The Best of St. Thomas and St. John, U.S. Virgin Islands (Best of St. Thomas & St. John, U.S. Virgin Islands)
Jamaica Gleaner :: Business (Free subscription) | 19 hours ago
Union officials are blasting a rum tax pact the US Virgin Islands has inked with the world's largest alcoholic beverage company as 'un-American' and are asking Washington leaders to block the deal....
ISAF News (Free subscription) | yesterday
World #1 Claire Leroy of France defeated US champion Genny Tulloch to win the second edition of the ISAF Grade 1 Carlos Aguilar Match Race in St Thomas, whilst in an all US Virgin Islands final Peter Holmberg defeated Taylor Canfield to take the open title.
Suburban Guerrilla (Free subscription) | 12/05/2009
... about half of whose contributors are women. The donor lists of the other two Democrats, US Representative Michael E. Capuano and private equity investor Stephen G. Pagliuca, are overwhelmingly male: 22 percent of Capuano’s donors, and 18 percent of Pagliuca’s, are female. The Globe arrived at the figures by examining lists of about 20,000 contributions and discounting gender-neutral first names...
Boston Globe (Free subscription) | 11/26/2009
The husband of a Lynnfield woman whose death earlier this month in a hotel room in the US Virgin Islands remains under investigation was removed yesterday as executor of her estate, another legal twist in what has been an ongoing court battle between the woman’s family and the husband.
Jamaica Gleaner :: Business (Free subscription) | 11/25/2009
Puerto Rico is feuding with the United States (US) Virgin Islands over its neighbour's luring away business by using revenue from a tax paid by US consumers on every bottle of rum produced in the two Caribbean territories...
Boston Globe (Free subscription) | 11/28/2009
Boston attorney David W. Eppley was named by Essex Probate and Family Court Judge John Cronin as special administrator of the multimillion-dollar estate of Joan Baruffaldi, 45. She was found hanging earlier this month in her hotel room in the Caribbean island of St. John, where she and her husband had been staying. A medical examiner in the US Virgin Islands, who conducted the first autopsy,...
Boston Globe (Free subscription) | 11/25/2009
... of her estate. Barrafuldi, 45, was found hanged earlier this month in a hotel room in the US Virgin Islands. While the death was initially ruled a suicide, her family has accused her husband, Robert Harris, 47, of playing a role in her death.WASHINGTON, D.C. Retired USS JFK is offered for reuse The Navy is offering the former aircraft carrier USS John F. Kennedy, which is 1,052 feet long...
Capitol confidential (Free subscription) | 11/24/2009
Judy Enck, one of Albany’s environmentalist stalwarts, made a goodbye visit to the Capitol press rooms a few minutes ago. It’s the last day for Enck as the governor’s deputy secretary for the environment, as she departs for New York City where she will serve as President Barack Obama’s EPA Region 2 Administrator overseeing New York, New Jersey, Puerto Rico, the US Virgin Islands and seven Tribal...
Boston Globe (Free subscription) | 11/24/2009
It is a case that started in the US Virgin Islands, and in the last two weeks has bounced from courtroom to courtroom. Yesterday, a Middlesex Superior Court judge continued a hearing to Friday.
Extra Weblog (Free subscription) | 11/17/2009
Experience white sand beaches and crystal clear water with this amazing getaway! "Extra" is giving away a trip to St. Croix, with accommodations at the Buccaneer Hotel , plus round-trip airfare for two courtesy of the US Virgin Islands Department of Tourism ! Sign up to be an "Extra" friend and enter the secret word from Tuesday's show for your chance to win!
Lucruri neinteresante (Free subscription) | 11/23/2009
... scheduled up to May 2010 (only those on fifa.com).Mexico climb to the top. 1 2 Mexico 514 2 1 USA 510 3 3 Honduras 407---------------------------------------- 4 4 Costa Rica 381 5 5 Canada 293 6 6 El Salvador 255---------------------------------------- 7 7 Panama 208 8 8 Jamaica 203 9 9 Trinidad and Tobago 18610 10 Haiti 17411 11 Grenada 11512 12 Antigua and Barbuda 112----------------------------------------13...
Awed Manor (Free subscription) | 11/18/2009
... why we needed a stimulus package. The non-existent 99th congressional district is popular. In the US Virgin Islands, and in Puerto Rico, and in the Northern Mariana Islands, that district was home to a combined spending of over $90 million, but with a benefit of 433.3 created jobs. That price per job is just barely topping two hundred thousand per job. Now I shouldn’t blame this completely...
geo2web.com (Free subscription) | 11/13/2009
... distances and angles, and much more. What is the spatial distribution of golf courses in the USA? I found a golf course layer package on ArcGIS Online that I brought into ArcMap. After adding states and countries map layers, I was not surprised to find the high density in California, the northeast, and north central. However, I found a surprising number in Guam, Puerto Rico, and the US ...
Lucruri neinteresante (Free subscription) | 11/16/2009
... "0.5" part is computed this way: points gained / (number of matches played + scheduled). 1 1 USA 524 2 2 Mexico 514 3 3 Honduras 407---------------------------------------- 4 4 Costa Rica 366 5 5 Canada 293 6 6 El Salvador 255---------------------------------------- 7 8 Panama 208 8 7 Jamaica 206 9 9 Trinidad and Tobago 18610 10 Haiti 17411 11 Grenada 11512 12 Antigua and Barbuda 112----------------------------------------13...
Key West Diary (Free subscription) | 11/12/2009
... to enjoy a vacation in "America's Caribbean" (Key West, that is, not the real one in the US Virgin Islands). So an empty picnic table and a bespoke burrito from Badboy (porkchilicabbagejalapenocheesericeandbeans) is just the job to celebrate a spare hour: As my work was my next stop I was wearing motorcycle boots, Kevlar lined pants and my uniform polo shirt. The nurses at the...
