Mexican Drug War Spreading To Web
KFOX Thursday 11th August, 2011
The Mexican drug war that has taken thousands of lives over the past four years isn
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Twin Peaks coming Signs going up at Fountains at Farah
PetSmart and Dick's Sporting Goods are the first stores to hoist signs at The Fountains at Farah shopping center under construction in East El Paso. The signs began going up this week on big-box buildings in the rear of the 600,000-square-foot center at Interstate 10 and Hawkins. PetSmart, the Phoenix-based retailer of pet products and services, plans to move its store in the Yarbrough ...
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El Paso police investigating possible shooting in the Northeast
El Paso police were investigating a possible shooting in the Northeast late Wednesday night. Channel 14-KFOX reported police were at the location of a possible drive-by shooting in the 5800 block of Waldorf Drive. Crime scene tape was at a home. It was unknown if anyone was ...
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Silva Health Magnet gets A in rankings called best
High School, which shares a campus with Silva Magnet -- while two received a "B" rating and three got a "D." At middle schools in the district, more than half were given "B" ratings, while three-fourths of EPISD elementary schools received either "A" or "B" ratings. Among elementary schools countywide, nearly 57 percent received an ...
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Michael Manuel Herrera gets 25 years for killing his lover
< 200){ requestedWidth = 200; } Jurors on Wednesday sentenced Michael Manuel Herrera to 25 years in prison in the fatal beating of Cesar Raul Torres, who Herrera claimed was his lover. The same jury on Tuesday convicted Herrera, 29, of murder in Torres' death in July 2009. Jurors also ordered Herrera to pay a $5,000 fine. Jurors reached their decision after deliberating for most of ...
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Developing Possible drive-by shooting in northeast El Paso
Police are investigating a possible drive-by shooting in northeast El Paso.Emergency dispatchers said it happened at a home on Waldorf Drive off of McCombs Street Wednesday evening.It is unknown if anyone was injured or if any arrests were made.Stay tuned for updates on this developing ...
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Former girlfriend of imprisoned EPISD superintendent resigns her position at Canutillo ISD
Pamela Fierro, the executive director of curriculum and instruction at Canutillo Independent School District, has resigned her position. Fierro's resignation comes after KFOX14 obtained Freedom of Information Act documents regarding her work history and her qualifications, and after internal and Texas Education Agency audits revealed she couldn't answer several questions about her own ...
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El Paso man makes it to next round on So You Think You Can Dance
An El Paso man is trying to make it big as he makes it to the second round of the Fox hit TV show "So You Think You Can Dance."Donovan Gibbs passed the first round in Austin, and he is one of 150 people left vying for the title of best dancer and a $100,000 prize."The competition is very rough; it's not as easy as they make it seem as it's televised. There are a lot of ...
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2 cartels still active in Juarez region
U.S. officials on Wednesday said their intelligence indicates that the Sinaloa and Jurez drug-trafficking organizations are active in the Jurez region, and that a recent spike in drug violence in Jurez can be attributed to cartel disputes. Joseph Arabit, special agent in charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration in El Paso, said the violence stems from "fracturing within the Sinaloa ...
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Fort Bliss honors soldiers killed in Afghanistan blast
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Investigators looking for witnesses in years first homicide in Dona Ana County
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Grimm faces familiar opponent in Seattle
Safeco Field will be a welcomed sight for the Mariners -- and left-hander Joe Saunders -- when they return home Friday to host the division-leading Rangers for a three-game set. Saunders will take the hill in the series opener, as Seattle kicks off its brief five-game homestand fresh off a disappointing nine-game road trip. The Mariners enter Wednesday night's series finale against the ...
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Gas prices are rising for this Memorial Day Weekend
According to the AAA Texas, this Memorial weekend gas prices will be on the rise about statewide. The average for a gallon of gas is $3.43 for the state of Texas, in El Paso the average is $3.47, making the Memorial Day travel a bit more expensive. Lori Duron is an EL Pasoan who had plans to have a leisure trip to San Antonio this weekend, driving her ...
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Law enforcement officials to carry special Olympic torch through Las Cruces
The public is invited to welcome law enforcement runners who will step into Las Cruces Friday carrying the Special Olympics Flame of Hope.The Law Enforcement Torch Run is an event where a flame is carried to Albuquerque tokick offthe beginning of the New Mexico Special Olympics summer games.Officials from the Dona Ana County Sheriff's Office, Southern New Mexico Correctional Facility, U.S. ...
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Marijuana found hidden in commercial shipment
Officials said a marijuana seizure was made Tuesday when a tractor-trailer tried crossing into El Paso. U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers at the Ysleta port of entry found 895 pounds of marijuana. They said the drugs were inside a shipment of 14 large sacks of marble powder calcium carbonate. ...
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El Paso Home Prices Up Sharply
Home prices increased at healthy rates in El Paso and many other metro areas in the first quarter, a new report shows. El Paso's median, or market midpoint, price for used, or resale, single-family homes increased 5 percent in the January-March quarter compared with a year ago, the National Association of Realtors reported. El Paso's median resale price was $138,600 -- up $6,600 ...
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Tickets for El Paso baseball stadium groundbreaking sold out
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Jose Canseco accused of sexual assault in Vegas
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Burns odd-man out after Wolf called up
Email ARLINGTON -- The Rangers made room for right-hander Ross Wolf by sending reliever Cory Burns back to Triple-A Round Rock. The move leaves four left-handed relievers in the Rangers' seven-man bullpen. Jason Frasor and Tanner Scheppers are the only right-handed relievers aside from closer Joe Nathan. The left-handers are Robbie Ross, Michael Kirkman, Neal Cotts and Joseph Ortiz. Burns, ...
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Perez impresses still may need more time
Email ARLINGTON -- Martin Perez was impressive in his fourth start since coming off the disabled list. Perez threw seven scoreless innings in Triple-A Round Rock's 6-0 victory over Reno on Tuesday night. He allowed three hits, did not walk a batter and struck out seven. He threw 77 pitches. Perez missed two months with a broken left arm and the Rangers would like to give him more time ...
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Moreland gets day off replaced by Baker
Email ARLINGTON -- Mitch Moreland was out of the lineup on Wednesday for the first time since April 19. Manager Ron Washington just decided it was time for Moreland to get a day off and Jeff Baker started at first base and hit seventh. "A day off is fine," Moreland said. "Skip talked to me a little bit. I have been playing a good bit lately and we want to rest my legs." ...
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Officials Orlando man shot by FBI was about to sign Boston murder confession
A 27-year-old Orlando man who was shot and killed by an FBI agent was being questioned in a triple-murder that may have involved one of the Boston bombing suspects, Orlando TV station WFTV has learned.Ibragim Todashev, who was shot and killed at a condominium complex, was "about to sign a statement" admitting to a role, along with Boston Marathon bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev, in ...
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Fitch Affirms El Paso Pipeline Operating Co. and Pipeline Subs. Outlook Stable
Fitch: Recession Concern Dampens European Investor Sentiment An increasing number of investors expect fundamental credit conditions will deteriorate across sectors, according to a Fitch Ratings investor survey. The more circumspect sentiment was most notable for the sovereign segment, where the proportion of survey respondents anticipating worsening conditions more than doubled to 55%, from 24% ...
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