Month: December 2010

Lee Greenwood will be performing at the halftime of the Hyundai Sun Bowl. Here are the lyrics to his big hit, “God Bless the USA,” so you can sing along with him. If tomorrow all the things were gone I’d worked for all my life, And I had to start again with just my children

Food and Drink Remedies – Fact or Fiction? Hangover remedies include everything from “a hair of the dog that bit you” (drinking a little more alcohol the next morning), to burnt toast and black coffee to an over-the-counter product like Chaser. Which of all the endless theoretical remedies actually have truth behind them? Hair of

Ardovino’s Desert Crossing, 1 Ardovino Dr. , Sunland Park, N.M. will bring in the New Year with live music by the McAllister Jazz Trio and complimentary champagne toast at midnight. They will be featuring New Year’s menu specials as well as our traditional menu selections. Three seatings available, first at 5 pm and last at

On New Year’s Eve, many people like to ring in the New Year with friends and family. ABC-7 does not encourage the consumption of alcohol, but we know some might plan to party a littler harder than most and will likely feel it in the morning. Borderland residents gave us their insight: “Hangovers are great

Pat Walsh was a Notre Dame student in the late 1980s when he came up with the slogan, Catholics vs. Convicts, to describe the Notre Dame-Miami rivalry. Read his thoughts on the subject, including wishing he could come up with a new one to show Miami’s improved academic standing. Click here to read the El

El Paso was shown off during the nationally televised Hyundai Sun Bowl on Friday. Aside from showing two storied teams, El Paso was showcased in a handful of commercials promoting the city. Some of the slogans that have been used to promote the Sun City include, “El Paso, Texas, Capital of the Border,” “Doing Texas

I walked over the Santa Fe Bridge into Juarez, Mexico on Wednesday afternoon. I stayed about 3.5 hours. I didn?t die. Ice Cube would say it was a good day. Actually, it was better than good. I had a fun time in Juarez. Crazy, huh? Everyone called me just that when I told them I

Japan’s Nintendo has issued a health warning over the 3D function on its upcoming gaming console, recommending children aged six and under do not play with it to prevent damage to their eyes. At a promotional event near Tokyo in January, “we will offer 2Ds alone to children aged six and younger as continuing to

The Hyundai Sun Bowl has special meaning for two competitive and vivacious ABC-7 reporters. Marissa Monroy is a 2006 Notre Dame graduate. Gaby Loria earned her degree from Miami in May. Now both are sporting their team?s colors as they menacingly glare at one another from their connecting cubicles in the KVIA newsroom. During her

Junior Jacory Harris has been named the University of Miami’s starting quarterback for Friday’s Hyundai Sun Bowl, as announced by interim head coach Jeff Stoutland on Thursday. Harris played in nine games this season, starting the first eight before a concussion sidelined him for the better part of a month. On the year, he has

Maybe MTV can find a dirty little hamster to replace Snooki for a New Year’s Eve ball drop. According to The Hollywood Reporter, plans to have the “Jersey Shore” star Snooki drop out of a ball in Times Square for New York City’s biggest holiday celebration have had to be scrapped. A statement obtained by

Days of above normal temperature gave way to winds gusting above 60 miles and and snow flurries on Thursday. Heavy snow fell in the upper valley and west El Paso Thursday afternoon as a cold front moved through the borderland area. Trans Mountain is closed until further notice, according to TxDOT officials. Before the snow

No doubt, the Sun Bowl will be the place to be Friday afternoon. It’s been sold out for weeks, but Thursday afternoon ABC-7 gave out six pairs to people who convinced contest organizers they deserved to go. ABC-7 received nearly 60 entries. “I worked hard on that essay and I really thought I had a

A memorial service will be held for a Michigan woman who said her photo was the inspiration for a popular poster lauding the efforts of working women during World War II. Geraldine Doyle died Sunday in Lansing. She was 86. The memorial service is scheduled for Jan. 8. The Lansing State Journal reports that a

In November 1961, few would have realized just how groundbreaking the first issue of “Fantastic Four” would become. The series — about a group of space explorers given various superpowers after being hit by cosmic rays — began a new era for Marvel Comics, signaling the start of their wave of Silver Age characters, including

El Pasoan Kylene Holmes and Jennifer Michelle Belvin were belligerent when a bouncer was telling a 911 operator that the women were “thoroughly intoxicated” and were about to get into a car outside the Cowgirl Hall of Fame bar and restaurant in Santa Fe earlier this month, according to a report in the Albuquerque Journal.

The 13th Annual Sun Bowl Fan Fiesta is from 4 p.m. to 9 p.m. today at the convention center Downtown. Admission is free. Parking: Plenty of parking will be available in the Convention Center parking garage. Activities: Free face painting and balloon animals, clowns, magic, inflatable interactive games, battle of the university bands, performances by

The Notre Dame Club of El Paso has been alotted a limited number of tickets to the Sun Bowl. The cost is $80 per ticket and the proceeds will benefit club functions including supporting our Scholarship Endowment fund. The location of the seats vary, but generally they are in Section 2, Section 8 and also

The highly anticipated Hyundai Sun Bowl sold out within one day after the Miami-Notre Dame matchup was announced earlier this month. If you weren’t one of the lucky ones to score tickets, ABC-7 has got you covered. We are giving away five pairs of tickets but there’s a catch. We want you to submit a

With New Year’s celebrations just days away, one El Paso family wants to remind everyone how a night filled with too many drinks can change lives if you get behind the wheel. Wednesday, a vigil was held for Valerie Talamantes, the 19-year-old Burges High School graduate killed by a drunk driver on December 29, 2007.

It’s the biggest week of the year at VP Sports, an El Paso-based manufacturing company on the West side. Machines crank out t-shirts and caps emblazoned with the logos for both teams playing in the Hyundai Sun Bowl on Friday: the University of Miami Hurricanes and the Notre Dame Fighting Irish. “It was exciting for

Too young to run away or call for help on his own, a 14-month-old boy who disappeared from Las Cruces has been found, unharmed, less than a day after he went missing. Brandon Chapo is in the hands of Child Protective Services. Now investigators are focusing on the family member he was found with along

The 14-month-old boy who was abducted Tuesday evening and the family member who took him were found today along Interstate 25 north of T. or C., Las Cruces Police said. Las Cruces Police detectives said they believe Brandon Chapo was taken from his mother, without consent, by a relative at around 7 p.m. Tuesday evening.

A visit to El Paso wouldn’t be complete for the Sun Bowl teams without a trip to Lucchese Boots to pick out some cowboy boots. Miami players went to the store earlier this week to cowboy up. Click here to watch a video of Miami players trying on boots and even doing a little dancing.

For the second straight year, UTEP (10-3) and Air Force (8-3) will meet on the final day of the Bank of the West Don Haskins Sun Bowl Invitational. Last season the Miners knocked off the Falcons, 58-47, in the championship game of the tournament. The Miners routed Western New Mexico, 87-58, yesterday as John Bohannon

With Roy E. Williams slowed by a groin injury, Jesse Holley nursing a knee injury and Sam Hurd battling headaches, the Cowboys added Jeff Moturi to the practice squad to help get through the final week of practice. To make room for Moturi the Cowboys waived defensive end Alex Daniels. The only healthy receivers with

El Paso Police have arrested an El Paso man after an alleged Aggravated Assault Wednesday morning. Officers from the Westside patrol responded to an Aggravated Assault call just after 5 a.m., Wednesday, Dec. 29, at 4141 Westcity Ct. According to police, the investigation revealed that Juan Solis had engaged in a verbal confrontation with his

http://blog.al.com/live/2010/12/foley_man_found_with_missing_t.html Foley man found with missing Texas girl faces child custody charge A Foley, Ala. man faces a criminal charge after police said he was found in Enterprise this morning with an El Paso teenager who had been reported missing, according to a report in the Mobile Press-Register (Ala.) newspaper. Twenty-year-old Jerry Lee William White

Ballrooms have seen an increase in business in the last year and some local owners said many of their business is coming from south of the border. The manager of the Alamo Ballroom, Martha Montanez, said clients from Juarez -or with ties to the city- are now scheduling celebrations in El Paso. “Our bookings, I

Perhaps the only thing tougher than getting a ticket to the Sun Bowl game will be snagging a parking spot that day. Fortunately for fans, a new parking garage with hundreds of parking spaces will open just in time for the big game. “I’m thrilled because it will definitely alleviate a lot of the problems,”