Stories for August 31, 2011
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TODAY'S TIGERS, TOMORROW'S LEADERS Read Story »
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BEIJING (AP) — A Chinese official said security forces defused several plots to sabotage an international trade fair in the ... Read Story »
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Police arrested a Victoria man Tuesday for the double shooting on Oaklawn Street on Sunday morning. Read Story »
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OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Wildfires plagued Oklahoma for a second straight day Wednesday, burning homes and injuring three firefighters as ... Read Story »
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Crossroads communities are monitoring drought conditions and, in some cases, taking action. Read Story »
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Judging by the patches of brown grass on a Victoria house-renter's lawn, you wouldn't think the drought has helped his ... Read Story »
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Motorists could soon be driving more than 70 mph down Texas roadways. Read Story »
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An unattended barrel used for burning sparked a grass fire and burned down an 8 by 10 storage shed Wednesday ... Read Story »
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GOLF Read Story »
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BASKETBALL Read Story »
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VICTORIA GIRLS SOFTBALL ASSOCIATION FALL BALL: Ages 5-18. Fee is $35. Victoria Mall, Saturday, Sept 10, 10 a.m. to 4 ... Read Story »
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It isn't often that East and West high school students put aside their scholastic rivalries. But that's exactly what they ... Read Story »
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The National Night Out drive to heighten community awareness about drug and crime prevention programs and to strengthen the relationship ... Read Story »
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An investigation led to the arrest of two men for manufacturing and possessing methamphetamine in Flatonia on Tuesday. Read Story »
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VICTORIA - Bianca Rachelle Carrera, 27, of Goliad, by deputies Wednesday on a warrant charging her with felony use or ... Read Story »
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Fred Nieto Jr. submitted his letter of resignation as Lavaca County justice of the peace to Lavaca County Judge Tramer ... Read Story »
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PANTEL, SOPHIE LOUISE, 91, of Victoria, died Wednesday, Aug. 31, 2011. Services pending with Grace Funeral Home, 361-573-4341. Read Story »
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AKIN, SANDRA KAY, 50, of Bay City, formerly of Bloomington: Funeral, 10 a.m., First Baptist Church in Bloomington, with burial ... Read Story »
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MINNEAPOLS (AP) — It was an amazing hockey shot, with the puck sliding into a tiny hole from center ice ... Read Story »
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MIKE FORMAN :: ON SPORTS Read Story »
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CINCINNATI (AP) — Cliff Lee wanted one more out. Instead, the dominating left-hander had to settle for the biggest share ... Read Story »
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BOSTON (AP) — Boston Mayor Thomas Menino has officially signed a lease for converting a former bathroom in the nation's ... Read Story »
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Editor, the Advocate: Read Story »
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We were pleased to have a good discussion this past week with a man who possibly could be our next ... Read Story »
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I just saw on the world news tonight that a superintendent out in California cut his own salary from $290,000 ... Read Story »
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ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia's state climatologist says extreme drought conditions have now spread into north Georgia and cover most of ... Read Story »
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PHILADELPHIA, Miss. (AP) — The casino resort owned by the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians says it has hired a ... Read Story »
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A Victoria federal judge has granted an unprecedented legal move for a private business to sue the U.S. Department of ... Read Story »
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Victoria College's proposed tax rate is 16 cents per $100 of property value. Since property appraisal values increased, taxpayer's would ... Read Story »
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SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — The state Senate on Wednesday approved the second half of contentious legislation that would allow students ... Read Story »
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NEW YORK (AP) — The Justice Department's move to block AT&T Inc. from buying T-Mobile USA is motivated by the ... Read Story »
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ANTIQUES, ART & BEER Read Story »
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Stay Here: Read Story »
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The Victoria Advocate wants to hear from readers, ages 17-30, for our weekly entertainment section, Get Out. Read Story »
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WEST BAY, La. (AP) — In 2003, the Army Corps of Engineers cut a hole in the bank of the ... Read Story »
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This Labor Day may be the last three-day weekend with warm weather. We hope. But with recent record-breaking temperatures, a ... Read Story »
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Life goes fast, as fast as an arrow. If you haven't learned this for yourself, go see Thornton Wilder and ... Read Story »
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1st-$3,500, Claiming $2,500-$2,500, 3-Year-Olds & Up Fillies and Mares, One Mile and Seventy Yards Read Story »
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OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — Attorneys general in 45 states are asking a classified ads website to explain how it handles ... Read Story »
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3rd_$18,500, cl, 3YO up, 6f, clear. Read Story »
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1st-$3,500, Claiming $2,500-$2,500, 3-Year-Olds & Up Fillies and Mares, One Mile and Seventy Yards Read Story »
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NEW YORK (AP) — Before joining NBC's "The Voice," Adam Levine says some folks assumed he was some "singing bimbo ... Read Story »
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MONTREAL (AP) — Bombardier's net profits soared by nearly 53 percent in the second quarter but economic uncertainty reduced aircraft ... Read Story »
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BALTIMORE (AP) — Baltimore's hotels and restaurants are looking forward to sold-out tourism business from the Baltimore Grand Prix that ... Read Story »
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — The good news for Hollywood: summer movie revenues are up worldwide as studios rebounded from a ... Read Story »
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LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Brown-Forman Corp. said Wednesday its first-quarter profit rose 6 percent as its flagship Jack Daniel's lineup ... Read Story »
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TEXAS CITY: Trout are fair to good on the reefs and in the channel on live shrimp and croakers. Redfish ... Read Story »
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NEW YORK (AP) — If Broadway last season was dominated by a glitzy Spider-Man, Broadway's new season seems to be ... Read Story »
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