http://www.weatherforddemocrat.com en-us Copyright CNHI All Rights Reserved. 5 Tue, 02 Dec 2008 10:35:00 +0000 http://www.weatherforddemocrat.com/apstorysection/local_story_337103634.html http://www.weatherforddemocrat.com/apstorysection/local_story_337103634.html PRESIDIO (AP) — State parks officials have completed a deal to acquire about 7,000 acres of land inside the Big Bend Ranch State Park, officials with the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department and The Nature Conservancy of Texas announced Tuesday. Mon, 01 Dec 2008 10:21:00 +0000 http://www.weatherforddemocrat.com/apstorysection/local_story_336102413.html http://www.weatherforddemocrat.com/apstorysection/local_story_336102413.html WASHINGTON (AP) _ President-elect Barack Obama is filling his Cabinet at record speed, choosing loyal friends and one-time foes to guide his wartime foreign policy decisions. Wed, 26 Nov 2008 15:03:00 +0000 http://www.weatherforddemocrat.com/apstorysection/local_story_331150413.html http://www.weatherforddemocrat.com/apstorysection/local_story_331150413.html NEW YORK (AP) — After 25 years of marriage, there are still too many stories Gail Ostrow and her husband haven’t shared. Tue, 25 Nov 2008 11:17:00 +0000 http://www.weatherforddemocrat.com/apstorysection/local_story_330111759.html http://www.weatherforddemocrat.com/apstorysection/local_story_330111759.html HOUSTON (AP) — After several days without luck, astronauts finally ran a successful test on equipment that turns urine into drinking water — a necessity for supporting the international space station’s crew, which will soon double. Tue, 25 Nov 2008 11:15:00 +0000 http://www.weatherforddemocrat.com/apstorysection/local_story_330111623.html http://www.weatherforddemocrat.com/apstorysection/local_story_330111623.html WASHINGTON (AP) — The government introduced a pair of new programs Tuesday that will provide $800 billion to help unfreeze the market for consumer debt and to make mortgage loans cheaper and more available. Tue, 25 Nov 2008 11:11:00 +0000 http://www.weatherforddemocrat.com/apstorysection/local_story_330111359.html http://www.weatherforddemocrat.com/apstorysection/local_story_330111359.html WASHINGTON (AP) — The Federal Reserve said Tuesday it will buy up to $600 billion in mortgage-backed assets in another attempt to deal with the financial crisis. Mon, 24 Nov 2008 10:54:00 +0000 http://www.weatherforddemocrat.com/apstorysection/local_story_329105844.html http://www.weatherforddemocrat.com/apstorysection/local_story_329105844.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Rushing to rescue Citigroup, the U.S. government agreed to shoulder hundreds of billions of dollars in possible losses at the stricken bank and to plow a fresh $20 billion into the company. Mon, 24 Nov 2008 10:45:00 +0000 http://www.weatherforddemocrat.com/apstorysection/local_story_329104632.html http://www.weatherforddemocrat.com/apstorysection/local_story_329104632.html CHICAGO (AP) — Eager to calm economic anxieties, President-elect Barack Obama is rolling out an economic vision that will require congressional cooperation even before he settles into his new desk in the White House’s Oval Office. Mon, 24 Nov 2008 10:38:00 +0000 http://www.weatherforddemocrat.com/apstorysection/local_story_329103907.html http://www.weatherforddemocrat.com/apstorysection/local_story_329103907.html ATLANTA (AP) — A nasty, sometimes deadly stomach bug is at least six times more common than was thought, researchers said Tuesday, based on a survey of hundreds of U.S. hospitals. Fri, 21 Nov 2008 11:08:00 +0000 http://www.weatherforddemocrat.com/apstorysection/local_story_326110939.html http://www.weatherforddemocrat.com/apstorysection/local_story_326110939.html WASHINGTON (AP) _ President-elect Barack Obama plans to nominate Hillary Rodham Clinton as secretary of state after Thanksgiving, a new milestone for the former first lady and a convergence of two political forces who fought hard for the presidency. Fri, 21 Nov 2008 11:04:00 +0000 http://www.weatherforddemocrat.com/apstorysection/local_story_326110513.html http://www.weatherforddemocrat.com/apstorysection/local_story_326110513.html WASHINGTON (AP) — With no end in sight to economic bad news, President George W. Bush on Friday ensured that millions of laid-off workers will keep getting their unemployment checks as the year-end holidays approach. Fri, 21 Nov 2008 10:51:00 +0000 http://www.weatherforddemocrat.com/apstorysection/local_story_326105230.html http://www.weatherforddemocrat.com/apstorysection/local_story_326105230.html AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Jim Mattox, a former Texas attorney general who also served in Congress and battled Ann Richards in a vicious primary campaign for governor, has died. He was 65. Tue, 18 Nov 2008 10:36:00 +0000 http://www.weatherforddemocrat.com/apstorysection/local_story_323103738.html http://www.weatherforddemocrat.com/apstorysection/local_story_323103738.html AUSTIN (AP) — Texas is a major artery for human trafficking and state laws need to be strengthened to combat the form of “modern-day slavery,” a state senator and the attorney general said Monday. Mon, 17 Nov 2008 15:47:00 +0000 http://www.weatherforddemocrat.com/apstorysection/local_story_322155748.html http://www.weatherforddemocrat.com/apstorysection/local_story_322155748.html WASHINGTON (AP) _ Federal regulators on Monday charged Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban with insider trading for allegedly using confidential information on a stock sale to avoid more than $750,000 in losses. Mon, 17 Nov 2008 10:58:00 +0000 http://www.weatherforddemocrat.com/apstorysection/local_story_322105918.html http://www.weatherforddemocrat.com/apstorysection/local_story_322105918.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Call it breaking the brass ceiling. Ann E. Dunwoody, after 33 years in the Army, ascended Friday to a peak never before reached by a woman in the U.S. military: four-star general.