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Pensions at issue in Stockton bankruptcy
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — On its first official day in bankruptcy, the city of Stockton now must grapple with the hard part of reorganizing its financial affairs — how to... Read more »
8 El Paso school officials may be fired
EL PASO (AP) — Eight El Paso Independent School District administrators could be fired by trustees as more information becomes public in a testing and grading scandal. Four of the... Read more »
Two Nevada hoopsters to transfer
RENO, Nev. (AP) — A pair of juniors who started on Nevada’s basketball season this year won’t be back next season. Wolf Pack coach David Carter told the Reno-Gazette Journal... Read more »
UPDATED: Jury deadlocks in incest case
A six-person jury was unable to reach a verdict this week in the trial of a teenage boy accused of sexually assaulting his half-sister, The Durango Herald reported. The boy... Read more »
Mexican cartels seen as threat to Texas
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — State public safety officials say Mexican cartels pose the single greatest organized crime threat to Texas. The Texas Department of Public Safety announced this week findings... Read more »
Border security, immigrant detention cut
PHOENIX (AP) — Marco Antonio Durazo had been awaiting deportation from an Arizona detention center for six months when an officer came to get him from his cell. “Obama doesn’t... Read more »
Woman jailed in Colo. prison chief case
DENVER (AP) — The Colorado Bureau of Investigation agents on Wednesday arrested a woman accused of illegally transferring the gun authorities say was used to kill Colorado’s prisons chief. Investigators... Read more »
Hunters begin boycott over Colo. gun laws
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — Hunters across the country are boycotting Colorado because of recent legislation meant to curtail gun violence. Michael Bane, a producer for The Outdoor Channel, announced... Read more »
Bomb threat empties UTEP campus
EL PASO (AP) — A campus-wide evacuation was ordered as a precaution at the University of Texas at El Paso on Tuesday after officials received word of a bomb threat,... Read more »
Flagstaff ski resort ends season Sunday
FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — The Arizona Snowbowl is nearing the end of its 75th season. The ski resort just outside Flagstaff will close for the season on Sunday. It will... Read more »
‘Gang of Eight’ members to tour border
PHOENIX (AP) — A group of U.S. senators who will be influential in shaping and negotiating details of an immigration reform package is traveling to the U.S.-Mexico border in Arizona... Read more »
Teen on trial for alleged incest in SW Colo.
A teenager suspected of sexually assaulting his half-sister in La Plata County went on trial Monday, The Durango Herald reported. The boy, whose name has not been given, is charged... Read more »
