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NUEVO LAREDO, Mexico - An anchorman for a Mexican radio station was shot to death early Friday by gunmen waiting for him in the bushes in front of his house in this violent border city. Ramiro Tellez Contreras, who also worked for the state emergency services and was a former policeman, was hit by two bullets in the neck and two in the chest, state police said in a news release. Witnesses told authorities that Tellez was attacked about 5:45 a.m. when he was returning home from his job with the emergency services. Tellez is the 46th homicide victim this...

SAN MIGUEL DE ALLENDE, Mexico (Reuters) - Normally a sleepy refuge for aging hippies and wealthy retirees, this cobblestone town in Mexico's mountainous heartland is abuzz with U.S. election fever as campaigners clamor for their votes.   For the roughly 5,000 Americans living here, political get-togethers have disrupted a leisurely routine of sculpture classes and tennis, and pro- or anti-Bush badges are suddenly de rigueur as Democrats and Republicans fish for support from expatriates.   "People are talking a lot about politics because of the terrible way the last election was decided," said New York-born Barbara Lichter, who has...