GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (AP) - The nation remembered Gerald R. Ford on Tuesday for what he didn

BELTON - Tuesday morning, John Mischtian stood before a crowded courtroom and swore to uphold the duties of his position as judge of County Court at Law No. 2. He began carrying out those duties Tuesday afternoon.

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AUSTIN (AP) - House Speaker Tom Craddick and his allies insist the Republican leader has enough support to win another term, despite two challengers and efforts to allow lawmakers to cast secret ballots in the increasingly heated speaker

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DENVER (AP) - National Guard helicopters dropped emergency food bundles and bales of hay for people and livestock trapped by snowdrifts as high as rooftops Tuesday after back-to-back blizzards paralyzed the Plains. At least a dozen deaths were blamed on a weekend storm that knocked out electricity to tens of thousands of people in Colorado, Kansas, Nebraska and Oklahoma and left herds of cattle without food. The blizzard spread a blanket of snow on top of the icy layer left by a storm just before Christmas.

BELTON - It was one of those nights for the Belton Tigers. If somebody had given them a bunch of valuable rings, the jewelry would have fallen off their hands into the toilet and then accidentally flushed into the land of bad memories. Killeen Ellison started fast, kept the pressure up and used all the resources of its roster to dominate the Tigers 89-38 in a District 13-5A boys basketball game Tuesday night at Tiger Gym.

The Temple Tem-Cats found a solution to their first-half offensive woes: A stifling defense. Despite scoring only six second-quarter points and 19 in the half, Temple limited Waco to five first-half points and rolled to a 42-26 non-district girls basketball win Tuesday night at Wildcat Gym.

BELTON - The Mary Hardin-Baylor men are on a roll, and it couldn

MIAMI (AP) - For much of the Orange Bowl, the high-powered Louisville Cardinals were stalled in neutral. They blew a field goal, lost two fumbles and dropped a potential touchdown pass. But despite the rash of mistakes, there was no stopping the Cardinals from their first major-bowl victory in 15 years.

NEW ORLEANS (AP) - The day before fourth-ranked Louisiana State and No. 11 Notre Dame play in the Sugar Bowl, it seemed like ol