Month: February 2011

ABCNews A giant solar flare — the biggest in four years — leapt from the face of the sun on Monday, said NASA, and sent masses of charged particles outward into space, including toward Earth. The radiation from Monday’s flare, known as a Coronal Mass Ejection, should pass the Earth today, Friday and Saturday. The

A teenage cashier and the homeless man. They seemed like the unlikeliest of friends, but that’s what they became. Lupe Avalos clutched a tissue as she mourned the death of a friend she hadn’t spoken with for years. On Jan. 26, El Paso County Sheriff’s deputies found James “Jim” Howard’s body was found facedown near

Expect a gorgeous afternoon with a high of 77 and lows in the 40s. Some winds are possible this weekend with partly cloudy skies and a high temperature near 80 on Saturday. The high is expected to be in the low 70s on Sunday.

A straight “A” or a failing “F” may not only appear on student report cards much longer. The letters may also be used to grade public schools in New Mexico. Currently, public schools are graded as either pass or fail, under the federal No Child Left Behind Act. But the Senate Education Committee’s endorsed bill

Photojournalist Jonathon Kambouris lives in New York and has been shooting editorial and commercial assignments. He has created a series, “Last Meals,” which “visually documents the face and last meal of convicted killers. I created this project to explore the interesting and unique relationship humans have with food and used the last meal as a

HOUSTON, TEXAS- Gloria Brown (18 points) and Kim Smith (14 points) each had big nights off the bench but the UTEP women?s basketball team was edged out at Rice, 76-69, inside Tudor Fieldhouse Thursday evening. The Miners (13-11, 5-7 C-USA) vaulted out to an early 6-1 advantage but an 18-7 push by the Owls (16-10,

El Paso Electric officials, in a report to a state agency, said its equipment could not maintain the unprecedented near zero temperatures that froze many of their generators early this month and that is what led to its losing the ability to generate power locally for several days. The report to the Public Utility Commission

Salvage crews working at the old Asarco plant got quite a scare after a fire ignited Wednesday afternoon. Fire investigators said the fire started in the water treatment plant. Crews were working with a blow torch when flames made contact with a titanium pipe. Because the metal can explode if mixed with water, firefighters decided

El Paso Electric wasted no time filing their report detailing their efforts during that record-breaking winter storm. “Realizing the fact that the sooner we have the information, the better, they filed quickly on the 14th,” said Terry Handley, spokesman for the Public Utility Commission which oversees the utility. El Paso Electric officials filed the 70-page

Have you noticed the condition of El Paso’s many palm trees? Falling fawns and discoloration are reason for concern. The Borderland’s freeze two weeks ago has left them either dead, dying or in critical condition. Up and down Interstate 10 and North Mesa to the East Side and even the Northeast, everywhere you look in

My name is Jennifer Myers and I am a sugar addict. I consume so much sugar that it affects my daily life. I’m tired all the time, I rarely exercise, and I visit the candy machines on a daily basis. I, like so many others, make daily food choices based on brain chemistry. While in

Robert “Bob” Edward Jones, former CEO and President of the National Center for the Employment of the Disabled (NCED), was sentenced to 10 years in federal prison for embezzling millions of dollars in government program funds and conspiring with others to deprive the community of the right to honest services of elected officials, United States

Monday was supposed to be the beginning of another trial in the public corruption investigation. Instead, Adrian Pena pleaded guilty to two counts of conspiracy to commit mail fraud. These guilty pleas come just days after Pena – a former employee of CF Jordan construction – and his defense attorney found out some of the

Serene Branson had a ‘complex migraine,’ not a stroke, a doctor said, according to a report in the Los Angles Times. TV reporter Serene Branson’s garbled speech during a live Grammy broadcast spurred speculation that she had a stroke, but her doctor says a complex migraine can mimic the symptoms of a stroke. http://www.latimes.com/health/boostershots/la-heb-branson-episode-20110217,0,2089242.story

ABCNews Reporter’s Notebook By JEFFREY KOFMAN It’s been more than two years since I traveled to Ecuador to meet endocrinologist Jaime Guevara, and the population of remarkable people who are helping scientists identify a way to stop cancer and diabetes from growing in our bodies. Dr. Guevara has been studying the Laron Dwarfs for 25

Chances are you?ll watch the Super Bowl through cable, satellite or AT&T U-verse. Nevertheless, 28% of El Pasoans still rely on over-the-air broadcast to watch television. It would be unfathomable for the NFL to move the Super Bowl to one of the networks accessed exclusively through a pay-TV source. Nevertheless, the out-of-touch BCS commissioners made

Update: Partial lineup announced: Kinky, Los Amigos Invisibles, Girl in a Coma, Designer Drugs, Bulletproof Tiger, GOBI, DA, The Lusitania, Nicosounds, The Royalty, Through the Trees, Subrosa Union. Previous Story: Each year, the Coachella Music and Arts Festival in California brings together the world’s biggest music acts and thousands of fans. This year, the festival

Four years ago, Radiohead set the music business abuzz by offering its album, “In Rainbows,” for whatever price fans chose to pay for it – including nothing at all. Some musicians were against the idea, but other musicians followed suit, or just offered their music for free outright, including Nine Inch Nails and The Gorillaz.

HATTIESBURG, MISS. ? R.L. Horton scored 20 points, and D.J. Newbill had a double-double with 15 points and 16 rebounds, propelling Southern Miss to a 64-51 win over UTEP on Wednesday at Reed Green Coliseum. Horton scored 12 points in the second half as the Golden Eagles (19-6, 8-4 C-USA) erased a 13-point deficit, holding

ABCNews A worldwide competition is under way to develop technology that will revolutionize the way we power everything. from our laptops to our cars, and the United States, at the moment, has a substantiive lead. The goal is to produce fuels — hydrogen, methane, maybe gasoline — by vastly improving on the photosynthesis that provides

A traffic detour on a major east side boulevard is straight ahead for Sun City drivers. Starting Thursday evening at 7 p.m. Hawkins Boulevard will be closed from Industrial avenue to Merchant avenue. It will open 12 hours later, only to close again on Sunday for 24 hours. Drivers will have to take a detour

For many girls, the prom is the premiere event of their high school career. But there are some who have to pass up the opportunity to make those special memories because they simply can’t afford a dress. That should not be the case here in El Paso. The 2011 season of Belle of the Ball

The Dark Side was certainly with Volkswagen – or at least with its cute and quirky Super Bowl commercial. Neuromarketing firm Sands Research, based in El Paso, Texas, announced Feb. 16, that it has completed its annual comprehensive study gauging the effectiveness of Super Bowl commercials and the VW Passat commercial starring a child as

Two days after partying and networking at a conference Feb. 3 in Los Angeles, David Castello suddenly fell ill with uncontrollable chills and a 102 degree fever. Part of the conference took place at the Playboy Mansion. “I went from zero to not a good place in 15 to 20 minutes,” said Castello. “It was

The Immigration, Customs and Enforcement agency is one of several U.S. federal law enforcement groups with employees on assignment in Mexico. Agents with the FBI, the Drug Enforcement Administration, the Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives also operate across the border, assisting in various roles through joint investigations. These agents live and work in

Claude Britten scored 21 points and had two rebounds, but it wasn’t enough to get the Miners a victory over Southern Miss on the road. UTEP (19-6, 7-3 C-USA) lost to Southern Miss (19-6, 8-4 C-USA), 64-51. Miners senior Randy Culpepper played the whole game and had 14 points.

EL PASO ? The U.S. Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association has named the UTEP women?s track and field squad a 2010 Division I All-Academic team on Wednesday afternoon. ?The naming of Risper Kimaiyo as an All-Academic student-athlete and now the entire team named an All-Academic team indicates the quality of our student-athlete

Information Pertaining to Tuesday’s Attack on ICE Agents in Mexico ? U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has personnel in 69 locations in 47 countries around the world, coordinating investigations involving transnational criminal organizations and serving as the Agency’s liaison to government and law enforcement partners internationally. ? Using its customs authorities, ICE special agents

UTEP (19-5, 7-2 C-USA) tips off a demanding stretch of four games in eight days on Wednesday at Southern Miss (18-6, 7-4 C-USA). The Miners will host Houston on Saturday and UCF on Monday (in a makeup of a game originally scheduled to be played on Feb. 2) before taking on East Carolina in Greenville

There will be a public viewing Thursday for Luis Matos, who died Friday of injuries from a fire. The viewing will be from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. at Del Angel Funeral Home on Dyer. His funeral will be at 9:30 a.m. at Del Angel Funeral Home on Friday. Matos and his wife, Feliciana R.