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Photo: Sweet ride
A 1936 Dodge Brothers Sedan Street Rod powered by a Chevy 350 turbo-charged engine waits for a buyer with $20,000 as it sits in a parking lot near The Chicken Oil Company Sunday afternoon. Hundreds of collectible vehicles of all types were on display ... full story

Police search for a motive
College Station police said Sunday that a 36-year-old man accused of shooting a 29-year-old recent Aggie graduate to death over the weekend did not know the victim. Police found William Rufus Stephens Jr. unconscious in his truck outside P.O.E.T.S. ... full story

Woman who stole from disabled gets probation
A 40-year-old Bryan woman convicted of stealing $165,000 from the nonprofit Junction Five-O-Five was ordered to 10 years probation Monday during a hearing in the 85th District Court. The woman, Leslie Ann Riley, pleaded guilty to second degree fel ... full story

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Local
	• Woman who stole from disabled gets probation • Video store robber sought by officials • Vance proud of creatinga foundation for growth • Teenager accused of taking car illegally • Photo: Sweet ride • Services planned for vet killed in wreck • Police search for a motive • Neighbor accused of stealing puppy • Calendar • Man arrested in shooting death of Aggie

A&M
	• Exercise in safety • Alma mater honors Murano • Smart money's on Aggie degree • Emergency prep to be tested at A&M • Degree reflects a difficult journey • Bush right at home in Aggieland • Aggieland hosts president • Bush speech to be telecast • A&M regents OK 10-year lease • Paper: Mays MBA a solid investment

Schools
	• CSISD visitors must show ID • Bryan High gets IB • School officials rally for change • Big boards, big plans • Two BV schools eligible for award • Students of the Week • School menus • Welding a future • Students of the Week • School menus

Texas
	• House members say Craddick dropping his bid for speaker • Panel: TxDOT needs overhaul • Straus picked to oppose Craddick • Judge can stay on case, court says • Dallas schools get new buses with seat belts • One birder's 'Big Year' • New Texas sheriff closes jail amid FBI probe • Coal plant focus of debate • New law calls for fire-safe smokes • Dallas in study on witness IDs

Nation

• Richardson declines Cabinet bid
• Supporters rally behind Burris for Illinois senator
• The legacy of a paradoxical Texan
• Straus says he has votes for speaker
• Daughter gets two life terms in killings
• Coroner names most in Santa shooting
• Santa shooter spent months plotting attack
• Wind gusts noted in Denver crash report
• Family of Utah mine collapse victim awarded money
• DC house fire kills girl, her parents, 2 others

World
	• Israel slices into Gaza • Female bomber in Baghdad kills 38 • Israel launches ground assault in Gaza • Opposition leader wins peaceful Ghana election • Protesters urge end to attacks on Gaza • Israel lets evacuees flee • Sri Lankan troops break up rebel command base • Hamas leader dies in strike • U.S. cedes more control to Iraq • Russia cuts off natural gas to Ukraine

Politics
	• Sharp files to run for U.S. Senate seat • Senate contest drags on in Minn. • Al Franken getsboost in recount • Hutchison, Perry already sparring • Chambliss' win thwarts Democratic supermajority

Entertainment

• Travolta's son dies in Bahamas
• The layman's PR book
• Bernie Hamilton, 'Starsky and Hutch' captain, dies
• Celebrating the inauguration
• Brother accused of embezzling from Dane Cook
• Man charged in Hudson killings appears in court
• Jazz trumpeter Hubbard, 70, dies
• Farrow's daughter Lark Previn, 35, dies
• Dick Clark still rockin' Times Square at 79
• Buffett banks on carefree image

Business

• Stimulus plan expected after Jan. 20
• Dynegy ends joint venture
• Oregon weighs tax based on mileage, not gas
• Madoff loss estimates on decline
• Digital TV subsidy running out of money
• New York police: Stores responsible for crowd control
• Microsoft says Zune players working again
• 2 big banking sector acquisitions completed
• Somali pirates seize Egyptian ship
• Fuel tax increase sought to help fund highways

Science/Technology

• Apple's Jobs has hormone imbalance, will stay CEO
• Even in recession, CES to have stuff worth seeing
• Logitech to cut salaried staff by 15 percent
• Recession to steal some glitz from gadget show
• MySpace is research place for busybody 'Dr. Meg'
• LG high-def TVs to stream Netflix videos directly
• Feds start wait list for DTV converter box coupons
• China targets Google in pornography crackdown
• Madoff victims selling memorabilia on eBay
• Wikipedia meets $6 million fundraising goal

Agriculture
	• The bouncing ball of fertilizer prices • Gov. Thomas Vilsack chosen to lead USDA • Sharpen your pencil and evaluate spring planting decisions • EPA exempts farms from reporting toxic fumes • Roping with Destiny to a title • Ask The Vet • Team ropers bested by mechanical Kong • Events Calendar for January 1 • Livestock Reports for January 1 • Drought, fire threaten Texas

Opinions
	• Texas needs a better leader in the House • Letters for January 5 • Letters for January 2 • Letters for December 31 • Letters for December 30 • Letters for December 29 • Looking forward to 2009 with hope • Letters for December 23 • Letters for Dec. 22 • Letters for Dec. 21