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Our View: Red Ribbon Week kicks off
It’s no secret that the roots of the national Red Ribbon Week campaign run deep in the Imperial Valley, a week that is bittersweet for many around here who worked with and remembered slain Drug Enforcement Agency Agent Enrique “Kiki”...Tags: Mexico, Organized Crime, Drug Trafficking
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Red Ribbon Week kicks off with a reminder of Calexico's Enrique "Kiki" Camarena
Imperial Valley Press Staff WriterCALEXICO — A drug-free reminder will be watching over the students at Enrique Camarena Junior High School in the form of a new mural of a hometown hero. Students and staff in the After School Education and Safety program worked on the image of...Tags: Arts, Arts and Culture, Drug Trafficking, Human Interest, Teaching and Learning
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Current and former first ladies gather for Betty Ford funeral
PALM DESERT -- Michelle Obama and three former first ladies were among dignitaries heading to California to pay tribute to Betty Ford at a funeral focusing on her twin passions: politics and her world famous Betty Ford Center for substance abuse and...Tags: Lynne Cheney, Republican Party, Substance Abuse, Politics, Human Interest
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A look into slain DEA agent Enrique Camarena's story during Red Ribbon Week
Imperial Valley Press Staff WriterThough Red Ribbon Week is traditionally known as a week to wear small, red ribbons in an effort to promote anti-drug efforts, only family members and certain law enforcement of the Imperial Valley know the whole story about the heroism of slain Drug...Tags: Mexico, Religion and Belief, Ronald Reagan, Church and State Relations, File Sharing
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Imperial Valley roots evident in the history of Red Ribbon Week
Imperial Valley Press Staff WriterWhile the anti-drug “Red Ribbon Week” campaign ends this weekend an ever-present question always tends to be surrounding the actual roots of Red Ribbon started. Various accounts as to the actual origins of Red Ribbon Week and its relationship...Tags: Ronald Reagan, High Schools, Schools, Mergers, Acquisitions and Takeovers, Drugs and Medicines
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Rex Scouten dies at 88; longtime White House chief usher
Rex Scouten, whose 48-year career in the White House began with the Trumans and ended with the Clintons, and whose duties included helping first families transition to their oversized new home, died Feb. 20 at a hospital near his home in Fairfax, Va. He...Tags: Rosalynn Carter, Harry S. Truman, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Politics, U.S. Secret Service
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Chan Lowe: Herman Cain hired by Fox News
It’s hard to say who provided the best cartooning material during the 2012 Republican primaries. The lunatic fringe voters, the ones who turn out for these events, dutifully produced a rich, colorful succession of front runners; Bachmann, Gingrich,...
Tags: Mitt Romney, Herman Cain, Fox News Channel (tv network), Roger Ailes , Michele Bachmann
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Marijuana decriminalization compromise may be necessary in Pennsylvania
"Politics is not an exact science," explained the exalted 19th-century German Chancellor Otto von Bismarck. "Politics is the art of the possible." Of course, Bismarck also said, "We Germans fear God, but nothing else in the world; and it is the fear...
Tags: Heroin, Crime, Law and Justice, Medical Marijuana Therapy, New York City, Daylin Leach
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Comments about Michelle Obama's rear end are a throwback
During the '60s civil rights juggernaut, the "black is beautiful" movement flowered. It was the next logical step in America's extreme racial makeover. It affirmed the African aesthetic. It issued a counterpunch to centuries of stiff jabs about the...
Tags: Barack Obama, Periodicals, Politics, Sports Illustrated, Elections
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Walt Sweeney dies at 71; offensive guard for the San Diego Chargers
In his first game in 1963 with the San Diego Chargers, Walt Sweeney established a pattern that would mark his 13 seasons as a star in professional football. Even though it was only an exhibition, Sweeney played with a fearsome aggressiveness. As a...Tags: Super Bowl, Pancreatic Cancer, Washington Redskins, Football, Lifestyle and Leisure
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Gore Vidal says nice things about women in the new Vanity Fair
In his prime, writer Gore Vidal didn't have much nice to say about people, and he enjoyed sharing his opinions. On live television in 1968, he referred to fellow commentator William F. Buckley as a "crypto-Nazi" (Buckley responded by calling Vidal...
Tags: Joanne Woodward, Google+, Paul Newman, Susan Sarandon, Charles Manson
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'Conan' and 'The Daily Show' abuzz over Michelle Obama's new bangs
There were only three topics of conversation on the late-night airwaves Monday: Martin Luther King Jr., the presidential inauguration, and of course, Michelle Obama’s bangs. On “The Daily Show,” correspondents Jessica Williams and Al...Tags: Lifestyle and Leisure, Jon Stewart, Beyonce, Zooey Deschanel, Stephen Colbert
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