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Expect A Big Year From ‘The Big Fundamental’ This Season
Tim Duncan of St. Croix has won 5 NBA Titles SAN ANTONIO — Tim Duncan is 39 years old, but that won’t stop him. He has played 18 seasons and 1,331 career games, yet the wheels haven’t fell off. Last season Duncan averaged 13.9 points, 9.1 rebounds, and 2 blocks.

Virgin Islands Couldn’t Field Enough Contestants To Qualify For Miss America This Year
Head Judge Vanessa Williams ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. — Miss South Carolina won the swimsuit competition and Miss Iowa won the talent portion of the first night of preliminaries in the Miss America pageant on Tuesday. Daja Dial of South Carolina won the swimsuit contest, while Taylor Wiebers of Iowa won

4-Year-Old Child Drowns While Mother Is Busy With Her Younger Child
Rainbow Beach in St. Croix FREDERIKSTED – The fourth drowning death on St. Croix in less than 30 days was reported on Labor Day, according to the Virgin Islands Police Department. The 911 Emergency Call Center dispatched police to Rainbow Beach – located on the island’s West End – to investigate the

New NASA Hurricane Transmitters Will Keep Us Safer in the Caribbean, Next Year
SAN ANTONIO – Tiny hurricane-tracking satellites that are being assembled in a “clean room” at Southwest Research Institute and are the size of carry-on suitcases soon could help scientists better understand dangerous storms and aid forecasters in assessing their destructive threat. Unlike other weather instruments, the Cyclone Global Navigation Satellite

Julius Jackson’s Next Fight Set For October 6 in Washington State
Julius Jackson of St. Thomas CHARLOTTE AMALIE – While the Premier Boxing Champions slate of 21 cards on Fox Sports 1 kicks off on Tuesday night (9 ET) in Hollywood, California, with former junior middleweight titlist Austin Trout (29-2, 16 KOs) taking on Joey Hernandez (24-3-1, 14 KOs) in

Carnival Liberty Evacuated Over Shipboard Fire While Docked in St. Thomas Harbor
CHARLOTTE AMALIE – The Carnival Liberty’s own shipboard sprinkler system extinguished a fire aboard the vessel while it was docked in the St. Thomas harbor, the Virgin Islands Free Press has learned. The fire was first reported at 11:30 a.m. Monday in the engine room of the ship. Carnival Cruises released a statement shortly after the

Gov. Mapp Takes The Cake At West Indian American Carnival Parade in NYC
Gov. Andrew Cuomo with Gov. Kenneth Mapp NEW YORK – On a warm, cloudless Labor Day morning, the fast beats of soca blended with the NYPD band playing a steel drum version of Bob Marley’s “One Love” as floats inched down Eastern Parkway in Crown Heights for the start

Harvard Money and TV Sleazebag Montel Williams Helped Build ‘Cane Bay’ Loan Sharking Operation on St. Croix
David Johnson (top man) and Kirk Chewning (bottom man) CHRISTIANSTED – Alex Slusky was under pressure to put the money in his private-equity fund to work. The San Francisco technology financier had raised $1.2 billion in 2007 to buy and turn around struggling software companies. By 2012, investors including Harvard

D’Mari Jahcoi Heyliger Pleads Guilty To Illegal Gun Possession Charges
D’mari Jahcoi Heyliger CHARLOTTE AMALIE – A 23-year-old man pleaded guilty to illegal gun possession charges in federal court last week, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office. D’mari Jahcoi Heyliger pleaded guilty Monday in District Court on St. Thomas to possession of a firearm with an obliterated serial number and

Man Shoots Flowerpot Outside Pizzeria To Distract Armed Robbers Inside
CHRISTIANSTED – There was a shootout between a man sitting in his vehicle outside a pizzeria and two men inside attempting to rob it at gunpoint, according to the Virgin Islands Police Department. The 911 Emergency Call Center notified police at 9:53 p.m. Friday of an attempted armed robbery at