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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 ...

  • Kingsman cuts 201314 global sugar surplus forecast by 27 pct

    * Global output at 177.015 mln T in 13/14, vs 181.030 mln in 12/13 * Low sugar prices to prompt producers in Brazil to make ethanol * Kingsman sees ethanol parity at 16.50-18 U.S. cents/lb * Global consumption seen up, strong demand in Asia, ...

  • Mexican restaurant coming to Merrill

    MERRILL — A Mexican restaurant with several central Wisconsin locations will be opening a new location in Merrill. El Mezcal, an authentic Mexican restaurant, will be located in between the Pine Ridge Mobil and AmericInn Lodge and Suites on Highway 64 on ...

  • RPT-Fitch Affirms Daimler at A- Stable Outlook

    Fitch Ratings has affirmed Daimler AG's Long-term Issuer Default Ratings (IDR) and senior unsecured notes at 'A-' and Short-term IDR at 'F2'. The Outlook on the Long-term IDRs is Stable. A full list of rating actions is at the end of this ...

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The Out-of-Towners

Sam Weisman's remake of "The Out-of-Towners" is a somewhat predictable, but nevertheless entertaining ode to anyone from a smaller town who has ever had trouble in a big city. Steve Martin and Goldie Hawn (taking over the roles played in the 1970 original by Jack Lemmon and Sandy Dennis) star as Henry and Nancy Clark, a married couple from Ohio whose children have recently grown up and moved away, ... ...

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  • UPDATE 1-Academics back BPs fight to cap oil spill payouts

    * Claims, payout rate may mean charge against 2014 profit * Accountancy professors represented by top lawyer * Appeal hearing set for July 8 By Andrew Callus LONDON, May 24 (Reuters) - A group of accountancy professors is backing BP's fight to ...

  • Zac Lee Rigg Ronaldinho wore sneakers not cleats against Club Tijuana

    TIJUANA -- Ronaldinho wore sneakers on the Estadio Caliente turf. But it was Club Tijuana that slipped up, coughing up two late goals to draw 2-2 in the Copa Libertadores quarterfinal first leg. The Xolos hadn't conceded at home in the Copa Lib until the second half against Atletico Mineiro. By that point, the Mexican side was two goals ahead with ruthlessly quick wingers Duvier Riascos and ...

  • Club Tijuana 2 Atletico Mineiro 2 | Copa Libertadores Match Recap

    Joe Corona and Club Tijuana will go to Brazil next week with everything to play still to play for in their historic Copa Libertadores campaign, although it’ll be an uphill battle. Xolos were 2-0 up against Ronaldinho’s Atletico Mineiro in the quarterfinal first leg in the Estadio Caliente on Thursday, but a late equalizer for the Brazilian side snatched the victory from Club ...

  • One Small Towns Fight to Banish a Brutal Mexican Cartel

    Chern, a small mountain town in the Mexican state of Michoachan, in middle of the Mexican forest, saw its citizens organize in 2011 and overthrew the corrupt local government and police force. The citizens of the pueblo (town or community,) set up their own government system and police force in an attempt to drive organized crime out of their community and forest after years of extortion and ...

  • RPT-Fitch More Consumer Firms to Follow PMI With Minority Buy-Outs

    Fri May 24, 2013 5:58am EDT May 24 (Reuters) - (The following statement was released by the rating agency) Philip Morris International's deal to buy out a minority shareholder in its Mexican subsidiary is the sort of acquisition we expect to see repeated by other consumer goods companies over the next few years, Fitch Ratings says. When companies make acquisitions or set up these emerging ...

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