Kansas City Star (Free subscription) | 13 hours ago
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico | Ole Miss beat Kansas State 86-74 Friday night in the semifinals of the Puerto Rico Tip-off tournament.
KansasCity.com (Free subscription) | 13 hours ago
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico | Ole Miss beat Kansas State 86-74 Friday night in the semifinals of the Puerto Rico Tip-off tournament.
Rhod on Public Affairs (Free subscription) | 12 hours ago
San Juan, Puerto Rico (CNN) -- Several hundred gay activists rallied Thursday afternoon in Puerto Rico to demand a robust prosecution in the brutal slaying of a gay teenager nearly a week ago. Juan A. Martinez Matos was charged at a hearing Wednesday with first-degree murder and three weapons violations in connection with the killing of 19-year-old Jorge Steven Lopez Mercado. The teen's decapitated,...
kansascity.com (Free subscription) | 7 hours ago
The Mississippi basketball team got consistent scoring from two of its best players and Kansas State did not. In the end, that was enough for Ole Miss to defeat K-State 86-74 on Friday and hand the Wildcats their first loss of the season in the semifinals of the Puerto Rico Tip-off. With the loss, K-State dropped to 3-1 and will next play Dayton on Sunday instead of Villanova in the tournament's championship...
PinkNews.co.uk (Free subscription) | yesterday
The man arrested in connection with the murder of gay Puerto Rico teenage Jorge Steven Lopez Mercado will reportedly use the 'gay panic' defence.
Philadelphia Inquirer (Free subscription) | yesterday
A vigil will be held tonight in Philadelphia for Jorge Lopez Mercado, 19, who was found dead on the roadside in his hometown of Caguas, Puerto Rico on Nov. 14.
NewsInferno (Free subscription) | yesterday
The U.S. Chemical Safety Board (CSB) announced that a malfunctioning fuel monitoring system probably led to the massive explosion at a Caribbean Petroleum Corporation facility near San Juan, Puerto Rico. The October 23 blast endangered the lives of thousands and ignited an immense blaze that fed on jet fuel, bunker fuel, and gasoline stored at the [...]
gay persons of color (Free subscription) | yesterday
As today, 20 November, marks the 11th International Transgender Day of Remembrance , one of the few events to draw attention to the most marginalized segment of the LGBT community, officials in Puerto Rico continue their investigation of the brutal slaying of 19-year-old Jorge Steven Lopez Mercado, an openly gay volunteer in organizations advocating for HIV prevention and gay rights, whose body was...
Global Voices Online (Free subscription) | yesterday
A horrendous murder has been committed against a gay teenager in Puerto Rico. The LGBT community has demanded that the crime be prosecuted under the Hate Crime Law. Bloggers react to this terrible crime.
Hoosiers Insider (Free subscription) | yesterday
In a recent football blog, I compared IU's performance this season against Wisconsin to last year when the Hoosiers got throttled by the visiting Badgers. A year ago, Wiscosnin football put up 55 points on Indiana in Memorial Stadium in a rout. This time, the final was 31-28. I was trying to show that I thought there had been improvement at some level especially in terms of competitiveness. Some of...
Boston Herald (Free subscription) | yesterday
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - Rodney McGruder scored 20 points and four teammates hit doubles figures as Kansas State downed Boston University 80-70 Thursday night at the O'Reilly...
Boston Globe (Free subscription) | yesterday
Rodney McGruder scored 20 points and four teammates hit doubles figures as Kansas State downed Boston University 80-70 Thursday night at the O'Reilly Auto Parts Puerto Rico Tip-Off.
KansasCity.com (Free subscription) | yesterday
Rodney McGruder is starting to look like a marksman. The freshman guard came off the bench Thursday in Puerto Rico and knocked down four of five three-points shots and led all Kansas State scorers with 20 points. His big night couldn't have come at a better time. Play was sloppy throughout at the Coliseo de Puerto Rico, and K-State's best two veteran guards (Denis Clemente and Jacob Pullen) didn't...
CienciaPR News Headlines (Free subscription) | yesterday
The pattern of looser environmental protection being established by the governor of Puerto Rico, Luis Fortuño, has many environmentalists worried.
Menstrual Poetry (Free subscription) | yesterday
On November 14th the body of 19 year old Jorge Steven Lopez Mercado was found on an isolated road in Cayey, Puerto Rico. His body was partially burned, both of his arms and legs, as well as his torso were dismembered and he was also decapitated. While giving a televised statement, the police officer [...]
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