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Fox, Time Warner Cable reach agreement without disrupting service
A new contract between Time Warner Cable and News Corporation was reached late Friday, keeping the Fox broadcast network and cable channels on the air in millions of homes around the U.S., including the Imperial Valley.
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Skeptics dominate hearing on Guantanamo detainees in Illinois
Federal and state officials faced hard questions and some jeers at a public hearing on the proposed transfer of Guantanamo detainees to a prison in northwest Illinois.
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Justice Department to tell prosecutors to back off medical marijuana cases
The Obama administration will not seek to arrest medical marijuana users and suppliers as long as they conform to state laws, under new policy guidelines to be sent to federal prosecutors Monday.
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'Balloon boy' parents could face prison, fines in hoax
Investigators believe Richard and Mayumi Heene thought that by staging a drama-filled balloon emergency involving their six-year-old boy could win them a reality- television show of their own.
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FBI data suggests 'war on drugs' might not be worth it
Many law enforcement officers now say the drug interdiction effort is costly and unsuccessful. The bulk of drug arrests in 2008 were for simple possession, almost half for marijuana.
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Water measured from the sky
But measurement — trying to determine how much water is diverted from rivers and how much is pumped from hundreds of thousands of wells — has been an inexact and expensive science.
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Ted Kennedy dead at 77
Senator Ted Kennedy died at his home in Hyannis Port Tuesday night after a year-long battle with a brain tumor.
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IRS cracks open 4,450 Swiss bank accounts
Swiss banking giant UBS said Wednesday it will give American authorities the names of up to 4,450 American account holders who the IRS suspects of shielding billions of dollars from taxation.
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How's the president faring in the Rocky Mountain west?
President Obama may have to side-step mistakes made by the last Dem president, Bill Clinton, during a weekend visit to Montana and Colorado
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Napolitano announces $30 million grant to counter border violence
Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano announced Tuesday that California, Arizona, New Mexico and Texas will share Operation Stonegarden grant money of $30 million.
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Another Hudson River crash, this time fatal
Rescuers are still searching for survivors in a plane-helicopter crash over West Manhattan’s Hudson River. Two people are already confirmed dead.
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Sotomayor sworn in as 111th Supreme Court Justice
Justice Sonia Sotomayor took the judicial oath as the 111th justice of the Supreme Court.
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U.S. industries pushing for 'green' trade accord
“Not only would it increase trade in environmental goods,” he adds, “but it would further the avowed Obama administration objective of addressing climate change and building the green economy.”
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Rewards of $50 million announced for information on narcotics kingpins in Mexico
The Department of Justice today announced new federal charges against suspected Mexican drug lords and set $50 million in rewards for information leading to the capture of 10 of the suspects.
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Recent lunar shots of moon landing sites to pave way for future
A U.S. spacecraft has captured images of Apollo landing sites on the moon, revealing science instruments and a trail of footprints left on the lunar surface.
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Mysterious giant blob off the coast of Alaska stumps biologists
Alaskan scientists are trying to identify a large mass of unknown gunk, or goo, found by hunters off the northern coast here.
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Walter Cronkite, who anchored the CBS evening news for a generation of Americans, has died at the age of 92
Walter Cronkite, who anchored the CBS evening news for a generation of Americans, has died at the age of 92.
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The Air Forces's new poster boys: drone jocks
The Air Force is putting more pilots behind a joystick to fly unmanned planes.
Full story…Episcopal leaders vote to lift ban on gay bishops
The church may move to sanction blessings for same-sex couples as well, further alienating conservative parishes.
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Sarah Palin leaving Alaska govern's seat
Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin announced yesterday that she’ll step down next month, a year before her term ends.
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President's pick for U.S. Supreme Court: Judge Sonia Sotomayor
Federal Appeals Court judge Sonia Sotomayor, 54, will be the first Hispanic to serve on the Supreme Court if her nomination is approved.
Full story…Four men arrested in plot to bomb NYC Jewish temple
The FBI arrested four men in New York City on Wednesday evening in an alleged plot to detonate a bomb outside a Jewish temple.
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Rejected Chrysler dealers look for a Plan B
While Chrysler dealers, including El Centro’s Direct Auto Plaza, weather the carmaker’s financial woes, General Motors on Friday could follow suit by dumping 1,000 dealerships.
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New Orleans' 'Katrina Generation' struggles with drugs and depression
Suicides are up and hard drugs are more prevalent – trends that are both linked to the hurricane’s legacy, experts say.
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Miss California USA won't lose her title after all
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Imperial Valley News
Bomb threat shuts down Imperial Valley College
Imperial Valley College was shut down Thursday after a bomb threat was phoned in to the school shortly before noon and on the day before the school’s gymnasium was slated to become a disaster shelter for Easter Day earthquake
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Imperial County Arson/Bomb Squad member Eddie Estrada, in the bomb suit, speaks with California Highway Patrol and county fire officials prior to exploding a package believed to contain a bomb in the 600 building, or the college center, at Imperial Valley College on April 15, 2010. (…)El Centro now estimates more than $20 million in local damages due to the Easter Sunday earthquake
El Centro city officials are estimating earthquake damages as of Friday, April 9, at $20,157,000 for public, commercial, and residential concerns within the city limits.
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El Centro landmarks felled by 7.2 earthquake; South Carolina demolition team to bring down water tower
Landmark structures in El Centro that withstood numerous historically large earthquakes over the decades finally suffered defeat in the 7.2-magnitude earthquake on Easter Sunday. The Mormon church spire is down and the water tower will be soon.
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