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VP Biden to Colombia, Dominican Republic in June

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In this May 15, 2014 photo, five-year-old Karla Sepulveda, who suffers chikungunya fever symptoms, waits with her grandmother for treatment in the pediatric area of a public hospital in the coastal town of Boca Chica, Dominican Republic. The mosquito-born virus, common in Africa and Asia, arrived to the Caribbean in late 2013 and has affected more than 10,000 people in the Dominican Republic. (AP Photo/Ezequiel Abiu Lopez)

Painful and rapid spread of chikungunya, new virus in Caribbean

By Ezequiel Abiu Lopez - Associated Press

Boston Red Sox starting pitcher Jon Lester walks off the field during the third inning of a baseball game against the Toronto Blue Jays in Toronto on Sunday, April 27, 2014. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Frank Gunn)

Lester takes loss, Blue Jays beat Red Sox 7-1

By IAN HARRISON - Associated Press

Toronto Blue Jays' Jose Bautista, right, congratulates Brett Lawrie on his solo home run against the Boston Red Sox during second-inning baseball game action in Toronto, Sunday, April 27, 2014. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Frank Gunn)

Dominican lineup leads Blue Jays over Red Sox

By IAN HARRISON - Associated Press

Toronto Blue Jays' Jose Bautista, right, congratulates Brett Lawrie on his solo home run against the Boston Red Sox during second-inning baseball game action in Toronto, Sunday, April 27, 2014. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Frank Gunn)

Blue Jays start record 6 Dominicans vs Red Sox

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FILE - This Jan. 31, 2010, file image released by Miami Dade College shows Dr. Salomon Melgen, posing for a photo at the book signing of &quot;Growing American Roots&quot;, a book by Sen. Robert Menendez, D-N.J., at the college in Miami. Topping Medicare's list of highest paid physicians from it's claims database was Florida ophthalmologist Salomon Melgen, whose relationship with Sen. Robert Menendez, D-N.J., made headlines last year after news broke that the lawmaker used the doctor's personal jet for trips to the Dominican Republic. Medicare paid Melgen $20.8 million. (AP Photo/Miami Dade College, Phil Roche, File)

Wealthy Fla. doctor linked to senator back in news

By MATT SEDENSKY and KELLI KENNEDY - Associated Press

Ex-Dominican leader has softer line on citizenship

By MATT SEDENSKY - Associated Press

South Florida's new men's basketball coach, Orlando Antigua, center, is congratulated by football coach Willie Taggart and USF President Judy Genshaft on Tuesday, April 1, 2014, in Tampa, Fla., after a news conference to introduce Antigua. (AP Photo/Tampa Tribune, Andy Jones) ST. PETE, LAKELAND, BRADENTON, AND WINTER HAVEN OIUT MAGS OUT LOCAL TV OUT: WTSP CH 10, WFTS CH 28, WTVT CH 13, BAYNEWS 9

Kentucky’s Antigua doing double-duty in Dallas

By DAVE SKRETTA - Associated Press

This undated photo, courtesy of the Brignoni family and posted to the instagram account belonging to Beverly Brignoni, shows a selfie she took at an unknown location. Brignoni was a young New Yorker seeking a less expensive way to enhance her appearance and she did what many other people are now doing: travel to the Dominican Republic for cosmetic surgery. It went horribly wrong. The 28-year-old died Feb. 20, 2014 from what the doctor told her family was a massive pulmonary embolism while getting a tummy tuck and liposuction at a clinic in the Dominican capital recommended by friends. Family members have serious questions about her death and want local authorities to investigate. (AP Photo/Courtesy of Brignoni Family)

Low-cost Dominican surgeries spark warnings by US

By BEN FOX and EZEQUIEL ABIU LOPEZ - Associated Press

African-American salons deal with cultural shifts

By AARON MORRISON - Associated Press

FILE - In this Nov. 24, 2013, file photo, Mona Fleurisme 20, holds her 3-month-old son Rotelson as they wait to be taken to their hometown, together with other Haitians after being deported by Dominican Republic authorities, in Croix-des-Bouquets, Haiti. Jean Baptiste Saint-Cyr, director of Haiti’s National Identification Office, has announced an effort to register Haitian immigrants, who live without documentation in the neighboring Dominican Republic as well as Turks and Caicos. (AP Photo/Dieu Nalio Chery, File)

Haiti to register Haitian migrants abroad

By TRENTON DANIEL - Associated Press

** FILE ** Kellogg's cereals. (Associated Press)

NYC welfare food found on Dominican Republic black market

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

Dominican Republic outraged over Obama’s pick of gay ambassador

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

A bicyclist passes the frame of a sailboat under construction in Leogane, Haiti, on Saturday, May 4, 2013. The 30-foot-long boats, the frames of which resemble the rib cage of a small dinosaur, are purchased by smugglers for about $12,000 and then taken to northern Haiti to find passengers. (AP Photo/Dieu Nalio Chery)

More Haitians using Puerto Rico as migrant route

By Danica Coto and Trenton Daniel - Associated Press

Dominican Republic's Samuel Deduno celebrates after striking out Puerto Rico's Angel Pagan during the fifth inning of the championship game of the World Baseball Classic in San Francisco, Tuesday, March 19, 2013. (AP Photo/Ben Margot)

World Baseball Classic: Dominican Republic blanks Puerto Rico for title

By Janie McCauley - Associated Press

Fallen ‘Idol:’ TV show winner held in Dominican

By EZEQUIEL ABIU LOPEZ - Associated Press

** FILE ** In this Jan. 28, 2013, file photo, Sen. Robert Menendez, D-N.J., speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington. Menendez's office says he traveled on a plane owned by a Florida physician who is a friend and political donor, but denied that the senator had engaged with prostitutes in the Dominican Republic. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Sen. Robert Menendez probe widens, as investigators look to decade-old dealings

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

Federal law enforcement officials carry boxes Jan. 30, 2013, out of the offices of Dr. Salomon Melgen in West Palm Beach, Fla. (Associated Press)

Pro-Menendez Hispanic media outlet suddenly, strangely goes quiet amid scandal

By Jim McElhatton - The Washington Times

**FILE** Sen. Robert Menendez, New Jersey Democrat (Associated Press)

Menendez says he reimbursed donor for 2 jaunts

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