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Colonia Revolucion one step closer to running water

County leaders approved nearly $3 million in contracts to complete work on a water project in far east El Paso.
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County prevents need for flood insurance

Flood insurance won’t be a necessity for El Paso County residents near the Rio Grande. The possibility was there thanks to new FEMA maps drafted back in 2010. The maps have sat on shelves for years…
Authorities search for family of abandoned toddler

It's not often that you find something before you begin searching. But that's how the past few days have gone for authorities who recovered a 2-year-old boy Saturday -- abandoned in the New Mexico…
Baby Jackson Death: 20-month-old Blake Farrey being returned to El Paso from Michigan

Courtesy Jenna Farrey's Instagram

ABC-7 has learned from Child Protective Services in El Paso that Blake Farrey, the 20-month-old son of Jenna and Army Spc. Jeffrey Farrey, will be transferred from Michigan back to El Paso foster…

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Biden to meet with Newtown families

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Vice President Joe Biden, an administration point man on reducing gun violence, will meet with families who lost loves ones in the Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre on Tuesday as the one-year…
World leaders join singing crowds for Mandela memorial
2 adults, 4 children missing in Nevada
Chemical weapons group gets Nobel Peace Prize

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FSU's Winston tops list of Heisman finalists

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Florida State redshirt freshman quarterback Jameis Winston, the overwhelming favorite to win the Heisman Trophy, was one of six players invited to Saturday's ceremony, the Heisman Trust announced…
Cox, La Russa, Torre elected to HOF
Report: Mathieu has torn ACL
Penguins F Neal suspended 5 games
Welker not expected to play Thursday

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The myth of the American Dream

The American Dream is supposed to mean that through hard work and perseverance, even the poorest people can make it to middle class or above. But it's actually harder to move up in America than it is…
Stocks up again ... but barely
American Air back on Wall Street
10 proactive steps to a painless divorce

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Ron Burgundy inspiration doesn't see himself in character

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The over-the-top, undeniably sexist Ron Burgundy of the "Anchorman" movies may be a legend in his own right, but according to Will Ferrell, the story of the real-life inspiration for his comedic…
Lamar Odom gets 3 years' probation for DUI
'Sound of Music' actress Eleanor Parker dead
Palin goes outdoors with new show

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Most successful movie franchises

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As the latest in the "The Hobbit" franchise -- "The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug" -- opens in theaters this week, take a look back at some of the most successful franchises in movie history.
Films of the Coen Brothers
Justin Timberlake: A to Z
Movies about space
Christian Bale through the years

World leaders join singing crowds for Mandela memorial

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Presidents and prime ministers, celebrities and royals joined tens of thousands of South Africans to pay tribute to Nelson Mandela on Tuesday, in a memorial service celebrating a man seen as a global…
U.S. military aircraft to aid African mission
Snipers, troops guard Nelson Mandela memorial
Facing deadline, lawmakers try to salvage defense bill

Oldest human DNA found in Spain

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Scientists have reconstructed a nearly complete mitochondrial genome of an ancient human relative, whose remains were found in Sima de los Huesos ("pit of bones") in northern Spain. It is the oldest…
Susan Boyle says she has Asperger's
World's thinnest condom is 1/6 width of human hair
Paraplegic loses 275 pounds