KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - In a surprise visit under extraordinary security, President Bush expressed unwavering confidence Wednesday that Osama bin Laden will be captured despite years of fruitless manhunts for the elusive terrorist leader who ran training camps in Afghanistan and plotted the deadly attacks of September 11 2001. Bush ordered Air Force One, on a flight to India, to make a secret detour to this war-scarred country to show U.S. support for the fledgling democracy led by President Hamid Karzai, whose authority has been weakened by suicide bombings and rising violence by insurgents.

The Temple Wal-Mart distribution center will soon expand, adding

Haelie Marie Pisciotta, the baby girl from Belton who underwent a four-organ transplant last year, is being treated in the intensive care unit of Cincinnati Children

WASHINGTON (AP) - A key Supreme Court justice said Wednesday that Texas Republicans appeared to hurt minority voters when they redrew congressional boundaries that helped the GOP entrench its power in Congress. But despite Justice Anthony M. Kennedy

In a survey of 21 stations Wednesday, regular gasoline in Temple stayed at last week

BEAUMONT (AP) - Donna Francis pressed a pile of FEMA paperwork and phone numbers to her chest as the minutes slipped away in the lobby of the Best Value Inn.

With two consecutive playoff berths - and two straight years with no playoff wins - under their belts and three returning starters back on the mound, expectations are high for the Temple Wildcats this baseball season. Just pay no attention to that 0-4 start to the season, said coach Larry Haynes.

BELTON - Belton baseball coach David Tidwell has won with teams that didn

ROGERS - The Rogers baseball team dons jerseys of black and gold. But as soon as the preseason high school poll was released, the Eagles might as well have changed them to red and white.

HILLSBORO - The Temple College men

HILLSBORO - The TC women simply couldn

COLLEGE STATION (AP) - Texas A&M knows it

The Temple College baseball team overwhelmed the University of Mary Hardin-Baylor

PASADENA - The Temple College softball team busted out the bats and got superb pitching and defense in an 11-0, 10-2 road sweep of San Jacinto on Wednesday. The doubleheader was a make-up from last Saturday.

The Temple Disc Golf Association will host its night-glow doubles tournament at 6:30 p.m. today at Lions Park. Registration costs $10 per person and will begin at 5:30. A random draw will be used to form the teams. Proceeds benefit the Lance Armstrong Foundation.