Offering more than typical Mexican food The News & Observer | Hopefully by the end of July, Durham will welcome yet another new restaurant downtown. Dos Perros is set to open at 200 N. Mangum Street in a reclaimed, Greenfire-owned building next to City Hall. | In its painted yellow brick walls, owners Charlie and Diana Deal will feature traditional Mexican c...
American Airlines Reminds Passengers About Limits on Baggage and Boxes During the Summer Season The Examiner Distributed by Press Release EMAIL ARTICLE PRINT ARTICLE | FORT WORTH, Texas (Map) - FORT WORTH, Texas, May 28 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Summer is fast approaching, so American Airlines and American Eagle, its regional affiliate, are reminding customers about the box and bag embargo on flights to ce...
Naked airline crew: Air New Zealand staff strip off for new advert The Daily Mail | One airline has gone to great lengths to catch the attention of air travellers - as their crew and chief executive strip off for an advert. | Bare ambition: Rob Fyfe (far left) in the naked advert | Air CEO Rob Fyfe and seven airline staff are seen wearing only a body painted version of their unif...
Alberta Phillips, AUSTIN AMERICAN-STATESMAN Austin American Statesman | By now, I thought we'd all be celebrating the unveiling of the Juneteenth monument on the Capitol grounds. After all, it's been more than 10 years since the Legislature approved it and several sessions, starting in 1997, since lawmakers put up $1.4...
Border Companies Thrive on Mexican-Americans The New York Times | MEXICO'S economy has suffered a series of blows in recent months - drug violence, swine flu and the worldwide economic downturn. Yet some companies on each side of the border with the United States are prospering because they serve the expanding Me...
The Drug Lord Who Got Away Wall Street Journal By DAVID LUHNOW and JOSE DE CORDOBA | BADIRAGUATO, Mexico -- As a child, Joaquín Guzmán Loera was so poor that he sold oranges to scrape together money for a meal. Since then, the 52-year-old has built a business empire and a personal f...
For the summer, a raft of interesting tales, from La Luna to the lunar surface. Austin American Statesman | Though a few economic indicators are looking up and our president radiates an indomitable optimism, there's no getting around the fact that times are tough. If you haven't lost your job or your house or your marbles, chances are you know somebody w...
Pentagon traveled on med-tech firms’ money Star Tribune | The medical device industry, including several prominent Minnesota firms, spent tens of thousands of dollars providing free travel and lodging for military personnel over nine years -- an arrangement that isn't illegal but raises questions in some ...
Posh Las Vegas development struggles in downturn USA Today Updated | Comment | Recommend | | | By Jae C. Hong, AP Photo A man strolls through an empty shopping area in Lake Las Vegas. The community was designed as both a resort and residential destination leaving it heavily depen...
Winners & Losers... This Day As part of our special reports on one uninterrupted decade of democracy in Nigeria, we present a list of key individuals and institutions who have played major roles in the polity and what side of the divide they now find themselves. Who are winners ...
The Great Fence of Texas The Daily Beast | Turning his attention briefly from Iran, health care, and the economy, the president takes on immigration Thursday. To get an understanding of the debate, The Daily Beast’s Bryan Curtis took a drive along the still-unfinished Texas border fence. | As President Obama convenes his first major White House meeting Thursday to talk about immigra...
NM ranchers worry that sick cows could cross to US The Examiner Comments ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (Map, News) - Longtime New Mexico cattle rancher Judy Keeler is keenly aware of how tough it is to raise livestock in the dusty desert near the U.S.-Mexico border. | Drought, intense heat, security and illegal immigrants who cut down ranchers fences and drink water meant for livestock are constant concerns. | But Keeler a...
Potter star, Rupert Grint, off film with swine flu The Australian | LONDON: Film star Rupert Grint, one of the stars of the Harry Potter franchise, has been infected with swine flu amid new deaths in the pandemic and fears of a carve-up on vaccine access. | Three days before Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince premieres in London, Grint, who plays Ron Weasley, was revealed to have taken several days off from f...
