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EX-OFFICIAL UNCOVERS IMPROBABLE PATTERN By Steven Dudley and Phil Gunson Knight Ridder MARACAIBO, Venezuela - It was the 32nd birthday of 1,921 Gonzálezes registered to vote in the western state of Zulia on Wednesday. But instead of celebrating with balloons and cake, many Venezuelans have been shouting fraud. Every one of these Gonzálezes obtained their first government ID -- and simultaneously registered to vote -- in 2004, just before President Hugo Chávez defeated a recall referendum. And many of them registered on the same day, at the same registration center. The case is ``one for the Guinness Book of Records,''...

Police found cases of food, clothing and tools intended for hurricane victims at the home of the chief administrative officer for a New Orleans suburb, authorities said Wednesday.

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One of America's most aggressive advocates for illegal immigrants is now an international fugitive after failing to appear for his Jan. 21 sentencing in connection with seven counts of visa/immigration fraud for which he was convicted. Jose Mendez was convicted on the charges last November. But according to a press release issued Friday by the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), Mendez again broke the law on Dec. 22 when he "hopped an American Airlines flight here to Mexico City and then took a connecting flight to Venezuela." Although Mendez was not present for Friday's sentencing, he was nevertheless handed...