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Temple Daily Telegram News Feed Local trails get piece of $76M TxDOT pie Two East Bell County hike and bike trails will get a slice of $76 million for 54 projects approved by the Texas Transportation Commission on Thursday. Temple officials learned the city will receive $2,155,099 in Transportation Enhancement Program federal funds for bicycle and pedestrian trails in the Temple Medical Education District, while Belton will get $1,835,661 for extension of the Nolan Creek Pedestrian and Bike Trail. More... S&W opening new clinic in West Temple Scott & White expects to open a new clinic in West Temple by the end of May 2011. Officials from Scott & White Healthcare System, city of Temple and Kiella Builders participated in a groundbreaking ceremony for the $3.7 million project on Thursday. The clinic is being built off Adams Avenue in the Westfield area. More... Arizona immigration law protest With the Statue of Liberty behind them, a coalition of immigrant groups and their supporters march in the hundreds across the Brooklyn Bridge on Thursday in New York. Protesters are calling for the full repeal of Arizona's immigration law, saying it fuels a climate of racism. More... Before the CIA, there was the Pond: Roots of... NEW YORK - It was a night in early November during the infancy of the Cold War when the anti-communist dissidents were hustled through a garden and across a gully to a vehicle on a dark, deserted road in Budapest. They hid in four large crates for their perilous journey. Four roadblocks stood between them and freedom. More... Payrolls increase for Bell businesses Bell County employers added 4,000 people to their payrolls between 2007 and 2008, data released Thursday by the Census Bureau show. Payrolls grew by about $100 million year to year. More... Rangel hit with 13 ethics charges WASHINGTON (AP) - House investigators accused veteran New York Rep. Charles Rangel of 13 violations of congressional ethics standards on Thursday, throwing a cloud over his four-decade political career and raising worries for fellow Democrats about the fall elections. The allegations include failure to report rental income from vacation property in the Dominican Republic and hundreds of thousands of dollars in additional income and assets on his financial disclosure statements. More... Articles last updated at Jul 30, 2010 22:59:04pm. Next update in 60 minutes.