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Annual celebration honors Valley centenarians
MERCEDES - Francisca Garza, 100, said the largest changes she has seen during her lifetime as a Rio Grande Valley resident have happened over the last decade."What's happening now with all the buildings and businesses is the biggest change," Garza said....
Judge expands Spears' visits
LOS ANGELES - Britney Spears will have expanded visits with her sons following a child-custody hearing that went off without a hitch Tuesday, capping a three-month period of relative calm and stability for the troubled pop star and mother of two.The longer...
A good week for comic fans
Free Comic Book Day was a success. The folks at Comics Unlimited in Harlingen were swamped from the moment they opened their doors."We got here an hour early and there were five cars in the parking lot," owner Craig Haddad said. "I don't think we had...
The Painted House
If there is one simple way to bring your house into the 21st century, it is with paint. No matter when your house was built, what the architectural style is, what the landscape looks like, color and all its combinations can give your house a current look.House...
Scents & Sensibility
Smells say so much. The right perfume can stir you up or calm you down. The wrong one can leave you in a cloud of stink that torments anyone who gets too close. "It's not just buying a set of tires for your car," says Alexander Bende, owner of Beauty...
Music of the Mariachi
Cinco de Mayo and mariachi music go hand-in-hand.With its celebration of contrasting sounds the mariachi have become ironically linked with the land.Melanie Muñoz, 18, a senior at Harlingen High School South, feels that connection as a member of...
Overcoming the misery of financial distress
Dear Dr. Karpel:I'm really struggling, financially, all of a sudden. I thought I was doing OK. My credit score was always so good that I was constantly offered all sorts of credit and now I'm in a real mess. Not only that, but I'm having trouble affording...
Birding Time
For birders, the spring migration is the most glorious time of the year.That's when migratory birds make their way from wintering grounds in the tropics to nesting grounds in the United States and Canada.For the most part, the 600-mile trip over the Gulf...
Iron Man
"Iron Man," one of Marvel Comics' oldest characters, finally has made the leap from the comic book pages to the big screen.The film, starring Robert Downey Jr., opens today much to the delight of comic book fans."It looks like it's really going to be...
'Iron Man' a blockbuster with a brain
Much of the allure of "Iron Man" comes from the fact that we are indeed talking about a man - a real man who has lived a life and made mistakes and experienced regret - not some scrawny, teenage boy who received his superhero powers through a bite from...
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