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LAS CRUCES, N.M. (AP) — The Diocese of Las Cruces bishop says the diocese will be getting tickets to a Papal Mass in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico after all.
KVIA-TV in El Paso, Texas reports (http://goo.gl/YmvB3f) Las Cruces Bishop Oscar Cantu said the tickets will be distributed through southern New Mexico parishes and Catholic schools.
The diocese originally believed the Diocese of Ciudad Juarez would not provide them with tickets because of limited availability.
But the Juarez Catholic Diocese said last week it has designated 5,000 tickets for the Las Cruces Catholic Diocese and 10,000 for the El Paso Catholic Diocese.
Ciudad Juarez, on Mexico's northern border across from El Paso, is the last stop in the pope's schedule 5-day visit to Mexico.
Pope Francis is slated to finish his Ciudad Juarez trip with an open-air Mass on Feb. 17.
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — More than two dozen Texas counties are now eligible for federal help following deadly end-of-December blizzards and tornadoes.
President Barack Obama on Tuesday declared 25 counties federal disaster areas. Gov. Greg Abbott on Jan. 26 requested the disaster designation to provide expanded government assistance.
The declaration covers Bailey, Castro, Childress, Cochran, Dallas, Deaf Smith, Dickens, Ellis, Hall, Hardeman, Harrison, Henderson, Hopkins, Kaufman, Kent, King, Lamb, Lubbock, Navarro, Parmer, Rains, Red River, Rockwall, Titus and Van Zandt counties.
Storms reached West Texas on Christmas Day. Twisters and other violent weather hit North Texas the following day, claiming at least 13 lives.
Abbott's request for individual assistance is pending for Collin, Dallas, Ellis, Franklin, Rockwall and Van Zandt counties.
SAN ANTONIO (AP) — An ailing 12-year-old dolphin has died at SeaWorld San Antonio in the park's fourth animal death since last summer.
A SeaWorld official said Tuesday that necropsy results are expected in about six weeks on the Pacific white-sided dolphin called Dart.
Becca Bides (BEE'-duhs) says Dart died Friday after veterinarians monitored him for a month for unspecified health-related issues.
Another Pacific white-sided dolphin, a 37-year-old named Betty, was being monitored Tuesday for inflammation or possible infection. Bides says so far there's no apparent connection between the cases.
SeaWorld San Antonio has five white-sided dolphins and 21 bottlenose dolphins.
A beluga whale born premature died last July. A beluga whale named Stella died in November after apparent stomach trouble.
A killer whale named Unna died in December after suffering a fungal infection.