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LU planning more changes to deal with state funding cutsTuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 7:11PMBEAUMONT - KFDM News has learned Lamar University administrators are planning more cutbacks in order to deal with a dramatic reduction in state funding.

Carthage Goes Along with Pine ForestTuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 2:19PMCarthage commissioners agreed with Fred Hobbs and changed the protected boundaries upstream along Nick’s Creek where it flows through the new Pine Forest development.

Saving Hip Hop From the Celebukids [Video]Tuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 12:36PM# rants Rich Hil, the tatted-up 21 year-old son of Tommy Hilfiger, just got himself a record deal with Warner Brothers. (You can celebrate the moment with him in this video .) While Hil is, at least, more talented than Chet Haze , the rise of two celebrity scions into hip hop prominence at once makes me fear the very worst. More »

Remembrance Day comes early with mural of the fallenTuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 12:02PMIt's been five years since her fiancé, Bombardier Myles Mansell, was killed by a roadside bomb in Afghanistan. Thanks to a painted mural depicting the faces of Canadian military personnel killed in the war-torn nation since 2002, Lindsay Sullivan says her fiancé's memory will live on.

Google v. Belgium "link war" ends after years of conflictTuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 10:37AMThe dust has settled on the latest skirmish between Google and the gaggle of Belgian French/German language newspapers represented by the Copiepresse newspaper trade association. "LaLibre.be returns to Google," one of its flagship newspapers reported on Monday . That is to say, the disappearance of Copiepresse publications from all Google search venues, first noticed on Friday , has been fixed ...

Honoring our fallen heroesTuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 9:19AMThe North Platte Telegraph President John F. Kennedy once said, "Let every nation know, whether it wishes us well or ill, that we shall pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend, oppose any foe to assure the survival and the success of liberty."

Manchester City FC Tops Vancouver with Pair of Second Half GoalsTuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 8:15AMVANCOUVER, BC - In the fourth match of the 2011 Herbalife World Football Challenge, Major League Soccer's Vancouver Whitecaps FC suffered a 2-1 defeat on Bell Pitch at Empire Field to English Premier League (EPL) giants Manchester City FC in an international match on Monday evening.

At 100, Boynton celebrates a life well-livedTuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 2:38AMGEORGETOWN — Surrounded by family, friends, former students and dignitaries — some hailing from as far away as Florida, New Mexico and even the Ukraine — James "Jim" Boynton celebrated his 100th birthday in style last week.

Renting with rugratsMonday, July 18, 2011 @ 4:20PMAh, school holidays, here we are again.  A time of joyful chaos, where I concentrate on spending time with my kids, getting out and about, enjoying the lack of routine, and feeling no guilt about letting things slide a bit. Or not.