Artemio took summarizes a photo indicates of the casket on his cellphone and sent it to siblings in Los Angeles who would help pay for it. The bodies traveled on a cargo flight from Los Angeles to Mexico City. Some travelers' nerves give them away; sometimes it's their odd travel itineraries -- a week in Peru without visiting the Inca capital of Cuzco?Many crossed naively from comfortable existences into a menacing realm with no escape. Santos, an animated chain-smoker with pierced lips, appearing every bit a hip young Spaniard, said she got scared once in South America and wanted out. He took a break to conduct a final survey of the wreckage wrought by two bottles of pills. Twice he had been fired, and for the first time in his life he had filed for unemployment. His accomplishments so far don't come close to satisfying Mexico's overwhelming needs. "sam. enriquezCecilia Sanchez and Maria Antonieta Uribe of The Times' Mexico City Bureau contributed to this report. . Barack Obama continued accepting donations from oil company executives and employees last month even as he aired ads in which he stated he took no oil company money, his campaign finance reports show. Obama has taken at least $263,000 from oil company executives, family members and employees since entering the presidential race last year, including $46,000 last month.

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