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  TEXAS HEADLINES  2010 Q2  
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Headlines archived chronologically as originally posted in 2010, 2nd Quarter

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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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Gov. Perry: Texas is Prepared for Hurricane Alex

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Alex Picks Up Strength On Slow Creep To The Coast

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Valero not changing plans for Alex

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Tech Prof Tracks Hurricane Alex

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President declares state of emergency in Texas

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New Braunfels businesses can't afford to be rained out again

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Portion of Texas 87, from Ferry Landing to High Island, closed because of flooding - all the way up the coast near Galveston!

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By noon 80 people had gathered at Porter High School shelter

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Flooding reported in Matamoros

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Red Cross readies vehicles for Texas

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Queen Isabella Memorial Causeway closed

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Hurricane Alex affects flights in and out of Brownsville

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Tornado touches down in Brownsville; no injuries, some damage reported

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Three tornadoes possibly forming over Refugio County

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Mayor Ahumada: Don't underestimate Alex

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Hurricane Alex gives kids a break from tests

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Snake Farm readies slithering residents for Alex

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Hurricane conditions to hit Valley despite storm shifting south

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Hurricane Alex worries south Texas crop farmers

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Inside the Hidalgo County Emergency Command Center

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Congressional failure to fund flood insurance program costs one South Padre Island business

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Calhoun residents remember Claudette as they watch for Alex

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Central Texas seeing rain, indirectly, from Hurricane Alex

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Central Texas under flash flood watch through Thursday

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Brownsville receives a foot of rain from Hurricane Alex

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Nueces River might rise because of Hurricane Alex

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Lubbock airport providing hurricane shelter for Navy planes

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Kayaking on Padre Boulevard during 'Alex'

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City to open second shelter at Pace High School

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Additional tornadoes reported around Brownsville

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Hurricane Alex strengthens to Category 2; winds at 100 mph, bearing down on the Mexican coast

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Hurricane Alex makes landfall 110 miles south of Brownsville at 9pm

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Matamoros mayor and assistants rescue a drowning teen

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Earlier hurricanes put Alex in perspective - a good read

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Obama's Federal War on Texas
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EPA rejects Texas flexible permitting system, as threatened

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Obama EPA's War on Big Bend?

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Murchison: A bogus air quality argument even judges can see through

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Congress delays showdown with Obama over NASA priorities

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EPA rejects industrial permits in 7 Beaumont-area plants

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Border issues:
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City reps distressed over shots fired at City Hall apparently from Juárez

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Texas Attorney General Demands Federal Action After Bullets Hit El Paso City Hall

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El Pasoans React To City Hall Shooting

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Salvadoran man sentenced to prison for border assault

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Arizona, Texas Call for More Border Troops

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Troop share uncertain: El Paso waits to hear on Guard soldiers deploying to border

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Despite assassination, Tamaulipas vote still on

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Texas congressman blasts Obama for failing to secure border

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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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Governors not happy with Guard numbers

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Shootout at Mexico Attorney General office in Matamoros

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Tamaulipas Gubernatorial Gov. Assassinated

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Hurricane/Storm news:
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Valley eyes storm’s path

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Alex speeds up, eyes Brownsville

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Alex lurches toward landfall, drunk on warm water

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Winds from outer bands of Tropical Storm Alex expected this afternoon

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Lubbock employees to assist with disaster response in South Texas

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Judge orders north SPI beach and Boca Chica beach closed

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Port Isabel calls for voluntary "relocation" of residents

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Brownsville activates emergency command center

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Cameron County offices to close at noon Wednesday

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Rough seas halt skimming operations off Gulf Coast

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Texas Tech gets $280,000 Grant for Hurricane Studies

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Surfing the storm surge

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Humane Society Prepared For Possible Storm

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Dallas-area contingent heads to Gulf Coast as Tropical Storm Alex bears down

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Padre Island Blog: Should they stay or should they go?

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Galveston district cancels summer school, camps due Gulf storm - a long way away!

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International bridge operations to continue as normal

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Alex may bring up to 20 inches of rain; expected to become hurricane later today

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Valley starting to feel effects of Tropical Storm Alex

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Willacy Co. working on setting up a shelter

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Alex Blows Into Hurricane Strength

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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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Regular folks notably missing at state conventions - complete ignorance on regular folks but many other interesting comments

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Party platforms miles apart on gas drilling

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Eye on Austin: White campaign gains speed

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White: Obama spending isn't helping

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Obama's Federal War on Texas
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Federal Comprehensive Safety Analysis 2010 for trucking industry to harass drivers, carriers out of business - It’s just another tightening of the regulatory noose around the trucking industry – it seems aimed at small and independent operators so its sort-of backed by the big-boys. Just more of the moves to destroy small-businesses and the independent business man because they are too hard to control ("regulate") as there are so many.

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Texas fined $3.96 million over food stamp errors

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B-1B program on the chopping block? Report says maybe

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Border issues:
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Leading Tamaulipas governor's candidate murdered - a Texas neighbor

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Juárez Media: 2 El Paso Residents Killed In Shooting

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Young illegal immigrants get chance to learn but not earn

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Hurricane/Storm news:
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South Texas coast now under Hurricane Watch

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Voluntary relocation for South Padre Island residents

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Cameron County crews prepare for possible hurricane

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Gov. Perry Issues Disaster Proclamation, Directs Pre-deployment of State Resources as Tropical Storm Alex Threatens Texas Coast

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Texas Task Force 1 Activated in Anticipation of Alex

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No sandbags being given out yet

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Port of Brownsville monitoring TS Alex

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Memories of Alicia ‘pretty cool’ for ex-reporter

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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

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Power outage forces students from Pasadena elementary

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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

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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:
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White dances around tax increase

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White says he'll keep up 'factual attack' on Gov. Perry - Liberal-facts are interesting theories

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Bill White's remarks at the 2010 Texas Democratic Party Convention

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Bill White: Green Party petition drive means GOP is desperate - silly

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White: 'Perry is in it for himself'

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White's ooo-la-la moment

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Podcast: The Bill White interview

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White says he would appoint judges from both parties

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Democats embrace two-step primary process

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Texas Democrats vote to keep Texas Two-Step

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Judicial candidates slam Texas high courts

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Linda Chavez-Thompson takes on and David Dewhurst (and Rick Perry) Statesman

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Boyd Richie challenger wins big endorsement

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Boyd Richie overwhelmingly wins new term as party chair

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Separated at birth: Boyd Richie and Haley Barbour

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Radnofsky urges legal action against Wall Street

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Hector Uribe and Jeff Weems talk oil

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The Democrats' lone protester: It's about moral values

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Democrats eject Perry spokesman at convention

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A quick tour of the convention booths

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Democrats back medical marijuana, background checks on gun show sales

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Perry won't be moving

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Texas Democrats seeing a generational shift

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Texas Dems keep focus on Perry at convention

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White rallies Democrats, saying governor is 'in it for Rick Perry'

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White fires up Democrats with heavy focus on Perry

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Dallas County DA Craig Watkins gets the rock star treatment at convention

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Obama's Federal War on Texas
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The TCEQ-EPA fight: an industry view, a governor’s view

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Business asks for more time before EPA throws out Texas air permits

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Come and Take the space shuttle

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Mexican Violence Deters U.S. Colleges

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Border issues:
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Tunnel Found Leading To U.S. From Mexico

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Border traffic down at El Paso sector

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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

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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

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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.

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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

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Dallas County DA says cuts elsewhere would meet $43 million budget shortfall without tax hike

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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

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EP Man Holds Up Sign To Get Wife Back After He Lies

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Gay Pride takes center stage in Houston

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FEMA prepares to close Texas City office

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Partially-naked man dies after police altercation

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Horse carriage driver stabs motorcyclist in San Antonio fray

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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

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Luby’s cleared to buy bankrupt Fuddruckers
 

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06/25/2010

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Democrat state convention:
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Texas two-step still divides Democrats

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Texas Dems are like black and white TVs - almost forgotten

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Jones wants to keep two-stepping

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Texas Democrats comfortable with where they are

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Democrats waste no time zinging Barton

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Democratic souvenir shopping: A hairy experience

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Editorial: To beat Perry, White must sway independents

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Some down-ballot Democrats hope to ride White's coattails to victory

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Texas Democratic governor candidate Bill White's main stance hails back 15 years

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White reaching out to GOP as he prepares to address Texas Democrats

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Farouk Shami at the Texas Democratic Convention

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Farouk Shami returns

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Obamamania in remission

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Slow start for Barbara Radnofsky Wall Street suit

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Poll: Hutchison vulnerable if she runs again

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New poll: Hutchison's approval rating plummets

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HD83’s Delwin Jones is still troubling the Texas House

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HD45: GOP nominee Jason Isaac BBQs some liberal

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House GOP flap: Solomons, Berman swap insults

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Averitt asks for name to be taken off ballot

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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.

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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.

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Sorting through the Green Party ruling and the Toomey surprise

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SBOE's Tincy Miller discusses Social Studies curriculum

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Flynn: Liberals Incensed Because SBOE Succeeded

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Texas Congressman Burgess zeroes in on government inspections of ill-fated rig

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Texas’ 17th Congressional District: Flores vs. Edwards

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Unsigned death certificates create problems for families, state

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Bingo Operators Sue the State

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Houston judge to hold hearing on Texas death penalty law

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Governor Perry Announces Nominations for Star of Texas Awards

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Tips on the Lege for $285 per bureaucrat? Organizers defend seminar for agency heads

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Border issues:
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San Antonio council denounces AZ immigration law

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El Paso remains unscathed by violence across the border

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Engineer says Alamo chapel safe, despite cracks

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Midland: Bomb blast injures police officer during training work

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Austin to study paying for $1.3 billion rail line

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D/FW Airport's $2 billion terminal project will increase fees for parking, airlines, concessions

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Port San Antonio lauded by base closure group

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Texas gas prices bottom out

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Ahead of auction, Caprock Winery hosts open house

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Lubbock Man Demands Action For Treatment of Police Dog

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Defense drops moving Tyler trial over Mineola club

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Flooded Dallas County Records Building to reopen

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DPS trooper from Amarillo fired for choking man, pleads guilty to assault

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It's amateur hours for ham radio operators

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San Antonio Federal Reserve branch out-sources currency services

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Army captain from Killeen pleads guilty in Iraq scam

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Galveston: Army recruiter suspended after allegations

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State halts new funeral home's operations

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Jailed lobbyist not liable for ex's legal expenses

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The State is rounding up "squirrels"

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County Attorney blocked from line of questioning at TexCom hearing

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Cameron Co. sheriff provides glimpses of jail expansion

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Crabber dies after lightning strikes boat

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Corpus Christi police clerks resign during criminal investigation

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Expert: Reform will put squeeze on small banks

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Dallas Mayor Talks About $130M Budget Shortfall

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Waco Woman Headed To Jail In Bogus Breast Cancer Benefit Scam

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City Cuts Off Water, Residents Insist They Paid Landlord

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Dallas' alcohol-sales campaign likely to keep a low profile

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Homeowners question Southern Methodist University's campus expansion plans

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Dallas Woman Joins 'Twilight' Stars At Premiere

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El Paso Makes Millions Off Red Light Citations

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Colleyville ISD Parents Angry School Didn't ID Sex Offender

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Mediation ordered in Rangers bankruptcy, possibly risking trade hopes

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In Fort Worth, apparently 'greater good' means more people get more money

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Houston now has more electric car charging stations

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League City restructures departments

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Texas Southern University taken off accrediting probation

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Customers Attack Nail Salon Owner

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Missing elderly woman from Dickinson found dead in Houston

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Susana de Jesus' killer gets life in prison without parole

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400 million cigarette butts littering Texas roads

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Rural church building finds new life in Seguin

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TCU's secret weapon: The Rally Turtle

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Editorial: Hear SpaceX engines roar

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Abandoned Henderson Rail Line Reopens Under New Ownership

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In defense of student evaluations in higher education

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Transparency in Government Victory

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San Marcos City Council fires City Manager Rick Menchaca

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Missing statue recovered; sold for $20

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Judge: Mathis police officer may not carry gun

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Retired Texas A&M-Kingsville professor's body found

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Nueces County Oil Spill Response Summit planned for July 9
 

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Texas Democrats keep fighting voter IDs despite idea's popularity

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In fighting voter ID's, Democrats take on tough task

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Bill Clinton endorses Bill White for Texas Governor - that's sure to help!

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White pitches college-for-all education plan - pure European-style socialism. People value what they have to work for, not what comes free.

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White pledges 'different relationship' with legislators on budget - you bet, he will be FOR extra spending!

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Perry: Sunday, June 27th is Day of Prayer in Texas for the Gulf Coast

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Former Perry aide paid for aborted Green Party petition effort - good for him!

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Judge rules Green Party candidates can be kept off ballot due to corporate funds used in petition drive

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Berman says Pratt is right: 'I'm a lightning rod. A lightning rod can't be elected speaker.'

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HD84’s Carol Morgan: The Perfect Liberal Democrat

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District 84 Democratic hopeful Morgan ready to make splash

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Birdwell appears on way to general election after Averitt takes name off ballot

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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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A second eye in the Texas sky

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Illegal immigrant killed when police chase ends with crash

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Deported man may be Houston-born citizen

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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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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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Obama's Salazar seeks to re-impose drilling moratorium - now they defy the Judicial Branch!

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Railroad Commissioner Elizabeth Ames Jones Statement on Judge’s Blocking Offshore Drilling Ban

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Texas lawmakers keep pressure on Obama over space shuttle's future

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Border issues:
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Illegal immigrant from Mexico admits putting cameras in Humble restaurant bathroom

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Smugglers abandoned pot-filled van

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FAA approves drone to fly along border from Brownsville to El Paso

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Border Patrol Launches New Program

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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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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
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Cook: The EPA needs to stop messing with Texas

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Deepwater Drilling Ban Lifted by New Orleans Federal Judge - a set back for the aggressors

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White House To Appeal Ruling Against Drilling Ban

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Beaumont needs waiver from feds to spend gas royalties windfall - an example of why it's best not to be tangled up with the Feds

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Border issues:
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Dozens of Texas counties participate in program to check for illegal immigrants - I've said as much and it proves the empty rhetoric of the anti-Arizona law crowd.

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Chihuahua homicide investigator is slain

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Del Rio PD seizes weapons, ammunition

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Border Anarchy Resisted in West Texas

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More drones coming to Mexican border -- soon

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Illegal immigrant pleads guilty to owning guns

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Hundreds protest Border Patrol shooting in El Paso

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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

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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.

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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

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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

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El Paso Mayor, City Manager Called Out Of City Council To Testify In Criminal Case

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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

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Ambulance, two trucks collide on 281 in Pharr

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Surveillance video released of Walmart robbery - see how quickly this happens

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Texas sea turtles swimming straight toward Gulf oil

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Houston law officers get diplomatic training

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Galveston should have heeded advice on cutting expenses

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Safety problems found on 1,700-plus Texas trucks

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Lake O' the Pines beaches closed, too much E.coli in water

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HOA forecloses on active duty soldier's home

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East Texas legend, 'Peppy' Blount, passes away

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Residential turbines going up over the Texas Panhandle

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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

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Now that's a great agave plant!

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3 south Texas dentists arrested in fraud scheme

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Alice Echo-News Journal reduces print edition from six days to three

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Federal judge rules against Dallas creationist group

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Abilene Dragstrip Up for Sale

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Lawyer claims petition for election on eliminating dry areas in Dallas has fallen short by at least 5,555 signatures

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Progress Dallas says they do have enough signatures to force election on alcohol sales

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New home sales tank in Houston

 
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Perry says China trip promotes Texas in Asia

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Rick Perry talks with Air China re DFW direct flights

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Gov. Rick Perry adviser plays down bid for president

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TAB’s Business and Commerce PAC Endorses Gov. Perry for Re-election

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Barbara Radnofsky wants Texas to sue Wall Street - proof that it's summer silly-season

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Democrats hopeful White will lead party to victory

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Democrats descend on Corpus Christi for convention - and you thought oil was the #1 threat to the Gulf Coast

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Democratic state convention may get city sales tax incentives

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Texas Dems Grapple With Their Own Alvin Greene - see how "democratic" the Texas Dem. Party is...

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After five years and $254,000, DPS keeps Capitol video hidden

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Many states expect smaller shortfalls than 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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Lawmakers renew push for more gambling options in Texas

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Waco paper endorses Sibley in SD22 special election

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Ridiculous claim: Health care reform a big plus for Texas

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Obama....Strama....2010

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Joe Bar