daily dos: WWE's anti-immigrant wrestler, Los Horóscopos singers sentenced and Lil Wayne apologizes to Miami
Submitted by omar on Thu, 02/21/2013 - 10:32
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daily dos: WWE's anti-immigrant wrestler, Los Horóscopos singers sentenced and Lil Wayne apologizes to Miami
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Like or dislike? WWE wrestler Jack Swagger has re-invented himself as an anti-immigrant crusader who has teamed up with manager Zeb Colter to take down Mexican star and World Heavyweight Champion Alberto del Rio. "We have allowed a bunch of greedy, selfish criminal delinquents to cross our borders and rob this great country of all its wealth," says Colter in on of the WWE segments.
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Vicky and Marisol Terrazas of Los Horóscopos de Durango wore matching outfits – orange and white striped prison jumpsuits – as they were sentenced to probation and community service for a previous arrest in Florida. Marisol was sentenced to 25 hours of service while Vicky was sentenced to 50 hours.
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Prescription drugs like are Oxycontin and Vicodin are the cause of three out of four drug overdoses in the United States, according to numbers from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. CDC director Thomas Frieden: "The big picture is that this is a big problem that has gotten much worse quickly."
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Mexico's government failed to investigate thousands of kidnappings and disappearances during the six-year term of former President Felipe Calderón, according to a report from Human Rights Watch. More than 20,000 people are estimated to have disappeared in those six years, while 70,000 were killed – many of them related the country's violent drug war.
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"As far as the city of Miami, I do want to apologize for the misunderstanding… that everybody thinking I got something against the city, because that’s totally, totally, totally, wrong." Lil Wayne has apologized to the city of Miami and LeBron James after going on a rant that included verbal shots at several Miami Heat stars. Wayne, who also claimed to have slept with Chris Bosh's wife, says his anti-Miami Heat sentiment is rooted in a confrontation he had with Dwyane Wade while watching a game courtside. Wayne noted that he has no ill feelings towards LeBron James: "Other than that though, I don’t take nothing back."
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Tim Tebow has canceled an appearance at the First Baptist Church of Dallas, home to Dr. Robert Jeffress, a controversial preacher who has made headlines for homophobic and anti-Semitic statements. "While I was looking forward to sharing a message of hope and Christ's unconditional love with the faithful members of the historic First Baptist Church of Dallas in April, due to new information that has been brought to my attention, I have decided to cancel my upcoming appearance," said Tebow in a statement.
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