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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Nashville has no theme park, no beach and no casinos. Read Story »
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A Calhoun High School senior was among two Port Lavaca students killed in a rollover wreck on U.S. Highway 67 ... Read Story »
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Beneath a water oak tree in Jack Hodge's front yard, a World War II dog tag belonging to a now-deceased ... Read Story »
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SYDNEY (AP) — An Australian judge on Wednesday froze proceeds from a book written by a former Guantanamo Bay detainee ... Read Story »
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NORTH SABINE: Trout are fair in the river on live shad. Redfish are good in the cuts and drains leading ... Read Story »
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Growing up, Quinton Spears looked up to NFL players. Read Story »
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An electrical fire endangered three houses near Kingwood Forest Drive and U.S. Highway 87 on Tuesday evening. Read Story »
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A quote from Henry Ford became a $20,000 coincidence. Read Story »
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KINGSTON, Jamaica (AP) — Police arrested three suspects in the grisly slayings of a mother and daughter whose beheadings during ... Read Story »
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Residents in South Texas may see a white helicopter in the sky during the month of August. Read Story »
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Meredith Melcher first served her country in 2003. Within the intense pressure of war, she sang to others to raise ... Read Story »
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Increased tax revenue may save infrastructure projects in downtown Victoria from being postponed. Read Story »
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BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraq's political leaders gave the government the green light Tuesday to begin negotiating a deal with the ... Read Story »
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ST. LOUIS (AP) — Locked-out Honeywell workers at a southern Illinois plant that helps make nuclear fuel have agreed to ... Read Story »
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VICTORIA - A 31-year-old Victoria man by officers on Monday on suspicion of manufacturing and delivering a controlled substance and ... Read Story »
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ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) — A judge allowed a jury to continue to hear a lawsuit that alleges fraud by the ... Read Story »
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FOOTBALL Read Story »
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VICTORIA WEST CROSS COUNTRY PRACTICE:Monday, Aug. 8. Girls at 8 a.m. and boys at 7 p.m. Athletes should bring running ... Read Story »
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VICTORIA EAST VOLLEYBALL BOOSTER CLUB MEETING: Friday August 5, at 6:30 p.m. in the East cafeteria for Parent Night. Call ... Read Story »
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VICTORIA PARKS & RECREATION DEPARTMENT ADULT FALL SOFTBALL AND KICKBALL LEAGUES: Aug. 8 through Sept. 2. The entry fee is ... Read Story »
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GOLF Read Story »
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With hours remaining before the deadline, Congress on Tuesday raised the federal borrowing limit or the government would have run ... Read Story »
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KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Dollywood officials have offered a refund to a lesbian couple after an employee asked one of ... Read Story »
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FLORHAM PARK, N.J. (AP) — David Harris was rewarded by the New York Jets for his patience. Read Story »
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KELLER, HELEN E., 83, of Victoria, died Friday, July 29, 2011. Services pending with Colonial Funeral Home, 361-578-3535. Read Story »
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ANZALDUA, ROMULO, 87, of Refugio: Rosary, 7 p.m., Moore Funeral Home, 361-526-4334. Read Story »
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DETROIT (AP) — The Detroit Tigers have designated reliever David Purcey for assignment. Read Story »
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The Advocate wants to correct promptly any error in fact or clarify any misleading information we publish. To report any ... Read Story »
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John Cecil received the Outstanding Citizen Crime Prevention Award for a small agency from the Victoria Police Department. Cecil is ... Read Story »
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BY DAVE SATHER Read Story »
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Texas Collegiate League baseball is now in its third year calling the Crossroads home, said Blake Koch, general manager for ... Read Story »
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AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Gov. Rick Perry is hosting a series of dinners with potential donors in Austin this week ... Read Story »
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Editor, the Advocate: Read Story »
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Minnesota enterprise and Member Exchange features in sight for Saturday-Monday, Aug. 6-8: Read Story »
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By Joe JanakWhile many a ranchers haven't harvested a single bale of hay for the upcoming winter, most of the ... Read Story »
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The man sentenced to 198 years in prison for the 1973 killing of country comic David ... Read Story »
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Editors: Read Story »
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NORFOLK, Va. (AP) — A woman faces charges of wounding a Norfolk police officer. Read Story »
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OIL CITY, Pa. (AP) — A man ordered to stay out of Erie while he awaits trial on charges he ... Read Story »
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BULLETIN Read Story »
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CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — An official says the trial for the alleged killers of a bride murdered on ... Read Story »
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NEW YORK (AP) — American Airlines says an Internet outage shut down its reservation system at New York's Kennedy airport ... Read Story »
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KANO, Nigeria (AP) — An independent monitor says hundreds of parents are defying threats of jail time by refusing polio ... Read Story »
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Speak Out comments for April 1 and April 2, 2011. Read Story »
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A 20 percent chance of isolated showers and thunderstorms after 1 p.m. Tuesday. Mostly sunny and hot with a high ... Read Story »
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The following is the menu for the Victoria Senior Activity Center for Aug. 8-12. Milk and bread are served with ... Read Story »
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Food service inspections Read Story »
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