WASHINGTON (AP) - Defying a presidential veto threat, the House approved legislation Friday directing the government to negotiate with drug companies in an effort to lower prices for Medicare recipients.
Democrats, winding up an opening-week legislative rush after taking control of Congress, said the measure would help the nation Gurneys that will soon be used to transport patients are currently occupied by boxes and equipment being carted around Scott and White
FORT HOOD - A crowd of fans chirping with excitement stood in line at Fort Hood
BELTON - Bell County Sheriff
WASHINGTON (AP) - Senators who back President Bush
BELTON - The rain stopped long enough Friday afternoon for more than 200 people to gather in a courtyard and celebrate the new addition to the Sanderford Administrative Complex.
The two-story, 16,500-square-foot addition houses the central administration of the University of Mary Hardin-Baylor.
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sportsThe Temple girls basketball team got forced into playing exactly the type of fast-paced game coach Don Layton wanted to avoid in the first half of a District 13-5A battle against Bryan.
By the time the Tem-Cats slowed the game to neutralize the No. 12-ranked Lady Vikings A Class 4A team it had beaten in a scrimmage three days ago, a junior varsity team and two tornado-watch delays weren
BELTON - Preston Meyer always was the model student-athlete, both on the football field and off. It
BELTON - He came to Mary Hardin-Baylor as a long-range gunner. But as can be the case with pure shooters, when shots aren
BALTIMORE (AP) - Just like every other team that faces the Indianapolis Colts, the Baltimore Ravens
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Sean Payton grew up rooting for the sports teams in Philadelphia and got his first NFL coaching job with the Eagles.
Since leaving Philadelphia, though, Payton has become quite a nemesis for Eagles defensive coordinator Jim Johnson. The two will match wits again tonight when Payton leads the host New Orleans Saints (10-6) against the Eagles (11-6) in an NFC second-round playoff game.
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obituariesfuneral noticesBROTHERS, Lillian Ann, 81, West Point, 2 p.m., Sts. Peter & Paul Catholic Church, Plum. Fayette Memorial Funeral Home, La Grange, in charge.
CROUCH, J.G., 53, formerly of Killeen, 1 p.m., Crawford-Bowers Funeral Home, Killeen.
DILLON, Marion G., 51, Lewisville, Ark., 10 a.m., Shiloh Baptist Church. Burial in Wilson Cemetery, Lewisville. Smith Funeral Home, Stamps, Kan., in charge.
HAVINS, Dorothy, 67, Rockdale, 2-5 p.m., Patterson Center, Rockdale. Phillips & Luckey Funeral Home, Rockdale, in charge.
LESLIE, Leaner, 83, Copperas Cove, 1 p.m., Unity Baptist Church, Copperas Cove. Burial in Kempner City Cemetery. Crawford-Bowers Funeral Home, Copperas Cove, in charge.
NONE, Dell Vada, 77, Killeen, 1 p.m., Belton Church of God in Christ. W.H. Littles & Sons Mortuary, Temple, in charge.
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