National Security
10:25 am
Fri September 30, 2011

Al-Awlaki: From San Diego Cleric To Wanted Terrorist

Anwar al-Awlaki, the U.S.-born Muslim cleric said to have inspired the failed "underwear bomber" and the Fort Hood shooter, was killed Friday in an airstrike on a convoy in northern Yemen.

U.S. and Yemeni officials confirmed Friday that al-Awlaki, who was on a CIA terrorist hit list, was among four people killed in an attack by U.S. warplanes and unmanned drones near the border with Saudi Arabia.

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Movies
9:52 am
Fri September 30, 2011

Movie Picks with Alice Reese

Alice Reese is the movie reviewer for the Greenville Herald-Banner and Rockwall Herald-Banner and joins KETR each Friday morning to discuss movies debuting that weekend.

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Local Interest
9:27 am
Fri September 30, 2011

Shutterbugs needed for Sulphur Springs' Photo Walk

The Second Annual Photo Walk in downtown Sulphur Springs will give participants a chance to share their creativity with others and get tips from fellow local photographers.

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Life In Retirement: The Not-So-Golden Years
9:25 am
Fri September 30, 2011

Facebook Fans Share Their Plans For Retirement

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NPR's Facebook fans weigh in on how (and whether) they plan to retire.

How are you preparing for retirement? If you're already retired, what kind of changes have you had to make? Do you think you'll ever be able to afford to retire?

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News
9:22 am
Fri September 30, 2011

Local food service pulls cantaloupes from menu

Sodexo Services at A&M-Commerce has preventively pulled all cantaloupes from their kitchen to protect students and employees from a nationwide listeria outbreak.

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News
9:18 am
Fri September 30, 2011

City Council pursues new police chief, interim appointed

RENO - The Lamar County town of Reno has named an interim police chief after the resignation of Joey McCarthy. 

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News
9:12 am
Fri September 30, 2011

Water levels OK now, but not for long

SULPHUR SPRINGS - Drought conditions in Texas are continuing to diminish water supplies locally.

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Shots - Health Blog
9:10 am
Fri September 30, 2011

Experimental Drug Reverses Effects Of Toxic Wild Mushrooms

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Poisonous mushrooms in the Amanita genus have been sprouting up all over the East Coast thanks to the recent wet weather.

Maybe it's something about this funky, rainy weather that has people chowing down on strange mushrooms. Regardless, for unlucky foragers who have consumed a poisonous mushroom, a drug still in clinical trials may avert potentially deadly consequences.

Doctors at Georgetown University Hospital have treated four people in the last month with the experimental drug silibinin after they ate toxic mushrooms picked in Virginia and Maryland. The first two men to check in for poisoning have recovered.

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The Two-Way
9:05 am
Fri September 30, 2011

Reports: Red Sox And Manager Francona Are Parting Ways

"The Boston Red Sox and manager Terry Francona "have decided to part ways after eight seasons and two World Series titles," Sports Illustrated is reporting.

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Middle East
7:54 am
Fri September 30, 2011

American Cleric Killed By U.S. Airstrike In Yemen

David Greene talks to NPR's Dina Temple-Raston about reports of the death of Anwar al-Awaki, a U.S.-born cleric linked to al-Qaida's arm in Yemen.

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