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...Saldivar must spend at least 30 years in jail and pay a fine of $10,000. She did not face the death penalty because her crime did not contain the aggravating circumstances required for such punishment under Texas law. Saldivar shot Selena after the singer went to a Corpus Christi motel to fire her for embezzling...
Geller isn't someone you would expect to have such diverse interests. he comes from a line of rabbis stretching back eight generations. His great-grandfather was brought from Galicia to become the spiritual leader of Corpus Christi, Tex., according to Rabbi yaakov Geller: From Galicia to Texas, a book about the Geller family authored by Mike's cousin...
...early March, after reaching the finals of he Corpus Christi Invitational, Texas Christian handed the Crimson its first defeat...
Selena was born in the blue-collar factory town of Lake Jackson, just south of Houston. After her father was laid off by Dow Chemical, the family moved to Corpus Christi and plunged into the music business. "We went to Corpus Christi to put food on the table when I was 6-1/2," Selena said in the Time interview. "We would play for family weddings. When I was eight I recorded my first song in Spanish, a country song. When I was nine we started a Tex-Mex band." She stuck with it, spending much of her time...
...English and then translated into Spanish, are straightforward and simple. At the time of her death, Selena was working on her first English- language record, one that many felt would help her cross over as Gloria Estefan did. "She was one of us," said Rosemary Escamilla of Corpus Christi. "I'd see her at Wal-Mart or K Mart without makeup, like she didn't have all that money." Said another fan: "We lost a very good friend. She was our idol. We just can't believe she died that...