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NEW YORK (AP) — Mischa Barton's landlord says the actress is refusing to pay rent on her $7,000-a-month apartment in ... Read Story »
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HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — An employee of rapper 50 Cent has been accused of getting into a fight after a ... Read Story »
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AUBENAS, France (AP) — A brief look at Friday's 19th stage of the Tour de France: Read Story »
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NEW YORK (AP) — A funeral for Walter Cronkite, widely considered the premier TV journalist of his time, will be ... Read Story »
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NEW YORK (AP) — Walter Cronkite's funeral will be a private family service. Read Story »
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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The passenger injury rate on light-rail trains in San Francisco has steadily increased since 2003 — ... Read Story »
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NEWPORT, Rhode Island (AP) — Arnold Schwarzenegger danced the tango in the ballroom of Newport's Rosecliff mansion in his 1994 ... Read Story »
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FAYETTEVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A man accused of fatally stabbing and bludgeoning six people in Tennessee and Alabama was targeting ... Read Story »
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Judges don't allow voodoo as evidence. Read Story »
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FAYETTEVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Authorities say a man accused of fatally stabbing and bludgeoning six people in Tennessee and Alabama ... Read Story »
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FAYETTEVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The man accused in a two-state rampage that left six dead was targeting his estranged wife ... Read Story »
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FAYETTEVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee authorities say the man accused of killing six people was targeting his estranged wife and ... Read Story »
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AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Former Baylor coach Dave Bliss is taking his message to Texas high school coaches. Read Story »
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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The four most seriously injured victims in a weekend light-rail crash were improving Monday, as a ... Read Story »
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HAILEY, Idaho (AP) — The parents of a U.S. soldier captured in Afghanistan pleaded for privacy Monday as they coped ... Read Story »
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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The president of San Francisco's transit workers union says a light-rail operator blacked out just before ... Read Story »
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It gave them a chance to paint their own masterpiece. Read Story »
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HAILEY, Idaho (AP) — Friends and family of an Idaho soldier who was captured in Afghanistan prayed for his safe ... Read Story »
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LOS ANGELES (AP) - The Dodgers weathered the storm caused by Manny Ramirez's 50-game drug suspension last year and won ... Read Story »
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HOUSTON (AP) — Officials have released the names of two women who were killed when a man returning home with ... Read Story »
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LOS ANGELES (AP) - Manny Ramirez, James Loney and Casey Blake each drove in two runs to help keep the ... Read Story »
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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A federal investigator says the operator of a light-rail train that crashed in San Francisco, injuring ... Read Story »
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Dogs, I love 'em. Working dogs I love even more, dogs trained for detection, especially. Those detection dogs are marvelous ... Read Story »
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In sixteenth century New England, the definitive proof in the capital offense of practicing witchcraft was floatation. If, when tossed ... Read Story »
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SANTA CLARITA, Calif. (AP) — Authorities say both people aboard an experimental airplane have died when it crashed in northern ... Read Story »
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MAGNA, Utah (AP) — Six people were killed, including four children, and three people were seriously injured when two cars ... Read Story »
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — A fugitive from the FBI's Ten Most Wanted list suspected of severely wounding a Los Angeles ... Read Story »
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FAYETTEVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A 30-year-old man was charged with homicide Saturday in the slayings of six people, most believed ... Read Story »
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Mary Grace Krejci and her three grandchildren have never seen a million-dollar boat, much less a blue marlin. Read Story »
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A small crowd rocked out to heavy metal music Saturday at Riverside Park. Read Story »
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DAYTON, Ohio (AP) — Astronaut Edward White, who gave his life as part of man's race to the moon, was ... Read Story »
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DAYTON, Ohio (AP) — Astronaut Edward White, who gave his life as part of man's race to the moon, was ... Read Story »
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Off in the distance, on a rundown field somewhere, you've probably noticed the action. You've driven by, seen the long ... Read Story »
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The sparse rains have made things a little easier for the Crossroads area, but they did not make scoring easier ... Read Story »
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WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama said Saturday his health care overhaul is financially sound, but a new analysis by ... Read Story »
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PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Worn down and undermanned, the United States found a way to rally. Read Story »
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A man fired at least three shots into the air after being caught burglarizing three vehicles behind Montana Mike's Restaurant ... Read Story »
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Sunday will be mostly cloudy with a 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Highs will be in the mid-90s ... Read Story »
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YOAKUM - The Yoakum Economic Development Corp. board of directors has approved three new grant programs to help promote business ... Read Story »
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The Past Presidents Club will meet at 11 a.m. Monday at Athena's Mediterranean Seafood and Steakhouse, 3301 N. Navarro St. Read Story »
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n VICTORIA - A 27-year-old Victoria man by troopers Saturday on suspicion of less than two ounces of marijuana. Read Story »
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Two Texas Democratic candidates will visit Victoria this week to talk about their campaign plans for next year. Read Story »
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CUERO - DeWitt County residents called for jury duty at 9 a.m. Monday need not appear. Read Story »
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Thomas Newton Fleming moved his family from Green Lake to Victoria in 1883. He purchased the west half of the ... Read Story »
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It's not often kids get the chance to work with professional actors right in their own backyard. Read Story »
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FISHING Read Story »
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TEXAS PARKS AND WILDLIFE HUNTERS EDUCATION CLASS: Hunters education is mandatory in Texas if you were born on or after ... Read Story »
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TUESDAY SKATE NIGHT: 6-8 p.m. Tuesday, $1. For information, call Raymond Garza Jr, at 361-578-9725, or Gary Moses at 361-573-2853. Read Story »
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — Authorities say a fugitive from the FBI's Ten Most Wanted list suspected of spraying automatic weapons ... Read Story »
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DAYTON, Ohio — Astronaut Eileen Collins, the first woman to command an American space mission, was inducted Saturday into the ... Read Story »
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DAYTON, Ohio — Astronaut Eileen Collins, the first woman to command an American space mission, was inducted Saturday into the ... Read Story »
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — A 43-year-old mother stabbed her 4-year-old son to death Saturday with a kitchen knife before fatally ... Read Story »
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SOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) — Lou Holtz and John Cooper were enshrined into the College Football Hall of Fame on ... Read Story »
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WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama is using a touch-all-bases approach to try push through his health care overhaul, a ... Read Story »
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HOUSTON (AP) — The U.S. Coast Guard is searching for a man who reportedly fell overboard on a shrimping vessel ... Read Story »
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RUIDOSO DOWNS, N.M.(AP) — Inseperable ran to a dominant 1¾-quarter length victory Saturday in the Grade 1 $480,867 Rainbow Derby. Read Story »
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McALLEN, Texas (AP) — A McAllen company is recalling 104 crates of fresh cilantro over concerns of possible salmonella poisoning. Read Story »
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STATELINE, Nev. (AP) — Former Vice President Dan Quayle gives President Barack Obama high marks for surrounding himself with quality ... Read Story »
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SEATTLE (AP) — Thousands of people enjoyed free rides Saturday on the first day of service for Seattle's new light ... Read Story »
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STATELINE, Nev. (AP) — Tony Romo played all kinds of sports as a child, especially basketball, and figures he never ... Read Story »
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BESANCON, France (AP) — Lance Armstrong was unfazed about slipping to fourth place at the Tour de France. Instead, he ... Read Story »
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MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A massive tortoise who left the circus and took his show on the road for six ... Read Story »
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MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A massive tortoise who left the circus and took his show on the road for six ... 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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BILOXI, Miss. (AP) — A bipartisan group of governors said Saturday that the federal stimulus package helped states avoid deep ... Read Story »
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HAVERFORD, Pa. (AP) — Seven suburban Philadelphia children had a brush with the law for selling without a permit — ... Read Story »
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LUBBOCK, Texas (AP) — A Texas state official says six employees at a state-run home for the mentally disabled were ... Read Story »
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I just want to commend your councilmen for having great ideas on taxing drugs. Brilliant ideas. Read Story »
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HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Thousands of jobless Pennsylvanians are joining the growing ranks of people around the country who are ... Read Story »
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JOHANNESBURG, South Africa (AP) — Nelson Mandela's fans celebrated the anti-apartheid icon's 91st birthday Saturday by emulating him with good ... Read Story »
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LONDON (AP) — Only death could silence Henry Allingham. Read Story »
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TEXARKANA, Ark. (AP) — In the years after evangelist Tony Alamo took the 14-year-old girl as a bride, she said, ... Read Story »
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CHICAGO (AP) — Sick of kicking innocent renters out of foreclosed homes, Tom Dart announced he was through carrying out ... Read Story »
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SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A Northern California postal worker has been sentenced to five months in federal prison for stealing ... Read Story »
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AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — U.S. Department of Agriculture officials say drought-stricken Texas farmers and ranchers will have to wait until ... Read Story »
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DUNN CENTER, N.D. (AP) — The Dunn Center Museum is a show place of Dunn County artifacts, but the next ... Read Story »
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When the University of Houston-Victoria recruits students for the first freshmen class in the fall of 2010, they'll use an ... Read Story »
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DETROIT (AP) — Keen-eyed anglers or people heading to work near Detroit's riverfront typically spot them,padding quietly in the pre-dawn ... Read Story »
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DAYTON, Ohio (AP) — Edward White, who made America's first spacewalk and later died in a spacecraft fire, is among ... Read Story »
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n 1976, "The Proclamation of Beliefs" was published by the Victoria Rotary Club and the Northside Rotary Club of Victoria. ... Read Story »
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LARAMIE, Wyo. (AP) — The University of Wyoming will reopen its geological museum to the public part-time starting next month, ... Read Story »
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BESANCON, France (AP) — A woman crossing the road during the Tour de France was killed Saturday when she was ... Read Story »
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SOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) — Former Ohio State coach John Cooper remembers when he was a young assistant going to ... Read Story »
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LAS VEGAS (AP) — With construction on its $3 billion resort halted, Fontainebleau Las Vegas resort is canceling meetings and ... Read Story »
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MIAMI (AP) — Construction is officially under way on a new, retractable-roof stadium for the Florida Marlins in Miami's Little ... Read Story »
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CLARKSVILLE, Mo. (AP) — Along with French radishes, heirloom lettuces and Hungarian peppers, business is growing in this Mississippi River ... Read Story »
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WORCESTER, Mass. (AP) — Anyone who's ever wanted to learn how to pillage, plunder and fight like a Viking gets ... Read Story »
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MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Guitarist-singer Brian Setzer plans at least one stop in his adopted home state of Minnesota during his ... Read Story »
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A jury has convicted an imprisoned sex offender of murder in the 1975 strangulation death of ... Read Story »
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Judy Rickard took an early retirement and a reduced pension so she could be assured of more ... Read Story »
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ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — A man who sued after he was forcibly sedated at an Albany hospital so authorities could ... Read Story »
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AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Like plenty of Austin kids, Jared Orenstein's first experience on ice came at the indoor skating ... Read Story »
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WATERTOWN, Wis. (AP) — In this Midwestern town 1,500 miles from Mexico, in a place that proudly proclaims itself the ... Read Story »
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NEW YORK (AP) — Would Walter Cronkite have tweeted? Read Story »
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BESANCON, France (AP) — A woman crossing the road during the Tour de France was killed Saturday when she was ... Read Story »
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WINTER PARK, Florida (AP) — A Florida dentist is being sued for allegedly dropping tools down the throat of an ... Read Story »
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BRISCO, RUTH DALE BOTARD, 83, of Gonzales: Visitation, 5-7 p.m., Seydler-Hill Funeral Home, Gonzales, 830-672-3232. Read Story »
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