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MIAMISBURG, Ohio (AP) - Air safety authorities say a single-engine plane flying with an open door has crashed in Ohio, ... Read Story »
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NEW YORK (AP) — The stock market paused from a four-day rally Monday and closed modestly lower after big consumer ... Read Story »
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NEW YORK (AP) — Stock futures rose modestly Monday as investors try to extend a market rally into a fifth ... Read Story »
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NEW YORK (AP) — Stock futures are rising modestly as investors try to extend a market rally into a fifth ... Read Story »
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HONG KONG (AP) — Jackie Chan says his new Chinese movie was some 20 years in the making, crediting an ... Read Story »
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NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks fell modestly Friday morning after the Federal Reserve raised the interest rate it charges banks ... Read Story »
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NEW YORK (AP) — The first three nights of the Vancouver Olympics meant ratings gold for NBC last week, but ... Read Story »
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CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C. (AP) — A U.S. soldier who fled to Canada to avoid being deployed to Iraq has been ... Read Story »
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LONDON (AP) - A painter who depicts the scenes of famous tragedies and an artist who sings over supermarket loudspeakers ... Read Story »
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FLINT, Mich. (AP) — A Michigan mom accused of starving her adopted quadriplegic daughter to death has pleaded no contest ... Read Story »
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DETROIT (AP) — General Motors says it will reconsider its decision to close some dealerships as part of a compromise ... Read Story »
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — Mya is tops among semifinalists on "Dancing with the Stars." Read Story »
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Oil prices shot above $80 a barrel Monday as a weakened U.S. dollar created more turbulence in energy markets than ... Read Story »
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SAN DIEGO (AP) — U.S. authorities say they are seizing significantly more illicit cash and guns along the Mexican border. Read Story »
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NASSAU, Bahamas (AP) — The Bahamas lawmaker who prompted a mistrial in the John Travolta extortion case has publicly apologized ... Read Story »
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MIAMI (AP) — The kingpin once responsible for sending more Colombian cocaine into the United States than anyone has been ... Read Story »
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DETROIT (AP) — For those who expected General Motors' once-funky Saturn brand to live on with a new owner, Wednesday ... Read Story »
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SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) — The Orange County coroner's office says foul play has been ruled out after an autopsy ... Read Story »
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RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Creditors representing more than $20 million have endorsed Michael Vick's plan to pay them back and ... Read Story »
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WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration wants a Florida pharmacy to stop making animal ... Read Story »
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SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Twenty-nine species in more than 20 states — from a rare beach-dwelling plant in Yellowstone ... Read Story »
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GRAND FORKS, N.D. (AP) — A North Dakota woman convicted of breast-feeding her 6-week-old baby while drunk is in jail ... Read Story »
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HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — A spike in new housing permits in Connecticut has sparked some optimism among government and construction ... Read Story »
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GRAND CANYON NATIONAL PARK, Ariz. (AP) — Authorities say they have found a body in Grand Canyon National Park and ... Read Story »
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RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A woman whose husband was stationed at a North Carolina military base has filed a lawsuit ... Read Story »
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BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP) - Farrah Fawcett's closest friends marked the first anniversary of her death by dedicating a cancer-research ... Read Story »
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Sarah Jessica Parker and Matthew Broderick are the proud parents of twin girls delivered by a ... Read Story »
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WASHINGTON — With the recession easing, Federal Reserve policymakers are unlikely to launch any major new efforts to revive the ... Read Story »
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Psalm 11:3 reads, "If the foundations be destroyed what can the righteous do?" Read Story »
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To me, feeling vulnerable is one of the scariest emotions a human being can have. Read Story »
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Mark 9:41 For whoever shall give you a cup of water to drink in my name, because you belong to ... Read Story »
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According to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 83 million tons of paper product waste was generated in 2007. That is ... Read Story »
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Along with Carolina wrens and cardinals, the little tufted titmice are one of most vocal songsters. Read Story »
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Our mild, spring-like temperatures have recently felt more like summer to me. Doesn't it seem like the summer heat arrives ... Read Story »
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The botanical name of the angelonia is Augustifolia hybrid. I am definitely not a scientific gardener. In fact, my plants ... Read Story »
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SAN ANTONIO - Dirk Nowitzki and the Dallas Mavericks calmly walked off the floor with little more than some high-fives, ... Read Story »
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He's a family man, a businessman and a politician. But most of all, Victoria Mayor Will Armstrong likes to think ... Read Story »
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ATHLETES OF THE WEEK Read Story »
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If chicks dig the long ball, the University of Houston-Victoria baseball team should be very popular with the ladies. Read Story »
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Decatur, Ala., likely isn't a location many college students dream of traveling to, but there is no where the University ... Read Story »
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — The J. Paul Getty Trust, which operates two Los Angeles-area art museums, announced plans this week ... Read Story »
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EDNA - A man drowned in Lake Texana on Tuesday after the canoe he and his two companions were riding ... Read Story »
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Officials phones rang throughout the Crossroads region on Tuesday as residents called to get local information on the swine flu ... Read Story »
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NEW YORK (AP) — Citigroup Inc. is worried about losing employees, and trying to figure out how to retain them. Read Story »
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CUERO - Pam Anderson compared her and her husband's adventure Monday to the children's story of the Three Little Pigs. Read Story »
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The National Weather Service in Corpus Christi has issued a flood warning for the Guadalupe River near Bloomington. Read Story »
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WHARTON - A 59-year-old Columbus woman was killed during an antique tractor pull at the Wharton County Youth Fair on ... Read Story »
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Victoria will change the way it treats its water, which could affect dialysis treatment centers and people with aquariums. Read Story »
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A: "They have a good chance of still winning. They just have to give it all they have." Read Story »
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VICTORIA - A 25-year-old Victoria man by officers Sunday on suspicion of carrying prohibited brass knuckles and possession of less ... Read Story »
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Without explanation, the Patti Welder Middle School principal of nine years has resigned. Read Story »
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The Victoria County Farm Bureau will host its second annual Livestock & Grain Marketing Workshop Thursday. Read Story »
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YOAKUM - David Barnes doesn't think of himself as anyone special, but others do. Read Story »
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NEW YORK (AP) — The federal court overseeing Google Inc.'s settlement over its book-scanning program is giving authors four more ... Read Story »
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Victoria's mayor carried his plea for help in financing proposed overpasses to the commissioners court, but left without a commitment. Read Story »
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Crossroads school buses haul more than just students now. Read Story »
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NEW YORK (AP) — Movies generally take a long time to make, but thanks to foresight and quick work, several ... Read Story »
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NEW YORK (AP) — Eric Bana has shared the screen with various leading ladies. The only one who really got ... Read Story »
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TASO BASEBALL UMPIRES: Wednesday, April 29, 7 p.m., National Oil Well, 901 Juan Linn St. E. For information, call Ed ... Read Story »
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TUESDAY SKATE NIGHT: Tuesday, 6-8 p.m., $1. For information, call Raymond Garza Jr at 361-578-9725 or Gary Moses at 361-573-2853. Read Story »
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CUERO - Cuero's Leske Motor Co. will close its doors at the end of the month. Read Story »
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Number 8 in our countdown of the area's ten most important people Read Story »
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"I don't know why people think that somehow the First Amendment applies to network television. It doesn't. It's like the ... Read Story »
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CHICAGO (AP) — Pity the prospective juror named Mr. T. Read Story »
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — You will be shocked — shocked! — to learn that in "Ghosts of Girlfriends Past," Matthew ... Read Story »
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WASHINGTON (AP) — The Geneva-based World Health Organization on Wednesday raised its alert level for the fast-spreading swine flu to ... Read Story »
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MEXICO CITY (AP) — A top Mexican medical officer accused the World Health Organization of being slow to respond to ... Read Story »
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LINTHICUM, Md. (AP) — Two men who had too much to drink caused 117 passengers on a flight from Mexico ... Read Story »
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ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Nomar Garciaparra and Mark Ellis left Oakland's game against the Texas Rangers on Tuesday night with ... Read Story »
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CINCINNATI (AP) — The Houston Astros put closer Jose Valverde on the 15-day disabled list Tuesday because of a strained ... Read Story »
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — Federal charges against producer Gary Howsam have been dismissed, ending what he called a long ordeal. Read Story »
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GREENBELT, Md. (AP) — Federal prosecutors say a D.C. woman has pleaded guilty in a mortgage fraud Ponzi scheme that ... Read Story »
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ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — NBA commissioner David Stern says the Orlando Magic will host an All-Star game soon in their ... Read Story »
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NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Rapper Lil Wayne is suing the producer of a song he performed that allegedly sampled another ... Read Story »
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Singer Tony Bennett says it's a crime that performers don't get paid by radio stations when their ... Read Story »
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CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — The Wyoming Business Council is sending to Gov. Dave Freudenthal a plan to reduce the agency's ... Read Story »
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LAS VEGAS (AP) — The commissioner of the World Series of Poker commissioner said Tuesday that he thinks that cardplayer ... Read Story »
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HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Sen. Arlen Specter's surprise defection to the Democratic Party scrambled the political calculus for both parties ... Read Story »
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NEW YORK (AP) — Keith Olbermann's offer for a donation if Sean Hannity undergoes waterboarding is off the table, the ... Read Story »
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SOLEDAD, Calif. (AP) — At least five people were killed and dozens injured when a tour bus carrying French tourists ... Read Story »
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ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin will sign bills accepting most of the federal stimulus funds available to ... Read Story »
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NEW YORK (AP) — The swine flu outbreak is unleashing a side effect the global economy is in no condition ... Read Story »
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NEW YORK (AP) — The NBA fined three coaches Tuesday for publicly criticizing referees during the NBA playoffs. Read Story »
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NEW YORK (AP) — As such trees go it's short and stocky — only 20 feet tall and 18 inches ... Read Story »
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TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Lt. Gov. Mark Parkinson, wooed from the Republican Party three years ago by Democratic Gov. Kathleen ... Read Story »
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The global warming myth continues. They want us to save the polar bears but kill our unborn children. The hot ... Read Story »
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NEW YORK (AP) — In Craig Lucas' frenetic and entertaining drama "The Singing Forest," time seems to stand still for ... Read Story »
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BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — A nuclear missile will be removed from an underground silo in North Dakota because runoff from ... Read Story »
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MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin legislators have voted to require day-care providers to install alarm systems in their vehicles to ... Read Story »
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BOGOTA (AP) — Dole Food Co. made regular payments for at least a decade in a banana-growing region to illegal ... Read Story »
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Two dozen students are injured after two buses taking children on a school trip crashed in Washington, ... Read Story »
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DENVER (AP) — With a little help from the hometown kid, Carmelo Anthony is finally moving on. Read Story »
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NEW YORK (AP) — MTV is betting on a British model to bethe centerpiece of a program to fill the ... Read Story »
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MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Drivers will have to pay attention to bicyclists before they open car doors or face a ... Read Story »
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CLEARWATER, Fla. (AP) — It was just one hit, but still you would have expected some reaction from the pitcher, ... Read Story »
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AKRON, Ohio (AP) — Police say a 14-year-old girl was dancing topless at an Akron strip club when they raided ... Read Story »
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NEW YORK (AP) — American Axle&Manufacturing Inc. plans to shutter the largest plant at its Detroit manufacturing complex and move ... Read Story »
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NEW YORK (AP) — The publisher behind a video game based on one of the Iraq war's fiercest battles has ... Read Story »
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DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Like the virus itself, the name "swine flu" is spreading quickly. For the pork purveyors ... Read Story »
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MILWAUKEE (AP) — Film incentive supporters are questioning why state government is promoting locations where the Johnny Depp movie "Public ... Read Story »
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ATLANTA (AP) — A national flight attendants union wants the Federal Aviation Administration to require U.S. airlines to develop and ... Read Story »
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — Movie studio DreamWorks Animation SKG Inc. said Tuesday its first-quarter profit more than doubled because of ... Read Story »
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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Sun Microsystems Inc.'s loss ballooned in the latest quarter as restructuring charges and a 20 percent ... Read Story »
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CHICAGO (AP) — A deputy U.S. marshal was convicted Tuesday of violating the secrecy of the federal government's witness protection ... Read Story »
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WALLA WALLA, Wash. (AP) — Getting a positive national review for his French-influenced restaurant in this remote farming town thrilled ... Read Story »
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WASHINGTON (AP) — The top U.S. negotiator on climate change said Tuesday that he is slightly more optimistic about striking ... Read Story »
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NEW YORK (AP) — Turns out a few more fans might be able to buy those empty front-row seats at ... Read Story »
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Congress is taking up a bipartisan proposal which would give the Obama administration more leverage over Iran ... Read Story »
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MILWAUKEE (AP) — The editor of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, named Tuesday as the new president of the American Society ... Read Story »
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Is the name swine flu hogwash? Read Story »
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CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (AP) — A former member of the Symbionese Liberation Army has arrived in Illinois to serve his parole ... Read Story »
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NEW YORK (AP) — At least five people were in U.S. hospitals with swine flu as the number of cases ... Read Story »
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NEW YORK (AP) — Several hundred students have fallen ill at the New York school hit by a swine flu ... Read Story »
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Audrey Bruns did not talk at her sister's funeral. She fears public speaking, and almost two decades after the teenager ... Read Story »
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COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A South Carolina trooper caught on video bumping a running suspect with his patrol car is ... Read Story »
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FORSYTH, Ga. (AP) — A trucker clung to the back of his trailerless semi Tuesday while a man who commandeered ... Read Story »
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WASHINGTON (AP) - House and Senate negotiators said Monday they have reached agreement on a new round of economic sanctions ... Read Story »
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Home construction for Americans 55 and older is expected to drop by nearly half in 2009 compared with the previous ... Read Story »
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CHICAGO (AP) — A judge found three Chicago police officers not guilty Tuesday of attacking two brothers in a tavern ... Read Story »
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SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah officials reported the state's first death associated with swine flu and Arizona recorded that ... Read Story »
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SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has declared a state of emergency that will help California agencies coordinate efforts ... Read Story »
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NEW YORK (AP) — Some travelers are sticking with planned trips to Mexico despite the swine flu scare, but others ... Read Story »
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — A small police force that patrols two gritty cities near Los Angeles routinely beat up suspects ... Read Story »
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TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) — A man was holding his estranged wife at gunpoint at a retirement community, about a month ... Read Story »
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RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Religious broadcaster Pat Robertson plans to retire next summer as president of Regent University, the private ... Read Story »
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MIAMI (AP) — Carnival Cruise Lines, Royal Caribbean Cruises and Norwegian Cruise Line have suspended stops at Mexican ports over ... Read Story »
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MIAMI (AP) — Carnival Cruise Lines, Royal Caribbean Cruises and Norwegian Cruise Line have suspended stops at Mexican ports over ... Read Story »
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Swine flu cases in the United States rose above 60 on Tuesday as governments around the world ... Read Story »
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CINCINNATI (AP) — The coin world is abuzz over the auction of a rare silver dollar, one of the most ... Read Story »
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — California regulators say they've found religious and children's jewelry with dangerously high lead levels at stores ... Read Story »
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MIAMI (AP) — The swine flu outbreak has prompted Carnival Corp. to suspend stops at Mexican ports for all three ... Read Story »
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NEW YORK (AP) — A federal appeals court concluded Tuesday there are no constitutional obstructions to letting Mayor Michael Bloomberg ... Read Story »
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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A federal appeals court on Tuesday ruled that a subsidiary of Chicago-based Boeing Co. can be ... Read Story »
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — Swine flu has been ruled out as the cause of one of two recent deaths being ... Read Story »
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CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — The California Public Employees' Retirement System, the largest U.S. public pension fund, said Tuesday it will ... Read Story »
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CANTON TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) — In an April 25 story about a high school student who posted perfect scores on ... Read Story »
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ROCKY MOUNTAIN NATIONAL PARK, Colo. (AP) — People camping overnight in Rocky Mountain National Park's backcountry will have to carry ... Read Story »
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — "The Garden" focuses on one of the most fundamental functions of human existence: the process of ... Read Story »
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NEW YORK (AP) — Asher Roth is in bed. On a Tuesday. At 1 p.m. Watching ESPN on a flat-screen ... Read Story »
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TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) — A man who police say was distraught over his pending divorce and whose mortgage business was ... Read Story »
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Speak Out comments from 04/28/09. Read Story »
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ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Pennsylvania Sen. Arlen Specter's party switch has turned up the heat on Minnesota's long-simmering U.S. ... Read Story »
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Astronomers have spotted a burst of energy from a dying star, setting a record for the oldest ... Read Story »
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ATLANTA (AP) — The number of confirmed swine flu cases in the United States has jumped to 64, federal officials ... Read Story »
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McLEAN, Va. (AP) — Fresh off a Pulitzer Prize win for his newspaper, Detroit Free Press Publisher David Hunke was ... Read Story »
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CINCINNATI (AP) — A federal appeals court in Ohio has denied a stay of deportation to Germany of alleged Nazi ... Read Story »
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HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — A special education teacher and former police officer was honored by President Barack Obama at the ... Read Story »
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — In an April 28 story about naming a highway for Jerry Lee Lewis, The Associated Press ... Read Story »
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WASHINGTON (AP) — A grinning President Barack Obama leans in toward his wife as they stand in a freight elevator, ... Read Story »
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ROANOKE, Va. (AP) — A Las Vegas man has pleaded guilty to sending an e-mail threat to two Virginia Tech ... Read Story »
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NEW YORK (AP) — Another soccer tournament in Mexico has been disrupted by concerns over the swine flu. Read Story »
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BRUSSELS, Belgium (AP) — The head of the Anheuser-Busch InBev beer giant said Tuesday the global headquarters will stay in ... Read Story »
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MEXICO CITY (AP) — Even the mighty Wolverine is taking precautions when it comes to swine flu. Read Story »
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BALTIMORE (AP) — A massive water main break shut down the heart of downtown Baltimore on Tuesday, sending thousands of ... Read Story »
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MEXICO CITY (AP) — Even the mighty Wolverine is taking precautions when it comes to swine flu. Read Story »
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MEXICO CITY (AP) — Even the mighty Wolverine is taking precautions when it comes to swine flu. Read Story »
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WASHINGTON (AP) — With just two days left before a government-imposed restructuring deadline, Chrysler LLC took a step away from ... Read Story »
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MOSCOW (AP) — Russia widened a ban Tuesday on meat imports from Mexico and some U.S. states, prompting objections from ... Read Story »
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McLEAN, Va. (AP) — USA Today, the nation's largest newspaper, filled two top executive positions Tuesday by naming David Hunke ... Read Story »
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NORFOLK, Va. (AP) — Lawyers for suspended NFL star Michael Vick are headed back to bankruptcy court in Virginia. Read Story »
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WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court granted a new hearing in federal court for a Tennessee death row inmate who ... Read Story »
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Ranging Reporter Julian Cavazos spent Tuesday morning talking to customers at Ramsey's Restaurant about the Spurs being in the playoffs. Read Story »
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MIAMI BEACH, Fla. (AP) — IBM Corp. boosted its quarterly dividend by 10 percent Tuesday, a sign of the company's ... Read Story »
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WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court deleted expletives left and right Tuesday in narrowly upholding a government policy that threatens ... Read Story »
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ZION NATIONAL PARK, Utah (AP) — The Narrows area at Zion National Park is reopening. Read Story »
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ATHENS, Ga. (AP) — A Georgia professor who shot three people outside a community theater targeted his wife's male friend ... Read Story »
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Tuesday: A 20-percent chance of showers before 10 a.m. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 83 degrees. Southeast wind 9 ... Read Story »
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MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) — The cargo ship captain held by Somali pirates didn't know at first that the gunshots that ... Read Story »
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — Two of Hollywood's biggest talent agencies have announced plans to merge in a power play that ... Read Story »
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Nintendo has owned the portable video-game market — first with the Game Boy, now with the DS — for so ... Read Story »
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — "Lost" marks its 100th episode Wednesday, an achievementits producers consider as surreal as the TV drama's ... Read Story »
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The Hermitage Hotel has afternoon tea in the grand lobby. Down-filled duvets (that's a fancy word ... Read Story »
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MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico emerged from its swine flu isolation Tuesday as thousands of newspaper vendors, salesmen hawking trinkets ... Read Story »
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — "Lost" marks its 100th episode Wednesday, an achievement its producers consider as surreal as the TV ... Read Story »
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — "Lost" marks its 100th episode Wednesday, an achievement its producers consider as surreal as the TV ... Read Story »
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NEW YORK (AP) — The latest J.R.R. Tolkien project lasted six years, more than half as long as the author ... Read Story »
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CHICAGO (AP) — A member of the Chicago City Council is attempting to use a 118-year-old contract to increase the ... Read Story »
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MEXICO CITY (AP) — World health officials raised a global alert to an unprecedented level as swine flu was blamed ... Read Story »
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GRAND FORKS, N.D. (AP) — State tourism officialsare in Grand Forks for their annual conference, to talk about "thinking inside ... Read Story »
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MOSCOW (AP) — Legendary Russian ballerina Ekaterina Maximova, who graced the stage of the Bolshoi Theater for 30 years, died ... Read Story »
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JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel's Health Ministry on Tuesday confirmed the country's first case of swine flu, saying a 26-year-old man ... Read Story »
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MEXICO CITY (AP) — The swine flu virus spread tomore countries Tuesday, and scientists said the official numbers represent only ... Read Story »
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AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — A same-sex marriage bill is going to the Maine Senate and House with a strong committee ... Read Story »
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LONDON (AP) — The most successful clubs in soccer's richest league have some of the biggest debts in the sport. Read Story »
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DUBLIN (AP) — Shares in Aer Lingus nosedived Tuesday after the Irish airline warned that losses this year will be ... Read Story »
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GENEVA (AP) — Drug manufacturers won't be able to start making a swine flu vaccine until mid-July at the earliest, ... Read Story »
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius won Senate confirmation Tuesday as the nation's health and human services secretary, thrusting ... Read Story »
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ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — The University of Alaska Anchorage has been given $7 million by a mystery donor who has ... Read Story »
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Getting to know 4-H Read Story »
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The Victoria City-County Health Department and its sister organization, the Crossroads Public Health District, inspect places where food is served ... Read Story »
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BRIGHT, LAVONNE SEGER, 87, of Victoria: Graveside service, 2 p.m., Memory Gardens Cemetery. Rosewood Funeral Chapels, Victoria, 361-573-4546. Read Story »
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The 10 teams were identified by the color of their handkerchief. Read Story »
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