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Conservative Chilean Billionaire Wins Presidential Election

By Mariela Rosario | 01/19/2010 - 17:30 | 1 Comment

Billionaire Sebastian Piñera recently won the Chilean presidential election, and became the first conservative leader to gain power in the country since Augusto Pinochet's rule ended 20 years ago. People were surprised by the outcome, especially given current Chilean president, Michelle Bachelet's enormous popularity....

Spanish Lawmaker's Image Used for Bin Laden Age Progression

By Mariela Rosario | 01/19/2010 - 11:40 | 5 Comments

Spanish Lawmaker Gaspar Llamazares recently awoke to find his image splashed across the world's newspapers. Unbeknown to him, the FBI used a picture they had found of him online to create an age-progressed image of Osama Bin Laden.

They used Llamazares's likeness—without his knowledge or permission—to update the U.S. government's...

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Haiti Earthquake: Victims Walk Across the Border to the Dominican Republic for Help

By Shani Saxon-Parrish | 01/15/2010 - 14:57 | 1 Comment

People in a small town in the Dominican Republic called Jimani are doing a big part in saving the lives of Haiti’s catastrophic earthquake victims.

The walking wounded are pouring across the Haitian border into Jimani, The...

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Honduras Military Chiefs Face Trial

By Shani Saxon-Parrish | 01/15/2010 - 12:54 | 0 Comments

The head of the Supreme Court in Honduras has ordered six military commanders to stay in the country as they face trial over the ousting of President Manuel Zelaya last June. Proceedings are scheduled to begin on Jan. 21, BBC News reports.

The military chiefs are being...

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Video: Cheech & Chong Offer White House Correspondent a Joint

By Mariela Rosario | 01/14/2010 - 18:32 | 2 Comments

Tommy Chong and Cheech Marin recently visited CBS News's Washington Unplugged to promote their new comedy tour, Get It Legal and hilarity ensued.

The legendary comedy duo were also there on behalf of the Marijuana Policy Project to talk...

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Aid Begins to Arrive as Red Cross Estimates 50,000 Deaths in Haiti

By Mariela Rosario | 01/14/2010 - 12:10 | 1 Comment

Planes are descending on Haiti as a number of nations send supplies, relief workers and aid to the devastated country. In a speech this morning, President Obama pledged $115 million to help the ravaged island nation and promised more to come as he tapped former Presidents Bill Clinton and George W. Bush to help with...

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Mexico Captures Infamous Drug Lord "El Teo"

By Dorkys Ramos | 01/13/2010 - 18:47 | 0 Comments

On Tuesday, infamous drug lord Teodoro “El Teo” García Simental was captured by Mexican authorities. He was one of Mexico’s and the U.S. government’s most wanted men and a $2.1 million reward was offered for tips leading to his arrest. After five months of intelligence work,...

Wax Beauties

By Angelique Serrano | 01/13/2010 - 15:38 | 2 Comments

These Latina sirens have been immortalized as Madame Tussaud's wax figures around the world. Take a look and see if you can tell which beauties are flesh and which are fiction.

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