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Family Dead In Food Stamp Shooting Had Long Struggled

AP | By PAUL J. WEBER | Posted 12.10.2011

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LAREDO, Texas -- In one of the poorest counties in the U.S., neighbors still pitied Rachelle Grimmer and her children. Grimmer would walk down the hig...

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Officials: Mom Denied Food Stamps, Shoots Own Kids In Welfare Office

AP | PAUL J. WEBER | Posted 02.05.2012

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SAN ANTONIO — A Texas woman who for months was unable to qualify for food stamps pulled a gun in a state welfare office and staged a seven-hour ...

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Immigration Reform and Border Communities: We Need Bipartisan Problem-Solving

Arturo Venegas, Jr. | Posted 05.25.2011

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Arturo Venegas, Jr.

Our southern border is being used a pawn for politics rather than progress. What is really infecting the border cities in America is rhetoric about "border violence."

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"One City, One Book": What's Laredo, Texas Reading?

Pro 8 News | Posted 12.08.2011

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Two titles have been selected for the third installment of Laredo's "One City, One Book". This year's campaign will feature the very first fictiona...

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Laredo: No Bookstore For City With A Quarter-Million People?

AP | PAUL J. WEBER | Posted 05.25.2011

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LAREDO, Texas — The final chapter has been written for the lone bookstore on the streets of Laredo. With a population of nearly a quarter-milli...

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Should Mexican Trucks Be Allowed Throughout U.S.?

Steve Parker | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, Inspector General, Congress, San Ysidro, Nafta, Mexican Trucks, Tariffs, Teamsters Union, Laredo, Cars, James Hoffa, Mexico, Calexico, Department of Transportation, Business News
Steve Parker

The recent release of a Transportation Departments inspector general's office government audit has brought to a head, once again, an issue which ignites deep feelings and loyalties in the best people.

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Our Enemy To The South

Diane Dimond | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Assisinations, Florida, Albuquerque, Crossing the U.S. Border, Dangerous San Diego, Crime, Invasion of Crime, Time for National Guard? Phoenix "Kidnap Capitol", Crime-on-the-Hoof, Mexico, Violence, United States, Mexican Drug Cartels, Las Vegas, Diane Dimond, Laredo, World News
Diane Dimond

Mexico's problem has become our problem in a big way. The retiring CIA chief, Michael Hayden, says Mexico could rank right next to Iran and Iraq as the biggest challenge for President Obama.

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