Homeland secretary pushes immigration reform Nov 15, 2009
Smith said there are 400 open miles of border with Mexico, hundreds of thousands of criminal "aliens" residing in the United States and illegal immigrants taking American jobs. Republicans blocked passage of a bipartisan Senate bill in 2007, largely over the citizenship provision in the legislation. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Politics)
Voters pass amendments Nov 15, 2009
Prop 9: Protects the right of the public to use public beaches bordering the seaward shore of the Gulf of Mexico. Passed with 78 percent of Dallas County votes. (McKinney Courier-Gazette, TX)
Palin "Vindictiveness" in Her New Book? Nov 15, 2009
Palin "Vindictiveness" in Her New Book. - The Early Show - CBS News. (CBS News)
Ousted Honduran President Won't Recognize Vote Nov 15, 2009
Climate Change Agreement Put Off to Second Meeting in Mexico City Next Year. Obama Administration Eying Near-Empty Prison to House Detainees. (CBS News -- World)
NEWT EYES 'CONTRACT WITH AMERICA 2'... Nov 14, 2009
They are all in Mexico or China now ... You get India, Mexico, South America, or the Phillipines. (The Drudge Report)
Fanning the breeze Nov 14, 2009
preventing us from buying EXACTLY THE SAME meds made here, in Canada and Mexico, at considerably lower prices. Were the prices of Meds reduced. (Green Valley News & Sun, AZ)
Aid freeze in post-coup Honduras hurting poor Nov 13, 2009
"Practically all the public investment was suspended after the coup. They are programs focused on the country's most vulnerable," Santos said from Mexico City ... (Additional reporting by Adriana Barrera in Mexico City; Editing by Kieran Murray). (AlertNet)
Drugs: Virtually legal Nov 13, 2009
From heroin shooting galleries in Vancouver to Mexico s decriminalisation of personal possession of drugs, the Americas are suddenly looking more permissive ... Earlier this year a report by ex-presidents of Brazil, Colombia and Mexico called for alternatives to prohibition ... Three states New Mexico, Rhode Island and Massachusetts license non-profit corporations to grow medical marijuana. (The Economist)
TEXAS GOV. SAYS USA HEADING TOWARD SOCIALISM Nov 13, 2009
the illegal immigrants are returned to Mexico via secured buses. The station also reported, last year 4,500 illegals were sent back through Presidio. (The Drudge Report)
County voters go to the polls Nov 11, 2009
Proposition 9: to protect the right of the public, individually and collectively, to access and use the public beaches bordering the seaward shore of the Gulf of Mexico. In Favor: 958; Against: 368. (Columbus Colorado County Citizen, TX)
Castaneda announces sheriff candidacy Nov 10, 2009
Cibola Beacon - Grants, New Mexico ... He worked at the New Mexico Women's Correctional Facility from 1994 to 1998 ... Castaneda attended University of New Mexico in Gallup where he received a Criminal Justice certificate. (Grants Cibola County Beacon, NM)
Initiating vehicle impound Nov 10, 2009
They can be delivered by hand to the Wellington Webb Building or to 3888 E Mexico Ave.. Comments. (UCD Advocate, CO)
California May Pay Higher Yield Than in March at $1.5 Billion Bond Sale Nov 10, 2009
CHRISTUS HEALTH, the Dallas-based Catholic health-care system that operates hospitals and clinics in eight states and Mexico, plans to convert almost $380 million of adjustable-rate debt issued in 2005 as soon as today into fixed-rate bonds. Arranging the transaction are banks led by Goldman Sachs Group Inc. and Citigroup Inc. and public agencies from Louisiana and Harris County and Corpus Christi in Texas. (Bloomberg -- US)
The Two Faces of Maj. Hasan Nov 10, 2009
Honored today by Mexico, the San Patricios were hanged when captured by Winfield Scott's army. In Scott's march to Mexico City was Robert E. Lee. (Townhall.com)
Some key Obama administration jobs still unfilled Nov 10, 2009
And as drugs and guns are flowing in from Mexico, the and still need bosses. Nearly 200 top jobs in the administration remain vacant a year after Obama began planning his ascension to power, the result of stalled nominations, new ethics rules, lengthy background checks and delays in Senate confirmations. (USA Today)
Future gazing Nov 9, 2009
Arrests over Mexico drugs tunnel. Laser-powered robot aiming for space. (BBC News -- Americas)
LETTER: Obama aggressive in dealing with dissenters Nov 9, 2009
I know a lot of truly wonderful Mexicans in Arcola area, and I know a few who should go back to Mexico, and even the good Mexicans agree. I love a lot of color, race, religions persons and then there are some one cannot LOVE due to way treat others. (Mattoon Journal-Gazette, IL)
Iraq MPs approve election reform Nov 9, 2009
Arrests over Mexico drugs tunnel. Infra-red cameras catch nighthawkers. (BBC News -- Africa)
Japanese protest against US base Nov 9, 2009
Arrests over Mexico drugs tunnel. FEATURES, VIEWS, ANALYSIS. (BBC News -- Asia-Pacific)
* World News Quick Take Nov 9, 2009
Taipei Times - archives. Enter your search terms. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
Click to read:Should Pot Be Legal? Nov 9, 2009
And do you not agree that the entire countries of Colombia and Mexico, and many others, have been enormously corrupted, and the safety of their people deeply threatened, not by drugs, but by drug money. In fact, it is mostly our drug money. (CBS News)
'Mandela' set to succeed Abbas Nov 8, 2009
Mexico mum reunited with baby. Vanessa Castillo is reunited with her daughter - a year after she was taken from her at birth. (Sydney Morning Herald -- World)
Andrew Oppenheimer: Obama record on Latin America? Hint: It's not all his fault Nov 8, 2009
Obama promised a closer relationship with Mexico. Mexican officials give him credit for supporting the Merida Initiative to help fight drug cartel violence and for ordering U.S. law-enforcement agencies to move against the smuggling of U.S. weapons to Mexico ... They also applaud the fact that he did not suspend flights to Mexico as Cuba, Argentina and other countries did when the H1N1 flu pandemic broke out in Mexico earlier this year. (Sacramento Bee -- Opinion)
Five more suspects arrested in Operation Cutthroat (10) Nov 8, 2009
Methamphetamine and cocaine were obtained from Mexico, which was shipped through California and on to the Northwest. Money was then sent back to Mexico, often in concealed compartments in vehicles, the news release said. (Rexburg Standard Journal, ID)
Tragedy Trumps The Tea Party Nov 8, 2009
Leslie Savan: Current Events Rendered Michelle Bachmann's "Super Bowl Of Freedom" Even More Grotesque. Congresswoman Michele Bachman (AP). (CBS News)
Ministry: NATO Strike Kills Afghan Forces Nov 8, 2009
Now, just like the drug cartels in Mexico, the corrupt business cartels have more power than the government ... Storm Expected to Pass Between Mexico and Cuba on Sunday. (CBS News)
Analysis: 10 Percent Jobless Is Obama's New World Nov 8, 2009
Storm Expected to Pass Between Mexico and Cuba on Sunday. 8 Years After Sept. 11th Attacks, Memorial for Passengers of United Flight 93 Gets Underway. (CBS News)
House Passes Health Care Bill Nov 8, 2009
WASHINGTON, Nov. 7, 2009. Clears Way for Senate to Begin Debate. (CBS News -- Health)
Democrats forget how they were toward Bush Nov 8, 2009
" Joe wrote on Nov 6, 2009 9:32 AM:" A better question would be, how does Bill Clinton sleep at night after he destroyed our economy by forcing lending institutions to make mortgage loans to people that could never pay them back, thereby creating the banking crisis we now have and signing the GATT/NAFTA into law that sent all out jobs overseas and to Mexico and selling missile technology to China so that now they are capable of striking North America with their missiles. Your Bill Clinton should... (Klamath Falls Herald & News, OR)
TV shows hit on a capital idea Nov 7, 2009
The D.C. version of the globe-trotting show, which has filmed in New York, Paris, and Cancun, Mexico, is set to air in late December. The outcome of last year s presidential election helped sway the network to film in the nation s capital. (Boston Globe)
Zelaya: US-brokered Honduras deal 'dead' Nov 7, 2009
Mexico City - Despite a US-brokered deal to end the four-month-old political crisis in Honduras, which was hailed as a major breakthrough last week, it appears that effort has unraveled at the seams. "The accord is dead," said ousted Honduran President Manuel Zelaya, who was arrested and deposed June 28, on the local radio station Radio Globo. (Christian Science Monitor)
Of microbursts and hurricanes in Danvers Nov 7, 2009
George Watson, a school chum of my wife who now lives in New Mexico and is related to the Ropes and Putnam families in Danvers, sent the Archives a family collection including diaries kept by Percy F. Phillips during the 1940s and diaries of his wife, Rachael Archer (Dow) Phillips, kept from the 1930s to 1960s ... In 1938 it was owned by the Phillips family, whose diaries I had just received from New Mexico. (Danvers Herald, MA)
Two amendments fail in Aransas balloting Nov 7, 2009
No. 9 - The constitutional amendment to protect the right of the public, individually and collectively, to access and use the public beaches bordering the seaward shore of the Gulf of Mexico. A total of 1,461, or 78. (Rockport Pilot, TX)
Transgenic squash super-weeds gone wild Nov 6, 2009
Genetically modified corn and soybeans get all the press, but since as far back as 1996, transgenic squash, engineered to include resistance to three of the most deadly squash viruses, has been farmed in both the U.S. and Mexico. Since gene flow from GM crops into their wild counterparts is inevitable, some scientists worry that farmers may be inadvertently creating a race of super squash weeds. (Salon)
Make no mistake: He's running Nov 6, 2009
New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson (who is expected to join the race) was first elected to Congress in 1982 and later served in the Clinton cabinet as secretary of energy and as U.N. ambassador. "The bar that Obama has to overcome is that two and a half years ago he was a back-bencher in Springfield, Ill.," said a senior advisor for one of Obama's more seasoned Democratic rivals. (Salon)
Property rights win big in amendment election Nov 6, 2009
Proposition 9 Protects the public s right to access and use public beaches on the Gulf of Mexico and blocks private developers from restricting access to the public. Brewster: 70 percent for, 29. (Alpine Avalanche, TX)
They Don't Get It Nov 6, 2009
On Jan. 16, 1979, the shah, seriously ill with cancer, fled and sought refuge in Morocco, Mexico and the United States. About two weeks later, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini returned from exile in France to be greeted by more than 5 million devotees lining the streets of Tehran. (Townhall.com)
Global warming draws heat at board meeting Nov 6, 2009
News and Features for Rio Rancho, New Mexico ... New Mexico has received 10 million in federal stimulus funds to distribute to a maximum of 20 school districts in the state to develop photovoltaic or solar electric systems in public schools ... Write: P.O. Box 15878, Rio Rancho, New Mexico 87174. (Rio Rancho Observer, NM)
United States Claims #1 Spot For First Time as World's Top Country Brand Nov 6, 2009
- Canada Holds on to Second Spot and Australia Slips to Number Three - - Global Study Expanded to Cover Regional Rankings Including Asia Pacific, Sub-Sahara Africa and the Americas. This category remains one with tremendous potential not only for tourism but investment, trade and policy. (Canada Newswire)
Peak oil? Don't worry -- Obama's on the job Nov 6, 2009
It's not every day that an oil company announces the discovery of new field, so are paying a lot of attention to the news that BP, after drilling the world's deepest exploratory well in the Gulf of Mexico, As much as 3 billion barrels of oil may be lurking at the so-called Tiber Prospect ... But according to the Energy Information Agency, the cost of finding oil in the Gulf of Mexico, as of 2007, had risen to $50 dollars a barrel ... One would presume that the lifting costs would be even higher... (Salon)
Gunmen Kill US Airman In Attack On Bar In Mexico Nov 5, 2009
(AP) CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico (AP) - A gang of gunmen killed an off-duty U.S. airman and five other people early Wednesday at a bar in the Mexican border city of Ciudad Juarez, authorities said ... Staff Sgt. David Booher, assigned to the medical unit of the 49th Fighter Wing at Holloman Air Force outside Alamogordo, New Mexico, about 90 miles (145 kilometers) north of Ciudad Juarez, was among those killed in the bar, the U.S. Air Force said ... Earlier this year, the 12th Air Force barred airmen... (CBS News -- World)
Kidnap Victims Suspected of Trafficking Nov 5, 2009
Gurrola is originally from Durango, Mexico ... The news reflects that human trafficking is VERY prevelant in Mexico ... "...but DCS would not allow it because they were illegal immigrants, although some of them had been in the country for many years without ever getting in any trouble. Gurrola is originally from Durango, Mexico.". (CBS News -- US)
9 Suspects In Mexico Indian Village Massacre Freed Nov 5, 2009
(AP) MEXICO CITY (AP) - Mexico's highest court ordered the release of nine more people convicted in a 1997 massacre of Indians, ruling Wednesday their convictions were based on illegally obtained evidence. New trials were ordered for 16 others. (CBS News -- World)
West is tough terrain for Dems Nov 5, 2009
Obama was able to win over Colorado, New Mexico and Nevada in 2008 ... With Denver hosting the 2008 Democratic Convention and a more concentrated effort in the region, the Obama campaign was able to capture Colorado, New Mexico and Nevada in last year's presidential election. (CNN)
Three Senators Join Forces On Climate Bill Nov 5, 2009
John Kerry, Joe Lieberman and Lindsey Graham Are Working to Rescue the Imperiled Legislation. is working with Sens. (CBS News)
Meet the evil new copyright treaty Nov 5, 2009
Here's a quote from Ron Kirk's article of June, 2009: "Negotiations on the ACTA began in June 2008. The objective of the ACTA negotiations is to create a new, state-of-the art agreement to combat counterfeiting and piracy. The United States has been working with several trading partners, including Australia, Canada, the European Union and its 27 member states, Japan, Mexico, Morocco, New Zealand, Singapore, South Korea, and Switzerland, to negotiate the agreement. When it is finalized, the ACTA... (Harper's Magazine)
There Is No Honor; There's Only Killing Nov 5, 2009
After the incident, Faleh Almaleki fled across the border to Mexico, then London. He was extradited and charged with two counts of aggravated assault on Saturday. (Townhall.com)
LETTER: 'Bite the bullet or die from the wounds' Nov 5, 2009
In thirty years, if they gettheir way, the United States will have the economy of Zimbabwe , the freedomof the press of China , the crime and violence of Mexico , the tolerance for Christianpeople of Iran , and the freedom of speech of Venezuela. Won't multiculturalism be beautiful. (Mattoon Journal-Gazette, IL)
Floods Kill 3 In Along Mexico's Gulf Coast Nov 5, 2009
(AP) VILLAHERMOSA, Mexico (AP) - Floods have killed at least three people in a Mexican Gulf coast state where authorities are struggling to persuade thousands of people to leave their inundated homes. Officials in the town of Huimanguillo say three men drowned while trying to flee a torrent of water from an overflowing drainage canal. (CBS News -- World)
NM Calf Fitted With Prosthetic Legs Nov 4, 2009
(AP) ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) - Meadow the yearling Black Angus calf spends her days frolicking in northeastern New Mexico's cattle country, all with her prosthetic hind legs ... Meadow, named for the spot she was found, returned home to New Mexico last month. (CBS News -- 60 minutes II)
Low Cholesterol May Fight Prostate Cancer Nov 4, 2009
3:52 P.M. GMT may 21, 2009 3:53 P.M. GMT may 21, 2009 People who want to avoid chemotherapy and radiation -- or try other cancer treatments as well -- may be able to find what they want in Mexico. Certain diets can raise your cancer risk. (Click2Houston, TX)
Breast Cancer On The Rise In Poor Countries Nov 4, 2009
WASHINGTON -- Nurses were training women in rural Mexico to examine their breasts for cancer when one raised her hand to object ... "Today in most developing countries you see a huge bulge of young, premenopausal women with breast cancer," says Knaul, who heads Harvard's Global Equity Initiative and was herself diagnosed at age 41 while living in Mexico ... But from Mexico to Malawi, stigma like Knaul witnessed a few weeks ago may prove as big a barrier as poverty. (Click2Houston, TX)
Did Honduras deal weaken Zelaya? Nov 4, 2009
Mexico City - When ousted Honduran president Manuel Zelaya and his successor, Roberto Micheletti, signed a deal last week to resolve the crisis that has crippled the Central American nation for four months, Mr. Zelaya was jubilant. He told his supporters he expected to be back in office in a week's time. (Christian Science Monitor -- World)
The Clinton Foundation's donors Nov 4, 2009
Verinvest S.C. on behalf of Mexico Business Summit. $150,000. (Salon)
Floods Force 44,000 People From Homes In Mexico Nov 4, 2009
Floods Following Days Of Rain Force Evacuation Of 44,000 People Along Mexico's Gulf Coast ... (AP) VILLAHERMOSA, Mexico (AP) - Flooding after days of heavy rain along Mexico's Gulf Coast has forced more than 44,000 people from their homes. (CBS News -- World)
Mexican Troops Kill Federal Agent In Gunbattle Nov 4, 2009
(AP) MEXICO CITY (AP) - Police and soldiers killed a federal agent driving one of three cars that ignored orders to stop in northern Mexico, triggering a chase and gunbattle Tuesday, authorities said ... Mexico's army has been criticized for incidents in which civilians were shot at roadside outposts or checkpoints ... President Felipe Calderon has deployed tens of thousands of military personnel and federal police across Mexico trying to crush drug trafficking cartels. (CBS News -- World)
Texans Approve 11 Propositions Nov 4, 2009
PROPOSITION 9: Protects the right of the public to access and use the public beaches bordering the seaward shore of the Gulf of Mexico. This would block private developers from restricting beach access to the public, but some say it could infringe on private property rights. (Click2Houston, TX)
Outbreak linked to cases in South Nov 4, 2009
The Tennessee outbreak has been linked to green onions from Mexico, but where the green onions in the Georgia, North Carolina and Pennsylvania outbreaks were grown has yet to be determined, according to Fiore. "This time of year, a lot of produce items come from Mexico," he said ... It is unlikely that an adult farm worker in Mexico or working in the United States transmitted the virus, he said. (Yahoo News -- Hepatitis)
Letter rebuttal: Obama certainly is anti-gun Nov 4, 2009
They oppose stopping the gun-running that is currently going on between the U.S. and Mexico, where gun-runners from the U.S. are supplying the Mexican drug cartel with AK-47s and other weapons meant to kill people, and not meant for sporting purposes. I think Vaccaro should be shown the exits from Montana. (Montana Standard, MT)
More Latin America presidents try to hold on Nov 4, 2009
(11-03) 04:00 PST Mexico City. Horrified by the excesses of dictatorship, Latin Americans discarded the strongman model at the end of the 20th century and limited politicians' time in power. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Politics)
Active Search For Missing Pilot Ends Nov 3, 2009
Navy officials said Lt. Bret Travis Miller's body was found on Friday, two days after he and Lt. John Joseph Houston went missing in a T-34 aircraft over the Gulf of Mexico. The Coast Guard searched for about 131 hours within a 20,900-square-mile area during the search and rescue attempt. (Click2Houston, TX)
Barron suspended 1 year » Nov 3, 2009
Barron's last official event was the Mexico Open on the Nationwide Tour in early September. His best finish on the Nationwide Tour was a second place on five occasions. (ESPN -- Golf)
Latin American leaders move to extend their rule Nov 3, 2009
In Mexico, the single-term presidency has been the third rail of politics since it was implemented after the 1910 revolution overthrew dictator Porfirio Diaz. Chile's Michelle Bachelet, a popular successor to a popular president, will leave office next year after one term in a country with one of Latin America's lowest poverty rates. (Mattoon Journal-Gazette, IL)
Market Forecaster Nov 3, 2009
The weekly export sales report showed net sales of 234,900 MT resulted as increases for Japan (330,900 MT, including 59,300 MT switched from unknown destinations), Mexico (87,000 MT), South Korea (64,100 MT, including 55,000 MT switched from unknown destinations) ... The weekly export sales report showed net sales of 987,300 MT resulted as increases for China (741,500 MT, including 165,000 MT switched from unknown destinations and decreases of 89,500 MT), Mexico (92,900 MT), unknown destinations... (Midwest Bulls Eye, NE)
2 Hurt in Chopper Crash In Gulf Nov 3, 2009
GALVESTON, Texas -- A helicopter crash on takeoff from a platform in the Gulf of Mexico left two men injured and the aircraft in the water. A spokesman for Broussard, La. (Click2Houston, TX)
