BELTON - Twenty-four Southwest Elementary fifth-graders gathered in the school

WASHINGTON (AP) - The United States said Wednesday it would join in face-to-face talks with Iran over its disputed nuclear program once Tehran puts its atomic activities on hold, a shift in tactics meant to offer the Iranians a last chance to avoid punishing sanctions. Iran dismissed the offer as

HOUSTON (AP) - Texans will get a multibillion-dollar property tax cut and teachers will get a $2,000 pay raise under legislation Republican Gov. Rick Perry signed into law Wednesday. Some school property taxes will be replaced with $2.4 billion in state budget surplus money under the new law. The school finance package lawmakers approved during a recent special session will save homeowners and businesses $15.7 billion on school property taxes over the next three years, or 33 percent, Perry said.

Mela Helmer of Rogers was watching the news at noon Tuesday when she saw CBS correspondent Kimberly Dozier being carried from a plane at Ramstein Air Force Base in southwestern Germany. Holding the end of the stretcher was her daughter, 1st Lt. Violet Helmer, 26, a critical care nurse who works in transport between the base and Landstuhl Regional Medical Center. Mrs. Helmer picked up the phone and called her husband, Capt. Charles Helmer of Temple Fire and Rescue, who later saw his daughter on the five o

WASHINGTON (AP) - Scientists have found something about the North Pole that could send a shiver down Santa

HOUSTON (AP) - The memory of his mother pushed Roger Clemens to come back. The chance to play with his oldest son persuaded him to pick the Houston Astros.

ROGERS - With a roster composed of countless juniors, a quartet of sophomores and one freshman, the foundation of the Rogers baseball team is unquestionably its youth. But on a closer look, the land on which the Eagles

CAMERON - Entering the 2006 season, things looked bleak for the Cameron Yoe baseball team. Vast were the underclassmen: seven sophomore starters at the beginning of the year; and few were the seniors: three. Just how bleak? Even Yoemen coach Tommy Brashear had his doubts.

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