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Leonard Marsh dies at 80; cofounder and former CEO of Snapple
Leonard Marsh, a window washer from Brooklyn who struck it rich after he and two of his boyhood pals created a soft drink called Snapple, has died. He was 80. Marsh, Snapple's former chief executive, died Tuesday at his home in Manhasset, N.Y., his...
Tags: Labor Legislation, Rush Limbaugh, Immigration, Career and Workplace, Howard Stern
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Laredo, Texas, battles an image problem
LAREDO, Texas — This border city is trying to clear its name. It is so conjoined with its Mexican sister city across the Rio Grande, Nuevo Laredo, that the two are often referred to as "Los Dos Laredos," or simply Laredo. That was great for...
Tags: Career and Workplace, Shootings, Car Safety Tips and Advice, FBI, Murder
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Maurice L. McAlister dies at 87; co-founder of Downey Savings & Loan
Maurice L. McAlister overcame a dirt-poor childhood in Texas to achieve prominence in two fields as a young man — first as a builder, then as the head of Downey Savings & Loan, which became a Southern California banking fixture for decades under his...
Tags: Heart Disease, Mortgages, Finance, Realty, Economy, Business and Finance
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Obama on immigration: 'Right tone' or 'same old story'?
LAS VEGAS -- In a telephone news conference after President Obama's speech on immigration, U.S. labor leaders, educators, clergy and civil rights advocates said they were pleased that the White House spelled out the job ahead without partisan undertone....
Tags: Politics, Career and Workplace, Republican Party, Migration, Illegal Immigrants
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Tina Turner may become a Swiss citizen, give back U.S. passport
Tina Turner wants to become a Swiss citizen, and love has everything to do with it. If you've been wondering what the iconic diva has been up to lately, she's been living in Kuesnacht, a Zurich suburb, since 1995. A Swiss paper wrote Friday that the...
Tags: Tina Turner, Abusive Behavior, Swiss Confederation, Zurich (Swiss Confederation), Celine Dion
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Mike Tyson's one-man show to hit Hollywood's Pantages Theatre
Heads up, Hollywood: Former heavyweight boxing champ Mike Tyson is heading west this spring. Tyson is bringing his one-man show, “Mike Tyson: Undisputed Truth,” to Anaheim and the Pantages Theatre in March as part of a national tour. Spike...
Tags: Heavyweight, Entertainment Events, Arts and Culture, Animal Planet (tv network), Broadway Theater
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Deportees to Mexico's Tamaulipas preyed upon by gangs
MATAMOROS, MEXICO — They stuck together, walking slowly on busted sidewalks, approaching corners warily. They hurried past smoky taco stands and fleabag hotels. Nobody strayed.
Deported from Southern California the night before, the 20 men had...Tags: Highway Transportation, Politics, Christianity, Gulf Cartel, Gang Activity
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Like 'wolves,' merciless gangs prey on migrants in Mexico
World NowMEXICO CITY -- Along Mexico's southern border region with Guatemala, ruthless criminals hunt for migrants from Central America like a "pack of wolves." Migrants victimized by gangs often end up in mass graves, while their survivors to the north or south... -
T-Mobile USA to cut 1,900 jobs as it consolidates call centers
T-Mobile USA will consolidate its call center operations from two dozen facilities to 17, resulting in 1,900 job cuts. “Concentrating call centers is an important step to achieve competitive cost structures to successfully compete,” said...
Tags: New Products, Apple iPhone, T-Mobile, Fort Lauderdale, Allentown
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Police kill armed 15-year-old at Texas school
Nation NowPolice shot and killed an armed student at about 8 a.m. at Cummings Middle School, say authorities in Brownsville, Texas.... -
Texas police in 911 call tell student, 'Put the gun down!'
Nation NowAn assistant principal at Cummings Middle School made the 911 call early Wednesday, and as officers arrive, she can be heard saying the youth was drawing a weapon, according to the Brownsville Herald, which obtained the recording.... -
Texas target shooter charged with hitting a middle school student
Nation NowDustin Wesley Cook, 36, was arraigned on a charge of second-degree felony aggravated assault in the Dec. 12 shooting outside Harwell Middle School in Edinburg, Texas, that wounded 14-year-old Edson Amaro....
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