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 manufacturing of products...
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MIAMI (AP) — A new tropical storm has formed in the northern Atlantic Ocean but does not appear to pose a threat to land. Tropical Storm Fay, which formed early Sunday, was located about 450 miles (730 kilometers) southwest of the Azores. There are no coastal watches or warnings ...
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An adjustment to the top 10 probably is in store for The Associated Press Top 25 college football poll when it is released Sunday. No. 8 Mississippi is set to move ahead of No. 7 LSU after holding off Lane Kiffin and the Tigers 32-24 on Saturday night, and No. 9 Texas A&M should ...
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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...
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PARIS (AP) — French President Emmanuel Macron and Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney are set to meet Sunday to deepen economic and security ties on the remote North Atlantic archipelago of Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon. The meeting comes days after Carney embraced the prospect of Can...
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HONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kong held a state funeral on Sunday for its first post-colonial leader, Tung Chee-hwa, who led the city through the initial years of its transition from British rule after it was returned to China in 1997. Chinese officials from Beijing joined Hong Kong poli...
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ALPINE The UTPB football team remained at the top of the Lone Star Conference with a dominating win against Sul Ross State Saturday on the road. The Falcons won 66-7. UTPB now sits at 2-1 overall, 2-0 in Lone Star Conference. The Lobos sit at 1-2, 0-1. The Falcons built a 66-0 le...
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UTPB ended its three-game losing streak and won its first game in Lone Star Conference play with a 2-1 win against Eastern New Mexico Saturday at Falcon Field. Coming off losses to Midwestern State, St. Mary’s and UT-Tyler, the Falcons needed a second half comeback as goals by Br...
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CAIRO (AP) — Saudi Arabia on Saturday confirmed that Yemen’s Houthi rebels tried to attack its capital with a ballistic missile, the first targeting of Riyadh since the escalation in fighting with the Tehran-backed rebels that has opened a new front in the Iran war. The statement...
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By TRAVIS LOLLER The Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. There’s something about the American road trip. It brings to mind visions of cars the size of boats, the glory days before seat-belt laws and pit stops at the world’s largest fill-in-the-blank. It has been memorialized in boo...
