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A man who applied to the El Paso Police Academy was arrested last week after police found that he was wanted on a 17-year-old warrant in connection with a beating in 1998, police officials said Thursday.

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After a four-hour meeting in closed session with the Commissioners Court, University Medical Center of El Paso on Thursday made its final counteroffer to El Paso Children’s Hospital in the hope of ending their legal battle.

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The UTEP and Incarnate Word football teams that will meet Saturday in the Sun Bowl are on different ends of Division I.

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Thornton: "There are positions in sports many people believe are more important than others — the quarterback in football, the point guard in basketball or the goal keeper in soccer.

But none is more important than the pitcher in fast-pitch softball."

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Subramanian: "Subtlety is a thing of the past. In today’s culture, brashness and flamboyance get all the attention. Clever and nuanced speech is as dross; the stage belongs to loudmouths."

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Paradoxically, perhaps the most stunning aspect of the wild comeback Ryan Metz engineered against New Mexico State Saturday night was how little it surprised everyone in the UTEP locker room.

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Corralito Steak House is giving away dinner for two and a pair of tickets to Ricky Martin’s concert this Sunday!

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Editorial: "El Paso’s transportation planning process, which had been showing signs of improvement in the past year, took a significant step backward last week."

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The gold medal won by Elizabeth Teague at the World Masters Athletics Championship in France, is one that probably should not have been.

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LIVE VIDEO: Pope Francis addresses the United States Congress in historic speech: http://bit.ly/1QAzHsG

‪#‎ICYMI‬: NEW YORK (AP) — The lovable legend of Yogi Berra, that ain't ever gonna be over.

The Hall of Fame catcher renowned as much for his lovable, linguistically dizzying "Yogi-isms" as his unmatched 10 World Series championships with the New York Yankees, died Tuesday. He was 90.

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An El Paso federal grand jury has indicted a man on charges that he recruited children for sex trafficking, the U.S. Attorney's Office said Tuesday.

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A federal judge in Connecticut on Tuesday sentenced an El Paso man to seven years in prison in connection with a $725,000 cocaine deal in New England.

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An 8-month-old greater kudu, or antelope, named Mijo died during a routine vasectomy Tuesday, zoo officials said.

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AUSTIN — A 5 p.m. deadline passed Wednesday with no deal between El Paso Children’s Hospital and University Medical Center of El Paso, its chief creditor.

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The Alamo Drafthouse Cinema in the Monticello Smart Growth Community in West El Paso is scheduled to open in early summer 2016, the El Paso franchise holder announced Wednesday.

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Cracking on the futsal and basketball courts at John Lyons Park, formerly known as Cheryl Ladd Park, has delayed its opening, city officials said.

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Pope Francis' voice to the deaf and hard of hearing will be in the hands of El Pasoan Gerardo Castillo on Wednesday.

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Bishop Seitz: "When asked to describe himself at the beginning of his Papacy he said very simply, “I am a sinner.” So as we prepare for the visit of the man who is referred to as “Our Holy Father” let us consider more fully who he is."

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El Paso midwife Lynn Arnold has opened a new birthing center in El Paso.

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Editorial: "Pope Francis has begun a six-day visit that has inspired and excited Catholic followers in El Paso and around the country."

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A group of Juarenses from diverse backgrounds united Tuesday with one common goal: to attract American tourists to Juárez.

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The city of El Paso will renew for another year its agreement with U.S. Customs and Border Protection to pay for additional staffing hours at the city’s ports of entry to open more lanes and reduce wait times during peak hours.

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Ysleta Independent School District Superintendent Xavier De La Torre gave his first public pitch for the new $430.5 million bond issue to a few dozen Del Valle High School parents and students Tuesday.

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Several El Paso leaders have made the trip to Washington, D.C., to see Pope Francis as he makes his first visit to the United States.

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El Paso had a calm send-off to another summer of Triple-A baseball, but it missed its Chihuahuas.

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Fresno pitcher Chris Devenski was almost perfect, and that set the table for the Grizzlies to roar away from Columbus and take the Gildan Triple-A Baseball National Championship 7-0 on a pleasant Tuesday evening at Southwest University Park.

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Classes at Canutillo Elementary School on Wednesday have been canceled due to a sewer line being repaired, district officials said.

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"The thing I'm excited about, we have the same group coming back that played last week," coach Sean Kugler said. "When you have that you can correct mistakes."

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Ricky Martin, who is set to perform at El Paso County Coliseum on Sunday, first rose to international fame as a member of the Puerto Rican group Menudo. He is now using that experience as a judge and executive producer of "La Banda."

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Five goats died Tuesday on a farm in the Upper Valley after they were attacked by several stray dogs, officials said.

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The Dallas Cowboys went out to get the quarterback help they needed, even if only for depth.

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An owner of a local construction business is being sought by sheriff's deputies after he was accused of taking $12,000 for a home remodeling project that he allegedly never completed.

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Margarita Engle describes the Cuban missile crisis and the Bay of Pigs from a child's point of view in her powerful and poignant memoir, “Enchanted Air: Two Cultures, Two Wings."

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Pope Francis' gleaming white Alitalia plane — popularly known as "Shepherd One" — touched down at Joint Base Andrews Tuesday, beginning a historic six-day, three-city visit that will have political, diplomatic and spiritual ramifications.

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European Union ministers agreed Tuesday to relocate 120,000 migrants in a move intended to ease the strain on nations like Greece and Italy which are on the frontline of the continent's overwhelming migrant crisis.

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Editorial: El Paso’s Triple-A baseball season will come to an end Tuesday in spectacular fashion, with the Gildan Triple-A National Baseball Championship.

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Letters: "I hate to diss such a positive improvement to our city, but as a cyclist, I have noticed some problems with the bike share system."

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Fresno, champion of the Pacific Coast League, and Columbus, champion of the International League, will duel for Triple-A supremacy Tuesday night in front of a standing room-only crowd at Southwest University Park.

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LiftFund, a large not-for-profit business microlender with an El Paso office, has received $2.4 million from two federal agencies to help small businesses grow.

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Negotiations are continuing between El Paso Children’s Hospital and its largest creditor, University Medical Center, to see if they can come to an agreement that would give Children’s 45 more days to find a savior, officials said Monday.

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Edwardo Sanchez was last seen by his family at about 1 p.m. Sunday at his apartment in the De Soto Hotel, 309 E. Mills, police said. He is known to frequent the San Jacinto Plaza area in Downtown.

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The two best teams in minor league baseball — the Fresno Grizzlies and the Columbus Clippers — will meet at Southwest University Park at 6:05 p.m. to settle a championship.

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Frontera Frames is a new weekly series at the Times with a simple mission: Give local photographers a platform to show how they see the world.

This week, check out a gallery from local photographer Art Contreras: http://bit.ly/1OMIdq1

"Ryan Metz is our starter, Mack Leftwich is going to be out an extended period of time," UTEP head coach Sean Kugler said. "I like this group of wide receivers, we're starting to develop more trust in them."

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"There are still security challenges, but the (violence) situation has also changed in Chihuahua," the new U.S. Consul General in Juárez, Daria L. Darnell said.

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About 80 members of the El Paso Catholic Diocese on Tuesday are leaving El Paso on a historic pilgrimage for the World Meeting of Families in Philadelphia.

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The Rio Grande Cancer Foundation's Four Seasons Beauty Program provides free scarves and wigs to patients who have lost hair as a result of chemotherapy or other cancer-related treatment.

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Margaret Mullis' jaw dropped turning her infectious smile into a look of shock when she looked inside a small envelope and found $3,500.

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U.S. Rep. Loretta Sanchez of California visited El Paso on Sunday for a fundraising event in her race for a U.S. Senate seat. If elected, Sanchez, a Democrat, would be the first Latina to serve in the Senate.

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The West El Paso Republican Women are hosting author, news commentator and gun rights advocate John R. Lott Jr. to talk about gun laws and their role in keeping people safe.

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Alpha Battery with 1-43 ADA is testing a "system of systems" designed to bring different air-defense capabilities together under one common operations center.

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Crime Stoppers of El Paso each week releases photos and descriptions of El Paso's most wanted fugitives for the El Paso Police Department and El Paso County Sheriff's Office.

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