Former Cuban prisoner Gross to land in U.S. at noon: congressional aide

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Alan Gross, the ailing U.S. aid worker held in Cuba for five years, was to land in the United States at noon on Wednesday, a senior U.S. congressional aide said. U.S. Senator Richard Durbin said Gross was flying to Joint Base Andrews outside Washington. (Reporting by Patricia Zengerle; Editing by Doina Chiacu and Chizu Nomiyama)