Month: January 2008

(AP) — Only five days after the Iowa caucuses opened the presidential race, New Hampshire took its turn Tuesday shaping an electric Democratic contest and a mystifying Republican one. Bidding for victory were a surging Barack Obama and a field full of would-be “comeback kids.” In a sign of these fast-moving times, the nation’s first

By Martin Bartlett EL PASO — As R.E. Thomason Hospital’s relationships with the county and Texas Tech University change, residents will soon find thefacility going by a different name.. “University Hospital” or “University Medical Center” are some of the new names residents will have to adjust to when thinking of Thomason Hospital over the course

By Martin Bartlett EL PASO — As R.E. Thomason Hospital’s relationships with the county and Texas Tech University change, residents will soon find thefacility going by a different name.. “University Hospital” or “University Medical Center” are some of the new names residents will have to adjust to when thinking of Thomason Hospital over the course

(AP) — True to its feisty Yankee heritage, New Hampshire is loaded with independent voters. That could spell an edge in Tuesday’s presidential primaries there for Barack Obama and John McCain. It also leaves the two candidates – who both appeal to anti-establishment voters – competing for many of those same independents, even though Obama

(AP) — True to its feisty Yankee heritage, New Hampshire is loaded with independent voters. That could spell an edge in Tuesday’s presidential primaries there for Barack Obama and John McCain. It also leaves the two candidates – who both appeal to anti-establishment voters – competing for many of those same independents, even though Obama

By Rachel Abell EL PASO — The final phase of the Central Business District construction project is scheduled to beginin less than aweek, and it will close off major thoroughfares in Downtown El Paso, redirecting vehicle traffic for about six to eight weeks. The reconstruction of several streets beginning January 13 will allow pedestrian traffic

By Rachel Abell EL PASO — The final phase of the Central Business District construction project is scheduled to beginin less than aweek, and it will close off major thoroughfares in Downtown El Paso, redirecting vehicle traffic for about six to eight weeks. The reconstruction of several streets beginning January 13 will allow pedestrian traffic

(AP) — Republican Sen. John McCain and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney collided Tuesday in New Hampshire’s first-in-the-nation primary, rivals in urgent need of a triumph in the campaign for the White House. Sens. Barack Obama and Hillary Rodham Clinton squared off in the Democratic race. By custom, the first handful of votes was cast,

(AP) — Republican Sen. John McCain and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney collided Tuesday in New Hampshire’s first-in-the-nation primary, rivals in urgent need of a triumph in the campaign for the White House. Sens. Barack Obama and Hillary Rodham Clinton squared off in the Democratic race. By custom, the first handful of votes was cast,

By Miguel Martinez LAS CRUCES — Two players with the New Mexico State University Basketball team are out of jail after having been arrested earlier for failing to appear in court. Jahmar Young and Chris Cole, both point guards for NMSU, were arrested for failing to appear in courtfor separate incidents. Young was charged with

By Miguel Martinez LAS CRUCES — Two players with the New Mexico State University Basketball team are out of jail after having been arrested earlier for failing to appear in court. Jahmar Young and Chris Cole, both point guards for NMSU, were arrested for failing to appear in courtfor separate incidents. Young was charged with

EL PASO — El Paso Electric has confirmed that powerwas out through parts of Northeast El Paso, but was restored just after 3 p.m. The outage affected nearly 3,000 customers for about an hour with calls flooding the emergency dispatch operators in the area. The first reports of power loss were received just after 2

EL PASO — El Paso Electric has confirmed that powerwas out through parts of Northeast El Paso, but was restored just after 3 p.m. The outage affected nearly 3,000 customers for about an hour with calls flooding the emergency dispatch operators in the area. The first reports of power loss were received just after 2

GALVESTON, Texas (AP) – The remains of a slain toddler known as “Baby Grace” will soon be returned to her family in Ohio. A judge in Galveston today approved the agreement involving the remains of two-year-old Riley Ann Sawyers. Some evidence will be retained by authorities. The girl’s mother and stepfather remain jailed on capital

GALVESTON, Texas (AP) – The remains of a slain toddler known as “Baby Grace” will soon be returned to her family in Ohio. A judge in Galveston today approved the agreement involving the remains of two-year-old Riley Ann Sawyers. Some evidence will be retained by authorities. The girl’s mother and stepfather remain jailed on capital

GALVESTON, Texas (AP) – The remains of a slain toddler known as “Baby Grace” will soon be returned to her family in Ohio. A judge in Galveston today approved the agreement involving the remains of two-year-old Riley Ann Sawyers. Some evidence will be retained by authorities. The girl’s mother and stepfather remain jailed on capital

EL PASO — Area forecastersissued ahigh wind advisory on Mondayfor El Paso, Las Cruces and Juarez. Wind gusts in the afternoon clocked in at a maximum of 52 miles per hour, ABC-7 Chief Meterologist”Doppler” DaveSpeelman confirmed. Those winds picked upplenty of blowing dustand circulated it in the air throughout the afternooncausing many people to battle

EL PASO — Area forecastersissued ahigh wind advisory on Mondayfor El Paso, Las Cruces and Juarez. Wind gusts in the afternoon clocked in at a maximum of 52 miles per hour, ABC-7 Chief Meterologist”Doppler” DaveSpeelman confirmed. Those winds picked upplenty of blowing dustand circulated it in the air throughout the afternooncausing many people to battle

CORAOPOLIS, Pa. (AP) – New Mexico State basketball player Herb Pope has waived his right to a preliminary hearing on drunken driving and other charges filed by Pennsylvania police who say they found him passed out in a running car. The decision to waive Tuesday’s hearing means the 18-year-old will be scheduled for trial in

CORAOPOLIS, Pa. (AP) – New Mexico State basketball player Herb Pope has waived his right to a preliminary hearing on drunken driving and other charges filed by Pennsylvania police who say they found him passed out in a running car. The decision to waive Tuesday’s hearing means the 18-year-old will be scheduled for trial in

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) – The president of the Maldives was saved from assassination Tuesday when a boy scout grabbed the knife of an attacker who had jumped out of a crowd greeting the leader, an official said. President Maumoon Abdul Gayoom was not hurt, but his shirt was ripped when the attacker tried to

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) – The president of the Maldives was saved from assassination Tuesday when a boy scout grabbed the knife of an attacker who had jumped out of a crowd greeting the leader, an official said. President Maumoon Abdul Gayoom was not hurt, but his shirt was ripped when the attacker tried to

HOBBS, N.M. (AP) – Hobbs Fire Chief Manny Gomez says a discarded cigarette sparked a grass fire that scorched more than 3,000 acres near the southeastern New Mexico city. The blaze started Monday east of State Road 483 and north of U.S. 62-180 and briefly threatened a ranch home. In the end, no structures were

HOBBS, N.M. (AP) – Hobbs Fire Chief Manny Gomez says a discarded cigarette sparked a grass fire that scorched more than 3,000 acres near the southeastern New Mexico city. The blaze started Monday east of State Road 483 and north of U.S. 62-180 and briefly threatened a ranch home. In the end, no structures were

By LIZ AUSTIN PETERSON Associated Press Writer ALVIN, Texas (AP) – An overnight fire at a run-down, rural trailer park killed a couple and their three children, investigators said Monday. Brazoria County Fire Marshal Al Priselac said the cause of the blaze at the Ashley Oaks trailer park about 30 miles south of Houston is

By Darren Hunt EL PASO — Progress on the new downtown DoubleTree Hotel in El Paso seems to have slowed to a snail’s pace if even that, but officials with the city said Monday they don’t anticipate any problems with the project’s continuation. What was once the International Hotel was stripped of all usable parts,

By Darren Hunt EL PASO — Progress on the new downtown DoubleTree Hotel in El Paso seems to have slowed to a snail’s pace if even that, but officials with the city said Monday they don’t anticipate any problems with the project’s continuation. What was once the International Hotel was stripped of all usable parts,

CHAPARRAL, N.M. (AP) – The Interior Department says it’s not considering an application by the Ysleta del Sur Pueblo in El Paso seeking trust land for a casino. Ysleta del Sur Pueblo, also known as the Tigua tribe, proposed the off-reservation casino in nearby Chaparral, N.M. in August 2006. The Interior Department sent a letter

CHAPARRAL, N.M. (AP) – The Interior Department says it’s not considering an application by the Ysleta del Sur Pueblo in El Paso seeking trust land for a casino. Ysleta del Sur Pueblo, also known as the Tigua tribe, proposed the off-reservation casino in nearby Chaparral, N.M. in August 2006. The Interior Department sent a letter

JEMEZ PUEBLO, N.M. (AP) – The lieutenant governor of Jemez Pueblo says the U.S. Department of the Interior missed the point in rejecting the pueblo’s bid for trust land nearly 300 miles away in Anthony for a casino. Pueblo Lt. Governor Paul Chinana says the casino’s underlying premise is that its revenue would help Jemez