Word: rico
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Attorney General Richard L. Thornburgh ordered 100 U.S. marshals and FBI agents to the island, and Coast Guard cutters evacuated frightened tourists and residents. Bush also authorized troops to help hurricane-damaged Puerto Rico...
...JUAN, Puerto Rico--Hurricane Hugo's 125 m.p.h. winds pounded Puerto Rico yesterday after ripping across other islands in the eastern Caribbean, leaving at least 14 people dead and thousands homeless...
...National Weather Service said Hugo, the most powerful storm to hit the region this decade, slammed into the eastern tip of Puerto Rico and skirted the northern coast before roaring northwest toward the Bahamas...
There were no immediate reports of casualties in Puerto Rico although one man was electrocuted while trying to remove a television antenna as he prepared for the storm Sunday...
Designed to go after mobsters, the catchall federal RICO law is being used to track down racketeers from Main Street to Wall Street...