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...Sheriff West, like other border sheriffs, patrols a vast area, some 4,500 square miles, with just 12 deputies. There are about 3,000 people in Hudspeth County, 75 percent of them Hispanic with ties on both sides of the "creek," as West calls the often-dry Rio Grande riverbed. But the days when residents went safely back and forth across the county's 90-mile stretch along the Rio Grande are gone, West said...
...Based on information from undercover agents, informants and industry insiders, the report, which is dated June 29, 2005, offers a unique glimpse of the scale and sophistication of North Korea's illicit-cigarette industry, which has allegedly counterfeited a vast array of brands-from Marlboro to Davidoff. The report estimates that production from 10 to 12 North Korean factories in the counterfeiting business may total 41 billion cigarettes a year, generating annual revenues of $520 million to $720 million. It's not clear how much of this money flows to the regime of dictator Kim Jong Il, whether in duties...
...Downloads from Disney's ABC network are already available at the iTunes video store. Think ESPN podcasts to iPods via wireless. Or an Apple TV network featuring tech talk with Jobs. Ever coy, Jobs was vague about his plans, but he is expected to push Disney to leverage its vast library across more digital platforms. He could also prove nettlesome. Famously short fused, he has said he is not interested in running Disney. Yet he is bound to pressure Iger if he grows frustrated...
...highlights just how far Coria has come. His grandmother's people still live in sloping clapboard shacks with dirt floors. Coria's home in Tuxpan is a porticoed five-bedroom residence in the center of town, and he drives a late-model Nissan Pathfinder. In the front of his vast garden are orchids and lilies he brought from the Hamptons. In the back are groves of guava, orange and avocado. But Coria's pursuit of success has taken a heavy toll. Being just about the only Mexican gardener in the Hamptons when he first arrived meant less competition...
...parents arrive - they had been spraying insecticide in the fields - and embrace her. But their talk reveals the disturbing reason for her total abandonment. The village has emptied in favor of the lure of the big city. So, for O, a little girl can signify the cost of a vast cultural shift...