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Man stabbed outside south central El Paso bar
A man was stabbed outside El Alameda Bar in south central El Paso, Monday morning. Officers said the man was stabbed multiple times in the side of his body just after 1 a.m. He was taken to University Medical Center with ...
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El Paso cancer patient is glad Angelina Jolie raised awareness of double mastectomy
Angelina Jolie in a 2012 Associated Press file photo. Last week, the actress announced that she had undergone a double mastectomy because of her extreme genetic risk of ...
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Dangerous drug Family believes designer form of LSD killed teen
Veronica Cabada hugs Alondra Lucio, who is 33 weeks pregnant with the child of Cabada's late son, Johann Sebastian Cabada. Johann Sebastian, 17, died in his bedroom after ingesting the designer drug "N-bomb," which is a synthetic form of LSD. (Vanessa Monsisvais / El Paso Times) A new and lethal designer drug known as "N-bomb" may be responsible for the death of a ...
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Human calculator Fabens High math whiz earns titles MIT scholarship
Fabens student Miguel Medrano shows a portion of his Calculation Applications medals including his state gold he earned last year. Medrano will defend his title next week. (Mark Lambie/El Paso Times) Solving complex math problems is simple for Fabens High School senior Miguel Medrano, who sees the mathematical equations as challenges to investigate and solve. Medrano's ability to solve ...
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UTEP teams project wins venture titles
Eva Deemer, center, a graduate student in Material Science & Engineering at UTEP shows a piece of Graphene in a UTEP lab with fellow graduate student Diego Capeletti, left, and undergraduate Alex Pastor. Three University of Texas at El Paso students hope to turn a Nobel Prize-winning material into a multimillion-dollar business tied to a low-cost, environmentally friendly technology for ...
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2-year-old girl may have been abducted by father in 1997
Missing persons and cold cases in El Paso. Authorities say Nadia Rougebianni was only 2 years old when she went missing 16 years ago in El Paso. She is suspected of being a victim of parental abduction, and may have been transported to another country. Her father, 54-year-old Omar Rougebianni, who did not have legal custody of the child, took off with her, according to authorities. ...
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Former US customs agent accused in document fraud
A former U. S. Customs Service inspector accused of visa fraud is blaming a Juárez dentist for allegedly getting him involved in document fraud, according to court documents. Federico "Freddy" Garca, 39, said in a voluntary statement May 9, the day of his arrest, that dentist German Saenz Sagarnaga allegedly "would find people" to defraud, get a contact in ...
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Reaction to Westboro Baptist Church plan to protest Fort Bliss memorial for 5 fallen soldiers
Borderland residents react with anger and disgust after the highly controversial Westboro Baptist Church announces it will be protesting Wednesday's memorial service for five Fort Bliss soldiers who were killed in Afghanistan.WBC posted the following statement on its website: (Language warning)"If you sign up to be a part of the military, you sign up to stand proud in God's cross ...
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Recent settlement between New Mexico and Santa Teresa County Club owner doesnt calm concerns for residents
Santa Teresa Country Club owner Greg Collins reaches a settlement with the New Mexico Department of Taxation Revenue and has to pay thousandsin back taxes.On Friday, Collins and NMDTR reached a settlement where Collins agreed to submit all financial documents and pay back more than $30,000 in taxes for the country club's clubhouse."The settlement agreement wasfiled before a hearing and ...
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Local pediatric clinic offering free services on Saturdays
A local pediatric clinic is easing the burden of expensive doctor's visits.The Pediamed Clinic in Northeast El Paso has kicked off a program that gives 20 uninsured children a free doctor's visit each Saturday.The first 20 people who register online each week at pediatricnightclinic.com will get that complimentary appointment.The visits are for cases like a cough, cold, vomiting and ...
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2 men arrested in killing of teen over iPad in Las Vegas
According to investigators, Marcos Arenas, 15, was walking down a street with an iPad on Thursday when a passenger got out of a vehicle and tried to steal the device from ...
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Rangers proceeding with caution with injuries
Email ARLINGTON -- Injuries and subsequent trips to the disabled list continue to take their toll on the Rangers, but at least part of the reason their roster is so thin is because the Rangers are doing their best to keep players from making injuries worse at this early stage in the season. Among the players who have been sent to the disabled list when they might have been back in a week or so ...
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Murphy looking for positives while hitting second
Email ARLINGTON -- Rangers manager Ron Washington penciled left fielder David Murphy in the No. 2 spot in the batting order for the second consecutive night Sunday as Elvis Andrus shifted to the leadoff role in Ian Kinsler's absence. "I'm going to try to keep [Murphy] there so he doesn't have to wait around to get at-bats and he can be involved in the game right away," ...
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El Paso mayoral candidates accentuate issues stress differences
< 200){ requestedWidth = 200; } Mayoral candidates Oscar Leeser and Steve Ortega have two basic things to prove to voters before the June runoff election, a local political expert said. "They have to say, 'Not only am I the right guy for the job, but (the opponent) is the wrong guy for it,' " said Gregory Rocha, a political science professor at the University of Texas ...
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Todays MLB starting lineups May 19
Below are starting lineups that have been made public by the clubs. A lineup is not official until it is handed to the umpire. Additional lineups will be added as they become available: Atlanta Braves: 1. ...
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Firefighter takes a chance on Northeast El Paso skateboarding business
Northeast firefighter Joesph Weissbard is opening up Fire Trux Skateboard Shop, 4944 Hercules. Also pictured is his girlfriend and shop co-owner, Erica Cortez. (Vanessa Monsisvais / El Paso Times) As a firefighter for 14 years, Joseph Weissbard has been in pretty risky situations. Anytime a firefighter goes out on a call, there is the possibility of being hurt by falling debris, burned by ...
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Fort Bliss Maj. Pittard has all the traits you look for in a military leader
Maj. Gen. Dana J.H. Pittard talks of his tenure as commander of Fort Bliss and the 1st Armored Division in his office at divison headquarters on post Thursday. Pittard said he plans to retire in El Paso once his military and possible post military working days are over. (Rudy Gutierrez/El Paso ...
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Man arrested for crashing allegedly driving drunk with child in car
El Paso County Sheriff's deputies arrested a man for crashing and allegedly driving drunk with a child in his car.Officials said at 9:30 a.m. on Saturday morning, Abiel Correa, 40,was driving a Pontiac Solstice at a high rate of speed at Camp Street and ...
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15 years under Bob Stull UTEP has seen change
Bob Stull, seen in the Foster-Stevens Basketball Center, has been the UTEP athletic director for 15 years. (Mark Lambie / El Paso Times) The exact lowest point of the UTEP athletic program is a question with no end of answers, but May 26, 1998, rises to the top of any list. That was the day UTEP President Diana Natalicio received a "courtesy" call that within an hour, the Mountain ...
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From Memorial Day to Labor Day El Pasos calendar is filled with concerts and festivals
One thing we know about summer in El Paso: It's gonna get hot. Real hot.Another thing we know: Several traditions -- new and old -- will heat up around here. Music Under the Stars, the diverse free concert series at the Chamizal National Memorial, turns 30 this year. El Paso Playhouse, the little community theater that could, turns 50. Heck, that's as old as the Rolling Stones! Who, ...
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State Rep. Naomi Gonzalez to seek 3rd term in Texas House
In this Times file photo, State Reps. Naomi Gonzalez and Joe Moody, both D-El Paso, have a news conference about Medicaid expansion for Texas at the El Paso County Courthouse. Gonzalez has told the Texas Tribune she will seek ...
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El Paso still counting cost of storm
El Paso may be counting the cost of last year’s intense hail storm for the next two years according to expert opinions and data released by local insurance companies to El Paso news media.
On September 16th last year a hail storm hit the city causing extensive damage to homes, businesses and cars across the city but with the vast majority of damage centered around East Side. Around 20,000 cars and 10,000 homes were damaged according to the Insurance Council of Texas, which amounted to $150 million. Read more
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