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- Texas A&M fans enjoy Father's Day game despite loss
- I-45 and Texas 75 reopened after wildfire prompts detour
- 30 homes destroyed in Grimes County fire
- East Texas wildfire spreads over 15,000 acres
- Teen's body found in Lake Somerville
- Wildfires burning across the state
- Emmys bittersweet for two soap operas
- States trying to collect sales taxes from online retailers
- EU works on debt deal for Greece
- Study: 6 million children in U.S. have food allergies
- California contestant crowned Miss USA
- New CEO could transform J.C. Penney's
- Al-Qaida counting on ransoms to fund network
- NATO admits airstrike went astray; killed 9 in Libya
- Rules changed to keep nuke plants operating
- Letters for June 20
- Calendar
- Tropical storm churning in Pacific
- Florida Marlins manager Edwin Rodriguez resigns
- Navarro's HR in 8th lifts Dodgers over Astros 1-0
- Jones, Dempsey score as US advances in Gold Cup
- Denny Hamlin wins NASCAR race at Michigan
- Jurrjens earns 9th win as Braves top Rangers 4-2
- Yao Ming mum on future with Rockets
- McIlroy carries 8-stroke lead into Sunday
| Texas A&M fans enjoy Father's Day game despite loss Posted: 19 Jun 2011 05:32 PM PDT OMAHA, Neb. -- Dawn Pounds knew what to get her husband for Father's Day when the Texas A&M baseball team beat Florida State to reach the College World Series for the first time in 12 years. She told Ray Pounds to take their 6-year-old son Aaro ...   |
| I-45 and Texas 75 reopened after wildfire prompts detour Posted: 19 Jun 2011 10:54 AM PDT Interstate 45 in Madison County and Texas 75 in Walker County have been reopened after a detour that was prompted by a large fire that was generating a smoke cloud visible from Bryan-College Station. It wasn't clear what started the blaze or how man ... |
| 30 homes destroyed in Grimes County fire Posted: 19 Jun 2011 05:50 PM PDT At least 30 homes were destroyed Sunday by a wildfire in Grimes County that was believed to have been sparked by a barbecue pit. The fire began around 4 p.m. Sunday near Clark Road in the Plantersville area. Grimes County Sheriff Don Sowell estima ... |
| East Texas wildfire spreads over 15,000 acres Posted: 19 Jun 2011 09:49 AM PDT GROVETON -- Firefighters tried Sunday to contain one of the largest wildfires ever in East Texas, a 15,000-acre blaze that had destroyed two unoccupied homes and at least four trailers. Texas Forest Service spokesman Richard Reuse says the fire, w ... |
| Teen's body found in Lake Somerville Posted: 19 Jun 2011 05:32 PM PDT Authorities on Sunday recovered the body of a teenager not far from where he fell off a personal watercraft and disappeared in an accident on Lake Somerville the day before. Brion McCray, a 15-year-old student at A&M Consolidated High School i ... |
| Wildfires burning across the state Posted: 19 Jun 2011 05:32 PM PDT GROVETON -- Wildfires racing across parched Texas destroyed more than three dozen homes and forced hundreds of people to evacuate Sunday, while one blaze in East Texas grew to roughly 15,000 acres -- among the largest ever recorded in the region, T ... |
| Emmys bittersweet for two soap operas Posted: 19 Jun 2011 05:31 PM PDT LAS VEGAS -- The Bold and the Beautiful won drama series honors for the third consecutive year at the Daytime Emmys on Sunday night in a bittersweet ceremony that marked the impending daytime departures of two veteran soap operas along with Regis Phi ... |
| States trying to collect sales taxes from online retailers Posted: 19 Jun 2011 05:32 PM PDT AUSTIN -- State governments across the country are laying off teachers, closing public libraries and parks, and reducing health care services, but there is one place they could get $23 billion if they could only agree how to do it: Internet retaile ... |
| EU works on debt deal for Greece Posted: 19 Jun 2011 05:31 PM PDT LUXEMBOURG -- The drama over Greece's imploding finances moved Sunday to Luxembourg, where eurozone ministers must approve an immediate loan to keep Greece from defaulting next month but will wrangle fiercely over lending terms for the billions nee ... |
| Study: 6 million children in U.S. have food allergies Posted: 19 Jun 2011 05:30 PM PDT CHICAGO -- Food allergies affect about one in 13 U.S. children, double the latest government estimate, a new study suggests. The researchers say about 40 percent of them have severe reactions -- a finding they hope will erase misconceptions that f ... |
| California contestant crowned Miss USA Posted: 19 Jun 2011 05:31 PM PDT LAS VEGAS -- A 21-year-old auburn-haired California girl won the Miss USA crown on Sunday night and will represent the nation in this year's Miss Universe pageant in September in Brazil. Alyssa Campanella of Los Angeles topped a field of 51 beaut ... |
| New CEO could transform J.C. Penney's Posted: 19 Jun 2011 05:31 PM PDT NEW YORK -- Imagine the possibilities of J.C. Penney in the future: An iPad enables one shopper to mix and match shirts and slacks without having to undress. A teen sends a mobile photo of a skirt to her father, who pays for it without leaving home ... |
| Al-Qaida counting on ransoms to fund network Posted: 19 Jun 2011 05:32 PM PDT WASHINGTON -- Pressured by increased scrutiny of terrorist money sources and strikes aimed at its financiers, al-Qaida's core organization in Pakistan has turned to kidnapping for ransom to offset dwindling cash reserves, according to U.S. official ... |
| NATO admits airstrike went astray; killed 9 in Libya Posted: 19 Jun 2011 05:32 PM PDT TRIPOLI, Libya -- Libya's government said NATO warplanes struck a residential neighborhood in the capital Sunday and killed nine civilians, including two children. Hours later, NATO confirmed one of its airstrikes went astray. The incident gave su ... |
| Rules changed to keep nuke plants operating Posted: 19 Jun 2011 06:57 PM PDT LACEY TOWNSHIP, N.J. -- Federal regulators have been working closely with the nuclear power industry to keep the nation's aging reactors operating within safety standards by repeatedly weakening those standards, or simply failing to enforce them, a ... |
| Posted: 19 Jun 2011 05:05 PM PDT Bill Flores absolutely is jeopardizing the country U.S. Rep. Bill Flores absolutely has jeopardized this community and this country by gambling with the debt ceiling. I also object to the characterization of the Obama administration as a "regime ... |
| Posted: 19 Jun 2011 05:32 PM PDT Mark Your Calendar The College Station Noon Lions Club's "I Love America" Celebration will be July 4 at the George Bush Library. The museum will be open from 9:30 a.m. to 8:30 p.m. with free admission. Bring lawn chairs, picnic baskets and blankets. ... |
| Tropical storm churning in Pacific Posted: 19 Jun 2011 05:30 PM PDT Forecasters say Tropical Storm Beatriz is strengthening off the coast of Mexico in the Pacific Ocean and could become a hurricane by late Monday. The National Hurricane Center said Sunday evening that rain bands have started hitting the coast. Th ... |
| Florida Marlins manager Edwin Rodriguez resigns Posted: 19 Jun 2011 02:29 PM PDT ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. -- Florida Marlins manager Edwin Rodriguez has resigned with his team on a nine-game losing streak.Bench coach Brandon Hyde will manage the Marlins against the Tampa Bay Rays on Sunday, but the club will begin a search for an int ... |
| Navarro's HR in 8th lifts Dodgers over Astros 1-0 Posted: 19 Jun 2011 11:19 AM PDT LOS ANGELES -- Dioner Navarro homered off reliever Wilton Lopez in the eighth inning and the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the Houston Astros 1-0 on Sunday to avoid a three-game sweep.After a scoreless duel between Dodgers starter Hiroki Kuroda and Housto ... |
| Jones, Dempsey score as US advances in Gold Cup Posted: 19 Jun 2011 10:40 AM PDT WASHINGTON -- Jermaine Jones scored in the 49th minute and Clint Dempsey added a goal in the 80th in the United States' 2-0 victory over Jamaica on Sunday in the CONCACAF Gold Cup quarterfinals.On Wednesday in Houston, the United States will face the ... |
| Denny Hamlin wins NASCAR race at Michigan Posted: 19 Jun 2011 10:38 AM PDT BROOKLYN, Mich. -- Denny Hamlin has won a NASCAR Sprint Cup race for the first time this year, holding off Matt Kenseth at Michigan International Speedway.The drivers appeared headed for a fuel-mileage finish Sunday. Then a late caution enabled them ... |
| Jurrjens earns 9th win as Braves top Rangers 4-2 Posted: 19 Jun 2011 09:54 AM PDT ATLANTA -- Jason Heyward hit a two-run single in the third inning and Freddie Freeman added an RBI double in the seventh to help Jair Jurrjens earn his ninth victory in the Atlanta Braves' 4-2 win over the Texas Rangers on Sunday.The Braves snapped a ... |
| Yao Ming mum on future with Rockets Posted: 19 Jun 2011 09:48 AM PDT BEIJING -- Yao Ming is staying tightlipped about his future once his contract with the Houston Rockets expires at the end of this month.The oft-injured center declined to answer questions about his plans at an appearance on behalf of the Special Olym ... |
| McIlroy carries 8-stroke lead into Sunday Posted: 19 Jun 2011 12:40 AM PDT BETHESDA, Md.-- Rory McIlroy kept punishing the golf course and the record book Saturday, setting himself up with an eight-shot lead at the U.S. Open with 18 holes left between him and his first major championship.In a third round that felt more like ... |
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