Massive offensive targets insurgents in Iraq operation Swarmer
Iraqi and U S soldiers listened to a preflight briefing aboard a UH 60 Blackhawk as 50 helicopters joined 49 others in a wide sweep north of Baghdad. The operation Swarmer claimed to detain 41 people, seize stolen uniforms, and recover weapons and explosives with no air bombardment reported. The action aimed to clear insurgent activity around Samarra with 1,450 troops involved.
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Congress Boosts Debt Ceiling and Approves Major Spending
Congress raised the national debt ceiling to nearly 9 trillion dollars and moved large spending measures. The House granted 92 billion for wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and Gulf Coast relief, while the Senate backed a 2.8 trillion budget blueprint with deficits over 350 billion.
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Show Off finale caps Odessa Fine Arts Spring Break Camp
Nearly 40 Odessa children wrapped a week of ice skating dance song and acting at Permian Playhouse Spring Break Fine Arts Camp. The four age groups perform a 5 15 p m show based on To Infinity and Beyond with Kaleidoscope Company teens running the sessions and Morgan McKeehan helping.
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Permian High School
Madison Dominey
Re Elementary
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Nathan Juarez
LBJ Elementary
OA Introduces Select TV Guide With New Features
Coming Sunday the OA prints a redesigned Select TV guide replacing the smaller Preview format. The larger layout eases planning and viewing, incorporates reader focus-group input, fixes trimming glitches, and offers clearer programming information for OA readers.
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TV Guide
St Patrick celebration to host a big hoolie for charity
St Patrick’s Day is marked by a boisterous hoolie organized by Catholic Charities and Knights of Columbus. Faye Rodriguez says the event features Irish stew, bread pudding and green beer while Lent restrictions are noted by organizers. Sam Gonzales prepares the stew from Manuel’s, inviting the community to join the fundraiser.
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