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| East Coast Braces for Another Storm | The second major snowstorm in less than a week was churning towards Washington and New York on Tuesday, set to dump a foot or more of snow onto parts of the Mid-Atlantic where residents and work crews are still digging out from an epic snowstorm over the weekend. | | | | Immigrants Claim Wal-Mart Fired Them to Provide Jobs for Local Residents | SILVERTHORNE, Colo. — A small group of West African men who came to the Rockies in search of economic opportunity are embroiled in a dispute with Wal-Mart, accusing it of a raft of discriminatory actions. Most say they were dismissed because supervisors wanted to give their jobs to local people in need of work. | | | | For Obama, Nuance on Race Invites Questions | WASHINGTON — The civil rights movement will come alive in song at the White House on Wednesday night, when President Obama plans to celebrate Black History Month with a star-studded concert. | | | | Illinois Democrats Look to Fill Sudden Ticket Gap | CHICAGO — A coveted high-profile position was unexpectedly available Monday morning: the job of Democratic nominee for lieutenant governor of Illinois. | | | | Second Wave of Snowfall Is in Forecast | While they dig out from an epic snowstorm on Friday and Saturday, road crews and utility workers across the Mid-Atlantic States may be facing a Sisyphean struggle. They are likely to be digging out all over again after another heavy snowfall that is forecast to start Tuesday afternoon. | | | | A Mediocre Criminal, but an Unmatched Jailhouse Lawyer | WASHINGTON | | | | Lawyers Back Creating New Immigration Courts | Responding to pleas from immigration judges and lawyers who say the nation’s immigration courts are faltering under a crushing caseload, the American Bar Association called Monday for Congress to scrap the current system and create a new, independent court for immigration cases. | | | | Representative John P. Murtha Dies at 77; Ex-Marine Was Iraq War Critic | WASHINGTON — Representative John P. Murtha of Pennsylvania, a gruff ex-Marine who used his immense power in military spending to funnel hundreds of millions of dollars to his hard-luck district and who became an outspoken critic of the Iraq war, died on Monday. He was 77. | | | | Doctor Is Charged in Death of Jackson | | | | | To Ace This Interview, Palin Keeps Notes Close | Ask conservatives why they love Sarah Palin so and they will often say it is because she is so “authentic.” | | |
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 El Paso Inc Latest Headlines
Artisan faces foreclosure
 The Internal Revenue Service wants to foreclose on the El Paso Artisan Hotel and sell its assets. Downzoning PSB land proposed City Council begins discussing a proposal Tuesday that would give it more leverage for preserving arroyos and other open space on undeveloped land owned by the Public Service Board. Yes, Medina’s still on the ballot No, Medina’s still not running Larry Medina is not a candidate for El Paso County judge, but his name will be on the primary ballot. Appeals court rules against Caballero, Leeds A state appeals court says that attorneys Theresa Caballero and Stuart Leeds had no business intervening in the case of an elementary school coach who had been accused – but never prosecuted – for sexually abusing a student. Sheriff’s office looks into Cobos-Escobar complaint With an election campaign at full throttle, El Paso County Sheriff Richard Wiles said his office is moving quickly to investigate a complaint brought by County Judge Anthony Cobos against Commissioner Veronica Escobar, a candidate for Cobos’ position. Citizens commission still at work The Citizens Commission for Best Practices in Government is still working quietly but hard, according to its chairman, lawyer Enrique Moreno. All things being = Several years ago, I had a good friend who would cede my point in an argument by saying, “When you’re right, you’re right.”
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| The World's Watchmaker | NEW YORK — I’ve been thinking about Eddie Leung. He had lunch with me the other day at his factory in Dongguan, China, and appeared wearing a black yarmulke. “All my friends are Jewish,” he said. | | | | How to Reduce the Federal Deficit | To the Editor: | | | | A Word From Harper's | To the Editor: | | | | The Hudson Cleanup | The first phase of the long-delayed dredging of toxic chemicals from the Hudson River is over. The polluter, General Electric, and the Environmental Protection Agency have issued separate reports evaluating the six-month cleanup, which was designed as a trial run for a much larger second phase that will finally rid the river of PCBs, industrial lubricants that have poisoned its mud and fish for generations. | | | | Controlling Radiation Risks | To the Editor: | | | | Oil Drilling Royalties | To the Editor: | | | | The Worst of the Pain | There is a great tendency in this country to refuse to see what is right in front of everybody’s eyes. | | | | Iran's Two-Edged Bomb | Maxwell Air Force Base, Ala. | | | | Music Inc. Gets Bigger | President Obama has made a welcome break with the Bush administration’s disregard for enforcing antitrust law. The Department of Justice and the Federal Trade Commission have become more aggressive about questioning mergers and challenging monopolies and anticompetitive behavior. | | |
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 El Paso Inc Latest Headlines
Myths and Mountains Travel for the Experience
 A travel company that prides itself on offering incredible experiences at fair prices has a new collection of life-changing itineraries available for 2010. Music marriage make magical melodies El Paso’s two premier music makers hooked up for the fifth time to take advantage of common purpose and personnel. Reinvent your look: Don’t be afraid of change Who wants to look the same and be your same old self a decade from now? Top recruiting class of Price era On the first Wednesday in February each year – better known as National Signing Day – football coaches across the country stand before the media and make a bold statement: “This is our best recruiting class yet!” A dozen beautiful El Paso sports people Every few years I borrow a page from People Magazine and select the most beautiful people in El Paso sports.
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| Vancouver's Warmth Welcomes Arrivals | Now that folks are shaking their real or proverbial Super Bowl hangovers — well, except those in New Orleans still eagerly fomenting theirs — it is time to swing our attention to a new sporting event: the Spring Olympics. This is what happens when you throw a Winter Olympics in Vancouver the year it decides not to have a winter. This becomes a problem unless you are willing to move the halfpipe competition to the Rose Garden, which apparently stole all of Vancouver’s white fluffy stuff, or you want to spawn the new Olympic event of tulip bulb planting. | | | | Dueling Priorities as the Knicks Rebuild | As the Knicks slogged through another too-little, too-late rally Saturday night, the franchise’s confused priorities were on full display. | | | | Fickle Wind Helps to Delay Start of the America's Cup | VALENCIA, Spain — The grudge match will have to wait a little longer. | | | | Colts' Approach Leaves Room for Second-Guesses | Miami Gardens, Fla. | | |
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