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CHICAGO (AP) - Now the crisis is reaching the children. Read Story »
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DETROIT (AP) - When police burst into a home in search of a murder suspect, a reality TV crew documented ... Read Story »
NASHVILLE, Tennessee (AP) - Country music singers Brad Paisley, Keith Urban and Lady Antebellum joined other entertainment stars Sunday in ... Read Story »
BANGKOK (AP) - A rogue Thai general who helped anti-government protesters and was shot by an unidentified sniper died Monday ... Read Story »
EDNA - Residents here remember promises made 40 years ago before Lake Texana was built. Read Story »
The future of Interstate 69 through the Crossroads will be discussed in a meeting open to the public Monday. Read Story »
Woodway resident Tommy Lowe has problems with the Victoria City Council's plans to close Railwood Drive because of traffic safety ... Read Story »
NEWPORT BEACH, Calif. (AP) - Walker "Bud" Mahurin, a fighter pilot who shot down two dozen planes in two wars ... Read Story »
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) - Dartmouth College is getting $35 million to open a center it hopes will help the nation ... Read Story »
IRVINE, California (AP) - If campus activism still brings to mind peace signs, a sea of white faces and liberal ... Read Story »
Navy Seaman Recruit Shea C. Hillmer, recently completed U.S. Navy basic training at Recruit Training Command, Great Lakes, Ill. Hillmer ... Read Story »
All higher education faculty members are expected to teach classes, conduct research and provide service to their university and community. ... Read Story »
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Navy and Marine Corps shipmates who served on USS Columbus CA-74/CG-12 from 1944 through 1976 and the USS Colujbus (SSN-762) ... Read Story »
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NEW YORK (AP) - Conan O'Brien will host his new TBS talk show from a California studio that most recently ... Read Story »
VICTORIA EAST TITANS FOOTBALL BOOSTER CLUB: Thursday, May 20th, 6:30 PM. Memorial senior campus cafeteria #1. Informational meeting regarding the ... Read Story »
UHV OPEN BASEBALL TRYOUTS: Thursday, May 27, 4 p.m., Riverside Stadium. Head coach Terry Puhl will supervise tryouts for the ... Read Story »
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SENIOR AND BIG LEAGUE TRYOUTS: Thursday, 7:30 p.m. at Lowe Field. Ages between 15 and 16. Looking for coaches and ... Read Story »
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NEW YORK (AP) - Rock star Bret Michaels will get to play the final round of "The Celebrity Apprentice." Read Story »
LOS ANGELES (AP) - The numbers were in Sandra Diaz-Twine's favor again on "Survivor: Heroes vs. Villains." Read Story »
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - Kevin Keyes had two runs, one home run and six RBIs as Texas beat Louisiana Tech ... Read Story »
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) - Texas A&M won its fourth straight Big 12 women's outdoor track and field championship Sunday, even ... Read Story »
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IRVING, Texas (AP) - Dallas Cowboys quarterback Tony Romo is going to miss his tee time while practicing football. Read Story »
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SAN ANTONIO (AP) - Deep in the heart of Texas, Adam Scott only saw Australia. Harsh scrubland off the fairways ... Read Story »
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Donations from a national concert and telethon for Tennessee flood relief have reached $1.8 million. Read Story »
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Music fans braved a torrential rainstorm in New Orleans for a benefit concert raising money for ... Read Story »
HACKETTSTOWN, New Jersey (AP) - A university college valedictorian had a special graduation gift for her boyfriend - a wedding ... Read Story »
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CLINTON, Ark. (AP) - Jim Burnett, the chairman of the National Transportation Safety Board for six years, has died at ... Read Story »
MADISON, S.D. (AP) - Dakota State University will begin offering an online version of its bachelor's degree in computer science ... Read Story »
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) - Minot attorney Jon Backes (BAWK'-uhs) has been elected the next president of the state Board of ... Read Story »
CENTRAL FALLS, R.I. (AP) - All the teachers fired from a struggling Rhode Island high school may get their jobs ... Read Story »
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Kenya's Sammy Kitwara has won San Francisco's Bay to Breakers race for the second consecutive year. Read Story »
DALLAS (AP) - The creator of a new television show about two mismatched cops on the streets of Dallas says ... Read Story »
BENNINGTON, Okla. (AP) - Two landowners with a claim on the same 10 acres along the Oklahoma-Texas border are in ... Read Story »
POMONA, Calif. (AP) - Demonstrators marched at Pomona College to protest Arizona's controversial new immigration law and the policies of ... Read Story »
POMONA, Calif. (AP) - Demonstrators marched at Pomona College to protest Arizona's new immigration law and the policies of commencement ... Read Story »
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MEXICO CITY (AP) - Mexican authorities say there's no evidence any armed group is behind the disappearance of a former ... Read Story »
HACKETTSTOWN, N.J. (AP) - A college valedictorian had a special graduation gift for her boyfriend - a wedding proposal, which ... Read Story »
On Saturday, when many Crossroads residents were wading through the results of May's first big shower, many of the area's ... Read Story »
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (AP) - Today's college graduates must face change with confidence in a "highly unstable, unequal and unsustainable" world ... Read Story »
JOHNSTOWN, Pa. (AP) - Former President Bill Clinton has lent his Democratic star power to a party candidate locked in ... Read Story »
NEW YORK (AP) - NBC will give viewers a turn-the-page schedule next fall that attempts to erase the memory of ... Read Story »
PHOENIX (AP) - The North American Aerospace Defense Command says two F-16 fighter planes intercepted an ultralight aircraft near the ... Read Story »
CANNES, France (AP) - Woody Allen has restated his support for fellow filmmaker Roman Polanski, who is in house arrest ... Read Story »
CHICAGO (AP) - The number of children hospitalized with dangerous drug-resistant staph infections surged 10-fold in recent years, a study ... Read Story »
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) - Bismarck State College President Larry Skogen says the school needs to remodel and expand its campus ... Read Story »
CHICAGO (AP) - A new analysis of U.S. health data links children's attention-deficit disorder with exposure to common pesticides used ... Read Story »
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Ronnie James Dio, whose soaring vocals, poetic lyrics and mythic tales of a never-ending struggle between ... Read Story »
NEW YORK (AP) - Even as he endured grueling chemotherapy treatments to rid his stomach of cancer, Ronnie James Dio ... Read Story »
MACON, Ga. (AP) - A 72-year-old retired physician from Macon stayed very busy at the graduation ceremony for Mercer University. Read Story »
PHOENIX (AP) - School's out, but the "Glee" kids haven't stopped believin'. Read Story »
CLINTON, Ark. (AP) - Jim Burnett, the chairman of the National Transportation Safety Board for six years, has died at ... Read Story »
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Researchers tracking the massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico say computer models show the ... Read Story »
CANNES, France (AP) - The Indian-inspired, rags-to-riches musical "Bombay Dreams" is about to become a major motion picture. Read Story »
VERMILLION, S.D. (AP) - The University of South Dakota will begin offering a bachelor of science in nursing degree, but ... Read Story »
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) - With 10 minutes to go, two women started to make their way down the stands toward ... Read Story »
RENO, Nev. (AP) - A record number of students graduated from the University of Nevada, Reno over the weekend. Read Story »
LOS ANGELES (AP) - You don't typically hear Southern Californians rhapsodize about a freeway. Read Story »
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) - Inupiat Eskimo whale hunter George Kingik follows news accounts of the oil spill in the Gulf ... Read Story »
CANNES, France (AP) - Melanie Thierry may look like she just stepped out of a Renaissance painting, but 16th century ... Read Story »
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - Many gay couples in Minnesota looked south in envy when Iowa legalized same-sex marriage in 2009. But ... Read Story »
CANTON, N.Y. (AP) - Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor said she's been "living a dream" the past year in her ... Read Story »
WASHINGTON (AP) - Laura Bush says she thinks it's great that Elena Kagan has been nominated for the Supreme Court. Read Story »
CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) - A Laramie County District judge has issued a 10-day restraining order against a Wyoming newspaper to ... Read Story »
NEW YORK (AP) - Authorities say two off-duty New York City police officers were killed and four women were injured ... Read Story »
DETROIT (AP) - When police burst into a home in search of a murder suspect, a reality TV crew documented ... Read Story »
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) - Two of the Democrats vying for the party nomination in the race for South Carolina governor ... Read Story »
ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates (AP) - Troubled relationships are nothing new for "Sex and the City" story lines. But ... Read Story »
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) - The four Republican candidates running to replace South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford are promoting tax changes, ... Read Story »
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (AP) - Today's college graduates must face change with confidence in a "highly unstable, unequal and unsustainable" world ... Read Story »
GLACIER NATIONAL PARK, Mont. (AP) - Glacier National Park just marked 100 years as crown jewel of the parks system, ... Read Story »
CLEARWATER, Fla. (AP) - Florida authorities say a small plane has crashed into a house in Clearwater but nobody in ... Read Story »
FAIRFAX, Oklahoma (AP) - A farm where portions of the movie "Twister" were shot has been damaged by a real ... Read Story »
HUNTINGTON, N.Y. (AP) - A New York animal shelter is seeking donations of Viagra to treat a pit bull with ... Read Story »
WASHINGTON (AP) - First lady Michelle Obama challenged George Washington University graduates at their commencement Sunday to "keep giving" through ... Read Story »
IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) - Tenzin Dhargyal struggled to express the meaning of the Dalai Lama's visit to Cedar Falls ... Read Story »
DALLAS (AP) - An official with a Dallas agency that provides counseling for abused children says the poor economy has ... Read Story »
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INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - Indiana's efforts to draw good teachers to classrooms as school districts face financial problems and pressure to ... Read Story »
HOUSTON (AP) - Brian Cushing was a rising star for the Houston Texans, a key component in their improvement last ... Read Story »
MOBILE, Ala. (AP) - Mobile has a new cruise ship. Read Story »
MOUNDVILLE, Ala. (AP) - The museum at the Moundville Archaeological Park has reopened after a two-year, $5 million renovation that ... Read Story »
CANNES, France (AP) - Award-winning Austrian filmmaker Michael Haneke has yet another feather in his cap. "The White Ribbon" director ... Read Story »
LAS VEGAS (AP) - A 24-year-old Arab American beat out 50 other women to take the 2010 Miss USA title ... Read Story »
BALTIMORE (AP) - The National Museum of Dentistry in Baltimore is celebrating Tooth Fairy Day. Read Story »
WASHINGTON (AP) - Her voice cracking, first lady Michelle Obama recalled her mother pushing her to succeed and the difference ... Read Story »
WASHINGTON (AP) - First lady Michelle Obama will address some 5,000 students graduating from George Washington University and their families ... Read Story »
DENVER (AP) - Metropolitan State College of Denver says its 2010 graduating class of 1,615 students is its largest ever. Read Story »
CANNES, France (AP) - Josh Brolin doesn't have to choose between love and money. Read Story »
CANNES, France (AP) - A note to Cate Blanchett and Reese Witherspoon: Woody Allen has his eye on you. Read Story »
WASHINGTON (AP) - Abortion opponents fought passage of President Barack Obama's health care overhaul to the bitter end, and now ... Read Story »
LANSING, Mich. (AP) - A half-acre of vacant land on Lansing's east side is about to become the Michigan capital's ... Read Story »
Here are the dates for the national "Glee" concert tour, which is visiting four states. Some dates have both an ... Read Story »
PHOENIX (AP) - School's out, but the "Glee" kids haven't stopped believin'. Read Story »
BEIJING (AP) - U.S. leaders want China's clean energy boom to drive technology exports and are sending a sales mission ... Read Story »
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AITCHISON, ROBERT R. "BOB", 79, of Victoria: Visitation, 3-5 p.m., Rosewood Funeral Chapels, Victoria, 361-573-4546. Read Story »
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CUERO - Heads bowed and faces tensed as family and friends lifted candles Sunday evening toward the Guadalupe River. Read Story »
Construction continues at the two new high schools and middle school in Victoria. Read Story »
"Crazy" is what some builders called Victoria-based builder Tony Prokop before the 2010 Builders Association of Victoria's Parade of Homes ... Read Story »
If the Victoria Red Rage is going to have any chance to stick around for more than a couple of ... Read Story »
The Victoria Generals have announced three more signings for the 2010 season, and all three have ties to the Major ... Read Story »
Tom and Patty Armstrong of Spartanburg, S.C., are pleased to announce the engagement of their daughter, Swell Armstrong of Austin, ... Read Story »
Steve and Susie Motal of Victoria are pleased to announce the engagement of their daughter, Sarah Motal of San Antonio, ... Read Story »
Nick and Angela Jacobs of Spring, Texas are pleased to announce the engagement of their daughter Robyn Jean Jacobs, to ... Read Story »
Mr. Ronnie Grutzmacher of Louise and Ms. Carla Grutzmacher of Victoria are pleased to announce the engagement of their daughter, ... Read Story »
Antonio and Marisela Garza of Victoria are pleased to announce the engagement of their daughter, Rachel Ruth Garza, to Daniel ... Read Story »
Joe Alvarado and Brenda Byers of Victoria are pleased to announce the engagement of their daughter, Ashley Marie Alvarado, to ... Read Story »