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  • Mexico City hosts chili pepper festival

    Chili peppers and sauces will take centre stage at a festival being held this week in Mexico City, where the spicy plant, one of the pillars of Mexican cuisine, will be honoured, organizers said. The first Chilis, Sauces and Mortars Festival, which will be held Friday to Sunday, is being organized by the Enchilada Fair, the National Anthropology and History Institute, or INAH, said. Mexico ...

  • American Exports Edgar Castillo shines but Tijuana let it slip vs. Ronaldinho Co. in Libertadores

    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 Atltico 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 ...

  • Football - Favourites Atletico Mineiro fight back for Tijuana draw

    Striker Diego Tardelli inspired Atletico Mineiro to a second-half fightback for a 2-2 draw away to Tijuana in their Libertadores Cup quarter-final first leg on ...

  • Club Tijuana 2-1 Atletico Mineiro Diego Tardelli gives Brazilians early edge

    Atletico Mineiro grabbed a stoppage-time equalizer against Club Tijuana to sneak out of Mexico with a 2-2 draw in the first leg of the Copa Libertadores quarterfinal. Early in the match, a deflected ball hit Ronaldinho in the face and the maestro had to come off briefly for treatment. It was the beginning of an awkward night for last year's runner up in the Brazilian Serie A. A quarter hour ...

  • Mexico wants to attract US retirees

    Mexican legislators, seeking to make their country more attractive to US retirees, may soon lift a major impediment for foreigners who want to own a piece of Mexico's Pacific or Caribbean coasts. For the first time in nearly a century, lawmakers are moving to allow non-Mexicans to buy coastal real estate and hold the deeds to it, without having to set up bank trusts or find silent Mexican ...

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About Schmidt

About Schmidt

Some people have been describing About Schmidt as a black comedy, and while it does have its share of darkly comedic moments, overall it is an earnest existential drama about a 67-year-old man trying to come to grips with the meaninglessness of his life. I suspect that people want to view it as a black comedy because it was directed by Alexander Payne and cowritten by Payne and Jim Taylor, ... ...

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  • Mexican Mafia Boss Pleads Guilty to Drug Trafficking Extortion

    The leader of a Mexican Mafia that operated in San Diego’s North County pleaded guilty to conspiracy and drug trafficking charges on Thursday, the office of U.S. Attorney Laura E. Duffy ...

  • Latin Americas free trade bloc lifts tariffs eyes Asian markets

    * Latin America seeks integration, yet divided in terms of trade * Pacific Alliance advocates free trade, foreign investment * Tariff elimination begins in July By Eduardo Garcia BOGOTA, May 23 (Reuters) - A Latin American bloc that ...

  • UPDATE 1-Cannes auction of space trip with DiCaprio raises 1.2 mln euros for charity

    Thu May 23, 2013 9:18pm EDT (Adds dropped word "New" to 3rd paragraph and reference to DiCaprio's film) By Belinda Goldsmith CANNES May 24 (Reuters) - A trip to space with Hollywood actor Leonardo DiCaprio raised 1.2 million euros ($1.5 million) for charity at a glitzy fundraiser at the Cannes film festival on Thursday. At the 20th annual event organized by amfAR, the Foundation for ...

  • Ancient cave paintings found in northeastern Mexico

    A detail from a copy of the more than 17,000 year old Swimming Stags Frieze from the famed cave paintings of Lascaux is seen during a media preview on March 19, 2013 in Chicago. (Mira Oberman/AFP/Getty ...

  • Mexico drug war rebooted

    It's the general's hour again in Mexico as the new president deploys troops in Michoacan, where gangsters are facing off against vigilante ...

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