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The 25-year-old Navarro was long an elusive target for U.S. authorities. He escaped to Mexico in a stolen Border Patrol vehicle in another drug smuggling attempt in 2007, less than four months before Aguilar was killed. Mexican authorities arrested and charged Navarro with migrant smuggling soon after Aguilar was killed but released him in June 2008, outraging the U.S government. Mexican authorities said the U.S. didn't seek Navarro's extradition until a week after he was freed. Navarro was caught again months later and extradited to the United States.

AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION: Reid criticizes lawyers group Democratic leader praises judicial nominee's 'real world' qualifications WASHINGTON -- Sen. Harry Reid, D-Nev., criticized the American Bar Association on Thursday, saying it should "get a new life" in how it rates prospective federal judges, after one of his choices got a mixed review. In remarks to the Senate Judiciary Committee, Reid said the bar association's ratings board puts too much weight on whether judicial nominees have prior bench experience and overlooks "real world" qualifications.

The long awaited match-up between the top two teams in the country turned out to truly be a battle with No. 2 Navarro College coming away with a hard-fought 23-20 victory over No. 1 Blinn College.

Remember how the $789 billion stimulus package and the banking bailout under the direction of Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner were supposed to restore confidence to the economy? Think again. As the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) dipped to less than 8,000 points in the wake of Geithner's TARP II announcement on Feb. 10, CNBC contributor and UC-Irvine Professor of Economics and Public Policy Peter Navarro warned that it's the sign of a new floor for stock market index. He predicted the Dow to go to 6,000 on CNBC's Feb. 13 "Squawk on the Street." "We got the market top in...

(CBS 11 News) NAVARRO COUNTY The Navarro County Sheriff’s Department arrested Kevin Anders for possession of child pornography. Anders is the live-in boyfriend of Dana Mack. Dana's youngest daughter, Hannah, was found dead in the family's garage Monday. Wednesday, police confirmed the girl was sexually assaulted before she was hanged. Police originally listed Anders as a person of interest in the death of the 6-year-old girl. Anders had been questioned by police early Wednesday, but was not arrested until sometime around 9 p.m.

10. “bell hooks” Born Gloria Watkins, spells new name in lower case. Has written, “It is difficult not to hear in standard English always the sound of slaughter and conquest” and “I am writing this essay sitting beside an anonymous white male that I long to murder.” hooks is a distinguished professor of English at City College in New York. 9. Amiri Baraka Born Everett Leroy Jones in 1934, adopted current name after converting to Islam in 1968. Former poet laureate of New Jersey. Has written: “… the white woman understands that only in the rape sequence [by a black...

UCLA recruiters have long delighted in bringing star high school athletes to their campus during the winter months, when warm weather and sunshine prove particularly attractive to many from colder climes. But the sort of sunshine that operates as a disinfectant, public scrutiny, is proving much less welcome to campus leftists. The Bruin Alumni Association, a year old group of conservative bent, is drawing fire for its activities aimed at exposing leftist indoctrination in the classroom. It has started UCLAprofs.com to collect and publicize information about faculty leftism, particularly as it verges into classroom indoctrination. The Los Angeles Times reports:...

January 12th , 2006: Reconquista-ville: An "emergency" meeting of anti-American separatist leaders was held on Jan 12th in a public library in San Bernardino. They are outraged over HR 4437, the first bill that proposed actually securing our border before considering any amnesty proposals. A few minutemen attended this summit, and one of them, Gregg made this recording. The speakers all share one common theme: SECURING THE BORDER THREATENS THEIR LIVELIHOOD AND THREATENS THEIR FUNDING AND THREATENS THEIR POWER BASE. You will hear no Pledge of Allegiance nor is there any flag present, American or otherwise. You will hear no...

I just got home and caught the tail end of a local guy on KMOX in St. Louis. He was saying something about a protest by some idiot peaceniks (traitors) at the funeral of a local soldier who died in Iraq. Does anyone have any info on this? I tried a search but nothing came up.