To bad, I really liked their food and thought they had great service all at a reasonable price.

From [Ohio.com]

Fifty-eight employees at eight Mexican restaurants across northern Ohio have been arrested in immigration raids.

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement said the raids were conducted Wednesday at Casa Fiesta restaurants in Ashland, Fremont, Norwalk, Oberlin, Oregon, Sandusky, Vermilion and Youngstown.

The 54 men and four women arrested are Mexican citizens. Three women were released on humanitarian grounds but must appear before an immigration judge who will decide if they may remain in the U.S.

The raids resulted from a one-year investigation.

There was no immediate comment from the Norwalk-based restaurant chain, where a message was left seeking comment.

For the past couple of years the only thing holding me back from getting either XM or Sirius sat. radio is the fact that I felt each of them by them selves weren’t pushing out enough quality content that I would enjoy to pay the $10 bucks a month.  Needless to say I was very excited to hear that the two would be merging. That was over a year ago.  Jump to today, the FCC has finally approved the merger between the two companies and have decided that they would not pose monopoly problems.  If they were to maybe lower the price per month by a small amount and allow me to listen from my iPod Touch through an application, I am willing to give them my money.  If they do not embrace the mobile market and still continue to focus on automobiles and home units, together they will fail.

[From CNN.com]

Washington, D.C. (AP) — Federal regulators formally approved the merger of the nation’s only two satellite radio operators Friday, ending a 16-month-long drama closely watched by Washington and Wall Street.

Sirius Satellite Radio Inc.’s $3.3 billion buyout of rival XM Satellite Radio Holdings Inc. will mean 18 million-plus subscribers will be able to receive programming from both services. Executives say it will mean huge cost savings that will lead to a first-ever profit for the relatively nascent industry.

The Federal Communications Commission voted 3-2 to approve the buyout, with the tiebreaker coming Friday night from Republican commissioner Deborah Taylor Tate.

Tate had insisted that the companies settle charges that they violated FCC rules before she would approve the deal. The companies agreed this week to pay $19.7 million to the U.S. Treasury for violations related to radio receivers and ground-based signal repeaters.

FCC Chairman Kevin Martin confirmed the final vote Friday night. “I think it’s going to be, in the end, a good thing for consumers and be in the public interest,” he told The Associated Press.

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Wow, looks like Cuban REALLY wants to own the Cubs. Look how much he is willing to pay for them…

NEW YORK — Tribune Co. is inviting at least three potential buyers who each submitted bids for the Chicago Cubs and Wrigley Field near or above $1 billion to participate in a second round of proposals, according to a person involved in the process.

Several bidders offering between $700 million and $900 million for all the properties have been excluded from the second round, according to the person, who spoke on condition of anonymity because of nondisclosure agreements governing all talk about the bids.

A Tribune spokeswoman said the baseball team would not have any comment on the status of the sale, which also includes the team’s minority stake in a Chicago regional sports TV network.

Included in the second round are Internet billionaire and Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban; the Ricketts family, which founded the brokerage that is now TD Ameritrade Holding Corp.; and a group led by Sports Acquisition Holding Corp. that includes former baseball home run king Henry Aaron and former Republican Congressman Jack Kemp. The last group is believed to be teaming with another bidder who submitted an offer in the initial round.

All three of the reported potential buyers refused Thursday to comment publicly. However, the person involved in the bidding provided to The Associated Press an outline of the conditions for the second round.

Meanwhile, Comcast SportsNet has learned that Cuban is the highest bidder to buy the Cubs at $1.3 billion.

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I think that it would be great to see Cuban as an MLB owner.  Rumor has it that he wants to restore Wrigley Field instead of building a new stadium because he loves the atmosphere so much.  Also, he has stated that he would prefer to sit in the outfield bleechers instead of in a loft.