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HOUSTON (AP) — Astros reliever Brandon Lyon had surgery to drain a small cyst in his pitching shoulder but is ... Read Story »
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NEW YORK (AP) — Michael Douglas has shown up in federal court to support a son who pleaded guilty earlier ... Read Story »
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WAILUKU, Hawaii (AP) — A Federal Aviation Administration safety inspector and a helicopter tour pilot are recovering from non-life-threatening injuries ... Read Story »
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GREENWICH, Conn. (AP) — Police in Connecticut say a family that claimed it rescued three immigrant relatives from a kidnapper ... Read Story »
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AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas agreed to hire 250 workers to help process food-stamp applications after its public benefits agency ... Read Story »
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AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas will hire 250 workers to process food-stamp applications at the overwhelmed state public benefits agency, ... Read Story »
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MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Edward Wayne Edwards' days of hitchhiking across the country, stealing cars, robbing gas stations and forging ... Read Story »
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ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — Bondholders are challenging a plan to allow Donald Trump to retake control of his Atlantic ... Read Story »
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WORCESTER, Vt. (AP) — To prepare for a trip to Tuscany, Paul Boffa visited a local Verizon store to learn ... Read Story »
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JOHANNESBURG (AP) — It's gritty, it's hip and it's downtown in one of the most dangerous cities in the world. Read Story »
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DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Dubai has earned itself an unlikely spot amid the world's ritziest — and priciest ... Read Story »
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Carlos Garza walked into his office, closed the door behind him and sat back in his chair. Read Story »
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PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad (AP) — An Englishwoman who was badly slashed by machete-wielding assailants at her Tobago home was scheduled to ... Read Story »
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CHILLICOTHE, Mo. (AP) — Copies of grand jury court transcripts from a Missouri murder case that a judge said did ... Read Story »
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ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Alaska authorities conducted interviews and reviewed security camera footage Tuesday aboard a cruise ship after the ... Read Story »
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ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Alaska authorities conducted interviews and reviewed security camera footage Tuesday aboard a cruise ship after the ... Read Story »
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ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Alaska police conducted interviews and reviewed security camera footage Tuesday aboard a cruise ship after the ... Read Story »
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ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — The Coast Guard has launched a massive search in frigid Alaska waters for a cruise ship ... Read Story »
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Drought Issues Continue Read Story »
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We just returned from our Professional Improvement Conference in San Antonio last week. We had a great meeting and I ... Read Story »
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NEW YORK (AP) — A monthslong dispute over who should pay to build office towers at the World Trade Center ... Read Story »
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RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - Chalk one up for people who say one person can make a big difference in petitioning ... Read Story »
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Q: I am concerned about the food additive high fructose corn syrup. You have mentioned it in your column before ... Read Story »
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We drove to Lake Charles last weekend to visit my parents. They are in their late 70s now and their ... Read Story »
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Welcome to the Victoria Advocate's newest column. Read Story »
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Victoria County may have to raise the property tax rate to avoid losing desperately needed tax income. Read Story »
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ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Alaska state troopers have identified a woman believed to have fallen overboard from a cruise ship ... Read Story »
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ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — A woman's body has been found during a search in frigid Alaska waters for a cruise ... Read Story »
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ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — The Coast Guard has launched a massive search in frigid Alaska waters for a cruise ship ... Read Story »
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FOLSOM, Pa. (AP) — Rep. Joe Sestak on Tuesday announced he would challenge Republican-turned-Democrat Sen. Arlen Specter, setting the stage ... Read Story »
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — The wishes Michael Jackson expressed in his will began to come into reality Monday during a ... Read Story »
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — The wishes Michael Jackson expressed in his will began to come into reality Monday during a ... Read Story »
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Mia Mendoza, 15, wants to be a nurse someday. Akeyla Ramey, 14, wants to be a doctor. Ian Less, 15, ... Read Story »
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A 10-acre grass fire near 400 Paco Road threatened about five homes Monday afternoon. Read Story »
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The Texas Zoo has two new green wing macaws. Read Story »
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CUERO - A 55-year-old Yorktown man was charged Friday with improper photography for taking pictures of underage girls at the ... Read Story »
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YORKTOWN - Dave Fitts' auto parts store had never been broken into since he took over for his father-in-law in ... Read Story »
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NEW YORK (AP) — Lawyers for Dan Rather have filed a new lawsuit against two current and former CBS executives ... Read Story »
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WAUSAU, Wis. (AP) — A married man who planned to rendezvous with one of his handful of lovers at an ... Read Story »
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FOLSOM, Pa. (AP) — Democratic Pennsylvania Rep. Joe Sestak is challenging Republican-turned-Democrat Arlen Specter for his Senate seat. Read Story »
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HONG KONG (AP) — "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" star Zhang Ziyi is trying her hand at romantic comedy after a ... Read Story »
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NEW BEDFORD, Mass. (AP) — Investigators are still trying to figure out what caused the toxic fumes at a New ... Read Story »
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ABERDEEN, Wash. (AP) — The late Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain is igniting a new controversy in his hometown of Aberdeen, ... Read Story »
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NEW YORK (AP) — Reality TV mom Kate Gosselin says she feels a sense of peace after making the decision ... Read Story »
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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The status of three Americans believed held by Iranian authorities after they apparently illegally crossed the ... Read Story »
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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Freelance journalist Shane Bauer planned to cover the elections in northern Iraq's self-ruled Kurdish region. His ... Read Story »
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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The status of three Americans believed held by Iranian authorities after they apparently illegally crossed the ... Read Story »
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DYERSBURG, Tenn. (AP) — Neighbors in a northwestern Tennessee community are questioning why a teenage girl fatally shot by the ... Read Story »
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Thousands of families carry the gene that causes sickle cell disease and don't know it — eventhough ... Read Story »
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HONOLULU (AP) — University of Hawaii administrators have met with the school's faculty union to discuss a new contract. Read Story »
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The 2008 regular season for the St. Joseph Flyers can only be described as dominant. But the seniors would sacrifice ... Read Story »
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Jared Dolezal ended his first day of practice as Memorial's starting quarterback running in the bleachers. Read Story »
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CUERO - Cuero held its first practice of the season Monday morning, but it was far from business as usual. Read Story »
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Although they've never met her, sisters Anna Soto and Sandra Gonzales want more than anything to locate their long-lost sister. ... Read Story »
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WASHINGTON - The recession is starving the government of tax revenue, just as the president and Congress are piling a ... Read Story »
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Cas Kutach recently returned from his first deployment in the Middle East and received a promotion to the rank of ... Read Story »
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Corrections and Clarifications Read Story »
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OLIVIA - One person was killed and another injured in a fiery one-car crash late Sunday. Read Story »
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VICTORIA - A 32-year-old Victoria man on suspicion of assault causing bodily injury, interfering with an emergency call and intoxication. Read Story »
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Think there might be treasure hidden in the attic? Now might be the time to dig it out. Read Story »
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NEW YORK (AP) — Arizona Diamondbacks ace Brandon Webb had shoulder surgery Monday, putting an end to a difficult season ... Read Story »
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SANDSTONE, Minn. (AP) — A Minnesota woman has been charged with starving to death her developmentally disabled 10-year-old daughter, who ... Read Story »
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NORWALK, Calif. (AP) — Animal control officials are trying to find out how two dead 4-foot-long leopard sharks ended up ... Read Story »
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Editor's Note: All club and support group meeting notices run in the support groups and meeting notices calendar on Sundays. ... Read Story »
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NEW YORK (AP) — Law enforcement officials say Michael Douglas' grown son has been arrested on a drug charge at ... Read Story »
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JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Retired FBI agent Jim Ingram, who helped state and federal officials reopen long-dormant investigations of killings ... Read Story »
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — A judge abruptly dismissed a wrongful death lawsuit filed by the mother of a 19-month-old girl ... Read Story »
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NEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP) — A former priest claims a bishop who played a leading national role in responding to ... Read Story »
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ABILENE, Texas (AP) — Aaron Oliver, a shortstop/outfielder from East Los Angeles College who hit .398 with 43 stolen bases ... Read Story »
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NEW BEDFORD, Mass. (AP) — Noxious fumes at a trash disposal facility sent 119 people to hospitals Monday, including two ... Read Story »
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It is always exciting to see people new to the practice. It is kind of like Forrest Gump's "Box of ... Read Story »
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County considering a tax hike Read Story »
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Discount Tire Co. will soon occupy the area just north of Victoria's newest Walgreens Drug Store at 5204 N. Navarro ... Read Story »
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NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — Police say a northern New Jersey corrections officer shot and wounded her boyfriend, then killed her ... Read Story »
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MENDON, Mass. (AP) — Officials say a startled deer jumped and kicked a 4-year-old girl in the face at Southwick's ... Read Story »
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HONOLULU (AP) — The J.M. Long Foundation has given $1 million to the College of Pharmacy at the University of ... Read Story »
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STANDISH, Mich. (AP) — To many people struggling in this job-starved part of rural Michigan, unemployment is a bigger threat ... Read Story »
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — Attorneys for Michael Jackson's longtime dermatologist say the doctor doesn't object to the King of Pop's ... Read Story »
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NEW YORK (AP) — The NBA has fined three teams an undisclosed amount for leaking details of their schedules before ... Read Story »
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — It's been a wild year for members of an Ohio family, who say they've accomplished a ... Read Story »
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LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — A $31.6 million bond issue to finance construction of four new buildings on the campus ... Read Story »
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JONESBORO, Ark. (AP) — Billy Lee Riley, a rambunctious performer who helped develop the Sun Records sound as a studio ... Read Story »
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DEER ISLE, Maine (AP) — The U.S. Coast Guard says the pilot of a helicopter that made an emergency water ... Read Story »
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HONOLULU (AP) — The National Transportation Safety Board has confirmed an initial finding that the captain and first officer of ... Read Story »
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MIAMI (AP) — Some passengers were snoozing while others snacked when the first turbulence rattled Continental Flight 128 over the ... Read Story »
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"No. It just tells me how bad off the churches are. They are more like the world than they are ... Read Story »
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WASHINGTON PARK, Ill. (AP) — This decaying southwestern Illinois village best known for its strip clubs has filed for bankruptcy ... Read Story »
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GAINESVILLE, Texas (AP) — A tractor-trailer slammed into backed-up traffic on Interstate 35 near the Texas-Oklahoma border Monday, killing three ... Read Story »
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EL PASO, Texas (AP) — A U.S. Border Patrol agent says he's guilty of fraud for lying to federal housing ... Read Story »
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STOCKTON, Calif. (AP) — A Northern California biologist says he has found a population of giant garter snakes, a federally ... Read Story »
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TULSA, Okla. (AP) — A sentence of nearly 4 years in prison has been imposed on a Wann woman accused ... Read Story »
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PASADENA, California (AP) — Julianna Margulies says her character in television's new fall drama "The Good Wife" is no "silly ... Read Story »
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — The museum director at the Rhode Island School of Design has resigned. Read Story »
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TULSA, Okla. (AP) — The Midwest's first Hard Rock Hotel&Casino opened Monday outside Tulsa, following a $155 million expansion by ... Read Story »
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NEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP) — A former Connecticut priest claims a bishop who played a leading national role in responding ... Read Story »
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Pulte Homes Inc. and Centex Corp. posted quarterly results Monday reflecting the recent improvement seen in the nation's battered housing ... Read Story »
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AKRON, Ohio (AP) — NASA has begun testing an airless tire developed by the Goodyear Tire&Rubber Co. for use in ... Read Story »
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I am not surprised by TEA's rating of VISD. Read Story »
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The George Washington Carver Civic Center was founded by educator C.A. Dudley, for whom Dudley school is named, in the ... Read Story »
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CUMBERLAND, Md. (AP) — A man who often lost his keys died after climbing a fire escape and getting wedged ... Read Story »
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CHICAGO (AP) — Depression in children as young as 3 is real and not just a passing grumpy mood, according ... Read Story »
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UNION, N.J. (AP) — A northern New Jersey man is charged with stealing a prime piece of Internet real estate ... Read Story »
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WASHINGTON (AP) — A former high-ranking NASA official went on trial Monday on charges that he steered nearly $10 million ... Read Story »
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OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — The Oklahoma Transportation Commission on Monday awarded $63 million for the largest and most complex phase ... Read Story »
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HAVANA (AP) — Upscale grocery stores that were scheduled to close two days last week for inventory remained shuttered Monday ... Read Story »
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MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Same-sex couples in Wisconsin have started signing up for the state's new domestic partnership registry. Read Story »
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WORCESTER, Mass. (AP) — The uncle, aunt and estranged boyfriend of a slain woman whose baby was cut from her ... Read Story »
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MIAMI (AP) — A Brazilian singer's lawsuit claims flight attendants called him racial slurs on a trip from New York ... Read Story »
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MENOMINEE, Mich. (AP) — An upper peninsula museum is borrowing a page from retailers by promoting Christmas in July. Read Story »
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LAS VEGAS (AP) — A trio of Nevada Supreme Court justices focused Monday on whether O.J. Simpson and a former ... Read Story »
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Some notable terror trials held in federal courthouses that the Obama administration is considering for Guantanamo Bay detainees' trials. Read Story »
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As casino operator MGM Mirage works through a recession to lower its debt and keep business flowing at its casino-resorts, ... Read Story »
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OSHKOSH, Wis. (AP) — Attendance at the Experimental Aircraft Association's annual convention in Oshkosh increased 12 percent this year. Read Story »
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WORCESTER, Mass. (AP) — At least three people are seeking custody of a baby who was cut from her slain ... Read Story »
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SAN ANTONIO (AP) — Day by day, kid by kid, Roy Williams is doing his best to replace Terrell Owens ... Read Story »
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NEW YORK (AP) — Marathon Oil Corp. said Monday its second-quarter profit fell 47 percent from a year ago when ... Read Story »
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ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Two companies the state accuses of negligence that contributed to the Interstate 35W bridge collapse ... Read Story »
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NEW YORK (AP) — Lisa Tolin, deputylifestyles editor, has been named lifestyles editor of The Associated Press, responsible for coverage ... Read Story »
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Centex Corp. says it posted a profit in its first-quarter, thanks to a $407 million tax gain. Read Story »
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — Craig Ferguson, who earned his pilot's license last week, says he loves aviation because it's the ... Read Story »
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MEDFORD, Mass. (AP) — A third suspect charged in a fatal Harvard University dormitory shooting was ordered held without bail ... Read Story »
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YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK, Calif. (AP) — The landmark Ahwahnee Hotel in Yosemite National Park is due for its first major ... Read Story »
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MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The mother of an American freelance journalist said Monday she was concerned for the safety and welfare ... Read Story »
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NEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP) — A woman whose husband disappeared from their honeymoon cruise in 2005 plans to remarry. Read Story »
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SAN ANTONIO (AP) — The Texas Lottery is making a big bet on the Dallas Cowboys. Read Story »
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HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — U.S. Sen. Chris Dodd told small business owners Monday that he will spend the month of ... Read Story »
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DETROIT (AP) — Authorities say Detroit rapper Baatin, who co-founded the group Slum Village, has died in his hometown. He ... Read Story »
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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Google Inc. Chief Executive Eric Schmidt has resigned from Apple Inc.'s board because of the companies' ... Read Story »
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NEW YORK (AP) — Google CEO Eric Schmidt is resigning from Apple's board of directors as the Internet search leader ... Read Story »
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NEW YORK (AP) — Google CEO Eric Schmidt has resigned from Apple's board of directors as the Internet search leader ... Read Story »
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CUPERTINO, California (AP) — Google CEO Eric Schmidt has resigned from Apple's board of directors. Read Story »
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NEW BEDFORD, Mass. (AP) — Noxious fumes at a trash disposal facility sent 55 people to hospitals on Monday, including ... Read Story »
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AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — As the state's senior U.S. senator, Kay Bailey Hutchison has secured hundreds of millions of federal ... Read Story »
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NEW BEDFORD, Mass. (AP) — Authorities say two people were critically injured and more than 4 dozens were hospitalized after ... Read Story »
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Country singer Billy Currington says he and his band are very grateful to be alive after ... Read Story »
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CHICAGO (AP) — The chairman of the University of Illinois' Board of Trustees resigned Monday amid an investigation into the ... Read Story »
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NEW YORK (AP) — The Fox network says Kara DioGuardi will be back for her second round as a judge ... Read Story »
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ELGIN, Ore. (AP) — An Oregon house painter wanted for the murders of three acquaintances, including a woman whose severed ... Read Story »
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Speak Out comments from 08/03/2009. Read Story »
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GAINESVILLE, Texas (AP) — A tractor-trailer rig slammed into backed-up traffic on Interstate 35 near the Texas-Oklahoma border, killing at ... Read Story »
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — A man has been sentenced to 15 years in federal prison for selling hallucinogenic mushrooms to ... Read Story »
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PASADENA, Calif. (AP) — The game show "Let's Make a Deal" is coming back to daytime television. Read Story »
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CUMBERLAND, Md. (AP) — Police in northwest Maryland say a 55-year-old man died after getting stuck in a second-floor window ... Read Story »
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LONDON (AP) — Academy Award-winner Tilda Swinton is spending part of the summer hauling a mobile movie theater across the ... Read Story »
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SANDUSKY, Ohio (AP) — For our first family vacation with our 4-year-old daughter, we had several criteria: It had to ... Read Story »
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PASADENA, Calif. (AP) — Ben Silverman is gone from NBC as entertainment chief but he's not forgotten by the industry. Read Story »
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BALTIMORE (AP) — Baltimore police say a burglary suspect mistakenly declared dead by medics after he was shot by an ... Read Story »
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NEW BEDFORD, Mass. (AP) — Noxious fumes at a trash disposal facility sent more than four dozen people to hospitals ... Read Story »
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WORCESTER, Mass. (AP) — A man who says he is the father of a baby who was cut from her ... Read Story »
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MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The mother of an American freelance journalist missing in Iran says she is concerned for the "safety ... Read Story »
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"Rain Gods" (Simon&Schuster, 434 pages, $25.99), by James Lee Burke: As the story begins, Sheriff Hackberry Holland is poking around ... Read Story »
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MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The Minnesota Timberwolves have signed restricted free-agent center Ryan Hollins to an offer sheet and seem likely ... Read Story »
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"The Girl Who Played With Fire" (Knopf, 503 pages, $25.95), by Stieg Larsson: Swedish crime writer Stieg Larsson's "The Girl ... Read Story »
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PHOENIX (AP) — It was a scenario U.S. law enforcement had long feared: A fragmentation grenade from Mexico's bloody drug ... Read Story »
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SAN ANTONIO (AP) — Marin McGrath was just 2 years old when she was diagnosed with a brain tumor. She ... Read Story »
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NEW BEDFORD, Mass. (AP) — Noxious fumes at a Massachusetts trash disposal facility have sent more than four dozen people ... Read Story »
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LUBBOCK, Texas (AP) — In a July 30 story about a Texas Tech faculty petition opposing the hiring of former ... Read Story »
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NEW YORK (AP) — A woman was charged with murder in the strangling of an 89-year-old man who once ran ... Read Story »
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JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Online job advertisements remained steady from June to July, but a national report shows over 560,000 ... Read Story »
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SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Looters who plundered one of Utah's newest troves of dinosaur bones got away with ribs, ... Read Story »
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"Perfect Life" by Jessica Shattuck (W.W. Norton&Co., 320 pages, $24.95): Jenny Callahan thought she had the perfect solution to her ... Read Story »
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HILLSBORO, Texas (AP) — A small plane crashed and burned at Lake Whitney State Park but the pilot walked away ... Read Story »
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NEW YORK (AP) — AP's fast, multidimensional coverage of the splashdown of a passenger jet into the Hudson River has ... Read Story »
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — It has been a wild year for members of an Ohio family who say they've accomplished ... Read Story »
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TYLER, Texas (AP) — Ann L. Campbell, the mother of 1977 Heisman Trophy winner Earl Campbell, has died in Tyler. Read Story »
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HAVANA (AP) — It's well after midnight and the New Yorker is strutting down a crumbling sidewalk in impossibly high ... Read Story »
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GREENWICH, Conn. (AP) — A family asked to pay a ransom to free three immigrant relatives showed up with baseball ... Read Story »
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"Rain Gods" (Simon&Schuster, 434 pages, $25.99), by James Lee Burke: As the story begins, Sheriff Hackberry Holland is poking around ... Read Story »
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FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — A woman found slain a quarter century ago in Florida has been identified after relatives ... Read Story »
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WASHINGTON (AP) — First lady Michelle Obama is becoming an honorary chairwoman of the National First Ladies' Library. Read Story »
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AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The image of a cowboy on a horse is featured on a new Texas vehicle inspection ... Read Story »
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NEW YORK (AP) — Sidney Zion, a journalist whose family tragedy helped lead to changes in how many hours medical ... Read Story »
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CHICAGO (AP) — The chairman of the University of Illinois' Board of Trustees has resigned amid an investigation into the ... Read Story »
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MIAMI (AP) — A Continental Airlines jet carrying 179 people from Brazil to Texas hit severe turbulence over the Atlantic ... Read Story »
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DETROIT (AP) — About 6,000 General Motors Co. blue-collar workers have taken the latest round of early retirement and buyout ... Read Story »
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NASHVILLE, Tennessee (AP) — Sugarland's Kristian Bush knows a network TV special and a live CD/DVD package might seem quaint ... Read Story »
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Sugarland's Kristian Bush knows a live CD/DVD package and a network TV special might seem quaint ... Read Story »
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FAIRFAX, Va. (AP) — President Barack Obama said Monday a new GI Bill for those who fought in Iraq and ... Read Story »
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LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — A Kentucky man has pleaded not guilty to murder, drunken driving and other charges after police ... Read Story »
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SAN ANTONIO (AP) — Gov. Rick Perry says the idea that laws shouldn't be informed by religion is an extreme ... Read Story »
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SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA, España (AP) — Martin Sheen se encontraba el lunes en Santiago de Compostela, donde el mes próximo ... Read Story »
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NEW YORK (AP) — An investigation into the spread of a deadly drug-resistant staph germ at hospitals in Washington state ... Read Story »
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HOUSTON (AP) — Houston police say a man found slain at a house was the victim of an apparent ax ... Read Story »
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LONDON (AP) — Banking group Barclays PLC said Monday that first-half net profit rose 10 percent as stronger earnings from ... Read Story »
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NEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP) — A Connecticut woman whose husband disappeared from their honeymoon cruise in 2005 plans to remarry. Read Story »
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JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Retired FBI agent Jim Ingram, who investigated Ku Klux Klan killings and violent acts across Mississippi ... Read Story »
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BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — Groups of travelers are returning to the United States after defying the federal government's ban on ... Read Story »
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MIAMI (AP) — More than two dozen people were hurt when a Continental Airlines jet hit turbulence on a flight ... Read Story »
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MUNICH (AP) — Karlheinz Schreiber, a key figure in a political party financing scandal involving former Chancellor Helmut Kohl, was ... Read Story »
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"The Defector" (G.P. Putnam's Sons, 480 pages, $26.95), by Daniel Silva: Gabriel Allon's big mistake at the close of Daniel ... Read Story »
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ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — A Turkish official says seven British tourists and two Turks were slightly injured in a traffic ... Read Story »
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"The Fallen Sky: An Intimate History of Shooting Stars," (Tarcher/Penguin. 480 pages. $27.95) by Christopher Cokinos: Chicken Little kind of ... Read Story »
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The beginning of another week, and more hot weather. Of course, with football practices starting and school fast approaching, can ... Read Story »
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FORT HOOD, Texas (AP) — Army officials say a suspect has been caught in the attempted abduction of a newborn ... Read Story »
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CINCINNATI (AP) — The star of the "Zits" comic strip will finally turn 16 and start driving. Read Story »
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Monday: Mostly sunny and hot, with a high near 100 degrees. Heat index as high as 105. South wind between ... Read Story »
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KERRVILLE, Texas (AP) — Taking a dip in the Kerrville city pool is a thing of the past this summer ... Read Story »
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PASADENA, Calif. (AP) — "Doctor Who" star David Tennant is bringing his portrayal of Hamlet from the stage to the ... Read Story »
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PITTSBURGH (AP) — The Friends of the Fort Pitt Museum are paying $60,000 so an artist can create a wall-sized ... Read Story »
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PASADENA, Calif. (AP) — PBS is launching an online cross-country adventure for children starring two brothers — who happen to ... Read Story »
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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The lawyers were paid millions of dollars. Ford Motor Co. put behind it a costly lawsuit ... Read Story »
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GALVESTON, Texas (AP) — One swimmer died and two lifeguards suffered cuts from jetty rocks trying to save him during ... Read Story »
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DETROIT LAKES, Minn. (AP) — Country music fans will be swarming to the Detroit Lakes area this week for the ... Read Story »
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CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — Electrical products maker and galvanizing services provider AZZ Inc. has acquired Pilot Galvanizing. Read Story »
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PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Coming soon to your TV: More advertising, in places you might not expect. Read Story »
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CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — Wyoming's agriculture industry is looking at the oilseed crops camelina, canola and sunflowers as part of ... Read Story »
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Roy Clark has donated an electric guitar and two pieces of clothing to the Country Music ... Read Story »
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BIGELOW, RANDY, 50, of Palacios: Mass, 10 a.m., Palacios Funeral Home, Palacios, 361-972-2012, with burial at Ashby Cemetery in El ... Read Story »
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