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Sword concealed in cane slips past airport scanner

Mike Baird Caller-Times (Corpus Christi, Texas)

Last updated Friday, December 30, 2011 - 2:45pm

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas -- A man flying from Corpus Christi International Airport carried a sword, concealed in a cane, undetected through security scanners Christmas Eve, Transportation Security Administration officials said.

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Meet "Bob the Avon guy," a top salesman for the cosmetics company

Fanny S. Chirnos, Scripps Howard News Service

Last updated Tuesday, March 8, 2011 - 12:42pm

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas -- When the Avon lady comes calling, sometimes his name is Bob.

Corpus Christi, Texas, resident Bob Bettiga is darn proud to sell Avon. "Bob the Avon Guy," as he's marketed himself, has won several corporate awards to prove it.

A top salesman, he recently was named the oldest male company representative and is one of about three men selling Avon in the Corpus Christi area, he says.

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Girl with spina bifida becomes a welding star

Caller-Times, Rhiannon Meyers

Last updated Wednesday, February 9, 2011 - 2:51pm

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas -- Tiffany Rivera turns heads when she lowers her welding helmet. First, they stare at her tiny frame -- 4-foot-9. Then they gawk at her welds, expert work for someone so young, her instructors say.

What they don't see are Tiffany's daily struggles with the lifelong effects of a rare and often crippling disease: The 32 surgeries, the catheter tucked behind her jeans pocket, the diagnosis that her bowels and bladder will never function properly.

Born with spina bifida, the 17-year-old high-school junior has overcome adversity to become a top high-school welder.

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