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Jennifer Ward Marlow of La Salle and Anthony George Kaune of Faribault, Minn., were married at 4 p.m. on March ... Read Story »
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Mary Mae Callan and Victor Garcia, both of Victoria, were married at 3 p.m. on Nov. 13, 2010, at Trinity ... Read Story »
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Dr. Marshall and Janna Wiener of Victoria, Texas, joyfully announce the upcoming marriage of their son, Matthew Benjamin, to Codi ... Read Story »
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Wade and Judy Herman of Placedo are pleased to announce the engagement of their daughter, Nancy Elizabeth Herman of Victoria, ... Read Story »
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CINCINNATI (AP) - Investigators looking for clues to the disappearance of an elderly Ohio couple suspended a search of a ... Read Story »
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BOSTON (AP) - As a little girl, Caroline Kennedy hung out at her father's desk while he worked in the ... Read Story »
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BERKELEY, Calif. (AP) - Jorge Gutierrez slipped through a side door and out of Haas Pavilion with family and friends, ... Read Story »
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LOS ANGELES (AP) - The daughter of a journalist killed 41 years ago by a tear gas missile fired by ... Read Story »
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LOS ANGELES (AP) - Kobe Bryant brought his NBA finals focus to the All-Star game. Read Story »
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By Doug CochranWhen is the park on Airline going to be built? Read Story »
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By Karalyn Jones Read Story »
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CARDOSA, RITA HERNANDEZ, 88, of Victoria, died Friday, Feb. 18, 2011. Colonial Funeral Home, Victoria, 361-578-3535. Read Story »
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Monday is Presidents Day. The holiday schedule for governmental offices and other services in the Victoria area includes is: Read Story »
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BARBER, DELLA MARIE "GRANDMA DELLA", 88, of Port Lavaca: Funeral Mass, 10 a.m., Our Lady of the Gulf Catholic Church, ... Read Story »
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For the past six Sundays, a group of about 20 Texas hold 'em enthusiasts have congregated at Dodge City Night ... Read Story »
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Name: Jasmeen Larbie Read Story »
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SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - A group of about two dozen angry mourners attacked a news crew reporting on the killing ... Read Story »
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LOS ANGELES (AP) - With a celebrity-studded crowd looking on, Rihanna rocked the halftime show at the NBA All-Star game ... Read Story »
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A two-vehicle accident occurred at the intersection of Ben Jordan and North Street on Sunday about 4 p.m., damaging the ... Read Story »
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Boy, Cub Scouts retire tattered American flags Read Story »
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First came the autographed Dez Bryant Dallas Cowboys jersey. Next it was a $100 gift card for the NFL shop. ... Read Story »
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DURHAM, N.C. (AP) - For a brief while, it looked as if a brutal week for the nation's top teams ... Read Story »
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BEIJING (AP) - A major Chinese telecoms equipment maker is scrapping its effort to acquire a U.S. computer company after ... Read Story »
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LOS ANGELES (AP) - With a celebrity-studded crowd looking on, Rihanna rocked the halftime show at the NBA All-Star game ... Read Story »
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LOS ANGELES (AP) - With a celebrity-studded crowd looking on, Rihanna rocked the halftime show at the NBA All-Star game ... Read Story »
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DENVER (AP) - The surge of medical marijuana use in Colorado has started another debate in the state Legislature: What ... Read Story »
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TOKYO (AP) - Japan is excavating the site of a former medical school that may reveal grisly secrets from World ... Read Story »
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NEW YORK (AP) - More than 20 firefighters were injured as they battled for seven hours to extinguish a wind-fueled ... Read Story »
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NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Kevin VanDam tied event records by winning his second consecutive Bassmaster Classic and his fourth overall, ... Read Story »
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COLLEGE PARK, Md. (AP) - For 35 minutes, Maryland couldn't miss from the inside and North Carolina State was connecting ... Read Story »
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WASHINGTON (AP) - Attorney General Eric Holder will attend and speak at the funeral of a U.S. Immigration and Customs ... Read Story »
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TYLER, Texas (AP) - Two teenage girls and a woman were killed when their car veered off a rural East ... Read Story »
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DALLAS (AP) - The Texas attorney general's office is bypassing the Dallas County district attorney's office in its investigation of ... Read Story »
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FORT SMITH, Ark. (AP) - The University of Arkansas at Fort Smith has received a treasure trove of documents on ... Read Story »
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LUBBOCK, Texas (AP) - Lubbock police say they fatally shot a man who was holding a woman at knifepoint during ... Read Story »
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PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Lavoy Allen was thrilled former Temple greats were in attendance and honored at halftime for their Hall ... Read Story »
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NORTH LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) - About 130 soldiers from the Arkansas National Guard have left for training in Texas ... Read Story »
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SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - Illinois financial experts question the wisdom of Gov. Pat Quinn's proposal to borrow billions of dollars ... Read Story »
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DENVER (AP) - Down the stretch, Gary Redus finally found his shot. Read Story »
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MILWAUKEE (AP) - Doctors who wrote medical notes over the weekend excusing protesters at the Wisconsin Capitol from work are ... Read Story »
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WEST POINT, N.Y. (AP) - A daring New York Police Department helicopter rescue in darkness and dangerous winds safely delivered ... Read Story »
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STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) - Officials say the annual Penn State IFC/Panhellanic Dance Marathon raised a record $9.56 million over ... Read Story »
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PETERSBURG, Ky. (AP) - A progressive blogger and another man who tried to go to a special event at Kentucky's ... Read Story »
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CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) - A Texas company is gathering seismic data in Wyoming to help figure out the best locations ... Read Story »
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COLLEGE PARK, Md. (AP) - Greivis Vasquez had his jersey No. 21 hung from the rafters of Maryland's home arena ... Read Story »
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CHELSEA, Mass. (AP) - It started with an immigration raid four years ago. Read Story »
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WEST WARWICK, R.I. (AP) - Survivors of one of the nation's worst nightclub fires and the families of those killed ... Read Story »
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NORMAN, Okla. (AP) - Dillion Overton gave up one run on four hits over seven innings as Oklahoma cruised to ... Read Story »
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DALLAS (AP) - In the boom and sprawl of the Lone Star State - mostly east of the dry line ... Read Story »
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CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico (AP) - A shoot-em-up video game set in the border town of Ciudad Juarez has angered local ... Read Story »
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TULSA, Okla. (AP) - The number of minority young people is higher than white children and teens in Tulsa for ... Read Story »
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KEARNEY, Neb. (AP) - Grape growers and wine makers can learn about practices for making better wine and get an ... Read Story »
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WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. (AP) - E'Twaun Moore seemingly toyed with Ohio State. Read Story »
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TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) - Investigations of abortion providers that once made Phill Kline a national figure as Kansas attorney general ... Read Story »
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NEW YORK (AP) - A New York man whose wallet disappeared from his jacket pocket has gotten it back - ... Read Story »
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DALLAS (AP) - A private jet owned by a North Texas company has been impounded by the Congolese government in ... Read Story »
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MADISON, Wis. (AP) - The head of Wisconsin's powerful teachers' union is calling on educators to return to classrooms Monday ... Read Story »
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ST. CLOUD, Minn. (AP) - Nearly 8,000 Xcel Energy customers in St. Cloud and Waite Park are without power as ... Read Story »
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KISSIMMEE, Fla. (AP) - If the 2010 season had started on June 1, the Houston Astros might have been a ... Read Story »
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HAMILTON, N.Y. (AP) - G.W. Boon scored 11 points and grabbed 11 rebounds to lead Bucknell over Colgate 77-69 on ... Read Story »
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VIENNA (AP) - An Austrian news agency is quoting a quirky construction mogul as saying he won't be taking actress ... Read Story »
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HELENA, Mont. (AP) - Montana legislators had been asked to choose between two proposed bills in creating a physician-assisted suicide ... Read Story »
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WASHINGTON (AP) - Vlad Moldoveanu scored 23 points, including 13 from the foul line, and American held on to defeat ... Read Story »
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LOS ANGELES (AP) - El Camino Real High School has won six national academic quiz championships, boasts test scores that ... Read Story »
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SALT LAKE CITY (AP) - Scientists are gearing up for a new study to determine why so much ozone pollution ... Read Story »
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MILLINOCKET, Maine (AP) - A college student who spent a frigid night on Mount Katahdin when high winds blew him ... Read Story »
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PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - Josh McGriff and Ashley Anderson marked the birth of their daughter, McKinnley, by opening a college ... Read Story »
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SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) - The New Mexico Court of Appeals has ruled that tribal sovereignty protects tribes and pueblos ... Read Story »
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - An increase in demand for grants to fund solar panels and advanced energy projects in Ohio, ... Read Story »
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LOGAN, Utah (AP) - Police have begun using laser light technology to detect the distance between traveling vehicles, allowing them ... Read Story »
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PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Saint Joseph's guard Patrick Swilling is no longer enrolled at the school and center Todd O'Brien will ... Read Story »
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WASHINGTON (AP) - Few memories haunt Republicans more deeply than the 1995-96 partial shutdown of the federal government, which helped ... Read Story »
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WASHINGTON (AP) - A senior U.S. diplomat on Sunday condemned the brutal crackdown on opposition protesters in Libya, saying Arab ... Read Story »
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SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (AP) - A television crew tracks Buster Posey's every step as he stops behind the batting cage and ... Read Story »
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BLOOMINGTON, Ind. (AP) - The movie-maker behind "Do the Right Thing," "Malcolm X" and "She's Gotta Have It" is coming ... Read Story »
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LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) - Louisville attorney Dan Owens has reached out to the University of Kentucky for help in luring ... Read Story »
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NEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP) - A Yale University graduate's expertise in cardiology and work in medicine has inspired his former ... Read Story »
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GOODYEAR, Ariz. (AP) - Brandon Phillips has taken to tweeting. His manager's reaction? A shudder. Read Story »
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NEW YORK (AP) - The best college basketball team in Brooklyn doesn't have one player from the borough. Read Story »
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BELLINGHAM, Wash. (AP) - The Border Policy Research Institute at Western Washington University is studying wait times at the Canadian ... Read Story »
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SNELLVILLE, Ga. (AP) - Police say five teenagers were wounded in a shooting at a "sweet 16" birthday party in ... Read Story »
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LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - A Lincoln native who became fascinated with space and robotics while watching "Star Wars" as a ... Read Story »
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PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - Two Portland newspapers have reported that some of U.S. Rep. David Wu's aides were so alarmed ... Read Story »
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INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - A surprise appearance by Motown star Diana Ross has helped Indianapolis celebrate the opening of its new ... Read Story »
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WOODBURY, Tenn. (AP) - A Tennessee woman was suspended from her job for three days when she answered her cell ... Read Story »
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SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) - Santa Fe resident Bruce Dunlap lives in a house so small it can be pulled ... Read Story »
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TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) - His bandaged right pinky jutting out to the side for protection, Derrick Williams found himself beneath ... Read Story »
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JERUSALEM (AP) - Renowned British novelist Ian McEwan accepted an Israeli literary prize in Jerusalem Sunday with harsh criticism of ... Read Story »
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PORTLAND, Maine (AP) - Preliminary figures show Maine fishermen caught a record 93.4 million pounds of lobster in 2010 valued ... Read Story »
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LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) - When Dick Richards joined other parents in a tour of a new, $1 million field house ... Read Story »
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PIERRE, S.D. (AP) - After three trials, the search for answers continues in the late 1975 slaying of an American ... Read Story »
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PETERSBURG, Ky. (AP) - A museum based on a literal interpretation of the Bible denied a same-sex couple admittance for ... Read Story »
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ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) - The Minnesota Department of Transportation is recommending against unnecessary travel in the southern half of ... Read Story »
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OELWEIN, Iowa (AP) - An explosion Sunday morning at a feed plant north of Oelwein was likely sparked by a ... Read Story »
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AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) - A Maine seaside dock without a pile of lobster traps is like chowder without clams. But ... Read Story »
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MIAMI (AP) - A Delta plane's engine failed in mid-air over Florida, forcing the flight to make an emergency landing ... Read Story »
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CONCORD, N.H. (AP) - New Englanders like to talk sports, weather - and "wicked." Read Story »
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COOKEVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - The director of Nashville State Community College's Cookeville campus has resigned, setting off a search for ... Read Story »
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MONKTON, Md. (AP) - As an algae with a gross nickname invades pristine trout streams across the U.S., Maryland is ... Read Story »
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) - Student newspapers and yearbooks aren't going away anytime soon in Kansas despite earlier fears that ... Read Story »
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OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - One of two conjoined twins who were separated when 3 months old in 2009 has died. Read Story »
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MONKTON, Md. (AP) - As an algae with a gross nickname invades pristine trout streams across the U.S., Maryland is ... Read Story »
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DENVER (AP) - Colorado is considering setting a blood-test standard for what constitutes driving under the influence of marijuana. Read Story »
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AP Dateline Louisiana Member Exchange Read Story »
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LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - A 13-hour dance marathon at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln raised almost $28,000 for Children's Hospital and ... Read Story »
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PHILADELPHIA (AP) - "Return of the Mummies" may sound like a horror movie, but in this case there's a happy ... Read Story »
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MILFORD, Conn. (AP) - Long before they were installed, the flat panels collecting solar thermal energy on the roof of ... Read Story »
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AP Dateline Louisiana Member Exchange Read Story »
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PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Police in Philadelphia say three men were killed and another wounded in shootings at three city taverns ... Read Story »
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SUNDANCE, Wyo. (AP) - A Canadian company hoping to compete with China's near-monopoly of rare earth elements - metals critical ... Read Story »
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MEDFORD, N.J. (AP) - Read Story »
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LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - A list of more than 50 central Nebraska attractions has been compiled in the hope of ... Read Story »
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MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) - Read Story »
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TEXARKANA, Ark. (AP) - Former Garland City mayor Yvonne Dockery is asking a federal judge to let her remain free ... Read Story »
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LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - History, politics and personal stories about immigration and assimilation will be shared at a March symposium ... Read Story »
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DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) - The Daytona 500 is on the move. Read Story »
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WASHINGTON (AP) - A leading Democrat says Senate officials are working behind the scenes on a budget proposal to keep ... Read Story »
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BOISE, Idaho (AP) - Explosive population growth since 2000 in the sprawling farmland-turned-suburbia west of Idaho's capital city means Republican ... Read Story »
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HAVANA (AP) - A river of people flows through the old colonial fortress, and the antics of clowns and music ... Read Story »
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INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - A new American Legion policy designed to retain members and shore up national membership could leave state ... Read Story »
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RACINE, Wis. (AP) - Racine County authorities say two tires dislodged from a moving school bus and flew into oncoming ... Read Story »
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NORTH PLATTE, Neb. (AP) - A three-day short course this summer will help prepare Nebraska managers and landowners to weed ... Read Story »
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NORWICH, Vt. (AP) - The legacy of playwright Oscar Wilde will be the subject of a presentation by a Dartmouth ... Read Story »
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CAIRO (AP) - Embattled national carrier EgyptAir said Sunday it was offering to lease 25 of its newest aircraft to ... Read Story »
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HANOVER, N.H. (AP) - A weekend tango festival at Dartmouth College is offering private lessons for the daring and a ... Read Story »
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ATLANTA (AP) - Grammy Award-winning artist Lupe Fiasco will speak at Clark Atlanta University. Read Story »
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HESPERIA, Mich. (AP) - Growing numbers of black bears are migrating into southern Michigan as the state's population surges, leading ... Read Story »
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DEADWOOD, S.D. (AP) - A Deadwood gambling spot is sponsoring what it calls the state poker championship that could pay ... Read Story »
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ROCKLAND, Maine (AP) - The Farnsworth Art Museum is honoring a renowned landscape photographer for his contribution to Maine's role ... Read Story »
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COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) - About 120 soldiers from the South Carolina Army National Guard are departing for training in Texas ... Read Story »
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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) - New Senate President Mike Haridopolos is friendly, polite and politically ambitious - along the lines of ... Read Story »
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MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. (AP) - Experts from across the nation are gathering in South Carolina for a conference this week ... Read Story »
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An AP Entertainment Review Read Story »
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Dateline: Arkansas Read Story »
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Bob and Susan Oakley of Victoria are pleased to announce the engagement of their daughter, Erin Nicole Oakley of League ... Read Story »
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Winston and Angie Wilson celebrated their 50th anniversary with a family dinner. They were married March 4, 1961, in San ... Read Story »
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A bridal shower was given to honor the bride elect, Kelly Garrett, Sunday, Jan. 23, 2011, at Wood-Hi Community Center. Read Story »
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With stars in their eyes and love in their hearts, Alycia Marten and Fidel "Bear" Medrano III, both of Victoria, ... Read Story »
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