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Jan 17 2006

Big Red Back Water State: This week, Governor Rick Perry told the Senate Appropriations Committee that the federal coordinator of Gulf Coast Rebuilding told the state not to expect any additional help from Washington because the damage the state sustained from Rita was caused mostly by wind, not water. Fifteen Thailand refuges arrested on Mexico border trying to sneak in.

Backwater and behind times TX San Angelo : Pete Sampras to win open in 2008

On a gilded papal throne set on an altar decorated with crimson roses, Benedict placed a red hat on the head of each cardinal as they knelt in turn during the solemn yet festive ceremony in St. Peter's Basilica 32 new red robes kneel to there leader the pope and he loves it

Arab countries reluctantly agreed Friday to attend next week's U.S.-sponsored Middle East conference in Annapolis, Md., a scaled-down meeting for which there are scaled-down expectations but won't shake a Jews hand: Jewish reply: I don't want the blood on his hands for lashing woman who got raped

Dozens of workers were airlifted to safety in high winds after their North Sea oil platform caught fire Sunday, officials said

A parked car bomb exploded in a crowded area near a medical complex in Baghdad on Sunday, killing at least nine people and wounding more than 30, officials said. It was the latest in an uptick in violence in the heart of the capital.

Yes, risk-taking is inherently failure-prone. Otherwise it would be called sure-thing-taking.