Has anyone else been reading the articles on teen pregnancy in the Express-News? They’ve profiled two teenage girls and their situations, one was only 13 when she became pregnant.  Reading the articles, one thing stuck out like a sore thumb, where were the fathers of these babies?
Beyond being named, the articles really didn’t say anything [...]

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Earth Hour US – Earth Hour 2008
On March 29, 2008 at 8 p.m., join millions of people around the world in making a statement about climate change by turning off your lights for Earth Hour, an event created by the World Wildlife Fund.
Earth Hour was created by WWF in Sydney, Australia in 2007, and [...]

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For those concerned about their property taxes and/or the quality of their public schools:
MySA.com: Politics

Five local school districts — Alamo Heights, Judson, North East, Schertz-Cibolo-Universal City and Southwest — and the Alamo Community Colleges District have seats up for grabs in the May 10 election.
And for those not interested in voting, “it won’t make a [...]

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Required reading for those who believe that a border fence is absolutely necessary for our country’s security.
Holes in the Wall by Melissa del Bosque – The Texas Observer

As the U.S. Department of Homeland Security marches down the Texas border serving condemnation lawsuits to frightened landowners, Brownsville resident Eloisa Tamez, 72, has one simple question. She [...]

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MySA.com: Metro | State
To those who think the media reports only bad news, here’s something good for the more than 80,000 area customers of the Bexar Metropolitan Water District:
For the first time since … ever … a majority of the district’s board members stood up to General Manager Gil Olivares.
Olivares has long made an [...]

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Happy Easter everyone, enjoy your family and the wonderful food and of course the CHOCOLATE.

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Disabled pregnant woman used as target practice – CNN.com
ALTON, Illinois (AP) — Banished to the basement, the 29-year-old mother with a childlike mind and another baby on the way had little more than a thin rug and a mattress to call her own on the chilly concrete floor.
Five adults and a 12-year-old child were [...]

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Fitch Places Bexar Met Water District, Texas on Rating Watch Negative
- Fitch has placed the revenue bond debt of Bexar Metropolitan Water District, Texas on Rating Watch Negative. This action affects the following series of bonds that Fitch presently rates ‘A-’:
–Series 1995 ($830,000 outstanding)
–Series 1998 ($56.6 million outstanding)
–Series 2002 ($28.5 million outstanding)
–Series 2006 ($53.1 [...]

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More on the South Side rezoning issue:
MySA.com: Editorials

Councilwoman Diane Cibrian is launching an effort to permanently add protection against similar mistakes in the future, and other council members are discussing preventive measures as well.
Cibrian wants an ordinance requiring that council be informed of any zoning decision impacting even nonbinding agreements and possibly an additional hearing.

Uhmmm, [...]

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CNN Political Ticker: All politics, all the time – Blogs from CNN.com
(CNN) — Barack Obama’s campaign on Sunday stepped up its efforts to portray rival Hillary Clinton as a secretive politician, calling the New York senator a “veteran of non-disclosure.”
In a conference call with reporters Sunday afternoon, Obama’s top aides implored Clinton to release [...]

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