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NPT Sunday Under the Tree: Got College?
A little weekender for Sunday enjoyment, with new stories in the Opinion, Features, and Culture sections.
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News
Mexico President Felipe Calderon and the Super-Maquiladora
by Frontra NorteSur
 The Mexican president commented on the "super-maquila" that will employ 9,000-40,000 workers, and touched briefly on the broader security issue, noting the deployment of 4,000 soldiers and federal police in Ciudad Juarez to counter organized crime. However, he avoided other thorny issues.
Posted on July 23, 2008 • read more »
What about Bob? Grand jury to convene soon, sources say
by David Crowder
 A parallel case to the public corruption investigations that have gripped El Paso, NCED could heat up soon. “I know they have renewed their interest in the NCED cases that have been on something of a back burner because of the corruption cases,” a defense attorney said.
Posted on July 24, 2008 • read more »
Features
In the News: Jam Sessions and Cartel Enforcers
compiled by Neil Davis
 In San Francisco, a post-punk El Pasoan leads jam sessions. In Memphis, the trial of an alleged cartel enforcer. Plus, El Paso's walkability ranking, writer Charles Bowden on Juarez in GQ, and more. Around the region, nation and world, El Paso and El Pasoans are In the News.
Posted on July 26, 2008 • read more »
Opinion
Want money for college? Earn it.
by David Karlsruher
 I find it a little silly to pull out the race card and the class card here. It’s offensive. I’m white and middle class and I managed to finish in the bottom half my high school class aided not by my skin color or my parent’s income, but by own damn laziness.
Posted on July 26, 2008 • read more »
The billion-dollar status quo
by Sito Negron
 This $1 billion deal, in the works behind closed doors since April, and unveiled on a Monday with the admonition that it needs to be done by the end of the week or the money goes away, oozes status quo. All of a sudden, we're in too much of a hurry to have a community discussion about our priorities.
Posted on July 24, 2008 • read more »
Culture
Atlas Cage plays music and jumps on things
by Catherine Cromer
 Cage plays all the instruments on his record, "Evolution." He also says he is practicing for a shot at the Japanese sports-game show, Ninja Warrior. A restless performer, he repeats the too-often heard complaint that it's hard to find a venue for originality in El Paso.
Posted on July 25, 2008 • read more »
12 Travelers still on the road
by ABC-7
 The massive sculpture of Onate was not the end of the project. With two down -- including Onate -- two more on on the way, ABC-7 reports.
Posted on July 25, 2008 • read more »
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