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One of seven in U.S. is Hispanic Immigration and a higher birth rate account for record growth of the minority group By PAULINE JELINEK Associated Press RESOURCES Graphic: Hispanic Population Growth WASHINGTON - One of every seven people in the United States is Hispanic, a record number that probably will keep rising because of immigration and a birth rate outstripping non-Hispanic blacks and whites. The country's largest minority group accounted for one-half of the overall population growth of 2.9 million between July 2003 and July 2004, according to a Census Bureau report being released today. The agency estimated there are...
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Hearing all about la vida loca Volunteer lends an ear and support as gang members and other youths tell their stories By ZEKE MINAYA Copyright 2005 Houston Chronicle Steve Campbell Photos / Chronicle From left, Noe Soriano, Joy Maldonado, Mohammad Sepulveda and Diana Longoria attend volunteer Amanda Escobedo's session on avoiding gangs during a Houston Police Department workshop. The boy lifted his shirt and showed Amanda Escobedo red welts that crossed his back. The 16-year-old gang member who never smiled had gotten into another argument with his father. Escobedo got angry and got on the phone.
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Salsa ring tones. News in Spanish. Soccer team sponsorships. Cell phone companies are finding new ways to ring up business from the fastest-growing market in the United States: Hispanics. Hispanics now surpass 40 million and are growing at twice the rate of the rest of the U.S. population. With a purchasing power of more than $800 billion, they make an obvious target for businesses looking to woo new markets. "This is a market that will help carriers with market share growth, but also on reaching out to the Spanish community," said Alisa Joseph of Scarborough Research, a marketing research firm.
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The color of a skirt, the type of flower in the hair or the lace and embroidery embellishment on a Mexican folk dancer's costume may seem like details lost in the blur of swirling fabric, stomping feet and breezy headdresses. But those who work and dance with Ballet Folklórico Azteca de Houston say each detail provides the audience with a lesson in culture, history and geography. Today, as people across the United States gather to celebrate Cinco de Mayo — which marks Mexico's 1862 victory over the French in the Battle of Puebla — dancers hope to spark conversation about...
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Bush was 'moved' by papal funeral President said he felt a spiritual peace at the wake WASHINGTON - Jetting back from Rome on Air Force One, President Bush on Friday called the papal funeral a high point of his presidency, describing the ceremony as a stirring, emotional experience that fortified his religious faith. "I knew the ceremony today would be majestic, but I didn't realize how moved I would be by the service itself," Bush said.
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Plastinated fetus stolen from Los Angeles museum exhibit Associated Press LOS ANGELES — Two women stole a preserved 13-week-old fetus from an acclaimed exhibit at the California Science Center, authorities said Tuesday. ADVERTISEMENT The fetus, its tissues infused with polymers in a process called plastination to prevent decay indefinitely, was part of a traveling display, "Body Worlds 2: The Anatomical Exhibition of Real Human Bodies." A surveillance camera captured the women removing the fetus from an unlocked display case on the third floor early Saturday during the round-the-clock closing weekend of the exhibit, police Detective Jimmy Render said. Other people...
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'Vigilantes' set for Mexico border patrol By Laura Smith-Spark BBC News Some 580,000 illegal immigrants were detained in Arizona last year From 1 April, groups of volunteers from across the US will spend up to a month camped out in the inhospitable Arizona desert. But this is no ordinary hunting or camping trip. Armed with night vision goggles, radios and light aircraft, their quarry are the hundreds of immigrants who each night seek illegally to cross the wire fence separating the US from Mexico. While the volunteers insist they will simply "observe" the new arrivals' movements and alert the US...
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Gonzales finds border issues a little personal U.S. attorney general, a son of immigrants, will travel to Mexico By JUSTIN GEST Copyright 2005 Houston Chronicle WASHINGTON - Attorney General Alberto Gonzales says his family history will inform his approach to policy when he discusses border and immigration issues with Mexican officials this week. ADVERTISEMENT Gonzales, a Houstonian who is the first Hispanic to serve as the nation's top law enforcement officer, is expected to meet with his Mexican counterpart, Rafael Macedo de la Concha, and President Vicente Fox on Wednesday in Mexico City. He also will meet with other Cabinet...
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VATICAN CITY - The cardinal leading the Vatican's charge against The Da Vinci Code urged Catholics today to shun it like rotten food and branded the bestseller "a sack full of lies" insulting the Christian faith.
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Mexican teen gangs strike fear in Juarez By IOAN GRILLO Copyright 2005 Houston Chronicle Foreign Service CIUDAD JUAREZ, MEXICO - At 14, Miguel Angel Cantu has the stare of a bloodied war veteran. ADVERTISEMENT He opens his eyes wide and emits a penetrating glare of hate and anger that can strike fear into grown men. But his eyes also betray the look of someone suffering inside.
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Saudi cleric tells Muslim pilgrims that violent militants 'lured by devil' Associated Press MOUNT ARAFAT, SAUDI ARABIA - Raising their hands to the sky, about 2 million Muslim pilgrims prayed for salvation today at Mount Arafat, where Saudi Arabia's top cleric said the greatest test for the nation of Islam comes from its sons who are "lured by the devil," a reference to violent Muslim militants.
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A life-size fiberglass statue of Jesus Christ that was found in the Rio Grande has ended up in a police department's evidence room, but law officers say it can't stay there much longer
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Freep this MTV Poll Which vice-presidential canidate would you rather attend a barbeque with?
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