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for 02/01/2009
(last updated 7:30am EST 02/01/2009)
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Stefon Jackson breaks scoring record in ... Stefon Jackson breaks scoring record in victory
02/01/2009
UTEP's Stefon Jackson tried to shoot over Gustavo Lino of Southern Miss during their Conference USA game Saturday at the Don Haskins Center. (Vanessa Monsisvais / El Paso Times)
UTEP Miners women falter late, lose 64-5... UTEP Miners women falter late, lose 64-58 at UAB
02/01/2009
EL PASO -- All season long, the UTEP women's basketball team has found success from beyond the 3-point line.The law of averages, wearing the jerseys of UAB, bit the Miners hard Saturday night.A UTEP t...
Barrio mural honors legendary radio pers... Barrio mural honors legendary radio personality
01/31/2009
Muralist Osvaldo Velez worked Saturday on a mural featuring the late El Paso radio icon Steve Crosno on the wall of La Nave Grocery at Fourth and Campbell streets in the Segundo Barrio. Crosno "invent...
Agency sets out to fill 11,000 jobs Agency sets out to fill 11,000 jobs
01/31/2009
Border Patrol officer Mario Briseno stood next to the new border fence Friday near the Zaragoza port of entry. The agency had an employment fair Saturday at the Border Patrol Museum. (Photos by Mark L...
1 GOP heavyweight challenges another 1 GOP heavyweight challenges another
01/31/2009
Powered by FeedBurner AUSTIN - With the state's senior U.S. senator staring him down and a battle of gargantuan political proportions ahead, Gov. Rick Perry's performance during this legislative ses...
More middle-, high-schoolers use laptops... More middle-, high-schoolers use laptops to present projects
01/31/2009
Henderson Middle School eighth-grader Julio Chavez, standing, gave his presentation on a laptop Saturday during the EPISD science fair. (Mark Lambie / El Paso Times) EL PASO --The transition from pres...
Teen in critical condition after Saturda... Teen in critical condition after Saturday car accident
01/31/2009
EL PASO -- A 17-year-old woman remained in critical condition Saturday at Thomason Hospital after a car accident in East El Paso. Police spokesman Darrel Petry said that at 1:35 a.m. the driver of a ...
Homeless man beaten, set on fire near UT... Homeless man beaten, set on fire near UTEP
01/31/2009
EL PASO -- A homeless man suffered burns on 30 percent of his body when he was beaten and then set on fire early Friday near the University of Texas at El Paso, a police spokesman said.The 41-year-old...
Juarez police officers suspended after s... Juarez police officers suspended after struggle with TV camerman
01/31/2009
Three Juárez police officers were suspended without pay after an internal affairs investigation into the forceable removal of a television news cameraman who was filming a police mobilization on Jan....
Man is dead after Alamogordo SWAT stando... Man is dead after Alamogordo SWAT standoff
01/31/2009
ALAMOGORDO, N.M.—State police discovered a dead man Saturday while investigating a property northeast of Alamogordo where SWAT officers were involved in a standoff that began the day before. Off...
Dr. Nickey honored for dedication to hea... Dr. Nickey honored for dedication to health
01/31/2009
EL PASO -- In 1968, El Pasoan Estelle Goldman was at a loss to find help treating her young son, who had been diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes.So she turned to Dr. Laurance Nickey, a local pediatrician ...
Warner not worried about his legacy Warner not worried about his legacy
01/31/2009
Warner not worried about his legacyTAMPA, Fla. -- Kurt Warner's legacy was a hot topic of debate during Super Bowl week, specifically whether the two-time NFL MVP has to win Sunday to ensure himself a...
Inmates riot again at West Texas prison Inmates riot again at West Texas prison
01/31/2009
PECOS, Texas—Inmates at a privately run federal prison in western Texas started a riot and set at least one fire Saturday for the second time in less than two months, authorities said. There wer...
Adams hits FTs as SFA holds off McNeese ... Adams hits FTs as SFA holds off McNeese St., 43-41
01/31/2009
NACOGDOCHES, Texas—Girod Adams hit two free throws in the final seconds and Stephen F. Austin held on for a 43-41 win over McNeese State in a game plagued by poor shooting Saturday night. After ...
Fitch leads Alabama State past Prairie V... Fitch leads Alabama State past Prairie View, 65-53
01/31/2009
PRAIRIE VIEW, Texas—Roland Fitch scored 15 points and Brandon Brooks had 10 points and seven assists to lead Alabama State to a 65-53 victory against Prairie View A&M on Saturday night. The ...
15 dead, 22 injured in bar fire in south... 15 dead, 22 injured in bar fire in southern China
01/31/2009
BEIJING—Revelers celebrating a birthday set off fireworks inside a bar in southern China, triggering a blaze that killed 15 people and injured 22, state media said. The fire in Changle, a city i...
Ky. struggles with outages in ice storm ... Ky. struggles with outages in ice storm aftermath
01/31/2009
FRANKFORT, Ky.—As hundreds of thousands of Kentuckians lingered in the dark nearly a week after an ice storm wrecked the state's power grid, National Guard troops prepared to go door-to-door to ...
Liquidations may not be good deal for sh... Liquidations may not be good deal for shoppers
01/31/2009
Jay Butler, outside the West Side Circuit City store, showed a letter he got from Circuit City telling him his laptop computer, left at the store in early January for repairs, was returned without bei...
Hiring fair includes 150 detention jobs Hiring fair includes 150 detention jobs
01/31/2009
Ahtna Technical Service Inc. and Workforce Solutions Upper Rio Grande will conduct a hiring fair beginning Monday through Feb. 13 to fill a variety of positions, including 150 detention officers. Four...
Ex-WTO chief Sutherland slams U.S., Indi... Ex-WTO chief Sutherland slams U.S., India on trade breakdown
01/31/2009
DAVOS, Switzerland -- The former head of the World Trade Organization launched a scathing attack Thursday against the body he once led, describing its stalled global commerce talks as a disgraceful co...
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