Miami (Florida), Nov. 13 : Alaska Governor and failed Republican vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin plans to take the stage Thursday in Miami as the Republican Governors Association''s featured speaker.

Her address, by any standard, marks a stunning ascent from last year''s convention.

Miami, Nov 13 : Alaska Governor Sarah Palin, who was the running mate of Republican presidential candidate John McCain in the Nov 4 poll, got cold vibes from 2012 GOP presidential hopefuls at the Republican governors summit convened to find out the reasons of the recent defeat to Democratic Barack Obama, reported the New York Daily News.

When asked if Palin was the best choice McCain could have made for a running mate, no one jumped to answer.

The paper said: “As Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin arrived in Florida for a Republican governors summit, there was a hint of a chill in the air from her potential rivals for the 2012 White House race.”

Miami (Florida), Nov. 12: Republican governors have gathered here to strategise a way back to the White House and to securing a majority in the Congress again.

Among the governors attending the three-day moot are Alaska Governor Sarah Palin, Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal, Mississippi Governor Haley Barbour and Minnesota Governor Tim Pawlenty.

Havana/Miami - Cuba was battening down its hatches for the third powerful hurricane this season as Hurricane Paloma barrelled toward the Caribbean island Saturday with category 4 winds.

The center of the storm was expected to approach the coast of south-central Cuba Saturday evening and emerge into the Atlantic Ocean late Sunday, the US National Hurricane Centre in Miami reported.

Maximum sustained winds were 230 kilometres an hour, making Paloma an "extremely dangerous" Category 4 hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson scale, the centre said.

Miami - Hurricane Paloma strengthened over the Caribbean and was approaching the Cayman Islands and Cuba with sustained winds of more than 150 kilometres an hour on Friday.

"Paloma is a category one hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson scale. Strengthening is likely and Paloma is expected to become a category- two hurricane later today (Friday) and possibly reach category three intensity late tonight or on Saturday," the Miami-based National Hurricane Centre (NHC) said.

Miami - Hurricane Paloma strengthened over the Caribbean and was approaching the Cayman Islands and Cuba with sustained winds of 140 kilometres an hour on Friday.

"Paloma is a category one hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson scale. Strengthening is likely and Paloma is expected to become a category two hurricane later today (Friday) and possibly reach category three intensity by Saturday," the Miami-based National Hurricane Centre (NHC) said.