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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.

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Family Picnic in the Park

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Earth Day 2013: For Latinos, It’s Our Nature To Care About El Planeta!

By Laura Elizabeth Hernandez | 04/22/2013 - 13:12 | 0 Comments

Every day is Earth Day for Latinos. Caring and tending to the earth and our community is the only way of life for us. It goes deeper than any talk of CFC’s, holes in the Ozone Layer and climate change (even though we can agree that all of those things are important).

In the simplest terms, it is about building strong communities; where children can...

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Over 200,000 Fish Found Dead in Argentine Lake

By Dorkys Ramos | 02/18/2010 - 10:00 | 3 Comments

How’s this for bizarre news: more than 200,000 fish were found dead last week in a lake in Northern Argentina. Environmental officials are still figuring out what caused the mass deaths in Lake Ipizca located 621 miles northeast of Buenos...