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06/30/2010 |
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Former Governor Dolph Briscoe to be buried Thursday at his S. Texas ranch |
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The push for gambling, and the pushback |
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Slot machine proponents address lawmakers |
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Lawmakers launch public discussion of gambling options |
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Texas attorney general says school districts must allot money for teacher
'step' raises |
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Federal Quarterly Report Data on "Stimulus" spending in Texas |
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May: Existing single-family home sales up more than 4% from April totals |
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April's Leading Economic Indicators Index for Texas rose more than 5%
year-over-year |
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Editorial: Tax fairness isn't a firing offense |
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Gov. Perry Appoints Danny Vines to Bioenergy Policy Council
|
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Gov. Perry Appoints Diane Stoebner-May to Texas State Board of Examiners of
Psychologists |
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Three bid to run Texas lottery online games |
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Rep. John
Otto wants 2nd "Rainy Day" fund to even out good & bad years |
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Democrats put forth a side-by-side comparison of their platform to that of
the RPT |
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David Smith
on the Democrat platform side-by-side |
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Democrats urge Texas Supreme Court to block Greens from ballot |
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Obama, Latino lawmakers huddle to plot immigration strategy |
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House passes Pete Sessions' resolution to honor special education teachers |
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Texas foster
children sent far from home - for
some that can be a blessing |
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Rick Perry and Bill White hustle for bucks |
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Perry campaign targets Latino voters |
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Garcia: Latino GOP candidates on a winning streak |
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Is it horse sense that only vets file teeth? |
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Texas Keeps Stricter E. Coli Water Standards |
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State law on access to public records must be followed even in unpleasant
disputes |
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Texas May Get More Nuclear Power Plants |
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Case shows public education illness |
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Texas Has Fewer Inmates; What The Hell Are We Doing Wrong? |
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Redistricting:
West Texas' Kel Seliger named senate chairman |
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Dewhurst appoints interim redistricting committee |
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Prominent Democratic donor, lawyer John O'Quinn's FBI file now public; see
the details behind an O'Quinn jury tampering accusation |
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Dem Land Commissioner candidate, Uribe, gave CPR
to fallen jogger - fabulous story! |
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Cornyn secures cover from Kagan on GOP's criticism of Marshall |
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Hurricane/Storm
news:
|
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Obama's Federal
War on Texas
|
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Border issues:
|
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Lawsuit says city, Dallas Fire-Rescue bilked millions from government |
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Census can count on trouble in West Texas |
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Geothermal energy is gaining ground in Texas |
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Brownsville beats out San Antonio for Farouk Shami's plastics factory |
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La Vega Principal Once Arrested, Now Heads Back To School |
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Dallas officer fired
and arrested for sexual assault of a citizen |
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Early rains bring plentiful fruit crop to West Texas |
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Officials hoping to make progress in Hale Center bomb scare case |
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Austin City
Council Spends Money to Figure Out How to Spend More Money |
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Austin receives $200K to promote volunteerism
- talk about a contradiction! |
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Waco: Citizens again lead pledge at commissioners court while waiting for
official policy |
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Former Texas death row inmate gets life sentence |
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Ex-DPS trooper may face discipline |
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DPS employee arrested for allegedly taking bribes |
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Preservation Dallas lists 'most endangered' city buildings |
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Senior independent living operators offering incentives |
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Man accused of posing as deputy to live rent-free |
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Battle to save Camp Bullis may be over |
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San Antonio's Municipal Auditorium now the Tobin Center for the Performing
Arts |
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San Antonio Water System revives its irrigation rebate program
|
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San Antonio mayor Castro appears on The Colbert Report |
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Photos Show Armed Convenience Store Robber Who Stole Only Cigarettes |
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Could wind turbines damage military's air defense radar? |
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China learns wind energy isn't free |
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'I cannot support this', Abilene's mayor says about selling waste water to
power plant |
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Abilene's Mayor Joins KRBC to Talk About Tenaska Announcement
|
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Westward growth into Parker County is testing resources, cooperation |
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Canyon rides to the rescue of Tex Randall |
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Sweetwater ISD Teacher Arrested for Drunk Driving |
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Texas A&M student trespasses on beach damaged by Gulf oil |
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Texas A&M students float for hours after kayak flips over in Galveston |
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BuildASign gives military families $3M in signs |
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Austin: Iconic El Patio restaurant's owner says
it may have to move - the local gov.
sewer |
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Austin ends toilet-rebate program
- talk about the local gov. sewer! |
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Jasper City Council bans K-2 |
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Former Brenham Nurse On Trial Over 4-Year-Old Daughter's Death |
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2 ex-Houston County lawmen get prison over assault |
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Former Football Star to Be Executed Tonight |
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Court Says Convicted Texas Killer May Be Too Mentally Ill To Execute |
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Car Crashes Through Corpus Christi Dining Room |
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Fort Worth-based Pier 1 Imports to re-enter Web sales with site-to-store
model |
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Irving Man Completes Around-the-World Distance |
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Group Launches Pro-Wet Campaign in Dallas |
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Developers want to turn Dallas' empty 52-story Elm Place Tower into luxury
apartments |
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Dallas Morning News Pulls Controversial Blog Post |
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Dallas County Constable Investigated For Brutality |
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New 'Big Brother' Cast Includes Decatur Man |
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2 Jailed For Fort Worth Shooting Spree |
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El Paso city manager claims "public safety" forces tax hike |
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Developer acquires Jean Lafitte Hotel in Galveston |
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New
ways sought to keep Bishop’s Palace alive in Galveston |
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Bartonville to bicyclists: Pedal elsewhere |
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2 men arrested for vandalizing Ponder High School |
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Hicks drew salary, expenses from bankrupt Rangers |
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Port of Houston to pay out nearly $2M for dredging work |
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Continental to offer specialty cocktails |
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ConocoPhillips loses Monsanto breach-of-contract lawsuit |
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Stafford: Mother of newborn abandoned on doorstep to face felony charges
|
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Deputy Constable's Son, 15, Shoots Intruder
- anti-wimp |
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Carthage Country Club destroyed in fire |
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Nolanville council to talk about mayor |
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TAKS cheating allegation reported at HISD middle school |
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Odessa Permian Teacher Arrested for Inappropriate Relationship with Student |
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Two TCU athletes named to world championship shooting team |
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Texas, Washington Anti-Camera Initiatives Gather Momentum |
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DOD opens new medic training campus in San Antonio |
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Canadian gets a facelift |
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More Than $25k Stolen In Fraudulent Checks Stolen |
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Central Texas Woman, Son Charged In Theft Of Cattle |
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TABC files charges in college student's death at Baylor party |
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New
details, police report on Tech HSC professor under investigation
|
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06/29/2010 |
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Forbes: If you're looking for economic opportunity, go to Texas |
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White distances self from Obama in national
interview - just as Democrats pretend
not to be liberals in most all elections. |
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White video hits Perry, Toomey |
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Bill White
(too liberal) for Texas |
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Come and take it! Perry fights attacks Texas style |
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Karen Hughes lauds Perry campaign, predicts big GOP wins in midterms |
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GOP ties bind Green Party candidates in Texas case |
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Are Green Party leaders at risk of indictment? |
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Democrats upbeat during candidate forum in Collin County |
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Rep. Linda Harper-Brown says she's given up company's Mercedes |
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Texans prefer slots over tax hikes to boost
state revenue - it's a false choice.
Slot gambling will not produce the amount of money projected. Texans truly
support cutting spending over boosting state revenue! |
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Gambling On A Flawed Poll
- good info on state's budget gaps with gambling |
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Comparing public vs. private sector compensation |
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Stories about Gov. Dolph Briscoe abound |
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Dolph Briscoe boosted open government in Texas |
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Mercer: New social studies standards increase minority representation |
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Congressman Barton named 'Big Oil All Star'
- I'd be proud of this. Do these folk truly find this an insult? |
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States' responses to health law mixed |
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Texas has 13th highest rate of obesity in U.S., study says |
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Billy Hamilton's do's and don'ts on outsourcing |
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Examining Decades of Growth in K-12 Education: Spending & Achievement trends |
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A Case Study on Tort Reform |
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Education Commissioner a no-show at hearing |
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Transit Agencies Should Open Their Books |
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Lawmaker chides Combs for rebate fiasco |
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Border issues:
|
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Hurricane/Storm
news:
|
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Galveston officials worried about BP spill |
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Case-Shiller report shows Dallas-area home prices up 3.3% in April |
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Inmates accused of attacking Bexar Co. jail guard |
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Internal Review: Allegations Against Woodway City Manager Unfounded |
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Police: Device Found At Temple Motel 6 Looked Like A Bomb, But It Wasn’t
|
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Temple police seek info on ‘hoax’ bomb |
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Humana may drop 35,000 people from coverage at San Antonio's Methodist
hospitals |
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Online solicitation nets 5-year sentence for S.A. man |
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Conroe police seek attacker of 62-year-old homeless woman |
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San Antonian admits role in mortgage fraud |
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San Antonio church closes day center for
homeless - big government projects
destroy smaller, more effective ministries. |
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Update:
2nd Terry County escapee found in Brownfield,
One Terry County Escapee Back in Custody |
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Missing Stinnett Woman Found Safe |
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Lubbock resident spends two months on Mercy Ships |
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Fort Worth lawyer played role in 2nd Amendment case |
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Texas reworking plan for radioactive waste shipments |
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Dallas County commissioners don't agree with DA's budget stance |
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McLennan County commissioner seeking input for meeting prayer guidelines |
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Suit filed
against Chico's Tacos in El Paso: Gay men allege city, security violated
civil rights |
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Farmers from down-under visit Texas farmers |
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DPS finds drugs after money laundering arrests |
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McMurry University sows seeds on expansion plans in Abilene |
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Abilene's mayor says no to selling waste water to Tenaska coal-fired power
plant,
more |
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Polygamous sect leader refuses Texas extradition |
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Bengals RB Cedric Benson arrested in Austin |
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Bullock, James divorce finalized in Texas |
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Lufkin-area gets $1.4M in tornado relief |
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Finalist drops out of Austin Energy GM race |
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Austin Mesa Offshore Royalty Partnership dissolves |
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Pier 1 CEO: We are "stronger and fitter" |
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Dallas-Fort Worth retail market faces challenges |
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Dell Inc. hiring 5,000 sales workers |
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For victim’s mother, pain amplified at Hall’s new punishment trial |
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Hays County murder suspect in police standoff at Missouri motel |
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Proposed oil pipeline through Texas raises worries
|
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Austin #10 on Forbes list of best cities for young professionals |
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Year looks good for Texas peach crop |
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Driver crashes into College Station motel room |
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San Antonio Woman Pleads Guilty to Killing Boss |
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Bandaged Bandit Robs Weatherford Walgreens |
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Dallas PD Second-in-Command Apologizes for Controversial Funeral Escort |
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City of Del Rio
utility billing employee "released" amid investigation |
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Big 12 coaches brace for tougher schedules in smaller conference |
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Retaining Dirk Is "Number 1 Priority" For Mavs |
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Mavs' Cuban On The Record: Two Fueled-Up Jets, 'No B.S. And All Business'
|
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$10,000 reward offered in Irving hit-and-run that killed Marine on leave
from Afghanistan |
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Grapevine police arrest father accused of giving marijuana bong to infant |
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Houston radio station off air due to copper theft,
Broadcast resumes today |
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Driver Carjacked At Red Light |
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Cops: Mom, daughter open fire on home invader
- anti-wimps |
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Armed intruders hold man at gunpoint |
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Fugitive Finder: Mission Home Invasion Suspect
|
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Ex-officer accused in taped beating says he's a good man |
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One
local government keeps another from tearing down El Paso school building |
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Budweiser Delivery Truck Driver Shot In Fort Worth |
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Houston arsonist seeks new trial, citing double jeopardy |
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Texas plywood mill lays off 320 workers in Cleveland |
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Family refuses to remove sign honoring military |
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Artist undertakes huge painting project in Houston |
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Lampasas enacts mandatory water limits |
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Houston man admits to bilking lenders out of $10M |
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No kidding, RSS feed
from CBS 7 in Midland at 1:30 today: "No breaking news at this time" |
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Bromberg: Fort Bliss will experience population boom this Fall |
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Health-Nazi's smoking ordinance proposal in-full |
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Beer, Wine Arrive In Jacksonville |
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The Buzz About Honeybees In East Texas |
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88-year-old robbed, two men arrested |
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Galveston council recount shows Legg the winner, Woods plans lawsuit |
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Dozens arrested in Harris County in drug trafficking ring
|
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06/28/2010 |
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Statement by Gov. Rick Perry on Death of Gov. Dolph Briscoe |
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Photos: Remembering Dolph Briscoe |
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Dolph Briscoe: A special report |
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RIP: Gov. Dolph Briscoe dead at 87 |
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Texas
Municipal Police Association Endorses Gov. Rick Perry |
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HD84’s
Carol Morgan: The Perfect Liberal Democrat |
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Texas small business tax exemption could change |
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Expert: Home builders should expect slow sales, flat 2010 |
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Pauken on long-term unemployed: Put ‘em to work |
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Working for Public Benefits… A Radical Idea? |
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Number of Texans receiving some type of
unemployment benefits rose from 507,600 in May of 2009 to 576,500 in
May of 2010 |
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Texas Officials Praise Supreme Court Gun Rights Ruling
|
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Statement by Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott on the McDonald v.
City of Chicago decision |
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Texas hacking threat under investigation by FBI |
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Ex-Gubernatorial Candidate Farouk Shami Plans To Keep Job Promise To
El Paso |
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Update:
Texas schools can't stop teachers from giving zeros,
11 Texas school districts take support for minimum grades to court
today |
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Texas' Ralph Hall, 87, now oldest member of Congress |
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Green Party appeals to Texas Supreme Court for reinstatement to ballot |
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Burka: A new book on the Texas prison system |
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Democrat state
convention:
|
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Obama's Federal
War on Texas
|
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Border issues:
|
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Hurricane/Storm
news:
|
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Texas Mulls Building More Nuclear Reactors |
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Texas set to execute 2 from Montgomery County |
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Texas manufacturers less optimistic,
Texas manufacturing activity drops |
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Demand, rents drop for D-FW office, warehouse space |
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Media deal snafu for Texas Rangers, Dallas Stars |
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Another potential Texas Rangers buyer emerges |
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Miss Texas pageant winners have enviable Miss America record |
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Palin Critical of
Obama’s Handling of Gulf Spill in Tyler "Oil Palace" appearance |
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Victory for transparency in local government |
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Experts warn stab wounds common, less deadly but just as punishable |
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Lubbock man advances in world's largest guitar competition |
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“Wimbledon of
Classical Guitar” in Austin |
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Two men escape from Terry County Jail |
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Statewide search issued for two men that escaped from the Terry County Jail |
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Controversial Andrews waste site to get notice of violation |
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Richardson woman
gets back lost 1976 college ring |
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Texas vendor says
$170,000 in fireworks stolen |
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Mom from Spring on
trial after daughter, 4, died |
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Former First Lady Signs Books At Fort Hood; Stops Monday In Waco
|
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Unapologetic Landlord Explains Missing Water Bill Payments; Neighbor Steps
In
|
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Kerr couple fights to keep animals |
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Utah
concealed carry course causing concern in Texas
- New Mexico & Kansas, among others, do NOT
recognize a Utah permit. |
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Texans getting concealed handgun permits without ever firing a shot
|
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San Angelo Smoke-Free too inflexible |
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Home
gardeners and farmers feud with grasshoppers overwhelming their plants |
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Round Rock among Nation's fastest growing cities |
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Small Plane Makes Emergency Landing in Midland County |
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Sex abuse lawsuit filed against Diocese of Brownsville
|
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Amputees Bike
into Tyler Today |
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Valley teacher, college student jailed in cyber sex sting
|
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TV falls on 2-year-old girl in Cresson, kills here |
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Former Colleyville Church School Worker Jailed On Child Indecency Charges |
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Grandma accused of driving drunk with infant grandchild in backseat |
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Sanger man indicted on capital murder charge in boy's death |
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Texas Man Accused Of Killing Crying Toddler During World Cup Match
|
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Three injured after 15 person brawl erupts in Lubbock park |
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Routine traffic stop turns into wild police chase |
 |
Power outage forces students from Pasadena elementary |
 |
Dollar Tree sells US flag with 61 stars
- it's not even an Obama-flag! He said
that we had 57 states. |
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University of Houston gets $2.3M grant for new wind facility |
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Galveston wants to relocate old cotton presses
- note to reporter: Texas is still major player in the global cotton trade. |
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Chesapeake, residents at odds over south Arlington drilling plans |
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South Central El Paso Left In Dark After Lightning Storm |
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68-Year-Old Woman Dies After Struck By Car At Race |
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Dallas City Manager Vows To Investigate Funeral Escort |
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Red Light Cameras Making Millions For State |
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Texas Red Light Cameras, profit or safety tool?
|
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Corpus Christi Port development project moving forward despite problems |
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Capital Metro expected to end free rides for UT students
|
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Central Texas Ashley Furniture frachisee planning six new stores
|
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Woman jailed after car stolen at gunpoint |
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Jury selection begins in Laura Hall sentencing trial
|
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Stinnett woman missing police need your help |
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Austin school officials: District will miss federal targets again |
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Poll: More Texas R's want Gingrich or Palin in White House than Perry |
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Man arrested in Amarillo road-rage incident |
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Sixteen-story office tower planned in downtown Austin |
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Firing of Austin PD internal affairs detective upheld |
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Woodville: Pre-kindergarten teacher charged with aggravated sexual assault
|
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06/26&27/2010 |
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RIP: Gov. Dolph Briscoe dead at 87
- a full play of Freeze a Yankee in tribute on Monday's Pratt on Texas. |
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GOP files complaint against anti-Perry group,
PAC says it complied with law |
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Cornyn: Kagan
Record Raises Concerns About 2nd Amendment Rights |
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Less than
Half of Voters Support Kagan Confirmation |
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El Paso ISD: Teaching a town "to cheat - not to compete" |
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More public money used to attract big events to Texas |
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Perry taps corporate fund to market Texas for
business development - better than
using tax money |
 |
Palin in Texas, Obama lacks leadership with Gulf oil spill
|
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Palin fires up enthusiastic Texas crowd during visit |
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Editorial: Challenges to Straus put ideology ahead of the state |
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Pratt: Are
conservatives against "good" for Texas? |
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The
Importance of Redistricting |
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Texas transit agencies should open their books |
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Former east Texas lawmaker, Rep. Bob Glaze, dead at 82
|
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Democrat state
convention:
|
 |
Obama's Federal
War on Texas
|
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Border issues:
|
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Texas
Prepares for Effects from Oil Spill |
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Community college enrollment grows, bugdets shrink |
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University, higher education group urge financial restraint on sports |
 |
Tech's Hance details hectic weeks of trying to save Big 12 |
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Lies catch up to A&M's former executive Kemos |
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Alberto Gonzales talks about his new life in Lubbock and Tech |
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Students may have witnessed TTUHSC professor surfing for sexual material,
Public reacts |
 |
Small plane lands in trees at Lubbock Motor Speedway |
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Why don’t more TV shows filmed in Texas actually reflect our state? |
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Texas students to face tougher graduation
requirements - yeah right. |
 |
Residents Mad Over Funeral Procession For Accused Killer |
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Not All West Texans Ready to Sip "Sexy" Coffee |
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Breckenridge fire chief. 65, served community in many ways |
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Gun Barrel City: East Texas standoff persists |
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Travis Co: USPS may shutter historic post office built in 1880's |
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Panhandle oil field production: Upsurge for crude |
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Amarillo red light cameras making city cash |
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Fake money passed at Amarillo garage sales |
 |
Dallas County DA says cuts elsewhere would meet $43 million budget shortfall
without tax hike |
 |
Historic East Texas theater faces grim reality of modern movie going |
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Things looking up for Dallas area, midyear survey of business leaders finds |
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Bryan Police Department Suspends Sergeant
|
 |
EP
Man Holds Up Sign To Get Wife Back After He Lies |
 |
Gay Pride takes center stage in Houston |
 |
FEMA prepares to close Texas City office |
 |
Partially-naked man dies after police altercation
|
 |
Horse carriage driver stabs motorcyclist in San Antonio fray
|
 |
Officer killed by Dallas police chief's son called model lawman |
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Some fear HIV program will strain system |
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Man charged with murder in Mission home invasion |
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Burglary victim shoots, kills intruder |
 |
Luby’s cleared to buy bankrupt Fuddruckers
|
 |
06/25/2010 |
 |
Democrat state
convention:
|
 |
Poll: Hutchison vulnerable if she runs again |
 |
New poll: Hutchison's approval rating plummets |
 |
HD83’s Delwin Jones is still troubling the Texas House |
 |
HD45: GOP
nominee Jason Isaac BBQs some liberal |
 |
House GOP flap: Solomons, Berman swap insults |
 |
Averitt asks for name to be taken off ballot |
 |
Green Party blocked from Texas ballot
- linking Toomey's completely legal work to the other group which was using
corporate money is what the writers does but the two are not linked.
Personally I don't believe a ban on corporate money exists for petition for
ballot access - tons of corporate money has been used in petitions for
alcohol sales elections. |
 |
Circle of Perry associates grows in the Green
Party scandal - leave it Slater to
call this a "scandal" when the only thing scandalous is the Democrats suing
to keep their fellow-travelers off the ballot. |
 |
Sorting through the Green Party ruling and the Toomey surprise |
 |
SBOE's Tincy Miller discusses Social Studies curriculum |
 |
Flynn:
Liberals Incensed Because SBOE Succeeded |
 |
Texas Congressman Burgess zeroes in on government inspections of ill-fated
rig |
 |
Texas’ 17th
Congressional District: Flores vs. Edwards |
 |
Unsigned death certificates create problems for families, state
|
 |
Bingo Operators Sue the State |
 |
Houston judge to hold hearing on Texas death penalty law |
 |
Governor Perry Announces Nominations for Star of Texas Awards
|
 |
Tips
on the Lege for $285 per bureaucrat? Organizers defend seminar for agency
heads |
 |
Border issues:
|
 |
Engineer says Alamo
chapel safe, despite cracks |
 |
Midland: Bomb blast
injures police officer during training work |
 |
Austin to study
paying for $1.3 billion rail line |
 |
D/FW Airport's $2 billion terminal project will increase fees for parking,
airlines, concessions |
 |
Port San Antonio lauded by base closure group |
 |
Texas gas prices
bottom out |
 |
Ahead of auction, Caprock Winery hosts open house |
 |
Lubbock Man Demands Action For Treatment of Police Dog |
 |
Defense drops moving Tyler trial over Mineola club |
 |
Flooded Dallas County Records Building to reopen |
 |
DPS trooper from Amarillo fired for choking man, pleads guilty to assault |
 |
It's amateur hours for ham radio operators |
 |
San Antonio Federal Reserve branch out-sources currency services |
 |
Army captain from Killeen pleads guilty in Iraq scam |
 |
Galveston: Army recruiter suspended after allegations
|
 |
State halts new funeral home's operations |
 |
Jailed lobbyist not liable for ex's legal expenses |
 |
The State is rounding up "squirrels"
|
 |
County Attorney blocked from line of questioning at TexCom hearing |
 |
Cameron Co. sheriff provides glimpses of jail expansion |
 |
Crabber dies after lightning strikes boat |
 |
Corpus Christi police clerks resign during criminal investigation |
 |
Expert: Reform will put squeeze on small banks |
 |
Dallas Mayor Talks About $130M Budget Shortfall |
 |
Waco Woman Headed To Jail In Bogus Breast Cancer Benefit Scam
|
 |
City Cuts Off Water, Residents Insist They Paid Landlord
|
 |
Dallas' alcohol-sales campaign likely to keep a low profile |
 |
Homeowners question Southern Methodist University's campus expansion plans
|
 |
Dallas Woman Joins 'Twilight' Stars At Premiere |
 |
El
Paso Makes Millions Off Red Light Citations |
 |
Colleyville ISD Parents Angry School Didn't ID Sex Offender |
 |
Mediation ordered in Rangers bankruptcy, possibly risking trade hopes |
 |
In Fort Worth, apparently 'greater good' means more people get more money |
 |
Houston now has more electric car charging stations |
 |
League
City restructures departments |
 |
Texas Southern University taken off accrediting probation |
 |
Customers Attack Nail Salon Owner |
 |
Missing elderly woman from Dickinson found dead in Houston |
 |
Susana de Jesus' killer gets life in prison without parole
|
 |
400 million cigarette butts littering Texas roads |
 |
Rural church building finds new life in Seguin |
 |
TCU's secret weapon: The Rally Turtle |
 |
Editorial: Hear SpaceX engines roar |
 |
Abandoned Henderson Rail Line Reopens Under New Ownership |
 |
In defense of student evaluations in higher education |
 |
Transparency in Government Victory |
 |
San Marcos City Council fires City Manager Rick Menchaca |
 |
Missing statue recovered; sold for $20 |
 |
Judge: Mathis police officer may not carry gun |
 |
Retired Texas A&M-Kingsville professor's body found |
 |
Nueces County Oil Spill Response Summit planned for July 9
|
 |
06/24/2010 |
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Texas Democrats keep fighting voter IDs despite idea's popularity |
 |
In fighting voter ID's, Democrats take on tough task |
 |
Bill Clinton endorses Bill White for Texas
Governor - that's sure to help! |
 |
White pitches college-for-all education plan
- pure European-style socialism. People value what they have to work for,
not what comes free. |
 |
White pledges 'different relationship' with legislators on budget
- you bet, he will be FOR extra spending! |
 |
Perry: Sunday, June 27th is Day of Prayer in Texas for the Gulf Coast |
 |
Former Perry aide paid for aborted Green Party
petition effort - good for him! |
 |
Judge
rules Green Party candidates can be kept off ballot due to corporate funds
used in petition drive |
 |
Berman says Pratt is right: 'I'm a lightning rod. A lightning rod can't be
elected speaker.' |
 |
HD84’s
Carol Morgan: The Perfect Liberal Democrat |
 |
District 84 Democratic hopeful Morgan ready to make splash |
 |
Birdwell appears on way to general election after Averitt takes name off
ballot |
 |
Waco paper eats crow, tells community to get to know Birdwell |
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The Economist:
Battle in Central Texas - Chet Edwards race |
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Palin returns to Texas for Tyler appearance at the Oil Palace |
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Texas' oil and gas rig count increased more than 2 percent in May |
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Texas mortgage foreclosures dropped in May for the third straight month |
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Texas health care officials lobby Congress |
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Divorce finalized for jailed GOP lobbyist |
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Burka: State GOP platform calls for “enforcement” of planks |
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Dems' convention to keep the focus on Lone Star state |
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Democrats back up the trailer to unload attacks on Perry |
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Can Bill White be too Democratic at state convention? |
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Disowned Democratic candidate will attend state convention |
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Opinion: Democrats petty, childish, in need of direction |
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Competition hot for Texas lottery contract |
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Texas windstorm group won't cover evacuation costs |
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Opinion: Legislature needs to take action on game rooms |
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Senator Cornyn Demands Answers About AWOL Afghan Soldiers
|
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SBOE’s
Curriculum Change Good for Texas & Church-State History |
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Patterson blasts political correctness, talks about Texas energy |
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Border issues:
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Power restored to panhandle cities after mid-morning failure |
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AAA Texas Expects 2.43 Million July 4th Travelers |
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Texas ranches, King & Kenedy, face off — over
wind turbines - funny thing is that
the King Ranch has the stronger Democrat ties while the Kenedy family have
been major Republican donors. Another bunch of liberals with the
not-in-my-backyard contadiction. |
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R. Allen Stanford,
co-defendants to face separate trials |
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Eldorado: 6th FLDS
Polygamist sentenced |
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No
bond for Dallas man accused of Obama threat |
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Man Arrested and Charged with 15th D.W.I. |
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62 more pelicans rehabbed from oil spill released at Aransas refuge |
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Mart Housing Authority Taken Over; Financial Discrepancies Investigated
|
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Texas Toyota plant gets non-Japanese president |
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Debate over "children's hospital" in San Antonio |
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San Antonio population increase tops in Texas |
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Fewer people living in the Big Country area, rural population shrinks |
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Frisco named fastest growing city in nation |
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Teachers not getting big pay raises
- imagine that with the current economy |
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Apple devotees get hands on new iPhones after camping outside Knox Street
store in Dallas |
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TSTC Expands Campus in Breckenridge |
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Texas Electricity Usage & Proposed Bottle/Can Recycling Bill |
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Bee Attack Survivors Share Horrific Experience |
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Convicted Man Threatens Brown Co. DA During Sentencing |
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Mineola Child Sex Ring Case Lawyer Seeks Kelly's Release |
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Trip to Austin offers barbeque, summer activities |
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Supreme Court sides with Skilling's appeal |
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Astrodome 'Renaissance' option wins out with HBJ readers |
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Court documents detail taped Houston PD beating; activists call for harsher
charges
|
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Ex-Houston police chief takes job with U.S. Immigration and Customs
Enforcement |
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Texas oil firms behind California greenhouse gas
initiative - great |
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Dallas City Council calls for vote on proposals
to eliminate dry areas for alcohol sales
- meaningless |
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Dallas City Council won't raise homestead exemption for seniors, disabled |
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Ryan 'Confident' His Group Will Own Rangers |
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Buddy Holly statue in Lubbock being moved |
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El Paso Natural Gas Co. wants Bushland explosion lawsuit sped up |
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Contract extension eyed for Pantex |
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Austin Energy unveils jet-engine generators |
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Capital Area Food Bank awarded $10.6M |
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Starr county commissioner convicted on voter fraud charges
|
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Sentencing of former Hidalgo Co. commissioner delayed due to new evidence |
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Jury acquits ex-Oak Ridge North City city administrator |
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Former jailer headed to court on murder charges
|
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Burnet square reopens after bomb scare
- I just don't get the panic over unattended packages. |
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Suspicious Packages Left at Burnet County Courthouse |
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Customer Dies After Being Struck in Face by Stripper at Austin Club |
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Fatal home invasion in Mission |
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Fort Worth officer, homeowner injured in home invasion shooting
|
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Man fatally shot just steps from his home in apparent carjacking |
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Austin's new parking facility will also include a "Light Show"
|
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Hang-glider pilot found dead in Llano County |
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Government to build $1.2 million Amtrak station without restrooms |
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Historic Virgin Mary statue stolen in Brownsville |
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Texas A & M
reviewing hiring practices |
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A&M President Loftin Warns of More Budget Cuts Looming |
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Comal, Guadalupe rivers reopen after flooding |
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Corpus Christi area gas prices drop 12 cents |
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State runs emergency response drill at LSC-Kingwood |
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Post Office to test biohazard detection with drill in downtown Lubbock |
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Dallas Police Looking For Peeping Tom Who Used Camera Attached To His Shoe |
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Police Searching For Suspect Who Shot Officer With Shotgun |
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$200M, 42-floor Museum Tower breaks ground in Dallas |
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Pollutant in Lake Highlands creek linked to
illegal dumping at Richardson ISD school
- truly a local government sewer! |
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Woman found dead in SUV parked at Garland church |
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D-FW ranks 6th in troubled commercial properties, report says |
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Dallas' "Manly" Rating Falls to No. 39 |
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TCU Advances on Grand Slam Home Run |
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Armadillo Aerospace Goes Up, Up and Away |
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Denton: Two workers killed in DCTA station accident |
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Fort Worth's school spending problems won't solve themselves |
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Fort Worth school board melodrama unfolds over audit committee |
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Many Texas school districts uncertain about budgeting for pay raises |
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Laredo lawyer up for prestigious national award |
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Brownsboro man accused in security contract kickback scheme |
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Fort Worth officials tout changes after controversial bar raid |
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Midland is Visited by World's Youngest King |
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Carnegie Fund Honors 2 Texas Men For Dramatic Rescue Of Woman, Children |
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Midland Officer Injured in Explosion |
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Austin Council approves plastic bag study |
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$5.6 million federal stimulus contract halted in Abilene, subpar work found
statewide in Texas' weatherization program |
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University of Texas Borrows $516 Million as IRS Audits Salaries |
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Disgraced pastor's wife wants computer back after criminal case |
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Austin urban rail to cost $1 billion
- told voters it would be $600 million! |
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Austin to negotiate, rather than rebid, recycling work |
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Texans in Congress propose compromise on deepwater drilling ban |
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Amarillo red light cameras show increase in accidents & injuries! |
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Austin looking to further restrict freedom and property rights
|
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06/23/2010 |
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Birdwell beats Sibley in Senate race |
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Kip Averitt ponders keeping State Senate nomination if Brian Birdwell wins
runoff |
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Sullivan: Birdwell's
Win And Averitt's Duplicity |
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Averitt will not run, will keep his word (this time) |
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Straus faces battle for speaker’s post |
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Berman's bid for Texas speaker is all about
conservatism - but pragmatism does
not require the sacrifice of purity. One does not dump basic convictions for
convenience. |
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Tyler Republican announces challenge to Texas House speaker |
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Democrat state rep. Tara Rios Ybarra indicted in Medicaid fraud case |
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Rep. Tara Rios Ybarra in federal custody |
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Update:
Rep. Rios Ybarra responds to indictment |
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A
familiar refrain: Gilbert yells about ag commish silence
|
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Kinky Friedman poised to make endorsement in governor's race |
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Burka agrees, partly, with Pratt: The case against Public Policy Polling |
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Lies, damn lies and magic statistics: TAKS standards |
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Stop Texas
from Becoming California |
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Before the Democrats came the GOP convention |
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Q&A: New Texas GOP chief addresses party's challenges |
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Green Party signatures cost $532,500; were they legal? |
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Barton to keep seat as top Republican on committee |
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"Joe Barton Was Right" tweet posted by aide |
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Consultant Terry Sullivan loses again |
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Texas "stimulus" money tracking |
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Daughters of the Republic of Texas looks to possible loss of Alamo |
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Hutchison and Bond hang a $3.4 trillion "gas tax" price tag on
Kerry-Lieberman energy bill |
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Texas
Rep. Gohmert endorses 'BP fund as Nazi enabling act' argument |
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Obama's Federal
War on Texas:
|
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Border issues:
|
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USA TODAY: Texas booms despite recession |
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Six accused of stealing $18.6 million from postal service |
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DART can't afford final segment of Orange Line |
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Lancaster police didn't arrest Dallas chief's son in incident before
shootings |
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911 audio suggests marital problems for Rowlett judge killed in suspected
murder-suicide |
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Travis County judge OKs Houston water rate hike |
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Houston principal pleads not guilty in attack |
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Rosebud police officer hits cow, destroys cruiser |
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Madison deputy in critical condition after head-on collision |
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Levelland surgeon out on bond after being accused of punching his wife |
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The "Hooters of coffee" in Lubbock? |
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Rural Hospitals use Technology to improve
patient care
- who would've guessed? |
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College Baseball Hall of Fame project reaches major milestone |
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Texas Tech names new dean for its College of Engineering |
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Cap Metro spends $61,000 to win $500 case
- typical local government sewer |
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'Eat-'n'-watch' movie race focuses on Dallas-Fort Worth area |
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Editorial: Public's right to know at risk in e-mail dispute |
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Daughters of the Republic of Texas looks to possible loss of Alamo |
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Giving downtown San Antonio a future |
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Waco Girl Hides In Closet, Calls 911 After Man Breaks In |
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American GI Forum to Train San Antonio Vets for
Green Jobs - green jobs = government
takes your green money & gives it to others |
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Opponents of Tenaska coal-fired electricity plant rally in Abilene |
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Group files federal lawsuit against City of Abilene |
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Man dies after being pinned between big rigs in Amarillo |
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Firefighters knock down persistent Panhandle grass fire |
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Food Network's Duff Goldman makes Muleshoe appearance |
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Female jogger reports attack near UTB-TSC golf
course - campus CHL? |
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Plastic bags at grocery stores in Austin could soon be a thing of the past
- more insanity |
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Dozens of credit card numbers stolen from Driskill Hotel guests |
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Lake Jackson council split on red light cameras |
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New small Amtrak station for Beaumont |
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Minor flooding in Beaumont today |
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Another wind farm begins operations in Kenedy County |
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A&M prof advances infection detection |
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Dallas council defers vote on Love Field contracts |
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Mark Cuban: Ross Perot Jr. in "financial distress" |
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Dallas residential construction contracts rise |
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D-FW office occupancy falls in first half of 2010 |
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Friends, family pack Lancaster church to honor slain police officer Craig
Shaw |
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Oklahoma president: Sooners and Texas A&M had SEC invitations |
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Agency fields negative feedback on A-train service plans in Denton Co. |
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Fort Worth moves forward on streetcars |
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Westworth Village Walmart worker hurt in shoplifting incident dies |
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Student pilots leaving their mark on Del Rio |
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Environmental groups call on state to look at industrial sources for high
ozone levels |
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TCU’s funding surpasses goal; focus now on scholarships |
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Galveston port believes in Carnival’s Magic |
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Galveston gets largest cruise ship in Texas
history - now they can strand even
more people |
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Expansion plans for San Antonio's Witte Museum |
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Sugar Land Picks Site For Baseball Stadium |
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Man Kills Woman With Daughter In Car |
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2 Bound In Fort Bend Home Invasion |
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Ex-Smith County deputy gets probation for assault
|
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Drugs hidden in plain sight inside border stash homes |
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Horse hoisted from North Texas creek |
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Husband kills wife, then self in front of daughter, granddaughter |
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4 Houston PD officers indicted in videotaped beating |
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City
of Big Spring Strikes Down 52-Year Old Ordinance Banning Certain Mobile
Vendors |
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2nd
Gambling Arrest Made in Big Spring |
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Lubbock group buys former Goody's building in Waco |
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Heart O' Texas Fair Complex to get $20 million upgrade |
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Alamo Colleges adds sexual orientation to anti-bias policy |
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Pilot loses license after buzzing Texas beach |
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Austin metro area gains 2,000 net jobs |
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Austin's Mayor says our city's economy is great!
|
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Cornyn says Petraeus is the right man for the job
|
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Liberal Burka on his CHL course |
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City Manager Talks About Abilene Budget
|
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06/22/2010 |
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Birdwell
beats Sibley in SD22 Senate race |
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David
Sibley concedes State Senate race |
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Kip
Averitt ponders keeping State Senate nomination if Brian Birdwell wins
runoff |
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Birdwell's
Win And Averitt's Duplicity |
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Public Policy Polling shows White & Perry tied at 43%
- this left-wing group's polling is always suspect & it appears this was an
automated, non-live operator, poll. It's numbers do not match other polling
outlets including the UT/Texas Tribune polls. |
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Why the post-primary polls are very good news
for White - huh? |
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Texas GOP Chairman Steve Munisteri Opens Up Online |
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Texas
Democrats Enter Convention Week Abandoned by National Party Figures, Voters |
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Texas land commissioner Patterson stops at Silent Wings Museum on campaign
trail |
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Bill
White Visiting West Texas |
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Early voting numbers for SD-22 runoff surge in McLennan County |
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Leo Berman to file for House Speaker |
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Tyler Republican launches bid for House Speaker |
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Rep. Leo Berman wants a promotion and he wants an Arizona style immigration
law in Texas |
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Leo Berman for Speaker? Sources say he'll run.
- I don't think Leo can get it done. There are too many uncomfortable with
his strident tone on immigration issues. |
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HD-85's Joe Heflin (Democrat) fined for violating ethics rules,
Read Ethics Commission Order & Agreed Resolution here (pdf) |
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Ethics commission lawyer defends fines levied, length of
investigations |
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Does Rep. Linda Harper-Brown protest too much? |
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Congressman Lamar Smith (TX-21) reports $6.6 million in assets |
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Rep. Joe
Barton: Right, But at the Wrong Time |
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Burgess expresses view of BP different from Barton's |
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Democrats Unload Another Barton "Apology" Ad |
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Meet the guy running against Joe Barton |
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Chet Edwards defends himself against Flores charge that he got too involved
in Big 12 talks |
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Liberal "watchdog" group files complaint over Governor's Mansion spending
- this group gets farther out in left-field each year |
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Texas Teacher Retirement System Selling BP Stock |
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N. Texas Benzene Levels Sound Alarms for Local Legislators |
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Obama's Federal
War on Texas
|
 |
Border issues:
|
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Smart Grid Projects Cut Costs for Consumers, Utilities |
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Dallas CM Angela Hunt will support deferral of vote on no-bid deals at Love
Field |
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Southwest Airlines executive says Dallas needs to go back to the drawing
board on Love Field deals |
 |
Mayor pro tem angry that Dallas won't have
fireworks on the Fourth of July - of
course it hasn't occurred to him to raise the money privately from those who
will enjoy the fireworks. |
 |
Construction begins to remove Dallas North
Tollway booths - there was something
satisfying at throwing the quarters as hard as possible into the baskets and
racing the green light. |
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Anti-Democrat billboard has Lubbockites talking
- fine friends of Pratt on Texas and where we do our CHL & NRA training
shooting! |
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Special grand jury indicts Bandera Co. sheriff Weldon Tucker |
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El Paso: Mexican businessman from prominent family indicted in fraud plot |
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New Braunfels' Landa Park re-opens after June 9th flood |
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FLDS member found guilty of child sexual assault |
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Leach to appeal TTU lawsuit ruling |
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Leach Attorney Wants toTalk with 'Independent' Regents |
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Littlefield Fire Fighters at risk of being jobless because of city debt |
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Buffalo Soldiers Living History Program planned in Morton |
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Inspections find cracks on at least two American Airlines jets |
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Tips Lead To Arrest Of Army Deserter Wanted In Austin Bank Robbery |
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Demoted Central Texas Police Chief Resigns |
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L-3 Wants To Use Gatesville Airport To Test New Unmanned Aircraft
|
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Fake pizza guys attack homeowner in San Antonio |
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Bexar Co. commissioner votes to break tie on his own issue of suing the
Texas A.G. |
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Former Seguin resident Arionus earns spot in Horseshoe Hall of Fame |
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Census: San Diego passes Dallas in population |
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D-FW is country's fastest-growing region |
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Immigrant detainees could be valuable for Valley in 2010 census |
 |
Abilene predicting steady job recovery
- in the face of just announced layoffs at a big call center! |
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Three Abilenians ready to climb Mt. Kilimanjaro |
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Man in Odessa Permian enrollment scam pleads not guilty |
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Shotgun used in Shamrock murder-suicide |
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Route 66 nostalgia: Restoring a piece of the past, Triangle Motel |
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Tito's vodka selling branded guitars |
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Austin-based Carino's Italian president now with Arby's |
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UT to host public forums over dorm name controversy
|
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Bryan Woman Allegedly Hits Ex With Car...Twice |
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Lamar University police investigating sexual assault |
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Texas Rangers creditors can block sale of the team, judge rules |
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Corpus Christi gas prices spike overnight |
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Concrete Wall And Stop Sign Bring Beer Run To An End |
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Dallas council: Minority members warn of racial
divide over Love Field no-bid contracts
- Hilarious! It's the "for the little guy" liberals on the council pushing
for super-long-term, no-bid contracts at Love Field for business "fat-cats". |
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El Paso Justice of the Peace Rosalio Muñoz resigns |
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Court Order, Family Feud Stops El Paso Funeral |
 |
El
Paso Mayor, City Manager Called Out Of City Council To Testify In Criminal
Case |
 |
Father Of Slain Lancaster Police Officer Talks |
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Telvista Employees React to Odessa Call Center Closure |
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Alpine Man Sentenced in Federal Drug Case |
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Edinburg's landfill gas could soon power generators |
 |
Ambulance, two trucks collide on 281 in Pharr |
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Surveillance video released of Walmart robbery
- see how quickly this happens |
 |
Texas sea turtles swimming straight toward Gulf oil
|
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Houston law officers get diplomatic training |
 |
Galveston should have heeded advice on cutting expenses |
 |
Safety problems found on 1,700-plus Texas trucks |
 |
Lake O' the Pines beaches closed, too much E.coli in water |
 |
HOA forecloses on active duty soldier's home |
 |
East Texas legend, 'Peppy' Blount, passes away |
 |
Residential turbines going up over the Texas Panhandle |
 |
US Marshals find Texas fugitive working as cop in Bahamas |
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Coed Who Died After BU Frat Party Was Seen Drinking
|
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Waco
police will use license plate cameras to track down stolen vehicles, warrant
dodgers |
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AWOL soldier arrested in traffic stop |
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Former Elkhart Pastor Indicted For Indecency With Child |
 |
Now that's a great agave plant! |
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3 south Texas dentists arrested in fraud scheme |
 |
Alice Echo-News Journal reduces print edition from six days to three |
 |
Federal judge rules against Dallas creationist group |
 |
Abilene Dragstrip Up for Sale |
 |
Lawyer claims petition for election on eliminating dry areas in Dallas has
fallen short by at least 5,555 signatures |
 |
Progress Dallas says they do have enough signatures to force election on
alcohol sales |
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New home sales tank in Houston |