Blogante Essential News for Tuesday – September 9th, 2008

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• A study by the Santa Monica-based RAND Corp. found that illegal immigrants in local jails who have been deported and then return to the United States are far more likely than other immigrants to commit crimes, it was reported Monday. :: P :: en Español :: from www.wavenewspapers.com
• Answers still lacking in Shenandoah – Pennsylvania :: P :: en Español :: from www.mcall.com
• The death Friday of Officer Isabel Nazario was particularly painful among the Police Department’s Latinos and in the city’s Puerto Rican community, who remembered her as a doting mother and friend, as a tough professional, and as a pioneer. – Philadelphia :: P :: en Español :: from www.philly.com
• Pioneering Hispanic Columnist Roger Hernandez Dies at 53 :: P :: en Español :: from www.editorandpublisher.com
• Border Patrol roadblock rattles small Washington town :: P :: en Español :: from www.oregonlive.com
• University Study Indicates Better Lawsuit Results for English Speakers, Say Authors of Reyes-Ewing-Wetherbe Study :: en Español
• As known anti-immigrant “hate group” lobbies Congress this week… SEIU Denounces Anti-Immigrant Hate Speech Joins Prominent Immigrant Rights Groups to Advocate for Smart, Pragmatic Reform :: en Español
• National Hispanic Professional Organization: Hispanics Split on Presidential Preference but Not on Issues – It’s Still the Economy :: en Español
• ACLU Challenges State Department’s Refusal To Issue Passports To U.S. Citizens – Mexican-Americans From Southern Border States Face Delays And Denials :: en Español
• Southern California’s taco truck war continued to sizzle as county officials asked a judge to reinstate a law he threw out last month that had forced truck operators to move every hour or face the threat of jail. :: P :: en Español :: from ap.google.com
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• What’s called the new sanctuary movement is growing in Kansas City, too, where faith leaders have created an organization called Immigrant Justice Advocacy Movement. KC Currents’ Sylvia Maria Gross has this story of a Kansas City Kansas family who turned to a group of church pastors when they thought they were about to be turned in. :: P :: en Español :: from publicbroadcasting.net
• Politics aside, Spanish opens rich literary terrain :: P :: en Español :: from www.al.com
• ‘Coqui’ SINGS – Tadpole of an idea grows into prizewinning children’s book – Marisa de Jesus Paolicelli’s ”There’s a Coqui in My Shoe!” – 2008 International Latino Book Awards for best children’s educational book and second place for best children’s picture book earlier this year. :: P :: en Español :: from www.mcall.com
• 5 jailed in kidnap-slaying of Mexican retailer’s son – Police detectives are among those accused in killing :: P :: en Español :: from www.chron.com
• Guatemalan President Alvaro Colom said Friday that government prosecutors are trying to determine who put microphones and video cameras in the presidential palace. :: P :: en Español :: from www.cnn.com
• Behind Mexico’s Wave of Beheadings :: P :: en Español :: from www.time.com
• Traditions prompt many Hispanics to hide Alzheimer’s disease :: P :: en Español :: from www.mlive.com
• Newark Archdiocese gets first Cuban-born bishop – Manuel Cruz :: P :: en Español :: from www.newsday.com
• “About 50,000 Latinos a month turn 18 (in the United States) and are eligible to vote for the first time,” said Mark Lopez, associate director at the Pew Hispanic Center. :: P :: en Español :: from www.azcentral.com
• Between 1980 and 2007, the Fannie Mae Foundation donated $285,000 to the Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute. :: P :: en Español :: from www.politico.com

Entertainment –»

• Eva Longoria and Jennifer Lopez’s front row fashion battle! :: P :: en Español :: from latimesblogs.latimes.com
• Ninel Conde is bothered by rumors of plastic surgery – The actress claims she got operated on a hernia and that she didn’t get plastic surgery :: P :: en Español :: from www.peopleenespanol.com
• Javier Bardem calls his Spanish critics stupid – The actor reveals how his native country treated him after winning an Oscar :: P :: en Español :: from www.peopleenespanol.com
• Niurka Marcos forgives Yanixán :: P :: en Español :: from www.peopleenespanol.com
• Ernesto Laguardia awaits his second child :: P :: en Español :: from www.peopleenespanol.com
• Gael García Bernal’s baby is a boy – Director Fernando Meirelles confirmed that Dolores Fonzi and the Mexican actor are having a boy :: P :: en Español :: from www.peopleenespanol.com
• Kirk Acevedo fulfills science fiction passion in ‘Fringe’ :: P :: en Español :: from www.nydailynews.com
• Con un paseo en helicóptero por la Sierra de Durango, en México, donde graba la telenovela “Sin senos no hay paraíso”, Aylín Mújica intenta superar el vértigo que siempre le ha causado la altura. :: P :: in English :: from
• Juanes new single “ODIO POR AMOR” (HATE FOR LOVE) has an English line in it “It’s time to change” repeated quite a few times :: en Español
• JUANES TOPS LIST OF NOMINEES FOR “LOS PREMIOS MTV” WITH SEVEN NOMINATIONS :: en Español
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• Power tools maker DeWalt said today (Sept. 9) that it has forged a deal with Univision’s Fernando Fiore to serve as host of its Hispanic-targeted event promotions through 2009. :: P :: en Español :: from www.marketingymedios.com
• Mexican 2009 budget projects oil at $80 a barrel :: P :: en Español :: from www.businessweek.com
• To E-Verify, or Not to E-Verify – A legal battle looms over a White House push to make all U.S. contractors screen workers with the Web-based system run by the government. :: P :: en Español :: from www.kiplinger.com
• Spanish-language TV show aims for family audience – “Despertando Utah” :: P :: en Español :: from www.jacksonholestartrib.com
• Maya Magazines announced the launch of a weekly magazine (circ. 50,000, Spanish) developed and designed for Hispanic soccer fans in the USA, with in-depth :: P :: en Español :: from www.portada-online.com
• HyperOffice Delivers Spanish Version of Online Collaboration Suite :: en Español
• GolTV Launches on Bright House Networks in Tampa Bay :: en Español
• Six Dallas companies named top companies for Hispanics :: P :: en Español :: from www.bizjournals.com
• Hispanic Immigrants Find Help Opening Businesses – Centro Hispano, Utah :: P :: en Español :: from newsnet.byu.edu
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