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San Antonio is the second-most populous city in the state of Texas after Houston and seventh-most populated in the United States. As of the 2005 U.S. Census estimate, the city had a population of over 1.2 million. Its eight-county metropolitan area has a population of over 1.8 million, the twenty-ninth most-populated metro area in the United States. San Antonio, which is the county seat of Bexar County, covers over 400 square miles on the northern edge of the South Texas region and southeast of the Texas Hill Country.

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Golden State Warriors forward Corey Maggette looks up to the score board during a break in action in the second half of an NBA basketball game at the AT&T Center in San Antonio, Friday, March 19, 2010. The Spurs beat the Warriors, 147-116.

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Golden State Warriors forward Corey Maggette looks up to the score board during a break in action in the second half of an NBA basketball game at the AT&T Center in San Antonio, Friday, March 19, 2010. The Spurs beat the Warriors, 147-116.

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Golden State Warriors head coach Don Nelson speaks with official Ron Garretson during a break in action during the first half of an NBA basketball game at the AT&T Center in San Antonio, Friday, March 19, 2010. Nelson was ejected from the game in the first quarter.

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Golden State Warriors head coach Don Nelson speaks with official Ron Garretson during a break in action during the first half of an NBA basketball game at the AT&T Center in San Antonio, Friday, March 19, 2010. Nelson was ejected from the game in the first quarter.

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A San Antonio Air Life helicopter transports victims involved in a bus accident on southbound Interstate 37 near Campbellton, Texas on Tuesday, March 16, 2010. The bus was headed for Mexico.

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A San Antonio Air Life helicopter transports victims involved in a bus accident on southbound Interstate 37 near Campbellton, Texas on Tuesday, March 16, 2010. The bus was headed for Mexico.

San Antonio Express-News 

San Antonio AirLife nurse Gwen Mueller, right, tends to victims involved in a bus accident on southbound Interstate 37 near Campbellton, Texas on Tuesday, March 16, 2010. The bus was headed for Mexico.

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San Antonio AirLife nurse Gwen Mueller, right, tends to victims involved in a bus accident on southbound Interstate 37 near Campbellton, Texas on Tuesday, March 16, 2010. The bus was headed for Mexico.

San Antonio Express-News 

This undated photo provided March 10, 2010 by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice shows inmate Joshua Maxwell. Maxwell is scheduled to be executed Thursday, March 11, 2010, in Huntsville, Texas, for the robbery and fatal shooting of an off-duty police officer in San Antonio nearly 10 years ago.

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This undated photo provided March 10, 2010 by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice shows inmate Joshua Maxwell. Maxwell is scheduled to be executed Thursday, March 11, 2010, in Huntsville, Texas, for the robbery and fatal shooting of an off-duty police officer in San Antonio nearly 10 years ago.

AP 

Kevin Harris, Founder and Chief Investment Strategist (left), and John Eadie, Founder and Chief Wealth Strategist (right), of Texas-based Covenant Multifamily Offices launch a boutique multifamily financial advisory firm headquartered in San Antonio.

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Kevin Harris, Founder and Chief Investment Strategist (left), and John Eadie, Founder and Chief Wealth Strategist (right), of Texas-based Covenant Multifamily Offices launch a boutique multifamily financial advisory firm headquartered in San Antonio.

Business Wire 

Governor of the predominantly Sunni Anbar province Qasim al-Fahadawi, wearing a new prosthetic left arm speaks to The Associated Press in Ramadi, Iraq, Tuesday, March 2, 2010. Qasim al-Fahadawi who was badly injured in a suicide bomb attack in December and flown for treatment to a U.S. Army hospital in San Antonio, Texas, returned home this week to encourage local residents to vote in the March 7 elections. Here in the birthplace of Iraq's insurgency and its later turnabout against al-Qaida, Sunni Arabs are pushing to get out the vote in an election they see as their best hope of restoring some of their lost power - but they are gloomy over their chances of succeeding.

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Governor of the predominantly Sunni Anbar province Qasim al-Fahadawi, wearing a new prosthetic left arm speaks to The Associated Press in Ramadi, Iraq, Tuesday, March 2, 2010. Qasim al-Fahadawi who was badly injured in a suicide bomb attack in December and flown for treatment to a U.S. Army hospital in San Antonio, Texas, returned home this week to encourage local residents to vote in the March 7 elections. Here in the birthplace of Iraq's insurgency and its later turnabout against al-Qaida, Sunni Arabs are pushing to get out the vote in an election they see as their best hope of restoring some of their lost power - but they are gloomy over their chances of succeeding.

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Oklahoma City Thunder head coach Scott Brooks, left, questions a call during the first half of an NBA basketball game at the AT&T Center in San Antonio, Wednesday, Feb. 24, 2010.

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Oklahoma City Thunder head coach Scott Brooks, left, questions a call during the first half of an NBA basketball game at the AT&T Center in San Antonio, Wednesday, Feb. 24, 2010.

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A stuffed rhino peers out of a pocket of USAF senior airman Kyle Brown from Toledo, Ohio, member of an Explosive Ordnance Disposal unit, as USAF Staff Sgt. Joshua Rickert, from San Antonio, Texas, checks for improvised explosive devices in the Badula Qulp area, west of Lashkar Gah in Helmand province, southern Afghanistan, Tuesday, Feb. 23, 2010.

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A stuffed rhino peers out of a pocket of USAF senior airman Kyle Brown from Toledo, Ohio, member of an Explosive Ordnance Disposal unit, as USAF Staff Sgt. Joshua Rickert, from San Antonio, Texas, checks for improvised explosive devices in the Badula Qulp area, west of Lashkar Gah in Helmand province, southern Afghanistan, Tuesday, Feb. 23, 2010.

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A stuffed rhino peers out of a pocket of USAF senior airman Kyle Brown from Toledo, Ohio, member of an Explosive Ordnance Disposal unit, as USAF Staff Sgt. Joshua Rickert, from San Antonio, Texas, checks for improvised explosive devices in the Badula Qulp area, west of Lashkar Gah in Helmand province, southern Afghanistan, Tuesday, Feb. 23, 2010.

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A stuffed rhino peers out of a pocket of USAF senior airman Kyle Brown from Toledo, Ohio, member of an Explosive Ordnance Disposal unit, as USAF Staff Sgt. Joshua Rickert, from San Antonio, Texas, checks for improvised explosive devices in the Badula Qulp area, west of Lashkar Gah in Helmand province, southern Afghanistan, Tuesday, Feb. 23, 2010.

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U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Joshua Rickert, from San Antonio, Texas, a bomb disposal expert, checks for improvised explosive devices as two other colleagues assist him in the Badula Qulp area, west of Lashkar Gah in Helmand province, southern Afghanistan, Tuesday, Feb. 23, 2010.

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U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Joshua Rickert, from San Antonio, Texas, a bomb disposal expert, checks for improvised explosive devices as two other colleagues assist him in the Badula Qulp area, west of Lashkar Gah in Helmand province, southern Afghanistan, Tuesday, Feb. 23, 2010.

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U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Joshua Rickert, from San Antonio, Texas, a bomb disposal expert, checks for improvised explosive devices as two other colleagues assist him in the Badula Qulp area, west of Lashkar Gah in Helmand province, southern Afghanistan, Tuesday, Feb. 23, 2010.

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U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Joshua Rickert, from San Antonio, Texas, a bomb disposal expert, checks for improvised explosive devices as two other colleagues assist him in the Badula Qulp area, west of Lashkar Gah in Helmand province, southern Afghanistan, Tuesday, Feb. 23, 2010.

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U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Joshua Rickert, from San Antonio, Texas, member of an Explosive Ordnance Disposal unit, checks for concealed bombs in the Badula Qulp area, west of Lashkar Gah in Helmand province, southern Afghanistan, Tuesday, Feb. 23, 2010.

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U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Joshua Rickert, from San Antonio, Texas, member of an Explosive Ordnance Disposal unit, checks for concealed bombs in the Badula Qulp area, west of Lashkar Gah in Helmand province, southern Afghanistan, Tuesday, Feb. 23, 2010.

AP 

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Joshua Rickert, from San Antonio, Texas, member of an Explosive Ordnance Disposal unit, checks for concealed bombs in the Badula Qulp area, west of Lashkar Gah in Helmand province, southern Afghanistan, Tuesday, Feb. 23, 2010.

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U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Joshua Rickert, from San Antonio, Texas, member of an Explosive Ordnance Disposal unit, checks for concealed bombs in the Badula Qulp area, west of Lashkar Gah in Helmand province, southern Afghanistan, Tuesday, Feb. 23, 2010.

AP 

Sacramento Kings forward Omri Casspi (18), Chicago Bulls forward Taj Gibson (22), Rookie team assistant head coach Kevin Drant and Sacramento guard James Harden (13) react to a play by San Antonio forward DeJuan Blair in the final seconds of the Rookie Challenge game during the NBA basketball All-Star Weekend Friday, Feb. 12, 2010, in Dallas. The rookies beat the sophomores 140-128.

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Sacramento Kings forward Omri Casspi (18), Chicago Bulls forward Taj Gibson (22), Rookie team assistant head coach Kevin Drant and Sacramento guard James Harden (13) react to a play by San Antonio forward DeJuan Blair in the final seconds of the Rookie Challenge game during the NBA basketball All-Star Weekend Friday, Feb. 12, 2010, in Dallas. The rookies beat the sophomores 140-128.

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Contractors begin excavation at a landfill in San Antonio searching for an 8-month-old missing Arizona baby, Gabriel Johnson, Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2010. San Antonio Police Chief William McManus held a news conference announcing the search.

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Contractors begin excavation at a landfill in San Antonio searching for an 8-month-old missing Arizona baby, Gabriel Johnson, Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2010. San Antonio Police Chief William McManus held a news conference announcing the search.

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San Antonio Police Chief William McManus holds a news conference to announce the start of a Eastside landfill search for baby Gabriel Johnson, Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2010, in San Antonio. The infant's mother, Elizabeth Johnson, 23, has been arrested on kidnapping, custodial interference and child abuse charges and is currently in an Arizona jail. The search will focus on an area of the landfill that has trash from the hotel that Johnson stayed while in San Antonio.

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San Antonio Police Chief William McManus holds a news conference to announce the start of a Eastside landfill search for baby Gabriel Johnson, Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2010, in San Antonio. The infant's mother, Elizabeth Johnson, 23, has been arrested on kidnapping, custodial interference and child abuse charges and is currently in an Arizona jail. The search will focus on an area of the landfill that has trash from the hotel that Johnson stayed while in San Antonio.

AP 

A HELP grant from FHLB Dallas and Broadway Bank assisted Margarita Garcia with the closing costs and down payment on her new San Antonio home.

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A HELP grant from FHLB Dallas and Broadway Bank assisted Margarita Garcia with the closing costs and down payment on her new San Antonio home.

Globe Newswire 

A HELP grant from FHLB Dallas and Broadway Bank assisted Margarita Garcia with the closing costs and down payment on her new San Antonio home.

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A HELP grant from FHLB Dallas and Broadway Bank assisted Margarita Garcia with the closing costs and down payment on her new San Antonio home.

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"I was just thinking 'finally,' ... I took a lot of shots tonight. The majority of them felt good, a couple of them felt like I was a little off balance but I was just laughing, you know, finally, I made a shot. It was the one to..."


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"There's a lot of pain with it ... It just kind of takes a lot of pressure off."


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"It's going to be fun, man, that's why we are so happy that we're in the NCAA Tournament because you want to face guys like him ... The level of competition is going to be unbelievable tomorrow."


Greivis Vasquez Mar 21 2010 8:14 AM from Lansing State Journal

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"This 2G to 3G migration is a worldwide trend"


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Golden State Warriors forward Corey Maggette looks up to the score board during a break in action in the second half of an NBA basketball game at the AT&T Center in San Antonio, Friday, March 19, 2010. The Spurs beat the Warriors, 147-116.

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Golden State Warriors forward Corey Maggette looks up to the score board during a break in action in the second half of an NBA basketball game at the AT&T Center in San Antonio, Friday, March 19, 2010. The Spurs beat the Warriors, 147-116.

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Golden State Warriors head coach Don Nelson speaks with official Ron Garretson during a break in action during the first half of an NBA basketball game at the AT&T Center in San Antonio, Friday, March 19, 2010. Nelson was ejected from the game in the first quarter.

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Golden State Warriors head coach Don Nelson speaks with official Ron Garretson during a break in action during the first half of an NBA basketball game at the AT&T Center in San Antonio, Friday, March 19, 2010. Nelson was ejected from the game in the first quarter.

FR91484 AP 

A San Antonio Air Life helicopter transports victims involved in a bus accident on southbound Interstate 37 near Campbellton, Texas on Tuesday, March 16, 2010. The bus was headed for Mexico.

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A San Antonio Air Life helicopter transports victims involved in a bus accident on southbound Interstate 37 near Campbellton, Texas on Tuesday, March 16, 2010. The bus was headed for Mexico.

San Antonio Express-News 

San Antonio AirLife nurse Gwen Mueller, right, tends to victims involved in a bus accident on southbound Interstate 37 near Campbellton, Texas on Tuesday, March 16, 2010. The bus was headed for Mexico.

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San Antonio AirLife nurse Gwen Mueller, right, tends to victims involved in a bus accident on southbound Interstate 37 near Campbellton, Texas on Tuesday, March 16, 2010. The bus was headed for Mexico.

San Antonio Express-News 

This undated photo provided March 10, 2010 by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice shows inmate Joshua Maxwell. Maxwell is scheduled to be executed Thursday, March 11, 2010, in Huntsville, Texas, for the robbery and fatal shooting of an off-duty police officer in San Antonio nearly 10 years ago.

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This undated photo provided March 10, 2010 by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice shows inmate Joshua Maxwell. Maxwell is scheduled to be executed Thursday, March 11, 2010, in Huntsville, Texas, for the robbery and fatal shooting of an off-duty police officer in San Antonio nearly 10 years ago.

AP 

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