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San Juan, Puerto Rico - A cruise company says one of its ships carrying gay and nudist passengers was temporarily stopped and prevented from entering the Caribbean country of St. Kitts and Nevis. Windjammer Barefoot Cruises says the ship is carrying 110 passengers. The Miami Beach-based company says the ship was stopped by authorities off the smaller island of Nevis. The company says authorities from the islands old cruise ship employees that they had concerns about letting the ship in because it was a gay and nudist cruise. The company says it is working with higher authorities to resolve the...

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) - A gay and nudist cruise was barred from stopping at the tiny Caribbean island of Nevis on Wednesday after authorities said the group would offend local customs. A police patrol boat stopped a Windjammer Barefoot Cruises ship carrying 110 passengers on a six-day cruise as it was approaching Charlestown, Nevis, the ship's captain Cornelius Plantefaber said. Plantefaber said three officers boarded the ship and demanded he accompany them to a meeting onshore that lasted an hour with port authority, police, customs and immigration officials. The Nevis port authority confirmed that they barred the ship...

Theory of a founding father's African ancestry Friday, July 23, 2004                                              By LAWRENCE AARONAS MUCH as I thought I knew about Alexander Hamilton, the first treasury secretary, nobody ever told me he was black. Yes. You heard it here first, folks.And you'll think about it from now on every time you take out a $10 bill.Hamilton biographer Ron Chernow is the latest one to explore the theory.I was totally blown away by that information when a friend casually mentioned Hamilton's link to two significant anniversaries - the 250th anniversary of Columbia University, originally Kings College where he was schooled, and...