Top News Headlines
These are the top news stories from the Puerto Rico Daily Sun for Friday, March 12, 2010.
Vatican criticizes condom machines in Rome school
ALESSANDRA RIZZOROME The decision by a Rome high school to install condom vending machines has set off a storm in Italy, with the Catholic Church charging the move will encourage young people to have sex and Rome's mayor saying it sends the wrong message . But the Keplero high school vowed Thursday to go ahead with its experiment, billed as the first in the capital .
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Pierluisi makes health reform appeal at White House
WASHINGTON Puerto Rico s Democratic Party leaders called on President Obama Thursday to give better treatment to the island in his healthcare proposal, while Resident Commissioner Pedro Pierluisi was set Thursday evening to confront the president during a White House meeting between Obama and the Congressional Hispanic Caucus . Pierluisi said the White House meeting will deal with both Obama s stance on healthcare for the territories and for illegal immigrants .
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NYC to pay up to $657M to settle WTC health cases
NEW YORK After years of fighting in court, lawyers representing the city, construction companies and more than 10,000 ground zero rescue and recovery workers have agreed to a settlement that could pay up to $657 . 5 million to responders sickened by dust from the destroyed World Trade Center .
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House rejects call for withdrawal from Afghanistan
JIM ABRAMSWASHINGTON The House on Wednesday soundly rejected an effort by anti-war lawmakers to force a withdrawal of all U . S .
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TechBits
SAN FRANCISCO How do you know that the sender of an e-mail that has landed in your inbox is trying to steal your money or your identity? The message comes right out and asks for it . Tax season means computer criminals are going to be out in force, pumping out bogus e-mails that purport to be from the Internal Revenue Service .
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Mass school closures approved in Kansas City, Mo.
HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTHKANSAS CITY, Mo . The Kansas City school board narrowly approved a plan Wednesday night to close nearly half the district's schools in a desperate bid to avoid a potential bankruptcy .
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Veterans, young guns contend at P.R. Open
Of the Daily Sun staffRIO GRANDEThe Puerto Rico Open seems to be right place to be this week for PGA TOUR players searching for the Fountain of Youth in the final years of their career before starting anew with the Champions Tour . Defending champion Michael Bradley won last year s P .
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Lost in the ruins: Haiti's best and brightest
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti They kept the books, had the training and fixed the computers . They were the educated few of Haiti, an up-and-coming generation of nurses, technicians, office managers and college students .
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World's top scientists to review climate panel
UNITED NATIONS At a tumultuous time in U . N .
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Battle for jobs in street cleaner contest
Hundreds of desperate job-seekers took part in a street cleaner sweeper olympics to compete for just 14 jobs in South Korea . Nearly 500 entrants competed for what are considered plum civil service jobs in Gumi, South Korea, which is suffering a severe economic crisis .
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SafeLink Wireless to offer free phones to low-income families
SafeLink Wireless will launch on March 29 a program to enable low income families in Puerto Rico gain access to communications services through a free wireless phone coupled with 68 minutes per month for emergencies, the Daily Sun learned Wednesday . Families that live below the 135 percent of the poverty line or are receiving Medicaid, Section 8 or food stamps, would qualify for this program, said José Fuentes, director of government affairs for TracFone, parent company of SafeLink Wireless .
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Nissan Rogue Krom 2010
Nissan announced the availability of the 2010 Nissan Rogue S Krom Edition, a special sporty version of Nissan s popular crossover SUV . The new Rogue S Krom is on sale now at Nissan retailers, joining the 2010 Nissan Rogue lineup that went on sale in late August .
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Casals Festival to peak with two powerhouse pianists
Two powerhouse pianists, legends throughout the musical world, will wind up the 54th Casals Festival this week . The last two programs of the nine-concert event will be held at San Juan s new Pablo Casals Symphony Hall .
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Banco Popular branch robbed; $100,000 in cash stolen
At least four men committed a heavily armed robbery at the Banco Popular branch in the Plaza Trujillo shopping center in Trujillo Alto, in which they fled with an undetermined amount of cash which could surpass $100,000 total . Before the Federal Bureau of Investigation took jurisdiction of the case, the Puerto Rico Police Department reported that at least four men brandishing AK-47 assault rifles broke into the bank branch at 9:45 a .
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Mexico s spring break king rebounds
CANCUN, Mexico Mexico s spring break king Cancun is rebounding quickly from last year s triple blow to its tourism industry caused by the country s swine flu epidemic, drug violence and a global economic crisis . Those worries couldn t compete this year against Mexico s cheap airfare from the United States and phenomenal package deals that include the popular all-you-can-drink enticements .
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