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The American agriculture industry is failing to provide a livelihood for its independent farmers, a situation made worse by an ineffective and inequitable farm bill, excessive imports from abroad and corporate farms at home and flaws with crop insurance policies. That was the word from about a dozen local agriculture producers to aides from U.S. Rep. Chet Edwards, D-Waco, Tuesday afternoon at Blackland Research Center. Damon Wells and Stephanie Gibson, agriculture and rural issues specialists on Edwards

Children are the future is what many profess. Some children at Scott Elementary School decided not to wait and took initiative. The Future Problem Solvers group at Scott Elementary decided to come up with a solution to provide extra shelter to homeless animals around the Temple area. The group is one of many Texas affiliates of the national and international Future Problem Solvers Program, which was created in 1974 to design and promote positive futures using creative problem solving. by Ramiro Hinojosa

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AUSTIN (AP) Declaring that Texas has the money it needs to pay for its priorities, Republican Gov. Rick Perry on Tuesday began his first full term as the state

KUWAIT CITY(AP) A gunman ambushed two Americans driving near a U.S. military base Tuesday in Kuwait, killing one and wounding another in what U.S. officials branded a terror attack. The shooting was the first assault on U.S. civilians in Kuwait and the third on Americans since October in the oil-rich emirate, where pro-American sentiment is usually strong and where thousands of U.S. troops are assembling for a possible war on Iraq.

Temple rolled out the red carpet for a hot commodity Tuesday. But at day

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With Temple off the mark the entire night, Bryan used its quickness to turn the multitude of missed shots into easy buckets and a 56-47 girls District 13-5A victory Tuesday at Wildcat Gym. The Tem-Cats connected on only 17 of 69 attempts from the floor in falling to 18-10 on the season and 1-5 in district play. The Lady Vikings (19-9) improved to 5-1 to remain atop the league standings.

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Mike Hopkins from Kingwood had a hole-in-one Nov. 30 at the No. 10 hole at Sammons Park Golf Course. He used a 6-iron for his second career ace on the 157-yard hole. His witness was Frank Thrower from Rockdale. From Daily Telegram Staff Reports