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  TEXAS HEADLINES  2008 Q2  
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Headlines archived chronologically as originally posted in 2008, 2nd Quarter


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06/30/2008

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New law changing the way districts statewide calculate GPAs

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Mansion fire could hurt chance of ending DPS 'diversion'

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Anti-smoking groups to press Dallas for expanded ordinances

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Police: Driver seemed to laugh after fatally striking HPD officer

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Paralyzed Houston surgeon fights his way back

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Second Mission police officer arrested for driving while intoxicated

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Underground gambling operation uncovered in Mission

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Why do so many students give up on school?

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Brazos Co. home day-care owner charged in injury to toddler

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Houston beauty, Brooke Daniels, takes Miss Texas crown, photo

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Offshore drilling; Industry wants new tests to check out potential

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San Antonio looking to dip into solar pool

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Biodiesel age dawns in El Paso

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Tyler newspaper to have narrower page width

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FLDS women offer handmade clothes for sale online

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State editorial roundup

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Car battery explodes, sparks blaze at 14,000 sq. foot El Paso home

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Editorial: Hand-held phones: Texas should ban use while driving

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Cornyn aide bets $100 that he's not been fired

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McAllen officials fear new drug epidemic

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America’s Amazing Border Sheriff

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Private university costs comparable to state schools - this is my point, state schools are supposed to cost less as they are subsidized

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Texas Game Warden's Step-up Enforcement for Boating Safety

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Joe Horn cleared by grand jury in Pasadena shootings

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Copper Thieves Hit Dallas Church 3 Times In 1 Week

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Granbury Police Identify Bodies Found In SUV, Hood County tax assessor's office mourns after slayings

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For South Texas peyote dealers, business is dwindling

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Fire Kills Grandmother, 2 Granddaughters in Sabine County

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Will Wes Clark hurt Rick Noriega?

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Hutchison: America is still a beacon of liberty

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2 Fort Hood Units Heading Back to Iraq

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Thousands Of Texas Fugitives Busted During Operation Falcon

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Web site launched to help Austinites lower carbon output - woo-hoo!

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Poll finds Texans concerned over traffic congestion, supportive of regional rail

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Focus On: Tickets or traffic tax?

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Dallas County launches roundup to collect unpaid traffic tickets

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Continental rolls back airfare hike, then reinstates part of it

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UT Brownsville branch returns to court to fight border fence

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North Texas Newlyweds Battle American Gladiators

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Woman dies in accident after fleeing traffic stop

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93-year-old woman beaten in Terrell dies

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Texas manufacturing activity weakens in survey

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Lewisville-based STA Travel closes most retail locations

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Deloitte to build $300M facility in Westlake

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Pastor Joel Osteen’s Big Show in San Antonio

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Pauken: The Dallas Appraisal District – Can it Get Any Worse?

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Missing Humble toddler dumped at Wal-Mart in North Houston

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Editorial: AT&T move a loss, but San Antonio still solid

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Pharr man found tortured, shot dead in Reynosa

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Midland: Dingus eligible to run for state representative, judge says, Craddick gets an opponent after all (Dem in the General Election)

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Road future: Corridor planning taking a toll on East Texas land?

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Nacogdoches Goes Smoke Free - or, Texas' oldest town steps on property right, diminishes Liberty

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Garland police: One gunman may be behind three shootings

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Eliminating Tax Cuts will Dampen Economy

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Harris Co. Sheriff apologizes to Muslims, announces discipline

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TEA assigns conservator to Lancaster school district
 

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06/28&29/2008

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Gov. Perry now longest serving Texas governor, polls don't look as good

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Wind Farm Could Pump Big Bucks Into Some Schools

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Grand juries opt against charges in Evins prison cases

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Lawyer pleads guilty to stealing from dead clients

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UNT professor helps document looted art from Iraq

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Odessa and state says goodbye to longtime lawmaker

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About 200 attend state funeral of Rep. Buddy West

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Reporters, ADA don't have to discuss relationships in E Texas sex case

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Mexicans protest border fence with trees

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Man impersonating officer robs driver in Dallas

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3 Dallas police officers injured in robbery attempt

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Antiques Roadshow taping in Dallas

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McCain, Obama court Hispanic voters

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Sailboat in deadly Gulf of Mexico regatta capsizing was repaired before

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19 sick from chlorine after pump failure at Wet Zone in Rowlett

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Poll: Half of Americans say U.S. schools aren't preparing kids

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Study looks at test scores of limited English speakers

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Texas lawmaker's role in Mexico ransom case questioned

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TSU regents say standards not being met

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State-of-art ship will aid universities in finding dead zones, exploring the Gulf Stream

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Discontent of Texans will affect the Legislature

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Firefighters kept busy as drought worsens; forecasts offer slim hope

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Perry bypassed business people for transit post - But you see, he is the Governor and it is his right to appoint the person of his choice, there is no seniority waiting line.

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Two Denton animal shelter workers suspended after killing wrong dog

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Documents, interviews show how sex ring was busted

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Immigration fugitive team to work from Waco

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District's critics, supporters view Dallas ISD audit's outcome differently

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Would a John McCain win take Phil Gramm back to Washington?

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Opinion: DA's policy in newborn's death amounts to capital error

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Study: Houston feeling pinch over health care

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Legendary Rice professor, Robert Curl, retiring

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Republican leader downplaying race

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Scrap-metal stag stands tall in San Antonio

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Family of dead inmate hopes DNA test will clear him

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Past and perhaps future rivals for Texas governor meet up at coffee shop

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A high-profile UFO search comes to Wise County

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Alarming rise in guns at D/FW - if it were a "safety" issue, they'd let us carry guns & keep TSA employees far from them.

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Miss Texas pageants will be broadcast online again

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Port of CC aims to be ready for Navy's Ingleside exit
 

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06/27/2008

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Texas may feel ripple effect of Supreme Court's handgun ban ruling

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Court's gun ruling means no changes in Texas statutes

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Supreme Court's rejection of handgun ban triggers new debate

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TEA faulted for oversight of alternative certification program

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Horn tells grand jury about fatal shootings, his attorney says

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After some infighting, HISD passes $1.6 billion budget

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Missouri City votes to take over golf club for public park

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Texas man sentenced for bilking resorts in Rockies

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Colonel gets 9-year term, is kicked out of Air Force

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DNA test clears Texas man in prison since 1993

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DNA evidence led to Corpus Christi man's arrest

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Texas man sentenced for bilking resorts in Rockies

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Lubbock Revisiting New $6.7 Million Visitor Center Boondoggle

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Texas Forest Service looks for Urban Foresters

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Arrest Warrant Issued For Former Local Little League Coach in Bell Co.

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Federal Judge Refuses To Dismiss Suit Against Killeen ISD

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Llano County learned from floods

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Texas man charged in NY with holding immigrants hostage

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Electric co-ops accuse Rep. Cooper (D-Tennessee) of wrongdoing

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Head of Texas agency in polygamist raid retiring

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Texas judge's DWI charge dropped

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Judge rules immunity exists for Cameron Co. JP

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Gas prices slightly lower across Texas

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Lone Star Park's top trainer, Steve Asmussen, faces drug suspension

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Boiler Leak Shuts Down Pirkey Power Plant in Longview

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Ratepayers Alliance Protests New SWEPCO Plant

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New Motions Filed In 'Booger Red' Kelly Child Molestation Case

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John Sharp: How to solve America’s energy crisis

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Teachers are missing the mark in math

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Editorial: Preserve authority of San Antonio city auditor

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San Angelo police recover antique weapons

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Muslim's outraged over Harris Co. sheriff's dept. emails - possibly they need some of that Preparation M

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Dems Giving Up On Rick Noriega? - don't count on it

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Summer a deadly time along U.S.-Mexico border - it's their choice

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State Sen. Nichols identifies transportation, water and education as hot-button issues

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Texas' first 6 months could be among 10 driest

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Odessa Pastor Pleads Guilty to Fraud and Identity Theft

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West Texas Fire Officials Praise Gov. Perry's Declaration

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Texas Forest Service Fighting Fires in and Around the Davis Mountains

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Detention center project under consideration in Willacy County

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Federal prison proposed for Nacogdoches

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U.S. helps ransom Congressman Reyes' (D-El Paso) kin, relative of congressman's wife whisked out of Mexico

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Poll: Kay Bailey Hutchison is Texans' favorite politician

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Dr Pepper Snapple wins eBay auction to sponsor bride's wedding

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Dallas investor in talks to buy big chunk of Deep Ellum

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Texas GOP announces finalists for Anti-Obama slogan contest

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Pro-life group targeting Texas as "potential swing state" with new ad

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Cornyn laughs off lampooning

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Exorcism protected by 1st Amendment, Texas high court rules

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Vidor High School assistant principal indicted

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Endangered Kemp's ridley sea turtle numbers rising

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Screw San Antonio: AT&T to move headquarters to Dallas

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Austin Java Owner Upset with Marcia Ball over Pecan Trees

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Grassroots homesteaders tighten ranks to fight urban encroachment

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Aircraft catches fire inside San Marcos airport hangar

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Softer real-estate market doesn't equal appraisal relief

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G.I. Joe collectors invade Frisco hotel

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RIP: Polk Robison, Texas Tech sports icon, coach & AD, dead

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Texas Medical Assoc. PAC withdraws Cornyn endorsement over Medicare fee cut vote, more

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Oncor wants to hike electric delivery rates by 2.7%

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Sept. 11 memorial in Grapevine to honor American, United crews
 

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06/26/2008

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2nd Amendment ruling:
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Read the Supreme Court's decision on District of Columbia v. Heller (pdf)

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Supreme Court strikes down D.C. handgun ban

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Justice Stevens' dissent on Heller frightening!

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Supreme Court says Americans have right to guns but 4 justices ignore the Bill of Rights

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Supreme Court Declares That the Second Amendment Guarantees an Individual Right to Keep and Bear Arms

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McCain aims at Obama: Chicago Gun Ban Infringes On Rights

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Texas leaders react to right to keep guns decision

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Gohmert Applauds Supreme Court Decision on Gun Rights

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Texas Real Estate Slump Lets Mexicans Take It Back

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South Korea lifts ban on US beef imports

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Irving mayor, council member's rivalry reignited

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North Texas ATM thefts growing in violence, frequency

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Texas has 330 cases of salmonella linked to tomatoes

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Man accused of taping 9-year-old Texas girl to tree as punishment

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T. Boone Pickens rejects submissions refuting Kerry swift boat ads

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Conditions at many Dallas fire stations a cause for alarm

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A history of lawsuit reform in Texas, part 1

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McAllen: Businessman's kidnapper to face federal charges

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Harlingen police officer shot during traffic stop

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Neighborhood sign in Waco causes a stir

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West Texas not on higher ed's expansion list

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U.S. Supreme Court asked to intervene in BP blast case

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Inmate found hanged in Amarillo jail

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Column: Both sides of drilling issue have merit

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Claim: Noriega was joking about drilling for oil in Iraq

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Noriega pushes alternative energy

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Noriega: We need to get the nation back on course - every column, speech & appearance is all about him being a soldier to the point of the same shameless behavior as John Kerry.

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'Big John' Cornyn's campaign ad goes viral

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Rep. Driver and others on government working

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Abbott: Commit to protecting freedom of the press

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Hight: The Price of progress at the Pedernales co-op

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Georgetown Police Chief's Daughter Arrested With Marijuana and Cocaine

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Former UT Player Andre Jones Pleads Guilty to Robbery

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Suspected Gang Leader Fights Extradition From Williamson County

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San Marcos conference center has already lined up more than 40 events

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Former Hidalgo County elections chief Teresa Navarro pleads not guilty

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Surge in passengers fuels Beaumont leaders' hope of building train/bus depot

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Editorial: Cities must demolish dilapidated structures

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Texas Business Tax May Not Reach Revenues Goal - maybe but it's too early to tell

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Contract Talks Between Fort Worth, FWPD Break Off

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NBC Settles 'Predator' Suit With Victim's Sister

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American Expects To Cut Management Jobs By 8% - fewer suits to abuse their customers

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Winds Damage Homes in Bryan

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'Ashley's Killer' verdict is set aside

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Poll shows a tight race for Texas with McCain ahead 5 points

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Texas Supreme Court Ruling a Setback for Gillespie County

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Broken lock traps 2 men in Humble DPS bathroom

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Teen charged in newborn's death in school bathroom

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Former Dallas City Council member James Fantroy reports to prison

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DART chairman: 'I would like us out of the jewelry and clothes business'

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Developer selected for TxDOT contract that will push Trans Texas Corridor forward

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Apollo Real Estate Advisors buys Hilton Dallas Lincoln Centre

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Southwest Airlines changes up its schedules

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Harris County grand jury takes up Joe Horn case again

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Fiancee of Joe Horn shooting victim speaks out

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Commission approves step toward developing south part of I-69

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Vietnam prime minister's Houston visit draws protesters

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Obama to bring campaign fight, funding to Texas

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Harris County man survives lightning strike

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Historic firearm, owner reunited - Cinco de Mayo man, Cinco de Mayo

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DA: Charges not likely in Diboll election case

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Midland officials delay demolition of downtown eyesore till November

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Teen accused of killing teacher had a criminal record

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Grand jury leaves sect case in limbo, No indictments issued, but panel meets anew in July

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House committee approves funds for San Antonio river projects - pork

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Pipeline for Pecos River settlement finished

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