HIDALGO, Texas — The mountain of oranges, tangerines, lemons and more exotic fruits piled in the customs office at the Hidalgo international bridge in Texas on Thanksgiving Day would have made any grocer proud. Full Story »
Sterling High School students who donned Santa hats and elf costumes could be spotted around the community Monday evening collecting canned goods for the annual Ho Ho Ho Food Scavenger Hunt. Full Story »
The Baytown Police Department’s Blue Santa has made his list, checked it twice and things don’t look so jolly. Full Story »
The sounds of Christmas will ring through Second Baytown Church Friday and Saturday nights when it presents “Glorious Christmas. ” The concerts will begin at 7 p.m. on both dates and will be held at the church, 6227 North Main St. Full Story »
Baytown City Manager Garry Brumback’s performance and his contract will be discussed during an executive session of Thursday night’s council meeting. “We want all seven members of the council to be able to look at his contract,” Councilmember Lynn Caskey said Tuesday. Full Story »
The demand for H1N1 vaccine by priority groups in Harris County has largely been met and there is “more than enough vaccine” in the area to fill the needs of the public, a health district spokesperson said Tuesday. Full Story »
CHICAGO — Part American and part Pakistani, the Chicago man accused of conspiring in the bloody terrorist attacks in Mumbai has followed a twisted trail through two different worlds. Full Story »
WOODBRIDGE, Va. — A man who fired gunshots inside a classroom at a northern Virginia community college was arrested shortly afterward, police said Tuesday. No injuries were reported. Full Story »
HAZARD, Ky. — Police say a doctor in eastern Kentucky has been shot to death at a medical clinic and a man has been taken into custody. Full Story »
ARLINGTON, Tenn. — A Tennessee mayor is apologizing for writing on his Facebook page that President Barack Obama deliberately timed a speech last week to block the "Peanuts" Christmas special. Full Story »
RALEIGH, N.C. — After North Carolina was forced to release a series of wrongly convicted people from prisons early in the decade, leaders established a pioneering agency to swiftly assess claims of innocence. Full Story »
SAN FRANCISCO — Even search engines can get suckered by Internet scams. With a little sleight of hand, con artists can dupe them into giving top billing to fraudulent Web sites that prey on consumers, making unwitting accomplices of companies such as Google, Yahoo and Microsoft. Full Story »
ALBANY, N.Y. — When Jory Langner finds time for a field trip during an upcoming visit to Washington, he won't have to ask local birders where to find candidates to add to his life list of birds sighted. Full Story »
NEW YORK — The lesbian priest who was elected assistant bishop in the Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles says she's hurt by any suggestion that her service to the church is divisive. Full Story »
HARTFORD, Conn. — A now-retired white Hartford police officer was acquitted Tuesday of manslaughter and assault for shooting two young black men in 2005, provoking anger from the victims' families and prompting a call for peace from the city's mayor. Full Story »
KABUL — Defense Secretary Robert Gates arrived late Monday in Afghanistan with plans to assure officials and American troops there that the United States is committed to winning the war despite plans to begin pulling forces out in 2011. Full Story »
Charles Boyer never told Hedy Lamarr “we make beautiful music together” in the 1937 film “Algiers,” but that didn’t stop two couples in the Baytown Symphony Orchestra from taking the old movie misquote to heart. Full Story »
Organizers for Christmas on Texas Avenue said Monday the cancellation of Baytown’s annual Christmas Parade hurt attendance for this year’s holiday event. Full Story »
The chill of winter will be less bothersome for nearly 50 families, thanks to the help of Love, INC. Full Story »
HOUSTON — Scott Kana thought he recognized the stranger walking up to the door of the Houston business where he worked. As the man got closer, he was certain it was escaped convict Arcade Joseph Comeaux Jr. Full Story »
HAVELOCK, N.C. — Police in North Carolina are saying a Marine was accidentally shot to death when he got into an argument with a friend over the Texas-Nebraska football game. Full Story »
WASHINGTON — The Obama administration took a major step Monday toward imposing the first federal limits on climate-changing pollution from cars, power plants and factories, declaring there was compelling scientific evidence that global warming from manmade greenhouse gases endangers Americans' health. Full Story »
ATLANTA — Colon cancer deaths could drop dramatically in the next decade because of better screening and treatment, according to an optimistic new prediction by top researchers. Full Story »
BELVIDERE, Ill. — A gas line explosion rocked a technology plant in northern Illinois Monday, sending trembles through buildings as far as a mile away. One man was injured by flying shrapnel a quarter mile away, authorities said. Full Story »
SPARKS, Nev. — One of most stirring symbols of the American West - mustangs thundering freely across the range - could be heading east. Full Story »
Christmas decorations illuminate Berlin's main shopping streets. AP Photo/Franka Bruns
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