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Apron maker finds profitable recipe catering to chefs
Los Angeles TimesEllen Bennett launched an apron company last year not knowing how to sew and not knowing how to run a business. Now she has the world, so to speak, by the strings. "There was just the idea," says the diminutive, consistently buoyant 25-year-old who also...Tags: Lifestyle and Leisure, Restaurants, Mexico City, Animal, Restaurant and Catering Industry
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OAS study says countries should consider decriminalizing drug use
BOGOTA, Colombia — The Organization of American States said Friday that countries should consider decriminalizing drug use, a shift backed by several Latin American leaders but opposed by the United States. Decriminalization could be one of many...
Tags: Bogota (Colombia), Recreational Substance Use, Pakistan, Colombia, Lifestyle and Leisure
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Gay rights activists in Mexico City accuse police of abuses
MEXICO CITY -- Same-sex marriage is legal in this city. Gay and lesbian couples can adopt children, and the government touts tolerance and respect for "sexual diversity" in messages posted on subway platforms and bus billboards. Yet, according to...
Tags: Media Industry, Politics, Social Issues, Justice and Rights, Crime, Law and Justice
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In Mexico, immigrants' relatives watch U.S. debate, and hope
TONATICO, Mexico — Armando Guadarrama was navigating his taxi through the narrow streets of this central Mexico pueblo on a recent Saturday morning, some 2,000 miles from the Beltway. But like many here, Guadarrama was up-to-the-minute with the...
Tags: Barack Obama, Politics, Justice System, Crime, Law and Justice, Blackmail and Extortion
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Mexico names public security chief for Michoacan state
MEXICO CITY — Responding to mounting concern about disorder in the Mexican state of Michoacan, officials announced Thursday that an army general would take over as its public security chief, overseeing both state and federal security forces. The...
Tags: Government, Corporate Officers, Politics, Mexico City, Armed Forces
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Bill Gates is once again the richest man in the world
He may be retired, but that's not kept Bill Gates from regaining the top spot as the richest man in the world. Gates, 57, who co-founded and led Microsoft to the top of the tech world before retiring from day-to-day operations in 2008, has a fortune...
Tags: Carlos Slim, Bill Gates, Warren Buffett
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Spanish book festival LéaLA aims to further cultural communication
When Carmen Cervantes was growing up in the 1960s in East Los Angeles, it would've been nearly as surprising to find a Spanish-language bookstore in her neighborhood as it would be to unearth an Aztec pyramid in the middle of Beverly Hills. The...
Tags: Festive Events, Education, Authors, Literature, Entertainment Events
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Mexico president fires agency head over restaurant scandal
MEXICO CITY -- He’s got to be wishing that his daughter had just ordered takeout and gone home. The head of Mexico's consumer protection agency, Humberto Benitez Treviño, was fired Wednesday by President Enrique Peña Nieto, nearly three weeks...
Tags: Venezuela, Television Industry, Mexico City, Twitter, Inc.
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Mexico: St. Anthony's Chapel to celebrate 100 years
Desperate to find your great-grandmother’s wedding ring -- the one you lost while cleaning house one day? You might try asking St. Anthony, the patron saint of lost items, to help. Or take your plea one step further and visit the good friar&...
Tags: Landforms, Arts and Culture, Ceremonies, Volcanoes, Culture
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'Dulce Rosa': An Isabel Allende tale turns operatic
Composer Lee Holdridge says his new opera, "Dulce Rosa," hits "very close to home" for him in several ways. First, as a native Latin American. Second, as the son of a passionate, indomitable woman. And, third, as a lifelong aficionado of stage drama...
Tags: Isabel Allende, Costa Rica, Music Industry
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Mouse melon, a.k.a. Mexican gherkin: Tiny fruit is big on cute
It’s hard to find someone who doesn’t appreciate the cute factor of mouse melons. Also known as Mexican gherkins, the fruit of Melothria scabra looks like watermelons shrunk for a dollhouse tea party. Each is the size of a grape, speckled...
Tags: Cucumbers
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Israeli anger grows over Netanyahu expenses: $1,450 for hair, makeup
JERUSALEM -- Embarrassing disclosures about Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s household spending habits are stoking public anger as Israelis brace for new government-approved austerity measures, including tax hikes and reduced social benefits. A...
Tags: Government, Politics, Ehud Olmert, National Government, Trips and Vacations
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