In the middle of December with all my shopping, baking and things done for Christmas I took the time to check out our Fairway Golf Carts.

New Jersey toll booths to the George Washington Bridge. WEDNESDAY'S PUZZLE a ' I'll use the stock market symbols for Southwestern Airlines and Gartner to sum up my opinion of this puzzle: LUV IT.

"As a matter of fact," he said, waving a long ear to dislodge a fly, "your average mule is smarter than the general run of humans, and you can put that in the bank and collect the interest." That gem of immodesty was delivered by my friend the talking mule.

Weekly migratory bird hunting reports are posted from early September through early February.

A Texas defense contractor has restated its opposition to a U.S. Army decision to award a $3 billion contract to a Wisconsin company for 23,000 military trucks and trailers.

The Sealy FMTV Task Force is calling on the U.S. Department of Defense to apply weapons acquisition overhaul standards set by Congress and signed by President Obama earlier this year to the process that will decide which contractor should build the Army's Family of Medium Tactical Vehicles.

By Marine Corps Cpl. Zachary Nola Special to American Forces Press Service Dec. 14, 2009 - When the Marines and sailors of Lima Company, 3rd Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment, came to the Now Zad region in Afghanistan, the message they received from outgoing units was simple: Beware of the village of Changwalak.

Michael Barnes is the Austin American-Statesman's social columnist. He lives in South Austin with his partner, Kip, two dogs and two cats.

Here are statements by Texas' elected officials in response to the Government Accountability Office re-opening the bidding process for a contested $2.6 billion contract to build Army combat trucks.

The U.S. Government Accountability Office wants the Army to re-evaluate its $3 billion contract award to the Oshkosh Corp.

Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison is signalling that she intends to play a spoilers' role in Gov.

Illnesses prompt oyster recall The Department of State Health Services announced Friday that it is recalling all oysters harvested from San Antonio Bay, near Seadrift, after reports that people in two states outside Texas who ate the oysters have fallen ill with norovirus.

Houston Mayor Bill White on Thursday challenged an Army decision to end 17 years of combat truck production in suburban Houston, warning the top procurement officer it was a mistake and a financial risk to send the $2.6 billion contract to the winning bidder in Wisconsin.

Mark Lamp made a long, rainy drive to Angleton from his Bellville home because he wanted people to remember his daughter, Alyssa Lamp.

Officials said that losing the contract to build the trucks would cost the Houston area an estimated $1.8 billion, or seven Minute Maid Parks, per year.

The first time Rebecca Presley and Joni Baxley met, they posed together as babies on Santa's lap at Stephen F. Austin State Park.

The Houston area is slated to lose thousands of jobs but not if one group has anything to do with it.

Oshkosh Corp. is seeking city assistance to finance construction of an electronic coating plant that will be needed for production of trucks under a Family of Medium Tactical Vehicles contact currently under review by the federal government.

Rozetta Anderson prepares for another serving of jalapeno jelly, served by Sandy Felte on Saturday morning at the Family Affair Craft Sale at the Shepherd of the Valley Lutheran Church, 225 6th St., in La Salle.

When I can, I buy local ingredients. I feel like I'm doing my good deed for the day, and sometimes they just plain taste better.