The Grand Canyon and the Great Barrier Reef are competing with 26 other natural landmarks in the final phase of a global poll to choose the "New 7 Wonders of Nature," organizers said Tuesday. The Amazon rain forest, the Dead Sea, Mount Kilimanjaro in Africa and Ecuador's Galapagos Islands are also among the finalists, according to New 7 Wonders, led by Swiss adventurer Bernard Weber. People can vote by Internet or phone. The winners will be announced in 2011 and share in the glory already enjoyed by the seven man-made wonders chosen two years ago. More than 1 billion people are expected to vote, Weber said. "This campaign should contribute to the appreciation - to the knowledge - of our environment," he said. "If we or our children want to save anything, we should first appreciate it." ...more

July 22, 2009

Sailors and Marines from the United States and 11 other countries have stormed north Florida beaches, learned to board ships or repel boarders, learned to find submarines and hide from them as training continues off the Atlantic coast. ...more

May 1, 2009

This father's tragedy started, as so many do, with the mundane. His boy, a handsome and well-built athlete, injured his arm playing soccer in his native Ecuador. Alex, 15, was tough, but the pain wouldn't go away, and it got worse. ...more

November 15, 2008

Será un encuentro para celebrar la palabra escrita y hacer un reconocimiento a los que la profesan. El Instituto para el Estudio de Latinoamérica y el Caribe de la Universidad del Sur de la Florida (USF) presenta su cuarto evento anual de la Celebración Cultural del Idioma Español, que será en los días 24 y 25 de octubre. ...more

October 22, 2007

Max Du Bois, de 47 años, ganó la lotería en el 2000, pero no le dieron dinero. Su premio fue permanecer en Estados Unidos como residente legal. ...more

October 12, 2007