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Infants' remains are decades old 04:28 PM CST on Saturday, November 15, 2003Associated Press AUSTIN – The three infants whose remains were found in a Brownwood home's attic likely have been dead for more than 30 years, the Travis County Medical Examiner's office said. Deena Roberts found a bag containing the infants on Oct. 23 in the home she and her husband bought in July 2000. The bag was hidden in the second-floor crawl space of the home, which was built in 1987. A preliminary report submitted Friday by forensic anthropologist Dr. Harrell Gill-King suggests the bodies are decades old,...

Man: Wal-Mart should pay medical bills after snake bite 01:12 PM CDT on Wednesday, October 1, 2003Associated Press BROWNWOOD, Texas – A man who claims he was bitten by a rattlesnake in a Wal-Mart says he wants the store to pay his medical bills but does not plan to seek more money. Douglas Hatchett, 31, a self-employed carpenter and painter who lives in Bangs, went to Wal-Mart in nearby Brownwood on Monday. He said he reached for a pair of shoes in a box on a shelf when the Western diamondback rattler, estimated at 14-16 inches long, bit him in...

Letter will air area stand on redistricting By JOHN FUQUAY AVALANCHE-JOURNAL Representatives from seven area cities are expected to send a letter to Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst today expressing their desire for West Texas congressional districts to remain unchanged. The action comes a day after a stormy redistricting session in the Senate, where one member abruptly walked out of a committee meeting where members were drafting a map of congressional districts. The letter to Dewhurst reiterates the position that mayors and chamber representatives expressed to him during a private meeting Monday in Austin. Lubbock Chamber of Commerce President Eddie McBride...