Massachusetts smokers can call 1-800-879-8678 (Try-to-Quit) for Spanish/English help and free nicotine patches. The state ranks #4 in the country for lowest rate of smokers, reports NEWz.

Cape Verde's development boom is luring expatriate entrepreneurs and others in Massachusetts to invest in the West African archipelago country, reports the Bay State Banner.

Some in Boston's Vietnamese community want nonprofit agency Viet-AID to be accountable following the termination of its executive director, says the Dorchester Reporter.

South Asian restaurateurs are getting hit by rising costs of food and fuel. Some are advising others not to get into the restaurant business, reports INDIA New England.

Irish Fest by the Sea comes to Dover, NH, on Aug. 9, 2008, for a full day of Celtic music, dance, and Irish history and culture, reports the Irish Emigrant.

Feetin2Worlds.org reports on the developing story of ICE's new "self-deport" program, which encourages undocumented immigrants to voluntarily turn themselves in.

Hairenik's summer interns include five teens, an Azerbajian-born immigrant and a UMass-Boston English major (who wrote this article), reports the Armenian Weekly.

Susan Jacobs of the Jewish Journal, a NEWz partner, received a journalism award from the American Jewish Press Association, plus a certificate of recognition from her congressman.

Brazilians in Massachusetts paid a shipping company to send their parcels to Brazil. Allegedly the company never shipped the boxes or refunded the customers, according to Bate Papo.

AIDS programs that serve African Americans in Hartford, Conn., face financial instability. The number of AIDS cases for Hartford's African Americans is five times higher than for the city's whites.

African American women who consume two sodas or sweetened drinks daily could be increasing their risk of getting type 2 diabetes by 25 to 30%, according to a new study.

Lyme disease contracted from a tick bite has delayed an immigrant's return back home. The disease can cause pain and harm the knees or other joints of the body, reports NEWz.

ICE wants undocumented immigrants to voluntarily "self-deport," as part of a new ICE program mentioned only to Univision, reports Feetin2Worlds.org.

Brazilians and other immigrants are reacting with apprehension over the fatal shooting of Andre Martins, 25, father of two, by a police officer following a high-speed chase, reports NEWz.

A Brazilian wall painter was shot fatally by a Yarmouth, Mass., police officer after speeding and driving into a police car, reports NEWz. *** EM PORTUGUÊS ***