Seattle MF Evans added to US training camp roster

Chicago - Seattle Sounders midfielder Brad Evans will join the U.S. men for a training camp ahead of next month’s trio of World Cup qualifiers. Evans was added to the roster Tuesday, bringing the number of players invited to the camp to 30. Evans has made seven appearances with the Americans and was part of the team...

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Former Marine kidnappedin Mexico: family

The family of a former U.S. Marine gone missing says he’s the victim of a kidnapping in Mexico. Armando Torres, 27, left his South Texas home in Hargill on May 14 to visit his dad over the Mexico border.

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Analysis: U.S. food labels seen heating up North America meat war

By Rod Nickel and Theopolis Waters WINNIPEG, Manitoba/CHICAGO (Reuters) - The United States is poised to introduce stricter rules on the labeling of meat imports this week, a move that is likely to heat up a simmering trade dispute with Canada and Mexico. Under new regulations that Washington says are aimed at...

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Analysis: U.S. food labels seen heating up North America meat war

WINNIPEG, Manitoba/CHICAGO (Reuters) - The United States is poised to introduce stricter rules on the labeling of meat imports this week, a move that is likely to heat up a simmering trade dispute with Canada and Mexico.

reuters.com (31 minutes ago)

Shell suffers embarrassing shareholder rebellion over executive pay

Shell suffered an embarrassing 10% shareholder rebellion against its executive pay report on Tuesday. Almost 8% of the investor base voted against the company's remuneration policy, which handed its outgoing chief executive Peter Voser a €3.3m (£2.8m) cash bonus in a year when profits dropped by $1.6bn (£1.05bn) to...

guardian.co.uk (1 hour ago)

Philip Morris to Buy Stake in Mexico Unit for $700 Million

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Convoy heading to Twin River with truckload of table games

PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- A three-truck convoy is heading to Lincoln on Wednesday, to deliver the 65 tables games that will turn the Twin River electronic-gambling parlor into a full scale casino on or before July 1. Spokeswoman Patti Doyle said the delivery will, at the very least, include black jack, roulette, craps and...

providencejournal.com (1 hour ago)

Oklahoma tornado followed by extreme weather warnings for four states

More than 50 million people across a swathe of the Great Plains states were braced for a second round of extreme weather on Tuesday, from hail storms to tornadoes, after the devastation that was visited on an Oklahoma town on Monday. The storm prediction centre of the National Weather Service in Norman, Oklahoma...

guardian.co.uk (1 hour ago)

Ramp1885.com: Hot Off the Runway of Fashion Week Mexico

In Mexico City, they showcased their fashionable best on the ramps of their Fall/Winter 2013-14. Check out the ones that caught our eye! BLOG CONTINUES AFTER SLIDESHOW Alejandro Carlin Originally from Mexico City and currently residing in Monterrey, Neuvo Leon, designer Alejandro Carlin brings a very cool urban vibe...

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Troops Free Mexican Town From Cartel Siege

LA RUANA, Mexico -- Residents of a western Mexico area who endured months besieged by a drug cartel cheered the arrival of hundreds of Mexican soldiers Monday. People in La Ruana in Michoacan state lined the main road to greet more than a dozen troop transports and heavily armed Humvees with applause and shouts of...

huffingtonpost.com (2 hours ago)

Gabriel Sanchez Zinny: Mapping a New Era for Latin America, the United States and Europe

President Obama's trip to Mexico and Costa Rica has put Latin America back at the center of Washington's foreign policy debate, for a few days at least. The visit comes at a time when Secretary of State John Kerry has not yet visited the region nor given any important speech on Latin American affairs. It remains...

huffingtonpost.com (2 hours ago)

New Mexico sending medical crews to Moore

New Mexico sending medical crews to Moore

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FTSE 100 closes within 130 points of record high, but Carnival misses out on rally

Leading shares came within 130 points of their all time peak, following a revival in mining shares and a number of positive company updates, but cruise company Carnival missed out on the rally. Its shares sank nearly 6%, down 143p to £22.67, after a profit warning late on Monday. The trouble hit-company cut its...

guardian.co.uk (2 hours ago)

Mexico: Hands-on kitchen and spa, for $300

If you look - and feel - like you need a massage and a day at the spa, Rancho La Puerta has a deal for you.

latimes.com (3 hours ago)

Mexico's Antitrust Authority Endorses Financial Reform Proposal

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Xcel sending second group to help tornado recovery

Xcel Energy is adding to its tornado response by sending a second wave of crews to Oklahoma. The company will send 49 more line and service personnel from Texas and New Mexico to support efforts to restore power, according to a news release. The team will leave the company’s Amarillo Technical Center about noon...

amarillo.com (3 hours ago)

Sunland Park firefighters continue to monitor fire at Texas-New Mexico border

A brush fire that spread on both sides of the El Paso-Sunland Park border has been extinguished, officials said.

elpasotimes.com (4 hours ago)

The Franks Introduce the Res, an ‘Artist’s Residency for Chefs’ in Red Hook

The future of this restaurant is unwritten. Prime Meats and Frankies 457 restaurateurs Frank Castronovo and Frank Falcinelli have been hinting for some time that their forthcoming Red Hook space, dubbed "the Res," will be a departure from more conventional restaurant structures. (Earlier this month, Castronovo would...

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Draft Workout - 5/21/13

James Southerland of Syracuse, Glen Rice Jr. from the D-League's Rio Grande Valley Vipers, Tony Snell of New Mexico, Junior Cadougan from Marquette, Will Clyburn from Iowa State, and Tyrone Gordon, Jr. from Dakota State.

nba.com (4 hours ago)

Why low-skill immigration is different than free trade

Conn Carroll McClatchy Newspapers has an excellent story on immigration today, reporting on how farmers are framing the debate to their representatives: Walk the aisles of any neighborhood grocery store today and you’re as likely to find tomatoes picked in Sinaloa, Mexico, as Central California or oranges from Sao...

washingtonexaminer.com (4 hours ago)

Former US Marine kidnapped in Mexico, family says

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Philip Morris to Buy Grupo Carso's 20% Stake in Mexico Unit for $700 Million

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Judge tosses ex-BP executive's obstruction charge

A federal judge has dismissed a charge that is the backbone of the case against a former BP executive accused of concealing information from Congress about the amount of oil spewing in 2010 from the company's blown-out well in the Gulf of Mexico.

philly.com (5 hours ago)

Roberto Azevedo's WTO appointment gives Brazil a seat at the top table

Earlier this month the World Trade Organisation (WTO) announced that it had chosen the Brazilian Roberto Azevedo, 55, as its next director general. In September he will take over from France's Pascal Lamy, who has served two four-year terms. It is a personal success for this career diplomat, but it is also a victory...

guardian.co.uk (5 hours ago)

Over $2 million in heroin and crystal meth seized in drug trafficking bust

[caption id="attachment_153861" align="alignnone" width="478"] A drug trafficking bust in Queens uncovered one firearm and over $2 million in heroin and meth. Credit: New York Special Narcotics Prosecutor.[/caption] Three men were indicted today on drug trafficking charges after investigators New York State Police...

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Why was the Oklahoma tornado so dangerous?

Tornados form under "supercell storms", which are very active cumulonimbus thunderstorm clouds. Beneath supercells, air rises rapidly through the atmosphere, and through a shearing process begins to rotate and form a tornado vortex. Tornadoes are measured on the Enhanced Fujita (EF) scale from zero (weak) to five...

guardian.co.uk (6 hours ago)

What Explains the Recent Outbreak of Tornadoes?

A pocket of cold air has run into warm air from the Gulf of Mexico, this coupled with a southern jet stream creates the conditions that typify tornado season.

discovery.com (6 hours ago)

FTSE heads for new 13 year high, but Carnival sinks 13% after warning on earnings

Leading shares are heading for a new 13 year high following a revival in mining shares and a spate of positive company updates. But cruise company Carnival is sinking fast after it issued a profit warning overnight. The trouble hit-company cut its earnings outlook for the second time in three months, as it cut...

guardian.co.uk (9 hours ago)

Cathie Anderson: Fungus killing coffee plantations in Mexico, Central America

Coffee lovers probably won't hear much about la roya in the United States, but this fungal disease is decimating thousands of coffee farms across Mexico and Central America.

sacbee.com (11 hours ago)

Regents moved to tears, OK $100K to study disability program

University of New Mexico regents routinely approve major expenditures, but it's not often they cry over one.

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