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Click here for digital edition  MEXICO CITY (AP) - Money sent home by Mexicans abroad plunged a record 15.7 percent in 2009 as migrants worldwide struggled to find work during the global economic slowdown, the central bank reported Wednesday. Remittances - Mexico's No. 2 source of foreign income after oil exports - totaled $21.2 billion in 2009, compared with $25.1 billion in 2008, the bank said. More ... Both Raymondville and Lyford High School’s football and basketball teams will have to start mapping out bus rides for away games to the north for the next couple of seasons after the University Interscholastic League redrew district lines on Monday. The Bulldogs and Bearkats were moved up to District 31-3A where they will be joined by Corpus Christi West Oso, Orange Grove, and Robstown. More ... WASHINGTON (AP) - Sen.- elect Scott Brown has arrived on Capitol Hill, still basking in the glow of his stunning upset in the Massachusetts special election. Standing in the bright sunshine outside a Senate office building, Brown told reporters he looks forward to getting to work. He said, "I plan to look at every bill and make a rational decision." More ... MEXICO CITY (AP) - Mexico’s economy shrank 6.8 percent in 2009, the worst result in at least 30 years, the Treasury Department said Friday. The decline in full-year gross domestic product outpaced the 6.2 percent fall during Mexico’s currency and debt crisis in 1995. More ... AMARILLO, Texas (AP) - Texas Tech University and officials of the Pantex nuclear weapons plant agree to study feasibility of research wind farm to power the Panhandle plant. More ... If you’re a homeowner in Texas, hopefully you’ve already paid your property taxes. After Monday’s deadline, what was already a hefty and growing tax bill will become even larger. More ... AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - Hurricane Ike was the costliest weather catastrophe in Texas history in terms of insurance coverage, leaving behind nearly $12 billion in insured damage, an industry group reported Thursday. Total windstorm claims in Texas from Ike totaled $9.8 billion, according to a statement from the Insurance Council of Texas. More ... AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - Austin police say a man who called 911 to complain about alleged bank fraud was arrested when he was found with a machete and 20 other knives or blades. Fifty-year-old Douglas Dockery was jailed Monday on charges of unlawful carrying of a weapon, plus having prohibited weapons such as a switchblade or knuckles. More ... TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) - Authorities say a Mexican man has been indicted on federal currency smuggling charges after being caught trying to sneak nearly $40,000 in cash out of Arizona in an aluminum can. Federal prosecutors say 19-year-old Josue Tamayo- Toledo was arrested Dec. 28 at the Grand Avenue port of entry in Nogales, Ariz., as he attempted to enter Mexico. More ... FAIRBANKS, Alaska (AP) An Alaska man who hit a Taco Bell manager in the face with a double-decker taco has been sentenced to one day in jail and one year probation. Warren Strickland of Fairbanks must also pay a $100 fine after pleading guilty Tuesday to disorderly conduct. More ... LUBBOCK, Texas (AP) The judge in Mike Leach's lawsuit against the university has ordered the sides to try to work out a resolution. State District Judge William Sowder on Thursday ordered Leach, Texas Tech and their attorneys to complete mediation by Feb. 5. He also placed gag order on the talks. More ... LIVINGSTON, Texas (AP) - Five Texas prison inmates tried to escape after a church service, prompting gunfire from correctional officers, who wounded three of the prisoners. More ... FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) - Authorities say as many as three mountain lions have killed three sheep and three cows from two Navajo families in a remote area of the reservation. The Tuba City Incident Command Post has received reports of mountain lions in the Preston Mesa/Tonalea area, located about 16 miles northwest of Tuba City. More ... CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas (AP) - An inmate whose sister is accused of helping him fake his drowning in the Gulf of Mexico says the pair never had a plan for the hoax. More ... People have been asking me if it's too late to get the H1N1 flu vaccine to do any good. As a doctor, a father and the commissioner of health, this question concerns me. More ... LUBBOCK, Texas (AP) - Heavy snow and freezing rain over parts of West Texas downed tree limbs and power lines as driving turned treacherous in the Panhandle and south Plains on Thursday. Meanwhile, strong thunderstorms moved through North Texas, causing some roof damage. More ... AUSTIN - Security concerns ballooned on Jan. 21, after a man fired pistol shots outside the south entrance of the state Capitol building. Fausto Cardenas, the shooter, was quickly apprehended by authorities and no one was injured in the incident. More ... |
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