Most folks assume Texas is all tumbleweeds, longhorns, and landscapes flatter than a pancake at an IHOP breakfast buffet.

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Before playing Lt. Col. Bill Kilgore in "Apocalypse Now," actor Robert Duvall, a U.S. Army veteran, persuaded a Vietnam War ...

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Amelia Terry Smith, who works at Texas A&M University-Central Texas, carries Harlem the way some carry a prayer book — close, ...

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Kelly Clarkson's claim that she never received the car she was promised for winning American Idol in 2002 has reignited questions over how reality TV prize packages really work behind the scenes.

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The World Baseball Classic brought an international flair to Houston in recent days, with baseball fans from Mexico, Brazil, ...