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SHANGHAI (AP) - China's commercial capital of Shanghai has always been all about business. Nowhere is that more evident than ... Read Story »
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CORVALLIS, Ore. (AP) - Running back Jacquizz Rodgers and defensive tackle Stephen Paea took the day off while Oregon State ... Read Story »
VENICE, La. (AP) - Out where Louisiana ends and the Gulf of Mexico begins, it's hard to know which is ... Read Story »
ATLANTA (AP) - Standing outside an Atlanta cotton mill campaigning for her husband's bid to become governor of Georgia, Rosalynn ... Read Story »
ATLANTA (AP) - Former First Lady Rosalynn Carter says that while there have been dramatic advances to treat people suffering ... Read Story »
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NEW YORK (AP) - New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg says a suspicious vehicle in Times Square "did indeed contain an ... Read Story »
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With Theatre Victoria's presentation last Friday of Neil Simon's "The Dinner Party," new Producing Artistic Director Charles Moster's debut effort ... Read Story »
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U.S. Census workers just finished counting inmates in area state prisons. Read Story »
From News ReleaseThe pecan nut casebearer, a tiny worm that can nearly wipe out a pecan crop if not controlled, ... Read Story »
PHILADELPHIA (AP) - The defending champ in the World Sudoku Championships has retained his title and Germany has taken the ... Read Story »
SCOTLAND, Ark. (AP) - Leveled homes, overturned vehicles and uprooted trees were scattered across central Arkansas on Saturday after several ... Read Story »
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NEW YORK (AP) - Pedestrians were barred from parts of New York City's Times Square as police closed streets to ... Read Story »
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PHILADELPHIA (AP) - A United Airlines flight from Chicago to Philadelphia has landed safely after the crew found "a suspicious ... Read Story »
RENTON, Wash. (AP) - Pete Carroll was excited when Seattle grabbed offensive tackle Russell Okung and safety Earl Thomas during ... Read Story »
JACKSON, Tenn. (AP) - At least five people had died and hundreds were being evacuated Saturday as flooding was reported ... Read Story »
JACKSON, Tenn. (AP) - Officials say at least five people have died and hundreds are being evacuated as flash flooding ... Read Story »
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) - Atiba Harris headed in a free kick from Dax McCarty in the 66th minute to help ... Read Story »
Victoria College's new Physical Therapist Assistant Program will conduct an information session Tuesday. Read Story »
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ST. LOUIS (AP) - St. Louis coach Steve Spagnuolo said the Rams have put last year's 1-15 season behind them ... Read Story »
The Industrial High School Golden Cobra Band has advanced to the State Wind Ensemble Contest. The contest will be held ... Read Story »
ENGLEWOOD, Colo. (AP) - For the time being, Tim Tebow will be less improv artist and more pocket passer. Read Story »
ENGLEWOOD, Colo. (AP) - For the time being, Tim Tebow will be less improv artist and more pocket passer. Read Story »
WASHINGTON (AP) - A historic environmental protection bill is in danger after a massive oil spill put a new focus ... Read Story »
SHERIDAN, Wyo. (AP) - Wyoming Superintendent of Public Instruction Jim McBride told state Republicans on Saturday that the state has ... Read Story »
CHICAGO (AP) - Protesters nationwide vented their anger over a new Arizona law to crack down on illegal immigrants by ... Read Story »
SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) - A few young men are quite literally making a big impression this week at the ... Read Story »
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) - Louisiana's governor says he still has not received detailed plans from oil giant BP PLC ... Read Story »
HOUSTON (AP) - Federal aviation authorities say they are investigating how a Southwest plane and a helicopter nearly collided shortly ... Read Story »
PHOENIX (AP) - Demons lurk for the Phoenix Suns in their upcoming playoff series against the San Antonio Spurs. Read Story »
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) - Legislation pending in Congress would help in the move to build a visitor center at ... Read Story »
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BOSTON (AP) - Crews worked Sunday on a quicker-than-expected fix to a major water break that left some 2 million ... Read Story »
SHELL BEACH, La. (AP - A subcontractor for BP PLC is hiring unemployed fishermen for a boom deployment off the ... Read Story »
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) - Former Mississippi quarterback Jevan Snead insists he has no regrets about passing up his final season ... Read Story »
RIVERHEAD, N.Y. (AP) - A Long Island woman is suing Victoria Gotti, claiming she suffered serious injuries in a car ... Read Story »
FLORHAM PARK, N.J. (AP) - New York Jets running back Joe McKnight has been dealing with nerves and a stomach ... Read Story »
MOBILE, Ala. (AP) - The attorneys general from Alabama, Florida, Mississippi, Louisiana and Texas want BP PLC to sign an ... Read Story »
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POUGHKEEPSIE, N.Y. (AP) - A new marina in Poughkeepsie (poh-KIHP'-see) is seen as the first step in reviving the city's ... Read Story »
PITTSBURGH (AP) - Sometimes he would try to sit and watch, only to grab the remote control and turn off ... Read Story »
MIAMI (AP) - Fresh from leaving the Republican Party, Florida Gov. Charlie Crist on Saturday busied himself with official duties ... Read Story »
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PRESCOTT, Ariz. (AP) - The Fort Whipple Museum in Prescott opened a new exhibit Saturday about the famed Buffalo Soldiers, ... Read Story »
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MOBILE, Ala. (AP) - A Coast Guard official says hundreds of boats have been deployed to lay thousands of feet ... Read Story »
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) - Less than 40 percent of students who enroll in Arkansas public universities obtain a degree ... Read Story »
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Former Dallas Mavericks coach Avery Johnson is scheduled to talk to the Philadelphia 76ers and New ... Read Story »
PHOENIX (AP) - Phoenix playmaker Steve Nash sat out practice on Saturday and will do so again on Sunday to ... Read Story »
NEW YORK (AP) - Helicopter tour companies that offer sightseers exhilarating views of New York City's Manhattan skyline have agreed ... Read Story »
FLORHAM PARK, N.J. (AP) - Keith Buckman traded a tuxedo for a New York Jets jersey this weekend. Read Story »
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) - Prosecutors have charged a St. Paul man with aiding and abetting murder in the shooting ... Read Story »
WASHINGTON (AP) - The head of the U.S. Coast Guard has been named the federal point man for the Gulf ... Read Story »
NEW YORK (AP) - Helicopter tour companies that offer sightseers exhilarating views of the Manhattan skyline have agreed to make ... Read Story »
ANAHEIM, California (AP) - Police have arrested three people on suspicion of killing a young magician known as "El Magnifico" ... Read Story »
ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) - Police have arrested three people on suspicion of killing a young magician known as "El Magnifico" ... Read Story »
ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) - Police have arrested three people on suspicion of killing a young magician known as "El Magnifico" ... Read Story »
ATLANTA (AP) - Jessica Colotl studied hard and dreamed of becoming a lawyer but her plans were put on hold ... Read Story »
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JACKSON, Wyo. (AP) - Several roads around the Jackson Hole area are now open to launch the beginning of the ... Read Story »
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - Two incumbents seeking additional terms on the North Carolina Court of Appeals seats tried to keep ... Read Story »
MARION, S.C. (AP) - In Marion, a tobacco town bypassed by the four-lane highway but not the Great Recession, more ... Read Story »
FLORHAM PARK, N.J. (AP) - Santonio Holmes' account to New York Jets coach Rex Ryan of a flight incident in ... Read Story »
ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) - More than 500 people held a mock graduation ceremony for undocumented immigrant students Saturday near ... Read Story »
DALLAS (AP) - About a dozen people were carrying signs depicting Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer as a Nazi and an ... Read Story »
CLARKSVILLE, Ark. (AP) - The second trial in the death of a 19-year-old Arkansas beauty queen ended Saturday with a ... Read Story »
GULFPORT, Miss. (AP) - Scientists say the Gulf oil spill could get into the what's called the Loop Current within ... Read Story »
IRVING, Texas (AP) - Scott Sicko was undrafted and uncertain about the rookie free agency process. So the tight end ... Read Story »
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. (AP) - Reliance on voluntary obedience to a campus no-smoking rule at the University of Arkansas will end ... Read Story »
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - Javarris James has played the name game his entire life. Read Story »
PARIS (AP) - Israeli artist Avigdor Arikha, who learned the power of art as a boy during the Holocaust when ... Read Story »
CINCINNATI (AP) - Roddrick Muckelroy already had the Cincinnati Bengals' attention when one of their coaches took him aside for ... Read Story »
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - An attorney for the New Orleans Saints says the team will respond in court to allegations ... Read Story »
CRETE, Neb. (AP) - Doane College has suspended one of its fraternities after allegations of hazing. Read Story »
OMAHA, Nebraska (AP) - Berkshire Hathaway CEO Warren Buffett declared his support for Goldman Sachs Group Inc. CEO Lloyd Blankfein ... Read Story »
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama shared some words of wisdom on Saturday, saying there a few things in life ... Read Story »
STATELINE, Nev. (AP) - Tourism officials at Lake Tahoe say the blues are gone and it is time to, "Get ... Read Story »
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Police were called to the home of country musician John Rich when neighbors complained about the ... Read Story »
DALLAS (AP) - Ben Heppner limped around stage on his peg leg, blood dripping from his face. The great white ... Read Story »
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) - Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal says the Coast Guard has approved one parish's plan to help ... Read Story »
Legislation that passed during the 2010 session of the Florida Legislature, which ended Friday, would: Read Story »
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - A Nashville-based pharmacy with a new way to supply medication to nursing home patients is benefiting ... Read Story »
OBERLIN, Ohio (AP) - Stevie Wonder was performing on an electronic keyboard and harmonica before a crowd of about 700 ... Read Story »
HVOLSVOLLUR, Iceland (AP) - It took Sigurdur Thorhallsson more than a decade to turn a patch of flat land wedged ... Read Story »
BELMAR, N.J. (AP) - Up and down New Jersey's coast, shore towns are racing to repair damage to their beaches ... Read Story »
WASHINGTON (AP) - The oil slick in the Gulf of Mexico has grown tremendously in just a day or so. Read Story »
CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) - The Wyoming Travel and Tourism office reports that tourist spending in Wyoming dropped 10 percent in ... Read Story »
A look at the Western Conference semifinal series between the Phoenix Suns and San Antonio Spurs, which begins Monday (with ... Read Story »
CASTINE, Maine (AP) - More than 200 degrees are being awarded to graduates of Maine Maritime Academy. Read Story »
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NEW DELHI (AP) - The U.S., Australia and Canada warned Saturday that terror groups were likely planning "imminent attacks" in ... Read Story »
NEW DELHI (AP) - The U.S., Australia and Canada warned Saturday that terror groups were likely planning "imminent attacks" in ... Read Story »
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) - Gov. Tim Pawlenty will send off the graduates of Augsburg College in Minneapolis on Saturday. Read Story »
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - The admiral in charge of the spill response was headed back to the Gulf Coast a ... Read Story »
CHICAGO (AP) - The National Institutes of Health has given the University of Illinois at Chicago a $2 million grant. Read Story »
ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) - A new exhibit at the University of Michigan Museum of Art in Ann Arbor examines ... Read Story »
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) - The son of former Miami Dolphins owner H. Wayne Huizenga has been sentenced to two ... Read Story »
NEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP) - Kennedy cousin Michael Skakel turned to attorney Mickey Sherman more than a decade ago to ... Read Story »
PALMER, Alaska (AP) - Two strong earthquakes rumbled Friday under the Bering Sea off Alaska, but officials say they posed ... Read Story »
NEW YORK (AP) - It sounds simple enough. Knock on some doors, ask some questions, get some answers. Read Story »
NEW YORK (AP) - It sounds simple enough. Knock on some doors, ask some questions, get some answers. Read Story »
EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn. (AP) - Ryan Perrilloux's college career ended quietly without the promise of a pro contract, the once-prized ... Read Story »
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Milk and bread are served with each meal. Read Story »
This is a listing of building permits issued by the city of Victoria from April 22-28, for new commercial, commercial ... 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 »
By Dave RamseyQ: Dear Dave: My husband and I are on Baby Step 2 of your plan, and we're working ... Read Story »
ALFORD, MARIE, 74, of Frankston: Funeral, 11 a.m., Autry Funeral Home, Frankston, 903-876-3333, with burial at Garden Oaks Memorial Park ... Read Story »
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FLORHAM PARK, N.J. (AP) - New York Jets coach Rex Ryan says quarterback Mark Sanchez's recovery from offseason knee surgery ... Read Story »
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YORKTOWN - If there was a fishing hole in heaven, Adam Weise would be casting his line there, said Judy ... Read Story »
Jayron Boston is set to become the first person in his family to go to college. Read Story »
Brandon Mays never had a chance to show off what he could do in Victoria when he played for Cuero ... Read Story »
Their chants rang out down Bridge Street as the marchers waved American flags Saturday morning. Read Story »
"In a way, all of us have an El Guapo to face someday. For some, shyness might be their El ... Read Story »
Throughout the 2009-10 school year, the counseling department and faculty at Victoria College have volunteered their time and expertise to ... Read Story »