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Ancestry.com announced the release of the first and only online collection of border crossing records for individuals who crossed the U.S. – Mexico border between 1903 and 1957. This new collection, which includes more than 3.5 million names, is the latest addition to Ancestry.com’s Immigration Records Collection, which also includes the largest online collection of U.S. ship passenger list records featuring more than 100 million names from 1820 to 1960.

A college degree can translate into higher earnings for workers in Puerto Rico — about twice as much on average as those with just a high school diploma — according to the U.S. Census Bureau’s Puerto Rico Community Survey (PRCS). The contrast in annual earnings was even greater for people with advanced degrees, who earned about three times as much as those with a high school degree.

In his controversial new book, “Clipping Their Own Wings,” author Ernesto Caravantes tackles one of the nation’s most troubling trends and toughest social problems: Latino underachievement, and focuses the root of the problem squarely on the shoulders of the Latino culture itself. Hispanics are now, officially, the largest minority population with 35 million living in the U.S., exceeding African Americans in number. Despite the sizeable numbers, this minority group is doing poorly in education.

The Microsoft Corp Chairman Praises The Success Of Navega Protegido, A Joint Program Of Ricky Martin’s Charitable Foundation And Microsoft, Aimed At Protecting Children & Families Across Latin America From Hazards On The Internet Such As Identity Or Asset Theft And Child Predators

Cinco de Mayo, a national holiday in Mexico, celebrates the legendary Battle of Puebla on May 5, 1862, in which a Mexican force of 4,500 men faced 6,000 well-trained men of the French Army. The battle lasted four hours and ended in a victory for the Mexican Army under Gen. Ignacio Zaragoza. Along with Mexican Independence Day on Sept. 16, Cinco de Mayo has become a time to celebrate Mexican heritage and culture.

A recent study found that 80 percent of Hispanic Scholarship Fund (HSF) scholarship recipients graduated in five and a half years – a graduation rate that is almost 30 percent higher than the national average for students of all races and ethnicities for the same period. The six-year national graduation rate for all Hispanics students at four-year institutions is 43.5 percent, according to the U.S. Department of Education’s National Center for Education Statistics.

An annotated bibliography with insights from over 50 articles related to Hispanic Marketing has been released by the Center for Hispanic Marketing Communication at Florida State University. The bibliography provides a synopsis of the objectives, methods, findings, and implications of each article.

Your kids may have fewer schoolbooks to carry than you did.

It may not be their online activity of first choice, but preteens really are going online to do homework.

According to new data from Experian Simmons, 48% of children ages 6-11 had played online games at least once in the preceding month. Nothing shocking there. The second most common online activity for this age group was visiting favorite Web sites, with 25% of the respondents doing so in the preceding month.

The Radio Advertising Bureau (RAB) and U.S. performing right organization BMI are continuing their program this year to provide scholarships to minorities in radio advertising sales.

When dealing with marketing, especially Hispanic marketing, it is imperative for advertisers to consider who affects the purchasing behavior of people and how to use that to their advantage. Hispanics have a distinct feelings towards the recommendations and references of family and friends, often times, one that exceeds the advertising and information presented in other media.

Sergio Arau’s “A Day Without A Mexican,” does a poor job of illustrating the impact of Hispanics on the US economy and way of life. It instead trivializes their influence and minimizes their role in America by focusing in on all of their negative stereotypes and limiting their “reach” to the state of California.