El Paso and Juarez starkly different amid border turmoil
The report contrasts El Paso’s orderly civic life with Juarez’s brutal violence as drug cartel battles have killed thousands. Juarez faces mass killings, decapitations, and graves, while El Paso maintains festive events and public safety despite proximity to the border.
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Ike Victims Stay in FEMA Trailers Through July
FEMA granted Texas a deadline extension from March 12 to July 9 allowing 896 residents who lost homes in Hurricane Ike to remain in FEMA provided mobile homes for about four extra months to rebuild. Rent may start after the original March deadline.
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Galveston
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Boy with tumor fights on as family seeks help
Sabrina Pena describes her son Nicky's sudden brain tumor diagnosis after headaches and nausea in mid March. He was treated at Val Verde Regional Medical Center and Christus Santa Rosa in San Antonio before doctors confirmed Anaplastic Ependymoma, a rare and largely untreatable cancer. The Pena family sought options, eventually finding Dr. Andrew Jea at Texas Children's Hospital in Houston to perform a high risk brain stem tumor resection that could save Nicky's life.
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Nicholas Pena
Nicky
Val Verde Regional Medical Center
Christus Santa Rosa Hospital
San Antonio
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Viv
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Texas Children’s Hospital
Houston
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Nigerian man charged in Christmas airliner attack
Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, 23, a Nigerian man with claimed al Qaida ties, was charged in Detroit for attempting to destroy a Northwest Airlines flight on Christmas Day. The incident led to new in-flight safety measures. the suspect received alleged training from al Qaida operatives in Yemen and had a PETN explosive device.
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U.S
Yemen
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Paul Borman
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Ann Arbor
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U.S. District Court
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FBI
Associated Press
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Nigeria
United States
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