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Luis Angulo hugs his daughter at the San Diego border gate

San Diego Border Gate Opens & Mexican Immigrant Hugs Daughter For First Time

By Samantha Leal | 05/01/2013 - 10:39 | 0 Comments

The San Diego border opened this weekend, briefly, to Mexico, and the scene was an emotional one for many. After officials opened the gate in Friendship Park, a small park along the border, family members got to see and touch their loved ones they hadn't touched in many years. One of these loved ones was Luis Angulo,...

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9-Year-Old Girl Gives Birth To Healthy Baby Girl In Mexico
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Teenage Girl Forced To Become Pregnant By Adoptive Mother

By Amaris Castillo | 04/29/2013 - 13:29 | 0 Comments

Horrifying. We just heard about a mother who forced her teenage adopted daughter to inseminate herself with donor sperm. The girl was only 14.

According to the Guardian, the reason for the insemination was to provide a baby for the mother after she was...

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Earthquakes in Chile Have Permanently Deformed Earth
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Earthquakes in Chile Have Permanently Deformed Earth

By Samantha Leal | 04/29/2013 - 09:37 | 0 Comments

Yikes! It seems earthquakes in Chile have done far worse than suspected -- actually deforming the Earth's crust. Structural geologist Richard Allmendinger of Cornell University, along with his colleagues, have found that major earthquakes (with a magnitude 7 or higher) have apparently caused the crust in Northern Chile to crack permanently.

It was earlier believed...

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4 Suspects Arrested In Chile for Burning Baby Alive In Ritual Sacrifice

By Sugey Palomares | 04/26/2013 - 10:49 | 0 Comments

After months of investigation, Chilean police arrested four members of a sect for burning a 3-year-old baby alive because the leader believed the child was the antichrist. The toddler was thrown into a bonfire during a ritual in the town of Colliguay last November. The baby’s mother, Natalia Guerra, 25, confessed to being involved in the sacrifice and was...

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Puerto Rican Teen Forced to Stand for Pledge of Allegiance
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Puerto Rican Teen Forced to Stand for Pledge of Allegiance

By Kamren Curiel | 04/25/2013 - 12:50 | 0 Comments

Enidris Siurano Rodriguez is not afraid to stand up, or in this case sit, for her rights. The 15-year-old Maryland honor student and gifted violinist has not stood for the pledge of allegiance since the 7th grade because of what she believes is an unjust political situation in her native Puerto Rico. Her bravery has caught the attention of Ricky Martin...

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Transgender Man Becomes First to Give Birth in Chile
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Transgender Man Becomes First in Chile to Give Birth

By Kamren Curiel | 04/25/2013 - 12:36 | 0 Comments

A Chilean transgender man is making headlines after being the first recorded male in Chile's history to give birth. Known as "Matias," he represents a rare instance in which a transgender man in Chile was able to keep his female genitalia, though he is legally male.

“We know that our case is a milestone, a precedent,” said Matías, who chose to keep his identity...

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This Is Happening: Bulletproof School Uniforms

This Is Happening: Bulletproof School Uniforms

By Sugey Palomares | 04/24/2013 - 11:56 | 0 Comments

Yes, the world has come to this. Bulletproof school uniforms are being designed for students in the U.S. Colombian tailor, Miguel Caballero, who specializes in designing protective wear in Bogota, recently developed protective kid-...

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9 Latin Sorority Sisters React to Angry Sorority Girl Letter!

By Amaris Castillo | 04/24/2013 - 10:37 | 0 Comments

By now you’ve heard of the deranged sorority email. I’m pretty sure we all have. I’m talking about Rebecca Martinson of the Delta Gamma sorority at the University of Maryland, whose profanity-ridden (and absolutely crazy) ...

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