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WEST FORT HOOD - More than 150 soldier spouses and many USO volunteers and Jack Daniel
WASHINGTON (AP) - Thrust into the midst of the midterm election campaign, Sen. John Kerry apologized Wednesday to
BELTON - Attorneys who make numerous trips to the Bell County Justice Center may find it a little easier to get inside.
Unlike the old district courts building, which had essentially no security, the new center has increased security with a metal detector for people to walk through and a scanner for purses, briefcases and like items.
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - Gunmen abducted a top Iraqi basketball official and a blind athletic coach, both Sunnis, on Wednesday, a day after U.S. and Iraqi forces lifted a blockade on Baghdad
The price of regular gasoline in Temple dropped a penny from last week to an average of $2.08 per gallon, in a survey of 24 stations Wednesday.
Two stations dropped to $1.99 per gallon, the BP off Interstate 35 near Nugent Avenue and the Pay-Less at Avenue R and 1st Street. The Exxon at Avenue U and 1st Street sold regular for $2.01 per gallon. Two stations had regular for $2.03 per gallon, the GK Mart at Avenue M and 29th Street and the Valero at Avenue H and 1st Street.
COLLEGE STATION (AP) - Texas A&M University students and alumni plan to once again build and light a huge bonfire off campus, reviving the traditional blaze once staged before every football game against archrival University of Texas.
The group plans to build a 45-foot-tall log stack near Hearne and light it Nov. 21, three days before the game. The on-campus tradition was canceled after the log stack toppled in 1999, killing 12 people.
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COLLEGE STATION - Temple certainly has some motivation heading into its Class 5A area match against District 15-5A champion Magnolia.
Magnolia and Georgetown, Temple
BELTON - Senior Johnny Narvaiz already went through one 0-10 season, playing on the winless 2004 Belton team.
Now it looks like it could happen again.
After nearly an hour of slam dunking fajitas and playing ineffectual defense against calories and cholesterol, District 13-5A and 16-4A basketball coaches belched up snippets of information about their teams Wednesday.
The monologues, which ranged from hilarious to serious, came at an annual media day choreographed by Temple boys coach Bruce Etheridge and held at Las Casas.
DALLAS (AP) - The Dallas Mavericks are letting the San Antonio Spurs off easy in their season opener tonight.
Rather than raising the banner proclaiming themselves