Odessa College Lady Wranglers advance with comeback win
Odessa College, seeded third, beat 14th seed Shelton State 66 to 56 at the NJCAA Division I tourney. Chandrea Jones scored 20 and LaDe'sha Stoudemire added 17 as OC improved to 32-0 and advances to a quarterfinal against Colby at 6 p.m. local time.
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Salina
Kan
Odessa College
Shelton State
Ala
Lady Wranglers
Chandrea
Jones
Bicentennial Center
LaDe’sha Stoudemire
Hispanic-Owned Businesses Surge Rapidly Across U.S.
The Census Bureau report shows Hispanic owned nearly 1.6 million businesses in 2002, a 31 percent rise from 1997. Three times the national rate for all firms, many are one person operations while the Hispanic consumer market nears 700 billion dollars annually.
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Washington
Census Bureau
Michael Barrera
U.S
Odessa Showgirls win national ShowMakers of America title
OHS Showgirls, a 33 dancer team from Odessa High School, captured the ShowMakers of America National Championship at a March 11 competition held at Brigham Young University Hawaii in Honolulu. They beat Texas and U.S. rivals with 21 routines across jazz hip hop and military styles.
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Mark Sterkes
Odessa
Maisha Morris
Odessa High School
Brigham Young University-Hawaii
Honolulu
OHS
ShowMakers of America
Texas
U.S
Jamie Anderson
Anderson
San Antonio
South Padre Island
Judge appoints mediator for ECISD unitary status case
U.S. District Judge Rob Junell named East Texas lawyer Paul Sadler to mediate ECISD's bid for unitary status. MALDEF and Odessa group claim segregation issues, including too few minority teachers and high turnover, are grounds for mediation.
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Junell
U.S
Rob Junell
East Texas
ECISD
Paul Sadler
Henderson
Texas
Hector Mendez
Maldef
Committee For
Odessa
Mediator
Bush vows U.S. troops stay in Iraq beyond his term
President Bush, defending Iraq policy at a White House news conference, said American forces would remain in Iraq for years and that a future president would decide when to bring them home. He rejected calls for Rumsfeld resignation and acknowledged missteps in the reconstruction strategy.
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United States
Iraq
Defense
Donald Rumsfeld
Afghanistan
Bush
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N.Y
National Research Council
U.S. District
White House
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Mideast
Mecations. Inc
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