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Standing Funeral
A Puerto Rican man's final wish to be kept standing even in death is granted...
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NY fitted funeral - Dead man stands for 3 day wake
"A Puerto Rican man has been granted his wish to remain standing — even in death.
A funeral home used a special embalming treatment to keep the corpse of 24-year-old Angel Pantoja Medina standing upright for his three-day wake."
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I hope my family honors my death wish of having my skin wrapped around a break dancing robot that does windmills for a fortnight after i die. "A Puerto Rican man has been granted his wish to remain standing — even in death. ... more -
Puerto Rico corpse kept upright for 3-day wake
A Puerto Rican man has been granted his wish to remain standing—even in death. A funeral home used a special embalming treatment to keep the corpse of 24-year-old Angel Pantoja Medina standing upright for his three-day wake.
Dressed in a Yankees baseball cap and sunglasses, Pantoja was mourned by relatives while propped upright in his mother's living room.
His brother Carlos told the El Nuevo Dia newspaper the victim had long said he wanted to be upright for his own wake: "He wanted to be happy, standing."
The owner of the Marin Funeral Home, Damaris Marin, told The Associated Press the mother asked him to fulfill her dead son's last wish.
Pantoja was found dead Friday underneath a bridge in San Juan and buried Monday. Police are investigating. A Puerto Rican man has been granted his wish to remain standing—even in death. A funeral home used a special embalming treatment to ke... more -
Will Your Vote Be Counted in 2008? Electronic Voting Machines and the Privatizatio...
With less than a month before Super Tuesday, every vote counts. But will every vote actually be counted? One-by-one, states across the country are finding critical flaws in the accuracy and security of electronic voting machines. We speak with Clive Thompson, the author of a New York Times Magazine cover story titled ?Can You Count on Voting Machines?? With less than a month before Super Tuesday, every vote counts. But will every vote actually be counted? One-by-one, states across the... more
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Puerto Rico archeological discovery triggers debate
The finding sheds new light on the lifestyle and activities of a people extinct for nearly 500 years.
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Earthquakes hit Japan, Alaska, Puerto Rico, New Guinea, Indonesia, Chile... at the...
...At the same time. Many at the exact hour. ORANGE are earthquakes today. RED dots are eathquakes within the last hour.
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H A A R P - US "Earthquake Machine"
Did HAARP cause the earthquakes in China? Could HAARP have caused the earthquakes in Central and South America?
This video was uploaded one week ago. Did HAARP cause the earthquakes in China? Could HAARP have caused the earthquakes in Central and South America? ... more -
Many earthquakes hit South America this week
This map shows all 36 earthquakes that have occured in South America, Central America, and Puerto Rico this week. Notice the locations on the map of each one. This map shows all 36 earthquakes that have occured in South America, Central America, and Puerto Rico this week. Notice the locations... more
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Comes With the Territory // Comment Picked for TV
Thanks to the commenting duo hemlock and Laura for their energetic and thought-provoking response to "Comes with the Territory." After you hear what they had to say, check out the pod -- it's about American citizens in the US territories Guam and Puerto Rico who are not allowed to vote for the President of their own country. http://current.com/items/88992162_comes_with_the_territ... Thanks to the commenting duo hemlock and Laura for their energetic and thought-provoking response to "Comes with the Territory.&#... more
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Campaign Update 06/02/08
Obama ditches his church, Puerto Rico decides, and a frog-puncher prepares to swoop.
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Hillary Clinton - Puerto Rico - Victory Speech Pt. 1
Part of hillary's victory speech in puerto rico
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Hillary won, but Obama is still winning
Hillary won in puerto rico and if obama doesnt win more the race will be close
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After Puerto Rico, Obama Closer To Nomination
Hillary Rodham Clinton won most of the delegates in Puerto Rico's primary Sunday, but Barack Obama crept closer to clinching the Democratic nomination for president.
Clinton won at least 28 delegates, according to an Associated Press analysis of early returns. Obama won at least 14, with 13 still to be allocated.
Obama has a total of 2,068 delegates, leaving him 50 shy of the number needed to clinch the nomination, with two primaries remaining. Clinton has 1905.5, according to the latest tally by the AP.
Obama also picked up two superdelegates Sunday, which means he has made up most of the ground he lost Saturday when the national party's rules committee voted to reinstate delegates from Michigan and Florida. The delegates had been stripped because the two stated violated party rules by holding primaries before Feb. 5.
There are a total of 31 delegates at stake in Tuesday's contests in Montana and South Dakota. If Clinton and Obama split them, Obama would need to pick up 30 or so superdelegates to secure the nomination.
There are about 200 superdelegates left to be claimed.
[Credit: Stephen Ohlemacher, AP] Hillary Rodham Clinton won most of the delegates in Puerto Rico's primary Sunday, but Barack Obama crept closer to clinching the ... more -
Clinton wins Puerto Rico
Hillary's victory in Puerto Rico could be just a consolation prize; it doesn't do much to narrow the gap between herself and the democratic front-runner Barack Obama. The final nominations take place on Tuesday in Montana and South Dakota.
Despite the victory, does it look like the Clinton campaign could be coming to a close? Hillary's victory in Puerto Rico could be just a consolation prize; it doesn't do much to narrow the gap between herself and... more -
Comes With The Territory
Guam and Puerto are US Territories with American citizens who are not allowed to vote for their President of their own country.
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Campaign Update 05/30/08
La vida loca, the end of the party, and a female vice-president (just not the one you're thinking).
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Puerto Ricans vote... sometimes.
As a Puerto Rican living in New York I've gone from not being able to vote for President to voting as a resident of this state but still not feeling that my issues are being addressed or that my vote represents me. Here's a short piece explaining the issues that face me and other Puerto Rican voters in the Island as well as in exile As a Puerto Rican living in New York I've gone from not being able to vote for President to voting as a resident of this state bu... more
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Campaign Update 05/27/08
Obama stockpiles superdelegates, Libertarians pick a candidate to lead the absence of government, and Brett makes a deeply personal comment. Obama stockpiles superdelegates, Libertarians pick a candidate to lead the absence of government, and Brett makes a deeply personal co... more
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Democrats take White House campaign to Puerto Rico
Democratic White House candidates made rare campaign stops in Puerto Rico on Saturday as Hillary Clinton's uphill challenge to secure the nomination was made even harder by controversy over her references to the 1968 assassination of Robert Kennedy.
During a one-day stop on the largely Spanish-speaking island, front-runner Barack Obama talked about veterans issues and his Republican rival Sen. John McCain before going on a parade-style walk through San Juan.
In his campaign events Obama made no mention of Clinton's remarks from Friday when she cited the June 1968 assassination of presidential candidate Robert Kennedy to help explain why she was still in the race for the party's nomination to contest McCain in the November election.
"My husband (Bill Clinton) did not wrap up the nomination in 1992 until he won the California primary somewhere in the middle of June, right? We all remember Bobby Kennedy was assassinated in June in California," she told a South Dakota newspaper's editorial board.
Clinton's comments drew a quick rebuke on Friday from Obama's campaign and she apologized.
Kennedy, brother of slain U.S. President John F. Kennedy and Massachusetts Sen. Edward Kennedy, was assassinated in Los Angeles just after winning the California Democratic primary.
Obama, who has a nearly insurmountable lead in delegates, told a Puerto Rican radio station on Saturday he did not think Clinton intended any offense by her comments.
"I have learned that when you are campaigning for as many months as Senator Clinton and I have been campaigning, sometimes you get careless in terms of the statements that you make and I think that is what happened here," he said in an interview with Radio Isla Puerto Rico. Democratic White House candidates made rare campaign stops in Puerto Rico on Saturday as Hillary Clinton's uphill challenge to se... more -
Campaign Update 05/21/08
Primary results, Cuba quandary, and sexy delegate math.
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