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  • US man wanted for child sex abuse held in Mexico

    A former college professor in the US who was on the FBI's "10 most wanted" list over allegations of child sex abuse has been arrested in Mexico, officials said. Walter Lee Williams was detained Tuesday, CNN reported. The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) had put the former university professor on the list for alleged sexual exploitation of children. Williams researched in the field of ...

  • Mexican telecom firm in talks to restructure debt

    Mexico's Maxcom Telecomunicaciones said Tuesday it was looking to raise new capital and restructure debt after failing to make an interest payment. In a filing with the Mexican Stock Exchange, Maxcom said it would use a 30-day grace period with respect to Tuesday's scheduled interest payment of roughly $11 million to continue talks with a new investor and certain of its bondholders with a view ...

  • Tropical Storm Barry Heads Toward Mexico Forecasters Say

    NOAA The National Hurricane Center has issued coastal warnings in the Gulf of Mexico regarding Tropical Storm Barry. The second named storm of the 2013 hurricane season, Barry is currently in the southwest corner of the gulf; it is expected to make landfall in Mexico Thursday morning. The center says an Air Force reconnaissance aircraft determined Wednesday that the storm, formerly called ...

  • Tropical Storm Barry forms off Mexican coast

    Forecasters say a tropical depression crossing Mexico's Bay of Campeche is getting better organized and is expected to become a tropical storm before making landfall along Mexico's Gulf ...

  • Brazil vs Mexico Live Stream Free Football Watch Online Confederations Cup 2013 Soccer

    Jesus Zavala of Mexico celebrates after scoring a goal against Costa Rica during their World Cup qualifying soccer match at the National Stadium in San Jose September 7, ...

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Cloverfield [DVD]

Cloverfield [DVD]

Cloverfield is not so much a reinvention of the marauding-monster movie as it is a riff on its possibilities--a fascinating and largely successful experiment in the manipulation of cinematic perspective. The already tired description of the film as Godzilla meets The Bla ... ...

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  • Agricultural runoff could create record Gulf of Mexico dead zone

    Spring floods across the Midwest are expected to result in a very large and potentially record-setting 2013 Gulf of Mexico "dead zone," researchers say. Farmland runoff containing fertilizers and livestock waste, some of it from as far away as the Corn Belt, is the main source of the nitrogen and phosphorus that cause the annual Gulf of Mexico hypoxic zone, an oxygen-depleted area ...

  • EMERGING MARKETS-BMFBovespa weighs on Brazil stocks as Fed eyed

    SAO PAULO, June 19 (Reuters) - Brazil's benchmark stock index fell on Wednesday as shares of local bourse BM&FBovespa dropped over 3 percent on fears of possible competition with NYSE Euronext, while other Latin American stock markets were little changed ahead of a key statement from the U.S. Federal Reserve. Investors were seen mostly on hold before the Fed releases its policy ...

  • In Tijuana Ed pays homage to seven leaves and a duchess.

    "First, you must have chilled romaine lettuce," he says. "Take the leaves from the inside, top and tail chopped off, because there can be some bitterness there. Put in mustard, grind in some pepper, crush anchovies and garlic, and grate some parmesan. Now you break the egg -- coddled, so it's a little firmer -- strain out the white, and drop the yolk ...

  • UPDATE 2-Warm trend props up U.S. natgas futures for third day

    * Hotter weather expected for U.S. Northeast, Midwest * Outlook for Texas and the South still fairly mild * Tropical system not seen disrupting U.S. gas production * Coming up: EIA, Enerdata natgas storage data on Thursday (New throughout; changes byline; adds analyst quote; updates prices) By Joe Silha NEW YORK, June 19 (Reuters) - U.S. natural gas futures edged higher on Wednesday for a ...

  • FBI Most-wanted Suspect Nabbed in Mexico

    A former University of Southern California professor on the FBI's most-wanted list for alleged sex crimes involving children was caught in Mexico, the FBI said. Bill Lewis, FBI assistant director in charge, said 64-year-old Walter Lee Williams was arrested Tuesday by Mexican authorities, The Los Angeles Times reported. The FBI said authorities have identified at least 10 of the ...

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