Lions Club holds benefit for handicapped children
      East Texas Lions Clubs will present the Diabetic and Handicapped Children Benefit on May 31. This all-day event will include a horse show, entertainment, games and food.
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PETS OF THE WEEK
      "Oscar" is a fluffy male orange tabby longhair kitten, approximately 8 weeks old, with a meow as big as his heart. "Annabelle" is a wonderful female boxer, already spayed, picked up as a stray by Kilgore Animal Control.
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'Miracle' Marine dies; badly burned in 2005 Iraq blast
By The Associated Press
      A Marine sergeant who became a symbol of resilience as he strove to recover from a roadside bomb blast in Iraq that blanketed 97 percent of his body with burns has died, the Defense Department said. He was 22. Sgt. Merlin German died April 11 at Brooke Army Medical Center in San Antonio, where he...
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US military blames al-Qaida in Iraq for suicide attack
By SELCAN HACAOGLU Associated Press Writer
      BAGHDAD (AP) - The U.S. military on Friday blamed al- Qaida in Iraq for a double suicide bombing that killed at least 36 people during a wedding procession through a crowd of people cheering the bride and groom in a town northeast of Baghdad.
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Police: Texas man trying to cash $360 billion check arrested
      FORT WORTH(AP) - Charles Ray Fuller must have been planning one big record company. The 21-year-old North Texas man was arrested last week for trying to cash a $360 billion check, saying he wanted to start a record business, authorities said.
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Iran confirms Iraqi visit, makes no mention of Baghdad claim Tehran arming Shiite militias
By ALI AKBAR DAREINI Associated Press Writer
      TEHRAN, Iran (AP) - The Iranian Foreign Ministry on Friday confirmed that an Iraqi delegation was visiting the country but made no mention that it sought to step up pressure on Iran to stop arming and training Iraq's Shiite extremists - a claim backed by Washington but denied by Tehran.
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