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Obama says economics, security to be themes in Mexico visit

President Barack Obama said a trip to Mexico this week will center on economic issues such as trade and energy but security issues will not be far behind.

“A lot of the focus is going to be on economics,” Obama said during a news conference. “We’ve spent so much time on security issues between the United States and Mexico that sometimes I think we forget this is a massive trading partner, responsible for huge amounts of commerce and huge numbers of jobs on both sides of the border.”

Obama is due to visit Mexico on Thursday, holding meetings and having dinner with President Enrique Pena Nieto.

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Tags: Mexico, Mexico Visit

Common Car Accident Injuries

Car accidents rank among the leading causes of death for young to middle aged adults. Many people are fortunate to be able to escape a car accident with only minor injuries or even no injuries whatsoever, but most people are not that lucky. In recent years, automobile accidents have caused well over 30,000 fatalities. At its peak in the 1990′s, there were over 40,000 people killed in accidents.

Clearly, car accidents are an extremely dangerous experience despite the number of safety features in cars designed to keep the car occupants safe in the case of an accident. The numbers of injuries or deaths related to car crashes are so large that virtually everyone can name a few people that they know who were injured or killed in a crash. Read Full Post here…

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Power plans won’t cause investor flight – Labour

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Labour deputy leader Grant Robertson is rejecting Government claims that overseas investors will take fright over the Opposition’s electricity market plans.

Prime Minister John Key this morning said the ‘‘far Left’’ policies would concern international investors who would look at other areas, such as supermarkets, and question that if Labour was prepared to ‘‘nationalise and run over the top of contracts’’ why would they not do it elsewhere.

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Former Dewey chairman agrees to pay more than $500K to settle mismanagement claim

Former Dewey LeBoeuf chairman Steven Davis has agreed to pay $511,000 to settle a mismanagement claim related to the firms collapse.

The proposed settlement is between Davis, the trustee in the Dewey bankruptcy, and the liability insurer for Dewey’s management, according to the Wall Street Journal Law Blog (sub. reg). Davis does not admit wrongdoing in the proposed settlement.

A hearing on the proposal is scheduled for May 13.

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Search on for 2 escaped MDC inmates

– MDC officials are searching for two inmates that have escaped from their custody Monday night.

Officials say around 6 o’clock Monday night inmates Andreas Macias and Brandon Davis were picked up from court.

While they on their way back to the Metro Detention Center, Officer Danny Sisneros stopped at UNMH to pick up another inmate who was being discharged.

Authorities say while Officer Sisneros parked the van and waited for the inmate to be transferred from the hospital, both inmates kicked the back door to the van open and escaped on foot heading east on Lomas.

Both inmates were wearing handcuffs at the time of the escape, but neither had an orange MDC inmate uniform on.

If anyone has information on their whereabouts, please contact police.

Stay with KRQE News 13 for more updates.

Tags: Inmates