SF Gate:
A former Albuquerque auto dealer, faced with an ailing economy and difficulty getting credit for his dealership, says he turned to gambling last year in a bid to salvage the business. Ken Zangara racked up a $250,000 gambling loss just months before he closed... Albuquerque New Mexico - Business - Gambling - Busine (Read More)
Reuters:
CANCUN, Mexico (Reuters) - Hurricane Ida roared into the Gulf of Mexico on Sunday, where important oil fields are located, after killing 91 people and leaving at least another 60 missing in floods and mudslides in El Salvador.
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The Huffington Post | Full News Feed:
MIAMI — A hurricane watch has been issued for coastal Louisiana and Mississippi as Hurricane Ida begins making its way through the Gulf of Mexico toward the U.S.Ida could reach the northern Gulf Coast by Tuesday. Forecasters at the National Hurricane Center in Miami said Sunday morning that the watch does not include (Read More)
Huffington Post:
VERAPAZ, El Salvador — Civil defense officials in El Salvador have raised the death toll from rain-triggered floods and mudslides to 124, with another 60 people missing.Government Minister Humberto Centeno, who heads the Civil Protection agency, says the rising toll and President Mauricio Funes' declaration of a national em (Read More)
Reuters: International News:
CANCUN, Mexico (Reuters) - Hurricane Ida strengthened off the Mexican resort city of Cancun on the Yucatan Peninsula on Sunday as heavy rains caused by the storm killed at least 42 people in El Salvador.
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LA Times:
At least 60 people are reported missing after three days of rain. Meteorologists say the downpour is unrelated to Hurricane Ida, now swirling off Mexico's Yucatan peninsula. Torrential rains in El Salvador triggered flooding and mudslides (Read More)
Los Angeles Times - Top News:
Dozens are reported missing after three days of rain. Meteorologists say the downpour is unrelated to Hurricane Ida, now swirling off Mexico's Yucatan peninsula. Torrential rains in El Salvador triggered flooding and mudslides that left a (Read More)
Reuters:
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Ida strengthened back into a tropical storm early on Saturday off Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula and was moving north toward the Cayman Islands, where the government issued a tropical storm warning.
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Huffington Post:
(AP) PROVO, Utah — A New Mexico soccer player has become an Internet celebrity for the wrong reasons.Junior defender Elizabeth Lambert was suspended Friday for her infractions the day before during a 1-0 loss to BYU in a Mountain West Conference semifinal. Lambert is seen in video from the game throwing elbows, colliding wi (Read More)
USATODAY.com - Game on:
The heat was on in a Mountain West women's semifinal soccer game yesterday between Brigham Young and New Mexico. New Mexico defender Elizabeth Lambert's physical play is all over the Internet today -- and rightfully so -- after the 5-8...
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Huffington Post:
TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras — Ousted Honduran President Manuel Zelaya said Friday that a U.S.-brokered pact failed to end a four-month political crisis after a deadline for forming a unity government passed.But the U.S. still thinks the accord can work, and is working to move forward on it, said a State Department official speaki (Read More)
CNN:
2010, Mexico will commemorate the bicentennial of its Independence movement and the centennial of its Revolution with an extensive program of events. All Mexicans and foreign citizens alike are invited to participate in these events to learn about and reflect on Mexico’s past.                   These celebrations are not (Read More)
Huffington Post:
Update 11/5:Last night the first family--the president, first lady, Malia, Sasha, and First Granny Marian Robinson--hosted an evening of classical music in the East Room of the White House. Judging from the pictures, actor Ed Norton, senior adviser David Axelrod and Secretary of Veteran Affairs Eric Shinseki were also there (Read More)
New York Times:
An off-duty sergeant was among six people killed by masked gunmen early Wednesday in a bar in the Mexican border city of Ciudad Juárez, the authorities said.
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