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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 ...

  • 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 ...

  • 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 ...

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Blue Like Jazz

Blue Like Jazz

The fact that the critics at Movieguide, the organization founded by conservative Christian media critic Ted Baehr to dissect books and movies according to their adherence to a Biblical perspective, dont like Blue Like Jazz is the first sign that it is a faith-based fil ... ...

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  • 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 ...

  • Many Mexican Young Adults Have A Genetic Predisposition To Obesity

    obesity , said a University of Illinois scientist who conducted a study at the Universidad Autonoma de San Luis Potos?. "The students who inherited genetic risk factors from both parents were already 15 pounds heavier and 2 inches bigger around the waist than those who hadn't. They also had slightly higher fasting glucose levels," said Margarita Teran-Garcia, a U of I professor ...

  • Zeta leader admits killing ICE agent in Mexican ambush

    A commander in the Mexican drug gang Los Zetas Thursday admitted he led an ambush that killed one U.S. agent and left another seriously injured. Julian Zapata Espinoza, also known as "Piolin," 32, pleaded guilty in federal court in Washington to the murder of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Special Agent Jaime Zapata and the attempted murder of ICE Special Agent Victor Avila ...

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