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

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Texas Homeowners may defer some taxes

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Port Arthur sees second drive-by shooting in three days

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Texas rattlesnake rancher arrested for selling snake vodka

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RES-Americas moving HQ from Texas to Colorado

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Sherman High student arrested for making online death threats

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Harris Co. DA gets 1,148 names to check in illegal-voting probe

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Bitter battle brewing in TX-22 congressional race

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Ex-Texas Southern U president in court

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Houston city employees get new contract

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Houston convenience stores get new rules to halt violent crime absolutely worthless & an infringement on property rights

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Doctor: Emilio Navaira's condition improves

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Should Texas bureaucrats police roses and tacos?

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Editorial: Mayor's repair effort right move for San Antonio

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Dad who put baby in oven gets 25-year sentence

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Father charged with murder in DeSoto boy's death

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Dallas County raids target bogus vehicle inspections

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District 73 recount is in: Miller defeats Nathan Macias by 17 votes in the GOP primary election - a conservative replaced by a big-spender
 

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03/25/2008

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Dem Noriega, citing U.S. deaths in Iraq, stills Web site - purely playing politics with soldiers

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Noriega goofs words to “Deep in the Heart…”

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Firefighters extinguish former H-E-B warehouse inferno in Harlingen

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Sufficient moisture from 2007 gives West Texas farmers a good start

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Editorial: Radicals want to re-create trouble at Dem convention

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Central Texas School Cafeteria Manager Arrested for Theft

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Hays commissioners turn down limits on shooting on small lots

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Judge suppresses statement in trooper murder trial

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Georgetown may change controversial ordinance

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Texas Tejano Legend Emilio Navaira Fights for His Life

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KXAN back on the air for northern Central Texas

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Too Many Absences Could Mean $500 for Parents

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Low Water Levels At Lake Meredith

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School bus driver hurt in collision SE of Snyder Monday

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Russian-born Lamar IT grad hopes to use degree to serve U.S.

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Podcast: Gov. Perry on the economy

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Jury Convicts Man Of Microwaving Baby Daughter

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Man Drives Into Fort Worth Pedestrian Tunnel

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Farmers Branch Accused Of Trying To Enforce Barred Ordinance

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Dallas Included In 8-City Earth Day Music Fest - whoopie

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High court backs Texas in dispute over Mexican death row inmate

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4-H hits century mark

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Brazoria Co. DA looking into voting problems

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Top election official: Some Harris County voters went to polls twice

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Voter fraud alleged in Jim Wells County

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Man Attacks Mother, Reports House Fire

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Beaumont woman pulls gun on deliverymen for not taking off shoes

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Beaumont city council to vote on red-light cameras

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Dallas kills ’safety’ cams after revenue falls short

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Editorial: Safety must be first with new pipelines

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Mother Of Murdered Adult Video Clerk Sues Store Owner

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Corpus Christi: Eleven Homeless Cited For Criminal Trespass, One Arrested

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Is the beggar on the corner fooling you?

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Austin's panhandling ordinance panned

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Man calls police from trunk of his car

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Ex-Rockwall County DA receives 4-year sentence for theft

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Editorial: A school district too slow to learn

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McKinney School Board Approves Longer Days

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Boys thrown off bridge by mom to stay in state custody

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Denton mayor calls for review of city's spending system

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Editorial: Frisco's free-speech frenzy

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Editorial: UT tuition plan OK for now

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Dallas DA Craig Watkins won't be questioned over vehicle usage

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13-year-old girl accused of luring another teen into prostitution

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Fort Worth animal control officers can break into vehicles to protect pets

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Complaints To PUC Are Down

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Border Patrol wants military veterans

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Historic ship Elissa will sail in for Houston tours

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Houston unable to clinch top of procrastinator list

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City of Copperas Cove could be without a mayor

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Rep. Phil King supports recycling of gas well water

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Editorial: Border cam still looks like a waste of money

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TxDOT extends commenting deadline on TTC project by 30 days

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Texas Easter Bunny says child not dropped on purpose

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Bush, former Texas Rangers pal to raise money for Senate GOP

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Dallas-area home prices post biggest drop yet

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Mindy Montford in Travis Co. DA race: Vote for me. I like my dogs.
 

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03/24/2008

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Doctors say Tejano star Emilio may not survive tour bus crash, more

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Texas reaps $2.2 billion in earmarks

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State committee meeting next month to discuss wind energy in West Texas

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High wind stalled construction of Lubbock wind-power site

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Kidnapper of Lubbock newborn sentenced to prison

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Former Houston "madam" comments on NY governor scandal

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Fire regulations break up some Texas foster families

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Lunar scoop and space suit patches among items up for auction in Dallas

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San Antonio parades, parties in annual 10-day celebration

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Editorial: McCain to Paul supporters: Drop dead

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Rodent infestation blamed for small sugar crop in Valley

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South Texas to get 3 interstate legs

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Allstate claims fraud at Valley chiropractic clinics

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Brownwood fan welcomed home NCAA III champion Howard Payne Lady Jackets

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Denton Mayor uses names on mailer who've asked to be removed

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Editorial: New North Texas rail concept has promise

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Editorial: Texas' pipeline to youth prison

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Flower Mound cracks down on cell-phone use in school zones

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Dogs in duds strut at Dallas Pooch Parade

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Dallas Gunman Shot At Grandmother, Mother & Child

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Hutto Teen Charged in Death of Infant Son

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Car slammed into Amarillo church on Easter Sunday - except it wasn't Easter Sunday for this church

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Production at Big Spring refinery remains at standstill

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Study says Texas State U. puts $1 billion into San Marcos economy

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MetLife subsidiary planning to layoff workers in San Antonio

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Mexico opens cattle with Canada, but not U.S.

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Protest over McAllen roadway renewed

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Clear Conservative Choice In Harris County DA’s Race

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Constable's car torched in Dallas

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Molotov cocktail weapon of choice in Dallas car arsons

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DPS to post Texas sex offenders' job data

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Open-record requests can take time, money

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Roaring Springs native, abducted in Iraq as contractor, found dead

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Man accused of stealing federal housing funds in Fort Worth is sentenced

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Dallas-Fort Worth office leasing jumps

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Rockwall DA Ray Sumrow convicted of theft

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Suggestion: English teachers could use a tutor
 

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03/22&23/2008 Holy Saturday & Easter Sunday

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Texan Buys Illinois-Shaped Corn Flake For $1,350 On EBay

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West Texas counties await hunting decision

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Tejano singer, Emilio Navaira, in critical condition after tour bus crash

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Electricity, diesel, fertilizer prices tough on farmers, ranchers

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Bluebonnets begin their show, but season could be just average

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Old prison may be closed for land use

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Howard Payne claims women's Division III championship with win over Messiah

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Levelland's South Plains College Texans win the NJCAA national championship for men's basketball

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Arbella Perkins Ewings, considered the oldest Texan, dead at 114

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Voucher program to remove polluting cars might be halted

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Guard presence along Mexican border to end this summer

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Baylor project seeks to preserve African-American gospel recordings

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Dallas cemetery's Easter service, pageant drew lively crowds for four decades

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Assaults by Dallas ISD students on staff have doubled in recent years

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Obese relative may have crushed Valley toddler

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Candidate Lykos: DA office needs an outsider for reform

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Siegler touts her inside knowledge in DA race
 

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03/21/2008 Good Friday

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Perry seeks more federal aid; South Texas fire reignites

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TCEQ removes chemicals from Bertram warehouse

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MALDEF hopes Web site is antidote to anti-immigration sentiment - these idiots just don't get it. It's not immigration people are upset about in large numbers, it is ILLEGAL immigration.

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State seeks proposals for border cameras

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Odessa Professional Police Officers Assn. president suspended without pay, claims retaliation

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Austin American-Statesman editor Oppel to retire

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Fort Bliss school teacher arrested in sex abuse case

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Former comptroller Strayhorn considers Austin mayoral run

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Houston Fire Dept. cadet dismissed after noose incident

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Interim Harris Co. DA making changes

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Federal audit finds fault with Dallas Housing Authority's finances

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Frisco home intruder shoots man after confrontation - homeowner needs some range time

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Mansfield man missing since Mardi Gras is found dead in car in Louisiana

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Police: Deadly Denton County house fire was intentionally set

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In Dallas, time warp snags retailers between old downtown and urban dreams

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D/FW air traffic controllers working overtime

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New animals move into the Dallas Zoo

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Plano may face lawsuit after denying pastor's request to hold prayer meeting

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Carpenters Union Files Suit Against D.R. Horton in Fort Worth for hiring illegals

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Hispanics and Houston's business community

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Water supply official urged to resign over 'open bigotry' in Austin

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Ex-legislator Goodman fined for using campaign money in Austin real estate deals

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City of Austin used taxpayer funds for $20,000 global warming survey

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Kermit resident wins $1 million in the Texas Lottery scratch off

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Soldier thanks Odessa

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El Paso Commissioner says he had no dealings with guilty Telles

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El Paso aviation mechanic's death to be probed in hearing

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2007 Census Shows Small Counties in Decline

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Questions remain over border fence lawsuits

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One Hidalgo County community won't escape border fence

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Weslaco elections remain up in air

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Industrial spending down, but Texas tops all states

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Man Robs Woman, Sets Her Ablaze At Dallas Bus Stop

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Waiting for a decision in that lawsuit against TxDOT officials

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Dallas City Hall scandal: Jack Potashnik Pleads Guilty To Tax Evasion

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Registered sex offender runs for mayor of small Texas town of Wilmer

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Democratic chairman defends party caucuses

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Seguin police chief resigning after flap over comments

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Austin attorney put in jail after "obscene gesture" in court

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Brown County doctor indicted in sexual assault of child

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HPD officer dragged by pickup truck

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Richmond diesel theft suspect arrested

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Justice delayed? Texas Supreme Court backlog grows

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Sam Houston statue vandalized

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Judge sides with FW Baptist seminary in female prof's suit

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Recount given the go-ahead in GOP's District 73 race (Macias) - by the way, Phil Wilson is Secretary of State. Roger Williams is listed as such but he resigned some time ago. (Reporter has emailed me with the "oops" so it should now be corrected!)

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Teacher accused of dating student in Edinburgh

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Legality of candidacy questioned in Elsa City Council race

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MORGAN: Dispatches from a West Texas wildfire

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Texas drought tough on farmers, ranchers

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Assault charges dropped against former Texan Mathis

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Former Pete Laney campaign boss, Mark Bell, to run Noriega's senate campaign

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University of Texas' new tuition rates vary by major
 

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03/20/2008

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Fuel prices causing governments major gov. budget crunch

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Tech-Oklahoma State football game Dallas-bound

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Alvin deserves better behavior from council

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81 percent of UT's admission offers go to top 10 percent grads

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University of Texas to announce new tuition rates

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Update: UT chancellor offered University of California presidency, University of Texas chancellor a candidate for University of California job

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Perry greets touring vets at State Capitol

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Austin Fire Chief Put on Notice for Changes

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State board says no time for Hispanic input on new curriculum

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Texas revisions on standards for English draw criticism

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Travis County among top 10 showing the most population gains

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Stubb's seeks zoning changes amid expansion effort

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Wyoming firm plans small wind farm in the Texas Panhandle

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Amarillo VA nursing home under investigation

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Former Prime Minister addresses American, Australian alliance

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Walking quorum is out of step with law

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TCEQ names chief of El Paso office

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Autistic 11-year-old Lindale girl safe after night in woods

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El Paso Corruption Scandal: Plea imperils Telles' law license

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Editorial: Dallas shouldn't stop red-light cameras - B.S.

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State Rep. Debbie Riddle (R-Tomball) on immigration - bring it on sister!

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Event Honoring Obama's Pastor Moved Off TCU Campus

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La Marque eyesore torn down

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CenterPoint wants coastal rate increase

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Richmond Police: 1,400 gallons of diesel stolen

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San Angelo businessman indicted in wire fraud case

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Fire consumes area of Hidalgo County nearly the size of McAllen

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Border security fears push Mexicans north

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Andrews copes with flood of inquiries after NBC names them a boom-town

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Mexican Mafia thug is arrested by Border Patrol agents

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Brookshire's former mayor may reconsider guilty plea, advice was from a disbarred lawyer!

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County fights release of autopsy of burglar shot by Horn

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Former Tyler Bank of America President Brent Lemons arrested on fraud charge

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Tornado Conformed in Gregg County Storms

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Rep. Berman Questions if Paycheck Deductions Can Fund PACs

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Half Of U.S. Counties Reporting Most Growth In Texas - Mostly Due To Katrina Evacuees

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Dallas Store Owner Uses YouTube To Catch Vandals

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Editorial: Cortez relies on spin, flees responsibility (San Antonio councilman)

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Northside ISD, Helotes agree to share costs in downtown revitalization

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Woman apparently kills self outside Houston PD station

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Closing arguments begin in Rockwall DA corruption trial

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Is Austin ready for Mayor Strayhorn (again)? Perry's spokesman weighs in
 

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03/19/2008

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Lawyer says Craddick ordered cash to help Democrats - good. But why isn't this trumpeted as bi-partisanship?

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Former champion Reggie Johnson indicted on theft charge

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D-FW flights return to normal

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Massive wildfire in South Texas forces hundreds to evacuate

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District 81 house race: Taxpayer Group Supports Tryon Lewis over West

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Lubbock author wants you to find meaning in your cleaning

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FBI seeks 'fashionable felon' after Houston bank robbery

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Man ordered to pay $23,250 to five record companies

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Wrestling manager Playboy Gary Hart dies at 66

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Chimp Haven to fight return of chimps to Texas

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Teenager still missing after being swept by floodwaters

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Foes of S. Texas wind energy plan ask judge to halt work

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Slain Red Lobster executive may have been kidnapped

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Wheatley: Texas should protect its waters

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Perry reports for jury duty, but he's not selected

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Federal study to look at coal plants' impact on Austin air

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Castle Doctrine Would Let Some Guilty Go Free, Prosecutors Say - so they don't want people to be able to defend themselves? What a bunch of nuts.

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Messer Appointed as 100th Judicial District Judge

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Amarillo paves way for $70M-plus water project

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Haskell County negotiating sale of detention center

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Storms Wreak Havoc Across North Texas

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FBI foils plot to assassinate federal judge

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Congressman Thornberry addresses budget issues

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Man Arrested for Public Intoxication at Mandatory DWI Class

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Texans Among Dozens Suing FEMA Over Formaldehyde Fumes

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Editorial: State must consider profits by insurers

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Toll-road activists headed back to court in lawsuit against TxDOT

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Senator nervous about attending House Christmas Mountains hearing

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Corpus Christi: Tornado Damage on South Side, Tornado Captured on Video

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Texas among top CO2 polluters - I still don't understand how CO2 is a pollutant

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City workers remove racist graffiti from Arlington home

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Farmers Branch unlikely to get into program to identify, deport jailed illegal immigrants

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SMU Student Senate OKs campus pub idea

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Wife of Odessa police officer, shot on duty six months, ago dies

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New Grand Hyatt opening delayed in San Antonio, official explain

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State official: classroom materials may exclude minorities

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Report: Texas public preschool program has quantity, not quality

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Zapata oil-drilling fire contained

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AG: Galveston ISD must release signature cards

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El Paso Bennigan's cited on St. Patrick's Day

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Jetliner lands in El Paso after blowing tire on takeoff

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Fairbanks, Alaska looks to Austin for inspiration in redevelopment

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Editorial: New airport designation boosts San Antonio's trade effort

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Legal battle rages over whether ankles exist

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Recount in HD 73 shows Miller's lead over Macias dropping to 29 votes so far

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Court tosses sentence in Houston murder conviction

 

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Today is 71st Anniversary of East Texas School Explosion

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TCU' Brite Divinity School still plans to honor Obama's fiery pastor, Jeremiah Wright

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Craddick under fire for air travel, They'll report even legal activity by Craddick as if scandalous, but here is the blockbuster story of a decade that the major press in Texas would NOT report, on democrat Pete Laney: PDF-1 & PDF-2

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Federal officials say Texas too slow in processing food stamp applications

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Dr Pepper Dallas Cup XXIX boosts economy

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2 former foes endorse Jim Bowles in Dallas County sheriff's race

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Texas Democratic Party rejects Clinton's caucus verification request

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Farmers Insurance proposes rate hikes for North Texas-area homeowners

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Texas landowners say government never negotiated access for fence

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Galveston taking action to prevent spring break chaos

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Harris Co. deputy constable fired after child sex indictment

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NM authorities investigate Texas man's death

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Hidalgo County levee breach would cause $1.76B in damage

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Dogs Kill Another Miniature Horse in Lubbock

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Hockley County Ethanol Plant produces first batch of ethanol - if it's not aging in an oak barrel, then it's a waste of corn alcohol

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Specialist hopes to bring in protection program for wetlands - playa lakes now wetland, watch out farmers as you'll end up in jail for plowing too close or shredding grass to prevent fires!

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Hall donates funds to establish endowed faculty chairs at Tech's Laura Bush Institute

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Parolee condemned for San Antonio slayings loses appeal

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Judge rejects settlement in TYC civil rights case

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Houston home sales down sixth straight month

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5 killed when pickup truck, logging truck collide in E. Texas

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Montgomery DA says funds used for liquor, $ from drug forfeiture account went to employee cook-off

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There's a big scramble in charter school world

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Bell County: No room in the courthouse

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Editorial: Let sun shine on our government

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Sharyland grad heading to 2008 Olympics

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Few Texas utilities test water supply

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Seguin police chief suspended

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Reed endorses Montford for Travis Co. DA

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Groups: ICE at Travis Co. Jail causing fear among illegal immigrants - and this is bad, why?

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UT receives $55M for School of Music

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Legislators say education panel lacks Hispanic

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El Paso Files Petition For Revocation of ASARCO permit

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Severe weather causes massive cancellations at D/FW Airport

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American Airlines Cancels All Flights Today

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Bail set at $2M for mom accused of throwing sons off overpass

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Amarillo hospital to use Bell Helicopter

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Corpus Christi: Tornado may have touched down on southside

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Deadbeat Dads Jailed in Joint Brazos County/AG Effort

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Man Commits Suicide After Holding Estranged Wife at Gunpoint

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State education commissioner questions new Bible course law

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Bible course may be elective in Texas schools

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El Paso Denies Feds Access for Border Fence

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Agency director urging approval for license to dump uranium waste in Andrews Co.

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Boerne is facing tough decisions to meet city's growing sewage needs

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Refinery Associates of Texas wins $185M naval fuel contract

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No vacancy: Big Spring rooms filled with workers

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City secretary no longer part of harassment suit in Laredo

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New developments in Houston Radio Tejano Day debate

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All of Southeast Texas under Tornado Watch

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Coastal weather affects insurance rates of Texans statewide

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Potential key witness in Texas dogfighter's slaying is missing
 

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Texas in better shape than most states as U.S. economy sours

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How Texans voted in DC last week

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Hutchison voted NO on bill to ban Federal Earmarks

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Column: Amazed that Kilgore got votes as GOP challenger to Cornyn

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Cultures clash on Island this week - Holy Week & Spring Break

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As Texas Week ends, spring breakers not ready to go home

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Temple: Eight People Arrested In Park Riot

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Galveston: Police 'Overwhelmed' After Beach Concert Ends In Fights, more

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Beach patrol increased in Galveston

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Group gives tips on when to fight traffic tickets

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Quanah Hospital Must Pay $400,000

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Barnett Shale Expo expands to full day

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Hidalgo, Starr County Border Wall Cases in Court Today

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Texas projected to avoid round of budget cuts to poor, working class

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Smith Co. Constable Henry Jackson's Home Searched

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Alamo Plaza & portion of downtown San Antonio evacuated over bomb scare - package was phone books wrapped in tape

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Delaware man helped uncover Texas-based fraud

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Bexar voters are feeling push to extend venue tax

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Buddy West has show of support

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Paris DA candidate refuses to debate

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Thousands of Acres Burned, Midland, Greenwood fire burns more than 5,500 acres

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Wind, Fire Cause Damage To Several Socorro Homes (El Paso area)

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New Harris County DA promises to restore trust in the office

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Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee seeks Justice review of W. Va. torture case

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Political blows haven't stalled fight from the right, DeLay still working

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Time running out to comment on Trans Texas Corridor

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Texas AG's office unveils Web site to combat identity theft

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Rockwall DA's assistant testifies in theft trial

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GE to unveil plans for West Texas wind farm near McAdoo

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Survey says: Castle law good for Texas

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Texans not on fence over gun case

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Ruby's gun gets fraction of asking price at auction

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El Paso: City Manager Announces Finalists For Police Chief

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It could be a long time before Asarco restarts

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Noriega wants a Democrat who'll fight to win Texas

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B1 To Test Synthetic Fuel at Dyess AFB in Abilene

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Former Australian premier, John Howard, to lecture at A&M Wednesday

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Tuesday is 71st Anniversary of East Texas School Explosion

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Dozens of Contract Workers Escorted Out of ExxonMobil in Beaumont

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4-H clubs mark 100 years in Texas

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El Paso House race one to watch - the last laugh comment is silly because the Dem candidate was in the race even if Haggerty had won

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Dallas officers indicted on charges of assault in Steve Holy case

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Supreme Court's inaction upholds city's sex-business ordinance
 

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03/15&16/2008

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Clinton campaign wants Texas to postpone party conventions - state law sets the date for conventions so too bad

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Based on McCain age jokes, it won't be VP Hutchison

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Craddick in tight battle for Texas House speaker's job

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Rep. Buddy West's health - good enough?

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Ethics Commission: Lucio, Oliveira must answer complaint by end of month

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Race for 83rd District Attorney thrown into turmoil

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Harris Co. woman files lawsuit against AMR,  other passenger masturbated while she slept

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South Texas landowners slow border fence's progress in court

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Kansas outduels Texas to claim Big 12 title

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Texas, A&M, Baylor, UT Arlington all get NCAA Tournament bids

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Carrollton spelling whiz tops her idol to advance to national bee

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Richardson firm Sipera stops computer invasions via Internet phone

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Dallas restaurateur sees his Tex-Mex empire crumble

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Raging Texas wildfires threaten some homes

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Bush grants federal aid for Texas counties scorched by wildfires

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Houston neighbors sue Enron chief's widow over condo fees

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Texas men arrested in slayings of Detroit-area couple

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AG: Tribe's 8-liner cash payouts illegal

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North Dallas watching case on alcohol sales

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Some protest rodeo's Go Tejano Day, but show thrives

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Arrests made at cockfighting arena, pit bulls seized in separate raid

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Texas superdelegate Bob Slagle is very ill

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Chronicle writers seem to dislike conservative PAC's working to elect conservatives

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Two escaped Kyle prisoners captured, Hunt continues for two prison escapees from Kyle

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Perdenales Co-op board kept pay going for 3 retired directors

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In Lubbock, region, parties woo Hispanic vote - comments from Lubbock Co. GOP chairman are interesting as he was not involved in the party before being elect, has not been much involved as chairman, but now is to be involved after?

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For hotel maids, Spring Break is no party

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McAllen's Westside Park up for sale

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Mission in apparent violation of Open Records Act

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Hotel business in Midland is booming

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Dumas pool a hot topic
 

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House District 55 GOP runoff, Tyroch vs. Sheffield, gets to issues

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HD 81 (Odessa): West and Lewis won't debate again, aide says, Buddy West Declines Another Debate

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Lykos-Siegler DA runoff heating up Harris County

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Cooke County DA run-off heats up

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Stats: ID theft takes heavy toll in Valley

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Rigs actively looking for oil, gas down by 10

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CHIP enrollment up in Valley

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Governor chooses federal prosecutor to succeed disgraced DA

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Pentagon announces Fort Hood brigade due to deploy to Afghanistan

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Bowie Co. Bailiff who tasered restrained inmate in court may face charges

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Woman sues Six Flags over ride mishap

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Texas gasoline prices climb further into record territory

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Texas bar suspends Dallas lawyer over role in alleged stock scams

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Dallas firefighters battle three-alarm apartment fire

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Parents, staff rush to raise $315,000 to save Mesquite school

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Fort Bend assistant principal resigns after Peeping-Tom arrest

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Bastrop principal was suspended for comments to staff

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Del Rio school chief Fernandez to resign

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Judson will go ahead with stadium rebuild even with rising costs - poor broke public schools

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Dumpster leads police to charge 3 in school theft case

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Waller ISD clears hurdle in effort to sell bonds

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Texas should aid small businesses, Dem lawmaker says - yeah, let's hook even small businesses onto the government gravy train then there will be no one to oppose government spending

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Severed Finger May be Proof of Life of Lubbock Contractor, more

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Editorial: Building codes must be sound in rural areas too - another huge blow to Liberty and property rights

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Grass Fire Threatening Homes in Hays County

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This could `one of the worst days ever' for Texas wildfires

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Gun Barrel City: Pilot killed in crash described as ‘daredevil’

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Cornyn Opposes Tax Hike Proposal

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Eastland Court justices conduct actual hearings on Howard Simmons U campus

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Beware city deception in development notices

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Judge throws out suit to stop gas drilling near Trinity trails

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Actress Diane Keaton puts images of Fort Worth on display in New York

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El Pasoans mourn loss of Chico's on McRae - this Lubbockite does so as well

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"Nashville Star" Heads To Texas For Country Casting

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Editorial: A tall ozone order

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U.S. Census to open regional center in Dallas

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Corpus Christi police detain 2 teens after shooting rampage

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Burleson man flees before trial for rape in Midland

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Supplier Strike Could Close Arlington's GM Plant

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Lubbock mayor says statute threatens mobile car wash businesses

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Labor Department: $11M to be restored to Enron fund

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Comptroller Susan Combs Reports Continued Growth in State and Local Sales Tax Revenues

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Sales tax revenue is continuing to climb throughout Texas

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Comal delays vote on seniors' tax exemption until November

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Criminal investigation to begin into letters for Vasquez campaign (San Angelo police chief)

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Sen. Estes Plan to Re-file Salvia Bill

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Tyler Residents Might Vote on Anti-Smoking Ordinance

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Have A Gambling Problem? Don't Come To Texas

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Texas: Private Toll Road Uses Public Money

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Police: TV helicopters hampered efforts to end Plano standoff

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Rice fires basketball coach Willis Wilson

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Power outage shuts down some Bush airport facilities

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Six Flags reduces admission price for kids

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03/13/2008

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South Texas sheriff unaccustomed to challenges threatens reporter

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Security features on Texas ID cards will cost less than expected

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Judge finds former Cooke Co. prosecutor, & current DA candidate, broke law

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Perry criticizes tougher EPA air quality standards

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Statement by Kathleen Hartnett White on the EPA's new ozone standard

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House committee opens probe into BP blast plea deal

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State appeals court backs Houston's Quanell X

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Southwest Airlines says schedule back to normal

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Outlet malls get flashier - and closer to home

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Driver fights off police impersonator in Richland Hills

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School bus collides with a vehicle in Dallas

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Dallas mayor urges businesses to fight homelessness - what? Let 'em sleep in the lobbies?

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Colorful new $5 bill debuts Thursday

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Dallas deputy's car rammed by DWI suspect

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Illegal immigrant program stretches U.S. marshals to the limit

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Insurers' profits in Texas prompt calls for lower rates

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9-11 survivor gives $5,000 to Lubbock hosptial's burn unit

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New, higher fees needed for growth in Amarillo - shouldn't costs go down as your city grows?

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Villa Muse looking to move to another Texas city as Austin keeps project bottled up in regulatory process

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First three appointments named to state cancer institute panel

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Cobb endorses Lehmberg for Travis County DA

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Austin: Surveillance Video of Mayor Wynn Assault Released

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Population climbs 10% in Cedar Park

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Texas energy lobbyists flay legislation on taxes, climate

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Editorial: Lone Star State's big caucus vote must be counted

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Katrina evacuee leads 8-member team to national soul food honors with her gumbo

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Skydiver falls to his death in Brazoria County

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Aggie still on 'Idol'

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Incumbent Jankowski Wins Washington County Recount for sheriff

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Dallas County D.A. Under Fire for Crashing Car

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Richardson ISD has to make call on caliber of scoreboards - listener writes: "poor, poor Schools - may have to settle for a $750,000 scoreboard!"

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Downtown water off in Brownwood for repair efforts

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Study marks 2 Valley hospitals as low performers

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Cameron county: 40 GOP ballots found in bag

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Outlet Center To Replace Texas Stadium

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Military near El Paso will be 'on call' to protect border

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Loss ratio numbers from Texas insurance firms

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Trial continues: Rockwall County DA's attorney calls theft investigation 'sloppy'

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No alcohol out of doors in Port Aransas after midnight & until 7am

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Update: Explosive Threat At Corpus Christi PD Defused With No One Harmed, Woman brings hand grenade to CCPD

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Brownsville Bailiff Accused of Selling Weapons Back at Work

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Former Nacogdoches sheriff's lieutenant sentenced in child porn case

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Fort Davis Grassfires Now Under Control

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Conaway uncovers fake NRCC audit

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'Great Debaters' actress Jurnee Smollett to receive honorary Wiley degree

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Recount changes outcome in Jacksonville - rare but it can happen

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Houston: Ex-mail clerk admits to using stolen credit card

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Houston ISD teacher layoffs up for discussion

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Hills behind West Texas' historic Fort Davis will be conserved

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Lease dispute could mean move for Fort Worth landmark Kincaid's

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District Judge Runoff Avoided for the 216th District Court

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Dallas-Fort Worth home foreclosures up 19%

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Developers to build 3 large office buildings in Frisco

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Chimp killed after escaping from facility near Bastrop
 

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03/12/2008

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Study: McAllen Latino children less likely to grow up healthy

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Willacy County to resume seating grand juries after 6 months of no action

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Voter fraud & irregularity allegations plague Cameron Co. - and this is news?

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Police say mother throws boys, jumps from overpass; all 3 survive

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Police: Boys struggled as mom threw them off overpass into I-30 traffic

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Texas Crop Report

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Appeals court grants two inmates chance to get off death row

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White separatist ran as Ron Paul delegate in Tenn.

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Southwest grounds 41 jets after admitting missing inspections

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Southwest Airlines puts 3 employees on leave after safety probe

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Craddick wants deposition in lawsuit kept private

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Shipley Do-Nuts settles discrimination lawsuit with employees

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Texas Health Department official resigns after allegations surface

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Riot quelled at Houston federal facility

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Rockwall DA's defense attorney tries to cast doubt on theft accusations

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Pilgrim's Pride to cut 1,100 jobs as feed costs soar

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Dallas-Fort Worth employers added 66,500 jobs in 2007

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Amarillo Businesses Staying Competitive in Job Market

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Texas enrollment in Children's Health Insurance program surges 7%

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16 year old Mexican girl kidnapped & used as sex slave in Jacinto City

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Bush jokes about planning for daughter's wedding

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Land Board yet to consider parks option for Christmas Mountains

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Legendary 'cowboy saver' set to hang up his costume

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Fans of secluded retreat fear Trans-Texas Corridor - yes, and we'll never build another highway or rail line of any size with this type of attitude winning the day politically.

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Panel vows no private school vouchers for dropouts - in other words: the political desires of out-of-control public institutions shall continue to trump the needs of students and taxpayers

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Texas Dems ranked most centrist in U.S. House, Journal also says GOP members 4th-most conservative

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Montgomery County doctors' shootings leave questions

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Wildfire burns near UT's McDonald Observatory

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RIP Joe Wagner, Legendary Texas House doorkeeper dies

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Gordon to endorse Hobbs in Texas House race in dist. 52 runoff

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Rick Noriega swaps out chief fundraisers

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Williston: What recession? This is Texas

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Austin area cops bust big heroin operation

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Austin is seventh on college real estate scorecard

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100th V-22 Osprey produced in Amarillo

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West Texas A&M Students on Alert, Two Alleged Assaults at WT

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Randall County joins new Texas Regional Public Defender system

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New life for Amarillo's beautiful Fisk Bldg., historic site to become business-oriented hotel

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It was rural voters, not Hispanics or Republicans who gave Clinton the Texas win - I agree with Ratcliff's points. There is too much hype about what some want to be true, a massive coming of age voting power from Texas Hispanics, and not enough real data.

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Gov. appoints Tom Pauken chairman of Workforce Commission

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Frisco Landslide Threatens Residential Property

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Port Arthur city leaders vow to keep things civil - how silly

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Dems pressure Cornyn over pastor's remarks

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Fake cop robs man in Richland Hills

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Texas, El Paso still counting votes from caucuses

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Harris County Dems have yet to start caucus tally

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Editorial: Change Texas caucus system

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Arlington Files Suit To Remove Racist Graffiti

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Nurse at El Paso's Beaumont Army Medical Center allegedly gave 15 patients hepatitis C

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Governor expected to name new Harris County DA this week

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Buffalo Bills Kevin Everett honored for his strength

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Houston cops pose as hookers to nab 10

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Drag-Racing Texas TV Trucks Caught On Video

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KKK rally scheduled for March 30th canceled in Longview

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Tyler Pounds Named FAA's Texas Regional Airport of the Year

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Kerrville gets visit from sister city's mayor

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Iraan Teens Accused of Beating Two Deer to Death Return to School

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Odessa Elementary School Dealing with a Stinky Situation

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Seguin Police Chief Placed On Administrative Leave, DEVELOPING: Seguin PD captain also suspended

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Texas insurers record another year of record profits

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Perry to name Magidson and new Harris Co. DA

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Indicted Magnolia police chief won't get new contract

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Big Red Tent backing Randy Dunning in run-off for state house dist 112
 

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Bomb threat closes buildings at Levelland's South Plains College, SPC

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State rep. Isett plans to reintroduce bill to prohibit red light cameras

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40,000 a crowd: Texas Tech University officials anticipate record admission in fall

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Spike Dykes to be inducted in Texas Sports Hall of Fame

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Aide quits after accusations he impersonated reporter, lawmaker

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Dallas: Former DART official apparent victim in murder-suicide

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U.S. Bowling Congress leaves Milwaukee for Texas

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Documents suggest cozy relationship between FAA, Southwest

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Man charged with murder after driving truck into crowd

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Dr Pepper de-merger from Cadbury on track

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Man who posed as illegal immigrant released

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Judge rules against man who challenged animal sacrifice ban

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Motel 6 parent company Accor unveils new hotel prototype

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Austin College president to retire in June 2009

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Thick fog lifts in Dallas-Fort Worth

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Voucher idea for Texas dropouts resisted

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Texas attorney general asked to rule on Bible class offerings in schools

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Fight for Texas Democrat delegates won't end anytime soon

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Trial casts shadow on Texas Gulf Coast sickle cell group

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Allied Aviation pays $1.9 million to settle racial discrimination case

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New National Hurricane Center director is longtime Houston meteorologist

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New class of campus police is bigger and better-armed

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State overrules vote to rehire North Forest ISD chief

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Private schools answer to their own standards - yes, that is the 'private' in private school but it has always been the goal of Marxism & the Left to have the State rear all children.

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San Antonio vet gets presidential tour

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Odessa's Buddy West garners support from former opponents in House race

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New power plant coming to Sherman

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$100,000 reward offered in death of Home Depot employee

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Sales of existing homes in DFW, N. Texas fall for 12th straight month

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Thieves take Keller park's statue, possibly for scrap

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Hunt Co: Chemical Tanker Truck Crashes; 200 Evacuated

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Suspected College Station Serial Rapist Arrested

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Settlement reached in Pedernales co-op lawsuit

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Perry's tax cut boon to local business

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Sheriff's administrator testifies in Rockwall County DA's theft trial

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Houston will tackle convenience store crimes - no, they are just infringing on property rights & Liberty by requiring cameras and safes. Robberies and murders happen often in front of these cameras, they don't stop the problem.

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Congressman Mac Thornberry talks on C-Span about the President's veto of the 2008 Intelligence Authorization Bill
 

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03/10/2008

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Publisher: Newspapers must evolve in content delivery, ad sales

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Plano newspaper company continues fighting suburb's door-to-door literature law

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Resources, cash to mount in race for El Paso House seat (dist. 78)

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More school districts reject state merit pay program - strong evidence that a lack of money is NOT the problem

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Aggies, Hogs renewing football rivalry at Cowboys Stadium

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Latino school enrollment high in cities with immigration laws

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Five Horses Die in Barn Fire Sparked by Lightning

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Texan becomes 2nd woman soldier since WWII to earn Silver Star

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Pollution showdown looms for Houston, powerful chemical industry

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Couple recharges Mineral Wells dude ranch into artists' retreat

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South Padre's 'Two Nation Vacation' down to one for spring break

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UTEP women's basketball advanced to first-ever conference title game - lost to SMU in championship game

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Federal judge prohibits Round Rock school vote on graduation prayers

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Judge orders negotiation before border fence property seizure

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OSHA uncovers slew of refinery violations

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Jourdanton police now have M-16 fully automatic rifle (a real assault rifle)

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Hannah Montana breaks her own rodeo attendance record

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Dallas officer arrested again on DWI suspicion in Arlington

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Law expands Texas prison inmates' access to phones

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Family's brutal killings, charges against daughter rock small East Texas town

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Members of embattled Broadway Baptist in Fort Worth vote to retain pastor

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Talmadge Heflin named director of fiscal policy at the Texas Public Policy Foundation

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Brownwood gets NCAA Div. III Sweet 16 game

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Temple Resident Charged In Wife's Murder

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Texas Dems stop delegate count for now, wait on conventions

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Gov. Perry, citing strong economy, orders tax cut for businesses

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250 Austin ISD teachers have a criminal history

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SOS clarifies rule on who can vote in primary runoff

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Plane crash in Gun Barrel City kills 1

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97-Year-Old Amarillo Woman Graduates With GED

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Blue Angel Number One Arrives At USS Lexington in Texas

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North Texas is one of the nation's worst hot spots for flash flooding

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3 rescued from rising creek in Springtown

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Fort Worth federal employee decontaminated after opening letter

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Lack of scrutiny for Tarrant County gas wells questioned

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Editorial: New Ways to Measure Schools

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FBI expert testifies about computer in Rockwall County DA's theft, forgery trial

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SMU receives $2M gift from TI

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FBI launches probe of Countrywide

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Ron Paul hints he's quitting race

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Ex-TSU officials may testify in Priscilla Slade trial

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Hotel Galvez to pamper guests with new spa

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Houston ISD to re-open school closed for "air-quality" problems

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Group claims irregularities in Gillespie Co. voting box that swung primary against incumbent GOP rep. Macias in district 73

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Texas Dem chief backs change in caucuses

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Toyota donates $4 million to Texas schools

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Editorial: NAFTA criticism is woefully misguided

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Reno city funds missing, city secretary arrested

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Ralph Nader running mate talks with McAllen students

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Former Big Spring clerk indicted on theft charge

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Defibrillators coming to Grayson Co. buildings

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Comfort residents look at incorporation

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Illegal immigrants slip as hot voter issue - don't believe it

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Report: Texans paying less for natural gas

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South Houston shooting leaves two dead

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Arlington won't identify pharmaceutical drug found in city's water
03/07/2008 - no updates until Monday

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03/06/2008 - Thursday news links lost due to a technical failure - that's right - 4 hours of postings lost! Sorry.

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03/05/2008

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Presidential nomination & other campaign trails in Texas:
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Statewide returns w/ House races: GOP & Dem

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Craddick D's and Republicans fair very well overall

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Clinton finds victory, redemption in Texas, Ohio

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Clinton the winner 50.85%

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Update: No runoff, Noriega gets Dem vote for Senate, Senate race tight enough that runoff may be needed for Dems

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Sam Houston winning Dem spot for Supreme Court race

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Analysis: Texas primary dissolves into raucous caucus

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Sheep Democrats in Lubbock show why they need leaders to guide them

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Some caucuses turn chaotic, and Clinton mulls legal action

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Obama ahead in caucuses

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Obama keeps delegate lead despite losses

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John McCain seals Republican nomination, celebrates in Dallas

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Harris Co. Judge Emmett declares victory

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Harris Co. DA race in GOP primary

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Update: Montford, Lehmberg Headed for Runoff in Travis Co. DA Race, Runoff possible in Travis D.A. race, Montford & Lehmberg leading late

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Most incumbent Texas legislators emerging victorious

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Most Craddick supporters prevail in tough primary fights

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RINO Delwin Jones pulls out big victory in district 83

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Bye bye Borris Miles

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State rep. Phil King fends off teachers PACs, wins with 65%

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Update: House dist. 73: Macias (conservative) loses by 38 votes (out of 29,324), likely will hold but could change due to Provisional ballots or re-count

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RINO Haggerty smoked by Dee Margo in El Paso (dist 78) - will face tough Dem in November and could flip to Dem seat

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Runoff in Odessa's dist 81: Buddy West 38% & Tryon Lewis 44%

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RINO Geren (dist 99) fends off Annunziato with wide margin

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Incumbent GOP rep. Latham (dist 101) loses to Mike Anderson - word is that Anderson is committed to Craddick

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Incumbent GOP rep. Corbin Van Arsdale loses to Allen Fletcher - word is that Anderson is committed to Craddick

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Ron Paul keeps congressional seat by a wide margin

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Incumbent Dem rep. Borris Miles loses to Al Edwards 61% to 38% - Edwards is a Democrat Craddick backer

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Lupe Valdez leads Democrats, GOP runoff likely in Dallas sheriff's race

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Incumbent Houston appellate judge loses in GOP primary

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“Doc” Anderson Survives Primary Challenge, Sibley fails

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Texas voters stick with incumbent judges, state board members

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President George W. Bush endorses McCain

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Long-time Taylor Co. sheriff beaten in primary

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Potter County Sheriff race to go to GOP runoff