For the first time, racial and ethnic minorities make up more than half the children born in the U.S., in what has been described as an ‘important landmark’ in the evolution of the country’s demographic. New census estimates for 2011 highlight sweeping changes in the nation’s racial makeup, capping decades of heady immigration growth that is now slowing. It also reveals the prolonged impact of a weak economy, which is resulting in fewer Hispanics entering the U.S. Minorities made up roughly 2.02 million, or 50.4 per cent of U.S. births in the 12-month period ending July 2011. That compares with 37 per cent in 1990.

Rihanna fue vista en una actitud muy cómplice y besándose con el jugador de los Knicks J.R. Smith a la salida de la discoteca Veranda de Nueva York a principios de este mes. Y según varios testigos Rihanna pareció “disfrutarlo muchísimo”. “Estuvieron flirteando en la discoteca toda la noche y tomándose de la mano. Ella se sentaba en sus piernas y parecía que él le gustaba mucho”, declaró una fuente a la revista In Touch Weekly. La estrella del baloncesto es una figura polémica en el equipo neoyorquino, ya que en marzo fue multado por la NBA después de haber subido a su página de Twitter la imagen del trasero de una mujer en tanga en su cama. “Él es el jugador más polémico del equipo, por lo que no es de extrañar que le guste a Rihanna”, explicó una fuente. Y no nos sorprende tampoco que Riri haya decidido fijarse en él… La actitud de la intérprete de We found love es de todo menos tranquila. ¿Será que Rihanna logrará cierta estabilidad al lado de un nuevo chico y apaga todo el bullicio que levantó luego de dar señales de ser bisexual? E Online

The rapper, real name Curtis Jackson, tweeted a picture of himself surrounded by stuffed animals – including a giraffe, elephant and lion – wearing a hospital gown on his sickbed.The 36-year-old posted the picture to his six and half million followers online, but failed to mention the crucial details of why he had been admitted. Failing to elaborate, 50 Cent instead deflected the reason for his medical attention, saying: ‘I’m in the hospital but my gangsta grillz LOST TAPE is done so it will be out on time.’ The Get Rich or Die Tryin’ actor was referring to the upcoming release of EP The Lost Tape, due for release next Tuesday. Fiddy also stressed that he was not looking forward to going in to surgery, but did not specify if he would be having a local or general anesthetic. Hip-hop artist DJ Drama, who collaborates with 50 on the new record, seems to think his friend is suffering from a ‘stomach virus’ and will make a swift recovery. He told XXLMag: ‘First they wanted to keep it quiet (50′s illness), but he’s not a quiet guy.

There is no implied contract on Twitter, legal or social, which demands that you follow all those who follow you. That hasn’t stopped a 40-something Japanese man from suing a porn star because she ignored his ongoing tweets to follow him back on the microblogging site. According to the Tokyo Reporter, a Japanese man claiming to be an education reporter used multiple Twitter accounts in an attempt to gain the attention of  Aoi Sora, a porn star known for her lead roles in “Revenge: A Love Story,” (described by the Tokyo Times as a “psycho-sexual thriller”) as well as a film named for an amply-endowed female zombie (the title of which is totally NSFW). His daily tweet-pleas reportedly read something like this: “I am a fan of yours; please follow me,” “Please consider following,” “How’s work? Your English is getting better. Please follow me,” and, in the end, he wrote in English, “Please follow me.” Sora, who has more than 333K Twitter followers, is a bit of a Twitter siren it seems. The actress is famous in China, where Twitter is blocked. Sora is so popular that when she launched her Twitter account in April, it caused an “instant online reaction,” Chinese news blog Danwei reported. Some  questioned whether it really was Sora, and fans reportedly shared software that allowed them to access the blocked site.  That’s why the man Sora wouldn’t follow says he reached out to the actress in the first place, according to the Tokyo Reporter. Apparently, “he explained in vain that he made the requests in order to find out what actually happened regarding Aoi being singled out in a controversy that surfaced in China.” Since she wouldn’t reply, the man, it seems, is launching new a Sora-centered Twitter controversy of his own. MSN

No lo ocultemos. Desde los blogs más oscuros que pululan en la red hasta los medios de prensa más tradicionales a Chris Bosh se le ha minimizado, se le ha convertido en el blanco perfecto de chistes malsanos que se referían a él como la tercera rueda que pocas veces marchaba al ritmo de las dos principales. Recuerdo uno. Ese que comparaba al Heat con la serie de televisión “Dos Hombres y Medio’’…Por supuesto que a Bosh no se le asociaba ni con Charlie Sheen ni con su hermano. Pecho frío, arrugado, suave…a Bosh se le vinculaba con cualquier adjetivo o imagen alejado de todo aquello cercano a la pasión, la garra, la batalla. Pero he aquí la verdad brutal: el jugador nunca lució mejor en su traje de civil, sentado en la banca y en medio de ese desastre que recordaremos como el segundo partido de la Semifinal de Conferencia ante los Pacers de Indiana. “Nosotros siempre hemos entendido la importancia de Chris para el equipo’’, manifestó hace un par de meses Dwyane Wade tras una derrota en la que no tomó parte el jugador y en la que el escolta no perdió oportunidad para fustigar a los reporteros. “Son ustedes los que no le reconocen el mérito’’. Wade podría repetir la frase por estos días, pero lo relevante no es lo que digan o dejen de decir los medios sino qué tipo de respuesta dará el Heat este jueves en Indiana, cómo trazará su estrategia el coach Erik Spoelstra para contener a unos Pacers que desdibujaron la ventaja de casa de Miami y sienten la angustia de un rival con carencias evidentes en la zona interior y sin posibilidad de recibir ayuda externa. El Nuevo Herald

Florida is calling on county election supervisors to remove more than 53,000 dead people from the state’s voting rolls. State officials this year checked Social Security files and concluded that people who died were still registered to vote. This was the first time the state checked the files. It was allowed under a controversial election law that passed the GOP-controlled Legislature last year. An attorney with the Department of State told election supervisors on Wednesday they have seven days to remove a deceased voter from the rolls. But some supervisors want to know if they will be given more proof that the voter is dead. The move to remove dead voters comes at the same time when state officials are pushing to remove thousands non U.S.-citizens from the rolls. Miami Herald

Skechers USA Inc will pay $40million in refunds to customers in order to settle charges by the Federal Trade Commission that stated that the footwear company made unfounded claims about its Shape-ups shoes. Promoted through the use of Kim Kardashian as a brand spokesman, the shoes had promised to help people lose weight and strengthen their butt, leg and stomach muscles. The company, based in Manhattan Beach, California, will provide $40million for customer refunds in the federal case and $5million to the states. Consumers who bought the shoes will be eligible for refunds, though it’s not clear how much money people will get.  The FTC says that will depend on how many claims are received in the eight-month filing period. Most of the $40million will be returned to consumers, the commission said, and a small amount of the money will be used to administer the payouts. Mail Online

A Hollywood high school was placed on lockdown Wednesday after two teachers and 12 students developed rashes, officials said. The incident happened in a reading room in a building at McArthur High School at 6501 Hollywood Boulevard. A total of 21 students, mostly 9th and 10th graders, and one teacher were in the reading room when they began to have symptoms. A second teacher who came in to the room also got a rash. “The principal was notified that a teacher had a rash-like symptom on her arm,and then when they started to look into the situation they noticed other students had a rash like symptoms as well,” said Tracy Clark, with the Broward County Public Schools. Hollywood Fire Rescue Chief Mark Steele said a Hazmat team was brought in to the school to try to determine what caused the rashes. The incident caused the second floor of the building to be evacuated as a precaution and the classroom was quarantined, officials said. By 1 p.m., the school was given the all clear, and officials said regular dismissal would be at 2:30 p.m. Parents with questions were asked to call 754-321-3600. The two teachers and 12 students were released from the hospital. They had been transported to Memorial Regional Hospital and Joe DiMaggio Children’s Hospital on a county bus with an isolation unit. They had hives and were itching all over, but they were stable and didn’t have respiratory problems, authorities said. A contamination area was set up at the hospital to treat those affected. NBC Miami