Daily Archives: October 3, 2011

Women who drink coffee may have a lower risk of depression, according to a study from the Harvard School of Public Health. Several recent studies have looked at a possible link between coffee and suicide, and found that coffee drinkers … Continue reading →

America’s extensive yet friction-laden economic relationship with China will be the focus of debate in the U.S. Senate this week, as it considers a bill to penalize Beijing for allegedly manipulating China’s currency, the yuan, to benefit domestic exports and … Continue reading →

The Greek Cabinet has approved a draft 2012 budget that includes a provision to eliminate 30,000 government jobs by the end of next year. Officials have not released details of the plan, including who would be laid off. The entire … Continue reading →

President Laura Chinchilla went home Saturday after being hospitalized Friday at Hospital Metropolitano in San José. Surgeons there removed her gall bladder, said Casa Presidencial. An earlier ultrasound exam located gallstones, and physicians decided to remove the entire organ via … Continue reading →

The Wednesday afternoon earthquake near San Isidro de El General generated 10 smaller quakes in the 1.5 to 2.5 magnitude range, according to the Observatorio Vulcanológico y Sismológico de Costa Rica. The initial quake that took place at 4:25 p.m. … Continue reading →

The image generated by the words “illegal alcohol still” probably involves a couple of rednecks armed with shotguns sitting around a coil of copper up in the hills. There might even be a coon dog sleeping in the shade. Not … Continue reading →

Judicial agents raided a plastic surgery clinic in Tibás Friday and then did the same at the home of the woman physician who runs the clinic. The judicial action was the result of the death of a judge who died … Continue reading →

Donaldo Voelker, the expat artist from Michigan, has opened his 10th exhibit, this one at the Casa de la Cultura in Heredia. Voelker had his first art class in Heredia in 2004, he said in an email. He is a … Continue reading →

The executive branch finally has published regulations to support the immigration law that went into effect March 1, 2010. The regulations cover the finer points in enforcing the law, and the bulk of the 29,338-word document addresses technicalities. Few of … Continue reading →