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SI.com: Alex Belth: Bios of Campanella, Clemente highlight baseball books of springupdated: Thu Mar 17 2011 14:19:00

As baseball fans count down the final restless days of spring training, gearing-up for fantasy drafts and hoping that none of their favorite players get hurt, let's turn to the new crop of baseball books that will soon hit the shelves.

Democrats shying away from Obama?updated: Tue Aug 03 2010 13:22:00

While Democratic candidates have not openly said President Obama is not welcome on the campaign trail, actions speak louder than words.

Gov. Perry wins GOP nominationupdated: Wed Mar 03 2010 10:40:00

Texas Gov. Rick Perry beat Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison to win the Republican gubernatorial nomination on Tuesday.

Democrat could give Texas governor a run for his moneyupdated: Wed Mar 03 2010 10:40:00

Bill White, the former Houston mayor, isn't just Rick Perry's Democratic opponent in the Texas governor's race.

Perry wins GOP primary in Texas, White gets Democratic nodupdated: Wed Mar 03 2010 10:39:00

Texas Gov. Rick Perry won his state's Republican gubernatorial primary outright on Tuesday, avoiding a potentially costly runoff election against Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison.

White supremacists watched in lead up to Obama administrationupdated: Fri Jan 16 2009 13:44:00

Hate crimes experts and law enforcement officials are closely watching white supremacists across the country as Barack Obama prepares next week to be sworn in as the first black president of the United States.

Ike damage prompts weeklong curfew in Houstonupdated: Thu Sep 18 2008 14:15:00

Houston's police chief announced Sunday a weeklong nighttime curfew for Texas' largest city, a day after Hurricane Ike barreled ashore just southeast of there.

Ike survivors line up for food in Texasupdated: Wed Sep 17 2008 18:43:00

Four days after Hurricane Ike strafed the Texas Gulf Coast and Houston region, evacuees and survivors stood in hours-long lines Wednesday in several cities to get the bare necessities.

Long gas lines in Houstonupdated: Wed Sep 17 2008 18:43:00

Houston residents wait in traffic stretching down the street to get gas at a Sam's Club. (no audio)

SI.com: Twins acquire Guardado from Rangersupdated: Mon Aug 25 2008 18:34:00

The Twins have acquired reliever Eddie Guardado in a deal with the Rangers after claiming the lefty on waivers, SI.com has confirmed.

The pollution next doorupdated: Tue Oct 23 2007 18:25:00

A mother wonders if hazardous chemicals in the air in her neighborhood contributed to her son's contracting leukemia.

Mother fears 'stinky neighborhood' caused son's cancerupdated: Tue Oct 23 2007 18:25:00

Six-year-old Valentin Marroquin went from being apparently healthy one moment to battling leukemia the next. As his mother Rosario Marroquin started searching for answers, she kept coming back to their Houston, Texas, neighborhood, and the stench that often envelops it.

Intrepid could be stuck in muck for weeksupdated: Tue Nov 14 2006 18:57:00

Scuba divers got a close look Tuesday at the muck trapping the historic aircraft carrier Intrepid in the Hudson River.

Planned neo-Nazi march sparks violenceupdated: Sat Oct 15 2005 14:36:00

A neo-Nazi group's scheduled march against "black crime" in Toledo, Ohio, sparked rioting Saturday afternoon.

Texas evacuees, told to stay away, returningupdated: Sun Sep 25 2005 08:03:00

Taillights and headlights illuminated rain-slicked roads of Gulf Coast Texas in the pre-dawn hours Sunday as residents jammed the roads to return after evacuating for Hurricane Rita.

Voices from hundreds of miles of dreadupdated: Fri Sep 23 2005 10:03:00

Thousands of Hurricane Katrina's evacuees were rousted again by Hurricane Rita. Traffic jams stretched for hundreds of miles. Gas tanks ran dry as motorists inched along, fretting while their chance to get out seemed to be slipping away. And then, a bus explosion killed two dozen elderly evacuees.

Texans flee colossal Ritaupdated: Wed Sep 21 2005 00:46:00

As more than 1 million people scurried to get out of the way of Hurricane Rita, the Category 5 hurricane grew more turbulent, becoming the third most intense storm in history, the National Hurricane Center said Wednesday night.

Neo-Nazis outnumbered at historic siteupdated: Sat Jun 25 2005 16:47:00

Standing at what was once a U.S. Revolutionary War battlefield, about 125 Neo-Nazis and sympathizers held a rally Saturday while two groups of counter demonstrators protested.

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