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Port Arthur born pop-artist Robert Rauschenberg dies at 82

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Sunday Is 55th Anniversary Of Deadly Waco Tornado

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Why are two license plates required?

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'Texas' to open season June 2

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Texas state historical markers disappearing

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4th-grader rallies fellow students, hometown to help the Alamo

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WASP museum to have its homecoming May 24

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Texas Forts Trail, has free map of 29 county region

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Jimmy Dean remembers his home church with generous donation

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National Museum of the Pacific War in Fredericksburg to expand

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Update: Bullock book controversy continues, Bullock bio stirs Jan Bullock and longtime aides

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Century-old Galveston statue stolen from Bishop's Palace

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Chase Tower cleaners watch their step on Texas tallest building

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Exhibit honors Texas hero

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Renovations completed at Big Bend NP's main visitors' center

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An update on the Klan and its operations in East Texas

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Ranger museum in Waco atop graves angers deceased's kin

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What determines county boundaries in Texas?

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Softball-size hail North Texans see is the product of a vicious cycle

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Belo Corp., Dallas Morning News unloads Texas Almanac

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Crawford low-key about 'last dance' with Bush family wedding

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Waco nearly booked solid for Bush wedding -- and plenty else

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Editorial: Happy Birthday, Willie Nelson

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Dr. Pepper museum honors 5 former company presidents

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San Antonio businessman envisions center for Tejano history

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"An American Masterpiece: The Kress Family in America", part 2

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Stevie Ray Vaughan at the Lubbock Tornado Jam in 1980

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Come on, critics: Make Texas Land commissioner's day

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Why are school districts 'independent'?

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Plan for Freedman's Town historic black school irks some residents

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Loving County, population 55, is Texas' richest

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Former Gov. Dolph Briscoe publishes his memoir

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Resetting the dome on the Hardin Co. courthouse

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New Ranger statue is first of many, philanthropist says

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Kerrville's Museum of Western Art celebrates 25 years

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Fort Worth native is on stamp

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‘Yellow Rose' helped defeat Santa Anna

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Texas passes NY on Fortune 500 list, Texas cities with most Fortune 500 companies

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Summerlee Foundation Texas History Program

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Grant helps effort to save Stephen F. Austin papers

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Observing San Jacinto Day in Houston, Monument's website

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Annual Texas Sandfest Competition Held In Port Aransas

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Oh, Susanna: Should Alamo survivor be dug up and moved to a shiny new grave 125 years after her death?, more

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Demolition of historic Dallas office building a sad loss for some

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UT Drag Icon Texas Showdown Saloon to Close its Doors

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Why is the state called Texas?

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Midcentury-modern buildings in Dallas attract preservationists

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Hispanic with El Paso ties among journalists honored on stamps

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Ron Paul supporters plan West Texas commune

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Muenster, county prepares for Germanfest

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Campaign Underway For New Railroad Museum in Amarillo

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Ranch records and artifacts of Alfred Rowe, founder RO Ranch in 1878 & Titanic victim, acquired by museum

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Raising the roof: Hardin County Courthouse topped off with replica of 1904 cupola

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Uruguay beats out Abilene for 'Largest Barbecue'

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Researchers shed light on Spanish altarpiece displayed in Dallas

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San Jacinto Day Recalls Labors Of Ragtag Army

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T. Whitfield Davidson and his valiant fight against the KKK

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Padre Island National Seashore Celebrates Milestone

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Historic Harvey House gets back on track in Slaton

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Office building of once-famous Panhandle ranch headed to Lubbock

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How did the Christmas Mountains get their name?

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Passing a funeral procession? Don't.

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Year after Fort Worth tornado: A few haunted, most heal

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Ronnie Earle: Prosecutions of Elected Officials

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World Disc Golf tournament held in Wimberley

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If It’s in Texas, the Texas Country Reporter Has Seen It

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Pig Stand's last stand in San Antonio

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El Paso restaurant will prepare food for pope

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Texan Tommy Tune's dancing earns Astaire honor

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Famous Peter Hurd painting at M.D. Anderson to be destroyed if no buyer

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"Prettiest post in Texas" Fort McKavett now officially historic

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Jefferson County Courthouse to build new roof and spire

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Big Thicket is the ultimate get-away-from-it-all destination for Southeast Texans

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Traveling to Plainview was once a challenge

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How did Texas finally decide on a capital?

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Hotel Galvez opens luxurious spa

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Founding Richland Hills family to be honored

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Texas scientists debate whether invasive species pose threat to native wildflowers

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Musician Writes Song Recalling Deadly 1953 Waco Tornado

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State Honors Longtime Farm And Ranch Families

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Texas visit helps Soviet empire fall

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Fort Worth couple married 75 years dies within hours of each other

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For these North Texas men, battling blazes is practically a birthright

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Donated LBJ portrait created by teen in 1960s

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Is it true what they're saying about Keene?

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Houston's new cathedral to be dedicated Wednesday

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Kerrville woman to auction copy of The Federalist

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

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White Rock Lake's Belle Nora mansion stands as husband's labor of love

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Lone Star Rising: Houston next world city

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Nine Texas longhorn statues complete Dallas' Pioneer Plaza exhibit

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Texas sharpshooter Abrams on target with 3-pointers

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East Texas boxer found success in and out of ring

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Old West trial coming to Wardville courthouse

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Texas rattlesnake rancher arrested for selling snake vodka

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Big Thicket Pow Wow planned

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4-H hits century mark

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Historic ship Elissa will sail in for Houston tours

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San Antonio parades, parties in annual 10-day celebration

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

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Gun shows to gunbelt leather, Jim Dakota has done it all

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Sam Houston statue vandalized

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Texas College Celebrating 114 Years

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Stubb's seeks zoning changes amid expansion effort

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Fairbanks, Alaska looks to Austin for inspiration in redevelopment

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Ruby's gun gets fraction of asking price at auction

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4-H clubs mark 100 years in Texas

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Tuesday is 71st Anniversary of East Texas School Explosion

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Myra time capsule opened Saturday

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Trew: Wagons vehicles of West

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Dallas restaurateur sees his Tex-Mex empire crumble

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Why does the Texas flag resemble the U.S. flag? The Lone Star replaced an earlier naval design

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Shamrock St. Patrick's Day parade revs up 600

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'Great Debater' Wells remembered as spiritual, passionate

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

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Judge relates history of aviation in Midland

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

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Hills behind West Texas' historic Fort Davis will be conserved

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Couple recharges Mineral Wells dude ranch into artists' retreat

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'Dog the Bounty Hunter' Chapman used wrong to do right - says he became a "man" in Texas

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

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$60M overhaul planned for Alamo

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100 years later, Alamo barracks survive

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Hereford radioman, Clint Formby, still going after decades

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Jack Ruby's Gun To Go Up For Auction

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Seguin celebrates Texas’ independence

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The Texas Fallen Soldiers Project

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Photos: Texas Independence Day Parade in Austin

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Mac Davis remembers his days in Lubbock

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Making a living on the Colorado River

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Texans and the Texas attitude

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What's the history of tortillas?

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At 76, Houston Livestock Show & Rodeo still larger than life

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Dallas DA says unearthed JFK documents will likely be given to Sixth Floor

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Texans should be familiar with history

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Historic jail on display, Oilfield hoosegow now on site at Petroleum Park

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Palo Pinto County officials unfurl county's first-ever flag

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Houston's Beer Can House restored to its original condition & now open

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Bartee Haile: Judge bean holds banned boxing bout in Langtry

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Texas Declaration exhibit opens in Brownsville

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Abilene man was mentor to Jackie Robinson

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Texas-based film "No Country for Old Men" wins Best Picture Oscar

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Maria Elena Holly Speaks About Relationship With Lubbock - I wonder how much she charged for the interview

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DMN says former DA arranged to use Kennedy assassination documents for movie

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One of the first students of Amarillo's Suzuki program now member of NY Metropolitan Opera orchestra

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RIP: Legendary Houston bluesman Calvin Owens dead at 78

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Hand-painted mustangs part of rodeo feel in Houston

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Giant presidential heads in Pearland, Presidential Park website

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Landmark Case Slow To Turn Cultural Tide In East Texas

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Trew: Chilly among cattle

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Dallas County DA's office finds cache of JFK memorabilia

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Welcome to Marfa, home of 1 stoplight, 2 movies and 16 Oscar nods

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Tex-Arcana: How did nine-pin bowling start?

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Martinez Restaurant owner also serves up bucking rodeo bulls

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Texas' Lady Liberty's has a risque side

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UFO in the sky? Texas is one of the top three states for sightings

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Brownsville a 'pool of chess babies'

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El Paso's historic Plaza Hotel Downtown bought, to be restored

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Texan Claims He’s JFK’s Love Child

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Southeast Texans can toast way into 'Guinness' record

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Texan With Character: Sara Hickman

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El Paso refining billionaire relates story of journey to wealth

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San Antonio: The Watermark Hotel: Tequila and Romance

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Denton unveils ‘Historic Quakertown’

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Cloverlake kept Plainview well supplied for four decades

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Border snag led to memorable romantic experience

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Lajitas resport going from hideout to haven

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Sundown ranch named as an endangered historical site

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Why do Texans love the shape of Texas?

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H.L. Hunt heirs locked in bitter fight over control of funds' fortunes

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The Globe of the Great Southwest

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Landslide 1970 vote propelled Beaumont's first black councilman into office

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Johnson, radio pioneer during the war

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Dance halls top list of Texas' endangered places

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James Leonard Maximilian Farmer was first black person to earn Ph.D. in Texas

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Dallas hospital room where JFK died now stored in Kansas

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Big Spring's Tumbleweed Smith about to air the 10,000th edition of The Sound of Texas

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Melvin B. Tolson makes history at Wiley College

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Bartee Haile: Last U.S. diplomat survives Texas curse

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Brown County museum gets long-awaited washing

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What is the Texas Independence Relay?

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95-year-old time capsule found at Athens ISD building

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Border commemorates the 160th anniversary of Treaty of Hidalgo

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Rule: Baylor coach shaped by life in tiny Texas town

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16-year-old's steer fetches $185,000 at Fort Worth stock show auction

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What is the 'PUF?' 1839 fund for universities going strong - yes but benefiting only a few

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'Oldest Town in Texas' forever twinned with Columbia disaster

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Stanley Marcus' images subject of museum exhibit, book

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Suit alleges Showtime's 'Jasper, Texas' stole rights

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History buffs seek evidence of 'forgotten battle' before Alamo

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Glasscock County's Pruit longest-serving sheriff in the U.S.

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Texas' "must see destinations": special section of the DMN

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