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Street Named After First NYC Immigrant Juan Rodriguez

Street Named After First NYC Immigrant Juan Rodriguez

By Sugey Palomares | 05/17/2013 - 09:26 | 0 Comments

This one is going down in the history books! Researchers have discovered that the first immigrant to settle in New York back in 1613 was a Latino. Yesterday marked the 400th anniversary of Juan Rodriguez’s arrival. Hundreds of neighbors gathered the streets as city officials named a stretch of Broadway, between 159th and 218th...

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Abercrombie vs H&M

Commentary: It’s Not OK For Abercrombie & Fitch To Tell Me I’m Too Fat

By Irina Gonzalez | 05/16/2013 - 16:50 | 0 Comments

Being overweight in America is not easy. I know because, although I’m at a healthy weight now, I have struggled with my weight for most of my life. At my highest, I ballooned up to 230 pounds (at just 5’2”!) and wore size 18 clothes. Well, to be honest, I really should have been wearing size 20 pants but I refused to go up that high. Instead, that was the...

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Pat Robertson

WATCH: Pat Robertson Tells Us a Husband’s Cheating is Clearly the Woman’s Fault

By Amaris Castillo | 05/16/2013 - 13:14 | 0 Comments

Pat Robertson needs to just shut up. Someone please zip up that mouth of his permanently. The televangelist received a call on his show The 700 Club from a woman struggling to forgive her husband for cheating on her.

Robertson’s response? “Well, he’s a man.”

He also wants you to not talk about the cheating. Just...

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Pregnant Jenny Oliver
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Woman Enters Unborn Baby Girl Into Beauty Pageant

By Amaris Castillo | 05/16/2013 - 11:39 | 0 Comments

A woman plans on entering her daughter into a beauty pageant this fall. One small thing: the girl hasn’t been born yet. According to MSN, mom-to-be Jenny Oliver is due to give birth in July and has already signed up her kid in a “Bonnie Baby...

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Talia Joy Castellano

Teen Beauty Blogger & YouTube Sensation With Cancer Gets Own Fashion Line

By Samantha Leal | 05/16/2013 - 11:01 | 0 Comments

Talia Joy Castellano has been creating beauty videos for the past six years, and has risen to become one of the ultimate YouTube beauty stars. The 13-year-old has also been battling terminal cancer for six years. Seen as a beacon of hope and inspiration for many, the young star has had many dreams come true -- including meeting Ellen DeGeneres last year and...

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6 dead, 7 Missing After Tornado Hits North Texas
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6 dead, 7 Missing After Tornadoes Hit North Texas

By Sugey Palomares | 05/16/2013 - 10:44 | 0 Comments

At least six people were killed and dozens were injured after a string of powerful tornadoes hit two neighborhoods in North Texas on Wednesday evening. Authorities are searching for seven missing adults in the town of Granbury, just outside of Fort Worth.

According to...

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Ana Reyes

After Voting Rights Debate, First Latina EVER is Elected to City Council Seat

By Samantha Leal | 05/16/2013 - 10:35 | 0 Comments

In a state where almost 40 percent of the population is Latino, you'd think an all-white city government would be a thing of the past. But Ana Reyes just made history in Farmers Branch, Texas, where she became the first Latino ever to be elected to a City Council seat, reports...

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TK Things You Would (Mostly Always) Find In a Latin Bodega

10 Things You Will (Almost Always) Find In a Latin Bodega

By Amaris Castillo | 05/15/2013 - 16:31 | 0 Comments

Bodega. Colmado. Latin market. Whatever your preferred term is, I'm sure you have probably frequented a Latin grocery store at some point in your life.

For as long as I can remember, my father Freddy Castillo has worked in a bodega (and he currently owns one). As a young girl, I loved hanging out in them with my younger brother;...

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