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Greer's OC: Taco Rosa's extended Valentine
Taco Rosa continues to celebrate Valentine's Day, serving a special menu de amor three-course chef's dinner through Monday. Whether you take your sweetheart to the original Newport Beach location, or the Irvine Taco Rosa, you can both enjoy a dinner...Tags: Coffee, Alcoholic Beverages, Game, Fashion Trends, Tacos
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Segerstrom Center program promises eclectic variety
The Segerstrom Center for the Arts on Jan. 13 will kick off its first-ever Off Center Festival, an eclectic nine-day program showcasing cutting-edge theater, music and dance, hip-hop, mash poetry and performance art.
Aimed at drawing audiences that...Tags: Indie (genre), Dance, Entertainment Events, Tameka Cottle, Arts
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Guatemalan court action revives questions about Rios Montt's fate
MEXICO CITY— The Guatemalan high court’s decision to overturn the genocide conviction of former military dictator Efrain Rios Montt and restart his trial has revived questions about his responsibility for the slaughter of some 1,700 ethnic...
Tags: Judges, Hate Crimes, Heads of State, Guatemala, Wars and Interventions
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Guatemala full of questions after genocide conviction annulled
MEXICO CITY — The Guatemalan high court's decision to annul the genocide conviction of former military dictator Efrain Rios Montt on Tuesday revived questions about his responsibility for the slaughter of some 1,700 ethnic Maya people. The...Tags: Judges, Interior Policy, Crimes, Newspaper and Magazine, Hate Crimes
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OAS study says countries should consider decriminalizing drug use
BOGOTA, Colombia — The Organization of American States said Friday that countries should consider decriminalizing drug use, a shift backed by several Latin American leaders but opposed by the United States. Decriminalization could be one of many...
Tags: Lifestyle and Leisure, Recreational Substance Use, Drug Use, Pakistan, Colombia
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Gay rights activists in Mexico City accuse police of abuses
MEXICO CITY -- Same-sex marriage is legal in this city. Gay and lesbian couples can adopt children, and the government touts tolerance and respect for "sexual diversity" in messages posted on subway platforms and bus billboards. Yet, according to...
Tags: Politics, Same-Sex Marriage, Media Industry, Gay Rights, Discrimination
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Apron maker finds profitable recipe catering to chefs
Los Angeles TimesEllen Bennett launched an apron company last year not knowing how to sew and not knowing how to run a business. Now she has the world, so to speak, by the strings. "There was just the idea," says the diminutive, consistently buoyant 25-year-old who also...Tags: Animal, Lifestyle and Leisure, Dining and Drinking, Restaurants, Restaurant and Catering Industry
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Jaron Lanier takes a hard look at the wired world
Jaron Lanier has a research job with Microsoft. He won't go into specfics, but it has something to do with imagining the future and asking questions. Lanier is a longtime Silicon Valley insider whose primary occupation has been to imagine, think and ask...
Tags: Music, Skype, Media Industry, Nursing, Health and Medical Professionals
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Mexico names public security chief for Michoacan state
MEXICO CITY — Responding to mounting concern about disorder in the Mexican state of Michoacan, officials announced Thursday that an army general would take over as its public security chief, overseeing both state and federal security forces. The...Tags: Politics, Government, Grupo Bimbo, Corporate Officers, Mexico
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A Carlos Fuentes boom on the anniversary of his death
The Mexican writer Carlos Fuentes is the subject of a small, literary boom on the anniversary of his death. Fuentes died one year ago, May 15, 2012, at the age of 83. This week his North American publisher, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, released more...
Tags: Literature, Arts and Culture, Mexico, Book, Authors
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Mexico president fires agency head over restaurant scandal
MEXICO CITY -- He’s got to be wishing that his daughter had just ordered takeout and gone home. The head of Mexico's consumer protection agency, Humberto Benitez Treviño, was fired Wednesday by President Enrique Peña Nieto, nearly three weeks...
Tags: Television Industry, Venezuela, Twitter, Inc., Mexico
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Mexican official pitches business in Chicago
Although news about Mexico is focused on immigration reform and border security, the country remains a leading trade partner for the U.S. and an increasingly important one for Illinois. During a visit to Chicago this week, the secretary for economic...Tags: Barack Obama, Automotive Equipment, Illinois Governor, Lisle, Water Supply
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