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LATIN AMERICA News, Jan 01, 2012

Update on the latest news, sports, business and entertainment
NECN
Revelers in Australia, Asia, South America and Europe welcomed 2012 with booming pyrotechnic displays. The South Pacific island nation of Samoa jumped across the international dateline to be first to celebrate. Fireworks soared over Moscow's Red Square ...
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Spoleto Releases 2012 Lineup
Free Times
The Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre is returning for the umpteenth time, but now guided by new artistic director Robert Battle. Cedar Lake Contemporary Ballet bringsrecent pieces by Angelin Preljocaj and Hofesh Schechter. ...
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Suarez, Evra and Reliable Witnesses
Empire of The Kop (blog)
“It is important to grasp that the word “negro” is ambiguous in all countries and regions ofLatin America. The word “negro” is by no means, however, always used offensively. The term can also be used as a friendly form of address to someone seen as ...
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Dakota Voice is Moving to American Clarion
Dakota Voice
Some are from syndicated columnists that you'll recognize from across the nation, while others are exclusively published at American Clarion by writers from all over our country. Still others come to us via various newswire services within South Dakota ...
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Pakistan: Iranians Crossed Border, Killed 1 Man
Salon
... South America's biggest city. Massive fireworks displays and top music acts graced stages across the nation. Brazil has seen healthy economic growth in recent years, as the country prepares to host the World Cup in 2014 and the Olympics in 2016. ...
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Oil rigs may provide bird buffet for sharks (video)
al.com (blog)
During the fall migration, birds leave the Alabama coastline with the full fat deposits and energy stores required for the 30-hour flight to Central andSouth America. “This is the first part of the migratory pathway. We would not expect (the birds) to ...
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al.com (blog)
City Leaders Talk 2011, 2012
Gazette Newspapers (blog)
Stuart A. Ashman, Museum of Latin American Art President and CEO 1.) What I am most looking forward to for Long Beach in 2012 is introducing many more residents of the city to the Museum of Latin American Art and having them embrace MOLAA as their ...
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College Town
Worcester Telegram
Some of the places we will travel to are the Caribbean, Europe, Africa, Asia, South Pacific, the Middle East, South America and the US Not only will there be dancing, but during each hour there will be activities to supplement the dancing. ...
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Bringing back the Susan B. Anthony neighborhood
Rochester Democrat and Chronicle
Video by Jeffrey Blackwell From left, Buckingham Properties CEO and managing partner Larry Glazer and Volunteers of America warehouse manager Bob Kinsella inspect a Canal Street building that Buckingham recently bought from VOA for possible development ...
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Behind The Scenes With Aerosmith (A Top Story)
antiMUSIC.com
Here is the recap: (hennemusic) Hot on the heels of their South and Central Americanshows, Aerosmith rocked Japan for 7 dates this fall. Aerosmith are now sharing somevideos of their Japanese trip. Bassist Tom Hamilton plays tour guide through Osaka, ...
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Arts 2012 Preview: Dig right in to new exhibits
MetroWest Daily News
From the 1940s through the 1970s, Withers documented African American life in theSouth with a particular interest in the Civil Rights movement, Negro baseball leagues and blues and rock musicians of all races. Accompanying the exhibit will be ...
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Best Of The Best-Ofs
A.V. Club DC
The nicest video roll call was on the Latin-themed channel Tr3s, which had some nice Christmas-wrapping visuals and a host who, when called upon to provide an adjective for Chris Brown, found a pleasant-sounding way to say "scandal-ridden. ...
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A.V. Club DC
World rings in 2012, saying goodbye to a tough year
The Desert Sun
... South America's biggest city. Massive fireworks displays and top music acts graced stages across the nation. Brazil has seen healthy economic growth in recent years, as the country prepares to host the World Cup in 2014 and the Olympics in 2016. ...
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2011: The Year of Esports
International Business Times
Major League Gaming (MLG), an American tournament organizer, had 3.5 million unique video stream viewers over the course of its six events during the past year. Viewership surpassed those of some cable-television channels, heavily slanted toward males ...
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International Business Times
Cruise's 'Mission' Stays On Top With $31.3 Million
Salon
That was a slight improvement over Hollywood.com's projections a week earlier, when Hollywood was limping through the normally busy holiday season with a lineup of underachieving movies. “This week was a pleasant surprise,” said Hollywood.com analyst ...
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Globe South: A look back at 2011
The Boston Globe
Newbury Comics opened a new store at South Shore Plaza. Braintree, Brockton, Dedham, Hanover, Norwood, and Randolph were among thelatest high schools to install new artificial turf fields. Last time we counted (in December), there were 20 synthetic ...
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The Boston Globe
Greg Crawford: Arcade Fire's 'The Suburbs' nabs a surprise Grammy win
Detroit Free Press
"The Myth of the American Sleepover": Sure, there were lots of big-budget made-in-Michigan movies on theater screens last year, but none charmed me more than this made-on-a-shoestring gem directed by David Robert Mitchell, who grew up in Clawson....
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January Benihana Chef's Special
Sacramento Bee
In addition, 18 franchised Benihana restaurants are operating in the United States, Latin America and the Caribbean. To learn more about Benihana Inc. and its three restaurant concepts, please view the corporate video at www.benihana.com/about/video. ...
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How a routine jab sent me so mad I sobbed (and saluted) through the Royal ...
Daily Mail
'I needed the inoculation as protection against mosquitoes that carry the yellow fever virus and kill an estimated 200000 people each year in sub-Saharan Africa and South America.' I needed the inoculation as protection against mosquitoes that carry ...
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Daily Mail
Hinckley stalked Carter in Tennessee
Murfreesboro Post
The arrest occurred approximately six months before Hinckley fired on former President Ronald Reagan in Washington, DC, in a crazed attempt to impress actress Jodie Foster, whom he had a fixation on after watching one of her movies more than 15 times. ...
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Some Lesser Imaginings (if John and Yoko Were Living in Chicago Right Now)
New York Times
And then there's Mayor Rahm Emanuel, the irrepressible Missile, whose idea of kicking back for the holidays was adventure travel in South America. Perhaps Chicago can cut its disastrously high murder rate — while negotiating a mass transit deal and a ...
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Iowa caucus night climax to 'wild and woolly' campaigns By Michael D. Shear
Pioneer Press
The latest beneficiary of that indecision appears to be Santorum, who has surged inrecent polls. On Friday, he expressed confidence that he would surprise political observers with a good showing in Iowa. Santorum planned to make several campaign stops ...
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Best Indies of the Year 2011
Examiner.com
"Resurrect Dead: The Mysteries of The Toynbee Tiles"- For three decades, strange plaques buried into roadways with messages about the dead rising have mysteriously appeared throughout North and South America, even on the downtown streets with three ...
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Some tasty football to anticipate in 2012
thescore.com (blog)
The men's Olympic tournament has never been revered in Europe the way it has inSouth America and Africa—of the 12 medals available since the 1996 Games in Atlanta only two have been claimed by a European side (Spain won silver in 2000; ...
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Those who rocked entertainment industry in 2011
Daily Sun
He was recently signed on by South African music channel, Channel O. He is the Trybesmen Chief Executive that shook the public in 2011 when he starred in The Return of Jenifa, a film by Funke Akindele. Lanre Dabiri (real name) had a very good year as ...
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Final goodbye: Roll call of some who died in 2011
Las Vegas Review-Journal
He accompanied Ernesto "Che" Guevara on a journey of discovery across Latin America that was immortalized in Guevara's memoir and on the screen in "The Motorcycle Diaries." March 5. Owsley "Bear" Stanley, 76. A 1960s counterculture figure who worked ...
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LBK Education Center offers stargazing to mastering your iPad
Longboat Key News
She will show the photos from that trip of the people and places seen and is keeping track of the recent events to bring the latest information on Syria in her one-time lecture. Are you still scratching your head trying to figure out all the ...
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Longboat Key News
Russell: I wanted children
Sunday People
Russell promoted his film in the UK and America. He said: “That's what marriage is. You like it or lump it.” They were reunited in the US in June but only briefly as Katy took two weeks off touring in her homeland and Latin America. ...
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Tom Cruise as Ethan Hunt
Castanet.net
Meanwhile, the "Last Friday Night" singer -- who spent December 25 in Hawaii, while her husband was in Cornwall, South West England -- has reportedly also been seen without her wedding band as she soaks up the sun on her vacation. ...
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Castanet.net
WBB Game Notes: Virginia, Monday, Jan. 2 at 7:00 PM
GoDuke.com
Follow @Duke_WBB and @CoachPDuke on Twitter to get the latest updates on Duke women's basketball. Also, "Like" Duke Women's Basketball on Facebook to get thelatest video, pictures and more. Join both now as they are free! You can win free prizes each ...
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WITH VIDEO: Fargo-Moorhead area lost several community pillars in 2011
In-Forum
He received much acclaim for his design work and was featured in numerous magazines, including House Beautiful magazine, where he was named as one of the “Top 100 Designers in America” for three years. Moorhead Blues American Legion baseball team ...
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AP News in Brief at 5:58 am EST
Newsday
Santorum is the latest to draw intense interest. He has been rising in polls and drawing larger and larger crowds in recent days. The once resurgent Gingrich has fallen behind as negative ads have battered him on the airwaves and in mailboxes. ...
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August Wilson, Blue Man Group on tap for January
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
"Carmina Burana": Former music director Andreas Delfs returns to lead the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra, Milwaukee Symphony Chorus and Milwaukee Children's Choir Jubilate in Carl Orff's unusual cantata, based on a set of medieval Latin and High German ...
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A look at Lincoln in 2011 in technology, religion, gardening and more
Lincoln Journal Star
Craig Lewis became rabbi of B'nai Jeshurun (South Street Temple), 2061 S. 20th St., a reform congregation. * Sacred Wind Church, offering a blend of United Methodist worship with the cultural traditions of Native Americans, started holding services in ...
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Charles Barkley: Modern-Day Minstrel Act
International Business Times
Barkley is a phenomenon that could only happen in America – a poor, boorish, uneducated, overweight black man from the Deep South who becomes a multi-millionaire athletic superstar and (even more inexplicably) a highly sought-out media celebrity who is ...
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International Business Times
The Capital's Top 10 stories of 2011
Annapolis Capital
AP VIDEO more>> Big Momma wreaked havoc last year, rattling the ground and the skies, which is why extreme weather takes the top two spots in our annual Top 10 list of stories. Hurricane Irene and Tropical Storm Lee, ranked No. 1, knocked down trees, ...
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Annapolis Capital
The top fitness trends of 2012
The Randolph County Herald-Tribune
She says people like Zumba — which combines Latin rhythms and dance moves with interval-type exercise and resistance training — because it's a fun way to work out. Spinning (No. 16) is extremely popular now, along with some of the newer body ...
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TOP FILMS OF 2011
Film Threat
But in the end, “Moneyball” is a truly great American success story. “Drive” takes the cake for being one of the highest quality of ballsiest “I do what I want!” movies ever. At once quiet to the point of awkwardness yet stylized to the point of ...
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New Year's Must-Do's: Our Growing List Features 23 Things To Do
Patch.com
Go to the Gandy Boat Ramp, at 5108 West Gandy Blvd., in South Tampa. For more information on the checks, visit this online site covering what's required to be on board. New: Art Exhibit for Greater Brandon Artists - No Entry Fee! ...
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Whistleblower, business leader are among those lost
Wilkes Barre Times-Leader
John D. “Jack” Smith Sr., the “Little Mayor of South Main Street,” died Jan. 26 at 86. The lifelong Wilkes-Barre resident was a former bail bondsman and welterweight boxer and later the chairman of the board of directors for the Boxing Hall of Fame. ...
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Wilkes Barre Times-Leader
2011 A Year in Review; business, crime, community news, school district ...
Sky Hi Daily News
The Latin community in Grand County has been affected by the bad economy in recentyears, as many Hispanic families who came here searching for work had to leave when they did not find job opportunities. FEBRUARY The Grand County criminal justice ...
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Unfold the Year of the Black Dragon
Korea IT Times (press release)
In 2011, a series of attacks compromised South Korea's cyber-security. Major government agencies as well as corporations suffered DDOS (Denial-of-Service) attacks and were hacked into, including the Central Election Management Committee, the National ...
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Rick Ross Sued By Nigerian Government For Pulling Out Of A Show
News One
Calabar (where Rick Ross was supposed to perform) is in the south, therefore those tensions and the bombings can't be the main reason for him to cancel his performance. No matter what reason he has, he gotta give the money back. ...
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News One
Myanmar artists test recent freedoms through film
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Hi Guys, Here is the latest video from our journey through central & south america. In this video we spend 2 weeks in San Agustin, Colombia, getting our hands ...
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