After four years, The Crystal Method is coming out with a new album and Ticos will be among the first to hear some of the new tracks played live this September.
According to the U.S. Census, roughly 80,000 Costa Ricans live in the United States, compared to more than 11 million Mexicans, the largest immigrant group.
Ticos bring their prayers and promises to the Basílica Nuestra Señora de los Ángeles in Cartago Friday for the annual pilgrimage in honor of the country's patron saint, which is as much a festival as an act of religious devotion.
On July 22, hundreds of prisoners, including senior al-Qaida figures, escaped from Iraq's Abu Ghraib prison. On July 27, more than 1,000 detainees escaped from detention in Benghazi. A July 30 Taliban attack on a prison facility in northwest Pakistan freed more than 250 prisoners.
