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- Air Force officer proves you're never too old to serve
- Texas Task Force 1 pitched in to help Missouri
- Texas special session starting today
- Amarillo fires burn down a dozen homes
- Memorial Day honors veterans, 9/11
- Obama picks new security leaders
- Syrian army finally seeing resistance from residents
- Women haven't broken into SEALs yet
- Serbia pushing for EU membership
- Drug shortages hit hospitals
- German nuclear plants closing
- Cities prove rebuilding is possible after disasters
- Weight-loss shows not shrinking U.S. waistlines
- Singer Sean Kingston in ICU after accident
- PBS hack claims Tupac is alive
- Letters for May 31
- A red, white and blue day
- Calendar
- Napoli homers twice in Rangers win over Rays
- Sharapova wins easily to reach French quarters
- At 38, Kidd oldest guard to start in NBA finals
- Keppinger, Towles lift Astros over Cubs 12-7
- Jim Tressel resigns as Ohio State's football coach
| Air Force officer proves you're never too old to serve Posted: 30 May 2011 05:01 PM PDT Some men and women join the military right out of high school. Others wait a while to enlist. But it's unlikely that many wait as long as Dr. Jeff Huffman of College Station, who was 51 when he joined the Air Force. Although well past the maximu ...   |
| Texas Task Force 1 pitched in to help Missouri Posted: 30 May 2011 05:00 PM PDT Jim Yeager was teaching a medical specialist class at Disaster City when his cellphone buzzed. Without hesitation, he got a replacement teacher, grabbed his gear at home and headed to the meeting place for Texas Task Force 1. Yeager is a team lea ... |
| Texas special session starting today Posted: 30 May 2011 05:01 PM PDT AUSTIN -- Republicans began the Texas legislative session with unprecedented majorities in both chambers and holding every statewide office, but 140 days later, they still failed to pass a key budget-related bill and two of the governor's top prior ... |
| Amarillo fires burn down a dozen homes Posted: 30 May 2011 05:01 PM PDT AMARILLO -- Two wildfires have destroyed at least 12 homes on the outskirts of the Panhandle city of Amarillo, Texas Forest Service officials said Monday.The fires began burning early Sunday evening, said Texas Forest Service spokesman Marq Webb. He ... |
| Memorial Day honors veterans, 9/11 Posted: 30 May 2011 05:01 PM PDT WASHINGTON -- Americans from Washington to California marked Memorial Day with parades, barbecues and somber reflection in a holiday infused with fresh meaning by the approaching 10th anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. The National Mem ... |
| Obama picks new security leaders Posted: 30 May 2011 05:01 PM PDT WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama moved Monday to seal an overhaul of his national security team, selecting Army Gen. Martin Dempsey as the next Joint Chiefs of Staff chairman amid protracted battle in Afghanistan, U.S. involvement in the NATO- ... |
| Syrian army finally seeing resistance from residents Posted: 30 May 2011 05:01 PM PDT BEIRUT -- Residents used automatic rifles and rocket-propelled grenades to repel advancing government troops in central Syria on Monday, putting up a fierce fight for the first time in their two-month-old revolt against President Bashar Assad's aut ... |
| Women haven't broken into SEALs yet Posted: 30 May 2011 05:01 PM PDT WASHINGTON -- It's a dramatic tale.Elite Navy SEALs storm a walled compound in Pakistan and take out the world's most wanted terrorist.Footnote: They were all men.While America's last 10 years of war have propelled women into new and far more risky r ... |
| Serbia pushing for EU membership Posted: 30 May 2011 05:00 PM PDT BELGRADE, Serbia -- Serbia's president Boris Tadic said Monday it's time the European Union did its part by boosting his nation's efforts to join the bloc, arguing the arrest of war crimes suspect Ratko Mladic proves it is serious about rejoining the ... |
| Posted: 30 May 2011 05:01 PM PDT WASHINGTON -- A growing shortage of medications for a host of illnesses -- from cancer to cystic fibrosis to cardiac arrest -- has hospitals scrambling for substitutes to avoid patient harm, and sometimes even delaying treatment. "It's just a matt ... |
| Posted: 30 May 2011 05:00 PM PDT ERLIN -- Europe's economic powerhouse, Germany, announced plans Monday to abandon nuclear energy over the next 11 years, outlining an ambitious strategy in the wake of Japan's Fukushima disaster to replace atomic power with renewable energy sources ... |
| Cities prove rebuilding is possible after disasters Posted: 30 May 2011 05:02 PM PDT WHEATLAND, Pa. -- As they dig out, tornado victims in the South and Midwest might find it hard to see past the wreckage of their communities to a future in which homes and businesses are rebuilt, trees are once again standing tall and proud, and li ... |
| Weight-loss shows not shrinking U.S. waistlines Posted: 30 May 2011 05:02 PM PDT LOS ANGELES -- Despite all the Biggest Loser-type shows on TV, all the pounds shed by their contestants and all the weight-loss products purchased by viewers, America continues to be the Biggest Gainer. At least 10 weight-loss shows are airing the ... |
| Singer Sean Kingston in ICU after accident Posted: 30 May 2011 05:00 PM PDT MIAMI -- Hip-hop singer Sean Kingston has been stabilized and moved to the intensive care unit at a hospital after crashing his watercraft into a Miami Beach bridge, his publicist said Monday. The publicist, Joseph Carozza, said Kingston's famil ... |
| PBS hack claims Tupac is alive Posted: 30 May 2011 05:00 PM PDT WASHINGTON -- PBS officials say hackers have cracked the network's website, posting a phony story claiming dead rapper Tupac Shakur was alive in New Zealand, and a group that claimed responsibility for the hacking complained about a recent Frontline ... |
| Posted: 30 May 2011 05:05 PM PDT All hail the most sacred Rainy Day Fund in Texas The only surprise about the draconian budget just passed by Texas Repub-licans is that they didn't build a cathedral for the Rainy Day Fund so that we could all kneel at the altar of the billions of ... |
| Posted: 30 May 2011 05:10 PM PDT Air Force veteran Isiah Lovings and other veterans collect American flags to place on graves of fallen soldiers during a Memorial Day ceremony at VFW Post 4692 in Bryan on Monday. |
| Posted: 30 May 2011 05:02 PM PDT Mark Your Calendar Expressive Arts for Helping Professionals, a free hands-on workshop exploring creative means to express feelings, is 8:45 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. June 18 at Hospice Brazos Valley, 502 West 26th St., Bryan. Experiment with clay, activity ... |
| Napoli homers twice in Rangers win over Rays Posted: 30 May 2011 02:46 PM PDT ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. -- Mike Napoli homered twice and drove in five runs, leading the Texas Rangers to an 11-5 victory over the Tampa Bay Rays on Monday night.Napoli homered for the third consecutive day, giving him four in three games. No. 9 hitter ... |
| Sharapova wins easily to reach French quarters Posted: 30 May 2011 01:14 PM PDT PARIS -- Maria Sharapova won the last four games to beat 12th-seeded Agnieszka Radwanska of Poland 7-6 (4), 7-5 on Monday at the French Open and reach her first Grand Slam quarterfinal in two years.The seventh-seeded Sharapova has won the other three ... |
| At 38, Kidd oldest guard to start in NBA finals Posted: 30 May 2011 12:58 PM PDT MIAMI -- After all the assists, steals, 3-pointers and triple-doubles, Jason Kidd has an easier path to his next entry in the NBA record book.All he has to do is show up.Kidd will become the oldest guard to start a game in an NBA finals when the Dal ... |
| Keppinger, Towles lift Astros over Cubs 12-7 Posted: 30 May 2011 12:42 PM PDT CHICAGO -- Jeff Keppinger and J.R. Towles homered and the Houston Astros rallied to beat the Chicago Cubs 12-7 on Monday afternoon.Clint Barmes and Hunter Pence also added back-to-back home runs in the fifth inning to help the Astros ended a three-g ... |
| Jim Tressel resigns as Ohio State's football coach Posted: 30 May 2011 10:45 AM PDT COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Jim Tressel, who guided Ohio State to its first national title in 34 years, resigned Monday amid NCAA violations from a tattoo-parlor scandal that sullied the image of one of the country's top football programs."After meeting with u ... |
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