TAKING IT TO THE HOOP
     The Kilgore High School JV girls basketball team played last night against Jacksonville, winning 37-33. Above, Hunter Dean gets fouled putting up a shot in the second half. (See all JV stats in Kilgore News Herald sports.)
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Hostages freed from pirates off Somalia, Nigeria
By ANGELA CHARLTON Associated Press Writer
      PARIS (AP) — Pirates freed 20 hostages aboard a Turkish freighter commandeered off the Somali coast, as nine captives on a French boat were released off southern Nigeria, the boat owners said Wednesday. The Yasa Holding Co. said pirates freed the Yasa Neslihan freighter Tuesday after paying a ransom. The Turkish ship was seized Oct.
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Singers for Haydn bicentennial celebration concert needed
      The East Texas Community Chorus is opening its membership again this spring to community members with singing experience who would like to participate in its upcoming 2009 Masterworks Concert. The concert will celebrate the bicentennial of the death of Franz Joseph Haydn, one of the most prominent composers of the classical period.
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Museum hosts rural school exhibit
      TYLER — An exhibit titled "Rural Schools: 1870s to 1930s" is currently available for viewing through the month of February at the Carnegie History Center, the museum of the Smith County Historical Society.
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