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by Alex Leff, GlobalPostLIBERIA, Costa Rica -- Franklin Chang Diaz has great aspirations for his rocket: a mail-carrier for outer space, a garbage truck for orbital debris and, the ultimate goal, a shuttle to Mars.The Costa R (Read More)
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Warmer temperatures and rising seas that scientists link to global warming have vastly diminished the turtle population that has dwelt in the Pacific for 150 million years. (Read More)
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Starting Sunday October 18, HuffPost hosted the inaugural No Impact Week, where people around the globe examined and reduced their ecological footprint by taking part in a short and intense period of conscious consumption sup (Read More)
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DENVER — A Mexican drug kingpin who led a fearsome cartel for more than a decade pleaded guilty Friday to U.S. drug and racketeering charges.Miguel Angel Caro Quintero pleaded guilty in Denver federal court to one count of ra (Read More)
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CHICAGO — Prosecutors are expected to ask a federal judge to bar ousted Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich from appearing on Donald Trump's "The Celebrity Apprentice" reality TV show.U.S. District Judge James B. Zagel will preside (Read More)
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CAIRO (AP) -- Hungary has won the third-place game at the Under-20 World Cup, beating Costa Rica in a shootout in which goalkeeper Peter Gulacsi saved straight three penalty kicks.
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For a game that meant almost nothing to the U.S. team’s World Cup hopes next summer, Wednesday night’s match against Costa Rica somehow turned into a crucial, karma-altering quest.
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WASHINGTON (AP) -- U.S. defender Oguchi Onyewu has a torn tendon in his left knee, an injury that usually requires a recovery time of three-to-four months.
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WASHINGTON (AP) -- Jonathan Bornstein headed in a corner kick in the fifth minute of stoppage time, giving the United States a 2-2 tie against Costa Rica on Wednesday night that put Honduras in next year's World Cup.
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Argentina and its embattled coach, Diego Maradona, have avoided an unthinkable elimination while the United States rallied to tie Costa Rica.
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ARLINGTON, Va. (AP)- U.S. national team forward Charlie Davies was injured in a one-car accident in which another person was killed early Tuesday in the Washington, D.C., area.Davies was expected to undergo more than five hou (Read More)
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SAN JOSE, Costa Rica -- The slumping global economy is having a stimulus effect on Costa Rica's famous sex-tourism industry, as a growing number of unemployed women -- from Colombia to the Dominican Republic -- flock to San J (Read More)
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SAN JOSE, Costa Rica (AP) -- Costa Rica beat Trinidad & Tobago 4-0 on Saturday to put itself in position to qualify for the 2010 World Cup.
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SAN PEDRO SULA, Honduras — American players danced in the locker room and swigged some bubbly, With a thrilling victory on a hot and humid night in Central America, the U.S. soccer team earned a trip to South Africa and anoth (Read More)
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Rod Blagojevich may be taking a second shot at reality TV.In what has the makings of an epic showdown between egos and hairdos, the impeached former governor will reportedly be a contestant on the upcoming season of Donald Tr (Read More)
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Who needs another awkward family Christmas watching Aunt Betty get drunk and grandpa fall asleep? Instead, why not spend the holidays spreading some much needed holiday cheer in Costa Rica and participate in fun activities l (Read More)
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Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad gave a fiery speech at the UN today, prompting France to lead a walkout of several delegations:Delegations from Argentina, Australia, Britain, Costa Rica, Denmark, France, Germany, Hungar (Read More)
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TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras — The daring return of deposed President Manuel Zelaya creates a sharp challenge to interim leaders who overthrew him – and for the upcoming election they had hoped would resolve the crisis begun with th (Read More)