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- Woman accused in murder-for-hire plot due to meet husband in court
- North Korea says Kim Jong Il is dead
- North Korean leader Kim Jong Il dies
- Major winter storm forecast to hit north Texas
- House GOP slams bill extending payroll tax, benefits
- House GOP slams bill extending payroll tax, benefits
- As last troops left Iraq this morning, Fort Hood welcomes hundreds home
- Last Iraq death as painful as the first
- New satellites to improve GPS receivers
- New EPA rules may shutter some power plants
- Runaway stadium cart injures 7
- MIT offering online course credentials
- Hero of Czech anti-communism dies
- Official: Intel limited on drone now in Iran's possession
- U.S. aid a step to nuclear talks with North Korea
- Philippine floods kill more than 650; 900 missing
- Hanging in basketball history
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- NYC police: Man says he set woman afire over debt
- William & Mary falls 94-56 at No. 10 Missouri
- Houston booster group hit hard by Ponzi scheme
- Griner, No. 1 Baylor women beat No. 2 UConn 66-61
- Durant leads Thunder over Mavs in preseason
- Panthers end Texans' win streak at seven
- Texans try to build after clinching division title
| Woman accused in murder-for-hire plot due to meet husband in court Posted: 18 Dec 2011 04:04 PM PST A 53-year-old Bryan woman accused of trying to hire a hitman to kill her husband is expected in the 361st District Court on Tuesday, where a judge may rule on matters relating to the estranged couples' pending divorce. The hearing is scheduled fo ...   |
| North Korea says Kim Jong Il is dead Posted: 18 Dec 2011 01:14 PM PST SEOUL, South Korea — Kim Jong Il, North Korea's mercurial and enigmatic leader, has died. He was 69. Kim's death was announced Monday by state television from the North Korean capital, Pyongyang. Kim is believed to have suffered a stroke in 2 ... |
| North Korean leader Kim Jong Il dies Posted: 18 Dec 2011 04:01 PM PST SEOUL, South Korea -- Kim Jong Il, North Korea's mercurial and enigmatic longtime leader, has died. He was 69. In a "special broadcast" Monday from the North Korean capital, state media said Kim died of a heart ailment on a train due to a "great m ... |
| Major winter storm forecast to hit north Texas Posted: 18 Dec 2011 04:08 PM PST A major winter storm is headed for the southwestern Great Plains, with blizzard conditions expected by Monday afternoon in parts of New Mexico, Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas and Colorado, the National Weather Service warned Sunday. There's a better than ... |
| House GOP slams bill extending payroll tax, benefits Posted: 18 Dec 2011 04:02 PM PST WASHINGTON -- Top House Republicans rebelled Sunday against a bipartisan, Senate-approved bill extending payroll tax cuts and jobless benefits for two months, reigniting a politically fueled holiday-season clash that had seemed all but doused. Th ... |
| House GOP slams bill extending payroll tax, benefits Posted: 18 Dec 2011 04:02 PM PST WASHINGTON -- Top House Republicans rebelled Sunday against a bipartisan, Senate-approved bill extending payroll tax cuts and jobless benefits for two months, reigniting a politically fueled holiday-season clash that had seemed all but doused. Th ... |
| As last troops left Iraq this morning, Fort Hood welcomes hundreds home Posted: 18 Dec 2011 12:54 AM PST Staff Sgt. Elama Palemene held his two young daughters and kissed his wife early Sunday after returning to Fort Hood with about 300 other soldiers, among the last U.S. combat troops returning from Iraq in time for the holidays. They arrived about 3 ... |
| Last Iraq death as painful as the first Posted: 18 Dec 2011 04:00 PM PST GREENSBORO, N.C. -- As the last U.S. troops withdrew from Iraq on Sunday, friends and family of the first and last American fighters killed in combat were cherishing their memories rather than dwelling on whether the war and their sacrifice was wor ... |
| New satellites to improve GPS receivers Posted: 18 Dec 2011 04:01 PM PST DENVER -- The future of the U.S. Global Positioning System is taking shape in a vast white room south of Denver, where workers are piecing together the first of more than 30 satellites touted as the most powerful, reliable and versatile yet. The n ... |
| New EPA rules may shutter some power plants Posted: 18 Dec 2011 04:02 PM PST WASHINGTON -- More than 32 mostly coal-fired power plants in a dozen states will be forced to shut down and an additional 36 might have to close because of new federal air pollution regulations, according to an Associated Press survey. Together, t ... |
| Runaway stadium cart injures 7 Posted: 18 Dec 2011 04:04 PM PST ARLINGTON -- Seven people suffered minor injuries when a runaway electric cart raced unmanned from an end zone to midfield and plowed into them after a high school football playoff game in Texas.The incident happened after Spring Dekaney beat Cibolo ... |
| MIT offering online course credentials Posted: 18 Dec 2011 04:01 PM PST Think you can hack it at MIT? If so, the world-renowned university is willing to give you a new kind of credential to prove it.Not a full-fledged diploma -- that's still a possibility only for the 10,000 or so students admitted to its Cambridge, Mass ... |
| Hero of Czech anti-communism dies Posted: 18 Dec 2011 04:01 PM PST PRAGUE -- The end of Czechoslovakia's totalitarian regime was called the Velvet Revolution because of how smooth the transition seemed: Communism dead in a matter of weeks, without a shot fired. But for Vaclav Havel, it was a moment he helped pay f ... |
| Official: Intel limited on drone now in Iran's possession Posted: 18 Dec 2011 04:02 PM PST WASHINGTON -- A U.S. official says Iran will find it hard to exploit any data and technology aboard the captured CIA stealth drone because of measures taken to limit the intelligence value of drones operating over hostile territory. The official a ... |
| U.S. aid a step to nuclear talks with North Korea Posted: 18 Dec 2011 04:04 PM PST The United States was poised to announce a significant donation of food aid to North Korea this week before the nation announced the death of supreme leader Kim Jong Il. The donation, which could now be delayed, would be the first concrete accompli ... |
| Philippine floods kill more than 650; 900 missing Posted: 18 Dec 2011 04:02 PM PST ILIGAN, Philippines -- As a storm that killed more than 650 in the southern Philippines raged outside the store where she works, Amor Limbago worriedly called home to check on her parents, but their cellphones just kept ringing and later went dead. ... |
| Posted: 18 Dec 2011 04:04 PM PST Former Texas A&M basketball player Danielle Adams was back at Reed Arena on Sunday to watch the banner bearing her number be lifted to the rafters in her honor during halftime of the A&M vs USC women's basketball game. Adams, who plays for th ... |
| Posted: 18 Dec 2011 04:03 PM PST Mark Your Calendar Voices For Children, CASA, is looking for people to make a difference in a child's life and help a child in foster care navigate through the child welfare system. Volunteers advocate for a child an average of 10 to 15 hours a mont ... |
| NYC police: Man says he set woman afire over debt Posted: 18 Dec 2011 10:58 PM PST NEW YORK (AP) -- As Deloris Gillespie went up the elevator to her fifth-floor Brooklyn apartment, carrying groceries, a man was waiting. His face was one her neighbors later recognized, and that she surely must have.Surveillance video from inside the ... |
| William & Mary falls 94-56 at No. 10 Missouri Posted: 18 Dec 2011 10:55 PM PST COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) -- Tony Shaver simply couldn't explain his team's horrendous start against No. 10 Missouri on Sunday."It's a good question," the ninth-year coach responded when asked how William & Mary trailed 19-0 to open the game before even ... |
| Houston booster group hit hard by Ponzi scheme Posted: 18 Dec 2011 10:55 PM PST DALLAS (AP) -- A foundation that endows athletic scholarships at the University of Houston may have lost more than 40 percent of its listed assets because of investments in an alleged Ponzi scheme orchestrated by a financial adviser for college baske ... |
| Griner, No. 1 Baylor women beat No. 2 UConn 66-61 Posted: 18 Dec 2011 04:02 PM PST WACO -- Brittney Griner scored 12 of her 25 points during the closing run that pushed top-ranked Baylor past No. 2 Connecticut 66-61 on Sunday night. The Lady Bears (11-0) overcame an 11-point deficit in the second half and won their second No. 1 vs. ... |
| Durant leads Thunder over Mavs in preseason Posted: 18 Dec 2011 01:54 PM PST DALLAS -- Kevin Durant scored 21 points and reserve James Harden added 16 to lead the Oklahoma City Thunder to a 106-92 victory over the defending champion Dallas Mavericks on Sunday night in the preseason opener for both teams.Durant, the NBA scorin ... |
| Panthers end Texans' win streak at seven Posted: 18 Dec 2011 12:02 PM PST HOUSTON -- Houston rookie quarterback T.J. Yates looked to be well on his way to orchestrating another improbable comeback. Instead, the fifth-round pick made the kind of mistake he'd avoided in his first two starts and it dearly cost the AFC Sout ... |
| Texans try to build after clinching division title Posted: 18 Dec 2011 12:34 AM PST HOUSTON (AP) -- The setbacks finally seemed to catch up to the Houston Texans in Cincinnati last week.It had all been going remarkably well -- while one key player after another went down with a major injury, Houston somehow continued to win.At last, ... |
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