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  TEXAS HEADLINES  2008 Q1  
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Headlines archived chronologically as originally posted in 2008, 1st Quarter


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03/31/2008

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Texas Democratic caucus delegate apportionment - as of midnight

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Obama is victor in weekend caucuses

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Open Thread: Tell us your convention stories

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Texas House Dems look to reunite, focus on November

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Jefferson County Democrats and Republicans — A tale of two conventions

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Sheila Jackson Lee at odds with constituents

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House District 81 runoff in Odessa

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Update: Charges unlikely for teen who left fetus in trash - it was still-born, Police questioning juvenile in birth of baby on plane, Fetus found in airplane bathroom at Bush airport in Houston

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Houston's Reliant  a hit with hoops fans, NCAA

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Dallas school district gets word out on $1.35 billion bond vote

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Texas couple accused of duct taping child at day care

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Gadsden schools teacher to face drug charge

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Officials fear growing boldness of smugglers

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State committee members to tour Lubbock State School today

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Marijuana Laws In Texas

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Dearth of Dredging in the Gulf Intracoastal waterway

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First Female Fire Chief Appointed in Beaumont

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Superintendents learn about clean buses

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Hutchison’s ‘whatever’ a novel declaration of war?

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Krusee: Central Texans have a chance to learn how to deal with the region's growing pains

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Curious Development Afoot Over Edwards Aquifer

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2 hurt when truck carrying Liberty Bell replica hit

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Dallas to adopt electronic campaign finance filing system

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Pier 1 to sell Fort Worth headquarters for $104 million

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TSA unveils the checkpoint of the future - no mention of where the pliers are stored

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Barton:Yes to power plants

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No Appeal For Fort Worth 'Coat Hanger-Strangler'

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Give Texans the tools to quit smoking - how about leaving Texans alone!?

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Houston in middle-of-the-pack for travel expenses

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Police: Man Threatens To Stab Quanell X

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Pregnant Houston woman who vanished in January found dead

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Sweetwater to host major veterans career event

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San Augustine reels from flood waters

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Texas Man Dies After Car Swept From Highway

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Laura Bush Reunites WIth Midlanders in class reunion

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Patent infringement litigation offers business opportunities for Lufkin

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A&M Regents Name Lone Finalist For Tarleton State Presidency

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7 Mexican-born Texas death row inmates lose appeals

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Sponsor behind $5-per-patron strip club fee still fighting

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Bush library searches for Web site name

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Kidnapping suspect critically injured in shootout with Dallas police

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Dell to close Austin computer factory, lay off thousands worldwide

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2 firefighters injured in apartment fire in northeast Dallas

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Macias files suit challenging primary recount results, says 253 people voted in both Dem & GOP primaries
 

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03/29&30/2008

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Some recent laws seen as protecting Dallas residents from themselves - nanny state

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Trinity Presbyterian in Dallas closes after 118 years

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Denton County judge's son, 18, indicted in sexual assault

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Collin County Jail replaces face-to-face visits with video system for new cells - Lubbock's new, soon to open jail has the same

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Dallas plant makes water bottles more eco-friendly

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Amarillo, Fort Worth benefit from V-22 contract

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Registered sex offender drops bid for mayor of Wilmer

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73-year-old bus passenger faces drug counts in Laredo

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Officers return fire, kill suspect along Dallas-area highway

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Texan pleads guilty to using stolen credit card numbers

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Congressional runoffs in DeLay's old seat; Dallas district

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Runoff builds for 22nd Congressional District seat

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Dem county conventions:
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Second Texas Democratic caucuses bring more chaos

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Delegates Tallied Among Texas' Democratic Conventions

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Texas Democratic caucus delegate apportionment

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Texas Democratic Party rules for awarding delegates

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Barack Obama handily wins Dallas County district conventions

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Sheila Jackson Lee booed at Dem convention in her own district

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Police Identify Man Shot While Trying To Help Friend - another example of why you should be armed

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Honduran Babysitter Sought In Death Of Central Texas Toddler

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Texas APME awards excellence in journalism, 2008 Texas APME Awards List

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Officers fatally shoot man who threatened them in El Paso store

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Harris County authorities suspect arson in school fire

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UTSA students apparently plagiarized honor code

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Emilio's recovery pivotal to hypothermia study

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D/FW Airport won't expand service to Europe much under Open Skies treaty

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ICE raids Latino night clubs in Dallas

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YES charter high school ranked as Houston's best

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Tex-Arcana: What's the history of the goddess?

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Southwest flight returns to Dallas after engine trouble

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Drug cartels operate training camps near Texas border just inside Mexico

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Dallas Cowboys stadium naming rights may top record deal

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Hutchison beginning to look at 2010 gubernatorial run in Texas

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Loyal alumni pay off for Tech in Legislature

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Home cookin' for campaign expenditures for Isett? - last time I checked, accounting services are classified as "professional services" and not "personal services."
 

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03/28/2008

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Woman Says Lubbock TSA Forced Piercings Removal

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TSA Issues Statement on Chest Piercing Screening

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TSA to change screening policies after nipple ring incident

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AT&T chairman: product engineering as easy in Bangalore as Austin

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Lone Star Rising: Houston next world city

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13 suspected cocaine traffickers arrested in Lubbock

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Ex-Tarleton State professor indicted in child porn case

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Dallas dance club where 12-year-old danced won't be closed

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Texas cattle to begin entering Mexico after 4-year ban

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Authorities seek woman who threw dog from car window in Irving

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Dad in microwave case wants to keep parental rights

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Hundreds greet shuttle crew at Ellington Field

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State board tentatively approves English curriculum plan

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Bible curriculum moves forward

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Autopsy ordered in death of former Smith County deputy

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Emergency landing ends safely at Bush, Continental says

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Houston's Hermann Park lake to close for year

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Rosenthal's ex-secretary leaves Harris county

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Attorneys Leave Big Dallas Firm To Start Female-Owned Firm

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Banks in Clear Channel deal want case moved to federal court

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El Paso County revenue is $23M ahead

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Craddick, Estes plan fundraiser for Margo

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Drinks on Dr Pepper if Guns N' Roses releases new album

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Corpus Christi Chamber CEO on paid leave while dissention dealt with

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Tyler: 'Swingers Club' Defendant Sentenced to Life

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Senate hearing targets Perdenales Electric Co-op allegations

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Another Jenna Bush drinking scandal

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Will Rick Perry run for governor again?

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Prison riot injures several inmates in South Texas

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Houston topless clubs may try pasties to skirt law

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Average Texas gasoline prices hold steady at $3.17

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2nd man sentenced in Bryan for clubbing horse to death

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Redford in Houston to tout anti-coal movie

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Plano OKs prayer event at City Hall

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Scrutiny of Denton State School opens debate about care

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Dallas ISD trustees waive residency requirement for 11 administrators

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Texas cities not complying with state law in Red Light Cameras

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Police Department That Was Almost Disbanded Arrests Wanted Fugitive

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Secretary of Veterans Affairs lauds South Texas VA center

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Cameron Co. democratic convention spawns confusion - this story is an example of many across the state

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Lubbock botulism poisoning lawsuit now a Federal case

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Libertarian backs out of HD83 race leaving RINO Delwin Jones with no opponent

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Judge strikes down Texas strip club fee - stripper rights protected

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Austin’s smoking ban upheld - property rights trampled

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DPS graduates 166 new troopers

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Regent Hotel to occupy Dallas' Tower Petroleum Building

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Texas Board of Education approves elective Bible course for high schools

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Rosenthal found in contempt for deleting e-mails

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03/27/2008

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Pessimism anyone?
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Texas unemployment rate reaches new low

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Texas jobless rate falls to 30-year low

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DFW Named Nation's Fastest Growing Metro Area, 4 Texas Locations Among The Top 10

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Dallas-Fort Worth jobless rate falls to 4.3 percent

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Austin fifth fastest-growing metro area in nation

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Austin forging ahead on job gains

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Survey: Houston salaries to rise for some job seekers

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San Antonio sees big gains in export business

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West Texas Economy Thriving

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Midland posts 2.6 percent unemployment, record high labor force

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Council of Governments delays release of North Texas population estimates

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State approves prison guard pay hike

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Texas near top of hate group expansion states

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House district 55 GOP run-off heats up between Sheffield & Tyroch

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Texas Southern U's Slade avoids prison with plea deal

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Two injured after shooting in dorm Texas College parking lot in Tyler

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Police: Man tries to kidnap Sugar Land girl

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Waco: 12 year old almost kidnapped on way to school

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Central Texas Minister Indicted On Child Pornography Charges

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Editorial: Government isn't a health care cure

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Half-ton woman faces murder charge in La Joya

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Texas sharpshooter Abrams on target with 3-pointers

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Perry touts Texas' efforts at health care system reform

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Lt. Gov. Dewhurst named Texan of the Year

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Woman shoots robber, wounds husband defending against home invasion

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Houston's new outlet mall opens today

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Jenna Bush to speak at dad's hometown of Midland

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Congressional District 22 candidates spar over spending

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The Shelley Saga: 52 days, $182K

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Explosion in Brookshire injures two

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New Braunfels teachers: Principal said he'd kill them

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Pasadena school police chief to return from leave

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Fort Bend boy, 13, charged in school gun incident

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Harris Co. GOP DA opponents dispute status of DA's office

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The party's not over for Texas caucus goers

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Texas Democrats hope trial settles ballot dispute

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Nederland's manager Wimer resigns

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Sen. John Cornyn makes a play for bloggers

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Gov wants doctors to make medical records electronic

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Top professor loses post, but not job, at UTSA

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Editorial: Consular law protects Americans, too. Texas murder case has international ramifications

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Dallas police officers fired for writing false tickets

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Sheriff's association endorses Lowell Cannaday in Dallas election

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American Airlines' cancellation count rises to 141 flights

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Combining North Texas highway districts gains steam

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Safety fears lead Obama's America-hating preacher to call off Dallas visit

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Tejano music star regaining consciousness, doctors say

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UNT terminates deal with Radisson Hotel

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Longtime Wichita Falls automobile dealership under fire on tax & loan cases

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CVS, Texas settle lawsuit over dumping of customer records

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Former state Senate staffer's computers seized

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West Texas Wool shearing under way

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Aviation giant’s officials tour North Texas Regional Airport

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Pleas likely from pair of Houston City Hall workers

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A&M regents raise tuition from 4-14% for this fall

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Clinton camp challenges delegates for Texas county Democratic caucuses

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Exclusive: Craddick goes under oath in abuse of power suit

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Yudof leaving University of Texas system for California
 

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03/26/2008

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200 American Airlines Flights Canceled for inspections

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Sen. Ogden: Texas can solve the problem of financing road constructions

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Pension funds sought to finance toll roads

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Finally, Willacy County gets grand jury

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Ships continue arriving at Port of Brownsville to be dismantled

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Editorial: Just say no to silly propaganda

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Mail Lost In Fiery Crash in San Antonio

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Water War Brewing In Central Texas

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Murder Charge Against Former Waco areal Pastor Dropped

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Mother Of Civilian Contractor Killed in Iraq Speaks

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Panhandling limits deemed unconstitutional, 2nd ruling overturning Austin rules

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Hays County Commissioners vote against shooting ban

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Texas' eighth-graders score 92 percent passing rate on TAKS reading exam

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School leaders across Texas headed for Harvard - that's great, more liberalism

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University of Texas approves tuition hikes for schools, UT regents to examine tuition increase

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Tuition rates could require state oversight

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Seattle officials come to Austin looking for transportation lessons-learned - sort of like trying to learn to read from someone who is illiterate.

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Judge delays Potter Co. Sheriff Shumate venue ruling

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Abilene group approves deal to assist wind energy

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Beaumont backs away from Red Light Camera deal, more

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Pinehurst council retires judge after 31 years of service

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Dallas: Toys, Medicines Stolen From 7-Year-Old Cancer Patient

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Editorial: Moving water from Oklahoma to Texas

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Editorial: Proceed with caution on Texas budget

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Grapevine residents balk at Gaylord Texan expansion plans

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Plano council says 'no' to 60-feet tall golf course nets

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Dallas City Council close to setting green standards for building projects

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Hillwood signs renewable energy deal for AllianceTexas, Victory properties

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Obama's pastor Wright cancels Houston stops

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Old West trial coming to Wardville courthouse

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Changes Made To Byron Nelson Championship Course

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Brownsville man pardoned by President Bush