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Aruba Resort Pays Guests to Make Babies

Resort's $300 'conception credit' inspired by coral reproduction, naturally

(Newser) - Getting knocked up really pays off, at least at one Westin resort in Aruba, USA Today reports. In honor of coral's spawning season, couples who shell out $399 for a daily package are eligible for a $300 “conception credit” toward their next vacation—if they conceive during their stay....

Paris' Island Getaway Won't Go Away on Twitter

Heiress offers details of vacation with boyfriend

(Newser) - Paris Hilton and boyfriend Doug Reinhardt had a blast on their recent Caribbean vacation. How do we know? She Twittered the entire time, letting her followers know when they were "Having a beautiful lunch on the beach" and "Playing some golf together." Hilton also posted photos of...

Endangered Frogs Flee Fungus by Airplane

(Newser) - Scientists are airlifting dozens of mountain chicken frogs off their Montserrat island home to save them from the deadly fungus overtaking their habitat, the AP reports. The 2-pound frogs are endangered, in part because locals once ate them as a delicacy. The frog is said to taste like—what else?—...

Winehouse Finally Back in UK
 Winehouse Finally Back in UK 
Mar 2, 2009 9:05 AM CST

Winehouse Finally Back in UK

Singer moves into new home after epic vacation

(Newser) - Amy Winehouse is back in London after a 71-day holiday in St Lucia, but is she there to reconcile with estranged hubby Blake Fielder-Civil? Yes, reports the Sun, which says the troubled singer—who got in a fight with a passenger on her flight home—plans to see Blake, freshly...

Winehouse's Guitars Stolen in $21K Home Burglary

British singer's home robbed while she's away in Caribbean

(Newser) - Thieves kicked in a padlocked front door at Amy Winehouse’s London home yesterday while the troubled singer was on the Caribbean island of St. Lucia kicking yet another habit, the Sun reports. Police were called to the address to reports of two men forcing entry, but the bandits made...

Winehouse Rescues Tourist, Baywatch-Style

Recovering heroin addict is heroine on beach in Caribbean

(Newser) - Longtime heroin devotee Amy Winehouse became a heroine yesterday when she rescued a British woman, Baywatch-style, on a Caribbean beach, the Sun reports. During a sailing lesson, the 39-year-old tourist was thrown onto rocks near the sunbathing singer, who rushed to help the injured gal out of the water. Winehouse...

Winehouse Steals Drinks After Hotel Cuts Her Off

Swipes booze, runs 'like squirrel with a nut'

(Newser) - After the Caribbean resort where Amy Winehouse is supposedly detoxing cut off her booze supply, the oft-addled singer has been seen on all fours prowling guest tables for drinks to steal, and begging vacationers to get her alcohol. Winehouse begins each day with yoga, but is often seen smoking a...

Vacationing Amy Douses Fellow Resort Guest

Resort guests ready for her to leave

(Newser) - The Caribbean resort where Amy Winehouse is running wild is ready for her to leave, especially after she threw a glass of water on another guest, the Sun reports. The troubled singer “misunderstood a conversation and wrongly believed a slight was made,” her spokesman said, and apologized only...

I Saw Amy Kissing Santa Claus

(Newser) - Amy Winehouse has a crush on Santa Claus—or at least, the resort worker who played Santa at her St. Lucia hotel, the Sun reports. The troubled singer, who seems to be improving the longer she stays in the Caribbean, has been “following him around like an elf,”...

Winehouse On Again With Jailed Hubby

(Newser) - Amy Winehouse is giving jailed husband Blake Fielder-Civil another chance, the Daily Mirror reports. His revelations about their relationship and drug use upset Winehouse last month, but she called him in his jail cell on Christmas to reconcile. “She says the best Christmas present will be to have her...

Topless Amy Stirs Sleepy Resort

Singer dances on balcony at Caribbean getaway

(Newser) - Amy Winehouse performed while on vacation in the Caribbean, the Sun reports, but her voice wasn't the main attraction. The British singer, who's been fighting a public battle with drugs, appeared on her St. Lucia balcony "with her bits hanging out," a witness said. Winehouse danced around to...

Pols Flout Ethics Law on Trip to Carib Isle

Opulent weekend was funded by top corporations

(Newser) - Six US lawmakers, all members of the Congressional Black Caucus, have been caught rubbing shoulders with lobbyists on a trip that violates federal ethics laws, the New York Post reports. Joining them were three New York officials, including the state's governor—who avoided breaking the law by paying his own...

Refineries Shut as Omar Nears Virgin Islands

Hurricane could threaten Puerto Rico as Category 2

(Newser) - Caribbean oil refineries are under threat from Hurricane Omar, whose 85-mph winds roared through St. Croix today, Bloomberg reports. It could hit the Virgin Islands, home to one of the hemisphere's largest refineries, as a Category 2 storm tomorrow. Puerto Rico may be in line for 20 inches of rain...

Ike Tears Up Caribbean
 Ike Tears Up Caribbean 
Sep 7, 2008 6:49 AM CDT

Ike Tears Up Caribbean

Homes wiped out on tiny island as ferocious storm heads for Bahamas

(Newser) - A howling Hurricane Ike bent palm trees and ripped up hundreds of homes as it tore through the Turks and Caicos islands in the Caribbean early today. Up to 50% of houses in Grand Turk lost roofs or were completely destroyed by the 135 mph winds, and the entire British...

New Orleans Eyes Gustav, Readies Evacuation Plans

Category 3 Gustav headed for the Gulf

(Newser) - New Orleans has a wary eye on Tropical Storm Gustav and may begin evacuations as early as Friday—the third anniversary of Katrina. The storm's path could yet spare the city, but if it hits this weekend, Gov. Bobby Jindal said he wants to be ready, the Shreveport Times reports....

Gustav Kills 11, Weakens
 Gustav Kills 11, Weakens
Aug 27, 2008 11:09 AM CDT

Gustav Kills 11, Weakens

Could strike US as Category 3

(Newser) - Thousands fled their homes as Hurricane Gustav triggered flooding and landslides that killed at least 11 people in the Dominican Republic and Haiti before weakening to a tropical storm, but forecasters said today that he still represents a major threat to the Caribbean and the Gulf of Mexico. They suggested...

Two Busted in Honeymoon Murders
Two Busted in Honeymoon Murders
Aug 19, 2008 3:46 AM CDT

Two Busted in Honeymoon Murders

Antigua charges man and teen in robbery gone tragic

(Newser) - A 20-year-old man and a teenager in Antigua have been charged with murder and robbery in the shooting deaths of a honeymooning British couple last month, the Guardian reports. The two are expected to remain in custody until they face trial. The victims were buried last week at the Welsh...

Poisonous Invader Cruises Caribbean

(Newser) - A poisonous, fast-multiplying species known as the red lionfish has invaded the warm waters of the Caribbean and poses a serious threat to the native sealife and the fragile ecosytem, reports the AP. "This may very well become the most devastating marine invasion in history," said one expert....

Haitians Turn to Mud Cakes to Fill Empty Bellies

Food price hikes push everything but dirt out of reach for Haiti's poor

(Newser) - Impoverished Haitians have been reduced to living off mud cakes, the Guardian reports. The cakes of clay and water—long eaten by poor pregnant women seeking calcium—are increasingly the only food many families can afford. The global fuel and food crisis has hit Haiti, and half the population is...

Bride Murdered on Honeymoon
 Bride Murdered on Honeymoon

Jul 29, 2008 2:34 AM CDT

Bride Murdered on Honeymoon

6 held as husband fights for life after suspected botched robbery

(Newser) - Six people are being questioned in the murder of a British bride on the final day of her honeymoon on the Caribbean island of Antigua, reports the BBC. The 31-year-old pediatrician was shot dead and her husband critically wounded in what investigators say was a botched robbery at a cottage...

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