IBIUNA, Brazil - The Tampa Bay Rays are hoping a few Brazilians can handle a bat better than they kick a soccer ball.By: Carolina Escalera|Date: Apr 19, 2009

...police warrant and drove to North Carolina, where he hanged himself from a tree...Her sometime boyfriend Alexander Escalera was arrested in Brooklyn in connection with Padilla's murder. Escalera also has outstanding traffic and drug...Date: Dec 31, 2008

...worst in 20 years, and experts have warned river levels including the Amazon could hit records not seen since 1953 by June. ------ Associated Press writers Alan Clendenning and Carolina Escalera contributed to this report from Sao Paulo.By: Marco Sibaja|Date: May 8, 2009

...happened, then they are closing the door to Brazilians," said banker Samuel Mateus in Sao Paulo. ------ Contributing to this report: Associated Press writers Alan Clendenning and Carolina Escalera in Sao Paulo, and Marco Sibaja in Brasilia.By: Bradley S. Klapper|Date: Feb 12, 2009