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TYLER- Neal Barton offers his "Point of View" about the spending ways of Washington D.C. Full Story »

LONGVIEW - Longview Police say more than forty teenagers were involved in a fight on Friday night in the Brookshire's parking lot. Witnesses at the scene told police the brawl was over a girl. Jake Jones a student and athlete at Spring Hill was critically injured and is still in the hospital. Police say they are investigating some key players who were involved in what they call a prearranged ... Full Story »

TYLER-If you spent part of your weekend wrapping presents to ship them out Monday, you're not alone. For two of the biggest names in shipping, Monday was the busiest day of the year. It's the week before Christmas and millions of boxes still need shipping. With present aboard, trucks will be zipping. Some boxes will travel thousands of miles, others just down the street. For the three biggest ... Full Story »

Here are some stories we found tonight "Caught in the Web": Gold-plated PlayStation 3 selling for $5,000: http://www.postchronicle.com/news/original/article_212273050.shtml New Tiger Woods computer game: http://www.break.com/games/tiger-woods-wife-outrun.html New iPhone application lets Santa talk to kids: http://www.whec.com ... Full Story »

WASHINGTON – Computer technicians have found 22 million missing White House e-mails from the administration of President George W. Bush and the Obama administration is searching for dozens more days' worth of potentially lost e-mail from the Bush years, according to two groups that filed suit over the failure by the Bush White House to install an electronic record keeping system. read more Full Story »

WASHINGTON D.C. - The economy has been in the dumps for years, but the good times keep on rolling for some favored D.C. employees. City officials have doled out nearly $15 million in bonuses and awards since Mayor Adrian Fenty took office in January 2007, records obtained by The Examiner under the Freedom of Information Act show. read more Full Story »

KILGORE - In calendar year 2008, Kilgore received $11.711 million from sales taxes collected on sales in the city. In the year that ended this month, that total dropped more than 14 percent to $10,035,182 million. read more Full Story »

JOHANNESBURG – A U.N.-backed Congolese military operation to oust rebels from eastern Congo has caused more civilian casualties than damage to rebels, with more than 1,400 people deliberately killed over a nine-month period, human rights groups said Monday. read more Full Story »

LUFKIN - A victim of a triple slaying in east Texas tried to phone for help but never completed the call. Angelina County Sheriff Kent Henson on Monday said three capital murder counts were filed against 45-year-old Raymond Wilson II in a case where "they had all been drinking." Henson says Wilson apparently was upset Sunday night that his girlfriend, 42-year-old Lisa Zumwalt, called him to say ... Full Story »

ELGIN - A Texas man is facing charges after allegedly firing an assault rifle from his truck during a road rage incident. Bradley Dungan, 19, of Giddings was charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon after police found him with an AK47 and hundreds of rounds of ammunition in his truck. The shooting happened of Highway 290 just west of Elgin on December 4th. "He was arrested with an ... Full Story »

Let’s keep this introduction quick and easy. If you are looking for a well-built, gorgeous luxury sedan, and you’re ready to buy a Lexus..you might be ready to pay too much. Meet the Buick LaCrosse. As near-death experiences go, General Motors was probably in the tunnel looking at the light when it was pulled back from the brink. That will put the fear of eternity into you, and the new products ... Full Story »

Kinky Friedman said he will drop out the governor's race and seek the agricultural commissioner post instead, the TexasTribune.org reported. "This has never been about me; this has always been about what is best for the people of Texas and the Democratic Party," Friedman told TexasTribune.org. Friedman met with Democratic gubernatorial candidates Bill White and Farouk Shami over the weekend, but ... Full Story »

WASHINGTON — At the first Hanukkah party in the Obama White House, a Jewish student choir will sing in sweet harmony, the two young children of a soldier deployed in Iraq will light a 19th-century silver menorah from Prague and President Obama and his wife, Michelle, will greet more than 500 guests in a celebration that is expected to spill from the State Room to the East Room. read more Full Story »

***NEWS RELEASE*** A citizen called notifying police around 12:30 a.m. that she observed several Hispanic males looking into cars and checking car doors in the 7100 block of Waljim. Police were able to locate the suspect vehicle a short time later at a convenience store. Officers recovered numerous items that had been stolen from vehicles in the South Tyler area. The suspects were identified as ... Full Story »

NEW YORK – Citigroup said Monday it is repaying $20 billion in public bailout money, freeing the banking giant from the close scrutiny and pay restrictions that came with the rescue program. The government also will sell its one-third stake in the company. Paying back the government gives Citigroup's standing an immediate boost, but it comes at a heavy cost. Raising the new capital will ... Full Story »

The Rasmussen Reports daily Presidential Tracking Poll for Monday shows that 24% of the nation's voters Strongly Approve of the way that Barack Obama is performing his role as President. Forty-two percent (42%) Strongly Disapprove giving Obama a Presidential Approval Index rating of -18. That’s a one point improvement from yesterday when Obama’s Approval Index rating fell to the lowest level yet ... Full Story »

TYLER - A Tyler man was booked into the Smith County jail on a charge of criminal trespass of a habitation early Sunday morning when police found him taking a bath inside of a residence in the 3300 block of Garden Valley Road earlier in the day, according to a news release issued by the Tyler Police Department. read more Full Story »

On December 13, 2009 at around 6:18 p.m., Officer D. Stroud was off-duty and on the way to work when he spotted a stolen 2003 GMC Sierra pickup truck thathe had taken a theft report on the previous day. read more Full Story »

WASHINGTON – US President Barack Obama, in remarks aired late Sunday, awarded himself a B plus for his first 11 months in office, stressing in an interview with talk show queen Oprah Winfrey that there was still much to be done. "A good solid B plus," Obama said during an hour-long, intimate soft-focus ABC network Christmas at the White House special, when Winfrey asked what grade he would give ... Full Story »

WASHINGTON – The Senate on Sunday passed a $1.1 trillion spending bill with increased budgets for vast areas of the federal government, including health, education, law enforcement and veterans' programs. The more-than-1,000-page package, one of the last essential chores of Congress this year, passed 57-35 and now goes to President Barack Obama for his signature. read more Full Story »

***NEWS RELEASE*** On December 14, 2009 the Tyler Police Department received a call from 7101 Waljim St. regarding several individuals in a maroon vehicle stopped in the roadway. According to the caller, the individuals were looking into parked cars and left the area after being seen by the caller. A short time later officers located a vehicle matching the caller’s description and displaying the ... Full Story »

Angelina County, TX—An Angelina County man is behind bars this morning in connection to three deadly shootings. It happened in the town of Rivercrest Northeast of Lufkin, Sunday. The Lufkin Daily News reports Raymond Wilson II, 45, has been arrested, charged with shooting his former girlfried and the couple she lived with. The three were killed in a trailer home on Brazos Blvd. Sherrif’s ... Full Story »

Tyler--- Houston voters elect the city's first openly-gay mayor. East Texans give their two cents on whether they'd back a gay candidate. read more Full Story »

TYLER - Our studios had an unexpected visitor Sunday afternoon. One of our studio cameramen, Daniel Dickerson, got video of "Rocky," as he's been named, running around our studio on Sunday. We're not exactly sure how he got in, but we found out he's pretty tough to catch. He's been M.I.A. for the past few hours, but we've all been keeping our eyes out for him. Full Story »

ARLINGTON, Texas - Philip Rivers and the San Diego Chargers remain perfect in Decembers. Tony Romo and the Dallas Cowboys remain perfectly miserable in the most important month of the regular season. Rivers bailed the Chargers out of trouble with several third-down throws and hit Antonio Gates for a go-ahead touchdown in the fourth quarter, lifting San Diego to a 20-17 victory over the Cowboys ... Full Story »