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Friday, July 14, 2006

Small Pennsylvania city bans illegal immigrants

The City Council of Hazelton approved a law Thursday night designed to make this small city in northeastern Pennsylvania among the most hostile places in the U.S. for illegal immigrants to live or work.

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Verizon Cripples RAZR Phones Audio Ability

What's the difference between a Motorola RAZR from Cingular and a Motorola RAZR from Verizon? The Verizon one doesn't let you transfer audio files to the phone via either Bluetooth or USB.

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Verizon very upset with a "Minutes Used" Firefox Extension

Author states that the "the reason it disappeared from Mozilla's site is because Verizon complained about the extension and we are trying to sort it out." Verizon essentially doesn't want it "too" easy for customers to check their minutes as it could pre-warn users with "yellow" color code that have only 60 minutes left on monthly plan. Timers rule

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Friday, July 07, 2006

Fundraiser for Hate Crime Assault Victim

There is a fundraiser for the Galvan family of Spring, Texas for their son the 17-year-old high school student, who was viciously beaten and sodomized while assaulted this April, 2006. His family has a lot of medical bills to pay. Details below:

The family of the hate crime victim is in urgent need of financial support for the drastic medical bills that have accrued. The young victim is still in critical condition, struggling through various medical procedures.

LULAC has set up a trust fund for the victim of the brutal attack.

The account is only accesible by the family and requests that any donations be transferred to Bank of America. The account is called the "Galvan Family Trust."

Corporate donations can be sent directly to the following account:
Galvan Family Trust
Bank of America ACCOUNT NUMBER: 005864404494

For more information please call :713.550.7712
Please contact Marisol Rodriguez: Marisol181@hotmail.com

"Teens indicted in violent beating and sodomy of boy"

Related article here (if you need a reminder of the details of the attack)

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