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  • Video shows Mexican politician accepting wads of money

    Mexican television aired Wednesday a video showing Cancun Mayor Julian Ricalde Magaa accepting cash-filled envelopes. The images surfaced less than three weeks ahead of the July 7 mayoral election in the Caribbean resort city. Ricalde is barred from seeking a second consecutive term, but his PRD party does have a candidate in the race. On the video, which dates from 2010, then-mayor-elect ...

  • Mexican police nab one of FBIs 10 most wanted

    Police at the Mexican sea resort of Playa del Carmen arrested one of the FBI's Ten Most Wanted Fugitives, a former college professor accused of sexually exploiting children. Walter Lee Williams, 64, was nabbed around 8.30 p.m. Tuesday in a coffee shop near a public park, Quintana Roo state Attorney General Gaspar Armando Garcia Torres said during a press conference in Cancun. "At present we ...

  • Vast Mayan city discovered in Mexico jungle

    Archaeologists have discovered a previously unknown Mayan city in the southeastern state of Campeche, which for its vastness and characteristics is believed to have been a seat of government some 1,400 years ago. A team of experts headed by Slovenian archaeologist Ivan Sprajc has christened the site Chactun, Mexico's National Institute of Anthropology and History, or INAH, said. "It is one of ...

  • 10-year-old prodigy to enter Harvard this fall

    He's only 10-years old but thanks to an IQ similar to Albert Einstein's, Luis Roberto Ramirez will begin the next school year studying applied quantum physics at Harvard University. "My dream is to create a company and sell my inventions," the boy said on a video aired by the Michoacan Radio and Television System. Ramirez, who lives in Zamora, Michoacan, taught himself English at 5 and is now ...

  • Independent Publishing Houses in Mexico Promote Democratization of Books at Annual Fair

    MEXICO CITY, MEXICO Gustavo Barr?n, 22, glances at the books on display at the Feria del Libro Independiente, a book fair featuring independent publishing houses in Mexico City, Mexicos capital. While perusing the selection, Barr?n, a university student studying history, holds a book about guerrilla groups in Mexico in the 1970s and the transition to democracy. The publisher is Ce-Acatl, a ...

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The Last Sin Eater

The Last Sin Eater

The Last Sin Eater takes place in Appalachia in the mid-19th century, where recent immigrants have still maintained their Scottish accents and Celtic religious beliefs, including the idea of the Sin Eater, an outcast from society whose job is to take on all the sins of tho ... ...

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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 ...

  • Tropical Storm Barry headsforms off Mexican coast

    This NOAA satellite image taken Wednesday, June 19, 2013 at 10:45 AM EDT shows tropical wave over the Lesser Antilles with light to moderate rain and thunderstorms. Fair weather across the remainder of the Caribbean with a chance of isolated afternoon ...

  • Tropical storm heads for Mexican coastal oil installations

    By Reuters MEXICO CITY -- Tropical Storm Barry, the second of the Atlantic hurricane season, strengthened as it churned toward Mexico on Wednesday, threatening to bring heavy rains to oil and power installations near the country's Gulf Coast.The Minatitlan oil refinery of state oil monopoly Pemex and the Laguna Verde nuclear power plant, both in Veracruz state, are being monitored closely, ...

  • Were all mad for Mexican

    This big daddy of the Tex Mex kitchen ticks all the boxes.In its most basic form - a spiced-up mix of minced meat and beans - chilli con carne is straightforward to prepare, economical and can be transformed into a variety of dinners quicker than you can say Speedy Gonzalez. Serve it with rice, wrap it in a burrito, splash it over corn chips for nachos, toast it in a jaffle. Americans, and a few ...

  • Mex to the max Agave Mexican Cuisine brings large menu to Orem

    Recently opened Agave Mexican Cuisine is located on State Street in Orem but diners could be forgiven for momentarily thinking they were in Texas -- as everything seems way bigger there.For example, we're not sure we've ever encountered larger menus. Once the food started arriving, we noticed that not only were the portions a healthy size, but a couple dishes -- the Mole Poblano and ...

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