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QUESTION: The newspaper had an article about Upshur County approving prescription cards for residents, and it said other counties have them available.

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EDITOR'S NOTE: It is the policy of the Tyler Morning Telegraph to not name the victims of sexual assault to protect their identity and encourage the reporting of such crimes.

A mechanical breakdown Saturday night delayed production of Sunday's News-Journal. Delivery of the newspaper inside the city and in some surrounding areas has been most affected.

Cowboys and antiques might not seem like a natural mix, but the Gladewater Round-Up Rodeo has led to a boom for the city's downtown shopping district.

Frontier Healthcare Group and the City of Liberty reached an agreement concerning the $259,000 Liberty-Dayton Community Hospital, LDCH, owes to the city for delinquent water and power bills.

A woman found dead Thursday in a car in a creek has been identified as Katrina Lashun Wheat.

Video-game publisher Take-Two Interactive Software Inc. said Wednesday that sales of its popular and eagerly anticipated title "Grand Theft Auto IV" reached more than $500 million in its first week of availability.

The company said it has sold more than 6 million units globally since the game was released April 29.

The New York-based company said it sold 3.6 million units on its opening day alone, worth a retail value of $310 million worldwide.

"Grand Theft Auto IV" follows the criminal exploits of protagonist Niko Bellic, an immigrant-turned-gangster who travels from Eastern Europe to Liberty City, the game's fictional locale based on New York City. As Bellic, players can hijack cars, earn cash for criminal activities, shoot innocent bystanders and visit strip clubs. Read more

Eight hours into Grand Theft Auto IV , I've stolen 17 cars, run over 20 people and killed another 15 . via WFAA-TV Dallas

“But boy, does that lady know her stuff!”

Once upon a time, nearly every little girl owned a baton, and would spend hours in the yard twirling and throwing and doing all kinds of moves with the sparkly sticks. via Corsicana Daily Sun

“The United States has decided it's necessary to proceed one more time”

Federal prosecutors stung twice by deadlocked juries said Wednesday they would make a third attempt to convict six men accused of scheming with al-Qaida to topple Chicago's Sears Tower and bomb FBI offices in ... via Fort Worth Star-Telegram

LAND: The week in review April 13-19 Source: Liberty Action News Digest Posted on 04.20.08 by Mary Lou Seymour Commentaries on the Ludlow Massacre, cops behaving badly, the Thomas Jefferson Dance Party, The war ... via Rational Review

After a round of 45-minute sessions in Washington Thursday with John McCain, Hillary Rodham Clinton, and Barack Obama, British Prime Minister Gordon Brown was scheduled to discuss "coordinated action" to shore up the global economy with President Bush.

For the second time since December, a judge declared a mistrial in the case of six men from Miami's impoverished Liberty City neighborhood accused of plotting attacks on Chicago's Sears Tower and FBI offices. During the first trial, one member of the so-called "Liberty City Seven" was acquitted. Both times, a hung jury and a lack of evidence that the men had taken concrete steps to carry out the plot led to deadlocks. Prosecutors will announce April 23 whether they will pursue another trial. Read more

“There's no way to spin this other than to say this is another stunning defeat for the government”

The second trial of six men accused of plotting attacks on Chicago's Sears Tower and FBI offices ended with a second hung jury Wednesday, an embarrassing blow to a case the Bush administration had cited as an ... via HeraldTribune.com

Omar L. Gallaga writes about technology culture for the Austin American-Statesman. He's worked for more than nine years at the Austin American-Statesman and edited Technopolis, the newspaper's personal tech ... via Austin American Statesman

Jurors are still at an impasse in the second trial of six men accused of scheming to blow up Chicago's Sears Tower and bomb FBI offices. via Houston Chronicle

News can happen anytime, anywhere. If you See It you can Snap It and then Send It to KLTV. via KLTV Tyler

“For many people in East Texas this is the only place to go for this type of care”

People in need of medical and dental care form lines at the Mission of Mercy at the Bethesda Clinic in Tyler on Saturday morning. via Tyler Morning Telegraph

Party primary runoff elections are set for this week throughout the State and remember if you voted Democratic in the March elections you must vote in the Democratic runoff and the same goes if you voted ... via KETK-TV Tyler

“Narseal Batiste had a mission. His mission was to destroy the United States”

While prosecutors called them soldiers and would-be guerrillas, attorneys for men accused of plotting terrorism attacks said Thursday they were kept in the dark by their leader and never sought to overthrow the ... via Houston Chronicle