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1 hr ago | The Brownsville Herald

Mother of slain teen survives her own shooting

The mother of an Edinburg teen who was killed outside a Lacks furniture store in November was accidentally shot in the backseat of a car Monday evening, authorities said.

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Related Topix: Violent Crime, Hidalgo County, TX, Mission, TX

Mon Jan 05, 2009

TheMonitor.com

More of this story

The two boys tried to smuggle 44 pounds of marijuana into the United States. Soon after the authorities caught them, they were released - free of any criminal charges - to reunite with their families and return ...

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Related Topix: Drugs, Prison, World News, Mexico, McAllen, TX, Hidalgo County, TX

Fri Jan 02, 2009

TheMonitor.com

Family hopes to rebuild after McAllen blaze destroys business

An appliance store in North McAllen was completely destroyed in a major blaze just east of the busy intersection of North 10th Street and Nolana, the business' owners said Thursday.

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Related Topix: McAllen, TX, Fire, Edinburg, TX

Thu Jan 01, 2009

Valley Morning Star

Traffic Update: Mercedes-area exit ramp to close

WHEN: Wednesday from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. WHERE: Mercedes WHAT: Expressway 83 eastbond and westbound turnarounds at U.S. 281 will be closed WHEN: Jan.

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Tue Dec 30, 2008

KRGV

Border Patrol Unit Involved in Fatal Accident

Police are investigating a deadly accident involving a Border Patrol unit. It happened near the intersection of South Cage Boulevard and U.S. 281 in Pharr.

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Mon Dec 29, 2008

KRGV

Victims in Deadly Pharr Accident Identified

Police identified three men killed in a deadly overnight accident in Pharr. A pick-up truck collided with an 18-wheeler. The pick-up trucka s driver and his two passengers were killed.

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Related Topix: Weslaco, TX

Sat Dec 27, 2008

Themonitor.com

Scholarship remembers student

Michael Rutledge was the kind of student whom everybody seemed to know, said his teacher Minette Dueas.

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Thu Dec 25, 2008

Themonitor.com

McAllen Police Department hands out thousands of toys at festival

Maria Bravo looked on as her young daughters cradled their new toys - still in their boxes - and chewed on fruit and candy.

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Related Topix: McAllen, TX, Family, Kids

Tue Dec 23, 2008

TheMonitor.com

2012: The end ... or is it?

Melissa Garcia is certain that the planet will suddenly die. She doesn't know when, but she's ready.

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Related Topix: World News, China,

Sun Dec 21, 2008

TheMonitor.com

Men injured in separate shootings in Pharr, Roma

A Saturday shooting in Pharr landed one man in the hospital, police officials said.

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Related Topix: Starr County, TX

Sat Dec 20, 2008

The Taipei Times

World News Quick Take

A Texas man has been arrested after a nine-year-old girl wrote to Santa Claus asking that a relative stop touching her and her sister.

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Related Topix: McAllen, TX, Prison, Hidalgo County, TX

Thu Dec 18, 2008

Themonitor.com

Valley Road Work

FM 650 TxDOT will switch traffic on Monday, December 22nd to the newly constructed lanes on FM 650 from just west of US 83 west to Arroyo Los Negros in Roma.

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Related Topix: Hidalgo County, TX, Weslaco, TX, Mercedes, TX

Tue Dec 16, 2008

Free Republic

Letter to Santa leads to man's molestation arrest

A Texas man has been arrested after a 9-year-old girl wrote to Santa Claus asking that a relative stop touching her and her sister.

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Related Topix: Life, Holidays, Christmas, McAllen, TX, Prison, Hidalgo County, TX

Mon Dec 15, 2008

Themonitor.com

Girl asks Santa to stop her relative's molestation

A 55-year-old Pharr resident was arrested after a young relative wrote a letter to Santa Claus wishing that the man would stop molesting her.

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Related Topix: Life, Holidays, Christmas, McAllen Metro, Edinburg, TX

Sun Dec 14, 2008

Themonitor.com

Student turns assignment into award-winning logo

He didn't think much of it at first. It was just part of a class project. After Gabriel Alvarez's teachers convinced him to enter his logo proposal for the Pharr-San Juan-Alamo T-Stem Early College High School, ...

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Related Topix: San Juan, TX, Texas College

Fri Dec 12, 2008

Themonitor.com

Suspect charged in two-year-old murder

For more than two years, Blanca Casas assumed the man accused of killing her daughter was locked up in a Reynosa prison.

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Related Topix: Prison, World News, Mexico,

Thu Dec 11, 2008

Carrollton Leader

McKinney man caught smuggling crabs into Mexico

The unidentified man tried to bring almost 200 undeclared hermit crabs across the border.

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Wed Dec 10, 2008

Themonitor.com

Driver charged with manslaughter after fatal crash

INTOXICATION MANSLAUGHTER McALLEN - A 31-year-old man was arraigned Wednesday on one count of intoxication manslaughter after a wreck that killed an 85-year-old woman and sent three others to the hospital.

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Related Topix: McAllen Metro, McAllen, TX, Guatemala, World News, Mission, TX

Tue Dec 09, 2008

El Paso Times

Mote's NFR ride gets him closer to World title

Bobby Mote closed in on the PRCA World Standings title with a record-tying bareback ride in the fifth round of the Wrangler National Finals Rodeo on Monday.

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Related Topix: Decatur, TX, San Angelo Metro, San Angelo, TX, Victoria, TX, Victoria Metro

Sun Dec 07, 2008

TheMonitor.com

Pharr police investigating hit-and-run death

Police are looking for the driver of a vehicle they say struck and killed a pedestrian late Saturday night.

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