| Panetta Chosen To Lead CIA
KFOX
A transition official for the incoming Obama administration tells The Associated Press and the New York Times that the president-elect has asked former Clinton aide Leon Panetta to be CIA...
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| SamCorp president, lobbyist expected to plead guilty at new arraignment Monday afternoon
El Paso Times
A new arraignment hearing has been scheduled for Monday afternoon in McAllen, Texas, for two El Paso businessmen who were indicted in South Texas on bribery charges a year ago, according to...
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| Madoff Appears In NY Court For Bail Hearing
KFOX
Disgraced financier Bernard Madoff was in federal court in Manhattan on Monday awaiting a bail hearing. A hearing was scheduled Monday afternoon for the 70-year-old Madoff, who is accused of duping...
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| Motorcycle Catches Fire; Driver Safe
KFOX
A motorcyclist is safe after his entire motorcycle caught fire Monday morning.The man was riding along east on Grant Drive in central El Paso around 9 a.m. when he lost control...
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| Man accused of beating a former friend is the most-wanted fugitive
El Paso Times
A 22-year-old man accused of beating a former friend, is the most-wanted fugitive this week, an El Paso County Sheriff's Office spokesman said. Jaime Dominguez, also known as Jimmy or...
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| Hyundai will let owners return car if laid off and can
El Paso Times
Advertisement snapped up its top-selling Forester and Impreza models. Ford said it sold 138,458 light vehicles last month, down from 204,787 in But even though its sales were dismal...
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| Revving up finances can be...
El Paso Times
The start of the new year is a great time to re-evaluate your finances and tinker with your savings goals, experts say.In a recession, it's especially important to continue to save some...
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| Toyota, Honda Lead Dec. Auto Sales Declines
KFOX
Toyota and Honda's U.S. sales fell more than their U.S. competitors' in December, with Toyota's 37 percent decline and Honda's 35 percent drop showing the Japanese company's popular fuel-efficient...
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| Passport cards proving popular in border states
El Paso Times
Washington—nearly 740,000 Americans have ordered passport cards, a new document being offered by the State Department to speed border crossings by U.S. citizens traveling to Canada, Mexico and...
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| Alaska trooper says politics slowed drug arrest
El Paso Times
Anchorage, Alaska—A drug investigator says authorities delayed the arrest of a woman tied to Gov. Sarah Palin's family until after the November election, in which Palin was the Republican vice...
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| El Paso mom gets her 3 military children home for holidays
El Paso Times
An El Paso military mom got her wish for the holidays, the safe return of her three children who have served under fire while supporting the war on terrorism.Two sons and a daughter each...
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| Some US cities eliminate criminal-history question
El Paso Times
New HAVEN, Conn.—Hoping to prevent convicts from being shut out of the work force, some major U.S. cities are eliminating questions from their job applications that ask whether prospective...
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| Bankruptcy filings jump by one-third in 2008
El Paso Times
U.s. consumer bankruptcy filings jumped nearly 33 percent in 2008 amid a recession that's expected to keep filings rising into the new year. Overall consumer filings reached...
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| American Eagle reports smoke, lands OK in Killeen
El Paso Times
Killeen, Texas—An American Eagle plane bound from Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport to Killeen landed safely after the crew reported smoke in the cockpit. John Sutton with Killeen-Fort...
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| SC apartment manager buys Texas firm
El Paso Times
Charleston, S.C.—One of the country's largest apartment management companies is expanding its South Carolina-based operations after acquiring a Texas firm. Charleston-based Greystar Real Estate...
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| Mexican warlock predicts US troops on border
El Paso Times
Professor Antonio Vazquez Alba, also known as Mexico's Grand Warlock,(...
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| Gaza hospital overwhelmed by dead, wounded
El Paso Times
Israeli forces pounded Gaza Strip houses, mosques...
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| Character actor Pat Hingle dies at 84; met wife of 30 years during El Paso shoot
El Paso Times
Pat Hingle, a veteran actor whose career included a recurring role as Commissioner Gordon in several Batman movies in the 1990s, has died after battling blood cancer. He was...
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| Mother, 4 young sons among 8 dead in NY house fire
El Paso Times
Richland, N.Y.—A fast-moving house fire killed eight people, including four young brothers, despite the homeowner's frantic attempts to save them, authorities and a witness said. Only a few...
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| NC man shot by his stepfather ends up in same jail
El Paso Times
Jacksonville, N.C.—A man who police said was shot by his stepfather ended up in the same jail with him after officers discovered outstanding arrest warrants against the victim. Police told The...
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| LI man aims at duck, hits man, gets arrested
El Paso Times
Point LOOKOUT, N.Y.—He meant to shoot the ducks. A Long Island man is facing charges including reckless endangerment and assault after he shot another hunter while out duck hunting on Saturday....
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| Man finds live mortar shell in grandpa
El Paso Times
Greeley, Colo.—A bomb squad took a live mortar shell that a man found among his grandfather's possessions and detonated it at an undisclosed site. The sheriff's department said the grandson...
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| Knock Dee FSO Chartered for El Paso
Rigzone
Fred Olsen Production through its subsidiary Knock Dee Pte Ltd, and El Paso Maritime, B.V. have entered into an option agreement whereby the vessel Knock Dee is exclusively retained for use as a...
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| China targets Google in pornography crackdown
El Paso Times
Beijing—china warned Google and other popular Web portals Monday that they must do more to block pornographic material from reaching Chinese users, the latest in a series of government...
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| Decatur, Ala., organized crime unit chief missing
El Paso Times
Decatur, Ala.—Authorities are searching for the head of a northern Alabama city's organized crime unit who went missing over the weekend. Investigators say 48-year-old Sgt. Faron White was last...
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| Fort Bliss soldier joins Armed Forces presidential inaugural committee
El Paso Times
A member of the 47th Transportation Company at Fort Bliss has joined the Armed Forces Inaugural Committee, according to a report in the Salinas Californian newspaper. U.S. Army Sgt....
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| Israel Has Right To Defend Itself
KFOX
President George W. Bush said he understands "Israel's desire to protect itself," offering his first public comments about the U.S. ally's massive ground invasion into Gaza. Israel has moved tanks...
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| County creates committee to submit projects list to Obama administration
El Paso Times
Commissioners Court on Monday voted to create a committee to develop a list of county projects to submit to President Barack Obama's administration for consideration as part of his economic...
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| Diabetes Slows Down Brain, Study Says
KFOX
The brains of people with diabetes slow down early in the disease, according to a new study.Researchers from the University of Alberta tracked 41 people with type 2 diabetes -- also known as...
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| Airlines sue FAA over crew rest rules
El Paso Times
Dallas—several of the nation's largest airlines have joined in a lawsuit to block stronger federal rules on crew rest during the longest international flights. The airlines say that the Federal...
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| Apple CEO Jobs Reveals His Health Mystery
KFOX
With rumors swirling about the health of Steve Jobs after Apple's CEO decided not to deliver the keynote address at the Macworld Conference & Expo show this week, Jobs revealed the truth behind...
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| Wake up, but don
El Paso Times
Did you ever get the wake-up call?Not the one when your mother says you're late for work because you stayed out late again drinking at Ruby's cantina.It's the wake-up call that tells us...
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| Straus says his lead for Texas speaker is growing
El Paso Times
Austin—republican Rep. Joe Straus, heir-apparent to the powerful job of Texas House speaker, vowed to reduce the influence of special interest groups in Austin and said nearly two-thirds of his...
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| Bracero claims for money owed by Mexico due Monday
El Paso Times
Ex-bracero Javier Hernandez Ramirez, 72, left, showed his documents to Yanet Tarango Nieto, bracero program coordinator, on Monday at the Mexican Consulate in El Paso, so he can file a claim with the...
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| More schools getting in tune with mariachi
El Paso Times
Dallas—jose Perez often butted heads with his grandfather, who emigrated from Mexico years ago and feared his American-born grandson didn't appreciate the sacrifices his family made. Then the...
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| Hispanic radio industry pioneer dies
El Paso Times
Harlingen, Texas—McHenry Taylor Tichenor Sr., who helped develop the Hispanic radio industry in the United States, has died at the age of 76. Tichenor died Saturday in Round Rock of natural...
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| Twins Born In Different Years
KFOX
Tangernika Woods and her husband welcomed their first twin, Tarrance,Their second twin, Tariq, made his entrance 26 minutes later at 12:17 a.m. Thursday, the first day...
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| Driver exceeded 100 mph, police say
El Paso Times
Two people were killed early Sunday when the car they were riding in crashed into two pecan trees at a speed of 100 mph or more in near Las Cruces, said New Mexico State Police.Carlos...
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| Immigrant exhibit extended at El Paso Museum of History
El Paso Times
Times file photo A wedding portrait of Sarah Haddad Safi taken in El Paso on 1946 is part of the photo exhibit at the El Paso Museum of HIstory. Safi was around 5 years old when she...
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| Head of charity says 5 killed in f ire
El Paso Times
Paris, Texas—Five men were killed when a fire ripped through a small-town homeless shelter in Northeast Texas early Monday morning, the founder of the shelter said. Don Walker, who runs the...
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| Historian tries to save 6 buildings
El Paso Times
Fred Morales is working to obtain historic recognition for the former railroad freight depot on South Santa Fe Street. (Victor Calzada / El Paso Times) - Historian Fred Morales wants to...
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| UTEP vs. New Mexico at The Pit won
El Paso Times
Utep (8-5) faces New Mexico (9-6) in The Pit for the first time since the 2005-06 season at 7 p.m. Tueday. The game can be heard on El Paso radio station KOFX-FM (92.3) and on the station's...
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| Mini basketball league for children 4-7 years old is forming
El Paso Times
Times file photo - A Mini-Sports Basketball league in Northeast El Paso is recruiting children from 4-7 years old.The Veterans, Nolan Richardson, and Rae Gilmore recreation centers team up...
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| Judge gives more time for Blagojevich indictment
El Paso Times
Chicago—a federal judge in Chicago has given prosecutors an additional three months to present evidence and obtain an indictment in the corruption case against Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich....
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| PHI identifies dead in
El Paso Times
Gibson, La.—The company that owns the helicopter that crashed in Louisiana marsh land, killing eight people, has released the names of the dead an injured. PHI Inc. identified those killed in...
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| Court deals Coleman another setback on absentees
El Paso Times
St. PAUL, Minn.—The Minnesota Supreme Court has rejected Republican Norm Coleman's request to count an additional 650 rejected absentee ballots in the state's U.S. Senate recount. The court's...
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| Group sues EPA over Chesapeake Bay cleanup
El Paso Times
Washington—a conservation group is suing to force the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to enforce the law and clean up the polluted Chesapeake Bay. Chesapeake Bay Foundation President...
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| Detainee IDs can be secret
El Paso Times
New YORK—A federal appeals court has ruled that the government can keep secret the identities of detainees allegedly abused at the Guantanamo Bay prison camp. The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of...
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| Ex-Boeing worker gets 10 months for Chinook damage
El Paso Times
Philadelphia—a former Boeing employee who vandalized a $24 million military helicopter during his last shift on a suburban Philadelphia assembly line has been sentenced to five months in prison...
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| Widow Wins Lottery On Late Husband
KFOX
One of Donald Peters' final acts is bringing a multimillion-dollar legacy to his wife of 59 years and their family. The Connecticut man died suddenly of heart attack on Nov. 1. A few hours earlier...
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| Tale of the Tape
El Paso Times
The Big 12 and Southeastern Conference have been vying for the unofficial title of best conference in college football all season. Here's how the two stack up: TALE OF THE TAPE Age: Big 12—12...
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| Some news-sharing alliances that emerged in 2008
El Paso Times
A look at some of the news-sharing partnerships that emerged in 2008: OHIO—The state's eight largest newspapers have formed a loose alliance called the Ohio News Organization, or OHNO. Nearly a...
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| Richardson Withdraws Obama Cabinet Post
KFOX
New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson on Sunday withdrew his nomination to be President-elect Barack Obama's commerce secretary citing concerns over a "pay-for-play" investigation.
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| New LH High-Def TVs To Stream Netflix
KFOX
Netflix is coming up with another way to get movies to people without having to send DVDs through the mail.Netflix is partnering with LG Electronics, which will start selling high-definition TV sets...
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| SEC or Big 12
El Paso Times
Fort LAUDERDALE, Fla.—Offense or defense? Speed or precision? The Heartland or Dixieland? The Big 12 or the Southeastern Conference? They've been college football's best conferences this...
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| Lawmakers Start Looking Into Madoff Case
KFOX
The inspector general of the Securities and Exchange Commission could face some pointed questions today on Capitol Hill.House lawmakers will begin looking into money manager Bernard Madoff, who lost...
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| Bill Clinton, Biden to eulogize Claiborne Pell
El Paso Times
Newport, R.I.—Former President Bill Clinton, Vice President-elect Joe Biden and Sen. Edward Kennedy will eulogize former Rhode Island Sen. Claiborne Pell at his funeral. Pell, who represented...
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| Premium tuna fetches $100,000 in Tokyo auction
El Paso Times
The premium tuna caught off the northern coast of Oma...
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| Texas House speaker said to throw in the towel
El Paso Times
Austin, Texas—Texas House Speaker Tom Craddick, the longest serving Republican in state elective office, has apparently given up his hard-fought bid for a fourth term in the post, leaving the...
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| Fate of historic sub a cold case file
El Paso Times
North CHARLESTON, S.C.—It could be one of the nation's oldest cold case files: What happened to eight Confederate sailors aboard the H.L. Hunley after it became the first submarine in history...
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