CAMERON - Four men out road hunting last week who thought it would be

BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - Sunnis and Shiites traded bombings and mortar fire against mainly religious targets in Baghdad well into the night Tuesday, killing at least 68 people a day after authorities lifted a curfew that had briefly calmed a series of sectarian reprisal attacks. At least six of Tuesday

NEW ORLEANS (AP) - The crowds were small and the costumes wickedly satirical as Mardi Gras built toward its boozy climax Tuesday in this hurricane-buckled city that could use a few laughs. The culmination of the eight-day pre-Lenten bash fell nearly six months to the day after the Aug. 29 storm that smashed thousands of homes and killed more than 1,300 people, the vast majority of them in New Orleans.

The Temple school district board of trustees heard presentations on Tuesday from three superintendent search firms selected as final candidates to help secure a replacement for Dr. Robert Denton, interim superintendent, and a perfect fit for the district. The three firms have several key things in common. One of the main reasons they were selected as finalists was the guarantee that if the superintendent selected doesn

The state of the city is excellent and it

FORT HOOD - The 20th Engineer Battalion made history Tuesday at a ceremony to commemorate its reactivation as the Army

Tressie Keilman shined as bright as her pink Day-Glo shoelaces. The Temple softball team

BELTON - There were parts of Tuesday night when the Belton boys didn

The Mary Hardin-Baylor women didn

American Southwest Conference opponents - and plenty of other NCAA Division III and NAIA golf programs, for that matter - don

COPPERAS COVE - Some heads-up, scrappy play propelled Temple past District 13-5A foe Copperas Cove and into a third-place on Tuesday. Ernesto Manriquez started things off for Temple in the 3-0 win, scoring on a free kick past a Bulldawg defense that was still setting up just 2:10 into the game.

Just half a game behind Bryan in District 13-5A entering the night, the Temple Tem-Cats beat Copperas Cove, then moved into sole possession of third place thanks to rival Belton. Temple slipped past the Lady Dawgs 1-0 at Woodson Field, scoring in the 44th minute when Claire Richardson scored on a cross from Katie Hoelscher.

BRYAN - The Belton Lady Tigers overcame a 3-0 second-half deficit to pull off a 5-3 overtime win over the Bryan Lady Vikings in District 13-5A play. Bryan (4-3-1) led 2-0 at halftime and increased the lead right off the opening kick in the second half, but from there it was all Belton (8-0).

Kelsey Greeson threw a no-hitter and her defensive mates played error-free behind her as Belton rolled to a 17-0 road win over Harker Heights in a District 13-5A opener Tuesday night. Greeson, who had 10 strikeouts and only one walk, also was one of four Lady Tigers to get a pair of hits in the five-inning, run-ruled rout.

ROCKDALE - After 232 applications, seven candidate interviews, and three finalists, the Rockdale school board decided it was Miller time. Jeff Miller was officially named Rockdale

KISSIMMEE, Fla. (AP) - Houston Astros manager Phil Garner has a puzzle to solve by the end of spring training. He has a surplus of outfielders, and the offseason addition of power-hitting Preston Wilson will keep at least one of last year