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U.S. factories cut back production to a 26-year low last month, according to a report by Institute for Supply Management. Economist Robert Macintosh: "It means we're in a recession, it's as simple as that."

Gael García Bernal sings his heart out in a grupero cover of "I Want You to Want Me" by Cheap Trick. The video for the song is featured in the forthcoming movie Rudo y Cursi.

President Evo Morales has suspended U.S. anti-drug operations in Bolivia. Morales claims DEA agents "worked to conduct political espionage and to fund criminal groups."

Enrique Iglesias joins Daddy Yankee as one of the celebs featured in Cosmo magazine's "Hottest guys of 2008" list.

During a bloody weekend in which 11 police officers were killed by drug-related violence, law enforcement officials in México announced the capture of Gulf Cartel drug lord Antonio Galarza.

Lupe Fiasco says his final album will be a three-disc set titled LupE.N.D.(Everywhere, Nowhere, Down Here).