If it weren't for bad luck, Mike Huckabee would have no luck at all. Of all the deranged criminals in the country, Maurice Clemmons - granted clemency by then-Gov. Huckabee of Arkansas almost a decade ago - recently murdered four police officers in Washington state. Seldom has an act of mercy been more publicly or horribly betrayed. ...more

December 11, 2009

Cuba, hit by three hurricanes this season, is struggling through a new cycle of hard times. Its rich northern neighbor, Florida, is in recession and also could use some economic help. ...more

November 19, 2008

The largest single-workplace immigration raid in U.S. history has caused panic among Hispanic families in this small southern Mississippi town, where federal agents rounded up nearly 600 plant workers suspected of being in the country illegally. ...more

August 27, 2008

No one is predicting a wave of cruises or nonstop flights to Havana just yet. But news Tuesday that Fidel Castro is stepping aside at least has some in the construction and tourism industries thinking about the possibilities of Cuban trade. ...more

February 20, 2008