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REYNOSA — Businesses were open, people crowded the main plaza, and life went on as usual for Reynosa residents Monday amid the elusive presence of hundreds of extra federal police officers. About 600 officers of the Policía Federal Preventiva (Mexican Federal Police) arrived in Reynosa on Sunday to begin a trilateral crackdown on organized crime and drug trafficking along the border. New Tamaulipas Gov. Eugenio Hernández Flores, secretary of public security Ramón Martín Huerta and Reynosa Mayor Francisco García Cabeza de Vaca are working with federal, state and local authorities to "combat and confront face to face in (Reynosa), like...

11:29AM Federal court rules against FTC no-call list by William L. Watts WASHINGTON (CBS.MW) -- A federal judge in Oklahoma City ruled that the Federal Trade Commission didn't have authority to implement a popular do-not-call list shielding consumers from telemarketing calls, the Direct Marketing Association said. The court reportedly found that statutory jurisdiction for such a list rested with the Federal Communications Commission rather than the FTC. The DMA, a trade group representing telemarketers, brought the suit. In a statement, the organization said it "acknowledges the wishes of millions of U.S. consumers who have expressed their preferences not to receive"...

Law plans attack on gun crimesBY ELAINE DE VALLE (edevalle@herald.com) Jun. 28, 2003 Miami Herald Local, state and federal law enforcement are coming together in South Florida to fight what they say are two of the biggest scourges of society -- guns and illegal gun-toters. ''Crime in general has decreased, but the amount of gun crime remains unacceptably high,'' South Florida U.S. Attorney Marcos Daniel Jiménez said Friday. ``We're going to attack gun violence with intensity and focus.'' That's where Project Safe Neighborhoods -- part of a national $234 million initiative unveiled last year by President Bush -- comes in....