These days, Latinos are the driving economic force in the small city of Hazleton, Pennsylvania.

Yvette Shirey left a jewelry store near her home in Columbia, Md. Wednesday afternoon $1,000 richer. After seeing gold prices soar earlier in the week, Shirey decided to sell a "muffin-sized" mound of old gold jewelry, including a necklace, some earrings and a bracelet she inherited from her mother.