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Three Texan backpackers who were refused entry into Ireland last week are set to make their triumphant return to the country — as instant celebrities.

The young men, dubbed the "Plano 3" by local media in Ireland, have received requests for multiple interviews and have even inspired an ad campaign with their story, which was first reported by the Dallas Morning News.

A local hotel group has offered the travelers an all-expenses-paid trip in hopes of correcting the "misunderstanding."

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You can't please all of the people all of the time. That might be the best, if not the only way, to describe the reaction to today’s expected announcement that President Obama is lifting the restrictions on family travel and remittances to Cuba.

While the U.S. economic and trade embargo will remain firmly in place according to the Administration, Cuban Americans will now be able to visit their relatives as frequently and for as long as they like, as well as increase the amount of money they send to the island.

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Interactive table for two, please; A trendy new London restaurant is defying the economic odds — and critics — with a technology theme to keep you busy, and food that lives up to the high standard of the digital toys.

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