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  • Spain finds Don Quixote writer Cervantes' tomb in Madrid

    03/17/2015 3:06:45 PM PDT · by the scotsman · 37 replies
    BBC News ^ | 17th March 2015 | Camila Ruz
    'Forensic scientists say they have found the tomb of Spain's much-loved giant of literature, Miguel de Cervantes, nearly 400 years after his death. They believe they have found the bones of Cervantes, his wife and others recorded as buried with him in Madrid's Convent of the Barefoot Trinitarians. Separating and identifying his badly damaged bones from the other fragments will be difficult, researchers say. The Don Quixote author was buried in 1616 but his coffin was later lost. When the convent was rebuilt late in the 17th Century, his remains were moved into the new building and it has taken...
  • Controversial combination of Spanish and English making its way into mainstream

    11/03/2002 5:52:13 PM PST · by GeneD · 27 replies · 1,022+ views
    AP via Boston.com ^ | 11/03/2002 | Deborah Kong
    <p>In the wacky cartoon world of the ''Mucha Lucha'' wrestling school, Buena Girl is trying to help her friend gain weight in preparation for his match with three big ''brutos.''</p> <p>''And now for the ultimate in buena eats! El Masked Montana's mega torta!'' she says, stuffing an enormous sandwich into his mouth.</p>