Outcry Renewed as U.S. Military May Want to Occupy Vieques Again

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After being absent for six years, the U.S. military is suggesting it could once again re-establish a presence on the Puerto Rican island of Vieques, the Associated Press is reporting. Angry objections are already being heard from Puerto Rico and beyond.

25-year-old Transsexual Spaniard to Give Birth to Twins

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25-year-old Ruben Noe Coronado is expected to give birth to twin boys at the end of September. Coronado, originally born Estefania, was in the process of getting a sex change when he decided to try to get pregnant.

He made the decision to postpone the gender reassignment surgery when his partner, Esperanza Ruiz, 43, found out that she was no longer able to have babies (she has 2 children from a previous relationship). Coronado then started fertility treatments so that he could become pregnant.

Chavez Calls Obama "Ignoramus"

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Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has resumed trash talking President Barack Obama. In response to the U.S. president’s assertion in a January interview with Univision that Chavez exported terrorism and obstructed progress in Latin America, Chavez said Obama was at best an "ignoramus,” Reuters reports.

Police Capture Son of Top Sinaloa Drug Lord

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Mexican officials announced that the son of Sinaloa drug cartel leader Ismael "El Mayo" Zambada was captured on Thursday. The arrest of drug smuggler Vicente Zambada Niebla, 33, is one of the highest-profile catches of the government's two-year war on drug gangs, Reuters reports.

Are Immigrants Really Stealing American Jobs?

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The Room for Debate blog on nytimes.com recently had a group of experts weigh in on the recession and competition for lower-wage jobs between native-born workers and immigrants, both legal and illegal. We've always heard people scream about how immigrants "steal jobs from real citizens" or how Americans would "never accept the jobs that immigrants do" and were fascinated to hear what those on the front lines of this issue had to say.

Despite What You May Think, Obama Has Not Forgotten the Immigration Issue

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On Wednesday during a press conference in Southern California, President Barack Obama said he is still for “comprehensive immigration reform,” the Associated Press reports. He made the comments during the town hall-style conference, after being asked about the touchy, now largely forgotten subject.

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