Drummer Shannon Powell represented the city's Treme neighborhood with a panoply of rhythm and a kick drum that bumped the metered funk of Zigaboo Modeliste, the early stomp of Baby Dodds and the bamboula beat of the Caribbean.
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The U.S. Border Patrol polices Phoenix's bus station and airport some 175 miles from Mexico because the city has become an unofficial port of entry, says agent Shannon Stevens.
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Robert Giordano, of the Oklahoma City suburb of Edmond, said he last spoke to his wife, Shannon, on Monday.
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