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ATLANTA (AP) - In a May 15 story about new University System of Georgia Chancellor Hank Huckaby, The Associated Press ... Read Story »
JERUSALEM (AP) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday took a tough line toward an emerging Palestinian government ahead ... Read Story »
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) - Kenyan Olympic marathon champion Sammy Wanjiru died after a fall from a second-floor balcony during a ... Read Story »
DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Pakistan (AP) - Pakistan intelligence officials say two American missile attacks close to the border with Afghanistan ... Read Story »
JERUSALEM (AP) - Israel's prime minister is taking a tough line toward an emerging Palestinian government before his high-profile trip ... Read Story »
ISLAMABAD (AP) - The U.S. and Pakistan agreed Monday to work together in any future actions against "high value targets" ... Read Story »
ISLAMABAD (AP) - U.S. Sen. John Kerry says he and Pakistani leaders have agreed on a "series of steps" to ... Read Story »
ISLAMABAD (AP) - U.S. Sen. John Kerry says Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton will soon announce plans to visit ... Read Story »
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - Space shuttle Endeavour is finally on its way. Read Story »
BEIJING (AP) - Red-eyed and tense, the usually uninhibited and irreverent Chinese artist Ai Weiwei seemed a different man in ... Read Story »
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) - Kenyan Olympic marathon champion Sammy Wanjiru died in a fall from a balcony after a domestic ... Read Story »
ISLAMABAD (AP) - U.S. Sen. John Kerry gave Pakistan's army chief a list of "specific demands" relating to American suspicions ... Read Story »
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) - The International Criminal Court's chief prosecutor will seek arrest warrants Monday for three senior Libyans ... Read Story »
DOVER, Del. (AP) - Matt Kenseth called his own shot to get to Victory Lane. Read Story »
ATLANTA (AP) - Carlos Santana on Sunday used baseball's annual Civil Rights Game as a platform to admonish Georgia and ... Read Story »
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) - Nine final victims of New Zealand's devastating earthquake were declared dead Monday, ending an agonizing ... Read Story »
JERUSALEM (AP) - Israel has agreed to transfer to the Palestinians cash it withheld after the rival Palestinian factions signed ... Read Story »
ISLAMABAD (AP) - Pakistan's powerful army chief has told visiting U.S. Sen. John Kerry that his soldiers have "intense feelings" ... Read Story »
NEW YORK (AP) - Dominique Strauss-Kahn's reputation with women earned him the nickname "the great seducer," and not even an ... Read Story »
Saturday's Victoria school board elections had a voter turnout of 756 people. Read Story »
ANNISTON, Ala. (AP) - Michelle Craig is the project coordinator for the Birmingham Cultural Alliance Partnership, a Birmingham Civil Rights ... Read Story »
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Turn right at the library, head downhill past the dormitories, and you'll find the very best ... Read Story »
NATCHEZ, Miss. (AP) - Establishing a residence in Natchez has been a family affair for Ronnie Bertucci, his wife Lisa ... Read Story »
NEW YORK (AP) - Jorge Posada apologized to the New York Yankees on Sunday for taking himself out of the ... Read Story »
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - Seoul is forcing Italian fashion house Fendi to leave fur off the catwalk of its ... Read Story »
BEIJING (AP) - Groundbreaking Chinese artist Ai Weiwei has been allowed his first family visit after more than a month ... Read Story »
The body of a man who went missing at Coleto Creek Reservoir late Friday night was recovered Sunday morning. Read Story »
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ELKTON, Va. (AP) - The soft bubbling of a 55-gallon fish tank provides constant background noise in Ben Markel's fourth-grade ... Read Story »
ATHENS, W.Va. (AP) - Creative writer Katherine Arnoldi spent some time in the limelight after her book was released in ... Read Story »
HILTON HEAD ISLAND, S.C. (AP) - Whether it was a victory, such as winning a sexual-assault conviction, or a defeat, ... Read Story »
LOS ANGELES (AP) - It took four attempts, but "Boston" Rob Mariano finally won "Survivor." Read Story »
Today we're looking at traffic law 545.412 Child Passenger Safety Seat Systems. This is only a section of 545.412. The ... Read Story »
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These days, Whayland Kilgore is taking it easy. Read Story »
GEORGE, DOROTHY ALICE, 89, of Victoria, died Saturday, May 14, 2011. Rosewood Funeral Chapels, Victoria, 361-573-4546. Read Story »
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COLLINS, DORIS L., 79, of Victoria: Funeral, 2 p.m., Heritage Funeral Home, Victoria, 361-578-3611, with burial at Memory Gardens Cemetery. Read Story »
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University of Houston-Victoria Career Services recently recognized the top area employer and the top university student employee at the first ... Read Story »
The intersection at 77 South and Fleming Prairie Road, needs slower speed signs approaching, be prepared to stop flashing and ... Read Story »
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Investor-owned companies have the means to keep up with Texas' ever-growing population, said John Fainter, noting $45 million recently allocated ... Read Story »
Because electric cooperatives are owned by those they serve, the customers and companies' interests are fairly aligned, said Lindsey Durrett, ... Read Story »
Sitting comfortably in a wheelchair, holding a white, triangular box with a live monarch butterfly inside, Hospice of South Texas ... Read Story »
Olivia Zimmerman is a horror film fanatic. Read Story »
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A bright smile and a similar name were not the only things Joseph Patrick Kelly inherited from his father. Read Story »
The Victoria Music Teachers Association presented its 31st Annual Honors Recital May 1 in the Victoria College Fine Arts Auditorium. Read Story »
Victoria College is set to honor three retired or retiring professors at spring commencement. Read Story »
Community members, along with University of Houston-Victoria faculty, staff and students, will read an inventive novel that mixes history, science ... Read Story »
Travis and Pat Pruitt of Edna celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary on May 14, 2011. A celebration was hosted by ... Read Story »
Alicia Volkmer and Kyle Lesak both of Victoria, were married at 3:30 p.m., on May 14, 2011 at Holy Family ... Read Story »
Kristen Gayle Snow and Jerome Kyle Green were united in marriage April 15, 2011 in Victoria. Read Story »
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Bubba and Rachel Stasny of Victoria and the late Sherrie Stasny are pleased to announce the engagement of their daughter ... Read Story »
Lindsay and Jack McGraw of Fort Worth are pleased to announce the engagement of their daughter, Adelaide Taylor McGraw of ... Read Story »
Mr. and Mrs. Larry Copenhaver proudly announce the engagement of their daughter, Randi Michelle Copenhaver, to Ryan Keith Knode, son ... Read Story »