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Local drumlines take center stage at festival

By KARINA LOPEZ

IMPERIAL — Local elementary and high school drumlines tapped, shuffled and glowed to the delight of dozens of community members at this year’s Drumline Festival at the local high school...

VIDEO: Drumline Competition

GALLERY: Imperial Valley Drumline Festival

Valley Police Beat: Fraud alleged in Niland

By IMPERIAL VALLEY PRESS STAFF

NILAND — Imperial County sheriff’s deputies responded to an individual alleging fraud via Craigslist and PayPal on Sunday, according to the sheriff’s activity logs.

Gold Cross employee negotiations to resume

By ALEJANDRO DÁVILA

Negotiations between Gold Cross Ambulance and its employees will resume Friday following a recent contract impasse and a strike notice, a union representative announced.

Hispanic college numbers increase

By JULIO MORALES

College enrollment for the nation’s Hispanics jumped dramatically in the last 12 years and has surpassed that of their white counterparts, according to a recent report by the Pew Hispanic...

Calexico police chief appointment back on horizon

Brawley to go over budget for next FY

Measure H to recommend recreation/fire department funding

Sport complex project to be awarded

Parent of future high school seniors invited to college fair	Salvation Mountain's creator returns
Valley Women hosts The Extraordinary accomplishments of Women	Valley Police Beat: Brush fire reported in Holtville
School districts prep for new standards	Mariachi Idol finalists take the stage

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Westboro Baptist Church defector struggles with her past

By Jenny Deam, Los Angeles Times

TOPEKA, Kan. — The house was empty, just as Libby Phelps had planned. Slipping inside that afternoon four years ago, she felt as if her heart would burst through her chest.

Westboro Baptist Church defector

Man's murder conviction is reduced to voluntary manslaughter

By Jack Leonard, Los Angeles Times

After fatally shooting his unwanted houseguest in the head, Robert Charles Redd stuffed the man's body into a recycling bin and wheeled it into a room of his Pico Rivera home.

Some could have gaps in medical coverage under new law

Earthquake: 3.0 quake strikes near Niland, California

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People look through the wreckage of their neighborhood after a tornado struck Moore, Oklahoma, May 20, 2013. (Gene Blevins, Reuters)

'Horrific' tornado flattens area south of Oklahoma City

MOORE

Photos: Powerful tornadoes strike Midwest

Survivors pulled from Oklahoma tornado debris as toll lowered

Jodi Arias denied mistrial in death penalty hearing

Tim Gaynor

PHOENIX (Reuters) - An Arizona judge denied a defense attorney's request for a mistrial on Monday in the death penalty phase of Jodi Arias' sensational murder trial, after a long-time friend...

Federal immigration services union joins opposition to bill

Judge refuses to stop Arizona from denying driver's licenses to immigrants

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U.S. concerned with charges against Egyptian journalists

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States on Monday expressed concern over defamation charges brought against two Egyptian journalists critical of President Mohamed Mursi and called on the government...