WESTPHALIA - To get to Westphalia, you take the shortest state highway in Texas - State Highway 320 - to the oldest wooden church in the state. If you happen to go to West phalia on the day of its an nual Homecoming and Pic nic, you will find yourself at one of the oldest - if not the oldest - community celebration in Falls County.

EL PASO (AP) - Plans to build a fence along about 700 miles of the U.S. border with Mexico could mean the destruction of costly environmental restoration projects and could cut into lucrative tourism and cross-border spending in the Rio Grande Valley and elsewhere in South Texas. Congress approved a homeland security bill Friday that included $1.2 billion for fence construction.

ATLANTA (AP) - Scientists now say a third of infant deaths are due to premature births - a much larger percentage than previously thought. In the past,

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - Capt. Amanullah, a former mujahedeen commander, smooths his black beard with his palm and gives a deep and ironic laugh as he recounts his 14 miserable months in Bagram, the U.S. prison for terror suspects in Afghanistan.

WASHINGTON (AP) - The FBI is examining former Rep. Mark Foley

MARWAHEEN, Lebanon (AP) - The U.N. called Israel

ATLANTA (AP) - Only two weeks ago, the Houston Astros were such a long shot to make the playoffs that it didn

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - As long as Drew Bledsoe and Terry Glenn are connecting for touchdowns, they don

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HOUSTON (AP) - On the brink of his first win as coach of the Houston Texans, Gary Kubiak couldn