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  • Holland looks to maintain season-long consistency

    In a rotation with two rookie right-handers and a converted reliever, Rangers left-hander Derek Holland has become increasingly important to his team. Delivering a level of consistency so far this season, Holland has tossed seven or more innings and allowed four runs or fewer in six of his eight starts. He'll look to give the Rangers that same kind of boost on Sunday against the Tigers in ...

  • Powerball winning numbers announced

    Last-minute fortune seekers buy Powerball tickets It's all about the odds. With four out of every five possible combinations of Powerball numbers in play, someone is almost sure to win the game's highest jackpot during Saturday night's drawing, a windfall of hundreds of millions of dollars -- and that's after taxes. The problem, of course, is those same odds just about ...

  • DEA officer shoots man in Houstonian parking lot

    "He's outside his vehicle at the time, the suspect is in his SUV at the time, revving his engine, knowing he's about to be cornered by a number of other agents. He probably had every intention of running down the DEA agent and anyone else who got in his way." Said John Cannon an H.P.D. ...

  • Houston police officer involved in major accident

    A Houston police officer is recovering after investigators say he was involved in a major accident on Highway 290 at Hollister Road in northwest Harris ...

  • 300-pound Texas man dies after police use stun gun

    Fort Worth police used the stun gun on 34-year-old Jermaine Darden Thursday because they say he was resisting arrest. The Fort Worth Star-Telegram reports Darden died a short time later at a local ...


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Movie Review

Les Misérables (1998)

For those who have seen the Broadway musical version of "Les Misrables" (and after more than a decade of performances, I know there are many of you out there), Bille August's film rendition of Victor Hugo's sweeping French novel will seem very familiar. The screenplay, by novelist Rafael Yglesias ("Fearless"), follows almost the exact same trajectory as the musical, which maintains the major plot ... ...

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  • Star Trek shuttle craft to be displayed in Houston

    The Star Trek shuttlecraft Galileo is landing in Houston to be displayed not far from NASA's Mission Control, which may have been able to help Mr. Spock all those years ...

  • Kinsler out of lineup Murphy hits second

    Email ARLINGTON -- Ian Kinsler was out of the Rangers' lineup for the second straight game with sore ribs Saturday night and with Elvis Andrus bumped up into the leadoff spot again, manager Ron Washington made the surprising move of inserting struggling left fielder David Murphy into the No. 2 spot in the batting order. Washington said Kinsler is available to run or play defense but still ...

  • Martin letting secret out about strong arm

    Email ARLINGTON -- Rookie Leonys Martin's arm is about to be a secret no longer. His bullet, on-the-fly throw to the plate to nail a sliding Andy Dirks at the plate in the third inning Friday night was his team-leading third outfield assist this season. Washington said Martin has the strongest outfield throwing arm on the team and his spreading notoriety may soon make opposing third-base ...

  • Discomfort not something for Ogando to be shy about

    Email ARLINGTON -- Sometimes the language barrier gets in the way but manager Ron Washington says he's pretty sure that Alexi Ogando now understands that it's his responsibility to let someone know if he's having some sort of discomfort, even if he's experienced it before. Ogando landed on the 15-day disabled list this week with some biceps soreness in his pitching arm that ...

  • Burns making bullpen decision harder for Rangers

    ARLINGTON -- Called up as an extra reliever when starter Alexi Ogando was placed on the disabled list, right-hander Cory Burns has given manager Ron Washington something to think about when the team has to send someone out Monday to make room for starter Josh Lindblom, who is coming up from Triple-A Round Rock to start against the A's. It was assumed that Burns would be sent back out to ...

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