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Teen Moms
MORE AND MORE , children are having children, and both suffer from it. If you want to see the train wreck that is teen motherhood, look at the MTV series Teen Mom, which was spun off from t...
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Hail Storm 2
The ground is nearly covered with pea- to marble-sized hail in Gilmer, Texas on March 10, 2010.
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Hail Storm
This occurred in Gilmer, Texas shortly before 6 p.m. on Wednesday, March 10, 2010. The hail was pea- to marble-sized.
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The Aransas Project files federal lawsuit against TCEQ officials for illegally harming endangered whooping cranes
CORPUS CHRISTI , March 11 — The Aransas Project ( TAP ) filed a federal lawsuit today in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas, Corpus Christi Division, against se...
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Weather Whys
What Causes Wind? Q: Some days, it’s very breezy, and other days, there seems to be no wind at all. What causes wind? A: There are several reasons why it’s windy one day, and calm the next, says B...
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U.S. Postal Service
Gen. Potter outlines challenges

Facing unprecedented volume declines and a projected, cumulative $238 billion shortfall during the next decade, Postmaster General John E. Potter last week outlined an aggressive plan of cost cutt...
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Sideglances
by SARAH GREENE
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NO DOUBT BECAUSE of the country’s current economic problems, more and more “work at home” offers are showing up on my computer. I usually transfer them over to the “junk” file, since I already work...
The View from Writers' Roost
by WILLIS WEBB
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COACHING HAS come a long way, particularly in college and professional sports ranks. Professional and major college coaches could be likened to CEOs. They have big staffs, massive budgets and del...
Knights win championship
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Gilmer National Bank gathers auction items
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Gilmer FFA wins awards
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Health Fair coming up on March 20
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The 29th Annual Upshur County Health Fair will be Saturday, March 20, at the Gilmer Civic Center. It will be 8:30 to 11:30 a.m. A number of free screenings and exams will be available, as well as ...
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House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) speaks about healthcare reform at her weekly news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, March 4, 2010. REUTERS/Jose Luis MaganaAP - House Democratic leaders Thursday abandoned a long struggle to strike a compromise on abortion in their ranks, gambling that they can secure the support for President Barack Obama's sweeping health care legislation with showdown votes looming as early as next week.


Fri Mar 12 00:16:42 -0600 2010

Firemen and rescue personnel work at the base of the World Trade Center 14 September 2001, in New York. More than 10,000 people who worked in the toxic chaos of New York's Ground Zero after 9/11 could receive compensation totalling 657 million dollars for health problems under a settlement reached.(AFP/File/Marcos Townsend)AP - After years of fighting in court, lawyers representing the city, construction companies and more than 10,000 ground zero rescue and recovery workers have agreed to a settlement that could pay up to $657.5 million to responders sickened by dust from the destroyed World Trade Center.


Thu Mar 11 23:51:24 -0600 2010