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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 ...

  • Retired Vancouver police officer found dead in Mexico

    A retired Vancouver police officer slain in Mexico is being remembered as a generous and loving woman who volunteered to help animals. News reports in Mexico say Lynn Earle, who was 60, was found stabbed to death in her home in Playa del Carmen earlier this week. Friend Lisa Edwards says Earle had a gigantic heart for humans and animals, and spent several years working with animal rescue ...

  • Mexican Mafia’s ‘tax man’ gets 22 years in prison

    SAN DIEGO — A member of the Mexican Mafia who collected tens of thousands of dollars in ';taxes'; from drug dealers responsible for distributing methamphetamine and other drugs on the streets of San Diego was sentenced Friday to almost 22 years in federal prison. Salvador Nicola Colabella, 54, pleaded guilty last August to a racketeering conspiracy charge. ';Today’s ...

  • Last Brother From Mexicos Arellano Felix Cartel Pleads Guilty in U.S.

    SAN DIEGO -- Former Mexican drug lord Eduardo Arellano Felix, the last of four brothers captured or killed in connection with a once-powerful Tijuana-based cartel depicted in the Oscar-winning film "Traffic," pleaded guilty to U.S. drug charges on ...

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You've Got Mail

You've Got Mail

"You've Got Mail" is about what you would expect from a reteaming of the three principles--stars Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan, and writer/director Nora Ephron--behind 1993's romantic hit, "Sleepless in Seattle." It's light and romantic, funny, charming, and easy to sit through. There's nothing grand or poetic about it, but it's not forceful or overwrought, either. Instead, it's a warm-hearted romantic c ... ...

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  • Mexico says far fewer disappeared in drug war than feared

    MEXICO CITY - Mexico's top security official says far fewer people have disappeared during Mexico's drug war than were feared when the government released a list of about 26,000 cases. Interior Secretary Miguel Angel Osorio Chong says federal and state governments are working to weed out people who have been located. He says the new list will be released with a few months and ...

  • EMERGING MARKETS-Latam stocks unchanged despite China Fed worries

    * Concerns over Chinese economic growth, Fed stimulus weigh * Brazil Bovespa, Mexico IPC flat; Chile IPSA down 0.94 pct By Asher Levine SAO PAULO, May 24 (Reuters) - Latin American stocks were largely flat on Friday despite concerns over weak economic growth in China and a possible winding down of the U.S. Federal Reserve Bank's asset-buying program. Latin American markets also suffered this ...

  • Mexican Mafia Member Sentenced in Racketeering Conspiracy

    United States Attorney Laura E. Duffy announced that Mexican Mafia member Salvador Nicola Colabella was sentenced today by United States District Judge Anthony J. Battaglia to serve 262 months in federal prison based on his August 9, 2012 plea to RICO conspiracy charges, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 1962(d). Colabella has been in custody since his arrest on January 25, ...

  • Former West Vancouver policewoman found murdered in her home on Mexico’s Mayan Riviera

    The annual Cannes festival on the French Riviera is the grandest platform in the world for the highest ambitions of film, a place where the art form is worshipped with wild passion and adoring ...

  • Cave Paintings Found In Mexico 5000 Ancient Works Depict Humans Animals

    The 4,926 paintings were found in Burgos , in the mountainous northeastern state of Tamaulipas, in Mexico, reports the BBC. The beautiful pictures, cataloged with the help of the Mexican National Institute of Anthropology and History (INAH), were presented by researcher Martha Garca Snchez at the second meeting of Historic Archaeology, in Mexico City's National History ...

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