Leader-News online subscription service launches
By CHRIS BARBEE cbarbee@leader-news.com
      All features of the new and improved www.leader-news.com have been enjoyed by readers for several weeks now at no charge in order to give readers the opportunity to browse and see just what is available to them. But effective Thursday, Nov.
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Collins interim Northside head
By BRENDA SOMMER bsommer@leader-news.com
      The Northside Education Center has named an interim executive director - Bonnie Collins - who was hired by the center's board Oct. 22. She takes over the position effective Nov. 1, and will stay until a full-time executive director is hired.
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'Superbug' infections not widespread here, but caution urged
By BRENDA SOMMER bsommer@leader-news.com
      A recent federal report outlined just how widespread infections from a dangerous "superbug" are in this country, causing a wave of media attention and fear, but local agencies said good sanitation habits can keep most staphylococcus infections at bay.
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Matching Outfit
      Six-year-old Seth Estrada's University of Texas Longhorn football costume almost matched the burnt orange of pumpkins at Theta Delta's Pumpkin Patch recently. He was one of hundreds of area children to visit the fund-raiser and select a pumpkin. He is the son of Frank and Laura Estrada of El Campo...
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