Word: jose
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...gauge housing affordability, the data shop Fiserv compares the cost of houses with household income. By that count, homes nationwide at the end of March were only 7% more expensive than they were in 2000, before the bubble. In some markets - including Phoenix, Atlanta, Las Vegas and San Jose, Calif. - they were actually cheaper. In a way that they haven't in a very long time, home prices are starting to make economic sense...
...Mercat a la Planxa Part tapas bar, part Latin grill, Mercat a la Planxa marks a coming home of sorts for locally raised chef Jose Garces, the wonder-toque of Philadelphia's top Nuevo Latino eateries. Opened last year in the Blackstone Hotel, Mercat is a Catalan kitchen and Garces' first hometown restaurant. A meal at Mercat is kicked off with a cocktail menu strong on sangria and cava as dishes big and small flow freely from a glass-tiled open kitchen. Tiny padron peppers come fried in a crust of salbitxada (almond sauce); Catalan sausage and meatballs serve...
...agreed to Arias' involvement, called on "all parties to refrain from acts of violence" - on Sunday a teenaged Zelaya backer was shot dead by soldiers - "and to seek a peaceful, constitutional and lasting solution." Zelaya and Micheletti say they'll meet together with Arias on Thursday in San Jose, Costa Rica...
...that Hispanic vote with a crushing 35-point margin. By 2030, the Latino share of the vote is likely to double. In Texas, the crucial buckle for the GOP's Electoral College belt, the No. 1 name for new male babies - many of whom will vote one day - is Jose. Young voters are another huge GOP problem. Obama won voters under 30 by a record 33 points. And the young voters of today, while certainly capable of changing their minds, do become all voters tomorrow...
...just draw one big cross on the ballot sheet on July 5, when the country has to choose the federal Senate and 500-seat lower House, six governors and hundreds of state and municipal offices. "Voting for the least bad candidate is like buying the least rotten fruit," says Jose Antonio Crespo, a well-known historian backing the movement. "I prefer to leave a note saying, 'Hey. All your fruit is rotten. I'll come back next time and I hope you have something fresh and edible.' " (See pictures of crime in Mexico City...