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CAMARILLO, Calif. (AP) — The average price of regular gasoline in the United States is down 3.29 cents over a ... Read Story »
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VICTORIA YMCA RACQUETBALL LESSONS: June 8, Ages 9-17. No fee but players must have protective eyewear available for $6.40 at ... Read Story »
INEZ - Cade Stevens wanted to help at the benefit for his late great-uncle in Inez on Sunday. Read Story »
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The Memorial Vipers play San Antonio Reagan at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday at the University of Texas at San Antonio's Roadrunner ... Read Story »
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OAK PARK, Ill. (AP) — Two men who created waves for President Barack Obama on the campaign trail have appeared ... Read Story »
With the sixth year of the tragedy happening in Victoria, can we now put it to rest in the Victoria ... Read Story »
Once again, a family in Victoria has lost money because a builder took a large deposit from them and then ... Read Story »
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SALEM, Mass. (AP) — A Massachusetts man is being returned to the state to face a murder charge in the ... Read Story »
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VICTORIA - A 25-year-old Victoria man by officers Sunday on suspicion of assault causing bodily injury. Read Story »
The City of Victoria Huvar Recycling Center at 124 Huvar Street will open one hour later on Tuesday - Friday ... Read Story »
Q: Are pet owners responsible for removing the waste of their animal if it poops on someone else's yard? Read Story »
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VICTORIA COLLEGE WOMEN'S VOLLEYBALL OPEN GYM: Sunday, June 14 for anyone interested in oplaying for the fall 2009 team. Sign-up ... Read Story »
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QUAIL CREEK SUMMER SWIM TEAM: Now registering teams. For information, call DeDe Lightfoot 361-578-5905, Pam Price 361-576-1611 or Coach Jon ... Read Story »
CLAYMONT, Del. (AP)— A fireball from a Sunoco oil refinery blast lit up the Sunday night sky along the Delaware ... Read Story »
CLAYMONT, Delaware (AP) — A blaze caused by a home-rattling explosion at a Delaware oil refinery has been extinguished, and ... Read Story »
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A moderate earthquake rattled downtown Los Angeles on Tuesday, but there were no immediate reports of ... Read Story »
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NEW YORK (AP) - Rhythm 'n' blues were the winners at this year's Drama Desk Awards. Read Story »
NEW YORK (AP) — "Billy Elliot" keeps adding to its trophy case. Read Story »
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NEW YORK (AP) — In a May 17 story about New York Times columnist Maureen Dowd's admission that she used ... Read Story »
NEW YORK (AP) — New York Times columnist Maureen Dowd has admitted to using a paragraph virtually word-for-word from a ... Read Story »
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NEW YORK (AP) — The tribe has spoken, naming cattle rancher James "J.T." Thomas Jr. the sole "Survivor." Read Story »
DENVER (AP) — The Denver Nuggets are rested and ready. Read Story »
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NEW YORK (AP) — The singer-songwriter Yusuf enjoys the reaction he gets driving through London in his '60s-vintage VW Kombi ... Read Story »
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Barbara Mandrell, Roy Clark and Charlie McCoy were inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame ... Read Story »
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NEW YORK (AP) — Composer and conductor Gustav Mahler's symphonies and orchestral songs are a journey from darkness to light ... Read Story »
CHICAGO (AP) — A Chicago police dog named Bear who is apparently a scaredy cat when it comes to thunder ... Read Story »
LOS ANGELES (AP) — In the end, the Houston Rockets had too much to overcome. Read Story »
NEW YORK (AP) — "Eli!" David Wells yelled when he ran into Roger Clemens at singer Toby Keith's charity golf ... Read Story »
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — After dominating a Game 7 few people thought would need to be played, the Los Angeles ... Read Story »
HARRISON, Mich. (AP) — It's a different kind of long-distance relationship. Read Story »
BOSTON (AP) — Zhang Yimou, the Chinese filmmaker who produced the opening and closing ceremonies at the Beijing Olympics, received ... Read Story »
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Reality star Holly Madison is done dancing with the stars, but she's keeping her shoes fresh ... Read Story »
ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Scott Feldman and three Texas Rangers relievers pulled off a rare feat at their hitter-friendly ballpark. Read Story »
BOSTON (AP) — Former Boston Celtics basketball star Larry Bird and film director Steven Spielberg were feted Sunday at Boston ... Read Story »
BOSTON (AP) — Larry Bird and Steven Spielberg are being honored at Boston University. Read Story »
LAS VEGAS, N.M. (AP) — It may be a recession, but the Plaza Hotel is having good fortune with its ... Read Story »
NEW YORK (AP) — Five more New York City schools are closing because of swine flu, bringing the current total ... Read Story »
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Hoping to do for the written word what iTunes did for music, the online document-sharing service ... Read Story »
NEW YORK (AP) — New York City officials say a 2½-year-old boy survived a 30-foot fall from a third-floor window ... Read Story »
HOUSTON (AP) — Former President Bill Clinton tells Rockets center Dikembe Mutombo he looks forward to working with him on ... Read Story »
WEST HAVEN, Utah (AP) — The principal of a Utah middle school has been asked to apologize for forcing a ... Read Story »
NEW YORK (AP) — Former "Saturday Night Live" star Amy Poehler returned to co-host the satirical news segment "Weekend Update" ... Read Story »
NEW YORK (AP) — Former "Saturday Night Live" star Amy Poehler returned to co-host the satirical news segment "Weekend Update" ... Read Story »
NEW YORK (AP) — A makeshift memorial has been erected outside a New York City school for the assistant principal ... Read Story »
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Arkansas Attorney General Dustin McDaniel traveled 22 times on a state prison system airplane in ... Read Story »
CHICAGO (AP) — In a May 15 story about the Art Institute of Chicago's new modern wing, The Associated Press ... Read Story »
OTTUMWA, Iowa (AP) — For a brief shining moment in the 1980s, Ottumwa was the unlikely hot spot of the ... Read Story »
SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. (AP) — The 3-year-old boy abducted from his family by gunmen almost two weeks ago is back ... Read Story »
WOODBOURNE, N.Y. (AP) — The show won't go on after all. Read Story »
CAPE CANAVERAL (AP) — It's time for NASA to say goodbye to the Hubble Space Telescope. Read Story »
NEW YORK (AP) — Before "American Idol" took over Adam Lambert's life, there was "Wicked," not to mention "The Ten ... Read Story »
NEW YORK (AP) — It took the vicious jailhouse beating death of Charnel Robinson's teenage son to spur passage of ... Read Story »
ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Los Angeles Angels starter John Lackey will return to the mound on Monday night following an ... Read Story »
SOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) — Facing protests and controversy, President Barack Obama pressed for a change in tone in the ... Read Story »
WATERBURY, Conn. (AP) — Maxine Watts initially wanted to give the bones a respectful burial. But she is increasingly content ... Read Story »
BARNEGAT, N.J. (AP) — A Delaware man diving off the coast of New Jersey died shortly after he was found ... Read Story »
SOUTHBEND, Ind. (AP) — Nearly 40 people were arrested Sunday as they tried to enter the University of Notre Dame ... Read Story »
CANNES, France (AP) — Director Park Chan-wook may have invented a new genre with "Thirst," his film about a priest ... Read Story »
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) — A fire that began during Sunday morning services at a crowded Massachusetts church has quickly spread ... Read Story »
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A bidder paid $1,025 for a Dolly Parton pinball machine at an auction of personal memorabilia ... Read Story »
NEW YORK (AP) — "Angels&Demons" took the box office from "Star Trek" by earning $48 million in its first weekend ... Read Story »
HELENA, Mont. (AP) — A Cold War spy plane with three tail fins and a hump on the fuselage needs ... Read Story »
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — U.S. Sen. Mitch McConnell still won't say if he will endorse his fellow Republican senator from ... Read Story »
CANNES, France (AP) — Rachel Weisz and director Alejandro Amenabar traveled backto ancient times to tell a modern story about ... Read Story »
KENTWOOD, Mich. (AP) — Authorities say five pit bulls attacked three people in the Grand Rapids suburb of Kentwood. Read Story »
NEW YORK (AP) — Starched shirts by day, tattered flannel at night? Network television anchors Brian Williams and Dan Harris ... Read Story »
The Associated Press Economic Stress Index combines three economic indicators — unemployment, foreclosures and bankruptcy — as a way of ... Read Story »
CAIRO (AP) — Flames burst from the stage for a grand entrance, and fake fog swirls around a young man ... Read Story »
CLARKSTON, Mich. (AP) — The nonprofit group that runs the annual Woodward Dream Cruise is hoping a concert featuring the ... Read Story »
SALE, Morocco (AP) — Clamor fills the factory as workers bent over their industrial sewing machines stitch together women's garments ... Read Story »
OTTUMWA, Iowa (AP) — For a brief shining moment in the early 1980s, Ottumwa was the unlikely hot spot of ... Read Story »
OSLO, Norway (AP) - As debt-ridden Europe struggles with a financial crisis, the hosts of the 2010 Eurovision Song Contest ... Read Story »
HARRISON, Michigan (AP) — A black-and-white kitten named Sparky has captured the hearts of a British couple, who traveled nearly ... Read Story »
INGLEWOOD, Calif. (AP) — A man armed with a semiautomatic handgun was killed early Sunday in a shootout with police ... Read Story »
HOUSTON (AP) — Sometimes all the high-tech training is nothing compared to what Uncle Frank and a big screwdriver can ... Read Story »
NEW YORK (AP) — It was an emergency drill, yet the scene of hundreds of firefighters, police officers and other ... Read Story »
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Two European energy companies helping build a pipeline to reduce the continent's dependence on ... Read Story »
WILMINGTON, N.C. (AP) — Auditions will be held in Wilmington and Savannah, Ga., for the new Miley Cyrus movie, "The ... Read Story »
SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico's story is as colorful and sweeping as its landscapes, but for the last ... Read Story »
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Memorial's Class 5A area baseball playoff against San Antonio Reagan has been set for Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. at the ... Read Story »
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FLETCHER, ROBERT J., 91, of Palacios: Visitation, 6 p.m., rosary, 7 p.m., St. Anthony of Padua Catholic Church. Artero Memorial ... Read Story »
Editor's Note: Announcements of births in Victoria County are published as a free public service based on information from local ... Read Story »
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Air Force Airman Charles A. Meischen graduated from basic military training at Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio. He ... Read Story »
Tony Rigdon, 53, is the new the director of the Port of Victoria. Read Story »
Victoria school district Education Foundation members and district employees toured the new facilities Wednesday. Read Story »
More than 160 students walked into the Victoria College Fine Arts Auditorium with their heads held high. Read Story »
Lindsay Weaver and Daniel Binz, both of College Station, were married March 14, 2009, at St. Mark's Lutheran Church in ... Read Story »
Rebecca Lara of Victoria and Wendel Lamar Foerster of Meyersville were married May 16, 2009, at Our Lady of Victory ... Read Story »
James and Lori Lewis of Temple are pleased to announce the engagement of their daughter, Ashli Nicole Lewis of Temple, ... Read Story »
David and Elgene Henry of Victoria are pleased to announce the engagement of their daughter, Stacy Irene Henry of Oklahoma ... Read Story »
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Roland and Virginia (Harris) Cain were married April 5, 1947, at the Holy Family Church in Belleville, Ill. Best Man ... Read Story »