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KABUL - President Barack Obama has his troop surge. Afghanistan's beleaguered security forces have theirs. Full Story »
KABUL - President Barack Obama has his troop surge. Afghanistan's beleaguered security forces have theirs. Full Story »
Earlier this year, Mine Service of Rockdale built this entry to a defunct quarry near Lake Belton but could not begin operations because the city would not issue a permit. The company will present a new site plan to the city this week. Full Story »
Lt. Gen. Robert Cone laughs with his wife, Jill, when they talk about the first time they met in Austin. The couple got together while the newest commander of Fort Hood was first stationed at the Central Texas Army post in the early ’80s. Full Story »
WASHINGTON - Senate Republicans forced Democrats to vote in favor of cutting billions from providers of home care for older people as partisan debate flared Saturday during a rare weekend session on President Barack Obama's health care overhaul. Full Story »
PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii - Ed Johann will always remember the sound of planes diving out of the sky to bomb U.S. battleships, the explosions and the screams of sailors. He still recalls the stench of burning oil and flesh. Full Story »
DALLAS — A coal-fired power plant 50 miles east of Waco received a state permit Wednesday to expand — the first coal plant approval since the Environmental Protection Agency ruled part of the state’s permitting process didn’t conform to the Clean Air Act. Full Story »
Waco’s Family Health Center is hoping to move quickly in creating a new medical and dental facility in North Waco after the project received nearly full financing from the federal government. Full Story »
Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst discussed a proposal to cut state agency spending during the next 3 1/2 years, hoping to offset a budget deficit and projected shortfalls, during a visit to Waco on Wednesday. Full Story »
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Bugs Bunny and Sylvester the Cat stand on the balcony of a Christmas Village house in a display at the Arts Council of the Brazos Valley on Wednesday. The display is a promotion for the council's second annual Carols and Canapes event to be held on D ... Full Story »
Kaleigh Syler, a seventh-grader at Sam Rayburn Middle School in Bryan, plays the trombone with the school's wind ensemble Wednesday at the 14th annual Food for Families food drive at the Brazos Center. ... Full Story »
New single-family homes and townhouses in College Station would be required to have two trees in their front yards under a proposal being considered by the City Council.A public hearing is set for 7 p.m. Thursday for council members to listen to resi ... Full Story »
With many people looking to the government for help creating new jobs in a tough economy, the approaching 2010 U.S. Census may offer some temporary relief.The U.S. Census Bureau is looking to hire thousands of workers across the state.The call for he ... Full Story »
Eagle Staff ReportA support group for families dealing with mental illness will discuss services provided by Texas A&M's Counseling Assessment Clinic at its meeting Tuesday.Kelly Taber of the Counseling Assessment Clinic will be the featured spea ... Full Story »
Woman says if it could happen to her, it could happen to anyone this holiday season. Police are still searching for a suspect. Full Story »
An SUV crashed through the front of a Temple convenience store Wednesday evening. Full Story »
Police Wednesday released a photo taken by a security camera that shows one of the two men sought in the armed robbery of a local convenience store early Tuesday morning. Full Story »
A fire that gutted a vacant house in Temple in late November may have been set deliberately and a reward is offered leading for an arson arrest and conviction. Full Story »
Volunteer firefighters who battled a blaze that left a local man homeless Wednesday are now organizing a benefit for the displaced homeowner. Full Story »
It is never an easy day for officers when they have to serve a drug search warrant, but Wednesday night got even harder for one Marlin officer. Full Story »
The SUV went about three quarters of the way into the store, breaking a window, and sending merchandise flying. Full Story »
At the gas pump recently, you may have noticed a sticker that says the gas "contains 10 percent ethanol." This ethanol-gas mixture is now prevalent throughout Central Texas in accordance with a 2007 federal mandate. While it's cleaner for the air, some debate the effect of ethanol on fuel economy and vehicle performance. Full Story »
Just two days after the Environmental Protection Agency declared greenhouses gases unsafe for America, Wednesday, the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality approved a coal fired power plant in Central Texas. Full Story »
Congress authorized subpoenas Wednesday for the White House gate-crashers to testify about how the couple got into a state dinner without an invitation. Full Story »
President Obama's job approval rating has fallen to 47 percent in the latest Gallup poll, the lowest ever recorded for any president at this point in his term. Full Story »
The Pell Grant program for needy college students is facing a massive shortfall as the country's bleak job market drives people back to school. Full Story »
Thanks to people like you, needy kids, adults and families in six counties will have food to put on their plates. Full Story »
State environmental regulators have approved an air-pollution permit for a proposed expansion of a central Texas coal-fired power plant. Full Story »
Wednesday night you can watch a A&M Consolidated graduate on "Law and Order: SVU." Full Story »
Thursday was the first day Democratic and Republican party candidates could file an application for a place on the primary ballot. Locally, nine Democrats and two Republicans had filed for various offices, with only two contested, so far. Full Story »
It may take months for their efforts to begin to show, but members of the El Camino Real Master Naturalist Chapter think their efforts will be worth the wait when they host the first Milam County Nature Festival next summer. Full Story »
Three family members from Thorndale are facing multiple charges, following the execution of a search warrant by the Milam County Sheriff’s Office at about midnight Nov. 24. Full Story »
Faith and the belief that his spirit lives on is what keeps the mother and sisters of JJ Urban going these days. The 24-year-old was killed Feb. 5, 2007 - beaten and stabbed 36 times in his home by someone he considered a friend, according to his mom, Lisa Condry. Full Story »
The Tree of Angels has grown from 10 to 12 feet this year - the height needed to accommodate more than 150 ornaments placed in honor of victims and survivors of violent crime. All have ties to Milam County. Full Story »
BELTON – Former Mary Hardin-Baylor middle linebacker Eric Henri signed a contract with Indoor Football League's Odessa Roughnecks. Henri, who was the ASC Defensive Player of the Year as a Cru senior, will likely play strong safety for the Roughnecks when the 2010 season opens in the spring. Full Story »
It may not be a rebuilding year for the Harker Heights Lady Knights bowling team after all. Heights opened up a 7-2 lead after match play and the first team game, but saw the favored Lady Wolves come back to win the next two games to trail by just one point, but take a 17-pin lead. Full Story »
Despite what could be considered a second straight disappointing season on the gridiron, two Ellison football players are continuing to receive national recognition. Full Story »
At a Christmas party via his cell phone, Donald Trcka kept track of the Runnin' Roos in the Killeen ISD Classic championship game. He promised his wife he'd be at the party; family, he said, came first. Full Story »
While high school wrestling will never be as big in Texas as football, Ellison and the rest of the Killeen schools are doing their part to bring some attention to one of the world's oldest sports. Full Story »
No arrests have been made in connection with the incident, which occured about 3 a.m. at the Denny's restaurant in the 4400 block of North Central Expressway. Full Story »
If it were to eventually become law, it would turn up the pressure on the BCS by preventing the group from calling its title game a "national championship game" unless it was the result of a playoff system. Full Story »
Detectives were questioning three men late Tuesday night in connection with the weekend rape and robbery of a 20-year-old woman who was kidnapped from an Old East Dallas street as she walked to a car with friends. Full Story »
WASHINGTON - The mob on top of kicker Hunter Lawrence after his field goal put the University of Texas in college football's national title game was just the start of a burgeoning dog pile on the Bowl Championship Series. Full Story »
Patricia Viramontes, DISD's executive director of information technology and the wife of Chief of Staff Arnold Viramontes, was terminated today and escorted out of her workplace by DISD police, according to district sources. Full Story »
A tree is reflected in a rain puddle in the German city of Stuttgart. AFP/DDP/Sascha Schuermann
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