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12/31/2007 |
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Headlines of 2007 predict what to watch in 2008 |
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Dallas' big stories likely to bleed into new year |
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Lady Bird among many notable Texans died in 2007
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Dallas Morning News names as Texas of the Year: "The Illegal Immigrant"! |
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Jan. 1 marks the start of new laws in Texas |
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New laws will help ring in '08 |
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Dallas real estate saw commercial boom, residential bust in 2007 |
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Not all New Year's traditions are legal |
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Pasadena shootings created shock waves (Joe Horn) |
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2008: Keep a close eye on those state elections |
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New Marijuana Law Not Catching On |
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Deaths Increase In The Line Of Duty |
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2007 year of growth in the Amarillo area |
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Both parties in Texas like '08 chances |
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Another fire in the late Senator Madla's home in San Antonio |
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Warrant issued for former Plainview corrections officer |
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Hammond: Raising gas tax for repairs going a bridge too far |
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Taylor running for Potter County sheriff |
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UFO awareness group really isn't so far out |
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Texans relish a chance to have an impact on Iowa campaign trail |
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In Nuevo Laredo, new mayor has 3-month plan to restore law |
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Jurors' use of Bible questioned in Waco man's death sentence |
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Harris County GOP asks Rosenthal to step aside; DA refuses will run
for re-election |
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Off-duty Houston PD officer shoots suspected rapist |
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Wrongly convicted Houston man gets new bride |
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State editorial roundup |
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Ethanol stirring coastal concerns |
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UT law students on front line of immigration |
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RIP: Victor Lloyd Ettredge, WWII POW & NASA engineer |
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NASA releases information on unprecedented survey of pilots
|
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Family runs air support for farmers, ranchers |
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Cop killer's room and vehicle full of supremacist symbols |
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Dem Supreme Court
candidates in fight over ballot petitions, Criss says Yanez'
petitions are invalid, asks party to investigate |
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High
school coaches group to let Clemens speak
- the idea that they wouldn't is stupid and misguided
|
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12/29&30/2007 limited updates this week |
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Dallas Morning News names as Texas of the Year: "The Illegal
Immigrant"! |
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Two die in Crowley helicopter crash |
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Six injured in home explosion east of Dallas |
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Hate crimes fall in Houston and Texas |
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BP's Texas City refinery repairs near completion |
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TCU Beats Houston in Texas Bowl |
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Georgetown church is one of the fastest-growing in the country |
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Judge's rulings draw attention |
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Craigslist advert. leads to big prostitution bust in Williamson Co. |
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Goodyear Rolls Out Last Tire from Tyler plant |
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Garland: Concert
Tickets Lost Because Of Fake Essay |
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Cherokee County: Three Arrested In Gang-Style Shooting |
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Clay Walker joins star-studded lineup to honor Freddy Fender |
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RIP: El
Paso's Samaniego dies,
El Paso
County's Samaniego's
legacy will be his integrity ,
A look at the career of Leo Samaniego,
Funeral Wed. |
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Retired El Paso Police Chief Richard Wiles to run for sheriff as
expected |
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Movie audition coming to Seminole |
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Man accused of stealing a bra |
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Officials plan vaccine drop in 44 counties |
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Beaumont police consider suing nightclub |
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Baby Grace's Long Goodbye: What happened after her death? New
affidavit sheds light |
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Isett announces he will run again for House seat (dist 84) |
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Use of automated cameras in law enforcement helps scammer fool
citizens in Lubbock |
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Sam Houston on the ballot |
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El Paso's wealthiest man shares generously |
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RIP:
Transportation Commissioner Ric Williamson dead at 55,
Statement from Gov. Rick Perry on the passing of Ric Williamson |
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Democrats optimistic in statewide judicial races |
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Dogs take last laps at Corpus Christi track
|
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Austin school uses perks, parents to fight truancy |
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Gunman frees family after standoff in Fort Worth |
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Farmers Branch firm's custom Mustangs in limbo after police sweep |
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Stinging loss ends Aggies' tumultuous season
|
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Red-light cameras on roll in state |
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Texas' energy industry continues to diversify
|
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12/28/2007 limited updates this week |
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Amber Alert led to arrest of fugitive mother |
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CompUSA to close Dallas corporate operations in March |
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College officials say law capping dropped classes may hurt students |
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At least 1 dead as snow, ice hit the Panhandle |
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Tiger found dead near Dallas interstate was probably a pet |
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Arson
damages elder Bush's former Odessa home |
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Feds shut down Texas bus company after Arkansas crash |
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El Lago couple making trip to get Belize coffee beans with own sailboat |
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Royse City student seeks Mustache Institute to combat facial hair policy |
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Conservative activist Cathie Adams hurt in highway crash |
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In rejecting grant, Collin County clinic fuels debate |
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Editorial: Death, sin and taxes |
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No
re-election bid for El Paso commissioner linked to FBI probe |
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Economy booming in Levelland |
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Republican Bruni to challenge Laredo state senator Zaffirini |
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500 callers oppose beer sales at Six Flags |
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Fort Worth Smokers put out by new city law |
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Democrat staffer to challenge Zedler (R-Arlington) for dist. 96
House seat |
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New Houston marketing campaign to feature celebrities |
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Woman gets to keep a few of the 237 dogs taken from her house |
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VA program at University of Texas studies brain injuries |
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Paterno shrugs off Texas A&M Yell Leader's remarks |
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Award
overturned in terrorism suit involving Holy Land Foundation |
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Macy's to shutter historic Sharpstown location |
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2 Houston convenience store shootings: 1 unarmed clerk dead, another
store with an armed clerk leaves robber dead |
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Rosenthal calls e-mail flap 'a wake-up call' |
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E-mails
released detailing DA's relationship with secretary
|
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Rangers investigate missing funds in Crane County |
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Air Force Escorts Plane Down in Hamilton |
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Chris
Peden files in GOP primary for TX-14 congressional dist. |
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Sandra
Phuong VuLe files for House dist. 112
|
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12/27/2007 limited updates this week |
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Texas population tops 23.9 million |
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Senator Duncan draws Libertarian challenger
(pdf) |
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Tracks gambling on slot machines |
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Another View: ‘Judicial hellholes’ are bigger in Texas, too |
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Richardson, Romney file for Texas presidential primary |
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Expunged
1978 Grand Jury report on Bullock finally released
(pdf) |
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Bullock biography paints colorful portrait of 'largest Texan' |
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Report:
Dallas D.A., Craig Watkins', law license suspended,
more |
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Texas strip clubs alter argument against $5-per-customer fee |
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Dallas Mayor Tom Leppert asks for ethics overhaul for city gov. |
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A&M unsure when federal ban on its biodefense research will be
lifted |
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Texas deadliest state for police officers in 2007 |
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Judge seals Harris DA's revealing e-mails |
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A look at decreased water allotments in West Texas
|
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Panhandle's
Lake Meredith level reaches historic lows
|
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Assistant Waco police chief promoted to top cop job
|
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Study of stranded Texas Gulf dolphins inconclusive |
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Physicians'
group sues medical board |
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Galveston considers tax plan to expand beach renewal |
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'Ghost Fleet' ships now destined for Texas |
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Ethics complaint submitted against Tarrant Co. sheriff |
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U.S. executions down, but Texas' share is up |
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With runoff over, race for District 97 begins anew |
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35 already have applied to be El Paso police chief |
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El
Paso gears up for the annual Brut Sun Bowl |
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Dead tiger found in Dallas |
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Dem
Dwight B. Fullingim to challenge TX-19 congressman Neugebauer
- I believe this to be the same person who in '06
challenged state senator Jane Nelson (dist 12)
|
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12/26/2007 limited updates this week |
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Assaults against Border Patrol agents up in the Valley |
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Top 10 most clicked stories of 2007 in the Dallas Morning News |
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Report shows drop in Dallas home prices |
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Dallas Ticket-writing inquiry shows flaws in policing police |
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14-year-old boy returned safely after kidnapping in Houston |
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Van Zandt County 4 year old boy still missing |
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Texas researchers aim to make ethanol without corn |
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San Antonio girl run over while riding new bike dies |
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In case of an emergency, 'ICE' can be a lifeline |
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Elderly man leaves $50,000 & car to kind cafeteria server |
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Border Fence construction to begin in 2008 |
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Longview barber gives free Xmas haircuts to homeless |
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Voting systems axed |
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Texas star shines again |
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Police still searching for missing Rice University student |
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Hobbyists fly their planes at San Juan dump
|
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12/22-25/2007 |
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A look at violent crime statistics in Texas cities |
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Update:
Police probing claim fifth-grader's death might be tied to game,
Police identify remains found on highway as Houston fifth-grader |
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Athletes accused in deer deaths disciplined at school |
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Oscar Wyatt to serve his time in Beaumont |
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Ex-Bush advisor Rove to ink memoirs for at least $1.5M |
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Dallas may soon require garage sale registration |
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Dallas exec thinks he can find treasure in Lajitas, Texas
- new owner understands and is fixing the problem, Lajitas will
return to true-Texans! |
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Some South Plains cotton farmers may switch to grain |
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Huckabee campaigns at San Antonio mega-church known to disparage
Roman Catholics -
anti-Catholic? Maybe but it's his anti-Liberty record that bothers
most.\ |
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Huckabee delivers Christmas sermons in San Antonio |
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Ron Paul defends Federal money he works to bring to his Texas
district - admits to
requesting earmarks, so what if he then votes against the bill when
he knows the votes are there to pass? |
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Fatality in massive Texas Panhandle pileup was Amarillo man,
more |
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Audit highlights problems at Galveston College |
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Biologists work to preserve endangered plant only found in Texas |
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Plainview guard indicted in beating death of inmate |
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Community, history all part of Texas dancehalls |
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Government worker allegedly cheated Army |
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Roddy Stinson: How this job drove me to drink (and other career high
points) |
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Statistics highlight Texas' prosperity gap
- so what? This is the land of
OPPORTUNITY, not outcome. The only worry is when a poor man can no
longer become a rich man and we are far from that day. The biggest
barrier to upward movement is big gov. |
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War uneasiness could loosen GOP's hold on military votes |
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Stories that shaped Dallas-Fort Worth in 2007 |
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Clemens issues denial, grants interview in video |
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Families bond after Texas City racing tragedy |
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Great Debaters film depicts school's 1935 glory |
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Is Houston a sanctuary for illegal immigrants? |
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RIP: Tejano music pioneer Lydia Mendoza dies at 91 |
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State
rep. Delwin Jones (RINO-Lubbock) gets Libertarian challenger |
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Alief ISD board could ask indicted trustee to resign |
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Cigarette tax bringing in big-bucks as few quit smoking |
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More gays pick Galveston as spot to live and relax |
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Amarillo: Police say former youth pastor killed wife's friend then
himself |
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Waco riverboat restaurant sinking into Brazos River
|
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Five Face Sentencing In SWAT Prank Case |
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Whataburger store manager tells robber to leave |
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Houston's landmark Greenway Theatre to close |
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Stolen baby Jesus returned to Brazoria nativity scene |
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Man kills self after crashing car into Army Secretary's Fort Worth
home |
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Group of Hispanic officers files suit against Houston P.D. & chief |
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On horseback, Dewhurst gets chance to cut loose |
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Grand Prairie Marine gets holiday call from Bush |
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Man uses tractor to crush cactus |
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Preservationists try to save Mexican-American War battlefield |
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Galveston trying to find money for beach project |
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Texas Treasure Turns Into Wildlife Management Area |
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Odessa Salvation Army vandalized |
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Cattle rustling still plagues Texas |
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In TX-CD 22 race, candidates' roots at issue
|
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12/21/2007 |
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3 San Antonio officers charged with on-duty sex crimes |
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2 Fort Worth officers accused of separate crimes fired |
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Georgetown police sergeant fired after refusing to cooperate with internal
investigation into rape charges |
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Llamas, cows in Van Zandt County shot with arrows |
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Affidavit: Clemens wrongly implicated in 2006 |
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Fort Worth names new city manager |
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Austin prosecutors seek death for accused killer of 6 |
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3 Williamson County toddlers test positive for meth,
Mother whose children tested positive for meth had history with CPS |
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Man called 911 for seizure, was hit by stun gun, files suit |
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Dallas solstice celebration fills a void for the nonreligious |
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Daughter of Dallas Cowboys head coach Wade Phillips stars in 'Charlie
Wilson's War' |
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Charlie Wilson's War: Judge Jones gives East Texas movie a West Texas tie |
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Last Charlie's Angel owes congressman 'everything' for her career |
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Was Hutchison just running interference with her nonbid? |
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Argyle teacher arrested for improper student relationship |
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Texas Democrats set up disability study group |
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New farm bill to have wide-ranging effects in Panhandle |
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Rancher opposes proposed nuclear plant in Victoria |
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Victoria officials under fire: DA investigates police chief, city attorney,
police sergeant |
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Victoria city attorney hands over portion of notes to district attorney |
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Senate Confirms Texas Demographer as Census Director |
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RINO Byron Cook gets GOP challenger |
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FutureGen stalemate continues, RRC Chairman: 'We will lead on energy' |
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Lockney soldier taking hometown flags to war |
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A million pounds of glass on Cowboys Stadium |
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Ex-Marine from Alamo gets 2 years for e-mail threat |
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Keller High girl's football feat is a finalist in national video contest |
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Local $1 million lottery wins double up, 2nd Beaumonter in 2 days scratches
a winning ticket |
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Upscale development planned north of Buda |
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Congress advances UT laser project |
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Kelso: What's freedom of speech got to do with a pole dance? |
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Lubbock
issues statement acknowledging art censorship was wrong action |
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Levelland school turns heads with design |
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Libertarian wants to challenge Paul for U.S. House seat |
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Texans that made 2007 memorable |
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Dallas Area Home Sales Figures Are Deceptive |
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Artificial
turf seen as contributor to staph infections in Texas |
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Appeals
court reverses Dallas officer's conviction in fake-drug scandal |
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Arlington: Housing director pleads guilty to embezzling grant money |
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Texas unemployment rate edges up to 4.2% |
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Texas sees highest Yule gas prices ever, despite 3-week decline |
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Congress Imposes Moratorium on some Texas Toll Roads |
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Coca-Cola Plans New Waco Distribution Facility |
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Survivor pleads guilty in fatal bomb blast at Texas City apartment |
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Officials to fast-track blood tests for DWI suspects |
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PETA urges investigation of antelope deaths at Lufkin zoo |
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State Rep.
Hilderbran announced re-election campaign |
 |
Craig
Kelsay files for GOP primary for House district 29 (Mike O'Day not
running for re-election) |
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Three on inside track to TSU presidency |
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Dallas
Democrat judge, & trial lawer, to run for chief justice of Texas
Supreme Court against Wallace Jefferson |
 |
Grass
Fires Burn In SW Bexar County, many homes & bldgs nearby |
 |
Perry
grants clemency for nine |
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Former state rep. Bob
Leonard files for primary in HD97 (Fort Worth) race
|
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12/20/2007 |
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North Texas City Shortens Yellow Light Timing, Cites Thousands of
Red Light Runners |
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Pat Haggerty throws tantrum at having an opponent by running for
Speaker |
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Craddick gets opponents on two fronts |
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Barrett's win threatens Craddick's power |
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Fluke or fumble? GOP weighs Democrat's victory in Tarrant County
House district |
 |
Break
in Bellmead Animal Control offer murder |
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Childress judge David McCoy is scheduled to stand trial March 31st |
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El Paso County has a new elections chief |
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Price of tamales skyrockets to $10-$14
dozen - thank you ethanol &
democrats |
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Woman questions feds being inside Italian restaurant |
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Editorial: Texas must be wary of digital billboards |
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Austin's landmark Broken Spoke to be part of new development, deal
will keep iconic dance hall |
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Stewart: Texas trauma system needs a remedy |
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Blue Cross settles with Texas, $4.5M will go to help indigent kids |
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HelioVolt picks Austin for first plant |
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Legal aid groups get tech upgrade |
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Senator Seliger Appointed To Energy Council |
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Boil water notices issued for Merkel |
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State cites deficiencies in Navarro County jail |
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Corsicana: Bomb threat clears courthouse
- no bomb found |
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Corpus Christi Army Depot lawsuit settled |
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Texas Camp Helping Kids Of Fallen Soldiers |
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Video leads to arrest of church burglary suspects |
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Disclaimer added to school speeches at A&M Consolidated High |
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Friendswood City Council to ‘train’ after ethics complaints |
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Biodiesel partners sue Chevron |
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Fort Worth Roman Catholic Diocese reaches settlement with priest's
accusers |
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Minor-league basketball takes another shot at Dallas |
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Angelina Co: Overnight storm spreads debris, knocks out power to
2,000-plus homes |
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Texas fingerprint law troubles educators, Groups fear good teachers
may be lost for minor offenses |
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Shooting accident kills man at Houston gun range |
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Officials: Keep your guns at home when you head to holiday parties |
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Ex-Houston councilwoman to run for state rep. district 145 (Rick
Noriega's seat) |
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TEA report: Preschool program isn't paying off |
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Activist: State's campaign finance oversight out-of-focus |
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Angry Customer Crashes SUV Into Store |
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Former San Antonio police officer indicted in choking of neighbor |
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Waco group asks for community input on redesigned Texas Ranger
statue plan |
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Comptroller Launches New Oil and Gas Production Tax Reporting System |
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Texas regulators delay expansion of energy tax break |
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Fort Sam Houston snags $48 million for projects on post |
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Texas named America's paradise for hunters and fishermen |
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Police officers cited on charges of unlawfully possessing wildlife |
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Valley’s Cotton Season Was a Roller Coaster Ride |
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Passport law likely delayed until June 2009 |
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State Announces 46 Percent Return on Investment from CardioSpectra |
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Perry
First Governor to Receive FBI Director’s Award for Child Safety |
 |
Hope
grows for Dallas officer shot during SWAT raid |
 |
Federal
panel defers action against Judge Kent |
 |
Judge
agrees with TxDOT in toll road lawsuit on scope of suit |
 |
Nut-job
greenie-weenie dresses as Santa & delivers coal around Austin |
 |
Teen
pilot uninjured in emergency landing near Hicks Airfield |
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No
special session for TxDOT issues
|
 |
12/19/2007 |
 |
Six Flags plans to sell beer at Arlington parks |
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Democrat wins in Fort Worth state rep. runoff race in GOP district,
more,
Republican stronghold falls to Democrat Barrett |
 |
Dee Margo to challenge Haggerty for state job |
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Judge: State can slap $5 surcharge on strip club patrons |
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Audit may imperil Dallas schools' bond vote |
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Perot's copy of the Magna Carta fetches $21 million at auction |
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World War II Fort Lawton lynching taints Texans' legacies |
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Tainted syringes sicken 20 patients of Dallas clinic |
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Dallas County establishes board to fight air pollution |
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Texas homeowners insurance premiums still highest in United States |
 |
Some Texas Enterprise Fund recipients cut jobs, miss employment goals |
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Lockheed shows off new fighter jet in Fort Worth |
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'Jail diversion' gives mentally ill offenders a chance for better lives |
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Energy bill a 'victory' or 'recipe for recession'? |
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Is Texas' primary important? It depends |
 |
Creationist school offers a degree of controversy |
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Harris County to send 200 more inmates to Louisiana
- I'd bet a good % of them came from there to begin with |
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Clemens: I never took 'dangerous' shortcut |
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Exelon to seek license for nuclear plant in Victoria County
|
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Border Patrol says attacks on agents rise sharply |
 |
Grand jury declines to indict state district judge on oppression charge |
 |
Army Corps will reopen clogged San Bernard river in Brazoria Co |
 |
Iraan: Four students accused in beating deaths of two deer |
 |
WTO Gut Punches Cotton Again |
 |
Lubbock Congressman Not Happy With Ag Secretary |
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Entire Sundown police force quits |
 |
Tech accreditor misses deadline; probation still on |
 |
State faces public benefits hurdle |
 |
Only 88 percent of state schools make grade |
 |
State ill-prepared for health emergency
- note this is only about money, not actual data on systematic
preparations. Another attempt to shake us down. |
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Pick a Side: the Taxpayers or the Tax-and-spenders |
 |
The Presidential Race in Texas: Who Backs Whom |
 |
Granbury ISD Forbids Eyebrow Shaving |
 |
Franchione in talks with SMU |
 |
Border Levee-fence design moves forward |
 |
Study Finds Houston Pollution Not Limited To Water |
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Port of Port Arthur to develop bulk liquids terminal |
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Port Arthur finds out how many locals are hired by heavy industry |
 |
Let's reconsider traffic cameras for Beaumont |
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Texas to soon check teacher fingerprints, backgrounds |
 |
Governor Perry names new TYC conservator |
 |
Whole Foods banning plastic bags |
 |
Hamlin attorney running for state District 85 seat |
 |
More arrests coming in Abilene eight-liner raids |
 |
Military boost to add troops to Texas |
 |
Harris County won't fix what it admits it broke |
 |
Texas senators pushing to allow guns in national parks |
 |
Crews Remove 237 Dogs From Texas Woman's Home |
 |
Report: Texas power supply steady until 2011 |
 |
UT Southwestern wins $5M for lupus research |
 |
Survey: Dallas workers happier this year |
 |
Bowie County Woman to Prison for Embezzlement |
 |
Miles sentenced to 30 months in statue-bombing case |
 |
‘Streamlined’ sales tax efforts expected to pay off, Combs says |
 |
Legal maneuvers save city manager's job in Pharr |
 |
Texas A&M mascot spending the holidays in Sherman |
 |
Ron Paul - Just Another Career Politician |
 |
Ron
Paul keeps donation from white supremacist, aide says |
 |
Troopers: Homeless Felons Worked As Security Guards |
 |
3
charged with stealing school buses for scrap |
 |
Craddick
to draw Midland City Councilman as opponent |
 |
Security
Upgrades to Begin on Capitol Grounds
|
 |
12/18/2007 |
 |
Texas
loses FutureGen to Mattoon, Illinois,
Odessa denied FutureGen plant; site selection committee chooses
Mattoon, Ill. |
 |
Reaction to Illinois town tapped for FutureGen project |
 |
Gov. Perry Congratulates Illinois on FutureGen Selection |
 |
State Farm requests 3.6 percent increase |
 |
Texas Tech officials:
Hiring more minorities vital as student body grows
- appears to be institutionalized racism to me |
 |
Ector County's former elections administrator place "race card"
victim status & claims wrongful termination,
his letter is here |
 |
Michael Martin Murphey records song for U.S. soldiers at Lubbock
studio |
 |
Guns, rifles found in dorm room at San Antonio university
- and? |
 |
Texas built Toyota Tundra named Motor Trend truck of the year |
 |
Update:
Woman left for dead in wreck finally dies in hospital |
 |
A&M's Koenning stays coy on Franchione's playcalling |
 |
Pair aim to help growing number of refugees in San Antonio |
 |
Ron Paul's huge one-day fundraiser hits $6 million |
 |
Ron Paul Calls Mike Huckabee a Fascist? |
 |
Huge spending bill has funds for San Antonio projects
|
 |
Abilene could get nearly $1M for projects in omnibus bill |
 |
Corpus Christi teacher files for U.S. Senate race |
 |
Texas defends new $5-per-visitor strip club fee |
 |
State opens Houston office to find sex offenders |
 |
Former Spring ISD teacher jailed on sex charge |
 |
Pasadena police give DA report on shooting by Joe Horn |
 |
Longtime San Angelo steakhouse. Zentner's Steak House, set to close |
 |
House approves $1.6 billion increase in base closure construction
funding |
 |
TEA gives $4.2 million to create new schools |
 |
Two Gregg County Jail officers arrested in contraband delivery |
 |
Pilgrim's Pride CEO dies after suffering stroke |
 |
Runoff for state House seat set for Tuesday in Fort Worth |
 |
Judge's daughter asks to do jail time on weekends |
 |
Commentary: Couple say profiling is real |
 |
Boyfriend gets 75 years in CPS worker's fatal burning |
 |
Democrat Dunnam questions AG's ruling on
House speaker - of course he
does & he knows you'll help carry his message |
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RIP: Dennis McCudden, State's disaster relief 'guru' dies |
 |
RIP: Craig Foster, School finance pioneer dies |
 |
Birkman: Explore the history of Williamson County |
 |
Former Bastrop employee gets plea deal |
 |
Mike Hamilton (R-Orange) seeks fourth term in state house |
 |
Update:
Beaumont Firefighter in Stable Condition After Surgery for Burns;
Another Firefighter Released |
 |
2 Aggies nominated for film animation award |
 |
Naval air station employee indicted on bribery charges |
 |
Port Commissioner Berry considers lawsuit against two colleagues,
mayor |
 |
Fort Worth smoking ban to take effect
Jan. 1 - the loss of Liberty
has cost far more lives than any smoking! |
 |
Texas attorneys ask Supreme Court to hear murder case of teen |
 |
Texas
attorney general reaches agreement with Santa Web site |
 |
Frisco Police Seek Rapist On Run For Years, Offer Reward |
 |
Fort Worth police chief retiring after pioneering career |
 |
BP’s blast settlement account empty |
 |
Accord ends second civil trial over BP blast |
 |
Galveston: Voyager expected to lift port cruise revenues |
 |
Embattled donor seeks permission to go to Mexico |
 |
Charges dismissed against Willacy chief deputy |
 |
Colleyville native's semi-nude fashion photos cause a stir |
 |
Roger Clemens denies using banned substances |
 |
Houston-area home sales drop for third month |
 |
Dem for Senate, McMurrey, attacks his own party
|
 |
12/17/2007 |
 |
One
dead in downtown San Antonio hotel fire |
 |
How Texans voted in D.C. last week |
 |
Lake Meredith levels could force use of temporary pumps |
 |
Paul Raises $6 Million in 24-Hour Effort |
 |
Dallas Police Arrest 2 In Weekend Crime Spree |
 |
Jewett anticipates FutureGen decision, and on the other side:
West Texans anticipating the decision of the FutureGen Plant |
 |
FutureGen: What if it's not us? |
 |
Five
Beaumont Firefighters Injured in House Fire |
 |
Houston approves plan for flexible school day |
 |
Janek: Elected officials should stay out of business-to-business
negotiations |
 |
Palaima: To get to the root of UT's problems, follow the money |
 |
State reviews comments on pros and cons of digital billboards |
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Perry Right to Say: Bush was No Fiscal Conservative |
 |
Plains Exploration to divest oil properties |
 |
CPS: Child abuse in Harris County getting worse |
 |
San Antonio massage clinic chain enters Houston market |
 |
Galveston Judge Runs For Texas Supreme Court |
 |
Waco
hospital offers TB testing after worker tests positive |
 |
Bailiff resigns after halting women in traffic stops as officer |
 |
Call could bring help to door in a mental health crisis in Tarrant
Co. |
 |
Thousands of disabled Texans on waiting list for in-home care |
 |
Audit
reveals financial woes at Dallas Housing Authority |
 |
Blackberry
creator to open HQ in Irving, add 1000 jobs |
 |
Cleburne HS grad, Jill Baker, will sing Monday on NBC's choir clash
show |
 |
South Texas College wins award for excellence in financial reporting |
 |
Denison home raffle under scrutiny |
 |
Sam Houston SU communication studies to offer first ‘family-’
oriented degree |
 |
A&M to expand nuclear training |
 |
Report: Nonprofits rarely draw scrutiny in Texas |
 |
Medical examiner finds accident victim isn't dead |
 |
Houston ISD: Lawsuit is "without merit", citizens file to stop $805
million bond sale |
 |
Mincberg files to run for Harris County judge |
 |
Gov Perry: TEA needs reorganization |
 |
‘Roo Stadium to get $14.5 million facelift
- I thought public schools were broke? |
 |
Weatherford lawyer draws 10-month prison sentence |
 |
Edinburg: Ex-District Clerk Offered Deal in DUI Case |
 |
Dallas County:
Gift Card Ticket Quota Canceled,
more |
 |
Comptroller
Finalizes Rules for Revised Texas Franchise Tax |
 |
Texas Monthly's Cheney Cover Ranked Year's Best,
photo |
 |
District 52 (Round Rock) race getting crowded |
 |
Time Running Short for Angolan Asylum Seeker |
 |
Ingersoll-Rand Buys Trane in $10B Deal |
 |
Pilgrim's Pride CEO Hospitalized After Apparent Stroke |
 |
WWII POW Honored By Family, Officials |
 |
Amarillo hospitals suffer nursing shortages |
 |
Column: King Corn, ADM pose a royal pain in local cattle industry |
 |
Claim: U.S.
Corn Boom Has Downside for Gulf |
 |
Willacy Co. chief deputy set to go on trail for false police report
against the District Attorney |
 |
Revegetation taking root in the Valley |
 |
Japanese Farmers: Pioneer growers formed Yamato Colony near
Brownsville |
 |
Leprechaun
bandit sentenced to 14 years for bank robberies |
 |
Democratic primary fight for state Supreme Court official |
 |
The D.C. spin is not boosting Noriega or McMurrey |
 |
Dallas' anti-panhandling plan turning parking meters into charity
drops
|
 |
12/15&16/2007 |
 |
Texas
House can't remove speaker, attorney general says,
Craddick, foes get tacit victories in A.G. opinion,
Craddick claims victory with attorney general's opinion,
Speaker's press release (Word file),
Kronberg, Dems & RINOs go nuts,
Speaker’s office praises Abbott’s opinion (very good summary of all
from the Austin American Statesman) |
 |
Tarrant County a proving ground for House Speaker Craddick |
 |
Sen. John Cornyn files paperwork for GOP primary |
 |
Next time, evacuees subject to criminal checks |
 |
Texas Youth Commission admits rehab failure |
 |
10 months after scandal, problems plague Texas Youth Commission |
 |
Paul campaign balloons as cash keeps rolling in |
 |
Austin is a stronghold for Ron Paul campaign |
 |
A look at the characters in "Charlie Wilson's War" the movie
|
 |
Judge Keller, who refused to keep court open, wants lawsuit
dismissed |
 |
Review: Dallas police officers forced homeless to sign blank tickets |
 |
Controversial Allen teen club Toxic told to close |
 |
Romney's speech illustrated that most faiths seem bizarre to
outsiders |
 |
Giuliani does Dallas while rivals stay in early states |
 |
El Paso County sues businessman also linked to FBI case |
 |
Creation college seeks state's OK to train teachers |
 |
Collin airport spreads its wings, may land commercial flights |
 |
Denton County DA has a new focus: finding the top 50 fugitives |
 |
Big Texas Toy Run hopes for 90,000 riders |
 |
Woman had her husband shot, police say
- my gosh, take a look at her and you'd wonder why the husband
didn't have her shot! |
 |
Farm bill clears Senate; growers stuck in limbo |
 |
Accuser of former Victoria sheriff Ratcliff jailed on drug charge |
 |
Gas Prices Down Again in Texas to Average $2.85 |
 |
Tyler police break up drug business |
 |
Big Spring ISD hopes to cut down on pollutants from buses |
 |
Editorial: Pull the plug on NFL TV dispute, Texas Legislature should
change channel |
 |
Coast Guard rescues 2 after helicopter crash near Galveston |
 |
Texas stumping in '72 helped shape Clinton's campaign
|
 |
El Paso: State trooper shot in Montana Vista neighborhood |
 |
El Paso airport luggage thefts high, analysis shows |
 |
Tech regents told accreditation likely for new Med School in El Paso |
 |
Retiring long-time El Paso sheriff Samaniego backs Wilkins for
sheriff |
 |
Women jump two stories to escape tree blaze |
 |
UT archaeology professor buys dig site |
 |
Texan Brazile becomes first PRCA triple crown champ since 1983
|
 |
12/14/2007 |
 |
Texas sales tax receipts up |
 |
U.S. Congressional Hispanic caucus blocking release resolution for Compean &
Ramos |
 |
Perry says Bush was no fiscal conservative
- true & we knew it at the time but neither was he an all out liberal on
spending |
 |
Perry sticks by Bush critique he gave in Iowa |
 |
Myers: Why the University of Texas needs higher tuition |
 |
Austin lawyer plans to file against Rep.
Dukes - how dare she work
across the aisle with Republican leadership, that's bi-partisan!
What hypocrites these Dems are. |
 |
Austin readies $30 million open space deal |
 |
Wind Farm Operation Withdraws from Gillespie County deal |
 |
Debate pits environmental groups against wind farms |
 |
Senator Watson asks for clarification from TxDOT |
 |
Breaking up a crack cocaine ring in Brown County |
 |
Abilene may get Texas Tech biomedical research center |
 |
El Paso pharmacy school proposed |
 |
Dallas'
Kimball High School Bans Hoodies |
 |
Pauken: Who’s to Blame for High Property Taxes in Texas? |
 |
Navarro College named fastest growing community college in the
nation |
 |
Freshman arrested after bomb scare at Cleburne High School |
 |
Day laborers allege Brownsville violating their rights |
 |
Memorial will honor TxDOT employees lost on the job |
 |
State lets students transfer from hundreds of deficient Texas
schools |
 |
Big Thicket ornament graces White House tree |
 |
Nederland smokers now become target |
 |
Implementation of school bonds must keep word |
 |
Kerrville shooting center hopes to host world event |
 |
Alto mayor resigns |
 |
Jarrell mayor resigns |
 |
Math publisher appeals state's rejection of textbook |
 |
Man shot by homeowner had extensive criminal record ,
more |
 |
Paul foots bill for Huckabee critics' trips |
 |
What's wrong with the Fort Bend GOP? |
 |
Texas-born Kevin Everett to grace 'Sports Illustrated' cover |
 |
Houston airport worker caught in baggage carousel |
 |
Tech chancellor's apartment complex gets new scrutiny |
 |
Lufkin Detective Under Investigation |
 |
Valley Residents React to Government's Border Wall Ultimatum |
 |
Waco downtown development booming |
 |
Steroid Testing In Texas High Schools Not Happening Yet |
 |
Tyler Narcotics Officer Arrested And Charged With DWI |
 |
Big Spring PD fires record clerk after alleged theft of city
deposits |
 |
EDITORIAL: Tainted Texans (baseball steroids) |
 |
Denzel Washington in Texas for Movie Screening |
 |
Ronnie
Earle will not seek re-election
- as predicted on Pratt on Texas
|
 |
12/13/2007 |
 |
Falkenberg: Property outweighing people in Horn case,
Pratt's response |
 |
Lubbock censors art for display at city's Buddy Holly Center,
See
picture 1,
See
picture 2 |
 |
TSU's money problems lead to probation,
TSU given a year to improve its financial situation |
 |
Texas Tech put on probation by regional accrediting organization
|
 |
Feds warn of eminent domain to build border fence |
 |
Advocates: Environmental fence concerns being ignored |
 |
Cameron County residents protest border fence at DHS event |
 |
Austin man on trial denies he killed Tennessee trooper |
 |
Bush roasts departing adviser Karen Hughes |
 |
Two wanted for stealing $100,000 from Houston-area ATMs |
 |
Accused judge enlists help of Dick DeGuerin |
 |
Liberties group says Plano schools can't restrict religious handouts during
lunch |
 |
Defense in Dallas City Hall corruption case gets access to documents |
 |
831 low-performing schools qualify for state transfer grants |
 |
Student panel at UT says higher tuition rise needed to compete |
 |
Insurer proposes rate cut in Dallas-Fort Worth, hike along Gulf coast |
 |
FutureGen developers plan site announcement: DOE says slow down |
 |
Abilene Cooper High cougar logo about to change after image
challenged |
 |
Former TYC board member, Lubbock educator appointed to state housing
board |
 |
Barton: No Committee Support for Re-regulating Cable |
 |
Girls shot to death by father in murder suicide |
 |
Police
arrest Santa at San Antonio elementary school |
 |
San Antonio considers idea of nonstop-flight incentive for airlines |
 |
Donna soccer coach charged in sexual assault of student |
 |
Mercedes school board tables principal’s fate |
 |
Harlingen, La Feria duel over land |
 |
Now-ex Fort Worth postal worker gets prison over theft |
 |
Democrat Senate Savior, state rep. Noriega, fined $1000 by Texas
Ethics Commission |
 |
Austin woman accused of impersonating pharmacist |
 |
Austin in top 10 list of greenest cities
- goofiest too! |
 |
Congressional spending bill to send billions to the Amarillo area |
 |
Cactus Schools Bouncing Back One Year After Immigration Raid |
 |
Court Sets August '07 Trial For Accused KFC Murder |
 |
Texas Congressman, Joe Barton ‘Frustrated’ with Google |
 |
Did Democrat Judges Try to Intimidate Republican Lawyers? |
 |
Man
with sword leads to Dallas middle school lockdown |
 |
Dallas-Fort Worth pending foreclosures jump 4% |
 |
Gillespie County Suit Due Before U.S. Supreme Court |
 |
Nonrefundable $100 will get you on waiting list for Cowboys tickets |
 |
Raise university fees to boost education |
 |
Union Pacific achieves significant emissions reduction in
locomotives |
 |
Texas Students Kill, Cook, Eat Raccoon In Class |
 |
Duncantell wins permit for MLK parade after coin toss |
 |
River Oaks to host Giuliani's campaign |
 |
Bush vetoes second SCHIP-related bill |
 |
A look at Ron Paul's "controversial" past |
 |
Harris County a leader in trying teens as adults |
 |
Houston charity exonerated after years of scrutiny |
 |
UT-Houston research center to unveil new facility |
 |
Singapore Airlines to start Houston to Moscow flight |
 |
Comets will move to Reliant Arena in 2008 |
 |
Court rules blogger to remain anonymous |
 |
Seliger says urban 'reference' makes rural funding hard sell |
 |
Craddick's 21st term to stress area economic development, he says |
 |
Huckabee moves up in Texas |
 |
Judge, Sharon Keller, in death case
violated policies |
 |
Senate to strip oil company tax from energy bill |
 |
Fort
Worth homeowner shoots gunman at door |
 |
Two
women charged in minister's stabbing
|
 |
12/12/2007 |
 |
Dr. Richard
Peterson to run as Libertarian in TX-19, seat held by Neugebauer (R-Lubbock) |
 |
Grand jury indicts former Houston PD crime lab analyst |
 |
Clear Channel to pull 800 Houston billboards in settlement,
City leaders call for more billboard reduction |
 |
Bail cut for mom accused of throwing child over railing |
 |
GAO says base closings to cost more, save less |
 |
As Louisiana deputy arrests 2, Texas sheriff pulls up wanting them too |
 |
San Antonio & Round Rock men among those receiving presidential clemency |
 |
Texas Panhandle towns lose power from icy conditions |
 |
Victim's parents sue MySpace after suicide, assault by Celina man |
 |
Dallas: Woman accused of stealing $95,000 from booster club |
 |
Rockwall council takes up Wal-Mart beer, wine sales |
 |
Former Dallas council member Fantroy sued by Citibank over alleged debt |
 |
Lewisville neighbors in friendly holiday lights competition |
 |
New program allows state signs for drunk-driving victims |
 |
Eanes plans to end dispute with former physics teacher |
 |
Near Big Bend, Christmas Mountains rise |
 |
Laredo rest stop to aid holiday border crossers |
 |
Texas School for the Deaf dresses Scarbrough windows |
 |
UTSA to end credit card sponsorship deal |
 |
San Antonio animal code revisions sparking controversy |
 |
Man upset EMTs left medical waste at his San Antonio home |
 |
Valero Energy president steps down |
 |
European Union ambassador to the USA visits San Angelo for 3 days |
 |
Group
finds police aiding the arrest of immigrants |
 |
RINO
Pat Haggerty (El Paso) to face Democrat challenger
- it would be nice for a real Republican to beat Haggerty in the Primary
first |
 |
Attempt to recall Mansfield mayor launched |
 |
Former North Richland Hills Police Chief Tom Shockley arrested, again |
 |
Government takes testimony on border fence as hundreds protest |
 |
$7 billion Motiva expansion project under way |
 |
Police detain bus, question passengers in Beaumont |
 |
Austin: Juveniles charged in what police call sophisticated rape attempt |
 |
Update:
Announcement still on for Tuesday,
FutureGen announcement postponed by DOE |
 |
Former NAACP officer marches in Midland for support of Confederate heritage |
 |
Texas study shows teen births declining |
 |
Soldier says Army sergeant shot unarmed Iraqi |
 |
Lubbock Couple Behind Nationwide Identity Theft and Credit Card Scam |
 |
State Rep. (& Pete's Puppet) Heflin (D-Crosbyton) to face at least one GOP
challenger |
 |
Libs
cheer as more Texans join CHIP welfare roles, CPPP says we need more $ |
 |
El Paso
OKs tax break for new biodiesel producer |
 |
City
manager accepts blame for contractor overspending
- would you see this in your town? |
 |
El
Pasoans among trendiest in text-messaging
- not something to brag about in my book |
 |
Jacksonville Chooses Architects For New City Hall |
 |
Odessa parents jailed over truancy of their child |
 |
Amarillo's water suit boosted by TCEQ vote |
 |
Gov. Perry Honors Cardinal DiNardo |
 |
Missing retired Archbishop Flores found safe in Ozona
|
 |
Hillary Clinton files for Texas' Democratic primary
|
 |
Prosecution rests case in slaying of state trooper
|
 |
El Paso brothers
accused of animal cruelty file discrimination lawsuits
|
 |
Teen
shot, killed answering door in Fort Worth
- it's happened again,
be armed! |
 |
Dallas settles Seventh-day Adventist code inspector lawsuit |
 |
Assistant pro at Fort Worth city golf course arrested for theft |
 |
Former
TXU to sell 20% of electricity wires business |
 |
Addison investor buys 34 office properties worth $1.4 billion |
 |
Dallas police sergeant urged false job titles on tickets |
 |
Perry lets slip a 'Huckabee' at Giuliani filing |
 |
Kimbell expects debate over claimed Caravaggio painting discovery |
 |
Alvin cheerleader's dad outraged by suspension |
 |
Soap vandals hit Houston's Mecom Fountain |
 |
2
taken to hospital after Houston ISD bus accident |
 |
Pasadena ensures recent Horn protest won't be repeated
- they are wrong, wrong, wrong |
 |
Prison ordered for ex-student who hacked into Texas A&M system |
 |
Veteran lawmaker, Harold Dutton (D-Houston), ordered to pay $16,000 in late
child support |
 |
The bus: It's one way to get there in West Texas |
 |
Editorial: Bipartisan border bill is welcome and overdue |
 |
San Antonio's other sports championship |
 |
Rodriguez: How long can San Antonio hold on to its city manager? |
 |
Midland mayor says tax should end when stadium paid off |
 |
Corpus Christi political donor wants trial moved |
 |
Media sentiment during old war mirrors today |
 |
Nueces Co. discusses options for housing federal prisoners |
 |
Students
sent home after fire at Alice school, 3 girls arrested |
 |
Novelty
Clock Alarms Police, Sparks Evacuation In Denton County |
 |
Science professors blast ouster at TEA |
 |
Democracy, Guns and Liberty |
 |
Speaker Craddick files for House seat re-election |
 |
Texas Tech Univ & Tx
Southern placed on accreditation probation by the Southern Assoc. of
Colleges & Schools,
Texas Tech press release response |
 |
Anonymous blogger wins lawsuit |
 |
Duncanville's
'Cherry Pit' swingers club sues city
|
 |
12/11/2007 |
 |
Film group focusing on early West Texas movies |
 |
Editorial: The waiting game? Strip club owners file last-minute suit |
 |
Neighbor Credited With Saving Residents Of Burning Mobile Home |
 |
Gunman shoots Victoria man at ATM |
 |
Deputies Investigate Toddler's Death After Dad Keeps Body in Bed |
 |
Missing 82-year old man's body found in Howard Co. |
 |
Odessa City Attorney at work but no word yet on why he was suspended
earlier |
 |
Potter eight-liners spread, Illegal sites for gambling on the rise |
 |
City of Canyon takes itself out of private club licensing business |
 |
Prison board: 3 new members |
 |
Republicans Dee Hobbs & John Gordon file for Krusee's district 52
seat |
 |
Texas biology professors voice support for evolution education |
 |
UT acquires archive of novelist O'Brien, known for Vietnam novels |
 |
Firm proposes building new immigrant detention center |
 |
Self-described bank robber calls Abilene TV station |
 |
Female San Antonio attorney convicted in sex-related cases |
 |
State says Corpus Christi's landfill is too full, may impose fines |
 |
Del Mar College regent arrested on sexual assault charge |
 |
State Rep. Rob Orr (R-Burleson) seeking third term |
 |
Allen Dad Blames Store For Teen Daughter's Arrest
|
 |
Clute: Brazoswood High School evacuated on false alarm |
 |
Ron Paul rejects call to be Libertarian candidate |
 |
Texans’ player cited for ‘aggressive’ dog |
 |
Group protests outside Jefferson County courthouse |
 |
Army
resumes VX wastewater shipments to Port Arthur |
 |
Parents Say DeSoto Football Coach
Intimidated Players -and? |
 |
New Pest Found In Texas Targets Roses |
 |
Tuition Relief: UT regents' cap is high, but at least it's a start |
 |
Subprime slide only grazes state pension funds |
 |
Jones, NFL take cable issue to Austin
- it's not government's business |
 |
Tales of terrorists breaching border overblown, so far |
 |
Highland Village residents sue to block highway |
 |
Irving
businesses to lobby for train line to D/FW airport |
 |
Foreign oil companies building Texas-size refinery in Port Arthur |
 |
Murchison: Laying A Mitt on the Secularists |
 |
New private-sector program helps families pay for quality child care
- more debt, less parenting |
 |
Charlie Wilson's War makes a Texas-size debut |
 |
Commission Evaluates Texas Filmmaking Incentives |
 |
Lawsuits fuel debate over English-only rules at work |
 |
Huckabee tells Dallas donors he's a target of attacks |
 |
Coin toss may decide MLK parade fight in Houston |
 |
Houston PD Cadet caught with crack? |
 |
Huge
honor for DPS crime labs, receive International Accreditation |
 |
Houston
Ship Channel open for business, again |
 |
Noose found at Chevron Phillips plant in Pasedena |
 |
Pasadena City Council looks to ban protests outside private homes |
 |
Longtime Hunt Co. district attorney not seeking re-election |
 |
V.P. Cheney lauds congressman Hall at fundraiser |
 |
College of the Mainland may sue to recover diverted funds |
 |
Lawmakers back F-22 production extension |
 |
Mansfield council nixes petition for sex-offender limits |
 |
US 81/287 Decatur to Tarrant Co. called demolition derby today |
 |
Decatur's Trevor Brazile eclipsed the PRCA all-time earnings record |
 |
Bexar DA says bettors list need not be public |
 |
Editorial: Ethics rules put damper on Christmas parties |
 |
Norris family of San Angelo donates $1 million to establish endowed
chair at ASU |
 |
Citizen wants Nederland to ban smoking in the city, outdoors too! |
 |
Mexican Relics on Display in Lubbock |
 |
Gainesville names new city manager |
 |
Judge Bañales selects Gonzalez as for Barnhart case |
 |
More guilty pleas expected in wake of former PSJA schools
superintendent Arturo Guajardo's |
 |
Government to take testimony on border fence |
 |
Ex-Neiman Marcus guard admits stolen store jewelry sold on eBay |
 |
Two
arrested in Houston minister's beating |
 |
Texas
attorney general sues Dallas pharmacist ApothèCure |
 |
Rudy Giuliani first
to file in Texas Republican Primary
|
 |
12/10/2007 |
 |
How Texans voted in D.C. last week |
 |
Ex-Texas Youth Commission guard indicted in alleged assault of female inmate |
 |
Austin's Women of Code Pink push for change
- they should change their look if they want to be taken seriously, they're
a bunch of nuts! |
 |
Former UT dean, presidential counselor dies |
 |
Congressman Reyes
gives his views on border, Iraq on PBS show |
 |
Ex-hospital staffer accused of pick pocketing corpse may face jail |
 |
Soldier's mother surprised by AT&T bill of almost $5,000 |
 |
Candidates gear up for runoff elections that will be held this month |
 |
Day-care
owner found guilty of covering up boy's death |
 |
North
Richland Hills woman killed after answering door |
 |
State to test program to stop uninsured drivers |
 |
Texas aims to close students' skill gap |
 |
New development rules shock Houston builders |
 |
Texas spots licensing problem after youth camp deaths |
 |
Parent sues Comal school district over son's death |
 |
FBI warning: Scam artists canvassing West Texas area |
 |
Tax abatements for five wind energy firms considered in Howard Co. |
 |
Big Spring trying to move forward with redo of Settles Hotel |
 |
Bartee Haile: First Lt. Gov. lives down cowardice charge |
 |
Trew: Population 150, minimum |
 |
Abbott to rule on Craddick motion |
 |
Hereford resident uses turbine to help power home |
 |
CompUSA
sold, to close all stores after Christmas |
 |
County Attorneys Recognized State Sen. Patrick for His Legislative
Accomplishments |
 |
Dallas-Fort
Worth home sales fall 16% |
 |
Tech's Crabtree becomes consensus All-American |
 |
Slices of the past to mark downtown Corpus Christi |
 |
Agents: Grandma shipped marijuana filled holiday candles across the
border |
 |
Big Thicket Growing by More Than 1,000 Acres |
 |
State needs to watch spending next year |
 |
More Wal-Mart Fighting in Austin – This Time Among Attorneys |
 |
With TxDOT feeling budget squeeze, toll authority may pick up the
bill |
 |
Update:
DA's office gets death threat against Joe Horn,
Web Site Created To Support Man Who Killed Burglary Suspects,
site,
DA
to get shooting case in couple of weeks |
 |
Conroe accident victim dead after bizarre confrontation |
 |
Houston-area
fog could affect oil futures - ship channel closed for fog |
 |
$2.4M UH grant to aid math, science teachers |
 |
Police go after poker games in which house takes cut |
 |
Bickle & Brewer's Brewer taking on enforcement of immigration law in
courts |
 |
Landlord dies after helping with Crowley fire |
 |
Central Texas man hopeful hot drink maker invention will brew up a
better life for his family |
 |
Texas Keeps Cash from Interest on Toll Transponder Accounts |
 |
TYC reforms cited as examples for other prisons to follow |
 |
Midland College has 'amazing' financial year |
 |
Lawmen say death in Diboll shooting appears to be self-defense |
 |
Highway funding shortfall bad news for East Texans |
 |
Appointing Wilson could be a battle |
 |
Group protests Fort Worth's asbestos removal method |
 |
Capital
murder charges sought in Baby Grace case |
 |
Houston
woman alleges gang-rape & cover-up while working for KBR in Iraq
|
 |
12/08&09/2007 |
 |
DPS officer loses lawsuit against Texas Rangers |
 |
Government programs will not feed the hungry |
 |
Missing
Houston minister found in hospital |
 |
West Texas land dispute gets heated
- Commissioner Patterson set to appear on Pratt on Texas Tuesday |
 |
Worse jams at border feared |
 |
Off-duty Harris Co. constable kills would-be robber |
 |
Port Arthur man gets life for killing man who stepped on his shoes |
 |
Otto's Barbeque, a favorite of former President Bush, is calling it
quits |
 |
Pasadena police say Horn shot 2 men in
the back - I don't doubt they
quickly turned when the shotgun was leveled on them |
 |
Georgetown police officer remains jailed in sexual assault case |
 |
Woman falls 30 feet down a manhole in Houston |
 |
Bankruptcy judge approves sale of remote Lajitas resort
|
 |
Williamson Co. man first Texan to be charged under Jessica's Law
|
 |
Dairy business is booming across Texas Panhandle
|
 |
'FORNO 1' ready to hit the streets |
 |
Body found in San Marcos field may be missing woman, officials say |
 |
A&M gives Franchione $4 million parting gift |
 |
Suburban Sex Parties Draw Complaints in Duncanville |
 |
TxDOT cash crunch waylays Austin projects |
 |
Woman in hospital after being broadsided by Aransas Co. Sheriff's
cruiser |
 |
UTEP tuition to rise 4.95% |
 |
Performance on tests shows college readiness |
 |
El Paso: Obstruction indictment filed in IOS fraud case |
 |
After liquor sales pass, Plainview ISD seeks to extend 1000 foot
store buffer |
 |
San Antonio doc helps to heal the faces of war |
 |
Records show Celis has no law degree, not from Mexico or anywhere |
 |
Roberts says she believed petitions legal |
 |
17th annual Dallas Kwanzaafest draws record crowds |
 |
Dallas billionaire Ray Hunt has quietly shaped his hometown |
 |
Irving, Richardson schools face sliding enrollment, hard choices |
 |
Group fighting to save Love Cemetery in East Texas |
 |
Cherry Pit swingers' club to sue Duncanville over ordinance |
 |
Jones, Adams, Sullivan win Houston City Council seats |
 |
After wrongful imprisonment, Ronald Taylor ready for future |
 |
Homeowners still waiting for tax relief from Perry
- what B.S., Perry nor the Leg is
responsible for local governments eating up the difference and the
Chronicle know is. |
 |
Hey, A&M, think up your own stuff |
 |
Craddick creates panel for energy, environment
|
 |
12/07/2007 Pearl
Harbor Day |
 |
Parents decry reading of controversial book to Shallowater
third-graders, wants ban |
 |
Texas Tech Masked
Rider sanctioned for unsafe stunt
- stupid |
 |
Congressman Neugebauer
(R-Lubbock) files to run again, cites farm bill priority |
 |
Lubbock leads counties in new election format |
 |
Dallas ex-postal worker admits to stealing mail |
 |
UT places limits on tuition, fees |
 |
Supply surplus dragging retail fuel price down, especially in West
Texas |
 |
Editorial: The High Cost Of Flying Out Of Wichita Falls |
 |
FutureGen and CO2 |
 |
Another files for state rep. dist. 81 (Buddy West held seat) |
 |
Texas veterans home admits first female |
 |
High School Coach Resigns After Camera Found In Locker Room |
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Scurry County sheriff switches political parties, will run as
Republican |
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Former Director of Drug Treatment Center Sentenced to Prison |
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Bush welcomes all to share political perspectives at his
Presidential Library |
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Cat Makes Cross-Country Journey to Fort Worth |
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As Corpus Christi track closes, about 100 dogs will need homes |
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Cathay Pacific Cargo increases service at D/FW International Airport |
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Centex pulls out of 1,400-home project in Travis Co. |
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Nederland doctor to be monitored |
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Lottery smoking ban part of growing trend |
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Austin officer gets job back in use-of-force case |
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Bastrop school officials add officers after threats of fight |
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Rove takes aim at Clinton during Austin event,
Rove comments on Clinton and Bush in Austin |
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Suspect in South Austin homicide arrested in Mexico |
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The Austin Climate Protection Plan
- commie libs on the march |
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TCU
Student Turns Invention Into Company |
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Tyler Man Urges No Handshakes To Stay Healthy |
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Famed attorney reviews criminal cases in Harris County |
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Houston council run-off elections are Saturday |
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Three Houston private investigators among 10 indicted in Seattle |
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NFL player turned astronaut blasts off Saturday |
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Senator backs putting off Christmas Mountains sale |
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Public access part of West Texas land bid |
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Plan would use new sales taxes to fund schools |
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State seeks to help uninsured residents pay for coverage |
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Texas Tech's Crabtree becomes first freshman to win Biletnikoff |
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Ponder
school deluged with calls after President Bush's speech |
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East Texan Celebrates 106th Birthday |
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Grapevine Finds Red Light Cameras Not Needed |
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Woman found guilty in recycling dispute
with New Braunfels - lesson
is that gov. is not accountable even for a service you pay directly
for in a fee for service plan |
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Odessa High student wins national mariachi vocal competition |
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Rusk shooting range cleared by environmental group |
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Wife of missing pastor says case mishandled |
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Jackson Lee says her bill not for white-collar felons
- knowing Jackson Lee, she thinks white-collar criminals are priests
arrested for sex crimes! |
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Update:
Black Powder Mailed to Texans for Fiscal Responsibility; Substance
Deemed Harmless,
Austin office bldg evacuated due to suspicious looking powder, bldg
houses top lobbyists |
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Dallas
Historical Society artifacts recovered |
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Texas
A&M poised to name Elsa Murano as president |
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Doubts
kill Texas' $550,000 deal for Crockett letter |
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Noriega would like a little help from his friends
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12/06/2007 |
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Massive fire gutted furniture factory in Belton |
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Gov. Perry Launches Competitiveness Council |
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State Rep. candidate pleads not guilty to drunken driving charge |
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Rio Grande City students injured in bus collision |
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HD radio not hot in Valley |
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Harlingen: Accidents are up with red light cameras |
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Accused teacher dead after collapsing at jail in Willacy Co. |
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Romney in Aggieland: Says he'll serve no one religion |
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Text of Mitt Romney’s ‘Faith in America’ speech |
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Dewhurst named Texan of the Year for 2008 by Texas Legislative
Conference |
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Texas
Parks and Wildlife picks new leader |
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Bowie teacher resigns after trip with students |
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Williamson County courthouse completes restoration |
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Austin Hyatt to close for extensive renovation |
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Proposed Hooker Beef Plant in Question |
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Panda Ethanol gets approval for Sherman refinery |
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Home features 130,000 lights set to music |
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El Paso teen pregnancies buck national trend |
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Allen Residents Worried About Cougar Sightings |
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7
sue firm, cite abuse by guard at Texas Youth Commission facility |
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Former Dallas mayor Kirk to lead energy coalition "Compete" |
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Luminant joins FutureGen Alliance |
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FutureGen focus on Odessa |
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Pauken: Sen. Hutchison Reverses Course on War in Iraq |
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Corpus Christi makes pitch for hurricane center |
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All aboard. RTA unanimously approves harbor ferry contract |
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Will Democrat Congressman from Waco Chet Edwards run unopposed? |
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A&M
Suspends Arrested Football Players,
Texas A&M's Joiner charged with aggravated robbery |
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Texas
A&M's professor Ewing dies of heart attack |
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Cowgirl Chicks invited to Rose Bowl Parade |
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Editorial: Bad sign from Texas Education Agency |
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UTSA profs' land buy is probed |
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UT System regents establish new fund to commercialize inventions at
schools |
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Conaway backs 'conservative causes'; Crider claims vets 'treated
shabbily' |
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No body found at Crowne Plaza demolition site |
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Stores may face hard choice: smoking or lottery |
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AG says sites violate privacy of kids in Texas |
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State Rep. King calls for Texans to abolish school property tax |
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Dozens indicted in Houston mortgage fraud case |
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Judge
dismisses state prison inmate's suit against Parkland |
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Senator Whitmire (D-Houston) says it's "nuts" to sell West Texas
land to private owners -
what's he, a card carrying commie? |
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Lewisville school, Killian's beer have same name, similar logos
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12/05/2007 |
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Raise a glass: it’s Repeal Day! |
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National Park Service to assist Waco river corridor planning |
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Arrests of illegal immigrants double in Dallas-Fort Worth |
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Shrinking town of Los Ybanez still brings in visitors by the
hundreds with only liquor store in county |
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Dallas cashing in on Hollywood writers' strike |
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Congressman Thornberry will run for another term |
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Giving downtown Dallas a neighborhood feel |
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Gas leak shut down Northwest Highway near Love Field |
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Dallas schools raise passing rate but fall short of many goals |
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UTD training program aims to multiply math, science teachers |
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Texas to see border fence construction next year |
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New York native Everitt became true Texan |
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Dawson moves to stop dome homes
- talk about elitist bigotry! |
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Group files suit to stop proposed Kenedy County wind farms |
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New Food Stamp System Causing Backup
- good thing employment rates are so high, maybe someone will have
to go to work to eat! |
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Parking Controversy At DFW Airport |
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Leaders Working To Close Rundown Dallas Motel |
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State Rep. Leo Berman: Enforce immigration laws
|
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Suspect dies after passing out in Corpus Christi police car |
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Georgetown police officer accused of sex assault and kidnapping |
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Spindletop-Gladys City Boomtown Museum to Reopen |
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Suspected auto burglar faces stiff penalty for stealing $8 |
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Lamar University lays out football revival game plan |
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Beaumont ISD accused of racial discrimination |
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Georgetown
fugitive arrested in Costa Rica |
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Abilene's first female doctor celebrates her 95th birthday |
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Vandalism of Christmas displays is filmed and posted on YouTube |
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Fort Worth demolition method is drawing controversy |
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Craddick
orders review of land office's power to buy, sell property |
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Intracoastal
Waterway temporarily closed after barge collision |
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Houston city council approves "fat trapper" bag proposal |
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North Texas parents search for 'hero' couple |
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Storeowner Fights Robber Armed With Toy Gun
- the owner needed a real gun |
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Planetarium crashes down to earth as part of renovation |
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El Paso Disposal drivers end strike |
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Diboll Free Press sold to Kilgore publisher |
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Texas doctor remains held in 1998 death of British patient |
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Company shocked by employee accused of imprisoning immigrant |
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State Rep. Macias files for re-election |
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NuWire Investor says San Antonio #1, Lubbock #4, Laredo #5 & Fort
Worth #8 best places to invest in America |
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Families happy to have Fort Bliss cavalry troops back |
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Third guilty plea in plot to steal coke from DPS |
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Penalty fee lets White revamp Houston's WiFi plan |
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Shelia Jackson Lee pushes early release of nonviolent offenders |
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Houston Area Doctors Unveil Heath Insurance Report Card |
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Ex-Hidalgo County jailer admits to drug conspiracy |
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Editorial: A sensible approach to digital billboards |
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TDCJ officer faulted in fatal prison break |
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Another school lover
to take on GOP state senator in Primary, Estes of Wichita Falls,
draws opponent & school board guy Charles Stafford |
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Texas
strip club owners oppose assault prevention fee
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12/04/2007 |
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Stolen Car from Lubbock Crashes into a Texas Ranger vehicle in Lynn
Co. |
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Kangaroo leads Lewisville police on chase |
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Internet users track down Christmas vandalism suspects |
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Tech grad & Monahans/El Paso native to run NASA Mission Control for
shuttle launch |
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Southwest Airlines trims its 2008 expansion plan |
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Continental first to try cell phone boarding pass |
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Is San Antonio One of the "Drunkest" Cities in the Nation?,
Men's Health mag. names Lubbock among Drunkest Cities!
- silly |
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Former Plainview Health Care Clinic CEO Pleads Guilty to Fraud |
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Kay
Bailey Hutchison drops GOP leadership bid |
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Trial begins for Pleasant Grove day-care owner accused of child's
death |
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UTMB not first to deny care to illegal immigrants, Tarrant does same |
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