An Argument for Puerto Rican Statehood
Should Puerto Rico become a state once and for all?
American citizens enjoy all kinds of rights and privileges that most of us simply take for granted. Think about the presidential election: If you were over ...
Posted Tuesday, June 9th 2009 at 10:16AM
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Thousands of Mexican soldiers pour into the country's most violent city in crackdown on drug gangs
Armed to the hilt, they came from land and air, determined to restore order to Mexico's most violent city.
Nearly 2,000 Mexican soldiers and armed ...
Posted Tuesday, June 9th 2009 at 10:07AM
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Paradise Turns Deadly in Mexico
It was a shootout straight from Hollywood in the former playground of its biggest stars: Masked and heavily armed Mexican soldiers battled outlaws holed up in a hillside mansion in a four-hour shootout that had touris ...
Posted Tuesday, June 9th 2009 at 9:56AM
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The Five Biggest Latin Movie Stars of 2009
This year is chock-full of great movies to look forward to, from huge summer blockbusters like Star Trek and Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs, to year-end stuff like The Wolfman and James Cameron's 3-D Avat ...
Posted Sunday, June 7th 2009 at 3:11PM
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Savvy young heirs give Mexico drug cartels new face
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Shunning the gem-studded pistols and gold chains flaunted by their fathers, a savvy new generation of drug smugglers is moving up the ranks of Mexico's cartels wielding co ...
Posted Sunday, June 7th 2009 at 2:23PM
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Whitney Houston's new album due in September
The date for Whitney Houston's comeback has been set. Arista Records says her long-awaited album will be released Sept. 1. Houston hasn't released a CD in seven years.
So far, there's no word on a tit ...
Posted Sunday, June 7th 2009 at 1:45PM
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Jennifer Lopez returns to The Back-Up Plan set in a size 6
Jennifer Lopez returned to the set of The Back-Up Plan, her latest film, with a few pounds less.
For us "common folk," losing baby weight can be really difficult and adding insult to inju ...
Posted Sunday, June 7th 2009 at 1:39PM
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