puerto Rico support

President Obama made a visit to Puerto Rico on Tuesday, the first official White House trip since John F. Kennedy dropped in on the island in 1961. While Puerto Ricans living in Puerto Rico cannot vote in presidential elections, some say Obama’s trip…

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Obama Pays a Visit to Puerto Rico

Updated, 12:40 p.m. SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — President Obama made the first appearance by a U.S. president in Puerto Rico since 1976 on Tuesday, flying here for a symbolic visit that may also help his 2012 presidential reelection prospects. “When I came here to campaign [in 2008], I promised I would return as president of the United States,” Obama said in a speech in the airport hanger at Luis Munoz Marin International Airport, as a crowd of more than 1,000 cheered. “And although my hair is a little grayer than during my first visit, I am glad to be able to keep that promise to the people of Puerto Rico.” Read full article > >

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A 25-year-old woman from Seattle, Washington, has become the fifth person to succumb to burns suffered when her fiance’s uncle invited them to his house in Puerto Rico and allegedly set them afire.

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Police: Relative torched house, killing 5

Baltimore Orioles pitcher Alfredo Simon surrendered Monday to police and was jailed in the northern Dominican Republic town of Puerto Plata after being accused in the shooting death of a 25-year-old man on New Year’s Day.

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In all, 45 states, the District of Columbia, Virgin Islands, and Puerto Rico passed 31,005 new laws in 2010. Some of them will come into effect with the new year. Here is a sampling of some of the trends in lawmaking in 2010. 1. Marijuana read more

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From Marijuana to "Sexting": New Laws Set to Take Effect January 1

A magnitude 5.1 earthquake hit Puerto Rico on Friday, rattling residents but causing no immediate reports of damage.

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5.1 earthquake shakes Puerto Rico

A Puerto Rico Army National Guard helicopter carrying local prosecutors on a anti-drug operation crashed off the U.S. Caribbean territory with six people aboard feared dead, authorities said on Tuesday.

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Prosecutors Reported Dead in Puerto Rico Crash

A US National Guard helicopter crashes off the coast of Puerto Rico, with all six members aboard feared dead.

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Helicopter crash off Puerto Rico

Andy Irons, a three-time world surfing champion, has died at the age of 32, reportedly from a bout of dengue fever. He was found dead in a hotel room in Dallas on his way back to Hawaii from a surfing tournament in Puerto Rico. He is survived by his…

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World Champion Surfer Dies

Rum has set off a dispute between Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands over a tax the U.S. treasury collects on it.

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Rum Battle in Caribbean Leaves Tax Hangover

Dozens of police officers are arrested on drugs charges in Puerto Rico following the biggest police corruption investigation in the history of the FBI.

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FBI stings net Puerto Rico police

Federal agents were “executing numerous arrest warrants” Wednesday morning related to a corruption investigation in Puerto Rico, the FBI said.

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Feds arrest 60 cops in Puerto Rico