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The supervisor in Los Angeles is Chris Weber.If you have a news tip or questions about the report, call 213-626-1200. ... Read Story »
PARIS (AP) — Cycling great Eddy Merckx says seven-time Tour de France champion Lance Armstrong should focus on more than ... Read Story »
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina state representatives formally reprimanded a governor for the first time Wednesday, admonishing Gov. Mark ... Read Story »
CENTERVILLE, Texas (AP) — A Texas prison inmate convicted of killing a corrections officer during a September 2007 escape is ... Read Story »
ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Fernando Perez drove home the go-ahead run with a squeeze bunt in the ninth inning for ... Read Story »
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SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Illinois law enforcement are renewing their efforts against impaired drivers on state roads. Read Story »
— 1992-1996 — Sarah Palin enters public life in Alaska, serving two terms on the Wasilla City Council. Read Story »
MONT VENTOUX, France (AP) — Alberto Contador has all but locked up the Tour de France title, keeping the yellow ... Read Story »
BESANCON, France (AP) — Oscar Freire is one of the fastest riders in the Tour de France, but he's not ... Read Story »
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A peach farmer. A woman and her elderly mother. A furniture store owner and his teenage ... Read Story »
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GAFFNEY, S.C. (AP) — The two people with the suspected South Carolina serial killer when he was shot to death ... Read Story »
GAFFNEY, S.C. (AP) — People terrorized by a serial killer who shot five people to death in their small community ... Read Story »
CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas (AP) — A federal judge in Brownsville has agreed to lift a temporary order that allowed the ... Read Story »
NASHVILLE, Tennessee (AP) — A spokesman for country star Ferlin Husky says the hospitalized singer is improving and has been ... Read Story »
NEW YORK (AP) — A trove of letters to one of baseball's founding fathers has been removed from an upcoming ... Read Story »
HOUSTON (AP) — An 18-year-old woman whose bloody body was found in a closet of her family's suburban Houston home ... Read Story »
LOS ANGELES (AP) — MichaelJackson's ex-wife Debbie Rowe will attend the pop superstar's memorial service. Read Story »
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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - The Houston Astros already had a rough day after several players were forced to walk to ... Read Story »
JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin didn't wait long to give some hint of what her political life ... Read Story »
JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin didn't wait long to give some hint of what her political life ... Read Story »
JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — Outgoing Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin on Saturday laid the groundwork to take on a larger, national ... Read Story »
NEW YORK (AP) — Roland Martin will anchor a new Sunday public affairs show aimed at a black audience that ... Read Story »
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SHINER, Texas (AP) — By all accounts, Shiner beer shouldn't have made it this long. The Spoetzl Brewery ferments its ... Read Story »
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — The economic downturn is allowing Malaysia's leader to chip away at an affirmative action program ... Read Story »
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AUSTIN - Hallettsville and Industrial tied for third place in the Texas Dodge Dealers' final Lone Star Cup standings for ... Read Story »
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Independence Day schedule for governmental offices and other services in the Victoria area includes: Read Story »
Whether patriotism means cooking out with family or launching fireworks, patriotic observations are different in many religions. Read Story »
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VICTORIA - Rachel Berger Heinatz, 31, of Victoria, by deputies Friday on a warrant charging her with forgery of a ... Read Story »
GOLIAD - The Uranium Energy Company announced Monday that it received more than $22 million in funding for the Goliad ... Read Story »
PORT O'CONNOR - Local rocker Adan Davila will have a CD release party Saturday for his new album "Open Up" ... Read Story »
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VICTORIA PARKS & RECREATION DEPARTMENT HIGH SCHOOL SUMMER FASTPITCH LEAGUE: For information, call Vic Caldwell at 361-655-8190 or go to ... Read Story »
AMERICAN LEGION JUNIOR BASEBALL STATE CHAMPIONSHIP TOURNAMENT: July 11-13, Cuero. Tournament hosted by American Legion Post 166 and will include ... Read Story »
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Saturday: Partly cloudy. Highs around 101. Light southeast winds increasing to 10 to 20 mph in the afternoon. Read Story »
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NEW YORK (AP) — In the fight of pachyderms vs. people — the pachyderms now have the upper trunk. Read Story »
MESA VERDE NATIONAL PARK, Colo. (AP) — Mesa Verde National Park will get $22 million for a proposed visitor and ... Read Story »
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ROCK HILL, S.C. (AP) — A shuttered mill in northwestern South Carolina has caught fire, spewing clouds of dense, black ... Read Story »
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LONDON (AP) — Forget those reports that Swedish supergroup ABBA will be reuniting to cover Michael Jackson's sold-out concert dates. Read Story »
ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Texas team president Nolan Ryan said Friday that the club is not hamstrung by owner Tom ... Read Story »
MONROE, Mich. (AP) — Four Michigan fishermen whose 19-foot boat capsized in western Lake Erie have been rescued. Read Story »
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Madonna is paying tribute to Michael Jackson in the same arena where he was to stage ... Read Story »
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Los Angeles officials are scrambling over the holiday weekend to figure out how to accommodate an ... Read Story »
CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — A blanket of Lowcountry heat welcomed local students Valerie Hughes and Kirby Edwards home as they ... Read Story »
Millions of mosquito eggs laid across southern Texas after Hurricane Ike hit the coast last summer are waiting for the ... Read Story »
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The Saturday Evening Post, a centuries-old publication that helped make illustrator Norman Rockwell a household name and ... Read Story »
MONROE, Mich. (AP) — The U.S. Coast Guard and others are searching Lake Erie for four Michigan fishermen whose 19-foot ... Read Story »
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GALVESTON, Texas (AP) — Galveston officials are investigating the torching of 30 palm trees in the last two months. Read Story »
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I recently had the opportunity to celebrate the Fourth of July early and in a unique way far removed from ... Read Story »
Fireworks decorated the dark skies over Galveston Bay every Fourth of July for many years, courtesy of my dad. Read Story »
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. (AP) — The women's tennis program at Arkansas has a new paid assistant who will be a familiar ... Read Story »
BOSTON (AP) — State officials say the Fourth of July holiday ushers in the height of the summer driving season, ... Read Story »
MONACO (AP) — This is what retirement ultimately might look like for Lance Armstrong: reminiscing about his Tour de France ... Read Story »
NEW YORK (AP) — They called it a bun-eating competition, but it wasn't much of a contest. Read Story »
FALFURRIAS, Texas (AP) — A 52-year-old man was expected to leave the hospital after being gored by a bull at ... Read Story »
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The descendants of Friedrick and Wilhelmine Wieland held their 2009 reunion on June 20, at the V.F.W. Hall in Yorktown. ... Read Story »
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The alumni of F.W. Gross High School are planning the 15th Annual Grand Reunion. The event will take place on ... Read Story »
The Victoria County Veterans Council met on June 24. A Fourth of July celebration at H-E-B Plus, 6106 N. Navarro ... Read Story »
Winners of the Wright-Patterson Mah Jongg Club were: Read Story »
The Victoria Gem and Mineral Society will not meet in July. The next meeting will be held on Aug. 7, ... Read Story »
Winners of the Victoria Duplicate Bridge Club were: Read Story »
The William P. Rogers Chapter No. 44, United Daughters of the Confederacy, observed the 201st birthday of Jefferson Davis recently ... Read Story »
GALVESTON, Texas (AP) — Galveston officials are investigating after 30 palm trees were burned in the last two months. Read Story »
Victoria could be called home to a U.S. Open golf champion come early August. Read Story »
DALLAS (AP) — When 15-year-old Jose Chavez tells friends that he's going to summer school and taking math, he quickly ... Read Story »
The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. typically steps in once a bank is declared insolvent and closed by government regulators. The ... Read Story »
PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. (AP) — Lt. Col. Luke Thompson sometimes skims his C-130 cargo plane just 150 feet ... Read Story »
NEW YORK (AP) — Norman Welton, whose 31-year career as a photo editor for The Associated Press included coverage of ... Read Story »
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Community bankfailures are accelerating and some experts believe as many as 100 may go under ... Read Story »
The ticketing process for the Michael Jackson memorial service at Staples Center in Los Angeles on Tuesday: Read Story »
NEW YORK (AP) — Authorities are looking into whether a newly discovered trove of letters to one of baseball's founding ... Read Story »
FORT STEWART, Ga. (AP) — Artillery cannons flashed and bellowed. Read Story »
NEW YORK (AP) — Moneeb Hassan remembers having to choose between a final exam in American history or celebrating the ... Read Story »
DENVER (AP) — Casket makers catering to natural burials have offered biodegradable coffins made of such materials as recycled newspapers ... Read Story »
SAN ANTONIO (AP) — Eighty-two-year-old identical twin sisters were found dead in their San Antonio home after the city sweltered ... Read Story »
MELVILLE, N.Y. (AP) — A nonprofit group wants to turn a delapidated lighthouse with a sweeping view of Long Island ... Read Story »
MCKEES ROCKS, Pa. (AP) — References to television pitchman Bill Mays' trademark image were everywhere at his funeral Friday near ... Read Story »
BEVERLY, Mass. (AP) — As the unemployment rate climbs, some job seekers are looking for help at church. Read Story »
NEW YORK (AP) — One of the big mysteries in the chaotic days following Michael Jackson's death was whether he ... Read Story »
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Several hundred South Africans gathered on Friday for a moonwalking tribute to the King of Pop that ... Read Story »
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A law enforcement official says the powerful sedative Diprivan was found in Michael Jackson's home. Read Story »
SAN ANTONIO (AP) — A Texas woman will serve at least nine years in prison for drowning her 3-month-old granddaughter ... Read Story »
The soldiers expressed their gratitude over and over to the NFL coaches who made the trip to Iraq. Read Story »
LOGAN, Utah (AP) — Somewhere among the beakers and the bubbling green-tinged tanks in this Utah State University lab, Jeff ... Read Story »
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — Tomato plants have been removed from stores in half a dozen states as a destructive and ... Read Story »
SAN ANTONIO (AP) — A San Antonio grandmother has been sentenced to 18 years in prison in connection with the ... Read Story »
SANTO DOMINGO (AP) — El cantautor puertorriqueño Luis Fonsi se declaró aquí un fanático de Michael Jackson, quien influyó "un ... Read Story »
ROCKY MOUNTAIN NATIONAL PARK, Colo. (AP) — Visitor numbers at Rocky Mountain National Park were up 23 percent in May ... Read Story »
LOS ANGELES (AP) — La lectura de cargos contra el actor de la película "300", Gerard Butler, acusado de un ... Read Story »
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A Philadelphia man faces up to 10 years in prison after pleading guilty to boarding a US ... Read Story »
SANTAQUIN, Utah (AP) — La policía dijo que arrestó a la esposa del actor Gary Coleman luego de una disputa ... Read Story »
WEATHERFORD, Texas (AP) — Authorities in North Texas are investigating the deaths of 11 horses, possibly from a lack of ... Read Story »
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A spokesman for country star Ferlin Husky says the singer has been hospitalized in Tennessee. Read Story »
MONACO (AP) — Defending Tour de France champion Carlos Sastre says Lance Armstrong could use a lesson in respect after ... Read Story »
DALLAS (AP) — A man has been sentenced to death for a second time in the 1989 slaying of an ... Read Story »
Friday: A 20-percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly sunny and hot, with a high near 101 degrees. Heat index ... Read Story »
PRAGUE, (AP) — The 44th International Film Festival opened Friday in the Czech Republic with a week of events planned, ... Read Story »
LONDON (AP) — Legendary music producer Quincy Jones says Michael Jackson's sudden death is too surreal to process. Read Story »
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — A Minnesota legislative tour intended to assess how state budget cuts will affect health care ... Read Story »
ATLANTA (AP) — Atlanta's Margaret Mitchell House museum is planning a special celebration for the holiday weekend. Read Story »
OCEAN CITY, Md. (AP) — A regional auto association is predicting a not-so-festive holiday weekend for the Maryland tourism industry. Read Story »
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — State police are going to be cracking down on impaired drivers over the holiday weekend. Read Story »
DALLAS (AP) — Organizers of America's Tea Party hope to attract 50,000 people to Southfork Ranch on the Fourth of ... Read Story »
BATTLES, HAZEL, 82, of Cuero: Visitation, 9-11 a.m., funeral, 11 a.m., Little Zion Baptist Church, with burial at Lockhart Cemetery. ... Read Story »
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Closers are a different breed. They are head cases because they can be unhittable one minute and unable to throw ... Read Story »
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WOODSBORO - The Fourth of July, a day to celebrate the independence of the United States of America. Read Story »
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A grassfire consumed 700 acres and took about four hours to contain Friday. Read Story »
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Editor's Note: All club and support group meeting notices will now run in the support groups and meeting notices calendar ... Read Story »
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