Monterrey

MEXICO CITY - Mexico looked beyond its drug war to throw a 200th birthday bash celebrating a proud history, whimsical culture and resilience embodied in the traditional independence cry: "Viva Mexico!" Across the capital, hundreds of thousands of people flooded the streets despite their fears, blowing horns and dancing alongside a parade of serpent floats, marching cacti and 13-foot-tall warrior marionettes and staying late into the night at open-air concerts.

MEXICO CITY - Mexican pop singer Reyli Barba said he is indefinitely postponing a benefit concert that had been planned for Saturday in the northern city of Monterrey, citing concerns about recent violence there.

MONTERREY, Mexico - Pop diva Gloria Trevi has married a lawyer in a cathedral ceremony in her northern Mexican hometown.