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Lack of knowledge sends recyclables to landfills
Saturday 18, 2009

Lack of knowledge sends recyclables to landfills

EL PASO — Despite spending millions of taxpayer dollars and organizing numerous awareness campaigns, this city is failing to run a successful recycling program.
Only 30 percent of paper, plastic, and [...]

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Change in retirement program  affects hundreds at Western Refining
Saturday 18, 2009

Change in retirement program affects hundreds at Western Refining

EL PASO — During 29 years as a pipeline unit operator Lauren Titus has never seen a change in retirement programs so massive that it drastically affects the retirement plans [...]

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Soldiers expected to rev up local economy
Saturday 18, 2009

Soldiers expected to rev up local economy

EL PASO — The arrival of 2,400 additional soldiers at Fort Bliss next fall will bring fresh air to the economy of El Paso, creating new jobs in construction, education, [...]

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Go <em>loco</em> for local
Friday 17, 2009

Go loco for local

EL PASO — For many students getting their jolt of caffeine from a double shot of espresso while studying for a test or friends catching up on gossip over their [...]

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Community banks prosper as the fat cats founder
Friday 17, 2009

Community banks prosper as the fat cats founder

EL PASO — As the U.S. economy sank into the worst recession since the Great Depression, customers fled nationally owned financial institutions and came home, shifting their money from Wall [...]

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UTEP Parking Permits – Convenient but costly
Friday 17, 2009

UTEP Parking Permits – Convenient but costly

EL PASO — Parking lots at the University of Texas at El Paso are abundant and generally close to the classrooms providing good access to facilities, but there is one [...]

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Friday 17, 2009

Blogging from the sidelines

It was only a year ago that I was in the same shoes as this year’s crop of Journalism in July campers. I can still vividly remember the adrenaline of [...]

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The drug war frustrates U.S.-Mexico relations
Saturday 18, 2009

The drug war frustrates U.S.-Mexico relations

EL PASO — Always complex, the relationship between the United States and Mexico has become more frustrated due to the drug war that is increasingly being waged near U.S. soil, [...]

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Officials examine the benefits and dangers of marijuana legalization
Saturday 18, 2009

Officials examine the benefits and dangers of marijuana legalization

EL PASO — Tania Lozoya was a goal-oriented 15 year old. She was a member of student government, the junior varsity softball team, and planning to be a lawyer some [...]

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ASARCO clean-up stalled over different approaches
Saturday 18, 2009

ASARCO clean-up stalled over different approaches

EL PASO — Six months after El Paso said Adios ASARCO, the city government has yet to present a plan to clean up the mess accumulated by a century of [...]

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Texas virtual border program mired in controversy
Saturday 18, 2009

Texas virtual border program mired in controversy

EL PASO — After the media reported the failure of Governor Rick Perry’s Virtual Border program last week, Executive Director of the Texas Border Sheriff’s Coalition (TBSC), Donald Reay, claims [...]

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Lack of knowledge sends recyclables to landfills
Saturday 18, 2009

Lack of knowledge sends recyclables to landfills

EL PASO — Despite spending millions of taxpayer dollars and organizing numerous awareness campaigns, this city is failing to run a successful recycling program.
Only 30 percent of paper, plastic, and [...]

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Community awareness can reduce the number of suicides
Saturday 18, 2009

Community awareness can reduce the number of suicides

EL PASO — Suicide is serious and real, however, it is often dismissed as just another feeble cry for attention. What many people do not know is that suicide is [...]

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Change in retirement program  affects hundreds at Western Refining
Saturday 18, 2009

Change in retirement program affects hundreds at Western Refining

EL PASO — During 29 years as a pipeline unit operator Lauren Titus has never seen a change in retirement programs so massive that it drastically affects the retirement plans [...]

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VIVA! Lights up the summer
Saturday 18, 2009

VIVA! Lights up the summer

EL PASO — With such an appealing show, it is not a surprise VIVA! El Paso is back for it’s 31st season. VIVA! displays a beautiful, bright array of color [...]

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On being gay in the borderlands
Saturday 18, 2009

On being gay in the borderlands

EL PASO — The thought of a meal at Chico’s Tacos typically brings memories of late nights, best friends, unique food, and hearty laughs. The same cannot be said for [...]

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The phantom of the hospital — Ghost hunters spot a specter at Southwestern General
Saturday 18, 2009

The phantom of the hospital — Ghost hunters spot a specter at Southwestern General

EL PASO — Who are you going to call when a long dead woman dressed in white, wearing an old-fashioned nurse’s cap is still trying to make herself useful changing [...]

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People dare to wear their own personalities
Saturday 18, 2009

People dare to wear their own personalities

EL PASO — Fashion means braving street-baking temperatures of 102 degrees in the Black Testament concert t-shirt you adore. Ivan Hernandez, who places pride in his musical tastes ahead of [...]

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El Paso ponders homophobia after incident at Chico’s Tacos
Friday 17, 2009

El Paso ponders homophobia after incident at Chico’s Tacos

EL PASO — Shouts of protest rang in the air as demonstrators waved signs demanding gender equality and civil rights in front of the Eastside Chico’s Tacos.
The demonstrators at Chico’s [...]

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<em>Skateboarding</em>, estilo de vida a toda velocidad
Saturday 18, 2009

Skateboarding, estilo de vida a toda velocidad

CIUDAD JUAREZ — Adrenalina, deporte extremo, cultura urbana. Son palabras que describen al skateboarding, cuya popularidad va en aumento, no únicamente entre quienes buscan emociones extremas, sino entre quienes han [...]

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Obama’s mantra now inspires Miners
Friday 17, 2009

Obama’s mantra now inspires Miners

EL PASO — If “Yes We Can” worked for Obama, the folks at the University of Texas at El Paso’s Athletics Department hope it’ll work for them. The department unveiled [...]

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Funds reduction won’t hurt UTEP athletics
Friday 17, 2009

Funds reduction won’t hurt UTEP athletics

EL PASO — The 2009-10 budget for the athletic program at the University of Texas at El Paso was cut by 4 per cent, but UTEP officials say the reduction [...]

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