Month: November 2008

NEW YORK (AP) – President Bush has used the Veterans Day rededication ceremony of a landmark aircraft carrier’s museum to thank the nation’s warriors for serving their country. Bush stood in the shadow of the USS Intrepid Sea, Air and Space Museum on Manhattan’s West Side and admitted to veterans in attendance that he’ll miss

NEW YORK (AP) – President Bush has used the Veterans Day rededication ceremony of a landmark aircraft carrier’s museum to thank the nation’s warriors for serving their country. Bush stood in the shadow of the USS Intrepid Sea, Air and Space Museum on Manhattan’s West Side and admitted to veterans in attendance that he’ll miss

EL PASO, Texas — U.S Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers seized close to $382,000 worth of cocaine this past weekend, CBP officials said. Officials said CBP officers at the Bridge of Americas seized a total of about 31 pounds of cocaine in two separate seizures. The first seizure of about ten pounds was discovered

EL PASO, Texas — U.S Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers seized close to $382,000 worth of cocaine this past weekend, CBP officials said. Officials said CBP officers at the Bridge of Americas seized a total of about 31 pounds of cocaine in two separate seizures. The first seizure of about ten pounds was discovered

ST. JOHNS, Ariz. (AP) – Police in this small eastern Arizona community are looking into the possibility that an 8-year-old boy who is charged with killing his father and another man with a rifle had been abused, the police chief said Saturday. The boy, who faces two counts of premeditated murder, did not act on

ST. JOHNS, Ariz. (AP) – Police in this small eastern Arizona community are looking into the possibility that an 8-year-old boy who is charged with killing his father and another man with a rifle had been abused, the police chief said Saturday. The boy, who faces two counts of premeditated murder, did not act on

EL PASO, Texas — A man has been charged with capital murder in the death of his 10-month-old son, according to El Paso County Jail records. Last Thursday investigators detained 23-year-old Erick Aguilera at a Northeast home on the 9500 block of Verbena. He was charged with injury to a child. On Monday, Aguilera was

EL PASO, Texas — A man has been charged with capital murder in the death of his 10-month-old son, according to El Paso County Jail records. Last Thursday investigators detained 23-year-old Erick Aguilera at a Northeast home on the 9500 block of Verbena. He was charged with injury to a child. On Monday, Aguilera was

EL PASO — An El Paso police spokesman said that their findings don’t match with what a girl said about an alleged kidnapping attempt Oct. 1. The girl’s mother, Angel Morales, told ABC-7 thather daughter claimed she was abducted near Wiggs Middle School. The alleged incident resulted in increased security and precautions at the middle

EL PASO — An El Paso police spokesman said that their findings don’t match with what a girl said about an alleged kidnapping attempt Oct. 1. The girl’s mother, Angel Morales, told ABC-7 thather daughter claimed she was abducted near Wiggs Middle School. The alleged incident resulted in increased security and precautions at the middle

By JULIE WATSON Associated Press Writer MEXICO CITY (AP) – An attorney who has defended bankers and businessmen in some of Mexico’s highest-profile cases rose to the powerful post of interior secretary Monday after a mysterious plane crash killed the government’s No. 2 leader. President Felipe Calderon said he chose Fernando Gomez-Mont because the former

By JULIE WATSON Associated Press Writer MEXICO CITY (AP) – An attorney who has defended bankers and businessmen in some of Mexico’s highest-profile cases rose to the powerful post of interior secretary Monday after a mysterious plane crash killed the government’s No. 2 leader. President Felipe Calderon said he chose Fernando Gomez-Mont because the former

GRANTS, N.M. (AP) – A Texas mining company has received a state permit to conduct exploratory uranium drilling about 20 miles north of Grants. Uranium Resources Inc. announced Monday that the New Mexico Mining and Minerals Division had granted the permit for a site of less than five acres that contains about 1 million pounds

GRANTS, N.M. (AP) – A Texas mining company has received a state permit to conduct exploratory uranium drilling about 20 miles north of Grants. Uranium Resources Inc. announced Monday that the New Mexico Mining and Minerals Division had granted the permit for a site of less than five acres that contains about 1 million pounds

DALLAS (AP) – The effort to rename Dallas streets for Cesar Chavez has failed. Several Latino leaders in the nation’s ninth-largest city have been upset that Industrial Boulevard won’t be renamed despite a city survey that had “Cesar Chavez Avenue” the overwhelming favorite for the road’s new name. The City Council votes Monday not to

DALLAS (AP) – The effort to rename Dallas streets for Cesar Chavez has failed. Several Latino leaders in the nation’s ninth-largest city have been upset that Industrial Boulevard won’t be renamed despite a city survey that had “Cesar Chavez Avenue” the overwhelming favorite for the road’s new name. The City Council votes Monday not to

FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) – A new Fort Worth medical facility for veterans will be the nation’s largest leased Veterans Affairs clinic. Groundbreaking ceremonies were held today for the 240,000-square-foot clinic, to be built by 2010. Congressman Chet Edwards of Waco was on hand for the ceremony. The new clinic will be four times larger

FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) – A new Fort Worth medical facility for veterans will be the nation’s largest leased Veterans Affairs clinic. Groundbreaking ceremonies were held today for the 240,000-square-foot clinic, to be built by 2010. Congressman Chet Edwards of Waco was on hand for the ceremony. The new clinic will be four times larger

EL PASO — Emergency crews conducted a mountain rescuenear the Northeast picnic areaon Transmountain Road Monday morning. ABC-7has learnedthat a 21-year-old man was hiking with a group of six people when heslipped and hit his head badly. He was deep into the hike when it happened, and rescuers went to get him. Emergency crews responded

EL PASO — Emergency crews conducted a mountain rescuenear the Northeast picnic areaon Transmountain Road Monday morning. ABC-7has learnedthat a 21-year-old man was hiking with a group of six people when heslipped and hit his head badly. He was deep into the hike when it happened, and rescuers went to get him. Emergency crews responded

El Paso Electric customers have a new way to pay their bills. They can pay their electric bills with cash, 24 hours a day, at self-serve automated ZapLink kiosks in select Circle K convenience stores in El Paso and Las Cruces. At these kiosks, customers can securely and conveniently pay their bills as well as

El Paso Electric customers have a new way to pay their bills. They can pay their electric bills with cash, 24 hours a day, at self-serve automated ZapLink kiosks in select Circle K convenience stores in El Paso and Las Cruces. At these kiosks, customers can securely and conveniently pay their bills as well as

SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) – The National Hispanic Leadership Agenda is backing Governor Richardson as secretary of state in the administration of President-elect Barack Obama. The head of the Washington, D.C.-based group, John Trasvina says no one is more qualified to be the nation’s chief diplomat. Last week, Richardson refused to discuss the subject. He

SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) – The National Hispanic Leadership Agenda is backing Governor Richardson as secretary of state in the administration of President-elect Barack Obama. The head of the Washington, D.C.-based group, John Trasvina says no one is more qualified to be the nation’s chief diplomat. Last week, Richardson refused to discuss the subject. He

By EILEEN SULLIVAN Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON (AP) – Airports across the country will have designated security lanes for families to move through preflight inspections at their own pace, just in time for the busy Thanksgiving travel season. The Transportation Security Administration is expanding its family lanes to every security checkpoint in the country by

By EILEEN SULLIVAN Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON (AP) – Airports across the country will have designated security lanes for families to move through preflight inspections at their own pace, just in time for the busy Thanksgiving travel season. The Transportation Security Administration is expanding its family lanes to every security checkpoint in the country by

By PATRICK McGROARTY Associated Press Writer BERLIN (AP) – Germany’s top Nazi hunter on Monday asked Munich prosecutors to request the extradition of an 88-year-old Ohio man accused of bearing responsibility for the deaths of 29,000 Jews at a Polish concentration camp. Kurt Schrimm, head of the special German prosecutors’ office that has hunted Nazis

By PATRICK McGROARTY Associated Press Writer BERLIN (AP) – Germany’s top Nazi hunter on Monday asked Munich prosecutors to request the extradition of an 88-year-old Ohio man accused of bearing responsibility for the deaths of 29,000 Jews at a Polish concentration camp. Kurt Schrimm, head of the special German prosecutors’ office that has hunted Nazis

DALLAS (AP) – Southwest Airlines is looking south of the border — to expand its U.S.-only service. Dallas-based Southwest today announced it will sell tickets for travel to Mexico — beginning in 2010 — through a deal with Mexican partner Volaris. Southwest earlier this year reached a similar deal with WestJet Airlines that will allow

DALLAS (AP) – Southwest Airlines is looking south of the border — to expand its U.S.-only service. Dallas-based Southwest today announced it will sell tickets for travel to Mexico — beginning in 2010 — through a deal with Mexican partner Volaris. Southwest earlier this year reached a similar deal with WestJet Airlines that will allow