Dish network and Direct TV have a growing market. One reason:football. The NFL network is only offered in East Texas on satellite because local cable companies say they can't afford the cost of their programming.

A near head-on collision in Tyler sends two men to the hospital.

Cable TV rates will increase for Suddenlink customers at the end of the year.

It was the biggest blood-drive in Carter Bloodcare Stewart Center's history and it was all in the spirit of Thanksgiving. Hundreds of East Texans pulled up their sleeves Wednesday, just so they could chow down for free Thanksgiving Day.

The Bandy Family are missionaries, part of a Bible translating team sent to the jungle of Papua New Guinea. Now they are back home, but just for a short while.

So are we! Since this is the perfect time of the year to make a donation, we thought we'd help out those animal lovers among us by providing a list of local animal-related charities and nonprofits that can use a

Exploring San Francisco through the lens of city blocks, Blocker is a weekly series by Charles Hodgkins. Look for it on SFist each Wednesday, around the lunching hour. View the map of all published Blocker episodes. Blocker, No. 26: Amethyst

Be careful if you're having Thanksgiving dinner near the coast tomorrow. Because if you plan on strolling down the beach afterwards to walk off that dark meat sitting in the pit of your stomach -- does anyone really prefer white

Monica Lewinsky's interest level in working for SF city government just went up a notch, as the SF Board of Supes overwhelmingly voted down Chris Daly's proposal to ban office affairs between supervisors and supervisees. (No, not affairs with supervisors

The Life of Reilly: He starred in Hello, Dolly, won a Tony and an Emmy, a Broadway director, and had one hell of a mother, but Charles Nelson Rilley will always be remembered for his Match Game PM innuendos and

The Third Annual Thanksgiving Dodgeball Game is kicking off at 9 p.m. at Dolores Park, Thanksgiving Day. While it's probably best that you go after your food's been well digested, there's nothing like getting pummeled with balls to help you

I'M IN UR WATERSHED, ATTACKING UR PORSCHES. This colorful Tom was polite as could be when we saw him eating an apple core aside East Ridgecrest Boulevard in Mount Tamalpais State Park near Captain B.J. Honeycutt's Mill Valley. Oh noes!

The recently-released website post-consumer.com is addressed to "anyone who has played or attended an indie rock show in Santa Cruz between 1999-2004." We did! We were there! We remember the tall, handsome fellow with incongruous Ugg boots and a microphone

Yesterday, an Oakland woman called 911 late afternoon and informed the dispatcher that she had just drowned her 16-month-old son in their bathtub at their "nice, well-kept" Lake Merritt.apartment. According to the Chronicle, "when police and paramedics arrived at the

It's kind of an interesting Presidential Race in that two of the leading Republican contenders, Romney and Guiliani, are basing their campaigns on bashing the liberal bastions they governed. The obvious reason is to throw some red meat at conservatives

Care to avoid be ridiculed by your Thanksgiving hosts following your departure after din din? Good. Then pay attention. (For those of you who have T-Day hosts who regularly gulp Chuck Shaw or Yellowtail, ew, feel free to ignore this

With over 70 shows since July 1st, MiGGs deserves a break but not until they play one last show in San Francisco. Featured on Monday in "This Week in Le Rock" MiGGs blend an alt/rock, emo, pop and classic rock

According to CBS 5 (interrupting us right in the middle of The People's Court, no less!) "East Contra Costa County residents are being evacuated from an area near the unincorporated town of Knightsen because of a possible explosive device found

Researchers find that babies prefer playing with toys they see being nice to other toys.

Turkey contains a calming substance called tryptophan, but not enough to knock you out, researchers say.