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NBA Capsules: Parker, Duncan lead Spurs past Grizzlies

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Tony Parker appreciates San Antonio coach Gregg Popovich's conservation plan. During this condensed NBA season, Parker said Popovich is rarely allowing anyone play more than 40 minutes, a strategy that contributed to th... Full story

Super Bowl Capsules: Coughlin-Manning top Belichick-Brady at top duo

By TOM CANAVAN, The Associated Press

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Tom Coughlin has never won the NFL's coach of the year award. Eli Manning has never been the league's MVP. With two Super Bowl victories in the past five seasons, though, they have emerged as the NFL's top coaching-q... Full story

College Basketball Capsules - Men: Brown leads Longhorns to 70-68 win over Texas A&M

By KRISTIE RIEKEN, The Associated Press

COLLEGE STATION (AP) — Texas has had trouble winning close games and getting victories on the road this season. On Monday night they did both in a 70-68 win over Texas A&M. J'Covan Brown hit the go-ahead layup with less than a minute rem... Full story

College Basketball Capsules - Women: Griner, No. 1 Baylor women dominate Oklahoma again

By STEPHEN HAWKINS, The Associated Press

WACO (AP) — Baylor and Oklahoma have often played the most anticipated and best games in the Big 12 each season. Not this year, when Brittney Griner and the top-ranked Lady Bears have made it no contest. Griner scored 27 points with eight ... Full story

UTB layoffs on horizon

By JACQUELINE ARMENDARIZ/ The Brownsville Herald

Sometime this spring hundreds of employees will be notified of their termination in connection to the UTB-TSC split, a university official confirmed this week.   The terminations are a part of what officials have dubbed the "right-sizing" proc... Full story

Officials request $135,000 for walking trails at Gonzalez Park

By LAURA B. MARTINEZ/The Brownsville Herald

Brownsville Parks officials hope to get approval for some $135,000 in funding for improvements to Gonzalez Park in the Southmost area of town.   If approved, the funding will be used to put in a walking trail with lighting on the park’s ... Full story

House fire leaves young girls homeless

By JACQUELINE ARMENDARIZ/ The Brownsville Herald

One of three unrelated fires in different sections of Brownsville on Monday left four young girls homeless, according to a city commissioner who is soliciting donations for the children.   Brownsville fire officials confirmed there was an earl... Full story

Woman’s death at UTPA remains a mystery

By NAXIELY LOPEZ/The Monitor

EDINBURG — The Science Building at the University of Texas-Pan American will remain closed until noon today as investigators continue to search for clues in the death of a woman whose body was found at the foot of an external staircase Monday m... Full story

AG: Hold report on Cummings shooting

By LAURA B. MARTINEZ/The Brownsville Herald

The Texas Attorney General’s Office has instructed Brownsville police not to release a copy of the police report pertaining to last month’s shooting at Cummings Middle School that left one student dead.   Jaime Gonzalez Jr., 15, an... Full story

Rains well timed for spring planting

By TRAVIS WHITEHEAD/The Brownsville Herald

Recent rains are coming just in time for spring crops.   Brad Cowan, county extension agent/agriculture for Hidalgo County, said farmers will soon begin planting grain sorghum, cotton, and corn, among other crops.   While Hidalgo County... Full story

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