Blogante Essentials for Sunday – August 10th, 2008

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• Forklift helps 700-lb. Mexican go out :: P :: en Español :: from www.usatoday.com
• Older Hispanics find health care lacking in Florida :: P :: en Español :: from www.orlandosentinel.com
• Video: MALDEF discusses the Shenandoah, Pennsylvania Murder (Hate Crime) on CNN :: en Español
• Measure Limiting English Learning to Cost Oregonians a Quarter of a Billion Dollars :: P :: en Español :: from causaoregon.blogspot.com
• A Mexican border city has begun fining U.S. drivers who cross the border to fill extra drums, tanks or barrels with government-subsidized Mexican fuel. – Ciudad Acuna, across the border from Del Rio, Texas :: P :: en Español :: from www.stltoday.com
• Growing diversity in swing counties favors Obama :: P :: en Español :: from www.usatoday.com
• Colombiano de 127 años puede ser el hombre más viejo del mundo :: P :: in English :: from noticias.aol.com
• Republican Sheriff Runs Attack Ad Against McCain – Sheriff Richard K. Jones doesn’t think much of McCain’s views on illegal immigrants and wants to make sure the presumptive Republican nominee for president knows it. – Butler County, Ohio :: P :: en Español :: from www.policelink.com
• John McCain has launched a new Spanish-language radio ad called “Are you Ready for Obama?” :: P :: en Español :: from blogs.orlandosentinel.com
• Immigrant Integration, or Assimilation? The topic of “immigrant integration” has become a buzz phrase here in the nation’s capital, but some continue to prefer to use the word “assimilation” instead. :: P :: en Español :: from blogs.edweek.org
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• New Crafty Chica product line @ Michaels – The Crafty Chica product line is the FIRST multi-culti-tinged line that a mainstream craft store has ever carried. :: en Español
• It’s a Living: Acting Like a Freak and Getting Shot – Jose Pico on Coney Island :: P :: en Español :: from www.nytimes.com
• Robbers armed with machetes hacked a U.S. tourist to death and seriously wounded his wife in an attack aboard the couple’s sailboat in northeastern Guatemala :: P :: en Español :: from www.miamiherald.com
• Immigration rights — the next struggle? Juan Williams says immigration is the great civil rights issue of the day. Erin Aubry Kaplan says we shouldn’t define the struggle for equal rights as any single group’s cause. :: P :: en Español :: from www.latimes.com
• Holding suspected illegal immigrants in jail in Prince William County has cost nearly $800,000 more than expected in the previous fiscal year, officials said. :: P :: en Español :: from www.hometownannapolis.com
• Army Recruiter Threatens High School Student with Jail Time – The recruiter, Sergeant Glenn Marquette, warned 18-year-old Irving Gonzalez that he would be sent to jail if he decided to go to college instead of joining the military, even though Gonzalez had signed a non-binding contract that left him free to change his mind before basic training. – Houston :: P :: en Español :: from www.alternet.org
• El Ministerio de Defensa de México reveló que unas 500 mil personas están vinculadas con el negocio del narcotráfico en el país, reportó el sábado el diario El Universal. :: P :: in English :: from www.univision.com
• A la final Luis Rivera – El naguabeño terminó en la décimotercera posición, la mejor actuación para un gimnasta boricua en la historia de los Juegos Olímpicos. :: P :: in English :: from www.elnuevodia.com
• New Florida task force focused on Latin music as industry slumps :: P :: en Español :: from biz.yahoo.com
• Spy catcher claims four are agents for Cuba – A U.S. intelligence expert has named four people as Cuban agents in the United States, including two in the Miami area. :: P :: en Español :: from www.miamiherald.com
• Diez estados de la región del medio oeste tienen mil cien vuelos en promedio al mes que hacen alguna conexión con México :: P :: in English :: from www.informador.com.mx

Entertainment –»

• Belinda pide a asaltantes que no publiquen sus fotos personales :: P :: in English :: from www.peopleenespanol.com
• Angelique Boyer molesta por falsos rumores de su muerte :: P :: in English :: from www.peopleenespanol.com
• El mariachi ‘olímpico’ era de EU :: P :: in English :: from www.elsiglodetorreon.com.mx
• El cantante mexicano Alejandro Fernández, quien continúa con éxito su gira internacional Viento a Favor, fue homenajeado en San Antonio, Texas, donde declararon el 8 de agosto como su día. :: P :: in English :: from www.elsiglodetorreon.com.mx
• Ely Guerra Has A Message For Los Hombres – MTV News caught up with the ever-evolving songstress. See what the femme fatale had to say about male artists Juanes and Giz Cerezo (Kinky), and other hombres that have inspired su carrera :: P :: en Español :: from blogamole.mtvtr3s.com
• New Florida task force focused on Latin music as industry slumps :: P :: en Español :: from biz.yahoo.com
• La vida sin Timbiriche – Sasha Sokol grabará álbum en solitario :: P :: in English :: from www.univision.com
• Thalía recibirá un premio por su labor humanitaria :: P :: in English :: from
• Las 10 canciones más populares de la semana en algunos países de las Américas – Top ten songs this week across the Americas :: P :: in English :: from entretenimiento.aol.com
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• Diez estados de la región del medio oeste tienen mil cien vuelos en promedio al mes que hacen alguna conexión con México :: P :: in English :: from www.informador.com.mx
• Wizards reaching out to Latino fans in Kansas City :: P :: en Español :: from www.kansascity.com
• Latino Spanish-language content provider Veranda Entertainment has just launched its broadband video-on-demand site Butaca.tv, a destination portal dedicated to Latino cinema. :: P :: en Español :: from www.variety.com
• Hispanic-targeted Web portals are mounting expanded online and mobile coverage of the 2008 Summer Games, boasting specialized content and 24/7 reporting of Olympic competitions beginning with today’s opening ceremonies. :: P :: en Español :: from www.marketingymedios.com
• Mexico’s policies credited with rise as peso gains strength :: P :: en Español :: from www.elpasotimes.com
• New Crafty Chica product line @ Michaels – The Crafty Chica product line is the FIRST multi-culti-tinged line that a mainstream craft store has ever carried. :: en Español
• Ethical coffee helps save Peruvian rainforest :: P :: en Español :: from news.yahoo.com
• Compra América Móvil a Estesa en Nicaragua :: P :: in English :: from www.oem.com.mx
• Los trabajadores mexicanos y los presos hispanos benefician a la agricultura de Colorado :: P :: in English :: from espanol.news.yahoo.com
• Mexican Inflation Hits 3-Year High On Food, Gas Prices :: P :: en Español :: from www.huffingtonpost.com
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