BREAKING: MULTIPLE RANCHES IN LAREDO, TX TAKEN OVER BY LOS ZETAS  —  Publisher's Note: We are now receiving numerous conflicting reports regarding the veracity of this article.  Numerous sources on the web (found via Google search) are picking up on this report, just as we did at The Cypress Times.

BREAKING: Multiple Ranches In Laredo, TX Taken Over By Los Zetas [Update 3]  —  The bloodbath continues along our southern border and now word is coming in that Los Zetas, the highly trained killers formerly with the Gulf Cartel, have crossed into the United States and taken over at least two ranches in the Laredo, Texas area.

Shock poll reversal  —  WASHINGTON — Young voters who had been enthralled by Barack Obama's “Yes, we can” message are now saying “Maybe not” — and are backing away from the president in a worrisome new poll for the White House.  —  Obama is losing in a match-up against a generic Republican challenger …

'Don't ask, don't tell' before ENDA, Pelosi tells frustrated activists  —  House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) told a reportedly frustrated crowd at the Netroots Nation gathering of liberal bloggers and activists in Las Vegas that repealing “Don't ask, don't tell” will come before the Employment Non-Discrimination Act.