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Tampa bypassed in approved U.S. flights to Cuba

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Six airlines won permission Friday to resume scheduled commercial air service from the U.S. to Cuba for the first time in more than five decades, another milestone in President Barack Obama‘s campaign to normalize relations between Cold War foes. The airlines — American, Frontier, JetBlue, Silver Airways, Southwest and Sun Country — were approved by the Department of Transportation for a total of 155 roundtrip flights per week. They’ll fly from five U.S. cities to nine cities in Cuba other…

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GOP rivals questioning whether they’d back Donald Trump as nominee

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Republican presidential candidates Marco Rubio and John Kasich suggested Saturday they may not support Donald Trump if he becomes the GOP nominee, as violence at the front-runner’s rallies deepened the party’s chaotic chasm. Rubio told supporters that while he was currently sticking with his pledge to back the nominee if he wasn’t the party’s choice, “it’s getting harder every day.” Kasich said the “toxic environment” Trump is creating “makes it very, extremely difficult” to support him. “To see Americans slugging…

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Lots of TV watchers in Chicago are disappointed

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A lot of people are watching in Chicago. A lot of them are not very happy. Perhaps it adds to the pleasure you got from watching the Tampa Bay Lightning take a 2-1 lead in the Stanley Cup Finals, but it’s easy to imagine a lot of Blackhawks fans swearing at their television sets as they watched the Lightning’s 3-2 victory. According to NBC, Chicago had its best-ever local number (24 percent) on NBCSN to fuel a 2.88 national overnight…

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Lightning hockey coverage dominating local newspapers

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The exhilarating Tampa Bay Lightning win over the Chicago Blackhawks is dominating local newspapers. Even as lunchtime approached Wednesday morning, both the Tampa Bay Times and the Tampa Tribune’s websites showed headlines of Tuesday night’s triumph front and center. The Times is leading the coverage with not one, but four headlines pertaining to the Lightning’s Game 3 win. The Bolts, largely dominated in the first two periods, managed to eek out a win, thanks in part to super goalie Ben…

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Tampa Bay’s Ben Bishop is either good to go, or he isn’t

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And now starting in goal for the Tampa Bay Lightning…Marcel Marceau. Goaltender Ben Bishop, who is either hurt or he is not, who is either in agony or feeling waves of pleasure, met with the media Monday morning. He was happy to be there. Or not. The Tampa Bay Lightning continued to play it coy with Bishop’s availability for tonight’s Game Three. Bishop had to leave the ice twice in the third period of Saturday night’s game, then skipped the…

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Rahm Emanuel expected to quit White House

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Washington insiders say he will quit within six to eight months in frustration at their unwillingness to “bang heads together” to get policy pushed through. Mr Emanuel, 50, enjoys a good working relationship with Mr Obama but they are understood to have reached an understanding that differences over style mean he will serve only half the full four-year term. Friends say he is also worried about burnout and losing touch with his young family due to the pressure of one…

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Obamas hire private chef for White House

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Sam Kass, a private chef for the Obamas while they were living in Chicago, is now working in the White House, Marian Burros writes on The Caucus. A spokeswoman for Michelle Obama said Mr. Kass has a particular interest in healthy food and local food. – Mr. Kass’s appointment should please chefs like Alice Waters, who have lobbied the Obamas to set an example for the rest of the country by emphasizing food that is healthy, local and sustainable. It…

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