Spain is home to more than 5 million unemployed people, according to the latest government statistics. That?s about 23 percent overall ? the highest rate since 1994. For the young, the jobless rate is nearly 50 percent. Now, a generation of desperate Spaniards is seeking work abroad. It isn?t the first time poverty has driven Spaniards from home, but in the past, unskilled laborers have led the ...

The rapper joins the bill for the Spain-based music event.

The dance and music of flamenco blend together to create a freedom -- freedom to remember, freedom to forget, freedom to be, says North Central College Spanish instructor Jelena Sanchez. The Spanish instructor heads North Central College 's fifth annual Flamenco Festival throughout February, showcasing the emotion-packed rhythmic music and dance of the Spanish culture.

Thundering skies did not dampen the spirits of 2,000 performers and patrons who crowded Downtown for the International Blues Challenge.

WHERE ARE THEY NOW?BY STEVE TALBERT For Joshua Herndon, living in Spain can be described with three words: "vocation," "avocation" and "calling."