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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 forms in Gulf aims toward Mexico

    OUTLOOK: Now we have Tropical Storm Barry, the second named storm of the 2013 Atlantic hurricane season. After bulking up in the warm waters of the southern Gulf ...

  • Most Wanted Professor Nabbed in Mexico

    This 2011 image shows Walter Lee Williams, 64, one of the FBI's 10 most wanted fugitives who has been arrested in the resort city of Playa del Carmen, Mexico, June 18, ...

  • Matthew Depew Columbine survivor dies working on power lines in New Mexico

    Matthew Depew, a survivor of the 1999 Columbine High School shootings who was working for Xcel Energy in Carlsbad, N.M., died Saturday while working on power lines, according to local authorities.Depew, 30, was reportedly working to restore a power outage on State Road 360 when he was electrocuted at about 6:40 a.m., and all attempts to save his life were unsuccessful, according to a press ...

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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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  • Mexicos peso erases gains after Fed announcement

    MEXICO CITY, June 19 (Reuters) - Mexico's peso erased gains and the country's blue chip stock index fell after the U.S. Federal Reserve said on Wednesday it would maintain its bond-buying program to support the U.S. economy. Mexico's benchmark ...

  • 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, ...

  • 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 ...

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