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People in developing countries are facing growing health risks caused by the widespread use of raw sewage to irrigate crops, according to a study unveiled on Monday at a global water conference in Sweden.
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Red Cross workers stopped treating gunshot victims for several hours in a violent city across the border from Texas after receiving death threats over their radio...
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The NCAA put New Mexico’s football program on three years of probation Wednesday and cut five scholarships as punishment for academic violations involving two...
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The NCAA has penalized the University of New Mexico with three years of probation for academic fraud within the football program.
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AP, Dallas
Jenny the lonely elephant, whose pending move from the Dallas Zoo to Mexico had angered activists, isn’t going anywhere after all.
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School officials in San Luis, Ariz., are investigating a busing mix-up that ended with a 6-year-old boy wandering alone in Mexico.
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Miniskirts are making some Mexicans ruddy with indignation.
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AP, Veracruz
Mexican officials say soldiers have rescued 25 Central Americans kidnapped in the Gulf coast state of Veracruz.
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Oil prices fluctuated Tuesday, hovering near $113 a barrel after the dollar weakened and Tropical Storm Fay missed offshore oil and gas installations in the Gulf of...
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Oil prices briefly dropped below $112 a barrel Tuesday, extending the previous session’s decline as Tropical Storm Fay avoided oil-producing infrastructure in the...
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Oil prices dropped below $112 a barrel Tuesday in Asia, extending an overnight decline as Tropical Storm Fay avoided oil-producing infrastructure in the Gulf of...
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A Palestinian gestures at a canal pumping sewage into the Mediterranean Sea in Gaza City, June 3, 2008. A year-long standoff between Israel and Hamas has left the territory’s sewage system in a state of collapse, flooding its postcard-pretty coastline...
