- 'The Battle to Stop Bird Flu (Wired News)
A virtual pandemic hits New Mexico: Inside the Los Alamos weapons lab, massive computer simulations unleash disease and track its course, 6 billion people at a time. By Thomas Goetz of Wired magazine.
- 'Leading Travel Companies Discuss State of Industry, 2006 Travel Trends (CNW Group via Yahoo! Finance)
Despite another year of global twists and turns that have impacted the travel market -- from the Asian tsunami and a very active hurricane season to record-high gas prices -- travel industry leaders forecasted continued resilience at a recent expert roundtable.
- 'With help from a local hospital and travel agency, mother travels from Mexico to be with girl after tragic accident (La Crosse Tribune)
Gabriella Flores Hernandez doesn?t remember the accident. When the 15-year-old girl from Fitchburg, Wis., arrived via MedLink helicopter at Gundersen Lutheran Medical Center two months ago, she was barely conscious.
- 'Immigrants Preserve Traditional Remedies (AP via Yahoo! News)
A thick tangle of marigolds reaches chest-high around Caritina Cruz, who plucks one of the deep orange flowers and explains to her little sister how to prepare it in a tea that soothes indigestion.
- 'Travel Trends: Exotic Sites, Packages, More Control (Hartford Courant)
Warm weather. Adventure. Europe. Warm weather. Battered destinations on the rebound. Package tours. Internet bargains. Warm weather.
- '2006 hot spots include Colorado, China, Croatia (CNN.com)
NEW YORK (AP) -- While travel to perennial favorites like Los Angeles, Orlando, New York and Las Vegas is always strong, some unexpected destinations -- from Colorado and Arizona to Croatia and China -- are showing up as hot spots for travel as the 2006 season begins.
- 'Fun in the sun was just the opposite for Missouri State (USA Today)
Missouri State was ready for a few days of fun in the sun when it packed its bags for Mexico. But the Fun in the Sun Shootout turned out to be anything but. The fifth-annual tournament which also included Oral Roberts, Illinois-Chicago and Mount St. Mary's turned into a logistical nightmare when teams were left stranded at an airport in the U.S. and found unplayable conditions in Mexico.
- 'Latin America news in brief (San Jose Mercury News)
Migrant-rights activists protested in the border city of Tijuana on Wednesday to demand Mexico's two major airlines fly home without charge the bodies of migrants who die trying to cross illegally into the United States.
- 'Immigrants Preserve Traditional Remedies (ABC News)
Immigrants From Mexico's Indigenous Groups Work to Preserve Traditional Health Care Customs
- 'The local news en español (The Charlotte Observer)
Sit outside Taqueria Mexico restaurant on South Boulevard and you'll hear Latino ballads crooning from trucks rolling into the parking lot. By the door are news racks filled with papers titled La Noticia and Qué Pasa. Inside, three televisions broadcast Univision.
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