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LOS ALAMOS, N.M. (AP) — A fast-moving wildfire just south of northern New Mexico's Los Alamos nuclear laboratory has destroyed ... Read Story »
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CHICAGO (AP) — Maggie Daley's doctor says the former Chicago first lady has spent the past week in the hospital ... Read Story »
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ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan has ordered Britain to withdraw some of its military training teams from the country, the British ... Read Story »
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HONG KONG (AP) — Rising Japanese singer-songwriter Yui led her four-member band with confidence, switching between electric and acoustic guitar ... Read Story »
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DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Hundreds of Muslim protesters descended on a Jehovah's Witness temple and a bar in a conservative ... Read Story »
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LEON, Mexico (AP) — Erik Compton was diagnosed at age 9 with cardiomyopathy, an enlarging of the heart that hinders ... Read Story »
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ROMEOVILLE, Ill. (AP) — One man has died and another person has been injured in the crash of a single-engine ... Read Story »
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PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Officials say one man was killed and three girls were wounded in a shooting at a party ... Read Story »
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COLLEGE PARK, Md. (AP) — A new initiative in Maryland is trying to encourage communities to implement green, sustainable practices. Read Story »
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SPARKS, Nev. (AP) — A Nevada trucking company under scrutiny for a fiery crash with an Amtrak train that left ... Read Story »
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The growing trend in childhood obesity has reached epidemic proportions. Read Story »
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — Complete list of winners of the 2011 BET Awards, presented Sunday at the Shrine Auditorium in ... Read Story »
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Peyton Wyatt's once-in-a-lifetime football season got under way in April, when he stood next to one of the most famous ... Read Story »
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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The four days after one of the worst starts any pitcher has ever had felt like ... Read Story »
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TOKYO (AP) — A poll suggests most Japanese oppose restarting nuclear reactors closed since the tsunami disaster. Read Story »
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The onset of Alzheimer's disease has stolen pieces of Oliver Koenig's memory. Names and faces aren't as clear as they ... Read Story »
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Biology major. All-American softball pitcher. Student Senate president. Emily Bergstrom, a University of Houston-Victoria senior, can now add "world traveler" ... Read Story »
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BAY CITY - Having a nuclear power plant not far from home may cause worry for many, but South Texas ... Read Story »
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PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — Now old and infirm, the four top surviving leaders of Cambodia's brutal Khmer Rouge regime ... Read Story »
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SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Strong wind and rain from a typhoon left at least seven people dead or missing, ... Read Story »
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The Republican authors of legislation prohibiting transgender marriage do not know why anyone would oppose it. Read Story »
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Brendan Gonzalez is single and ready to mingle. Read Story »
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HERSHEY, Pa. (AP) — Scott Erdmann and Jeff Sorenson shot 6-under 65s on the Hershey Country Club's East Course, and ... Read Story »
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HONOLULU (AP) — A faith-based nonprofit that provides humanitarian aid around the world is preparing to ship 21 tons of ... Read Story »
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BUES, ELTON L., 84, of Victoria, died Saturday, June 25, 2011. Rosewood Funeral Chapels, Victoria, 361-573-4546. Read Story »
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ALVARADO, MARIA LUISA PARTIDA, 63, of Victoria: Visitation, 2 p.m., rosary, 7 p.m., Artero Memorial Chapels, Victoria, 361-575-3212. Read Story »
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LAS VEGAS (AP) — A fight on the Las Vegas Strip has left one man dead and another critically injured. Read Story »
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LAS VEGAS (AP) — A police officer searching for a man accused of leading an unauthorized tour of the Las ... Read Story »
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HOUSTON (AP) — A Continental Airlines flight bound for San Diego had to return to Houston after the pilot reported ... Read Story »
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HOUSTON (AP) — A Continental Airlines flight bound for San Diego had to return to Houston after the pilot reported ... Read Story »
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Patrick Doyle Passmore graduated from Texas A&M University - College Station Mays Business School on Dec. 18 majoring in finance. ... Read Story »
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DALLAS (AP) — Hospitals, universities and research centers are among the 100 facilities in Dallas that are licensed to handle ... Read Story »
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ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Rookie right-hander Dillon Gee overcame an early case of the jitters and 94-degree heat to keep ... Read Story »
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INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — An Indiana high school basketball standout who survived a plane crash that killed his father and stepmother ... Read Story »
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JOINT BASE LEWIS-McCHORD, Wash. (AP) — Officials at Joint Base Lewis-McChord believe they're making progress against the stigma that keeps ... Read Story »
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JACKSONVILLE, Texas (AP) — Four people were killed and four others sent to hospitals after a car and pickup truck ... Read Story »
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SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — A 100-year-old woman on Sunday became the second person killed after a car driven by ... Read Story »
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PHOENIX (AP) — A newspaper report says Arizona lawmakers already on the hot seat for receiving free Fiesta Bowl tickets ... Read Story »
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CHICAGO (AP) — Reports of vandalized floats didn't appear to dampen the festivities Sunday, as massive crowds energized by Illinois' ... Read Story »
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ST. LOUIS (AP) — The Toronto Blue Jays expected Ricky Romero to go deep into the game. Getting a major ... Read Story »
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EUGENE, Ore. (AP) — More than 22,000 high school students applied to the University of Oregon this spring, a record ... Read Story »
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SPARKS, Nev. (AP) — A Nevada trucking company under scrutiny for a fiery crash with an Amtrak train that left ... Read Story »
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SAO PAULO (AP) — Hundreds of thousands of people dancing and wearing costumes are packing the streets of South America's ... Read Story »
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NOUAKCHOTT, Mauritania (AP) — A Mauritanian colonel who led a military raid last week on a suspected al-Qaida camp in ... Read Story »
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SALE LAKE CITY (AP) — A Utah Valley University student from Tooele has been crowned Miss Utah 2011. Read Story »
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BURLINGTON, Ky. (AP) — Former University of Kentucky basketball player Winston Bennett says sex addiction derailed his life. Read Story »
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JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (AP) — A minor league umpire with Tennessee roots will be on the field for baseball's All-Star ... Read Story »
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ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Minnesota state government will shut down Friday if no budget agreement is reached, with padlocked ... Read Story »
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MINOT, N.D. (AP) — Hollywood actor and Minot (MY'-naht), N.D., native Josh Duhamel has been named honorary chairman of a ... Read Story »
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BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Idaho's attempt to spur economic development by encouraging Chinese investment has resulted in "nonsense" from conspiracy ... Read Story »
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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Florida will take another step into an era of declining expectations from its cash-strapped state government ... Read Story »
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NATCHITOCHES, La. (AP) — Results from the Louisiana Sports Writers Association's annual writing and sports information contests. Class I is ... Read Story »
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PHOENIX (AP) — Long before xeriscaping, the low-maintenance landscaping of choice for many Arizonans involved a different kind of green ... Read Story »
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — With a dozen players drafted off the school's first-ever College World Series team, Vanderbilt baseball coaches ... Read Story »
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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The photograph on Home Depot's website shows a line of smiling soldiers unloading a truck stacked ... Read Story »
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JONESBORO, Ark. (AP) — The effects of storms and floods across agricultural land in Arkansas will be reflected in a ... Read Story »
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I just want to thank VISD for making all of the teachers use CSCOPE, which caused our TAKS scores to ... Read Story »
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LAREDO, Texas (AP) — To many, she's a false idol, a fake saint, even the devil herself. In recent years, ... Read Story »
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LAREDO, Texas (AP) — To many, she's a false idol, a fake saint, even the devil herself. In recent years, ... Read Story »
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LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) — Former Kentucky wide receiver Derek Abney wants to keep kickoffs — and kickoff returns — as ... Read Story »
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JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel said Sunday that any foreign journalist caught on board a Gaza-bound flotilla could face deportation and ... Read Story »
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MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Bishop J.O. Patterson Jr., who became the first black mayor of Memphis during a brief interim ... Read Story »
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STRATFORD, Conn. (AP) — Operators of a Connecticut museum devoted to trash say it might have to close if they ... Read Story »
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Southeast Missouri, which was hit by tough spring flooding this year, now faces a trio ... Read Story »
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LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Michigan's 83 counties are widely inconsistent in how they implement and enforce Michigan's 10-year-old permissive concealed ... Read Story »
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POPLARVILLE, Miss. (AP) — Pearl River Community College's governing board has approved a $32.4 million budget that does not raise ... Read Story »
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CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (AP) — University of Tennessee-Chattanooga football coaches are optimistic about the 2011 season despite losing five players for ... Read Story »
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SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Puerto Rico Gov. Luis Fortuno says he is running for re-election next year. Read Story »
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BOSTON (AP) — When James "Whitey" Bulger ruled the streets of South Boston, the New England crime scene was a ... Read Story »
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ASHEVILLE, N.C. (AP) — Raleigh lawyer Martin H. Brinkley has taken over as president of the North Carolina Bar Association. Read Story »
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HONOLULU (AP) — Seven canoes have traveled across the Pacific Ocean and are scheduled to land in Oahu's Keehi Lagoon ... Read Story »
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Roy Roberts was appointed in May by Republican Gov. Rick Snyder as emergency financial manager for the Detroit Public Schools. ... Read Story »
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MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — The Memphis International Airport's landscaping is getting updated to make it high-tech and low-maintenance. Read Story »
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LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Former Louisville Mayor Jerry Abramson spent $214,000 between July 2006 and when he left office in ... Read Story »
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LENOX, Mass. (AP) — Enter The Gifted Child, one of Lenox's longest-surviving retailers under one owner, and you've found a ... Read Story »
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GEORGETOWN, Mass. (AP) — Sometimes life as we know it can change in an instant. Read Story »
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RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — More North Carolinians are having their criminal records erased, perhaps spurred by more employers doing background ... Read Story »
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LONG BEACH TOWNSHIP, N.J. (AP) — New Jerseyans have to put up with taxes, tolls, toxic waste and, occasionally, Snooki. ... Read Story »
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NEW ORLEANS (AP) — An $85 million renovation of the Louisiana Superdome will be finished in time for the Essence ... Read Story »
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DETROIT (AP) — After only about a month as top boss of Detroit Public Schools, Roy Roberts, a 72-year-old former ... Read Story »
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BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Those pesky armadillos who fight rural Louisiana homeowners for dominance of gardens and yards may ... Read Story »
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OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — GOP Rep. Lee Terry is, for the fourth time in as many election cycles, facing a ... Read Story »
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SEVIERVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — As a longtime East Tennessee prosecutor, Steve Hawkins said he learned that pretending doesn't work when ... Read Story »
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GARY, Ind. (AP) — Hundreds of Michael Jackson fans marked the two-year anniversary of the singer's death by gathering for ... Read Story »
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MUSKEGON, Mich. (AP) — The Muskegon Museum of Art says it will display six centuries of art from Asia and ... Read Story »
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WOONSOCKET, R.I. (AP) — The mothers of two Woonsocket residents killed in separate 2008 ambushes say they feel frustrated and ... Read Story »
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MANSFIELD, Conn. (AP) — Officials say construction will start soon on a project to create a large residential and retail ... Read Story »
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PRESTON, Okla. (AP) — Authorities say a 42-year-old man from Texas has drowned on the Red River near the Lake ... Read Story »
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RUTLAND, Vt. (AP) — When documentary filmmaker Art Jones and his five-man crew set out from New York to shoot ... Read Story »
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CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — Charleston police are investigating the death of a 31-year-old woman whose body was found in the ... Read Story »
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JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (AP) — An assistant professor at the East Tennessee State University College of Medicine has been suspended ... Read Story »
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BURLINGTON, Vt. (AP) — A 20-year-old University of Vermont student has been crowned as the new Miss Vermont, giving her ... Read Story »
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HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — The $1.6 billion labor concessions deal that public employee unions rejected last week in a major ... Read Story »
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RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) — Saudi Arabia's state news agency says 85 suspected members of al-Qaida accused of taking part ... Read Story »
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RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Jerry Jackson wants to see his friends before he is executed, possibly later this year. Thomas ... Read Story »
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RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Jerry Jackson wants to see his friends before he is executed, possibly later this year. Thomas ... Read Story »
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ERIE, Pa. (AP) — Bishop Donald Trautman is on his way out as leader of the Roman Catholic Diocese of ... Read Story »
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ALAMOSA, Colo. (AP) — A couple arrested in Colorado faces murder charges after the man was pulled over driving the ... Read Story »
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — Not everyone is dancing in the streets at a popular summer concert series in downtown Columbia. Read Story »
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ALLENTOWN, Pa. (AP) — Two unexpected gushers in northeastern Pennsylvania are helping to illustrate the enormous potential of the Marcellus ... Read Story »
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ROME (AP) — Brazil's one-time food security minister, Jose Graziano da Silva, was elected Sunday director-general of the Food and ... Read Story »
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KATONAH, N.Y. (AP) — Mention "bel canto" opera and you might think of Bellini's "Norma" or Donizetti's "Lucia di Lammermoor." ... Read Story »
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HILLIARD, Ohio (AP) — Carla Gilkerson, a 54-year-old school bus driver, sits at a table with friends at Abner's diner ... Read Story »
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LAKE CITY, Fla. (AP) — Firefighters across Florida were among more than 1,000 mourners attending funeral services for two forest ... Read Story »
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JACKSON, Wyo. (AP) — Dr. David Shlim got a call one night last week from a man, just returned from ... Read Story »
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BOSTON (AP) — Defending Boston Marathon champion Geoffrey Mutai pulled away just after the 4-mile mark to win the inaugural ... Read Story »
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LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — A University of Nebraska-Lincoln beef specialist is warning cattle producers to watch for signs of heat ... Read Story »
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TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) — A committee will soon decide who will get part of the $1.75 million donated to the ... Read Story »
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CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Writer and poet Maya Angelou said during a stop in Charlotte that the United Negro College ... Read Story »
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WOOSTER, Ohio (AP) — A private college in northeast Ohio says a $28 million addition to its physical education building ... Read Story »
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ERIE, Pa. (AP) — A forensic anthropology team from Mercyhurst College in Erie is headed to Nevada to help recover ... Read Story »
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JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — A passenger bus has plunged from a hill into a trench in Indonesia's Sumatra island, killing ... Read Story »
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NEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP) — Authorities say a former Connecticut high school basketball standout who later played for Providence College ... Read Story »
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LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Nebraska is about to gain its first solar panel maker through a partnership between a startup ... Read Story »
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ATLANTA (AP) — President Barack Obama has named Georgia Tech President G.P. "Bud" Peterson to a national steering committee on ... Read Story »
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — The auditorium at the Los Angeles Unified school board was awash in varying shades of blue ... Read Story »
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PARIS (AP) — Christiane Desroches Noblecourt, a pioneering French Egyptologist who prodded Gen. Gamal Abdel Nasser to help salvage Nubia's ... Read Story »
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MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — Somalia has freed six foreigners sentenced to at least 10 years in prison each for bringing ... Read Story »
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PORTAGE, Pa. (AP) — A historic western Pennsylvania railroad that drastically reduced the time it took to travel from Philadelphia ... Read Story »
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HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — A Zimbabwe court on Sunday freed a minister in the prime minister's party who was arrested ... Read Story »
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BEATRICE, Neb. (AP) — Southeast Community College and the Homestead National Monument of America have scheduled another Land Records & ... Read Story »
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BANGKOK (AP) — Thailand's prime minister on Sunday defended his country's decision to quit the U.N.'s World Heritage Convention, saying ... Read Story »
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KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — For 10 years, ever since the towers fell, the United States has fought a war in ... Read Story »
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LONDON (AP) — A close friend of the British prime minister was found dead in a portable toilet at one ... Read Story »
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GAP, France (AP) — A hiker has discovered the bodies of six mountain climbers in France's Hautes-Alpes region, the apparent ... Read Story »
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STOWE, Vt. (AP) — The founder of Killington ski resort is headed for the Vermont Ski and Snowboard Museum Hall ... Read Story »
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NEW HARBOR, Maine (AP) — Maine parks officials say a 376-year-old horsehide trunk that survived a shipwreck in the 1600s ... Read Story »
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HOT SPRINGS, S.D. (AP) — Anna Simpson of Rapid City has been crowned Miss South Dakota. Read Story »
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PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Lots of kids go to summer camp to sail, play basketball and go camping. Read Story »
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BRUSSELS (AP) — Belgium's defense minister is proposing to withdraw half of the nation's 580 troops from Afghanistan by next ... Read Story »
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LONDON (AP) — Local police say a man in his 50s has been found dead in a portable toilet at ... Read Story »
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MONACO (AP) — Charlene Wittstock has not one, but two tough acts to follow. Read Story »
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GRAND FORKS, N.D. (AP) — Some wildlife preservationists worry that a high-voltage transmission line proposed by Minnkota Power Cooperative could ... Read Story »
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ATLANTA (AP) — Online voting has begun to choose Georgia's new license plate. Read Story »
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SYDNEY (AP) — Airlines say they plan to resume flights between Australia and New Zealand after a five-day suspension of ... Read Story »
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MISRATA, Libya (AP) — A few weeks ago, Ras Mouftah Elementary School in central Misrata was just another public building ... Read Story »
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HONG KONG (AP) — Actor Nicholas Tse confirmed Sunday that there are problems in his marriage with fellow entertainer Cecilia ... Read Story »
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GABORONE, Botswana (AP) — Michelle Obama has wrapped up a weeklong visit to Africa and is heading home. Read Story »
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PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — Gov. Dennis Daugaard will lead a South Dakota delegation attending a national bioscience conference in Washington ... Read Story »
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CHICAGO (AP) — Mayor Rahm Emanuel says he'll hold town hall discussions with residents — and they won't even have ... Read Story »
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MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The mayors of Minneapolis and St. Paul plan a bike ride to celebrate the expansion of a ... Read Story »
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COTTAGE GROVE, Wis. (AP) — More than 100 international students from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and their family members are ... Read Story »
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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Police say two teens are under arrest after five people were shot and injured in San ... Read Story »
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OXFORD, Miss. (AP) — After one Katrina cottage was placed within the city limits and others were recently brought in ... Read Story »
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EAST LANSING, Mich. (AP) — As far as Michigan State University of concerned, late is a lot better than never ... Read Story »
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MESA, Ariz. (AP) — Before she could walk, Aubrey Smith's dad took his first-born and stuck her on a horse. Read Story »
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Shari Lynn Ruschhaupt of Corpus Christi and Zachary Lee Zbranek of Rosenberg, were married at 2 p.m., on June 11, ... Read Story »
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Kate Elizabeth Mayer and John Michael Thompson of Austin, were married at 5 p.m., on April 16, 2011, at Flamingos ... Read Story »
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Gloria Martinez of Victoria, is pleased to announce the engagement of her daughter Katherine Rodriquez of Victoria, to Joshua Damon ... Read Story »
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Susan M. Chenault of Victoria is pleased to announce the engagement of her daughter, Angela Lester of Victoria, to Justin ... Read Story »
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Chelsey Fitzpatrick and Tyson Reeder of Victoria are pleased to announce their engagement. Read Story »
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Sharon Friedrich and the late Melvin Friedrich of Flatonia are happy to announce the engagement of their daughter, Kay Lynn ... Read Story »
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Brett and Mary Helen Barrick of Victoria, are pleased to announce the engagement of their daughter, Haley Katherine Williams of ... Read Story »
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