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Patricia Krentcil, the mother who been notoriously nicknamed the tanning bed mom after being accused of taking her five-year-old daughter to a tanning salon, was the subject of a parody skin on SNL over the weekend, but the tanorexic mom is laughing at the gag on Saturday Night Live.

Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and four co-defendants were uncooperative while being arraigned Saturday on charges associated with the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on America that were leveled at them in a U.S. military court at the U.S. Naval Station Guantanamo Bay in Cuba.

Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the confessed mastermind behind the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on the United States, will be formally arraigned -- along with four alleged co-conspirators -- in a military court at the Guantanamo Bay Naval Base in Cuba on Saturday. Each faces the death penalty.

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez departed for Cuba Monday, announcing that he would undergo further cancer treatment.

At the Tribeca Film Festival this year, two standout movies portray Latino communities in ways that have seldom been done before. Lucy Mulloy's Una Noche follows three Cuban teens who flee their homeland on a raft, while Macdara Vallely's BabyGirl focuses on the relationship between a Puerto Rican teen and her mother.

On Thanksgiving Day in 1999, 5-year-old Elian Gonzalez was rescued by a fisherman in the Miami waters. The boy and his mother were fleeing communist Cuba by raft when it sank. His mother, like many who make the dangerous journey, did not survive. Gonzalez lived with relatives in Miami until he was taken at gunpoint by federal agents.

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez returned home early Thursday after 11 days of cancer treatment in Cuba, putting an end to ongoing rumors of his death.

Neither Venezuelan nor Cuban media have released any recent photos of the Socialist leader as they have during his previous jaunts to Havana.

After all the recent leaks and rumors regarding Activision’s next “Call of Duty” release, the publisher finally officially announced the new game’s unveil date. According to the “Call of Duty” website the world reveal will be on Tuesday, May 1st. A countdown timer accompanies the announcement, and the game is to be showcased during the basketball playoffs aired on TNT.

Rumors have been flying about Rihanna and Chris Brown getting back together, and RiRi is clearly happy to keep fanning them. This week, Elle magazine released a short film in which Rihanna plays a passion-struck abuse victim in 1950s Cuba. And get this -- in the end, she goes back to the guy who hit her!

The upcoming “Call of Duty” release is shaping up to be a sequel to 2010’s “Black Ops.” A retail source forwarded an image to gaming news source Kotaku, with a date of May 2nd 2012 sprawled across the supposed “Call of Duty: Black Ops 2” poster.

Argentina's President Cristina Fernandez's government is moving forward with a plan to nationalize its largest oil company, currently owned by Spanish company Repsol, deepening a rift between Buenos Aires and Madrid.

The meeting ended on a frosty note Sunday, with the leaders of Venezuela, Bolivia and Nicaragua all vowing to boycott next year's meeting if Cuba remains banned.

A showdown over control of an oil company is pitting Argentina against its former colonial ruler, Spain. The bone of contention is an Argentinian company that the government may seize from Spanish oil major Repsol.

Cuba’s absence from the summit may be a point of contention.

Chavez, who is currently undergoing treatment for an undisclosed form of abdominal cancer, says that his appearance at the Summit of the Americas will depend on his health.

Venezuelan politics has almost willingly let President Hugo Chavez's terminal illness hijack the ongoing presidential election campaign, which would have otherwise been its best chance to reassess his 13-year-long governance and revolutionary brand of socialism.

Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the alleged mastermind behind the September 11th attacks, will be arraigned at the beginning of May at Guantanamo Bay, according to U.S. Pentagon officials. Mohammed, along with four other co-conspirators, will face charges including terrorism, hijacking an aircraft and murder, for their roles in the 9/11 attacks that killed nearly 3,000 people in 2001.

Ozzie Guillen apologized for his comments in Time magazine about Fidel Castro, but will Cuban Americans in South Florida, especially in Miami, ever forgive him or forget what he said?

Some might know Mark Lenzi, who died on Monday from unknown causes, was an Olympic diving gold medalist. Beyond that, here are 10 things to know about the 43-year-old former champion.

In an emotionally charged prayer during a pre-Easter Mass, cancer-stricken Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez pleaded with Jesus to spare his life, since he has more to do for the country. 57-year-old socialist leader attended the mass on Thursday after returning from his latest session of cancer treatment in Cuba.