Temple Daily Telegram's Daily News Articles http://www.tdtnews.com Thu, 29 Jul 2010 09:29:10 -0500 Thu, 29 Jul 2010 04:00:00 -0500 News tdt@tdtnews.com (Carroll Wilson) webadmin@tdtnews.com (Jonathan Dwinell) en-us Copyright 2010, Temple Daily Telegram http://www.tdtnews.com/logo.gif http://www.tdtnews.com/ http://www.tdtnews.com/story/2010/07/29/67678 and AMANDA LEE MYERS Thu, 29 Jul 2010 04:00:00 -0500 http://www.tdtnews.com/story/2010/07/29/67678 http://www.tdtnews.com/story/2010/07/29/67679 Isolated showers and thunderstorms will finally come to an end today, meteorologists say. According to National Weather Service meteorologist Jessica Schultz, upper level storms traveling backward from the Gulf Coast to the Red River brought recent rainfall. Thu, 29 Jul 2010 04:00:00 -0500 http://www.tdtnews.com/story/2010/07/29/67679 http://www.tdtnews.com/story/2010/07/29/67680 The Temple Health and Bioscience Economic Development District will file its preliminary budget with a tax rate of .02436 per $100 valuation, the board voted Wednesday. The tax is projected to raise $880,573 based on a 98.5 percent collection rate. Thu, 29 Jul 2010 04:00:00 -0500 http://www.tdtnews.com/story/2010/07/29/67680 http://www.tdtnews.com/story/2010/07/29/67681 Talk about high utility bills. A seven-story public housing apartment building in Temple, Frances Graham Hall, consumes about $9,000 for electricity and $1,700 on water per month. But that is about to change soon. Thanks to a $1 million project that incorporates solar panels on two rooftops and water-stingy plumbing fixtures, the electricity bill is expected to drop by $3,000, and water usage by about $850 per month. Thu, 29 Jul 2010 04:00:00 -0500 http://www.tdtnews.com/story/2010/07/29/67681 http://www.tdtnews.com/story/2010/07/29/67682 Boy Scouts from across America march with flags Wednesday for the playing of the national anthem during the Boy Scouts of America 2010 National Scout Jamboree at Fort A.P. Hill, Va. U.S. Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates addressed an audience of more than 45,000 who came to the 12,000-acre site for 10 days to celebrate the Boy Scouts 100-year anniversary. Thu, 29 Jul 2010 04:00:00 -0500 http://www.tdtnews.com/story/2010/07/29/67682 http://www.tdtnews.com/story/2010/07/29/67683 WASHINGTON - Congress on Wednesday changed a quarter-century-old law that has subjected tens of thousands of blacks to long prison terms for crack cocaine convictions while giving far more lenient treatment to those, mainly whites, caught with the powder form of the drug. Thu, 29 Jul 2010 04:00:00 -0500 http://www.tdtnews.com/story/2010/07/29/67683