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Bargain Baby

By Carla Molina Martins | 01/13/2010 - 15:37 | 0 Comments

Growing up, "frugal" wasn't a term my family used a lot. We took trips to Disney every year, were extravagant gift givers and kept up with the Jones's to a certain extent—all on a middle class income. But nowadays, with all this talk of, "Recession this, frugal that," it's really become all about the bargain. And I've got to be honest, it is tough for me. I used to like...

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Evo Morales Raves About "Avatar"

By Mariela Rosario | 01/13/2010 - 11:50 | 0 Comments

James Cameron's latest blockbuster film, Avatar, tells the story of the nature loving N'avi warriors who live on the lush planet Pandora and are fighting to keep foreign corporations from exploiting their natural habitat. Although the film depicts an all too familiar Hollywood story of a White man rescuing a primitive, indigenous population (see...

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Haiti Devastated by Earthquake

By Mariela Rosario | 01/13/2010 - 10:50 | 2 Comments

Haiti, which shares the island of Hispaniola with the Dominican Republic, has been rocked by a massive 7.0 magnitude earthquake that hit around 5PM yesterday evening. The country's capital city, Port-Au-Prince, has been all but destroyed and the Red Cross is estimating that up to three million people have been affected.

Although this is the worst earthquake to hit...

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Mexican Drug Cartel Stitches Rival's Face On Soccer Ball

By Dorkys Ramos | 01/12/2010 - 18:25 | 14 Comments

Last Friday, the body of 36-year-old Hugo Hernandez was found in seven pieces on the streets of Los Mochis along with a threat from one drug cartel to another: “Happy New Year, because this will be your last.” As if dismembering his body weren’t...

BabyCenter en Español Announces Most Popular Baby Names of 2009

By Mariela Rosario | 01/12/2010 - 15:13 | 3 Comments

BabyCenter en Español just released it's list of the most popular Hispanic baby names of 2009, and the trends seem to reflect the tough times many have faced over the last year. Names with religious significance have made drastic gains, as have names that conjure up...

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Rock the Cradle of Love

By Sujeiry Gonzalez | 01/12/2010 - 13:25 | 8 Comments

Sometimes I wish I were still 22. That way I could get with a cute 23-year-old without a second thought. The cutie in question was none other than Mr. Alcohol. After planting a smackeroo on his lips at LQs, he continued to dazzle me with his smile and good looks. It was his birthday celebration and that's how I found out that he had just turned a tender 23.

"How old...

Flat Screen Décor

By Martin Amado | 01/11/2010 - 19:00 | 5 Comments

Remember the days when we all had a bulky television set or even worse—a gigantic projection screen television in our home? Now, they've been replaced by streamlined flat screens, and although I agree that they look much better, it can still be a challenge integrating them into our home’s décor. I find this is especially true when it’s mounted directly on the wall because...

Found: Lost Civilization of the Amazon

By Dorkys Ramos | 01/11/2010 - 18:00 | 2 Comments

Archeologists have a discovered a whole ancient civilization lying underneath the upper Amazon basin. With the unfortunate loss of thousands of square miles of forest, scientists were able to use satellite imagery to locate a network of roads and structures that spans more than 250 km from northern Bolivia to the state of Amazonia in Brazil,...

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