Hat Ignites Cop Chase
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Hutchison Exploring Governor Bid
WASHINGTON, D.C.
World Series Dream Comes True For Minor Leaguer
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Pop! Goes My Cranium!
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Good News: Texas Has a New Prepaid Tuition Plan for All Families
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Vote For Annihilation… McCain All The Way!
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2008 Presidential Endorsement
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Vote For Obama, But… Join The Real Energy Revolution!
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We Trust Obama
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The AuCoin Report: News Briefs from the Great Outdoors
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Monarch Biosphere Reserve, Mexico Monarch butterflies by the millions are migrating from eastern Canada to their winter sanctuary in Mexico. But illegal logging is increasing and threatens an increasing amount of habitat at the Monarch Biosphere Reserve. (Guardian)
Hurricane Ike good
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Galveston, Texas
Probe Launched In U.S. Attorney Firings
WASHINGTON, D.C.
Spanish Speakers Hits 30 % In Texas
DALLAS, Texas
Dress Code Brings Kindergartener Shame
HOUSTON, Texas
Get A Noriega
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