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...mind, U.S. and Mexican officials have begun applying anti-racketeering laws to coyotes, and the Mexican Congress is expected to pass more draconian laws this year against people smuggling. In a sign that the courts may be getting tougher, a U.S. federal judge recently sentenced convicted coyote kingpin Ruben Patrick Valdes to an unprecedented 27 years in prison...
...where did it all go wrong? A few weeks ago supersize American Idol champ RUBEN STUDDARD was living large. The man had his own teddy bear! But soon runner-up Clay Aiken's single started outpacing Studdard's on the charts, and now the portly pop star is getting into it with 205 Flava, makers of his signature shirts. Studdard sued the company for using his image to sell clothes, but 205 (it's the area code for Birmingham, Ala., Studdard's hometown) promptly dialed it up a notch, claiming that it paid Studdard to wear its clothes...
...separate Miami and Havana--inviting, sun-kissed, capable of rising up in a storm. Cruz sang with everybody who was anybody in Latin music--fronting Johnny Pacheco's band, appearing with Tito Puente in the movie The Mambo Kings--and many future somebodies were listening. Marc Anthony, Jennifer Lopez, Ruben Blades and La India acknowledged her influence. Known as the Queen of Salsa, she once said, "Salsa is ... all the Cuban rhythms under one name." You could say the same about Cruz. --By Christopher John Farley
...little optimistic, a little overexcited and a little into just having a good time. Maybe we took small cultural differences--new slang, new fashions, new music--and, as our parents did, misinterpreted them. The Idol team is already planning a Bob Hope--Bing Crosby--style buddy musical comedy for Ruben Studdard and Clay Aiken, the winner and runner-up of the second season of Idol. It might turn out that you can't lose money underestimating the niceness of teens. --By Joel Stein
Just like tens of thousands college seniors across the country, Ruben Marinelarena ’02-’04 will scramble to prepare for the LSATs and apply to law school this fall...