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A Senate Ethics Committee investigation into Sen. Boba Menendez's conduct persists. (Getty Images)

Bipartisan outrage as House GOP leadership postpones Sandy aid vote

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The fiscal cliff wasn't the only thing lawmakers were paying attention to as the New Year began. Many pols also expected the House to take up the Sandy Relief … Read More

A procession featuring traditional Mexican heritage celebrates the end of a Mexico to New York relay race called “Carrera Antorcha Guadalupana 2012,” on Wednesday, Dec. 12, 2012, in New York. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)

[PHOTOS] Our Lady of Guadalupe celebrations all over the world

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Millions of Catholic Mexicans paid homage to the Virgin of Guadalupe across North America today to observe the day when, legend has it, Juan Diego opened his … Read More

Cory Booker used Goya Chick Peas during his difficult food stamp challenge this week. (Instagram/Getty)

Cory Booker instagrams Goya chick peas during food stamp challenge

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Prompted by a challenge on Twitter about the responsibility of government to provide food to its people, Cory Booker decided to live this week on the monetary … Read More

Model/entertainment personality Daisy Fuentes is supporting St. Judes Children's Hospital this holiday season.

Daisy Fuentes chats about giving back, wigging out and celebrating the holidays

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Daisy Fuentes seems to have it all: brains, beauty, and a growing global empire that includes successful Kohl’s lifestyle collection (that’s raked in more … Read More

Alicia Zendejas (Photo/Sugar On Mars)

NJ Latina helps organize food drive for Sandy victims

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Last year, Alicia Zendejas’ non-profit planted more than 71,000 trees in Haiti, but says she’s been doing charity and volunteer work all of her life. When … Read More

Dr. Raul Ruiz, Democratic candidate won the congressional race in California's 36th district. He's one of several new Latino faces that will be a part of the 113th Congress.

Record number of Latinos in Congress

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For Latinos across the country, election 2012 symbolized much more than two candidates contending for presidential office; instead, the potential for change and … Read More

A bilingual polling place worker, left, assists an elderly couple as they look over a sample ballot near a voting booth at Hoboken City Hall on Election Day, Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2012. Gov. Chris Christie signed a declaration allowing people displaced by Sandy to vote in the general election at any polling place. However, such voters were not allowed to vote in local elections.

New Jersey extends email voting deadline for displaced Sandy voters

By Michael Isikoff and Pete Williams, NBC News

The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) in New Jersey has filed an emergency petition in a state superior court asking that voters in the state be allowed to … Read More

Voters wait hours in long lines to cast their early vote at the Summit County Board of Elections on Monday, Nov. 5, 2012, in Akron, Ohio. About 30 million people have already voted in 34 states and the District of Columbia, either by mail or in person.

Poll problems cropping up around US

By Pete Williams and Michael Isikoff, NBC News

As of noon, we've seen no major efforts to prevent voting, though several other problems have cropped up. We've seen a multitude reports of problems getting … Read More

New York And New Jersey Continue To Recover From Superstorm Sandy

One week after Sandy, Latinos try to move on

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It's been one week since Hurricane Sandy hit the Northeast, and Frank Maldonado's Tribeca restaurant Sazon is still not open. Maldonado, the Executive Chef of … Read More

A police officer directs traffic as a line of motorists stretches down Frenchtown Road Thursday morning, Nov. 1, 2012 as customers wait to enter a gas station in Milford Borough, N.J. At 10 a.m. the line exceeded 50 cars and caused congestion at the intersection of Milford-Mt. Pleasant Road. (AP Photo/The Express-Times, Stephen Flood)

New Jersey student leads gas station mapping project in Sandy’s wake

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Dayana Bustamante may not have power in her New Jersey home, but that's not stopping her from helping residents in the Hurricane Sandy stricken Northeast find … Read More