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Coastal waters forecast for northeast florida/Southeast georgia national weather service jacksonville fl 955 am est thu nov 10 2011 Read Story »
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MIKE FORMAN :: ON SPORTS Read Story »
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Coastal waters forecast for south florida national weather service miami fl 401 am est thu nov 10 2011 Read Story »
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NEW YORK (AP) — Mariah Carey is known for her five-octave range, and she says her voice has gotten stronger, ... Read Story »
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Sports reporter Will Brown and high school football guru Mike Forman talk about playoff football, including East's matchup in Floresville ... Read Story »
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STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) - Penn State trustees fired football coach Joe Paterno and university president Graham Spanier amid the ... Read Story »
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Trey Vargas, 5 months, enjoyed his first Halloween dressed as a pumpkin. Read Story »
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Water levels at Coleto Creek reservoir have declined from the statewide drought, but Guadalupe-Blanco River Authority Chief Operating Officer Alan ... Read Story »
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EDNA - Standing on the second step of a retired Lake Texana boat ramp, Patrick Brzozowski peered out at the ... Read Story »
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Everyone agrees Victoria's apartment complex sector is more than ripe for growth. The numbers resoundingly point to the need for ... Read Story »
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VICTORIA - Alexander Davila, 50, of Victoria, by deputies Wednesday on a warrant charging him with violation of probation in ... Read Story »
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We all know them - the people who no matter the weather will be at their favorite team's events. They ... Read Story »
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A Hartman Distributing beer truck attempting to turn from Sam Houston Drive on Miori Lane knocked down a utility line ... Read Story »
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The Victoria Police Department responded to one of the more unusual traffic calls in the career of Senior Patrol Officer ... Read Story »
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American Red Cross Volunteer Orientation will be at 6 p.m. Tuesday at 6 p.m. and 10 a.m. Wednesday. Read Story »
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The Rawhide Riders will hold a benefit trail ride and barbecue Saturday. The ride will be cross country. Read Story »
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Stephen Harrigan, a Texas author best known for his 2000 novel, "The Gates of the Alamo," will be the guest ... Read Story »
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Victoria Art League will hold its Second Annual Holiday Market Day from 8 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday, at the Community Art ... Read Story »
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DeTar Senior Circle will host the 2012 Travel Preview Show at 9:30 a.m. Saturday, at 605 E. San Antonio St., ... Read Story »
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The Victoria School District's Citizens Redistricting Committee will meet Thursday to discuss how to realign boundaries for school board trustee ... Read Story »
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HALLETTSVILLE - Kelly Ross bent over the painted white box. Inside, the steady thrum of the beehive got louder and ... Read Story »
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YOAKUM - Kevin Coleman, of Kerrville, was hired Tuesday as the new Yoakum city manager. Read Story »
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Three people injured in a Wednesday morning wreck on Red River Street near North Navarro Street were later discharged from ... Read Story »
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SINGAPORE (AP) — Singapore Telecommunications Ltd. said its quarterly profit dropped 1 percent due to losses at an African telecoms ... Read Story »
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WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — New Zealand's Labour Department filed 25 criminal charges Thursday over safety and health violations at ... Read Story »
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Boo! Cute kids and their parents dressed in Halloween costumes flooded the Web in this year's Advocate Halloween photo contest. ... Read Story »
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MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Members of the Alabama Board of Education expect to vote to hire a new state school ... Read Story »
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RITCHIE, BETTY MARIE, 80, of Victoria: Funeral Service 10 a.m. at First United Methodist Church, Interment following at memory Gardens ... Read Story »
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BEDNORZ, EDWARD, 82, of Victoria, died Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2011. Colonial Funeral Home, Victoria. 361-578-3535. Read Story »
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SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A California firefighting board has approved raising an annual wildfire fee for rural structures to $150. Read Story »
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Holiday schedule Read Story »
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Resurfacing of North Navarro Street, from Loop 463 to Salem Road, is progressing, but the cooler evenings may cause some ... Read Story »
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Applications are being accepted in Victoria for the Affordable Housing Program Grant. Read Story »
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Historic Old Town Shiner will conduct its 8th annual Home for the Holidays Home Tour from noon to 6 p.m. ... Read Story »
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MEXICO CITY (AP) — Israel Arzate Melendez said soldiers snatched him off the street, gave him electric shocks, asphyxiated him ... Read Story »
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Two people were arrested after several cars were burglarized in the Tanglewood subdivision early Tuesday morning. Read Story »
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The Confederacy didn't fight the Civil War defending slavery. It fought the Civil War over state's rights. You need to ... Read Story »
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Because of the seriousness of the crime rape, we want to re-emphasize some safety measures that will be useful if ... Read Story »
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Since the installation of the red light cameras in 2009, the citizens in Port Lavaca have been misled and flat-out ... Read Story »
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NEW YORK (AP) — Cisco Systems Inc., the world's largest maker of computer networking gear, is showing signs of pulling ... Read Story »
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Resurfacing of North Navarro Street from Loop 463 to Salem Road is progressing, but the cooler evenings may cause some ... Read Story »
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ATLANTA (AP) — The state Board of Education voted Wednesday to keep members of the Atlanta school board in place ... 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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PRICES DROP: Home prices fell in nearly three quarters of U.S. cities over the summer, according to the National Association ... Read Story »
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PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — A group of aspiring soldiers and former troops criticized President Michel Martelly on Wednesday, saying he ... Read Story »
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The name "happy hour" should speak for itself. Read Story »
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ROCHESTER, N.Y. (AP) — A state police investigation has determined that a Michigan truck driver had ample time to avoid ... Read Story »
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The best brisket in the Crossroads is found inside a wood-walled dining room, where fluorescent lights flicker onto walls festooned ... Read Story »
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NEW YORK (AP) — Macy's Inc.'s net income surged in the third quarter as the department store chain benefited from ... Read Story »
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Beethoven wrote a lot of music that we all love, but while most people can hum a few bars of ... Read Story »
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Coastal waters forecast for florida national weather service tampa bay area - ruskin fl 344 pm est wed nov 9 ... Read Story »
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SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — Now that voters in South Dakota's largest city narrowly approved a plan to build a ... Read Story »
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ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greece's opposition leader has blamed the governing Socialists for a delay in critical power-sharing talks that ... Read Story »
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ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greece's critical power-sharing talks have hit a significant hurdle, with political leaders leaving a top-level meeting ... Read Story »
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SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah prosecutors drop case against polygamist sect leader Warren Jeffs Read Story »
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PARIS (AP) — Air France-KLM said Wednesday its net profit was nearly wiped out in its fiscal second quarter despite ... Read Story »
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FEMA and the FCC will test the Emergency Alert System across the U.S. at 1 p.m. Wednesday, according to a ... Read Story »
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Speak out comments for Nov. 9, 2011. Read Story »
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Miller Lite truck downs power line on Sam Houston and Miori Read Story »
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PROVO, Utah (AP) — BYU's Brandon Davies feels like a changed man after a six-month suspension that ended his last ... Read Story »
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STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) — Penn State football coach Joe Paterno will retire at the end of the season, his ... Read Story »
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AHMABADAD, India (AP) — A court sentenced 31 Hindus to life imprisonment Wednesday for killing dozens of Muslims by setting ... Read Story »
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LONDON (AP) — Banking group HSBC reported Wednesday a 66 percent jump in third-quarter net profit thanks to an accounting ... Read Story »
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CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas (AP) — A Houston company has completed an agreement to buy 187 acres of former Naval Station ... Read Story »
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JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi voters on Tuesday approved a constitutional amendment aimed at limiting governments' ability to seize property ... Read Story »
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A slight chance of sprinkles after 3 p.m. Wednesday. Increasing clouds with a high near 68. North wind between 13 ... Read Story »
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PARIS (AP) — The International Energy Agency warned Wednesday that the world is hurtling toward irreversible climate change and will ... Read Story »
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BRUSSELS (AP) — Dexia, the Franco-Belgian lender that had to be bailed out last month, said Wednesday the firesale of ... Read Story »
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NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The federal government is seeking to overturn a 2009 ruling that found the Army Corps of ... Read Story »
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For all the frustration surrounding the economy, voters refused to throw incumbent parties out of governors' and most big-city mayors' ... Read Story »
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