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Stay on the alert, senior citizens. There's a new scam in town. Police and Better Business Bureau officials have given it a variety of labels, but by any name, it is a scam that targets senior citizens by preying on their heartstrings.

Jaxton Hunt may not be at a reading level of Herman Melville and "Moby Dick." But suffice to say he's long past "Dick and Jane." Hunt, a second-grader at Coleman Elementary, won the Cleburne ISD Reading Bee Thursday at CISD central administration.

Welcome back to Five Spot. Every Friday, we'll examine a recent bit of music news and list five reasons why it's either brilliant or dumb-assed. Send tips to introducingliston@gmail.com . We've got this notebook that we carry around pretty much everywhere with us.

" Is there such a thing as "weather" on Mars? There are some doubts, considering the planet's atmosphere is only 1 percent as dense as that of the Earth.

The Jacksonville Police Department compiled the following reports Friday, Saturday and Sunday: Friday calls A* Police responded to a shoplifting report at Wal-Mart Friday afternoon.

Last week Wacoans turned out for two very spirited meetings soliciting public input regarding future growth of the greater downtown Waco area, a goal that is being led by noted urban consultant John Fregonese, president of Fregonese Associates, a Portland, Ore.-based land-use planning firm that touts its record of "helping make better cities and ...

Martians will land again tonight. Seventy-one years ago Orson Welles pulled a fast one on his radio audience.

Faith Lutheran Church, 3824 W. State Highway 22, will have Oktoberfest from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Oct.

Art Center Waco, 1300 College Drive, is sponsoring a Great Pumpkin Carve event from 3 to 6 p.m. Sunday.

Christian Bale 's inspiration for his role as a dead-behind-the-eyes sociopath in the film "American Psycho" was none other than Tom Cruise , the film's director revealed.

Sylvia Jimenez does not mind taking the extra 20 minutes out of her way to buy homemade flour tortillas.

Early voting begins Monday for the constitutional amendment election. There are 11 amendment propositions and five special election propositions specific to Travis County on the ballot.

A blue-ribbon panel on human spaceflight recently declared Mars to be NASA's ultimate objective, but admitted humans aren't going there any time soon.

Frank Partridge discovers an army of Martians lurking off the Kent coast and unravels their glorious - and piratical - history It would be hard to make a case for the north Kent resort of Herne Bay as one of the jewels of the English seaside.

New, three-dimensional imaging of Martian north-polar ice layers by a radar instrument on NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter is consistent with theoretical models of Martian climate swings during the past few million years.

An East Waco man is running for McLennan County justice of the peace for Precinct 7 against longtime incumbent Judge Jean Laster.

Furniture is displayed near the diary section at the Kroger Marketplace, which opens today in the Richmond area.

The holidays are still a couple of months away, but folks are already picking up Christmas items at Crafter's Paradise on Front Street.

PoliceNewsLink.Com October 2, 2009 A group of four men robbed a convenience store in the 400 block of East Texas and threatened store clerks with a gun and a hammer.

Already struggling to cope with shrinking revenues, the city of Mart has opted not to spend the $1 million-plus needed to fix the Battle Lake dam, and some individuals are considering a fundraising effort as an alternative.