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- Paying tribute to a hero
- Series guests speak on war
- Inside outer space
- Olympic celebration
- CS store employee charged with selling alcohol to minors
- Battle to come over justice pick
- Hasan to be isolated in jail
- Stevens carved liberal legacy on Supreme Court
- Texas stadium to implode
- U.S. Osprey crash in Afghanistan kills 4
- Dow tops 11K as stocks rise
- Vatican opens up with online procedure guide
- Search for trapped miners could end soon
- Texas judge accused of having dealth penalty bias
- Anti-abortion democrat Rep. Stupak retiring
- Clinton pushes for nuke treaty
- West Alabama commune head has new project despite past
- Faith calendar
- Text of 1985 letter
- Letters for April 10
- Calendar
- Advocates: At least 1 assisted suicide in Montana
- Lawmakers reporting more threats of violence
- Aging diamond thieves held in alleged bank plot
- US: al-Qaida exemplifies new-age nuclear threat
| Posted: 09 Apr 2010 05:07 PM PDT Pat Barrett always was a hero in the eyes of his daughter, she told a crowd of more than 1,000 who gathered at Central Baptist Church Friday morning for his funeral service. "But it's so nice to see he was a hero to all of you, too," said Megean Barr ... |
| Posted: 09 Apr 2010 05:18 PM PDT The typical Texas A&M undergraduate was 10 to 13 years old when America's post-9/11 war against al-Qaida began. On Friday night, a retired four-star general and a former homeland security secretary gave them a glimpse into the state of the fight. ... |
| Posted: 09 Apr 2010 05:20 PM PDT Students at St. Michael's Episcopal School stepped into an inflatable dome this week to explore the moon, sun and human body. An official from the Houston Museum of Natural Science came to Bryan to set up the Discovery Dome Thursday in the school's g ... |
| Posted: 09 Apr 2010 05:22 PM PDT Members of the Magnolia Magic Special Olympics team celebrate Friday after the first day of competition at the Special Olympics Spring Games at A&M Consolidated Middle School. ... |
| CS store employee charged with selling alcohol to minors Posted: 09 Apr 2010 04:00 AM PDT Police said they arrested a 29-year-old employee of a College Station store on charges that he sold alcohol to three minors in late March.The College Station man was jailed Thursday on three counts of sale of alcohol to minors. A Texas Alcohol Bevera ... |
| Battle to come over justice pick Posted: 09 Apr 2010 05:07 PM PDT WASHINGTON -- The retirement of Justice John Paul Stevens, the Supreme Court's leading liberal, touched off an immediate election-year political battle Friday over President Barack Obama's second high court pick. Republicans promised trouble for any ... |
| Posted: 09 Apr 2010 05:13 PM PDT BELTON -- The Army psychiatrist charged in the deadly shooting spree at Fort Hood will be kept isolated from all other inmates at the jail where he was transferred early Friday, the local sheriff said.Maj. Nidal Hasan was airlifted from a San Antonio ... |
| Stevens carved liberal legacy on Supreme Court Posted: 09 Apr 2010 05:07 PM PDT WASHINGTON -- The preservation of abortion rights, protection of consumer rights and limits on the death penalty are due in no small measure to John Paul Stevens' actions on the Supreme Court.He'd tell lawyers gently, "Let me ask a stupid question," ... |
| Posted: 09 Apr 2010 05:15 PM PDT IRVING -- The old stadium for America's team is about to become a pile of dust and rubble.With the push of a button at 7 a.m. Sunday, more than a ton of dynamite will blow Texas Stadium into pieces.In about one minute, down will go the building that ... |
| U.S. Osprey crash in Afghanistan kills 4 Posted: 09 Apr 2010 05:05 PM PDT KABUL -- A U.S. Air Force Osprey went down in southeastern Afghanistan, the U.S. military said Friday, killing three service members and one civilian contractor in the first crash of the costly tilt-rotor aircraft in a combat zone.It's unclear what c ... |
| Posted: 09 Apr 2010 05:13 PM PDT NEW YORK -- The stock market closed at a new 18-month high Friday, with the Dow Jones industrial average briefly touching 11,000 before retreating slightly.The gains were driven by fresh signs that the economy continues to recover and suggests that i ... |
| Vatican opens up with online procedure guide Posted: 09 Apr 2010 05:13 PM PDT VATICAN CITY -- The Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith -- the office once known more chillingly as the Inquisition -- has long epitomized the secrecy and mystery of the Vatican, with responsibility for banning books and meting out punishments ... |
| Search for trapped miners could end soon Posted: 09 Apr 2010 05:13 PM PDT Associated PressMONTCOAL, W.Va. -- Grieving relatives began burying victims of the Upper Big Branch coal mine disaster Friday as crews neared a refuge chamber deep underground where they had faint hope that survivors might be awaiting rescue.It was t ... |
| Texas judge accused of having dealth penalty bias Posted: 09 Apr 2010 05:15 PM PDT HOUSTON -- A Texas judge who declared during a capital murder case that the death penalty is unconstitutional but later rescinded his ruling has refused a request by prosecutors to remove himself from the case.The Harris County District Attorney's Of ... |
| Anti-abortion democrat Rep. Stupak retiring Posted: 09 Apr 2010 05:07 PM PDT MARQUETTE, Mich. -- Rep. Bart Stupak, an anti-abortion Democrat targeted for defeat by tea party activists for his role in securing House approval of the health care overhaul, said Friday he's retiring after 18 years in Congress now that his main leg ... |
| Clinton pushes for nuke treaty Posted: 09 Apr 2010 05:05 PM PDT LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton offered assurances Friday that a new nuclear arms control treaty enables the U.S. to maintain a "strong, flexible deterrent" as she urged divided Republicans and Democrats to ratify the pa ... |
| West Alabama commune head has new project despite past Posted: 09 Apr 2010 05:15 PM PDT EMELLE, Ala. -- Pentecostal preacher Luke Edwards is the shepherd of a forlorn flock: For years his disciples have traveled the nation begging amid allegations of abuse and ruinous mismanagement.Five youngsters have died in fires at his West Alabama ... |
| Posted: 09 Apr 2010 05:15 PM PDT Saturday* The Old Baptist Church Preservation Society, Inc. of Bedias, located 1/2 mile east of Bedias on F.M. 2620, will have its spring meet beginning with a short program at 11 a.m. Following the program, there will be a short business meeting bef ... |
| Posted: 09 Apr 2010 05:13 PM PDT Following is the text of a November 1985 letter in Latin signed by then Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger to Oakland Bishop John S. Cummins. It was translated for The AP by Thomas Habinek, chairman of the University of Southern California Classics Department ... |
| Posted: 09 Apr 2010 05:05 PM PDT Big government acts at the expense of freedom Those who favor big government programs believe in their moral superiority relative to independent charity-based initiatives. They argue that traditional approaches to helping the poor cannot gua ... |
| Posted: 09 Apr 2010 05:07 PM PDT SaturdayEVENTSDansby Duo. Lake Bryan. 5K run--12-mile bike--5K run event. Men's, women's & relay events broken out by age. Proceeds will benefit Still Creek Ranch. www.powerpedal.com.4th annual 5K Fun Run/Walk, 8:30 a.m. TAMHSC School of Rural Pu ... |
| Advocates: At least 1 assisted suicide in Montana Posted: 09 Apr 2010 05:16 PM PDT HELENA, Mont. (AP) -- Doctors in Montana have helped at least one patient commit suicide since a state court ruled late last year it wasn't illegal, advocates said Friday, but authorities have no way of knowing how many others there may be, who is do ... |
| Lawmakers reporting more threats of violence Posted: 09 Apr 2010 05:13 PM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) -- The number of serious threats, including death threats, against members of Congress jumped in the past three months during the heated debate over the new health care law.House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, the target of phone attacks that ... |
| Aging diamond thieves held in alleged bank plot Posted: 09 Apr 2010 05:12 PM PDT CHICAGO (AP) -- Two men convicted of London's $3.6 million Marlborough diamond robbery three decades ago have been arrested on charges of conspiring to rob a suburban Chicago bank, federal officials announced Friday.Joseph "Jerry" Scalise, 73 and Art ... |
| US: al-Qaida exemplifies new-age nuclear threat Posted: 09 Apr 2010 05:10 PM PDT By ROBERT BURNSAssociatd PressWASHINGTON (AP) -- The White House on Friday warned that al-Qaida is quietly hunting for an atomic bomb, adding urgency to a historic summit next week where President Barack Obama will try to persuade world leaders to st ... |
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