WASHINGTON (AP) - A politically weakened President Bush implored a skeptical Congress Tuesday night to embrace his unpopular plan to send more U.S. troops to Iraq, saying it represents the best hope in a war America must not lose.

BELTON - Without uttering a single comment, the Belton City Council Tuesday annexed an area that was part of a Temple extraterritorial jurisdiction counterproposal, sending a strong message that talks on an ETJ compromise are over. In all, Belton added 448 acres to its city limits.

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All over the country, public school administrators are looking for the perfect curriculum to fit their school districts, and teachers at Temple High School think that maybe they have found it. Temple High School Principal J.J. Villarreal presented his preliminary plans for the ninth grade to adopt a cohort advocacy program as part of the new Temple High School academy system.

AUSTIN (AP) - Taxpayers would have to approve some city and county spending increases and disclose the sales price or fair market value of property under recommendations made Tuesday by a governor

BELTON - A large hole in front of the former district courts building should soon show its purpose. County Judge Jon Burrows said the steel has been delivered and a stairwell that snakes up from the basement to the fourth floor should take shape.

Kaetlyn Murdoch kept the Temple girls basketball team afloat in the first half and re-established her inside presence late in the second half as the Tem-Cats recorded a crucial 53-46 win over College Station A&M Consolidated on Tuesday night at Wildcat Gym. The victory kept the Tem-Cats tied with Harker Heights for second place in District 13-5A at 6-3 and ended a grueling four-game stretch against the top teams. Temple finished the stretch 2-2 despite shooting 36 percent from the floor.

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MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) - Andy Roddick was ruthless, treating his close friend like little more than warmup fodder for his Thursday semifinal showdown with Roger Federer. The 2003 U.S. Open champion flattened Mardy Fish without blinking Tuesday, making only four unforced errors in a 6-2, 6-2, 6-2 quarterfinal win at the Australian Open.