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The Lufkin News has the tragic story of an elderly woman who died when her house burned to the ground early Monday morning.  That's tragic enough, but the reason her house burned is even more tragic, and it should be an object lesson for us all.

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Here's the latest from the other planet former Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich lives on.  That other "planet" is the Englewood Federal Prison in Littleton, Colorado, outside Denver.  Blagojevich says he likes Colorado, but this prison IS BORING.  Poor guy.

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American kids suffer about three and a half million sports-related injuries every year.  Three out of four of  those injuries are not considered serious, but that still means one in every four --  more than 800 thousand -- ARE serious.  Like to know which sports cause the most serious injuries?

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Jasper Police say they still want someone to explain the three-foot tall marijuana plant they found growing outside Christus Jasper Memorial Hospital.

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It wasn't very long ago that a man who chose to stay home with the kids while his wife worked was considered an oddball. We've all heard the Mr. Mom jokes, but these days a growing number of American dads are wearing that nickname as a badge of honor.

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You expect hotels and the nicer "brand name" roadside motels to be clean and healthy places to stay, but don't bet on it. Researchers at the University of Houston School of Hotel and Restaurant Management say hotel rooms are nowhere as clean as they look, and they can even make you sick.

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From rural Kansas to upstate New York -- communities worried about their aging and shrinking populations are trying anything they can to attract young professionals and get them to move there.  Some are even offering to pay off all or part of their student loans.

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Better late than never we suppose.  Nearly 40 years after it was stolen from its perch outside the offices of the Longview News-Journal newspaper, a large concrete eagle has been returned to the owner.  The thief's family is still so embarrassed by it they don't want to be identified.

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