Tim Dahlberg AP Boxing Writer Arlington, TX (AP) — Manny Pacquiao is more concerned with the set list for his upcoming concert than he is with Floyd Mayweather Jr. The fight every boxing fan wants to see may never happen, but Pacquiao has a firm date to sing at Lake Tahoe before heading home and [...]
Ixtli Martínez Associated Press Writer Oaxaca, Mexico (AP) — Citizens who formerly led street protests and manned barricades in the troubled southern state of Oaxaca were sworn in as members of the local congress Saturday, in what the governor-elect called a historic change. Flavio Sosa, the leader of leftist protesters who battled police and shut [...]
Mark Stevenson Associated Press Writer Mexico City (AP) — A new study suggests there may be 100,000 fewer Hispanics in Arizona than there were before the debate over the state’s tough new immigration law earlier this year. BBVA Bancomer Research, which did the study, worked with figures from the U.S. Current Population Survey. The study [...]
Raquel Maria Dillon Associated Press Las Vegas, NV (AP) — Mexican pop-rock group Camila and Dominican singer-songwriter Juan Luis Guerra tied with three awards each at the Latin Grammys, a jubilant event that drew reggaeton artists in jeans, mariachis in traditional suits, and actresses in slinky gowns. The gala attracted top Latin stars from three [...]
Jonathan M. Katz Associated Press Port-Au-Prince, Haiti (AP) — A cholera epidemic has spread into Haiti’s capital, imperiling nearly 3 million people living in Port-au-Prince, nearly half of them in unsanitary tent camps for the homeless from the Jan. 12 earthquake. Health authorities told The Associated Press on Monday that tests confirmed a 3-year-old boy [...]
Anne M. Peterson AP Sports Writer Portland, OR (AP) — Portland Trail Blazers center Fabricio Oberto abruptly retired Nov. 4 because of a previously diagnosed cardiac condition that caused heart palpitations. Oberto, in his sixth year in the NBA, was signed as a free agent by the Blazers one day before the start of the [...]
Liz Sidoti AP National Political Writer Washington, D.C. (AP) — All but wiped out in 2008, Republicans groping for a comeback strategy determined there would be no swift return to economic health under incoming President Barack Obama. They soon also agreed privately to oppose his major legislation. Over the next two years, they criticized, attacked, [...]
Samuel Petrequin AP Sports Writer Paris, France (AP) — Top-ranked Rafael Nadal said Monday the shoulder injury that forced him out of the Paris Masters won’t prevent him from playing at the ATP World Tour finals later this month. Nadal told a news conference he has a small case of tendinitis in his left shoulder [...]
New York, NY (AP) — Former President Bill Clinton will take part in the final presentation of the U.S. bid to host the 2022 World Cup when the Americans puts their case to FIFA’s executive committee on Dec. 1. Clinton became honorary chairman of the U.S. bid committee in May and traveled to South Africa, [...]
Dina Cappiello and Seth Borenstein Associated Press Writers Washington, D.C. (AP) — The presidential commission investigating the BP Gulf oil spill challenged claims in Congress that the oil company and others sacrificed safety to cut costs. In preliminary findings issued Monday, the first from an independent panel, investigators supported many of BP’s own conclusions about [...]
