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  • Latino Life: Living in 'Gringolandia'

    08/11/2014 5:04:20 PM PDT · by Altura Ct. · 33 replies
    NBC ^ | 8/10/2014
    “I can count the number of Latinos in this state in one hand, and most work in my restaurant,” he said jokingly of the Hispanic population in Maine. But the real cultural shock for Diaz, who lives with his wife and 12-year old daughter, wasn’t that he couldn’t find an eatery that carried his favorite delicacy when the craving hit. His big culture shock involved soccer, his favorite sport. “In my old neighborhood I could walk to almost any public park on any day of the week and pick up a game of futbol,” he explained. “Since moving here, I’ve...
  • Woman Allows The RAPE Of Her 5-MONTH-OLD Daughter, Receives Two Life Sentences

    05/01/2012 6:46:47 PM PDT · by Morgana · 57 replies
    iWIDK ^ | 5/1/2012 | (iWIDK By Mike McCurdy)
    Tessa Vanvlerah, 22, allowed Kenneth Kyle, a Californian college professor, to photograph, urinate on, rape and burn her 5-month-old daughter. According to STL Today, Vanvlerah’s attorney’s attempted to get her probation based on a psychological disorder. The judge was not lenient on the woman. She was forced to give up her custody of the infant in 2010 when she was charged with first degree statutory rape, incest, child pornography and sodomy. Kyle was sentenced in March to serve a term of 37 and a half years in federal prison. The child has since been adopted by the foster parent who...