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News April 13, 2008
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Kilgore Together at Lions Club
      Kilgore Together is an organization dedicated to helping teens stay away from drugs and alcohol and that is what Chairman Jimmy Kinsey talked to the Lions about on Thursday. Kinsey said Kilgore Together is a coalition made up of community volunteers which provides teens something to do in Kilgore...
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KC Wind Symphony brass to perform
      KC Wind Symphony Brasses to perform at Longview Symphony concert April 19 The Kilgore College Wind Symphony Brasses will perform the opening fanfare for the Longview Symphony concert, April 19,
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Upward Bound at Rotary Club
By GREG COLLINS Publicity Chairman
      Bertha Brown, head of the TRIO Upward Bound program at Kilgore College, was the guest speaker for the Kilgore Rotary Club on Wednesday. Brown has been on the job since February and has got the program up and running in less than two months.
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KC Queen "Makes Kilgore shine", looks forward to Miss Texas Pageant
      Jennifer Denay Turner, 19, from LaPorte will be representing Kilgore College in the upcoming Miss Texas Pageant. Turner, an elementary education major at KC, is also a member of the 68th Rangerette Line. Jennifer said she is excited to be representing not just KC, but the Rangerettes as well in ...
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Pirtle Barbeque expands, games and live music
      The Historic Pirtle Bar-BQue has for many years provided community excitement, as well as funds for the missions and ministries of Pirtle United Methodist Church. This year the re-established event is kicking it up a notch, according to Rev. Dudley Plaisance.
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Retired KPD K-9 passes
      Retired Kilgore Police Department K-9 Quinto died Wednesday due to failing health, according to officer David Falco. Quinto was 13 years old. Falco said he handled Quinto when he was the K-9 Officer at the Kilgore Police Department.
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President Bush and First Lady billed $221,635 in federal taxes
      WASHINGTON (AP) - The federal tax bill for President Bush and his wife: $221,635. That's how much the Bushes owed on their adjusted gross income of $923,807 for the year 2007, according to a joint return released Friday. The Bushes have paid $203,894 so far, which means they'll need to break ou...
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Research on foot-and-mouth disease problematic
By LARRY MARGASAK Associated Press Writer
      WASHINGTON (AP) - The only U.S. facility allowed to research the highly contagious foot-and-mouth disease experienced several accidents with the feared virus, the Bush administration acknowledged Friday. A 1978 release of the virus into cattle holding pens on Plum Island, N.Y., triggered new saf...
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With few differences, Clinton and Obama much the same on policy
By NEDRA PICKLER Associated Press Writer
      WASHINGTON (AP) - Democrats just can't decide whether Barack Obama or Hillary Rodham Clinton would make a better presidential nominee, and there's some good reason for that. When it comes to policy, they are closely aligned.
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Bill Clinton misstates his wife's Bosnia tale
AP FACT CHECK
By Nedra Pickler
      WASHINGTON (AP) _ Former President Clinton has added to the falsehoods surrounding his wife's tale of her trip to Bosnia 12 years ago. In Indiana on Thursday, Bill Clinton defended his wife's mistake in claiming that she landed under sniper fire in Bosnia, accusing the media of treating her like ...
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Obama: some voters bitter over inequalities
By JIM KUHNHENN Associated Press Writer
      TERRE HAUTE, Ind. (AP) - In the midst of an assault from his rivals, a defensive Barack Obama said Friday that many working-class Americans are angry and bitter over economic inequalities and have lost faith in Washington - and, as a result, vote on the basis of other issues such as gun protecti...
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