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Life Out Here: Just say you're sorry
Just apologize to the woman. When you do or say something stupid, there is only one good way out, and that’s to say you’re sorry. I know this because I write and say a lot of stupid things. Over 20 years I’ve written many things in...
Tags: Allergies, Hillary Clinton, George H.W. Bush, Fox News Channel (tv network), Benghazi
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Right under our noses: Valley top cocaine trafficking corridor in nation
Staff Writers“El Magallanes” is a 30-year-old Mexicali resident, a college graduate and a parent who’s been involved in drug trafficking since he was about 18 years old. From a young age he gathered the connections that led him to cross cars laden...Tags: Methamphetamine (drug), Law Enforcement, Migration, Crime, Law and Justice, Heroin
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Sun rises on Powerlink Imperial County, San Diego, state officials celebrate start of Sunrise Powerlink transmission line
Staff WriterALPINE — With the soft crackling of energy passing through electrical equipment acting as a backdrop, local, regional and state officials welcomed the start of renewable energy transmission from Imperial County to San Diego. On Thursday, San...Tags: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Jerry Brown, Waste Management and Pollution Control, The Happiest News!, Human Interest
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Mexican consul participates in reforestation
Imperial Valley PressCALEXICO — Dirt flew Monday as the Mexican Consulate here participated in Mexico’s reforestation effort by planting a tree outside their building on Heber Avenue. Only a day before, Mexican President Felipe Calderón launched his country&...Tags: Mexico, Natural Resources, Forestry and Timber, Elections, Politics
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Voice: Concerns about future of Libya
ImperialThe events which are occurring in the Arab world have consumed my thoughts these last few weeks. As a young man I spent several years living and working with the Arabs. When I arrived in Libya I received an education which no school could have taught me....Tags: Libya
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Border Angels trek for human rights
Imperial Valley Press Staff WriterCALEXICO — A dozen or more human rights activists walked through a portion of the Imperial County desert to end the day’s journey with a prayer service here Sunday. Border Angels — a volunteer faith-based organization out of San Diego...Tags: Migration, Crime, Law and Justice, Justice and Rights, Mexico, Civil Rights
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Today in history
Today is Tuesday, Feb. 1, the 32nd day of 2011. There are 333 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On Feb. 1, 1861, Texas voted to leave the Union, 166-8, at a Secession Convention in Austin. On this date: In 1790, the U.S....Tags: Michael C. Hall, Sherman Hemsley, New York, Brian Krause, Sonny Landreth
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Obama urges Israel to go back to 1967 borders
WASHINGTON -- Forcefully stepping into an explosive Middle East debate, President Barack Obama on Thursday endorsed a key Palestinian demand for the borders of its future state and prodded Israel to accept that it can never have a truly peaceful nation...Tags: Mahmoud Abbas, Yemen, West Bank, Armed Conflicts, Refugee
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Brawley's Sophia Carrillo off to study in the U.K. and Europe under Fulbright
Staff WriterBRAWLEY — The small coffee table full of Brawley resident Sophia Carrillo’s academic awards could not illustrate the full scope of her academic accomplishments, at her home here Sunday. Carrillo —a junior majoring in both political...Tags: London (England), Education, Human Interest, Trips and Vacations, Social Sciences
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Funding to improve drinking water has come at a slow drip
LANARE, Calif. — A bright metal drinking fountain is mounted on the wall in the community center of this tiny town west of Fresno. No one pays it any mind: The water is drawn from a well that has been contaminated with arsenic for years. "Can't...
Tags: Medical Procedures and Tests, Recreational and Sporting Goods Industry, Environmental Issues, Water Supply, Health Organizations
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Asian shares reverse losses, capped before Fed meeting
ReutersNEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. equities pushed higher on Tuesday as investors grew more confident that the Federal Reserve would temper its recent statements on the future reduction of U.S. monetary support, while still pointing to economic improvement. The...Tags: Budgets and Budgeting, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, Music, Pakistan, Weight
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Car bombs, shootings kill 30 across Iraq
ReutersBASRA, Iraq (Reuters) - Attacks across Iraq targeting mainly Shi'ite Muslims killed at least 30 people on Sunday, police and medics said, intensifying fears of a descent into all-out sectarian war. Ten years after the U.S.-led invasion that toppled Sunni...Tags: Basra (Iraq), Religious Conflicts, Wars and Interventions, Bashar Assad, Emergency Incidents
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