Super-giant Hell-mart, I mean Wal-mart, bring the Three Kings to their stores. Santa Claus isn't the only holiday visitor in town.
Tennessee Highway Patrol finds Hispanic drivers are pulled over more often than other ethnic groups in the state.
Ok, I'm sure we've all heard enough about this. Some French model claims she met Tony Parker on his wedding day and soon they began to exchange steamy texts and hook-up. Did they? I have no idea. Does anyone really care? Not really. Maybe it's just some cry for attention.
Cosmetics company, Mary Kay, opened a new distribution center and headquarters in Mexico. They are currently based in Dallas, and continue to grow.
"Middle-age adults are still packing on the most pounds. The study found that 53 percent of non-Hispanic black women and 51 percent of Mexican-American women between 40 and 59 were classified as obese, compared with 39 percent of non-Hispanic white women.
After age 60, the obesity rate for black women jumped to 61 percent, though it declined to 37 percent for Mexican-American women and to 32 percent for non-Hispanic white women, according to the report."
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I believe Kip had the right idea. Latinos love them some music, but are lagging behind everyone else when it comes to laptop and computer purchases
"The report found that, overall, 33 percent of Hispanic consumers own handheld video game devices, compared with 30 percent of non-Hispanic consumers, and that 37 percent owned a portable MP3 player, compared with 34 percent for non-Hispanic consumers.
On the Internet, Hispanics outpace non Hispanics in downloading music and videos and using social networking sites, but aren't as likely to research products for purchase, the survey found."
New Web sites and marketing efforts may be able to boost those numbers.
A Mexican congressional committee approved a ban on smoking in public places. It's not clear which public places this includes.
The drug dealers and anyone involved in Mexico (and all over the world) need to stop the senseless violence. It really is getting out of hand. Over the past 2 years several singers/musicians have been killed in Mexico. Here is another story that happened a few weeks ago.
Ex-Chicago singer slain in Mexico
By Oscar Avila and Leticia Espinosa Chicago Tribune
10:43 PM CST, December 4, 2007
MEXICO CITY - Although the relentless wave of violence in Mexico can be numbing, the brutal slaying of singer Sergio Gomez unleashed raw emotion among his fans Tuesday.
Maria de Jesus Torres clutched a newspaper clipping of Gomez, the lead singer of K-Paz de la Sierra and a former Chicagoan, who was kidnapped, tortured and strangled this week after a concert in Michoacan, a state known for drug violence.
Smith is the most common surname in the United States, according to a new analysis released by the Census Bureau. But for the first time, two Hispanic surnames — Garcia and Rodriguez — are among the top 10 most common in the country.
I knew I could make a difference :)
Eva Longoria knows how to throw it down in the kitchen
