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SAN ANTONIO — An emotional ring night was over for the Spurs, capped by a dramatic 101-100 season-opening victory over Dallas.
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Defense limits Nowitzki's impact in opener
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5 RINGS. 1 GOAL.
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Opener rings familiar as Spurs top Mavs
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Video: Spurs vs. Mavericks
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Popovich's steel roots built solid foundation for NBA success
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Former coaches, teammates remember Popovich as serious, passionate player
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Popovich shows his wine side
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Romo’s status up in air for Sunday against Arizona
IRVING — If it’s a question of tolerating pain, Tony Romo says he will play Sunday against Arizona — and history supports him on that point.
Seven former Texans set for homecoming
HOUSTON — Philadelphia’s game at NRG Stadium on Sunday will be a homecoming for seven Eagles who played for the Texans.
Bumgarner, Giants beat KC 3-2 in Series Game 7
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Madison Bumgarner pitched five innings of near-perfect relief and the San Francisco Giants held off the Kansas City Royals 3-2 Wednesday night in Game 7 of the World Series for their third championship in five seasons.
Secret donors in state elections could be revealed
AUSTIN — Texas' campaign finance regulator is set to shine a light on secret spending in state elections.
White Rabbit owners sued over access to profits
SAN ANTONIO — A co-owner of the White Rabbit, a famed San Antonio music venue, has sued the other owners of the business, alleging that she was shut out of profits from the property’s sale.
Paxton coasting in AG race
AUSTIN — State Sen. Ken Paxton spent 10 times more on the Republican primary and runoff than he has in the general election for Texas attorney general, assuming he need not funnel millions of dollars more into the race in a state that has not elected a Democrat to statewide office in two decades.
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Jet on Navy training mission crashes, kills pilot
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10:17 PM
Quarantined Ebola nurse goes outside; police watch
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Police: Poison likely killed Utah family of 5
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9:41 PM
Hundreds feared buried under Sri Lanka mudslide
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Peshmerga troops cheered by fellow Kurds in Turkey
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Man's own dog helps police bust him on drug charge
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Pentagon orders 21-day Ebola quarantine for troops
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Lava 100 feet from Hawaii home, nearing main road
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Express-News warns of bogus billing notices
SAISD biology going digital
SAN ANTONIO — Students at Edison High School added a salt solution to their microscope slides and watched in awe Wednesday as tiny dots of chloroplasts in plant cells moved away from the outer walls.
Voter complacency has Bexar GOP concerned
SAN ANTONIO — The Republican Party of Bexar County has issued a series of desperate pleas to conservative voters, saying "the Democrats are beating us on base turnout," but two of the Texas party's biggest names converged on San Antonio to get any complacent GOP voters off their couches.
Athleisure looks among fall trends
SAN ANTONIO — This fall, designers and popular menswear brands have updated classic heritage looks and are offering more athleisure wear, fashion’s latest buzzword for sportswear that can be dressed up or not and even take a guy from the gym to the office.
Its makeover complete, SAC planetarium opening doors
By Alia Malik, San Antonio Express-News
The iconic San Antonio College planetarium dome has become an iconic snow cone.
Immigrant women gaining asylum to escape abuse
By Lomi Kriel, Houston Chronicle
If an immigration judge had heard the Honduran girl's horrific story of sexual and physical abuse just a few months ago, the court likely would have done little for the teenager, who says her gangster boyfriend threw her down a flight of stairs and struck her so hard in her head that her ears rang for hours.
Admiral scores Chamber's 2014 Pathfinder honor
SAN ANTONIO — David Robinson stood at his full height — seven feet, one inch — before more than 300 people Wednesday and told them the secret of his success.
Remove Halloween face paint without wrecking your skin
By Emily Spicer
SAN ANTONIO — Día de los Muertos and zombies are everything right now, all over TV, stores and Halloween costumes.
S.A. Halloween rituals to die for
By Jeanne Jakle
SAN ANTONIO — A Halloween “photo boo-th” outside a Monte Vista home draws more than 1,000 trick-or-treaters each year.
Annette Younger is the doyenne of Halloween get-ups for grown-ups
SAN ANTONIO — For many adults, Annette Younger, the 90-year-old seamstress and owner of the city’s oldest costume shop, Gibson Costumes, is their designing doyenne for those playing dress-up to get down at annual Halloween bashes.
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Dr. Jones needs to be magician instead
SAN ANTONIO — For a while, at least, no one was laughing at Jerry Jones. He had needed a few decades to get it right, but there he was in Seattle, his team looking like it was being run by a real general manager.
Reed gets LaHood ad yanked
Nico LaHood has a theory on why Bexar County District Attorney Susan Reed is so mad at him. “She's an absolute pharisee,” he said. “I'm exposing the pharisee, and the Pharisees were upset with Jesus because he spoke truth.” The Pharisees were members of an ancient Jewish sect whom Jesus in the New Testament excoriated for their hypocrisy.
UT’s Reed trying to ignore the numbers
AUSTIN — Stats are for losers. That’s what coaches tell Texas defensive end Cedric Reed, and he wants to believe them. Reed wants to believe them when they say he’s doing exactly what they want him to do, that he started this season fine and has only gotten better, and that he doesn’t need to pile up sacks to be effective.
Construction worker shortage worsens
SAN ANTONIO — The construction industry has said since last year that it was the sector hit hardest by the 2007-09 recession as far as recovering lost workers. The industry now has a national survey to support its claim with numbers.
Eagle Ford & Energy
By Peggy O'Hare
The counties in the Eagle Ford Shale oil and gas play struggle with a “serious deficiency” in the number of health care providers and a shortage of ambulance services, according to a study being released this week.
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SAN ANTONIO — The first instinct is to just drive on past the nondescript building with the eight-ball logo.
