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Alan Gross lobbies for easing U.S. travel, trade restrictions with Cuba

Despite being jailed in Cuba for five years, Gross would like to return to the island nation if it would help promote good relations, his attorney said.

Mother’s Day gifts from mom that money can’t buy

Moms are always with us in the traits they pass on and what they teach us, writes columnist Edmon J. Rodman.

Jury in Etan Patz trial remains deadlocked

The judge instructed the jury to continue deliberating, as it has for three weeks, and the defense moved for a mistrial in the case of the 6-year-old slain in 1979.