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Mexican archaeologists unearth ruins of Aztec palace in downtown Mexico City

Texans head across the border to save on gasoline - I saw a report last night about this in Tijuana

Texas runner Leo Manzano eyes another national title - Mexico native Leo Manzano intends to run for the United States, his adopted homeland, at the Summer Games.

Border Crossings - Spain, Like U.S., Grapples With Immigration

Suspected Illegal Immigrants Deported Without Getting Their Day in Court - Due process is a vitally important tenet of liberal democracy.

Puerto Rico in independence bid - Puerto Rico Governor Anibal Acevedo Vila has called on the UN to back his people’s right to self-determination.

Cuba’s urban farming program a stunning success

Top Cuban baseball player defects to United States - Dayan Viciedo

Esther J. Cepeda: How long are you Hispanic?

Industrial Boulevard renaming poll has Dallas officials mired in controversy - Dallas - (to César Chávez Boulevard)

Fed Official (J. Robert Flores of OJJDP): Golf Helps End City Gang Crime - Former Staffer Tells ABC News Anti-Crime Funds Given to Programs With The “Right” Connections. - (saw this last night on ABC’s Nightline - he is appearing before The House Committee on Government Oversight today)

Hispanic Meeting & Event Planning Online Directory Launches - The Latino Speakers Bureau announced the launch of their Hispanic Meeting & Event Planning Online Directory, designed to serve the needs of this industry with speakers, professional services and small business resources that are valuable to their event success.

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Circus enjoyable — en espanol - Performers in big purple tents cater to Hispanics - Salt Lake City

San Bernardino Community College District names its first Latina, female chancellor - Noelia Vela

A Latino vote that made a difference and is sending chills down the spines of city officials (Latina Lista) - Dallas

Verano MLS returns for second year - Summer soccer events headed to LA, Chicago, Dallas, Houston and Kansas City in 2008

AT&T’s ‘Taekwondo’ Olympics Push - Company targets Hispanic consumers in ads featuring Lopez family

Report: FBI’s immigration checks too slow

BEARS have been spotted foraging for food and water on the outskirts of Monterrey, Mexico’s second largest city, as they struggle to survive a dry spell that has depleted their natural reserves of food and water.

Mexican national team keeper Sanchez arrested for refusing to leave Chicago hotel

Boeing awarded contract on border fence: Chertoff

Defying U.S., the European Union mulls ending Cuban sanctions

Free the Cuban Five! - A three-judge panel of the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals of Atlanta upheld Wednesday the guilty verdicts of the Cuban Five, prisoners in the United States since 1998

Sources link Miami producer to Cuban singer’s fatal trip - Elvis Manuel

Rhode Island immigration plan may face delay

Nebraska Attorney General Jon Bruning’s office and a state commission that fights housing discrimination have reached a deal on how to handle cases involving illegal immigrants.

John Leguizamo: “I would be terrified if Obama didn’t win the election” : People en Español

Obama Faces Hurdles in Wooing New York’s Hispanics

Obama Speaks About Latin America on V-me

Andrés Oppenheimer : Hispanic vote isn’t guaranteed for Dems

Obama looks for Hispanic support

Thalía is the new face of AT&T

Las Vegas, ¡Aqui y Ahora! - Latin Performers Take Center Stage this Summer in the Country’s Top Tourist Destination

Al Dia to Triple Distribution Through Home Delivery - Texas

Wal-Mart de Mexico has the Best Corporate Governance in Mexico, and the Fourth in Latin America: Management & Excellence

Pak Mail Passes 100 Store Milestone in Mexico

Latina Creates History With Groundbreaking Company - Por Fin, A Direct Sales Health and Beauty Company Exclusively Latina - Mía Mariú

Strong growth in South America is helping boost Delta’s revenues in Latin America amidst fuel hikes and a U.S. slowdown.

La Raza launches newspaper redesign - Chicago

Pacer Health Corporation Moves Up the Ranks of the Top 500 Hispanic Businesses

Boston Business Journal and El Planeta Announce Call for Nominations for 20 on the Move

Mexican growers stop tomato shipments to US amid salmonella scare

Mexican inflation hits 4.95 annual rate, highest since December 2004

Grupo Mexico CEO arrives at Texas courthouse for Asarco trial

Mexico’s Slim Family Eyes Spanish Telecom Market

Boeing awarded contract on border fence: Chertoff

Univision Launches Innovative DTV Grassroots Outreach Initiative “Escuadron Digital”

The FeedRoom to Power SaberHacer.com: Nation’s First Video-Based Hispanic Integrated Media Company

ImpreMedia to Serve as Exclusive Spanish Language Broadcaster of U.S. Treasury Department’s Roundtable on Financial Education for the Hispanic Community

Media Moves: Pamela Silva joins morning team at WLTV-23 - Miami

Media Moves: John Morales adds radio duties - Miami

Media Moves: KVEA’s morning show changes - Los Angeles

Linda Chavez supporters united in new-to-market list

AT&T’s ‘Taekwondo’ Olympics Push - Company targets Hispanic consumers in ads featuring Lopez family

Thalía is the new face of AT&T

Las Vegas, ¡Aqui y Ahora! - Latin Performers Take Center Stage this Summer in the Country’s Top Tourist Destination

Is Salma Hayek Getting Married?

The Best of the 2008 Puerto Rican Day Parade

Victoria Ruffo leaves Telemundo to show her dark side

John Leguizamo: “I would be terrified if Obama didn’t win the election” : People en Español

Charly Garcia is hospitalized after provoking a fight

Luismi y Sammy Sosa se van de parranda

Charly García pelea en hotel y va al hospital

Jessica Alba’s Dad: Honor is the Prettiest Baby Ever!

Music to stir a Mexican soul- Famed band strikes a chord with fans on a magical night in Asbury Park, New Jersey - Los Tigres Del Norte

Sources link Miami producer to Cuban singer’s fatal trip - Elvis Manuel

32nd Annual National Hispanic Women’s Conference Draws Sold Out Audience

CENTRO Mi Diario Recognized by FSNE - Tampa

U.S., Mexico fighting flow of firearms to drug cartels

Note, head found near Mexican newspaper office

Backgrounds play big role in new immigrants’ success in U.S. classrooms

Some 112,000 people from the Mexican state of Tabasco attended the Festival of Hope event from June 6 to 8 in Villahermosa, Mexico, according to The Billy Graham Evangelistic Association. During the three-day event, 9,492 people made a commitment to Jesus Christ.

Packed jail tied to illegal immigration - Eagle County, Colorado

Sheriff gets go-ahead to deal with illegal immigrants - Beaufort County, South Carolina

Fiesta Puertorriquenas in Chicago - 2008

Listen to podcast interview with Maria Lopez De Leon, executive director, National Association of Latino Arts and Culture and artist Laura Varela about art - Hispanic MPR

Resistance at US/Mexico border heats up in anticipation of next month’s fence construction (Latina Lista)

Daughter Makes Plea for Witnesses To Come Forward in the death of her father Jorge Villatoro - Montgomery County, Virginia

COLORADO STATE PRESIDENT NAMED TO NATIONAL SOCIETY OF HISPANIC MBAS BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Florida schools top the nation in awarding degrees to Hispanics

Hispanic leaders say they are working to register more voters - Oklahoma

College of Lake County expands program for Hispanic kids - Illinois

For some U.S. troops, economic stimulus check is not in mail - REBATE BYPASSES THOSE WITH FOREIGN SPOUSES

Florida woman’s fight with UPS touches nerve over security level

Maricopa County OKs $1M for illegal-immigrant sweeps - Arizona

Depression on the rise among US Hispanic women: experts

DNC Superdelegate Puts His Vote Up For Sale - Sacramento’s Steven Ybarra Wants $20 Million For His Vote

Chicago’s Unique Program Makes Teachers Out of Moms - The Unique Teacher Education Model Uplifts Women of Color

AAP, Borders, Las Comadres Launch National Latino Book Club

Remittances from Mexican Immigrant Communities in the U.S.: How Are They Perceived in Mexico?

Jury award of over $1 million to Latina farm worker upheld by Ninth Circuit

Idaho student says teacher tossed his Mexican flag in trash

Are Immigration Authorities Going After School Children Now? - If true, then it’s hard to imagine the cruelty that resides in these people’s hearts

Councilman calls for look at how Austin Latinos are faring

Latino officers seek probe by FBI - A white policeman is accused of using excessive force in arresting a Latino teenager last month. - Denver

ICE activity at National Cattle Congress sparks fear among Latinos - Waterloo, Iowa

Hispanics’ discipline not racist, state says - (elementary students made to eat on floor & somehow only Hispanics didn’t get trays) - New Jersey

Mexico ex-official: Health care should have no boundaries

With 55 delegates, Puerto Rico eager for primary limelight

McCain’s quest for the Hispanic vote

DNC Superdelegate Puts His Vote Up For Sale - Sacramento’s Steven Ybarra Wants $20 Million For His Vote

LandAmerica’s Dan A. Robledo Inducted to the Board of Directors of the National Association of Hispanic Real Estate Professionals

Arbitron’s Portable People Meter & it effect on Hispanic Radio

Todobebé launches Todobebé La Revista

ad:tech Miami - Digital Media Among Hispanic & LatAM Consumers.

PR lawsuit targets shipping companies - Puerto Rico lawsuit alleges price-fixing by shipping companies

Taco Maker has taste for Upstate

CaribeVisión Unveils New Divisions

Spanish becomes a valuable tool in career - for the North Carolina real estate agent

Avance ranked one of America’s top Hispanic nonprofits in national report - San Antonio

GOP senators, Hispanic business leaders push Colombia trade pact

Spanish Broadcasting System, Inc. Reports Results for the First Quarter 2008

Remittances from Mexican Immigrant Communities in the U.S.: How Are They Perceived in Mexico?

Paulina Rubio will launch her own perfume

Vayanara Torres stars in “Beautiful Now”

Luis Miguel still dreams of one day reuniting with his mother

Itatí Cantoral considers her pregnancy a miracle

Teen star Selena Gómez looks beyond Disney

ALAS (América Latina en Acción Solidaria) Announces Final Artist Line-up For El Concierto Por Los Niños on May 17th

Terra Networks Partners with Warner Music to Present the DVD Release of ‘Arde el Cielo con Maná’

Colby O’Donis Selected as MTV Tr3s Descubre & Download Artist

Cuba’s two-currency system adds up to a social divide

El Vez, the ‘Mexican Elvis,’ brings his wild ‘El Vez for Prez’ show to CSU-Monterey Bay

Fourth senior Mexican police officer shot dead

Puerto Rico begins to send out federal economic incentive payments

Zesty tastes of Puerto Rico are worth searching for - Miami

Arthur Aviles: Boricua tai chi

Dallas Attorney Angel Reyes Named to DART Board of Directors

Attorney: Client didn’t break law by talks with immigrants - Iowa

Controversy over Minico student’s flag sparks silent protests at school, national discussion about racism - Idaho

Berkeley students protest ICE raids - California

Highly acclaimed journalist Ray Suarez to address UMass Dartmouth undergraduates

Pair of commissions urge rejection of English-only law - Ohio

Padre Alberto and Hermana Glenda Spread the Joy of Bible Reading to Catholics

Illegal-immigrant crackdowns have Valley churches on edge - Arizona

Antioch University Los Angeles Joins The Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities

Book highlights poor Hispanic areas here - “Colonias in Arizona and New Mexico: Border Poverty and Community Development Solutions”