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Mexico's Presidential Election
After Sunday's presidential elections, Mexico is likely to be ruled again by the PRI, the party thrown out for corruption 12 years ago after 71 years in power.
By Warren Olney • • 50m ListenAfter Sunday's presidential elections, Mexico is likely to be ruled again by the PRI, the party thrown out for corruption 12 years ago after 71 years in power. Are voters looking for a return to the past? With 43 percent of the voting population under 30, will a growing youth movement make a difference? Also, the California city of Stockton files for bankruptcy, and we remember Nora Ephron, who died yesterday at the age of 71.
Banner image: Student protesters stage a demonstration calling for electoral transparency in front of Mexico's Federal Election Commission on June 26, 2012 in Mexico City, Mexico. Photo by John Moore/Getty Images
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3 storiesStockton Will File for Bankruptcy
Last night, the California City of Stockton adopted a new budget to allow it to operate under bankruptcy. It's the nation's largest city so far to seek protection from creditors. But it may not be the last. Peter Navarro is professor at the Paul Merage School of Business at the University of California at Irvine.
Read the story7 minMexico: The Drug War and Sunday's Presidential Election
Tens of thousands of Mexicans have been killed since President Felipe Calderón began his war on brutal drug cartels after taking office six years ago. To date that war has killed more than 50,000.
Read the story36 minRemembering Nora Ephron
Nora Ephron told a graduating class at Wellesley College, her alma mater, that women of her generation weren't expected to do much. Ephron may be best known for films, including Sleepless in Seattle, When Harry Met Sally, You've Got Mail and Julie and Julia.
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