Jazz Under the Derricks topic for the Kilgore Rotary Club
By GREG COLLINS for the News Herald
      Kevin Kelly, a Kilgore College employee and a member of the Jazz Professors, was the guest speaker for the Kilgore Rotary Club on Wednesday at Meadowbrook Country Club. Kelly, who teaches at KC, will join with several other music teachers at area junior colleges to play a jazz concert under the d...
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Council to consider adopting jay-walking ordinance
      When Kilgore city council meets next week they will be asked to consider adopting an ordinance against jay-walking. The council agenda calls for council members to consider a prohibition against crossing the street, except at a crosswalk, in a designated commercial district.
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Citizen Bank Employee of the Quarter
      Shannan Arnold has been selected employee of the quarter at Citizens Bank for the second quarter of 2008, according to Sammy D. York, president and chief executive. Arnold has been employed at Citizens Bank since September, 2005.
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Mad cow tests concern government
By SAM HANANEL Associated Press Writer
      WASHINGTON (AP) - The Bush administration on Friday urged a federal appeals court to stop meatpackers from testing all their animals for mad cow disease, but a skeptical judge questioned whether the government has that authority.
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A crash course in true political science
By SETH BORENSTEIN AP Science Writer
      WASHINGTON (AP) - Daniel Suson has a doctorate in astrophysics and has worked on the superconducting super collider and a forthcoming NASA probe. Now he's heading back to school to take on an even trickier task - getting elected to public office.
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