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Schools Warn Against Mexico Spring Break

By Harry Kimball, Newser Staff

Posted Feb 23, 2009 4:30 PM CST

(Newser) – Arizona’s three state universities are following the State Department and attempting to dissuade students from spending spring break in Mexican border towns, a traditional pastime, because of drug-associated violence there, the AP reports. One federal official called the warning “sage advice,” noting... Read full story »

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