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BEST & WORST MOMENTS

BEST

*  Alex Rodriguez hit his 500th career home run.

*  America Ferrera became the first Latina to win an Emmy for outstanding lead Actress in a Comedy Series.

*  Pilar Revuelta won an Oscar for Set Design of “Pan’s Labyrinth.”

*  Lorena Ochoa, 26, became the world’s No. 1 ranked female golfer and the sports first woman to make close to $3 million in one year.

*  In March, NASCAR further appealed to its growing Latino fan base when Colombian driver Juan Pablo Montoya won his first NASCAR Nextel Cup race at Sonoma, Calif.

*  Milka Duno became the first Latina to race in the Indy 500.

*  Whether it was the Skillet Burrito from McDonalds or the Huevos Ranchero Burrito from Carls Jr., the breakfast burrito became a mainstay on menus of many quick-serve restaurants.

WORST

*  Amid numerous “I do not recall” responses, we watched the eventual downfall of U.S. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales.

*  Bakersfield City Councilman David Couch made a controversial proposal to prevent undocumented immigrants from using certain city services.

*  Still waiting on the DREAM Act that would give undocumented immigrant students a “conditional” status so they can attend college or serve in the Armed Forces.

*  Scandal hit the LA mayor’s office when it was confirmed that Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa did indeed carry on an adulterous affair with Telemundo newscaster Mirthala Salinas.