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A motel in northern Mexico is putting steel doors on its rooms to protect guests from kidnappings and shootings in an escalating war between rival drug cartels. Mexico CITY, Mexico (AP) -- A newspaper in the northwestern Mexican state of Sonora is shutting down temporarily after being attacked and threatened by criminal gangs. Since December, 89 soldiers have been reported killed. They're among 1,000 narcotics-related deaths this year. MEXICO CITY ? The number of Mexican soldiers slain has jumped dramatically since President Felipe Calderon began using the army to battle drug traffickers, records show. Rustic pampering. It sounded like an oxymoron, but sure enough, that's what we found at New Mexico's historic Ojo Caliente Mineral Springs and Resort. Mexico CITY: Archaeologists diving into a lake in the crater of a snowcapped volcano found wooden scepters shaped like lightning bolts that match 500-year-old descriptions by Spanish priests and conquerors writing about offerings to the Aztec rain god.
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