Stories for June 12, 2010
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The Victoria school district's Summer Food Service Program is underway at 15 sites. Read Story »
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The spring 2010 graduates from Victoria College. Read Story »
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Construction continues for the three new schools in the Victoria school district. All three will open in August. Read Story »
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Ana Gabriela Cervantes wants to help start new traditions at The University of Houston-Victoria this fall. Read Story »
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Federal investigators on Sunday recovered the wreckage of a small plane that nosedived into an eastern Arizona high school and ... Read Story »
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It was just a year ago that the economic downturn sent gloom and doom stories worldwide. From the stock markets ... Read Story »
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LAS VEGAS (AP) - A former math teacher who killed and dismembered his wife in a Las Vegas hotel room ... Read Story »
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BORREGO SPRINGS, Calif. (AP) - A pair of moderate earthquakes has rattled a desert area east of San Diego. There ... Read Story »
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By Gary Klein Read Story »
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BAY CITY - Mike Zavala does not want fighters he trains talking trash. Read Story »
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CUERO - Hours before Alfonso Villarreal was laid to rest on Tuesday, his mother stood in the partially open door ... Read Story »
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Lillian Terrell and her three boys - their belongings gone, their Victoria apartment in shambles - stood in a motel ... Read Story »
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Look for live coverage Sunday of the expected flooding as the Guadalupe River rises. Visit www.VictoriaAdvocate.com to read updates in ... Read Story »
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By Chuck Carlton Read Story »
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SEADRIFT - Shrimp kabobs, shrimp dogs, shrimp balls, shrimp cocktail, fried shrimp, Cajun shrimp, shrimp on the stick, shrimp po-boys. Read Story »
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Our photography staff roams the Crossroads daily looking for the perfect image to complement stories. Sometimes this creative process generates ... Read Story »
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BUFFALO, Wyo. (AP) - Cattle ranchers in the foothills of Wyoming's Big Horn Mountains are no longer yukking over a ... Read Story »
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The University of Houston-Victoria has released its spring 2010 dean's list to recognize all undergraduate honors students. Read Story »
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Editor's note: We received incomplete information from four schools. We will print those when the information is complete. Read Story »
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By Jim Peltz Read Story »
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LOS ANGELES (AP) - James N. Wood, the president and chief executive of the J. Paul Getty Trust, who also ... Read Story »
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PHOENIX (AP) - Sheriff's deputies raided two Sizzler steak house restaurants in Phoenix on Saturday, arresting nine employees who are ... Read Story »
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AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - Texas is still "looking at all options" before deciding whether to stay in the crumbling Big ... Read Story »
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FOOTBALL Read Story »
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CROSSROADS YOUTH FOOTBALL LEAGUE REGISTRATION: Flag (ages 5-6) , Pee-Wee (ages 6-7), Junior (ages 8-9), Senior (ages 10-12). Fee is ... Read Story »
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MANCHESTER, Tenn. (AP) - Stevie Wonder galvanized Bonnaroo with a sweaty, irresistible nighttime performance, an act that headliner Jay-Z followed ... Read Story »
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PHOENIX (AP) - Authorities searching through the wreckage of a small plane that nosedived into an Arizona high school and ... Read Story »
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MOORE, Okla. (AP) - The presidents of Oklahoma and Oklahoma State met Saturday with top Pacific-10 Conference officials as the ... Read Story »
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By Omar Kelly Read Story »
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Victoria ISD will offer TAKS exit level retesting in July. Read Story »
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Throughout the month of June, the Victoria College/University of Houston-Victoria Library will display a local collector's paperweight collection on the ... Read Story »
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Today's students are virtual learners who use Facebook, Twitter, blogs, YouTube and instant messaging to communicate and learn from each ... Read Story »
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DALLAS (AP) - Fired-up Republican activists in no mood for compromises threw out their party chairwoman Saturday, then bucked Texas ... Read Story »
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MILWAUKEE (AP) - Home plate umpire Gary Cederstrom was hit by a pair of pitches from Texas starter Scott Feldman ... Read Story »
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ATLANTA (AP) - The fast food-chain Wendy's has pulled a disco CD included in kids' meals because of racy lyrics ... Read Story »
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ENGLEWOOD, Colo. (AP) - The endorsement of Kyle Orton as his starting quarterback maybe wasn't as emphatic this time around. Read Story »
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By Amelia Rayno Read Story »
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By Monte Poole Read Story »
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NAME: Thurbert Baker Read Story »
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(EDITORS: This story is embargoed for Web use until 1 a.m. EDT.) Read Story »
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EDITORS: This story may not be used on Web sites () - Read Story »
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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Bimbo Bakeries USA is recalling some of its bread distributed in California and three other states ... Read Story »
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MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) - A location at Alabama State University remains the National Park Service's preferred location for an interpretive ... Read Story »
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DALLAS (AP) - Texas Republicans on Saturday ousted their firebrand leader, conservative activist Cathie Adams, in favor of Houston businessman ... Read Story »
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BOSTON (AP) - The Coast Guard says a clam boat that dragged up canisters of mustard gas earlier this month ... Read Story »
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FRESNO, Calif. (AP) - The agriculture program at California State University, Fresno is trying to help the U.S. military build ... Read Story »
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MIRAMAR BEACH, Fla. (AP) - A second storage tank believed to be from BP's Deepwater Horizon oil rig explosion has ... Read Story »
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MILWAUKEE (AP) - The Texas Rangers placed right-hander Rich Harden on the 15-day disabled list with a strained left gluteus ... Read Story »
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ATLANTA (AP) - Georgia Tech defensive end Robert Hall has been suspended indefinitely after an argument over money with his ... Read Story »
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OUACHITA NATIONAL FOREST (AP) - Some people awoke to roaring floodwaters. Others were roused by panicked banging on their cabin ... Read Story »
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MASHANTUCKET, Conn. (AP) - Two Massachusetts parents have been accused of leaving a 1-year-old and a 10-year-old alone in a ... Read Story »
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The Victoria Generals scheduled Texas Collegiate League game against the Alexandria Aces scheduled for Saturday night at Riverside Stadium was ... Read Story »
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CUERNAVACA, Mexico (AP) - The son of Mexican singer Joan Sebastian was killed in a bar fight early Saturday, four ... Read Story »
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By Carl Steward Read Story »
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ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) - Fans lined the sideline, cheering when Tony Romo's arrival on the field was shown on the ... Read Story »
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LANGLEY, Ark. (AP) - State police said Tuesday that all 20 victims in last week's flash flooding at a popular ... Read Story »
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SEATTLE (AP) - A blaze tore through a Seattle apartment Saturday and killed five people, including four children, fire officials ... Read Story »
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LOS ANGELES (AP) - Former UCLA basketball coach John Wooden, who led the Bruins to 10 NCAA championships and died ... Read Story »
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THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. (AP) - Rescued solo sailor Abby Sunderland summed up the end of her circumnavigation quest in a ... Read Story »
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) - The Kansas City Chiefs are feeling rather good about themselves. Read Story »
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FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) - Spirit Airlines flights were being canceled again Sunday as a pilot's strike entered its second ... Read Story »
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The University of Houston-Victoria has released its spring 2010 dean's list to recognize all undergraduate honors students. Read Story »
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SEATTLE (AP) - A Seattle Fire Department spokeswoman says the first engine on the scene of a blaze that killed ... Read Story »
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ALONG THE GULF COAST (AP) - It's barely 5 a.m., and last night's sliver of moon still hangs in a ... Read Story »
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ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) - A production company is looking for Alaskans to play dozens of roles for an upcoming Drew ... Read Story »
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LUBBOCK, Texas (AP) - A commission overseeing low-level radioactive waste disposal in Texas has temporarily withdrawn proposed rules that could ... Read Story »
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WASHINGTON (AP) - The White House says President Barack Obama and British Prime Minister David Cameron have discussed BP's need ... Read Story »
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CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) - A North Carolina development company is suing its former chief executive. Read Story »
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LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - A student in the University of Nebraska-Lincoln's online high school is among 10 high school ballet ... Read Story »
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PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Even as financially strapped Catholic schools continue to close across the country, no one in Philadelphia ever ... Read Story »
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MOUNT COMFORT, Ind. (AP) - The second day of the annual Indianapolis Air Show has been canceled because heavy rainfall ... Read Story »
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ATLANTA (AP) - Bill Curry thought his coaching career was over. Read Story »
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HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) - Art celebrations statewide this month will recognize the legacy of Connecticut's Sol LeWitt, one of the ... Read Story »
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DENVER (AP) - Colorado is changing the rules for how teachers earn and keep the sweeping job protections known as ... Read Story »
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NEW YORK (AP) - The company that bought the right to market the name of the legendary New York City ... Read Story »
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NEW YORK (AP) - While Shakira, the Black Eyed Peas and other top musicians are in Africa to help kick ... Read Story »
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SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) - The Georgia O'Keeffe Museum has been transformed. Read Story »
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MILWAUKEE (AP) - Wisconsin native and Nobel Prize winner Thomas Steitz will give Lawrence University's commencement address on Sunday in ... Read Story »
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JOHANNESBURG (AP) - John Travolta and wife Kelly Preston donated 70,000 rand (about $10,000) to the Nelson Mandela Children's Fund ... Read Story »
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STOCKHOLM (AP) - Sweden's Royal Court says Princess Madeleine, who left Sweden after breaking off her engagement with lawyer Jonas ... Read Story »
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RAPID CITY, S.D. (AP) - The Museum of Geology at the South Dakota School of Mines and Technology is celebrating ... Read Story »
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CADDO GAP, Ark. (AP) - Arkansas emergency officials have set up a toll-free line for people to call if they ... Read Story »
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LANGLEY, Ark. (AP) - Like they had done many times before, Leslie and Adam Jez packed their camper and headed ... Read Story »
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CADDO GAP, Ark. (AP) - The search for victims and survivors of flash flooding at an Arkansas campground has resumed. Read Story »
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CORPUS CHRISTI - Lucy Carranza could feel the electric current running through her boyfriend, Daniel Naranjo, as she tried to ... Read Story »
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The Victoria Police Department is warning of a new scam that involves perpetrators sending fraudulent checks and impersonating police officers. Read Story »
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By Al Iannazzone Read Story »
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ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) - Why did the turtle cross the road? Read Story »
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LEMMON, S.D. (AP) - A forest ranger from Lemmon has accepted detail in Alaska. Read Story »
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CHICAGO (AP) - A former Marine injured serving in the Middle East and a voracious reader of knitting magazines are ... Read Story »
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LONDON (AP) - President Barack Obama reassured Prime Minister David Cameron on Saturday that his frustration over the mammoth oil ... Read Story »
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RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - U.S. shrimpers who comb seas unaffected by the oil-slickened Gulf are raising prices as demand for ... Read Story »
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Editor's Note: Gushers and Dusters is compiled from reports filed by oil and gas operators with the Texas Railroad Commission ... Read Story »
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ADAMEZ, UBALDO "BLACKIE" MARTINEZ, 71, of Beeville: Funeral Mass, 10 a.m., St. Joseph Catholic Church, with burial at San Pedro ... Read Story »
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VICTORIA COUNTY Read Story »
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By Dave Ramsey Read Story »
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Name: Sammy Amaya Read Story »
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A dinner with family and friends in January 2007 offered more than good food and conversation for Megan McNeill of ... Read Story »
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By Alan Bligh Read Story »
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By M. Ray Perryman Read Story »
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BEEVILLE Read Story »
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Milk, juice and fresh fruit are served with breakfast. Read Story »
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Rig Count Read Story »
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Licensed vocational nurse Julie Eaton was voted Nurse of the Year 2010 for Warm Springs Specialty Hospital of Victoria. Eaton ... Read Story »
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NEW YORK (AP) - A sale of photographs by Ansel Adams and Lucas Samaras has set records at a New ... Read Story »
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