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  • GDP Green carry Spurs past Heat

    San Antonio Spurs outscored defending champion Miami Heat 114-104 with the help of outstanding performances of GDP (Manu Ginobili, Tim Duncan and Tony Parker) and shooter Danny Green, moving within one win to their fifth NBA title. It was Ginobili's first starting in more than one year. The 11-year veteran, who had scored a total of 30 points in the first four games, rewarded Spurs coach Gregg ...

  • Austin missed Flag Day again this year

    Resolved that the flag of the thirteen United States be Thirteen stripes alternate red and white: that the union be thirteen stars, white in a blue field, representing a new ...

  • North Texas woman sentenced after fleeing trial

    DALLAS (AP) -- A North Texas woman who fled her trial after being convicted of child sex trafficking and compelling prostitution has been sentenced in absentia to 25 years in ...

  • Parents file suit in Texas students shooting

    BROWNSVILLE, Texas (AP) -- The parents of a 15-year-old boy who was fatally shot last year by police in a South Texas middle school hallway have filed a federal ...

  • SE Texas school district subject of state probe

    BEAUMONT, Texas (AP) -- A Southeast Texas school district says it will cooperate fully with a state investigation that will review several areas of its ...

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The Polar Express

The Polar Express

The Polar Express is a deeply confused Hollywood rendering of childhood innocence by way of computer-generated roller-coaster thrills. With Chris Van Allsburgs short, gorgeously illustrated childrens book as its source, Robert Zemeckis $165-million CGI extravaganza at first seem ... ...

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  • Troopers software help nab more DWI suspects

    WILLIAMSON COUNTY, Texas (KXAN) - State Trooper Michael Reisen says he knows what it's like to be hit by a drunk driver, and he is lucky to be alive. "We average about 1,100 to 1,200 fatalities a year (because of) DWI's in the state of Texas," Reisen said, "which is usually in the top one or two in the nation." He says those alarming numbers was his motivation to take ...

  • Corpus Christi ISD trustees approve plan to add sixth high school

    Corpus Christi ISD The project is part of the district's 2010 voter-approved bond issue; a new Southside high school is planned to open in August ...

  • Police investigate murder in La Grange

    LA GRANGE, Texas (KXAN) - The Fayette County Sheriff's Office with the help of the Texas Rangers are investigating a murder in La Grange. An investigator with the sheriff's office said the murder happened Monday morning on Truesdale Road. Authorities have not released the name of the victim and how the victim was killed. Also on Monday, La Grange police reported a juvenile escapee ...

  • Profar becomes youngest Rangers DH

    Email ARLINGTON -- Manager Ron Washington's efforts to get Jurickson Profar into the lineup led to a bit of trivia being created on Monday night. Profar, who is 20 years and 117 days old, was batting leadoff as the Rangers' designated hitter. Profar is the youngest player to ever be used as the designated hitter in the leadoff spot since the position was created by the American League ...

  • Rangers rest Berkman for second straight game

    Email ARLINGTON -- Designated hitter Lance Berkman was out of the lineup for the second straight game on Monday as the Rangers try to get him back as physically strong as possible. Berkman had two operations on his right knee last season and four total in his career, and there is a concern that has taken away some of his power at the plate. Berkman, a switch-hitter, said he is still not able to ...

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