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Myanmar seizes UN aid supplies, 'not ready' to let in US
YANGON, Myanmar (AP) -- Myanmar's military leaders seized aid shipments headed for cyclone survivors and told the top U.S. diplomat there Friday that they're not ready to let in American aid workers despite warnings the country is on the verge of a medical...
High School Musical, how a song and dance defined a generation
When it came to anything Disney, there was a time when a certain big-eared mouse was the star. These days, thanks to a rockin' 15 year-old named Hannah Montana, a trio of Cheetah Girls and a pack of high school balladeers, Disney's star on the map shines...
Cuellar to Legislature: Stay away from immigration
U.S. Congressman Henry Cuellar D-Laredo told a meeting of Texas businessmen that the state Legislature needs to stay away from the immigration issue. "When it comes to immigration reform, they have to be a little more careful," he said. "That's the...
Investigators identify body found near Donna
DONNA - Investigators have identified the body of a man found early this morning outside a home south of Donna. Guillermo Garcia, 29, sustained severe trauma to the head sometime before his body was discovered near the intersection of Rolando and Roberto...
Acting chief of Mexico's federal police assassinated
MEXICO CITY -- Mexico's acting federal police chief was shot dead early Thursday outside his home -- a brazen attack as drug traffickers increasingly lash back at a nationwide crackdown on organized crime. Edgar Millan Gomez was shot 10 times after opening...
Report: Emilio's blood-alcohol level more than twice legal limit
HOUSTON -- Grammy-winning Tejano singer Emilio Navaira's blood alcohol level was more than twice the legal limit for driving when he crashed his tour bus on a freeway, according to a police report released Thursday. No charges have been filed against...
Drugs, free
PENITAS - A combination of at least eight prescription medications a day make Janie Garza the happy, generous and active person she is - despite her diabetes and heart problems. The monthly cost of her good health: more than $1,300. At 55, Garza is...
McAllen parents upset high school days will be extended
McALLEN - The district's high school students will spend another half hour in class each day starting this fall. The McAllen school district is expanding its high school students' day to accommodate an eighth class period so next year's sophomores and...
Suspect: I watched UTPA student die
EDINBURG - Alfredo Valdez led police through the apartment where he says he watched 23-year-old college student Larissa Cavazos die. Months after the fatal shooting, he described the botched 2005 drug raid that ended in the University of Texas-Pan American...
Candidate defends employment
RELATED STORY: Former state rep's employment questioned WESLACO -- A school board candidate whose name was linked to an investigation of so-called ghost employees of state lawmakers denies he has done anything wrong. A report in the Austin American-Statesman...
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