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U.N. rights chief decries U.S. Border Patrol's 'excessive force'
World NowMEXICO CITY -- The United Nations’ High Commissioner for Human Rights criticized U.S. Border Patrol officers Thursday for resorting to “excessive use of force,” according to news reports, a week after a 16-year-old boy was fatally shotby... -
Wounded Pakistani girl Malala now able to stand but battling infection
World NowMalala Yousafzai, the Pakistani teenager who was shot by the Taliban for championing the right of girls to education, has been able to stand for the first time since the attack and is communicating by writing, a British hospital official said.... -
Bomb blast in Beirut kills at least 8
World NowA midday explosion rocked a busy commercial area of Beirut, leaving at least six dead and 78 injured in the Lebanese capital, according to official and media reports.... -
Caught in the current of reverse migration
CUATRO MILPAS, MEXICO— In this hardscrabble farming village, an American teenager like Luis Martinez was bound to stand out. Raised on Little Caesars pizzas and Big Gulps, Luis, 13, was portly. The village kids, subsisting on bowls of chicken...
Tags: Arthritis, Coca-Cola Co., Tomatoes, Organized Crime, Mormonism
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U.S. returns more than 4,000 stolen antiquities to Mexico
World NowMEXICO CITY -- U.S. officials Thursday returned more than 4,000 pieces of stolen and looted pre-Columbian art and artifacts to the Mexican government, the result of 11 investigations. The recovery of the items, which include statues, hatchets and pottery,... -
Suspected smugglers in Jeep try to jump border, but fence wins
L.A. NOWSuspected smugglers tried to go up and over the barrier at California’s Imperial Sand Dunes on a makeshift ramp. They didn't make it.... -
Valley Police Beat
Transient found dead in park A 41-year-old homeless man was found dead Tuesday morning at the park near Fourth Street and Adams Avenue. There is no evidence that supports physical trauma to the person, said El Centro police Cmdr. Mike Crankshaw, who...Tags: Heroin, Highway Transportation, Methamphetamine (drug), Theft, Drug Trafficking
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A losing immigration strategy
Everyone in Washington is showing new interest in immigration reform. President Barack Obama needs to do something to cement the loyalty of Hispanics, who did so much to re-elect him. Republicans seem to grasp that they had better soften their hard line...Tags: George W. Bush, Population and Census, Republican Party, Illegal Immigrants, Immigration
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Stirring the pot
Lawmakers in Maryland this year shied away from legalizing the medical use of marijuana by certain very ill patients under carefully controlled clinical conditions. Voters elsewhere, it seems, are not so cautious. On Tuesday, Colorado and Washington...Tags: Drug Use, John Hickenlooper, Criminal Laws, Lifestyle and Leisure, Laws
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Bill E. Young Middle School honors local heroes
Staff WriterCALIPATRIA – The Cadet Corps at Bill E. Young Middle School made sure U.S. Army Sgt. Odin Ayala had a memorable first visit to the town here Friday. At the school’s annual Veterans Day Assembly, Ayala and the late U.S. Army Capt Scott Pace...Tags: Veterans Day, U.S. Military, U.S. Army, Robert J. Lopez, Students
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Cattle Call parade fills the streets
Staff WriterBRAWLEY – People packed the sidewalks as tractors, marching bands, politicians and much more made a steady stream of Cattle Call-themed fun come down Main Street on Saturday morning during the annual parade. Brawley resident Esther Banda said her...Tags: Music, Arts and Culture, Festive Events, Entertainment
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Suspected drug smugglers try to leap border fence with Jeep, ramp
Los Angeles TimesThe rules of the smuggling game across the U.S.-Mexico border have been written unofficially for years: If a bad guy moving drugs or people encounters a border fence, you tunnel under it. But a group of enterprising – or desperate – smugglers...Tags: Mexico, Organized Crime, Los Angeles Times
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Oct 31, 2012
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