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Perales ready for holidays after recording decisive win
HARLINGEN - Brownsville bantamweight Sergio "Time to Shine" Perales is looking forward to the holidays after capturing a decisive victory during the main event of Friday night's boxing show at Harlingen's Casa de Amistad. Perales' rapid-fire fists stung...
Scorpions ready to play in NAIA national tournament for first time
The soccer season wouldn't be considered a success had the University of Texas at Brownsville and Texas Southmost College Scorpions not made it to the NAIA playoffs. The Scorpions (15-4) have won back-to-back Red River Athletic Conference regular-season...
Is Alaska big enough for celebrity Palin?
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) Oprah wants her, and so do Letterman and Leno. Fresh from her political defeat, Sarah Palin is juggling offers to write books, appear in films and sit on dozens of interview couches at a rate that would be astonishing for...
Texas College Basketball Capsules: Josh Carter leads A&M hoops to win over JSU
COLLEGE STATION - Texas A&M used a late first-half surge to defeat Jackson State 96-78 on Friday night. With five minutes remaining to the break, the Aggies led the Tigers 32-31. They closed out the half on a 19-5 tear as forward Bryan Davis scored...
Texas NBA Capsules: Mason scores 29 in Spurs' 119-94 victory
SAN ANTONIO - Roger Mason was supposed to be a complementary piece when the San Antonio Spurs signed him as a free agent during the offseason. But Mason was the one drawing the compliments Friday night. Mason scored 29 points and the Spurs made 15 of...
Heisman, BCS on line when Sooners meet Red Raiders
NORMAN, Okla. - Sam Bradford has all the impressive numbers that go along with a Heisman Trophy campaign: a few dozen touchdown passes, an impeccable quarterback rating and right around two miles worth of passing yards. Graham Harrell has all that, too,...
Cargo, not gas, drives Valley vehicle thefts.
McALLEN - They're apparently not thrifty thieves. Despite gas prices that hit record highs this summer, law enforcement officials in the Rio Grande Valley said they have seen little to no effect on the types of vehicles most often reported stolen this...
Hearings on Cheney, others halted
Willacy County District Attorney Juan Angel Guerra brought a hearing to a halt on Friday when he asked that Judge J. Manuel Bañales recuse himself from presiding over the arraignments of several high-profile public officials. Guerra filed a motion...
Brrr!ownsville
Friday's rains that accompanied a cold front will continue to be present through the weekend, said forecasters. Tim Speece, meteorologist for the National Weather Service, said the weekend looks to be cool with the possibility of rain and showers. Despite...
Valley jobs still scarce
The seasonally adjusted unemployment in the Brownsville-Harlingen metropolitan statistical area fell to 7.4 percent in October, down from 7.5 percent in September, but up from 5.4 percent in October 2007, the Texas Workforce Commission reported. The...
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