By Melinda Myers Colorful poinsettias and flowering Thanksgiving or Christmas cactus fill garden centers and homes during the holiday season. If you saved your plants from last year, it is time to get started forcing them into bloom for the upcoming holidays. Starting between late September and O...
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AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer shot and wounded a man Sunday afternoon in Texas' capital of Austin, local authorities said, and anti-ICE protesters quickly gathered at the scene. The unnamed man was in serious but stable condition at a hos...
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SAINT-PIERRE, Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon (AP) — Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney and French President Emmanuel Macron moved Sunday to deepen a strategic partnership spanning space, defense, energy and business, another step in Canada’s accelerating turn toward Europe as relation...
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MIAMI (AP) — A new tropical storm formed Sunday in the northern Atlantic Ocean but does not appear to pose a threat to land. Tropical Storm Fay had maximum sustained winds of 65 mph (100 kph) and was located late Sunday about 405 miles (650 kilometers) southwest of the Azores. Th...
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It wasn’t something he expected to find in his rural mail box. However, my Uncle Mort opened the envelope joyously; it was from his great nephew. He thought immediately about his kin’s spread deep in Arkansas. In the envelope was a fancy invitation equal to any he’d ever seen for...
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By JESSICA DAMIANO The Associated Press Would you like a lawn that grows well in full sun or part shade, requires little or no watering, chokes out weeds, never needs fertilizer and stays green all summer, even when exposed to dog urine? Have I got a lawn for you! Simply mixing c...
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By Emmy Ulmschneider Permian Basin Master Gardener If you drove around our Midland-Odessa area in late July, you may have noticed the plethora of beautiful blooming bushes in all shades of purple and you might have wondered what they are and why they were blooming. The simple ans...
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Fall cleanup sends homeowners into leaves and brush where ticks may still be active. Photo credit: Depositphotos By Sage Scott Cooler weather sends homeowners outside to rake leaves, clear brush and close gardens after a long summer. Those routine fall chores can also put them in...
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Mississippi moved into the top five with its win over LSU, the Tigers stayed in the top 10, and Florida and Mississippi State cracked the rankings to give the Southeastern Conference 10 teams in The Associated Press Top 25 college football poll released Sunday. The Rebels, who he...
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Geek Note: Ever since the first issue of It’s Geek To Me published way back on July 26, 2007, I had a dream of making it to 1,000 issues. At the time, that seemed like a near-impossible goal, something so far into the future as to be nearly unimaginable. Yet, in founding the colu...
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By Van Yandell In my younger days, one of my target shooting friends was the chief engineer in a manufacturing plant. A statement he made stuck in my mind forever! “I get paid for what I know, not for what I do.” His expertise and creative abilities made strides for the manufactu...
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SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — It is lunchtime in downtown Santiago, and dozens of businesses around the Plaza de Armas are serving up one of Chile’s most democratic specialties: the “completo.” For decades, the country’s version of the hot dog has been one of the most affordable foods e...
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ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Lawan Mohammed is distraught over the death of his 25-year-old son Sulieman who was found dead in the custody of a Nigerian security agency in the north-central region of the country. He said Sulieman was a motorcycle mechanic in Niger state and was on his w...
