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CINCINNATI (AP) - Lance Berkman couldn't leave his favorite road ballpark without a big hit. Read Story »
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MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) - A new leak of radioactive material has been found and fixed at the troubled Vermont Yankee ... Read Story »
HOUSTON (AP) - Brian Ching had a frustrating week, to say the least. Read Story »
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WINNETKA, Ill. (AP) - Rep. Mark Kirk said he has amended his biography after he misstated an award he received ... Read Story »
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OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - Landis Ware drove in four runs from the ninth spot in the batting order Saturday night, ... Read Story »
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Some members of the Crossroads Commission on Education are frustrated with University of Houston System Board of Regents Chairman Welcome ... Read Story »
Highlights from Dennis Hopper's career as a movie actor: Read Story »
HOUSTON (AP) - Second-half substitute Danny Mwanga scored three minutes into stoppage time, and the Philadelphia Union came from behind ... Read Story »
HOUSTON (AP) - Second-half substitute Danny Mwanga scored three minutes into stoppage time, and the Philadelphia Union came from behind ... Read Story »
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MODESTO, Calif. (AP) - A district attorney has cleared a California university of intentionally destroying documents about an upcoming speech ... Read Story »
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MIAMI (AP) - Stoic as always, Roy Halladay's expression never changed. Read Story »
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ADVOCATE STAFF REPORTTalk radio is coming to Victoria Read Story »
ADVOCATE STAFF REPORTThe Republican Women of DeWitt and Lavaca counties are hosting a Come and Take It Back fundraiser from ... Read Story »
Jessica Hardaway and her two children, Tavius Ogden and Audric Hardaway, were on their way to a friend's house to ... Read Story »
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RENO, Nev. (AP) - A federal bankruptcy judge has approved plans by Station Casinos Inc. to auction off 11 of ... Read Story »
The Victoria Police Department is warning residents to avoid becoming the next victim of a check scam involving a Texas ... Read Story »
GOLIAD - The third annual summer River Flotilla will take place on Saturday along the San Antonio River. Read Story »
Levi Sloan Road will be closed to thru traffic from Oliver Road to Parsons Road from 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Tuesday ... Read Story »
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Beginning the week of May 31, Victoria College regular business hours will be 7:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m, Monday through ... Read Story »
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The Pan American Golf Association of Victoria recently endowed $10,000 to fund a golf scholarship at the University of Houston-Victoria. Read Story »
Hello Anglers! It's been said that Memorial Day weekend will be the busiest weekend of the year with a record ... Read Story »
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LAS VEGAS (AP) - A prominent sandstone arch at Valley of Fire State Park in southern Nevada has collapsed. Read Story »
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - Indianapolis police are investigating after Colts wide receiver Reggie Wayne told them that an ex-girlfriend may have ... Read Story »
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - The former director of the Indiana State Department of Toxicology spent $1.5 million of taxpayer money last ... Read Story »
EDWARDSVILLE, Ill. (AP) - A judge says a supposed terrorist threat found in the car of an aspiring rapper isn't ... Read Story »
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - Tyler Naquin and Brodie Greene each went 4-for-5, Matt Juengel homered twice and Texas A&M never ... Read Story »
KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) - A Kansas City, Kan., waterpark that got off to a slow start is hoping for ... Read Story »
JOHNSON CITY, N.Y. (AP) - A woman in an upstate New York village nearly had to pay $79,000 in fines ... Read Story »
DENVER (AP) - Interior Secretary Ken Salazar on Saturday used the Gulf of Mexico oil spill as an example of ... Read Story »
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) - With an estimated 16,000 teachers reaching retirement age in the next two years, the state Department ... Read Story »
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NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Media organizations say they are being allowed only limited access to areas impacted by the Gulf ... Read Story »
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Memorial Day schedule for governmental offices and other services in the Victoria area includes: Read Story »
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TEL AVIV (AP) - R&B singing sensation Rihanna takes the stage in front of an Israeli audience for the first ... Read Story »
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NEW YORK MILLS, N.Y. (AP) - A man who shot a central New York AT&T phone store clerk had previously ... Read Story »
KERRVILLE, Texas (AP) - The 1,000th American serviceman killed in Afghanistan was born on the Fourth of July. He died ... Read Story »
SPARTANBURG, S.C. (AP) - When Spartanburg High School valedictorian Sarah Parker looked up during her speech at Friday night's graduation ... Read Story »
MISSOULA, Mont. (AP) - The chair of the search committee looking for a new president for the University of Montana ... Read Story »
ELYRIA, Ohio (AP) - Police in northeast Ohio say they're looking for thieves who stole a wheelchair ramp from a ... Read Story »
FENTON, La. (AP) - Jefferson Davis Parish Sheriff Ricky Edwards says an ultralight plane flew into some high power lines ... Read Story »
On balance, it hasn't been a bad month for Jim Calhoun. Read Story »
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Should cities help families save for their kids' college education? San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom thinks ... Read Story »
FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) - Creditors for the Texas Rangers are seeking to expand the baseball team's recently filed Chapter ... Read Story »
SOAP LAKE, Wash. (AP) - A sheriff's office in Washington state has paid more than $400 to replace an inmate's ... Read Story »
COLLINSVILLE, Okla. (AP) - A small plane crashed near a tiny private airstrip in northeastern Oklahoma, killing two people onboard, ... Read Story »
CLEVELAND (AP) - When it comes to locally grown food, David Bargetzi wants his really, really local. He would even ... Read Story »
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - Ryan Gebhart's first homer of the season, a three-run shot in the seventh inning, helped lift ... Read Story »
BLAINE, Wash. (AP) - The Washington state Department of Labor and Industries says the BP Cherry Point petroleum refinery will ... Read Story »
MANASSAS, Va. (AP) - A number of water parks in Virginia are opening this weekend. Read Story »
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ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) - Police in Virginia say a man who robbed a bank in Fairfax County was still standing ... Read Story »
WAL-MART'S PRICE-CUTS: Wal-Mart is getting attention for deep price cuts on 22 different favorite foods, particular sodas, ahead of Memorial ... Read Story »
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) - Confronted with severe revenue shortfalls, some states have found a convenient way of softening painful ... Read Story »
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Dennis Hopper, who brought the counterculture to Hollywood with "Easy Rider" and led a career marked ... Read Story »
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) - Nearly two dozen museums across Connecticut are offering free admission this summer to active duty military ... Read Story »
CHICAGO (AP) - The White House hopes it's a new day for gay rights in the African nation of Malawi ... Read Story »
TEMPE, Ariz. (AP) - Supporters and opponents of Arizona's tough new crackdown on illegal immigration held separate rallies in Phoenix, ... Read Story »
MIAMI (AP) - South Beach clubs, hotels and beaches will flow with alcohol as celebrities like Sean Combs and Busta ... Read Story »
LOWELL, Mass. (AP) - Roger Goodell sent 40 letters to the NFL office in New York City looking for a ... Read Story »
At nearly every step since the Deepwater Horizon exploded more than a month ago, causing the worst oil spill in ... Read Story »
BERLIN (AP) - It was only nine months ago that Forbes magazine named German Chancellor Angela Merkel the world's most ... Read Story »
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom is pitching a new plan to help families save money for ... Read Story »
NEW YORK (AP) - Brian Greene works in a world where scientific reasoning rules all and imagination leads to the ... Read Story »
ON THE GULF OF MEXICO (AP) - Armed with the Gulper, the SIPPER and an array of other high-tech gizmos, ... Read Story »
GALVESTON, Texas (AP) - NOAA Ship Thomas Jefferson is on a three-week mission to research the BP oil spill in ... Read Story »
BARRE, Vt. (AP) - With its carved images of falling maple leaves, a rifle-toting citizen soldier and the state Capitol, ... Read Story »
CINCINNATI (AP) - A Cincinnati museum has set an attendance record with a civil rights exhibit featuring photographs of black ... Read Story »
TRENTON, N.J. (AP) - As the state has cut back on tourism advertising, various regional and county organizations which normally ... Read Story »
FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) - No road leads up to or over Rainbow Bridge, and no hands built it. Read Story »
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Nashville tourism officials are working to keep conventions in town in the aftermath of widespread flooding ... Read Story »
LONDON (AP) - It was black and strapless, with a sassy sequined flounce at the bodice and a gloriously full, ... Read Story »
PARIS (AP) - On his way out of the French Open, Andy Roddick barked at the chair umpire about wet ... Read Story »
Bennington (Vt.) Banner, May 25, 2010: Read Story »
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) - New Mexico wants to join the ecotourism trend, promoting not only the state's natural beauty but ... Read Story »
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. (AP) - Monroe County is battling what one expert calls an "epidemic" of bedbugs that has infested private ... Read Story »
OSLO, Norway - Germany's Lena Meyer-Landrut won the 2010 Eurovision Song Contest with the catchy pop song "Satellite," edging out ... Read Story »
NEWARK, Del. (AP) - More than 3,800 University of Delaware students celebrated at commencement on Saturday. Read Story »
BAR HARBOR, Maine (AP) - It could be the anthem for Maine tourism officials this summer: Let the sun shine. Read Story »
FOWLER, Ind. (AP) - Tourists who might normally blow through Benton County could be inclined to stop to learn more ... Read Story »
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WASHINGTON (AP) - The impatient nation isn't getting answers fast enough in the Gulf of Mexico oil spill disaster. Read Story »
WASHINGTON (AP) - The impatient nation isn't getting answers fast enough in the Gulf of Mexico oil spill disaster. Read Story »
BRUNSWICK, Maine (AP) - Bowdoin College will award 454 degrees as it holds it 205th commencement. Read Story »
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SPERRY, Okla. (AP) - A Tulsa County judge will conduct a hearing next week to determine whether a ruling she ... Read Story »
EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn. (AP) - Proceeds from an Eden Prairie 5K to be held on July 24 will benefit a ... Read Story »
COLUMBUS, Miss. (AP) - Mississippi University for Women and Mississippi Delta Community College have agreed on a program that will ... Read Story »
COVINGTON, La. (AP) - A 59-year-old Texas woman has been sentenced to 18 years in prison for possessing six pounds ... Read Story »
DETROIT (AP) - Former Motown superstar Diana Ross is coming home - for one night at least. Read Story »
DETROIT (AP) - The annual Movement Electronic Music Festival is taking place this weekend in Detroit. Read Story »
KALAMAZOO, Mich. (AP) - The Kalamazoo Institute of Arts is hosting a new exhibition about flowers featuring works from its ... Read Story »
LOWELL, Mass. (AP) - NFL commissioner Roger Goodell is scheduled to deliver the commencement address at UMass-Lowell. Read Story »
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Q: My son thinks he wants to be a welder when he finishes high school, and I saw something about ... Read Story »
Q: Dear Dave: How do you feel about mortgage accelerator plans? Can you please explain them? - Doug Read Story »
Sometimes, the little details can really trip us up. I had a friend contact me last week with a problem. ... Read Story »
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AMASON, BETTY, 74, of Seadrift: Graveside service, 10 a.m., Seadrift Cemetery. Richardson-Colonial Funeral Home, Port Lavaca, 361-552-2988. Read Story »
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NEW YORK (AP) - Wal-Mart is counting on $1 ketchup bottles and sub-$4 cases of Coke to get its low-price ... Read Story »
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Toya Jones knows he can't change the past, but he wonders. Read Story »
A smile spread across tiny Jonathan Partida's face as he perched on a swing in Riverside Park. He giggled as ... Read Story »
SHINER - Dorothy Glomb cradled the blue case in her hands, marveling at the treasures inside - a dog tag, ... Read Story »
COTTONPATCH - Motorcycle engines revved Saturday in Cottonpatch, a short drive away from fallen Afghanistan War veteran Sgt. Anthony "Gabe" ... Read Story »
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EDNA - Pauline Negrete is not worrying about her last days of school. She's got bigger things on her mind. Read Story »
Community members can help raise scholarship funds for students in need by taking part in the Achieve Your Dream co-ed ... Read Story »
Victoria College has signed a memorandum of understanding to begin working toward opening a College Assistance Resource and Services Center ... Read Story »
The sand flat adjacent to the deep water of the Neches River was not paying off. Big speckled trout, seven ... Read Story »
The new World War I memorial plaque will be unveiled at Monday's Memorial Day program on the steps of the ... Read Story »