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  • Paulina Rubio to be judge on `X Factor

    Paulina Rubio will join the panel of judges for the popular Fox television show "The X Factor" next season, the Mexican singer's representative announced Tuesday. Rubio will join the judging panel - which includes show creator Simon Cowell, Kelly Rowland of Destiny's Child and Disney star Demi Lovato - during the musical contest show's third season. "I love 'The X Factor'! I can't wait to find ...

  • Mexican firm to acquire US wireless operator

    Mexican telecommunications giant America Movil says it has agreed to buy US mobile operator Start Wireless Group for an undisclosed amount. In a filing with the Mexican Stock Exchange, the Mexico City-based company announced its US unit Tracfone Wireless had reached a deal to acquire the assets of Start Wireless Group, an Ohio-based mobile virtual network operator. The transaction is expected ...

  • Gas station Mexican restaurant opens as standalone Las Cazuelas Grill

    When a little Mexican lunch counter in a gas station becomes something of a dining destination, it says something very good about the talents of the proprietors. Maria Cristina Aldana, encouraged by her husband, Sergio Orozco, opened her first restaurant in that modest setting on ...

  • Chinas President to Visit Mexico

    Mexico, May 22 (Prensa Latina) President of the Popular Republic of China, Xi Jinping, will visit Mexico from June 4 to 6, informed the Foreign Affairs Secretary. According to the statement, the Chinese head of state will have a private meeting with Mexican president, Enrique Peña Nieto, and another with the official commissions of both countries. The agenda includes his participation in ...

  • Ford adds production in North America to meet new car demand

    F.N ) is adding a week of production at 20 North American factories this year to build an additional 40,000 vehicles and help sustain its gains in U.S. market ...

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The Poseidon Adventure

Along with "The Towering Inferno" (1974), "The Poseidon Adventure" is probably the best of Hollywood's seventies-style disaster hokum. Produced by the infamous Irwin Allen, it came after the movie that started it all, "Airport" (1970), but before movies like "Avalanche" (1978) and "The Swarm" (1978) that finally killed the genre. With a formulaic plot, bad dialogue, and a cast full of big name sta ... ...

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  • Mexican soldiers move in to protect towns under siege by Knights Templar drug cartel

    Residents greet Mexican army soldiers as they enter the town of La Ruana, Michoacan, Mexico, Monday, May 20, 2013. Residents of western Mexico towns who endured months besieged by a drug cartel are cheering the arrival of hundreds of Mexican army troops. A growing number of people in the state of Michoacan have taken up arms to defend their villages against drug gangs, a vigilante movement born ...

  • Mikel opts out of Mexico friendly

    An official of the Nigeria Football Federation told Supersport.com that Mikel had asked to be excused from the tune-up match in order to rest and take care of personal ...

  • RVania Resident Taxed By New Mexico

    English: A Class A motorhome with the slide-out extended (Photo credit: Wikipedia) Full time RVers have not applied for statehood - yet. I have not been able to come up with a good estimate of what the population of RVania would be. I have seen estimates of anywhere from 200,000 to 1,000,000. The latter would put five states behind RVania in population. I saw one estimate, a bit implausible, ...

  • Senate panel passes immigration bill Obama praises move

    Senate panel on Tuesday approved legislation to give millions of illegal immigrants a path to citizenship, setting up a spirited debate next month in the full Senate over the biggest changes ...

  • Mexican Herrera I will win this fight by KO or decision

    Mexican Aaron "La Hoya (Jewel)" Herrera seems confident of his chances against reigning WBO International light welterweight champion Jason "El Nio" Pagara in the 20th edition of Pinoy Pride Series dubbed "Laban Kung Laban" this Saturday at the Waterfront Cebu City Hotel and Casino. During a press conference yesterday at the Formo Restaurant and Lounge at the ...

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