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El Prado area loses power PDF Print E-mail
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Crews from Kit Carson Electric Cooperative were working to restore power in El Prado Saturday (Aug. 25) morning after an underground power line failed. Luis Reyes, CEO at Kit Carson, said power should restored to 90 percent of the customers effected by about 10 a.m. The other 10 percent can expect power to be restored before [...]
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SCOTT HORTON?A Soaring Prison Population in Iraq PDF Print E-mail
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True, it?s not quite up to the standards of Texas. The Lone Star state had to cede its greatest claim to national leadership when Alaska was admitted to the union, but it still manages to garner one title: it has more prisoners than any state?including states with a much larger population base, like California and New York. Fully 5% of the adult population of Texas are under criminal justice control. Is the Bush Administration attempting a Texas-style make-over in Iraq? . . .
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Back-to-school dance draws many PDF Print E-mail
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Around 250 teens danced the night away (at least two hours of it) at the Taos Youth and Family Center’s back-to-school dance Friday (Aug. 24) evening. Photo by Megan Bowers
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George Eliot on Troublesome Distinctions PDF Print E-mail
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Nice distinctions are troublesome. It is so much easier to say that a thing is black, than to discriminate the particular shade of brown, blue, or green, to which it really belongs. It is so much easier to make up your mind that your neighbour is good for nothing, than to enter into all the circumstances that would oblige you to modify that opinion. . . .
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Pro Golf's Inaugural Playoffs Under Way PDF Print E-mail
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The first ever playoffs in professional golf are under way. There's a $10 million annuity for the winner of the FedEx Cup series, which has four tournaments. Most of golf's big names are there, but not the biggest name: Tiger Woods is sitting out.

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