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Rain forecast in parts of Texas on Saturday
A slight chance of rain was forecast in parts of Texas on Saturday, according to the National Weather Service.

Border agent indicted for assaulting teen
DEL RIO, Texas A Customs and Border Protection agent has been indicted for allegedly assaulting a 15-year-old in custody.

Texas senator stands firm, stalling others' plans
AUSTIN, Texas It's too early to say whether Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison will succeed in her run for governor, but she has already upset a slew of ambitious politicians who are having to delay or rethink their plans for moving up the food chain.

Texans can check Web site for swine flu vaccine
AUSTIN, Texas The Texas health department is making a flu vaccine locator available on its Web site TexasFlu.org to help people find the vaccines for both seasonal flu and swine flu.

Man shot near Beaumont school dies
BEAUMONT, Texas Authorities have identified a man a Beaumont school district police officer shot dead during an altercation near a school campus.

3 dead, 3 hurt in 2-vehicle crash in north Texas
LAVON, Texas Three people are dead and three others are hurt after a head-on collision between a sport-utility vehicle and a minivan on a rain-slick north Texas highway.

San Angelo cattle auction report
SAN ANGELO, Texas San Angelo cattle auction Thursday close and weekly report:

Grain quotes, High Plains & Gulf
Texas High Plains cash grain markets closed 7 cents lower on grain sorghum, mostly 4 cents lower on wheat, 7 cents higher on soybeans and 4 cents lower on corn.

Fort Worth cash grain prices for Friday
FORT WORTH, Texas Fort Worth grain report for Friday:

Texas high court agrees to rehear Exxon case
DALLAS The Texas Supreme Court has agreed to grant a rehearing in the nearly 15-year legal battle over accusations that Exxon Mobil Corp. sabotaged abandoned wells.

Dallas man gets 30-year term in fed drug case
DALLAS A 23-year-old Dallas man has been sentenced to 30 years in federal prison on drug trafficking and money laundering charges tied to Mexico's Gulf Cartel.

Resignation hitch freezes some political ambitions
AUSTIN, Texas It's premature to know whether Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison will succeed in her run for governor, but she's already upset ambitious politicians having to delay or rethink plans for moving up the political ranks.

Daily 4 results _ afternoon drawing
AUSTIN, Texas The winning Daily 4 numbers drawn Friday afternoon by the Texas Lottery, in order:

Pick 3 results _ afternoon drawing
AUSTIN, Texas The winning Pick 3 numbers drawn Friday afternoon by the Texas Lottery, in order:

"The Blind Side" director remembers coach-dad
TEXAS CITY, Texas To hear Sue Hancock tell it, for years her husband asked their son, film director John Lee Hancock Jr., when he was going to make a football movie. Today, that football movie is in theaters.

Texas jobless rate up, but so is number of jobs
AUSTIN, Texas Texas' unemployment rate inched up to 8.3 percent in October while the state bucked a yearlong trend by adding jobs, officials said Friday.

Electrical fire knocks KXAS-TV off the air
FORT WORTH, Texas An electrical fire forced evacuation of KXAS during a newscast and knocked the state's longest-serving TV station off the air.

Rain forces closing of schools in Aransas County
ROCKPORT, Texas Heavy rain in southeast Texas led to the closure of public schools in Aransas (uh-RAN'-zuhs) County.

3 teens accused in Killeen youth's death
KILLEEN, Texas Killeen police detained three teens over the slaying of a 16-year-old boy who had been missing more than a week.

More than 160 Texas businesses to be checked
WASHINGTON A nationwide review of about 1,000 employers to check for the hiring of illegal immigrants will include more than 160 businesses in Texas.

Heritage group against governor's mansion addition
AUSTIN, Texas A group that made the first $10,000 private donation to rebuild the fire-gutted Texas Governor's Mansion is opposed to changing its look.

Lawsuit over liquor seized in South Texas
McALLEN, Texas Some liquor is in limbo in South Texas.

Thursday's Scores
Albany 33, Petrolia 6

Cash Five Texas results
AUSTIN, Texas Results of the Cash 5 drawing Thursday night:

Texas Two Step results
AUSTIN, Texas Results of the Texas Two Step drawing Thursday night:

Daily 4 results _ evening drawing
AUSTIN, Texas The winning Daily 4 numbers drawn day night by the Texas Lottery, in order:

Pick 3 results _ nighttime drawing
AUSTIN, Texas The winning Pick 3 numbers drawn Thursday night by the Texas Lottery, in order:

Schools file lawsuit over new minimum grade ban
AUSTIN, Texas Five Houston-area school districts filed a lawsuit against the state education commissioner over his interpretation of a new law prohibiting minimum grading policies, a lawyer said Thursday.

San Angelo national sheep auction report
SAN ANGELO, Texas San Angelo national sheep auction report for Thursday, Nov. 19, 2009:

El Paso customs tech arrested
EL PASO, Texas A U.S. Customs and Border Protection technician is accused of conspiring to smuggle marijuana and illegal immigrants into the U.S.

Houston police recover baby corpse kept under sink
HOUSTON Houston police are waiting on autopsy results on a baby boy whose mummified corpse was found beneath his mother's bathroom sink.

UT grad Harden to be commencement speaker
AUSTIN, Texas Oscar winner Marcia Gay Harden is returning to the campus where the acting bug led her to earn a degree.

Texan in 5-state dogfighting sting pleads guilty
TYLER, Texas An east Texas man arrested in a five-state dogfighting sting operation has pleaded guilty to a federal charge.

Hutchison to air campaign TV ad
AUSTIN, Texas U.S. Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison, who's running for Texas governor, will begin airing television spots a day after she began broadcasting radio spots.

San Angelo national sheep auction report
SAN ANGELO, Texas San Angelo national sheep auction report for Thursday, Nov. 19, 2009: