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  • Atletico Mineiro hold Tijuana to 2-2 draw

    Second-half substitute Luan struck an injury-time equaliser to earn Atletico Mineiro a 2-2 draw against Tijuana in their Copa Libertadores quarterfinal first leg. Colombian striker Duvier Riascos opened the scoring for the Mexican club at the Estadio Caliente after a slick one-two with compatriot Dayro Moreno in the 13th minute Thursday, reports Xinhua. The home side then made it 2-0 early in ...

  • Mexican woman gets first transplant of ovaries in Latin America

    A Mexican woman received Latin America's first transplant of ovaries in a hospital in the western city of Guadalajara, the director of the Mexican Infertility Institute, Luis Arturo Ruvalcaba, announced. Ruvalcaba told EFE by telephone that the patient is a 32-year-old women who had developed cervical and uterine cancer that was detected and treated in France. "The ethics committee of the ...

  • Mexico says far fewer disappeared than first thought

    Mexico's top security official said Friday far fewer people have disappeared during Mexico's drug war than were originally feared, when the government released a list of about 26,000 ...

  • Mexican Mafia Member Sentenced in Racketeering Conspiracy

    United States Attorney Laura E. Duffy announced that Mexican Mafia member Salvador Nicola Colabella was sentenced today by United States District Judge Anthony J. Battaglia to serve 262 months in federal prison based on his August 9, 2012 plea to RICO conspiracy charges, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 1962(d). Colabella has been in custody since his arrest on January 25, ...

  • Former West Vancouver policewoman found murdered in her home on Mexico’s Mayan Riviera

    The annual Cannes festival on the French Riviera is the grandest platform in the world for the highest ambitions of film, a place where the art form is worshipped with wild passion and adoring ...

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You've Got Mail

You've Got Mail

"You've Got Mail" is about what you would expect from a reteaming of the three principles--stars Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan, and writer/director Nora Ephron--behind 1993's romantic hit, "Sleepless in Seattle." It's light and romantic, funny, charming, and easy to sit through. There's nothing grand or poetic about it, but it's not forceful or overwrought, either. Instead, it's a warm-hearted romantic c ... ...

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  • Retired Vancouver police officer found stabbed to death in her home in Mexico

    A retired Vancouver police officer slain in Mexico is being remembered as a generous and loving woman who volunteered to help animals. News reports in Mexico say Lynn Earle, who was 60, was found stabbed to death in her home in Playa del Carmen earlier this week. Friend Lisa Edwards says Earle had a gigantic heart for humans and animals, and spent several years working with animal rescue ...

  • Cave Paintings Found In Mexico 5000 Ancient Works Depict Humans Animals

    The 4,926 paintings were found in Burgos , in the mountainous northeastern state of Tamaulipas, in Mexico, reports the BBC. The beautiful pictures, cataloged with the help of the Mexican National Institute of Anthropology and History (INAH), were presented by researcher Martha Garca Snchez at the second meeting of Historic Archaeology, in Mexico City's National History ...

  • REUTERS SUMMIT-Latam markets jolt from a Fed exit should be brief

    By Daniel Bases and Krista Hughes May 24 (Reuters) - Latin America should suffer just a short, sharp shock to its financial markets when the U.S. Federal Reserve starts to taper its super easy monetary policy as investors remain convinced of ...

  • Mexico oil output holds steady in April at 2.518 mln bpd

    MEXICO CITY | Fri May 24, 2013 5:07pm EDT MEXICO CITY May 24 (Reuters) - Mexico's state oil monopoly Pemex said on Friday it produced an average 2.518 million barrels of crude oil per day in April, just up over March's daily average of 2.516 million ...

  • Mexican national sentenced to 12 years for meth distribution

    Nelson Fernando Garcia-Soto, 39, was sentenced Friday to 148 months in prison for possession and intent to distribute over 50 grams of methamphetamine, U.S. Attorney Wendy J. Olson announced. Garcia was a Mexican national living in Boise until his arrest in 2011. In addition, Chief U.S. District Judge B. Lynn Winmill ordered Garcia to serve five years of supervised probation. According to ...

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