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Care package campaign, Cowboys raffle nearing end

By MICHAEL RODRIGUEZ South Padre Parade paradeeditor@portisabelsouthpadre.com Eight more days remain for those in the American Military Support (AMS) campaign that calls for residents to help local troops stationed overseas and win a chance to see the Dallas Cowboys the process. As previously reported, AMS is a nonprofit organization specializing in sending care (or “Quality …

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Nature Niche: Dolphins Are Just Like Us

By SCARLET COLLEY Special to the Parade Everyone loves to think of dolphins as a fun loving, happy being of the seas, and for the most part they are. But, like us, this beautiful animal has emotions that run high, and the pendulum swings in the range of their emotions as ours. This photo that …

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Techno-Logic: What Is Carrier IQ?

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By 8-Bit Jay Special to the Parade Over the last week, news broke that carriers and manufacturers were stocking their mobile phones with software called Carrier IQ. Carrier IQ, for those who don’t know, is a piece of software designed to collect data from users. Information such as browsing data, key presses and more are …

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From the Past: Ball Loop of ’42 Called Out

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By RENE TORRES Special to the Parade Baseball is a serious preposition. It is one of the best advertising mediums a town may have – if, it is represented by a clean bunch of hustling players. The Rio Grande Valley Loop of 1942 had those players along with the fans that displayed the same kind …

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Great Outdoors: Trout without the salt

By JIM FOSTER Special to the Parade What would you say if I wrote that the Texas Parks and Wildlife was going to bring over 1000 fish to Harlingen, just for you? These are not the better known spotted seatrout but the freshwater variety of trout with the name of “rainbow.” Each year, TPWD stocks …

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Horoscope (Week Beginning Dec. 11)

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In the wake of last week’s full moon and total lunar eclipse in Gemini, there’s the sense that everyone is “talked out.” What was said was said. Whether it was for better or worse depends largely on the interpretation. In most cases, we cannot get the full meaning of our exchanges until the echoes have …

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SPI Tide Chart (Dec. 8 – Dec. 14)

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SPI SurfCast (Dec. 8 – Dec. 14)

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San Benito host to bevy of holiday events

SB Christmas parade 2010

By CARLOS GONZALES Special to the Parade If you haven’t had that jolly feeling with Christmas Day coming up soon, then take a trip to San Benito and enjoy upcoming events that will take place to celebrate the holiday spirit. The City of San Benito will be holding more events this year in hopes to …

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Public invited to annual ‘Posada y Pastorela’ at UTB

Special to the Parade Students at the University of Texas at Brownsville (UTB) will, for the 20th year, will perform at the annual Posada and Pastorela on Saturday, Dec. 3 from 6-9 p.m. at the Science Engineering and Technology Building (SETB) Lecture Hall and Courtyard. Led by a group of actors representing Mary and Joseph …

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