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  TEXAS HEADLINES  2008 Q1  
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Headlines archived chronologically as originally posted in 2008, 1st Quarter


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03/31/2008

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Texas Democratic caucus delegate apportionment - as of midnight

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Obama is victor in weekend caucuses

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Open Thread: Tell us your convention stories

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Texas House Dems look to reunite, focus on November

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Jefferson County Democrats and Republicans — A tale of two conventions

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Sheila Jackson Lee at odds with constituents

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House District 81 runoff in Odessa

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Update: Charges unlikely for teen who left fetus in trash - it was still-born, Police questioning juvenile in birth of baby on plane, Fetus found in airplane bathroom at Bush airport in Houston

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Houston's Reliant  a hit with hoops fans, NCAA

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Dallas school district gets word out on $1.35 billion bond vote

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Texas couple accused of duct taping child at day care

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Gadsden schools teacher to face drug charge

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Officials fear growing boldness of smugglers

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State committee members to tour Lubbock State School today

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Marijuana Laws In Texas

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Dearth of Dredging in the Gulf Intracoastal waterway

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First Female Fire Chief Appointed in Beaumont

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Superintendents learn about clean buses

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Hutchison’s ‘whatever’ a novel declaration of war?

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Krusee: Central Texans have a chance to learn how to deal with the region's growing pains

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Curious Development Afoot Over Edwards Aquifer

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2 hurt when truck carrying Liberty Bell replica hit

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Dallas to adopt electronic campaign finance filing system

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Pier 1 to sell Fort Worth headquarters for $104 million

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TSA unveils the checkpoint of the future - no mention of where the pliers are stored

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Barton:Yes to power plants

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No Appeal For Fort Worth 'Coat Hanger-Strangler'

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Give Texans the tools to quit smoking - how about leaving Texans alone!?

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Houston in middle-of-the-pack for travel expenses

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Police: Man Threatens To Stab Quanell X

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Pregnant Houston woman who vanished in January found dead

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Sweetwater to host major veterans career event

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San Augustine reels from flood waters

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Texas Man Dies After Car Swept From Highway

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Laura Bush Reunites WIth Midlanders in class reunion

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Patent infringement litigation offers business opportunities for Lufkin

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A&M Regents Name Lone Finalist For Tarleton State Presidency

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7 Mexican-born Texas death row inmates lose appeals

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Sponsor behind $5-per-patron strip club fee still fighting

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Bush library searches for Web site name

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Kidnapping suspect critically injured in shootout with Dallas police

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Dell to close Austin computer factory, lay off thousands worldwide

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2 firefighters injured in apartment fire in northeast Dallas

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Macias files suit challenging primary recount results, says 253 people voted in both Dem & GOP primaries
 

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03/29&30/2008

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Some recent laws seen as protecting Dallas residents from themselves - nanny state

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Trinity Presbyterian in Dallas closes after 118 years

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Denton County judge's son, 18, indicted in sexual assault

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Collin County Jail replaces face-to-face visits with video system for new cells - Lubbock's new, soon to open jail has the same

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Dallas plant makes water bottles more eco-friendly

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Amarillo, Fort Worth benefit from V-22 contract

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Registered sex offender drops bid for mayor of Wilmer

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73-year-old bus passenger faces drug counts in Laredo

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Officers return fire, kill suspect along Dallas-area highway

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Texan pleads guilty to using stolen credit card numbers

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Congressional runoffs in DeLay's old seat; Dallas district

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Runoff builds for 22nd Congressional District seat

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Dem county conventions:
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Second Texas Democratic caucuses bring more chaos

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Delegates Tallied Among Texas' Democratic Conventions

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Texas Democratic caucus delegate apportionment

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Texas Democratic Party rules for awarding delegates

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Barack Obama handily wins Dallas County district conventions

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Sheila Jackson Lee booed at Dem convention in her own district

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Police Identify Man Shot While Trying To Help Friend - another example of why you should be armed

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Honduran Babysitter Sought In Death Of Central Texas Toddler

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Texas APME awards excellence in journalism, 2008 Texas APME Awards List

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Officers fatally shoot man who threatened them in El Paso store

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Harris County authorities suspect arson in school fire

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UTSA students apparently plagiarized honor code

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Emilio's recovery pivotal to hypothermia study

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D/FW Airport won't expand service to Europe much under Open Skies treaty

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ICE raids Latino night clubs in Dallas

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YES charter high school ranked as Houston's best

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

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Southwest flight returns to Dallas after engine trouble

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Drug cartels operate training camps near Texas border just inside Mexico

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Dallas Cowboys stadium naming rights may top record deal

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Hutchison beginning to look at 2010 gubernatorial run in Texas

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Loyal alumni pay off for Tech in Legislature

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Home cookin' for campaign expenditures for Isett? - last time I checked, accounting services are classified as "professional services" and not "personal services."
 

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03/28/2008

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Woman Says Lubbock TSA Forced Piercings Removal

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TSA Issues Statement on Chest Piercing Screening

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TSA to change screening policies after nipple ring incident

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AT&T chairman: product engineering as easy in Bangalore as Austin

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Lone Star Rising: Houston next world city

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13 suspected cocaine traffickers arrested in Lubbock

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Ex-Tarleton State professor indicted in child porn case

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Dallas dance club where 12-year-old danced won't be closed

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Texas cattle to begin entering Mexico after 4-year ban

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Authorities seek woman who threw dog from car window in Irving

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Dad in microwave case wants to keep parental rights

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Hundreds greet shuttle crew at Ellington Field

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State board tentatively approves English curriculum plan

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Bible curriculum moves forward

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Autopsy ordered in death of former Smith County deputy

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Emergency landing ends safely at Bush, Continental says

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Houston's Hermann Park lake to close for year

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Rosenthal's ex-secretary leaves Harris county

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Attorneys Leave Big Dallas Firm To Start Female-Owned Firm

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Banks in Clear Channel deal want case moved to federal court

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El Paso County revenue is $23M ahead

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Craddick, Estes plan fundraiser for Margo

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Drinks on Dr Pepper if Guns N' Roses releases new album

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Corpus Christi Chamber CEO on paid leave while dissention dealt with

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Tyler: 'Swingers Club' Defendant Sentenced to Life

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Senate hearing targets Perdenales Electric Co-op allegations

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Another Jenna Bush drinking scandal

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Will Rick Perry run for governor again?

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Prison riot injures several inmates in South Texas

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Houston topless clubs may try pasties to skirt law

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Average Texas gasoline prices hold steady at $3.17

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2nd man sentenced in Bryan for clubbing horse to death

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Redford in Houston to tout anti-coal movie

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Plano OKs prayer event at City Hall

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Scrutiny of Denton State School opens debate about care

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Dallas ISD trustees waive residency requirement for 11 administrators

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Texas cities not complying with state law in Red Light Cameras

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Police Department That Was Almost Disbanded Arrests Wanted Fugitive

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Secretary of Veterans Affairs lauds South Texas VA center

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Cameron Co. democratic convention spawns confusion - this story is an example of many across the state

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Lubbock botulism poisoning lawsuit now a Federal case

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Libertarian backs out of HD83 race leaving RINO Delwin Jones with no opponent

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Judge strikes down Texas strip club fee - stripper rights protected

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Austin’s smoking ban upheld - property rights trampled

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DPS graduates 166 new troopers

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Regent Hotel to occupy Dallas' Tower Petroleum Building

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Texas Board of Education approves elective Bible course for high schools

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Rosenthal found in contempt for deleting e-mails

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03/27/2008

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Pessimism anyone?
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Texas unemployment rate reaches new low

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Texas jobless rate falls to 30-year low

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DFW Named Nation's Fastest Growing Metro Area, 4 Texas Locations Among The Top 10

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Dallas-Fort Worth jobless rate falls to 4.3 percent

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Austin fifth fastest-growing metro area in nation

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Austin forging ahead on job gains

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Survey: Houston salaries to rise for some job seekers

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San Antonio sees big gains in export business

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West Texas Economy Thriving

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Midland posts 2.6 percent unemployment, record high labor force

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Council of Governments delays release of North Texas population estimates

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State approves prison guard pay hike

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Texas near top of hate group expansion states

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House district 55 GOP run-off heats up between Sheffield & Tyroch

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Texas Southern U's Slade avoids prison with plea deal

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Two injured after shooting in dorm Texas College parking lot in Tyler

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Police: Man tries to kidnap Sugar Land girl

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Waco: 12 year old almost kidnapped on way to school

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Central Texas Minister Indicted On Child Pornography Charges

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Editorial: Government isn't a health care cure

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Half-ton woman faces murder charge in La Joya

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Texas sharpshooter Abrams on target with 3-pointers

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Perry touts Texas' efforts at health care system reform

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Lt. Gov. Dewhurst named Texan of the Year

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Woman shoots robber, wounds husband defending against home invasion

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Houston's new outlet mall opens today

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Jenna Bush to speak at dad's hometown of Midland

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Congressional District 22 candidates spar over spending

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The Shelley Saga: 52 days, $182K

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Explosion in Brookshire injures two

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New Braunfels teachers: Principal said he'd kill them

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Pasadena school police chief to return from leave

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Fort Bend boy, 13, charged in school gun incident

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Harris Co. GOP DA opponents dispute status of DA's office

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The party's not over for Texas caucus goers

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Texas Democrats hope trial settles ballot dispute

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Nederland's manager Wimer resigns

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Sen. John Cornyn makes a play for bloggers

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Gov wants doctors to make medical records electronic

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Top professor loses post, but not job, at UTSA

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Editorial: Consular law protects Americans, too. Texas murder case has international ramifications

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Dallas police officers fired for writing false tickets

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Sheriff's association endorses Lowell Cannaday in Dallas election

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American Airlines' cancellation count rises to 141 flights

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Combining North Texas highway districts gains steam

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Safety fears lead Obama's America-hating preacher to call off Dallas visit

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Tejano music star regaining consciousness, doctors say

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UNT terminates deal with Radisson Hotel

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Longtime Wichita Falls automobile dealership under fire on tax & loan cases

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CVS, Texas settle lawsuit over dumping of customer records

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Former state Senate staffer's computers seized

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West Texas Wool shearing under way

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Aviation giant’s officials tour North Texas Regional Airport

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Pleas likely from pair of Houston City Hall workers

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A&M regents raise tuition from 4-14% for this fall

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Clinton camp challenges delegates for Texas county Democratic caucuses

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Exclusive: Craddick goes under oath in abuse of power suit

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Yudof leaving University of Texas system for California
 

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03/26/2008

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200 American Airlines Flights Canceled for inspections

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Sen. Ogden: Texas can solve the problem of financing road constructions

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Pension funds sought to finance toll roads

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Finally, Willacy County gets grand jury

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Ships continue arriving at Port of Brownsville to be dismantled

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Editorial: Just say no to silly propaganda

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Mail Lost In Fiery Crash in San Antonio

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Water War Brewing In Central Texas

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Murder Charge Against Former Waco areal Pastor Dropped

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Mother Of Civilian Contractor Killed in Iraq Speaks

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Panhandling limits deemed unconstitutional, 2nd ruling overturning Austin rules

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Hays County Commissioners vote against shooting ban

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Texas' eighth-graders score 92 percent passing rate on TAKS reading exam

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School leaders across Texas headed for Harvard - that's great, more liberalism

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University of Texas approves tuition hikes for schools, UT regents to examine tuition increase

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Tuition rates could require state oversight

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Seattle officials come to Austin looking for transportation lessons-learned - sort of like trying to learn to read from someone who is illiterate.

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Judge delays Potter Co. Sheriff Shumate venue ruling

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Abilene group approves deal to assist wind energy

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Beaumont backs away from Red Light Camera deal, more

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Pinehurst council retires judge after 31 years of service

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Dallas: Toys, Medicines Stolen From 7-Year-Old Cancer Patient

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Editorial: Moving water from Oklahoma to Texas

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Editorial: Proceed with caution on Texas budget

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Grapevine residents balk at Gaylord Texan expansion plans

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Plano council says 'no' to 60-feet tall golf course nets

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Dallas City Council close to setting green standards for building projects

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Hillwood signs renewable energy deal for AllianceTexas, Victory properties

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Obama's pastor Wright cancels Houston stops

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Old West trial coming to Wardville courthouse

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Changes Made To Byron Nelson Championship Course

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Brownsville man pardoned by President Bush

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Texas Homeowners may defer some taxes

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Port Arthur sees second drive-by shooting in three days

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Texas rattlesnake rancher arrested for selling snake vodka

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RES-Americas moving HQ from Texas to Colorado

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Sherman High student arrested for making online death threats

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

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Bitter battle brewing in TX-22 congressional race

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Ex-Texas Southern U president in court

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Houston city employees get new contract

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

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Doctor: Emilio Navaira's condition improves

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Should Texas bureaucrats police roses and tacos?

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

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Dad who put baby in oven gets 25-year sentence

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Father charged with murder in DeSoto boy's death

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Dallas County raids target bogus vehicle inspections

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

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03/25/2008

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

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Noriega goofs words to “Deep in the Heart…”

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

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Sufficient moisture from 2007 gives West Texas farmers a good start

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

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Central Texas School Cafeteria Manager Arrested for Theft

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Hays commissioners turn down limits on shooting on small lots

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Judge suppresses statement in trooper murder trial

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Georgetown may change controversial ordinance

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Texas Tejano Legend Emilio Navaira Fights for His Life

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KXAN back on the air for northern Central Texas

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Too Many Absences Could Mean $500 for Parents

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Low Water Levels At Lake Meredith

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School bus driver hurt in collision SE of Snyder Monday

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

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Podcast: Gov. Perry on the economy

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Jury Convicts Man Of Microwaving Baby Daughter

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Man Drives Into Fort Worth Pedestrian Tunnel

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Farmers Branch Accused Of Trying To Enforce Barred Ordinance

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

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High court backs Texas in dispute over Mexican death row inmate

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4-H hits century mark

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Brazoria Co. DA looking into voting problems

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

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Voter fraud alleged in Jim Wells County

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Man Attacks Mother, Reports House Fire

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Beaumont woman pulls gun on deliverymen for not taking off shoes

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Beaumont city council to vote on red-light cameras

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Dallas kills ’safety’ cams after revenue falls short

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Editorial: Safety must be first with new pipelines

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Mother Of Murdered Adult Video Clerk Sues Store Owner

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

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Is the beggar on the corner fooling you?

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Austin's panhandling ordinance panned

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Man calls police from trunk of his car

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

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Editorial: A school district too slow to learn

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McKinney School Board Approves Longer Days

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Boys thrown off bridge by mom to stay in state custody

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Denton mayor calls for review of city's spending system

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Editorial: Frisco's free-speech frenzy

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Editorial: UT tuition plan OK for now

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

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

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

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Complaints To PUC Are Down

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Border Patrol wants military veterans

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Historic ship Elissa will sail in for Houston tours

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Houston unable to clinch top of procrastinator list

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City of Copperas Cove could be without a mayor

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Rep. Phil King supports recycling of gas well water

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Editorial: Border cam still looks like a waste of money

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TxDOT extends commenting deadline on TTC project by 30 days

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Texas Easter Bunny says child not dropped on purpose

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

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Dallas-area home prices post biggest drop yet

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

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03/24/2008

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

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Texas reaps $2.2 billion in earmarks

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

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High wind stalled construction of Lubbock wind-power site

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Kidnapper of Lubbock newborn sentenced to prison

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Former Houston "madam" comments on NY governor scandal

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Fire regulations break up some Texas foster families

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

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San Antonio parades, parties in annual 10-day celebration

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Editorial: McCain to Paul supporters: Drop dead

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Rodent infestation blamed for small sugar crop in Valley

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South Texas to get 3 interstate legs

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Allstate claims fraud at Valley chiropractic clinics

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Brownwood fan welcomed home NCAA III champion Howard Payne Lady Jackets

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

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Editorial: New North Texas rail concept has promise

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Editorial: Texas' pipeline to youth prison

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

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Dogs in duds strut at Dallas Pooch Parade

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Dallas Gunman Shot At Grandmother, Mother & Child

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Hutto Teen Charged in Death of Infant Son

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

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Production at Big Spring refinery remains at standstill

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

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MetLife subsidiary planning to layoff workers in San Antonio

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

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Protest over McAllen roadway renewed

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Clear Conservative Choice In Harris County DA’s Race

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Constable's car torched in Dallas

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Molotov cocktail weapon of choice in Dallas car arsons

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DPS to post Texas sex offenders' job data

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Open-record requests can take time, money

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

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

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Dallas-Fort Worth office leasing jumps

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Rockwall DA Ray Sumrow convicted of theft

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Suggestion: English teachers could use a tutor
 

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

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

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West Texas counties await hunting decision

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

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Electricity, diesel, fertilizer prices tough on farmers, ranchers

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Bluebonnets begin their show, but season could be just average

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Old prison may be closed for land use

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

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

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

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Voucher program to remove polluting cars might be halted

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Guard presence along Mexican border to end this summer

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Baylor project seeks to preserve African-American gospel recordings

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

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

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Obese relative may have crushed Valley toddler

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Candidate Lykos: DA office needs an outsider for reform

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Siegler touts her inside knowledge in DA race
 

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03/21/2008 Good Friday

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Perry seeks more federal aid; South Texas fire reignites

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TCEQ removes chemicals from Bertram warehouse

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

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State seeks proposals for border cameras

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

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Austin American-Statesman editor Oppel to retire

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Fort Bliss school teacher arrested in sex abuse case

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Former comptroller Strayhorn considers Austin mayoral run

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Houston Fire Dept. cadet dismissed after noose incident

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Interim Harris Co. DA making changes

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Federal audit finds fault with Dallas Housing Authority's finances

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

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

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Police: Deadly Denton County house fire was intentionally set

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

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D/FW air traffic controllers working overtime

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New animals move into the Dallas Zoo

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

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

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Hispanics and Houston's business community

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

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

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

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

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Soldier thanks Odessa

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El Paso Commissioner says he had no dealings with guilty Telles

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

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2007 Census Shows Small Counties in Decline

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Questions remain over border fence lawsuits

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One Hidalgo County community won't escape border fence

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Weslaco elections remain up in air

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Industrial spending down, but Texas tops all states

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Man Robs Woman, Sets Her Ablaze At Dallas Bus Stop

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Waiting for a decision in that lawsuit against TxDOT officials

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

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

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Democratic chairman defends party caucuses

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Seguin police chief resigning after flap over comments

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

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Brown County doctor indicted in sexual assault of child

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HPD officer dragged by pickup truck

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Richmond diesel theft suspect arrested

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Justice delayed? Texas Supreme Court backlog grows

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Sam Houston statue vandalized

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

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

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Teacher accused of dating student in Edinburgh

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Legality of candidacy questioned in Elsa City Council race

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MORGAN: Dispatches from a West Texas wildfire

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Texas drought tough on farmers, ranchers

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Assault charges dropped against former Texan Mathis

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

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University of Texas' new tuition rates vary by major
 

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03/20/2008

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Fuel prices causing governments major gov. budget crunch

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Tech-Oklahoma State football game Dallas-bound

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Alvin deserves better behavior from council

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

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University of Texas to announce new tuition rates

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

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Perry greets touring vets at State Capitol

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Austin Fire Chief Put on Notice for Changes

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State board says no time for Hispanic input on new curriculum

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Texas revisions on standards for English draw criticism

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Travis County among top 10 showing the most population gains

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Stubb's seeks zoning changes amid expansion effort

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Wyoming firm plans small wind farm in the Texas Panhandle

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Amarillo VA nursing home under investigation

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Former Prime Minister addresses American, Australian alliance

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Walking quorum is out of step with law

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TCEQ names chief of El Paso office

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

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El Paso Corruption Scandal: Plea imperils Telles' law license

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

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

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Event Honoring Obama's Pastor Moved Off TCU Campus

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La Marque eyesore torn down

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CenterPoint wants coastal rate increase

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Richmond Police: 1,400 gallons of diesel stolen

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San Angelo businessman indicted in wire fraud case

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Fire consumes area of Hidalgo County nearly the size of McAllen

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Border security fears push Mexicans north

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

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Mexican Mafia thug is arrested by Border Patrol agents

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

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County fights release of autopsy of burglar shot by Horn

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

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Tornado Conformed in Gregg County Storms

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Rep. Berman Questions if Paycheck Deductions Can Fund PACs

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

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Dallas Store Owner Uses YouTube To Catch Vandals

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

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Northside ISD, Helotes agree to share costs in downtown revitalization

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Woman apparently kills self outside Houston PD station

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Closing arguments begin in Rockwall DA corruption trial

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

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03/19/2008

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

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Former champion Reggie Johnson indicted on theft charge

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D-FW flights return to normal

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Massive wildfire in South Texas forces hundreds to evacuate

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

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Lubbock author wants you to find meaning in your cleaning

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FBI seeks 'fashionable felon' after Houston bank robbery

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

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Wrestling manager Playboy Gary Hart dies at 66

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Chimp Haven to fight return of chimps to Texas

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Teenager still missing after being swept by floodwaters

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

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Slain Red Lobster executive may have been kidnapped

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Wheatley: Texas should protect its waters

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

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

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

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Messer Appointed as 100th Judicial District Judge

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Amarillo paves way for $70M-plus water project

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Haskell County negotiating sale of detention center

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Storms Wreak Havoc Across North Texas

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FBI foils plot to assassinate federal judge

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Congressman Thornberry addresses budget issues

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Man Arrested for Public Intoxication at Mandatory DWI Class

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Texans Among Dozens Suing FEMA Over Formaldehyde Fumes

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Editorial: State must consider profits by insurers

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

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Senator nervous about attending House Christmas Mountains hearing

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

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

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City workers remove racist graffiti from Arlington home

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

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SMU Student Senate OKs campus pub idea

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

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New Grand Hyatt opening delayed in San Antonio, official explain

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State official: classroom materials may exclude minorities

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Report: Texas public preschool program has quantity, not quality

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Zapata oil-drilling fire contained

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AG: Galveston ISD must release signature cards

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

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Jetliner lands in El Paso after blowing tire on takeoff

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Fairbanks, Alaska looks to Austin for inspiration in redevelopment

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

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Legal battle rages over whether ankles exist

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

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Court tosses sentence in Houston murder conviction

 

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Today is 71st Anniversary of East Texas School Explosion

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

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

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Federal officials say Texas too slow in processing food stamp applications

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Dr Pepper Dallas Cup XXIX boosts economy

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

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Texas Democratic Party rejects Clinton's caucus verification request

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Farmers Insurance proposes rate hikes for North Texas-area homeowners

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Texas landowners say government never negotiated access for fence

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Galveston taking action to prevent spring break chaos

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Harris Co. deputy constable fired after child sex indictment

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NM authorities investigate Texas man's death

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Hidalgo County levee breach would cause $1.76B in damage

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Dogs Kill Another Miniature Horse in Lubbock

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

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

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

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Parolee condemned for San Antonio slayings loses appeal

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Judge rejects settlement in TYC civil rights case

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Houston home sales down sixth straight month

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

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

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There's a big scramble in charter school world

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Bell County: No room in the courthouse

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Editorial: Let sun shine on our government

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Sharyland grad heading to 2008 Olympics

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Few Texas utilities test water supply

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Seguin police chief suspended

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Reed endorses Montford for Travis Co. DA

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

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UT receives $55M for School of Music

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Legislators say education panel lacks Hispanic

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El Paso Files Petition For Revocation of ASARCO permit

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Severe weather causes massive cancellations at D/FW Airport

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American Airlines Cancels All Flights Today

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

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Amarillo hospital to use Bell Helicopter

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Corpus Christi: Tornado may have touched down on southside

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Deadbeat Dads Jailed in Joint Brazos County/AG Effort

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Man Commits Suicide After Holding Estranged Wife at Gunpoint

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State education commissioner questions new Bible course law

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Bible course may be elective in Texas schools

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El Paso Denies Feds Access for Border Fence

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

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

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Refinery Associates of Texas wins $185M naval fuel contract

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No vacancy: Big Spring rooms filled with workers

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City secretary no longer part of harassment suit in Laredo

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New developments in Houston Radio Tejano Day debate

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All of Southeast Texas under Tornado Watch

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Coastal weather affects insurance rates of Texans statewide

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Potential key witness in Texas dogfighter's slaying is missing
 

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

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How Texans voted in DC last week

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Hutchison voted NO on bill to ban Federal Earmarks

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

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

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

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Temple: Eight People Arrested In Park Riot

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

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Beach patrol increased in Galveston

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Group gives tips on when to fight traffic tickets

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Quanah Hospital Must Pay $400,000

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Barnett Shale Expo expands to full day

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Hidalgo, Starr County Border Wall Cases in Court Today

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

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Smith Co. Constable Henry Jackson's Home Searched

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

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Delaware man helped uncover Texas-based fraud

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Bexar voters are feeling push to extend venue tax

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Buddy West has show of support

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Paris DA candidate refuses to debate

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

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

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New Harris County DA promises to restore trust in the office

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

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

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Time running out to comment on Trans Texas Corridor

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

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Rockwall DA's assistant testifies in theft trial

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GE to unveil plans for West Texas wind farm near McAdoo

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Survey says: Castle law good for Texas

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Texans not on fence over gun case

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Ruby's gun gets fraction of asking price at auction

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El Paso: City Manager Announces Finalists For Police Chief

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It could be a long time before Asarco restarts

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Noriega wants a Democrat who'll fight to win Texas

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B1 To Test Synthetic Fuel at Dyess AFB in Abilene

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

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Tuesday is 71st Anniversary of East Texas School Explosion

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Dozens of Contract Workers Escorted Out of ExxonMobil in Beaumont

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4-H clubs mark 100 years in Texas

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

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Dallas officers indicted on charges of assault in Steve Holy case

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

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03/15&16/2008

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

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

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Craddick in tight battle for Texas House speaker's job

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Rep. Buddy West's health - good enough?

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

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Race for 83rd District Attorney thrown into turmoil

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

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South Texas landowners slow border fence's progress in court

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Kansas outduels Texas to claim Big 12 title

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

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Carrollton spelling whiz tops her idol to advance to national bee

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Richardson firm Sipera stops computer invasions via Internet phone

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Dallas restaurateur sees his Tex-Mex empire crumble

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Raging Texas wildfires threaten some homes

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Bush grants federal aid for Texas counties scorched by wildfires

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Houston neighbors sue Enron chief's widow over condo fees

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Texas men arrested in slayings of Detroit-area couple

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AG: Tribe's 8-liner cash payouts illegal

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North Dallas watching case on alcohol sales

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

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

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Texas superdelegate Bob Slagle is very ill

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

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

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

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

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For hotel maids, Spring Break is no party

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McAllen's Westside Park up for sale

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Mission in apparent violation of Open Records Act

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Hotel business in Midland is booming

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Dumas pool a hot topic
 

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

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

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Lykos-Siegler DA runoff heating up Harris County

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Cooke County DA run-off heats up

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Stats: ID theft takes heavy toll in Valley

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Rigs actively looking for oil, gas down by 10

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CHIP enrollment up in Valley

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Governor chooses federal prosecutor to succeed disgraced DA

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Pentagon announces Fort Hood brigade due to deploy to Afghanistan

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

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Woman sues Six Flags over ride mishap

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Texas gasoline prices climb further into record territory

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Texas bar suspends Dallas lawyer over role in alleged stock scams

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Dallas firefighters battle three-alarm apartment fire

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

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Fort Bend assistant principal resigns after Peeping-Tom arrest

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Bastrop principal was suspended for comments to staff

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Del Rio school chief Fernandez to resign

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

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Dumpster leads police to charge 3 in school theft case

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Waller ISD clears hurdle in effort to sell bonds

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

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

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

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Grass Fire Threatening Homes in Hays County

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

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

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Cornyn Opposes Tax Hike Proposal

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Eastland Court justices conduct actual hearings on Howard Simmons U campus

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Beware city deception in development notices

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Judge throws out suit to stop gas drilling near Trinity trails

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

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

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"Nashville Star" Heads To Texas For Country Casting

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Editorial: A tall ozone order

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U.S. Census to open regional center in Dallas

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Corpus Christi police detain 2 teens after shooting rampage

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Burleson man flees before trial for rape in Midland

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Supplier Strike Could Close Arlington's GM Plant

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Lubbock mayor says statute threatens mobile car wash businesses

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

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

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Sales tax revenue is continuing to climb throughout Texas

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Comal delays vote on seniors' tax exemption until November

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

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Sen. Estes Plan to Re-file Salvia Bill

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Tyler Residents Might Vote on Anti-Smoking Ordinance

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Have A Gambling Problem? Don't Come To Texas

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Texas: Private Toll Road Uses Public Money

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Police: TV helicopters hampered efforts to end Plano standoff

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Rice fires basketball coach Willis Wilson

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Power outage shuts down some Bush airport facilities

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Six Flags reduces admission price for kids

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03/13/2008

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South Texas sheriff unaccustomed to challenges threatens reporter

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Security features on Texas ID cards will cost less than expected

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

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Perry criticizes tougher EPA air quality standards

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

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House committee opens probe into BP blast plea deal

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State appeals court backs Houston's Quanell X

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Southwest Airlines says schedule back to normal

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Outlet malls get flashier - and closer to home

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Driver fights off police impersonator in Richland Hills

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School bus collides with a vehicle in Dallas

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

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Colorful new $5 bill debuts Thursday

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Dallas deputy's car rammed by DWI suspect

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

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Insurers' profits in Texas prompt calls for lower rates

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

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

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

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First three appointments named to state cancer institute panel

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Cobb endorses Lehmberg for Travis County DA

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Austin: Surveillance Video of Mayor Wynn Assault Released

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Population climbs 10% in Cedar Park

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Texas energy lobbyists flay legislation on taxes, climate

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

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

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Skydiver falls to his death in Brazoria County

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Aggie still on 'Idol'

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Incumbent Jankowski Wins Washington County Recount for sheriff

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Dallas County D.A. Under Fire for Crashing Car

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

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Downtown water off in Brownwood for repair efforts

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Study marks 2 Valley hospitals as low performers

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Cameron county: 40 GOP ballots found in bag

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Outlet Center To Replace Texas Stadium

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

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Loss ratio numbers from Texas insurance firms

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

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

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

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Brownsville Bailiff Accused of Selling Weapons Back at Work

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Former Nacogdoches sheriff's lieutenant sentenced in child porn case

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Fort Davis Grassfires Now Under Control

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Conaway uncovers fake NRCC audit

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

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Recount changes outcome in Jacksonville - rare but it can happen

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

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Houston ISD teacher layoffs up for discussion

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Hills behind West Texas' historic Fort Davis will be conserved

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

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District Judge Runoff Avoided for the 216th District Court

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Dallas-Fort Worth home foreclosures up 19%

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Developers to build 3 large office buildings in Frisco

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Chimp killed after escaping from facility near Bastrop
 

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03/12/2008

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Study: McAllen Latino children less likely to grow up healthy

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

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

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

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

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Texas Crop Report

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Appeals court grants two inmates chance to get off death row

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White separatist ran as Ron Paul delegate in Tenn.

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Southwest grounds 41 jets after admitting missing inspections

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Southwest Airlines puts 3 employees on leave after safety probe

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Craddick wants deposition in lawsuit kept private

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Shipley Do-Nuts settles discrimination lawsuit with employees

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Texas Health Department official resigns after allegations surface

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Riot quelled at Houston federal facility

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

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

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

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Amarillo Businesses Staying Competitive in Job Market

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

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

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Bush jokes about planning for daughter's wedding

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Land Board yet to consider parks option for Christmas Mountains

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Legendary 'cowboy saver' set to hang up his costume

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

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

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

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Montgomery County doctors' shootings leave questions

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Wildfire burns near UT's McDonald Observatory

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RIP Joe Wagner, Legendary Texas House doorkeeper dies

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

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Rick Noriega swaps out chief fundraisers

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Williston: What recession? This is Texas

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Austin area cops bust big heroin operation

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Austin is seventh on college real estate scorecard

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100th V-22 Osprey produced in Amarillo

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

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Randall County joins new Texas Regional Public Defender system

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

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

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Gov. appoints Tom Pauken chairman of Workforce Commission

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Frisco Landslide Threatens Residential Property

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

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Dems pressure Cornyn over pastor's remarks

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Fake cop robs man in Richland Hills

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Texas, El Paso still counting votes from caucuses

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Harris County Dems have yet to start caucus tally

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Editorial: Change Texas caucus system

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Arlington Files Suit To Remove Racist Graffiti

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

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Governor expected to name new Harris County DA this week

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Buffalo Bills Kevin Everett honored for his strength

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Houston cops pose as hookers to nab 10

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Drag-Racing Texas TV Trucks Caught On Video

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KKK rally scheduled for March 30th canceled in Longview

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

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Kerrville gets visit from sister city's mayor

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

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Odessa Elementary School Dealing with a Stinky Situation

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

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Texas insurers record another year of record profits

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Perry to name Magidson and new Harris Co. DA

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Indicted Magnolia police chief won't get new contract

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

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

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

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

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Spike Dykes to be inducted in Texas Sports Hall of Fame

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Aide quits after accusations he impersonated reporter, lawmaker

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Dallas: Former DART official apparent victim in murder-suicide

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U.S. Bowling Congress leaves Milwaukee for Texas

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Documents suggest cozy relationship between FAA, Southwest

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Man charged with murder after driving truck into crowd

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Dr Pepper de-merger from Cadbury on track

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Man who posed as illegal immigrant released

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Judge rules against man who challenged animal sacrifice ban

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Motel 6 parent company Accor unveils new hotel prototype

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Austin College president to retire in June 2009

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Thick fog lifts in Dallas-Fort Worth

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Voucher idea for Texas dropouts resisted

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

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Fight for Texas Democrat delegates won't end anytime soon

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Trial casts shadow on Texas Gulf Coast sickle cell group

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Allied Aviation pays $1.9 million to settle racial discrimination case

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New National Hurricane Center director is longtime Houston meteorologist

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New class of campus police is bigger and better-armed

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State overrules vote to rehire North Forest ISD chief

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

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San Antonio vet gets presidential tour

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

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New power plant coming to Sherman

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

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

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Thieves take Keller park's statue, possibly for scrap

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Hunt Co: Chemical Tanker Truck Crashes; 200 Evacuated

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Suspected College Station Serial Rapist Arrested

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Settlement reached in Pedernales co-op lawsuit

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Perry's tax cut boon to local business

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

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

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

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03/10/2008

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Publisher: Newspapers must evolve in content delivery, ad sales

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

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

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

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Aggies, Hogs renewing football rivalry at Cowboys Stadium

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Latino school enrollment high in cities with immigration laws

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Five Horses Die in Barn Fire Sparked by Lightning

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

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Pollution showdown looms for Houston, powerful chemical industry

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Couple recharges Mineral Wells dude ranch into artists' retreat

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

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

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Federal judge prohibits Round Rock school vote on graduation prayers

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Judge orders negotiation before border fence property seizure

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OSHA uncovers slew of refinery violations

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

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Hannah Montana breaks her own rodeo attendance record

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Dallas officer arrested again on DWI suspicion in Arlington

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Law expands Texas prison inmates' access to phones

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

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

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

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Brownwood gets NCAA Div. III Sweet 16 game

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Temple Resident Charged In Wife's Murder

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Texas Dems stop delegate count for now, wait on conventions

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

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250 Austin ISD teachers have a criminal history

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SOS clarifies rule on who can vote in primary runoff

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Plane crash in Gun Barrel City kills 1

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97-Year-Old Amarillo Woman Graduates With GED

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Blue Angel Number One Arrives At USS Lexington in Texas

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

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3 rescued from rising creek in Springtown

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Fort Worth federal employee decontaminated after opening letter

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Lack of scrutiny for Tarrant County gas wells questioned

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Editorial: New Ways to Measure Schools

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

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SMU receives $2M gift from TI

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FBI launches probe of Countrywide

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Ron Paul hints he's quitting race

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Ex-TSU officials may testify in Priscilla Slade trial

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Hotel Galvez to pamper guests with new spa

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

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

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Texas Dem chief backs change in caucuses

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Toyota donates $4 million to Texas schools

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Editorial: NAFTA criticism is woefully misguided

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Reno city funds missing, city secretary arrested

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Ralph Nader running mate talks with McAllen students

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Former Big Spring clerk indicted on theft charge

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Defibrillators coming to Grayson Co. buildings

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Comfort residents look at incorporation

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

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Report: Texans paying less for natural gas

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South Houston shooting leaves two dead

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

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

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03/05/2008

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

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Craddick D's and Republicans fair very well overall

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Clinton finds victory, redemption in Texas, Ohio

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Clinton the winner 50.85%

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

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Sam Houston winning Dem spot for Supreme Court race

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Analysis: Texas primary dissolves into raucous caucus

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

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Some caucuses turn chaotic, and Clinton mulls legal action

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Obama ahead in caucuses

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Obama keeps delegate lead despite losses

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John McCain seals Republican nomination, celebrates in Dallas

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Harris Co. Judge Emmett declares victory

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Harris Co. DA race in GOP primary

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

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Most incumbent Texas legislators emerging victorious

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Most Craddick supporters prevail in tough primary fights

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RINO Delwin Jones pulls out big victory in district 83

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Bye bye Borris Miles

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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Ron Paul keeps congressional seat by a wide margin

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

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

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Incumbent Houston appellate judge loses in GOP primary

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“Doc” Anderson Survives Primary Challenge, Sibley fails

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Texas voters stick with incumbent judges, state board members

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President George W. Bush endorses McCain

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Long-time Taylor Co. sheriff beaten in primary

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Potter County Sheriff race to go to GOP runoff

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Weber earns GOP nod for Dist. 29 House seat - open seat

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Maxey concedes Travis Co. Tax Assesor race to Spears

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Two in runoff to face Lampson in DeLay's old seat

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216th judge race proves to be tight, runoff likely

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Burgess, Robison in runoff for 393rd Court race

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Hidalgo County voters re-elect felon as constable

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Weatherford incumbent besting challenger for SBOE 11

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El Paso: Ex-police chiefs will face off in sheriff runoff

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FBI inquiry might have played role in El Paso elections

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Seguin: Hollub defeats incumbent in DA race

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Deason, Pirtle poised for runoff election for Rusk County sheriff

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Runoff needed to determine Orange Co. Sheriff’s race

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Castillo: San Antonio emerges as a bellwether

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Despite Popular Vote Win, Hillary Trailing in Caucus Delegates

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Coryell County's Dem results: Clinton: 2,434 & Obama: 2,434

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San Antonio district judge accused of DWI to keep post

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Two-day dolphin death count reaches 21

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Man accused of trying to steal substation copper dies

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Opportunity Austin aims for 117,000 new jobs

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Ex-Ariz. Beauty Queen Allowed To Move To Texas

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Jack Ruby's Gun To Go Up For Auction

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Texas Restricts Canadian Cow Transit To Mexico

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El Paso bomb squad deputized by FBI

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Fort Worth police end 7-hour standoff with man upset with ex-wife

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Dunkin' Donuts begins D-FW rollout

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Pyote Sex Scandal Court Hearings Begin

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TX AG Launches Consumer Protection Website

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Radioactive Dump Could Get OK Despite Proximity to Groundwater

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Embezzlement case drags on in Poteet
 

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03/04/2008 Texas General Primary Elections Day

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Presidential nomination & other campaign trails in Texas:
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Lubbock paper writes an election day poor-ol'-Delwin Jones story

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Pres. Bill Clinton interview on KFYO radio Tuesday afternoon

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Hance endorses McCain after candidate's visit to Lubbock cancelled

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Texans' Votes Play Critical Role In Presidential Race

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Bill stumps in Brownsville while Cameron Co. Democrats endorse Obama

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Clinton steps up 11th-hour attacks on Obama

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Obama tries to lasso votes at Houston rodeo

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Obama caught on NAFTA & Canada claim

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Obama Fires Up Crowd At Rally

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Clinton and Obama Address Issues Important to the Panhandle

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'Grey's Anatomy' star backs Obama at A&M

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Mike Huckabee Speaks to Midland Crowd

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Huckabee calls on Texas to sustain his candidacy

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Justice Dept. monitor in 4 Texas counties

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Texas House District 129

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Texas candidates struggle to get attention

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Ex-cop, now pot pitchman, running for Congress in Texas

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With caucuses likely to be big draw, participants have rules to learn

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Craddick's Democratic supporters, GOP opponents fighting for jobs

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Craddick's re-election remains big issue in District 81

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Texas is a whole other campaign

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Hagee claims views distorted in political fray

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Polls:

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Zogby has Clinton ahead on final day

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Belo Texas poll shows race too close to call poll details

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Analysis: Texans emboldened by primary, but divisions remain

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Voting brisk at North Texas polling sites, crowds expected tonight

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Dolphins found dead on Texas coast

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Albanian hoping for asylum released

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New Housing Program Opens For Fort Worth Vets

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Wine and spirits distributor gets the green light in Texas

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Coast Guard airlifts couple 30 miles off Corpus Christi

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Seguin celebrates Texas’ independence

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Large Grass Fire Threatening Homes East of San Antonio

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Sterling City: Ranchers, farmers assess damage in wake of giant blaze

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Study: Dallas-Fort Worth homes are undervalued

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Pew Center report card gives Texas government a B+, above national average

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Texas Youth Commission names Gov. Rick Perry's criminal justice adviser as chief

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Former Polish leader released from Houston hospital
 

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03/03/2008

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Presidential nomination & other campaign trails in Texas:
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A new low: Delwin Jones sends nasty letter to

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Texas gets big primary day after missing Super Tuesday

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The eyes of the world are upon Texas

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WSJ: Difficulty for Democrats: what plays in Ohio doesn't play in Texas

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Lubbock TV interview with Hillary Clinton

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Obama to be in San Antonio on election night

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Obama Holds Town Hall Meetings in San Antonio

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Obama: Beef up vet benefits

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With less than 24 hours to go, candidates crisscross Texas

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Huckabee speaks in Abilene today

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Huckabee to visit Midland today; says he has no plans to give up White House bid

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Huckabee encourages students to vote in primary

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Obama economic adviser has Abilene ties

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Mrs. Obama to Visit Tyler

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Actor Forest Whitaker delivers Obama's message of hope

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McCain endorsement by Hagee conflicts with Catholic backing

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Big flags on campaign trail

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Late Democratic money surges for Dukes

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Money pouring in to help Craddick allies

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Fox News to report returns from A&M

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Senator Tommy Williams answers Beaumont Enterprise editorial

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McCain & Huckabee answer Texans' questions

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Many wait extra 2 hours for Bill Clinton in Wichita Falls

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Women for Hillary stops in Houston

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Margo, Haggerty slugfest culminates in vote Tuesday

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Editorial: Blue vote in Collin County?

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Huckabee Touts Texans' Role, Life Amendment

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Stroud: Texas caucus process has potential to become a political circus

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Former President Bill Clinton Speaks At Second Rally In Corpus Christi

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Kenyans claim Obama as their candidate

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Early balloting shows huge Texas turnout

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Feds to monitor elections in Fort Bend, Galveston &Waller counties

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Polling:

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Clinton holds narrow Texas lead, pollster says, IVR poll

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New Poll Shows Clinton And Obama Tied In Texas

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Zogby says undecideds are making up their minds

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Huckabee gains on McCain; turnout to decide for Dems

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Insider Advantage says Clinton opening 5 point lead in Tx

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1,000 Wins - Unassuming coach takes center stage

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The Texas Fallen Soldiers Project

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Young voters are an increasing share of the Hispanic electorate

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March Snow Storm Greets the Panhandle

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Harris County Settles Case That Led To DA's Resignation

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Texas attorney general, family-court judges battle over child-support collection

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Attack on family shocks Texas community

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Rockwall County DA Ray Sumrow's trial to begin today

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Texas falls to 5th for corporate moves in magazine survey

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Tanker truck crashes into Corpus Christi ISD school bus

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Tornado May Have Struck Near Edom in Van Zandt Co.

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Gov. Perry makes appointments to TSTC regent board

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Mission moving toward paperless traffic tickets

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Powerful winds rip Valley

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Progreso Bridge owner, sheriff comment on bridge incident

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West Texas radioactive waste site a hot topic

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Developers break ground on $200M Dallas Uptown project
 

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03/01&02/2008 March 2nd is Texas Independence Day

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A new low: Delwin Jones sends nasty letter to voters

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Which Delwin Jones Is This?

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Hnatek, dist. 83 challenger, sets record straight

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McCain to make stop in Lubbock on Monday

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McCain Takes A Break; Huckabee Stumps In Texas

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Record turnout possible for Texas primary

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East Texas may hold key to Democratic primary

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Huckabee Proves He's Not Just A Politician

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Days before primary, Clinton turns attention to turnout

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Mudslinging increases in TX-23 Republican primary race

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McCain Distances Himself From Texas Preacher

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Longevity could hurt Ralph Hall in TX-4 Congressional race

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Republican primary to shape Rockwall County government

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Challenger says state rep. Moreno (D-El Paso) abuses law on hired help

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Texas caucus hardball

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Wesley Clark says Clinton more experienced at stop in city

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Bill and Chelsea Clinton attend Lakewood service

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Candidates promote moderation in immigration reform

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Texas' fuzzy math: Bush's past electoral appeal sets parameters that could boost Obama

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Poll finds GOP edge fading in Harris County

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Out-of-town money infuses Travis district attorney race

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Austin yards aren't yielding large crop of campaign signs for president

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Many Democrats have old computers

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Tracking poll shows movement to Obama's favor

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Photos: Texas Independence Day Parade in Austin - now that's Texas!

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Texans and the Texas attitude

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Ex-Henry Wade secretary angered over story about JFK film talks

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Texas dad gets life sentence in teen's 1985 death

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Update: Victims ID'd, teen victims arraigned in triple killings on remote East Texas ranch, 3 dead, 4 in custody after reported East Texas shooting

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Fort Worth Lifts Boil Notice

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North Forest ISD to cut jobs to fix financial woes - the sad thing is that it is big news for a government entity to actually cut spending when facing budget problems!

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School superintendents' buyouts aren't cheap

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Eltife Named To Senate Select Committee on Eco. Development

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UFO investigator comes home to Victoria to investigate Texas sightings

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Amarillo: Stockmen's landmark destroyed, Cowboy gallery burns

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Emergency physician group jumps hospitals in Amarillo

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

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What's the history of tortillas?

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Massive Fort Bliss expansion revitalizing outlook for El Paso

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Appeals court affirms verdict for El Paso, ex-Police Chief Leon

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Corruption case embroils El Paso Community College

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Landowners using dairy permits to boost values

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Hart farmer wins third straight national corn yield contest

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Exec once wed to President Bush's sister-in-law faces drug charge

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Asian cockroach could benefit South Texas cotton producers

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Making a living on the Colorado River

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A&M leaves $60 fee out of tuition increase calculation

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Lockhart superintendent resigns after 7 weeks on job
 

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02/29/2008 Leap Day

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Presidential nomination & other campaign trails in Texas:
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Which Delwin Jones Is This?

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Hnatek, dist. 83 challenger, sets record straight

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Texas Democratic Presidential Primary Obama 48% Clinton 44%

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Democrats courting Texas now, but don't expect marriage

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McCain wins new Texas GOP endorsements

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In Richardson, McCain says his U.S. citizenship not an issue

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McCain Retools Immigration Stance

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McCain on the federal gas tax

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Eanes nurse meets McCain, whose POW bracelet she wore

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Catholic League upset at Hagee endorsement

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Video: McCain and Hutchison together

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Smith: Huckabee is just the man for Texas

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Huckabee Tells Waco Supporters Texas Win Will Change GOP Campaign

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Huck: Don't count me out, Texas victory crucial, Amarillo voters told

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Huckabee stumps in Lubbock, Huckabee in Lubbock

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Obama's Texas mailers promote faith, Christianity - I just wonder what sort of theology it is?

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Shameful OR Respectful? Clinton to attend funeral of Dallas officer killed in motorcade

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Some Republican voters hope to shake up presidential race by voting in Democratic primary

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Clinton offers plan to cut child poverty in half in a dozen years - yeah right

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Comedian George Lopez attracts crowd of more than 2,000 in Harlingen for Obama

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State's Democratic Party braces for lawsuit

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Clinton campaign concerns on caucus rules prompts warning

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Texas Hispanic votes differ between Obama, Clinton

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Obama, Activists Comment On Black, Hispanic Divide

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Jim Hightower endorses Obama

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Noriega pollster forecasts U.S. Senate runoff

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Opponent challenges Rep. Noriega to release utility lobbying records

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Ronnie Earle to back Dan Grant for his DA position

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Judge refuses to stop Dukes’ commercial

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Texas GOP Voters Will Decide Nonbinding Resolutions

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Obama, Clinton Back In San Antonio Tonight

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A look at the candidates running for Harris County DA

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Huckabee's Fort Worth stop may be in vain, but staying in the race isn't

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Waxahachie's leash-law defies description!

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Sen. Seliger says $14 billion surplus should go to higher education

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Border fence plan laid out in public meeting in El Paso

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Border fence plans proving difficult - delays & more delays, why does anything think the government can do much of anything well?

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More managers at pallet company accused of illegal hiring

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GE unit signs agreement to sell turbines valued at $700 million

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Bush names Texas entrepreneur as special envoy to Islamic conference

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Los Fresnos project that could double population OK’d

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Texas Parks and Wildlife seeks to change hunting, fishing regulations

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Wildfire near Archer City appears to be contained Archer City Continues Under Burn Warnings

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State rep. Lon Burnam, Dem-Fort Worth, wants to end US nuke weapons

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Lech Walesa receives pacemaker during procedure in Houston

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DA recommends AG investigation into Garza Co. courthouse media shut out (very large pdf file)

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Texas' Supersized Superintendent Salaries Exposed

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Young: Rethink the emergency-room logic when it comes to health care

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Mixed results after 1st year of Texas teachers merit pay program

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Farm Credit Bank of Texas posts nearly 14 percent hike in net income

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Power Outages Interrupt Fort Worth Water Service

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N. Texas High-Fashion Model Kicked Off Runway

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Texas Ballet Theater is going to China

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Lancaster mom, teen found dead in home

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Wind power production drop forces ERCOT emergency declaration

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Ruptured Gas Line Causes Concern On the Campus of Texas A&M

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Texans should be familiar with history

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Southeast Texas reaches federal clean air standard for 1st time

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Anti-racism rally draws 200 in Arlington

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Edcouch Police Chief questioned in shooting

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Race for Harris County Judge heats up at forum

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Randolph AFB General Who Doubted Surge Strategy to Resign

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Chicago law firm puts down roots in Houston

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Texas leads way as U.S. prisons hit record levels

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

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02/28/2008

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Presidential nomination & other campaign trails in Texas:
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77% of Delwin Jones funds from "down state" sources

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Idalou Mayor fails to disclose self-interest in Delwin Jones campaign

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CNN listened to what Goliad had to say

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Ector Co. Constable race gets nasty - finally, some fun somewhere!

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Town Hall Forum with The Honorable John McCain at Rice

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Politics put Valley in spotlight

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Huckabee: Perry's call (obviously) had no impact

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Obama Says 'We Can't Wait' In Return To Texas

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Editorial: Texas speaker's race needs more openness

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Longtime Ronnie Earle assistant targets his job

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Obama takes questions at downtown town hall meeting

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Texas Latinos choose Clinton

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Cornyn on defensive after criticism over vets issues

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Teacher running for Dem’s senatorial nomination

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Glitches possible in Texas election in Democrat Primary

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GOP voters claim pressure by Galveston election officials

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Republican Party frets over turnout across state

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Perry's PAC makes contributions

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McCain says his remark distorted about staying 100 years in Iraq

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What would a John McCain presidency mean for Texas?

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McCain In Houston To Secure Texas Primary Votes

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Evangelical leader helps McCain woo conservatives

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McCain at Rice says he can pull conservatives to his side

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Obama: Houston superdelegate defects from Clinton

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The race for 336th District Court Judge

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Mike Huckabee, Chuck Norris making Waco campaign stop today

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Edinburg Candidates' Squabble Leads to New Rules

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Obama rips McCain at rally in San Marcos

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In San Antonio McCain aims at Obama

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Fine Editorial: The power of William F. Buckley, Jr.

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Judge rejects Upshur request, GOP will use paper ballots Tuesday instead of voting machines

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Ethanol Plant to Open Near Levelland

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Governor Perry Appoints TTU Professor to Early Childhood Intervention Advisory Committee

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Gov. Perry Announces Texas Emerging Technology Fund Investment in OrthoAccel Technologies, Inc.

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MTV halts high school drill team documentary filmed at Texas school

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Victoria Police make arrests in 2006 Homicide

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Fire! Archer City Residents Warned: Be Ready To Evacuate!

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Tyler city manager announces retirement

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Train derails, fear of fumes worries Alpine residents

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Wind leases can average 50 years

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Editorial: Don't lock 'em up, throw away key, Drug court is alternative for counties

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Cameron County to destroy 283 seized weapons - why not make them available to law abiding home-bound citizens and provide some firearms training, that would be in the public interest

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Police Investigate After Bar Owner Makes Gruesome Discovery in Mexia

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Former Dallas Councilman Fantroy Guilty, faces 10 Years In Prison For Embezzlement

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Texas State gets $8 million for performing arts center

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TYC to close remote West Texas facility, a first for troubled agency

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Powers: Texas should alter the top 10% admissions law

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Investigation into Big Spring refinery explosion continues

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Police: Bedford Teen Hid Man She Met On Internet In Her Room

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Many worried Juárez's bloody drug war spilling into U.S. - Americans have to stop buying the drugs

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Arsonists torch seven cars in Dallas' Oak Cliff

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Zale Corp. to close 23 more stores

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

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San Antonio football player paralyzed in high school game dies at 20

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School PTA group faces deadline in accounting probe

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Judge denies labor union's request to spike ‘24-hour rule'

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Dallas girl, 1, dies after mother backs vehicle over her

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TSU named as partner in Homeland Security research

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Energy Experts Gather In Houston

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KTRK goes to court over sheriff's emails

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

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Occupational injuries increase in Texas

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San Antonio takes big step in India

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Editorial: Immigrant soldiers merit fast citizenship

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Kickapoo Tribe takes case to high court

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Blackout hits 7,300 in East Austin, caused by copper thief

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Work ethic of Texas justices questioned
 

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02/27/2008

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Presidential nomination & other campaign trails in Texas:
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Rep. Juan Escobar to face Rios Ybarra for Disrict 43 House seat

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Waggoner leads in fund-raising for District 48 Republican primary

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Caroline Kennedy comes calling in Harlingen

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George Lopez to appear in El Paso for Obama today

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Huckabee in Lubbock Friday morning

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Huckabee to have rally at A&M Friday

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Huckabee coming to Waco Thursday

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McCain Reaches Out To Conservatives In East Texas

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McCain: “I can change this party… this country”

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Tyler: McCain mocks Obama's remarks on Al-Qaida in Iraq

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Phil Gramm: Secretary of the Treasury in a McCain Administration

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State rep. district 81 debate mostly a non-fight

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Lubbock newspaper writes another pro-Delwin Jones story

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77% of Delwin Jones funds from "down state" sources

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Polls show Barack May Have Made a Mistake by Not Coming To Lubbock

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Large Number Of Lubbock County Voters Cross Party Lines

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Young: This election season, Texas Democrats get some spring in their step

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Ann Richards' sons object to Clinton campaign video

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Sen. Barack Obama headed to Southeast Texas

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Political, military veteran Rick Noriega seeks to challenge Sen. John Cornyn

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Governor Perry getting involved in GOP primaries

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Craddick's allies are raking in funds

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Jobs PAC Makes More Contributions with Pro-Craddick Money

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Don’t Bet on PACs with Phony Names

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Travis district attorney candidate Reed shakes up race

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Hillary to stop in Corpus Christi again

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Exclusive 11 News poll: Clinton, Obama tied in Texas as primary nears

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2 lawmakers say candidate Sibley lobbied them in 2007

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VP Cheney visits Midland to boost Cornyn's race

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Texas Dems target redrawn House district led by GOP

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Black voters crucial to Texas' primary battle

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Dr. Leininger donates $100,000 to Empower Texans PAC

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Dr. Barney Maddox puts $55K of his own $ into SBOE race

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House members' votes for Texas speaker opened up

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Study examines effect of new international bridge

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A&M Regents OK $1 Million Payment To Restart Biodefense Program

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Wildfires Scorch 250,000 Acres; Leave Six Firefighters Injured

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Thankful residents of Robert Lee moving on after fire scare

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Temple police launch criminal investigation, received suspicious substance via mail

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Superhighway poses threat to area history - good grief! As I've said, we'll never build a new highway anywhere if this stuff keeps up.

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Hot Check Passer Halted by Newspaper Story

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USDA honors Amarillo man's land stewardship

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Super staph strikes Texas Panhandle school

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Editorial: Speak up and break the law - Texas House Speaker rules

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Lubbock's UMC hospital full

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Presidential campaigns to focus on Central Texas

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TX Panhandle Farmer Aims to Capitalize on New Record Prices

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Amarillo School Employees Assaulted By Student

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Officers Accuse Dallas PD Of Wasting Tax Dollars

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ICE Employee Dead After Grand Prairie Standoff

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Beaumont suffers with Cesar Chavez street renaming too

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Bedford mom finds man in 14-year-old daughter's room

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"America's Got Talent" To Cast, Film In Dallas

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Plans for Dallas Convention Center hotel move ahead, Psst, Buddy, wanna buy a hotel?

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Suspected intruder killed after confronted by homeowner's son

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Dallas FBI warns about Nigerian scam using its letterhead

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Is the Dallas DA Craig Watkins “Double Dipping”?

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Border fence modification okayed in Del Rio

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Democrats assail panel's rate increases for Atmos

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Lumberton daycare under investigation after toddler is found in road

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Texas man gets 10 months for flight disturbance

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Houston Rodeo Officials Show A Little Backbone

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Kenedy parents want info on suspended principal

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Farmers insurance launches new three-year policy in Texas

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Texas test-prep company and SAT owners agree to end verbal jabs

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WWII plane that vanished on flight from Texas discovered in Costa Rica

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

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Poland's ex-leader finds help for ailing heart in Houston

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Dallas City Council unanimously approves school zone cellphone ban

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Semi falls off Dallas freeway ramp, killing at least 3

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T. Boone Pickens pledges $10M to Dallas' Museum of Nature & Science
 

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02/26/2008

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Presidential nomination & other campaign trails in Texas:
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77% of Delwin Jones funds from "down state" sources

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Idalou Mayor fails to disclose self-interest in Delwin Jones campaign

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Lubbock paper campaigns again for state rep. Delwin Jones

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District 81 Issues: Part IX, water rights

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Chelsea Clinton answers questions in Texas Tech appearance, more

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West Texans primary donors to Empower Texans PAC

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Huckabee Coming to Lubbock Friday

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Huckabee works to block McCain in Texas

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Wichita Co. sheriff candidate's name: David Duke

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Vandals Hit Obama HQ In Longview

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McCain adds stop in Round Rock to campaign schedule

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McCain Visiting Tyler Wednesday

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Hutchison forecasts victory for McCain in Texas

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Former Gov. Mark White endorses Obama

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Federal judge lifts ban on outside money in speaker’s race

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Judge Dissolves Restraining Order Against Gambling Ads

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Editorial: The Texas Three-Step Confused by the primary process?

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Top aide says Clinton must 'do very well' in Ohio, Texas

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Second Kennedy Visits the Valley

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Corpus Christi enjoying its days in the political spotlight

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Winds fan South Plains fires

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Tom Green County declared a disaster area

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Texas test-prep company files countersuit against SAT owners

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Two Ropesville Volunteer Firemen Accused of Arson

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Cameras in Texas courtrooms?

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San Antonio ISD Board Votes To Close Six Schools

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Gates, Roads Will Be Closed During Cheney’s Visit To Fort Hood

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Cheney welcomes troops back to Texas

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Con Artists Targeting Rebate Checks

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McLennan County Detention Center Basement Filled With Smoke Following Appliance Fire

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Mold found in Willacy courthouse - if that's all they find hidden in Willacy Co. then it's good news for all

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Van first-grade teacher involved in brawl arrested

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Texas Man Pleads Guilty In Sex Trafficking Case

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Judge: Mom who dumped baby in trash can't attend child's funeral

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Denton: Sheriff’s agent polices deputies

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Lech Walesa evaluated for heart transplant in Houston

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Dallas Co. JP Jones gets new lawyer for misconduct hearing

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Paul Quinn official testifies in trial of former councilman Fantroy

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Study: Texas takes No. 3 spot in foreclosure totals

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Virginia Pastor, Fort Worth native, chosen to lead Texas Baptists

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Aggies move against College Station housing ordinance

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Austin district calls $343.7 million bond vote

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Former Brownwood TYC guard pleads guilty on drug charge

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Hispanic group calls for boycott of Houston Rodeo - it is INHERENTLY pro-Hispanic you idiots

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Coast Guard rescues 2 men near Texas City Dike

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Houston lawyers blast high bail for immigration problems

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Uninsured motorists may lose their vehicles at police stops

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Expired curfew ordinance costs Fort Worth thousands of dollars
 

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02/25/2008

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Presidential nomination & other campaign trails in Texas:
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Black, Latino voters wield great influence in Texas primary

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Local precinct conventions – where it starts

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Chelsea Clinton to Campaign Tech Campus

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State races may have big effect - duh

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Barack Obama hopes strong Texas showing will solidify his lead

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Gramm not taking his work for McCain lightly

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High court criticism mobilizes Dems in court primaries

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Kerry’s words sway crowd in Del Rio address for Obama

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213th district court: Race pits judge, prosecutor and defense lawyer

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GOP congressional candidates duke it out in TX-22

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Election pulls in young voters

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Actor Samuel L. Jackson Makes A Stop In Tyler for Obama's

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Samuel L. Jackson Visits Longview

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Ann Richards associates split on Clinton and Obama

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Leadership raised as issue in race for Hill Country seat (dist 73)

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Judge restores campaign ads in House race, Background: Judge stops campaign ads, targeted at conservatives, being aired by group representing racing interests, Gambling Lobby Runs TV Ads in GOP Primary

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Senator Tommy Williams new TV ad: results not rhetoric

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New Clinton News Network poll shows Obama leading in Texas

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

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Woman beaten by robber wearing white cowboy hat

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UT-A&M football game to return to Thanksgiving

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Man drowns after boat capsizes in San Jacinto River

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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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Tip leads to man's arrest in Houston capital murder case

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Judge tosses lawsuit seeking removal of Harris Co. sheriff & DA

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Houston child dies after falling into water-filled hole

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Illegal visitors find themselves in a Catch-22

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Dallas County death row inmate's case sent back to state court

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Editorial: Childress district judge receives justice

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Former Victoria sheriff's lawyer claims he's being stonewalled in defense

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Vice President Cheney Visits Texas

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Hutchison: Tax benefits key to making health care more affordable

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Dallas Congressman Jeb Hensarling Says Medicare is going Broke

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D/FW Airport retains top customer service honors

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Expensive TAKS Blitz Retreats for Texas Teachers

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Man crashes truck into five people walking on beach

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Oily Film Of Unknown Origin Covers Part Of Corpus Christi

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Gov. Perry on gay people: 'People have a choice to engage in that activity' - Liberty is tough, you must allow people do things to which you may object.

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Fort Worth Businesses On Alert, Recent Robberies Affect Hours, Operations

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Texas Declaration exhibit opens in Brownsville

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Sweeny ISD might use its radio frequency license to make money

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Abilene man was mentor to Jackie Robinson

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Former Dallas City Council member James Fantroy's embezzlement trial starts

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Bass Performance Hall Celebrates Its 10th Anniversary

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Tobacco police in El Paso after hookah bars - damn, some folk are enjoying themselves!

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Pair jump from Fort Worth bridge to avoid train

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Editorial: Rio Grande Dispute

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Reporters field questions on college financial aid in Texas

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Pharr manager blocking city study

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Texas a top contender in biotech field, report says

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Conroe teacher charged with sex assault of child

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Survey: Houston firms top shareholders' list

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Pro volleyball tourney snubs Galveston island - damn!

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Kenedy ISD shut down all schools Monday after an incident with Middle School principal with "weapons" & job dissatisfaction comments, more

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Texas Wildfire Warning Issued

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Perry tops a book chart after stunning NY reporter

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Rosenthal's resignation won't keep him from being paid

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Temperatures reach 90 degrees in Dallas-Fort Worth
 

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Presidential nomination & other campaign trails in Texas:
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Judge stops campaign ads, targeted at conservatives, being aired by group representing racing interests, Gambling Lobby Runs TV Ads in GOP Primary

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Huckabee: A Deadlocked Convention is My Goal

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Gov. Rick Perry publicly urges Huckabee to withdraw

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Democratic race attracts early voters in record numbers

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State Education Board race could steer evolution policy

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Obama stumps across South Texas, tries to make inroads in turf claimed by Clinton

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Obama rallies crowds in South Texas, Austin,

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Video of the scene at Obama's Austin rally

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GOP looks to retake two Texas congressional districts

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Poll: Obama now leading Clinton in Texas

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Clinton talks up jobs, health care at Houston event

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Ron Paul says he won't try to run as an independent

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Ron Paul and his challenger are in the same party, but they're worlds apart

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Ralph Nader Announces New Bid for White House

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Bill Clinton touts wife's experience in Arlington speech

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Barack Obama continues to attack Hillary Clinton's NAFTA support

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Kay Bailey Hutchison again dismisses talk of running with McCain

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Some Democratic voters split along generational lines

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Craddick's fate as speaker may be sealed by primary

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Hidalgo Co: Heated argument between Dist. 36 state rep candidates Kino Flores & Sandra Rodriguez at polls escalated

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Texas doctor turns herself in to face charges in England

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Two County Chase Ends with Suspect Dead

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Baseball Legends Coming to Bush Library in March

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Houston PD: Wounded officer kills suspect during shootout

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Two officers who tased Weary claim immunity

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In New Mexico, storm gathers over Texas firm's hopes for oil find

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Dallas Cowboys sign Zach Thomas to one-year deal

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Dallas schools teacher ratings sometimes off mark - yeah, let's leave accountability up to local district as they are so perfect

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Advocates, families urge reform of Texas' facilities for mentally disabled

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Letters warned Texas Tech of accreditation trouble

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Wind-whipped fires sweep through Scurry County

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Dallas Fed chief Richard Fisher challenges traditional economic wisdom

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Dallas may loosen restrictions for dogs on restaurant patios

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Flower Mound residents teaming up to tap into better gas-lease deals

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BP leads nation in refinery deaths

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

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Texas Southern U's president calls for entrance standard

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Financial industry wary of HISD, Waller bond issues

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After a year at Tech, Hance making it big at Tech

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Cameron Co. Bailiff Arrested After Five-Month Investigation

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Fort Worth Baptist church agrees to compromise on gays in pictorial directory
 

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02/22/2008

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Presidential nomination & other campaign trails in Texas:
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A look at the Texas primary system

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Texas Has Primary, Caucus System - not exactly

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Democratic candidates debate at the University of Texas

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Democratic debate stirs South Plains, Panhandle backers

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Bill Clinton reiterates importance of Texas win

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Hillary Clinton touts health care plan at Dallas rally

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Former President Clinton campaigns at Odessa College

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Huckabee says Texas crucial to keeping presidential bid alive

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Huckabee Campaigns In San Antonio

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Obama chats with South Texas college students

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Police concerned about order to stop weapons screening at Obama rally in Dallas

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Edinburg: Lydia Torres introduced the senator as "Baracka" Obama, later called him "Baracko" Obama

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Dallas Policeman Dies While Escorting Clinton Motorcade

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State Rep. Isett given Defender of the American Dream award by AFP-Texas

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Why is Doug Miller lying about state rep. Nathan Macias?

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Three Democrats vie in primary for Railroad Commission

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Haggerty the Benevolent in El Paso

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Joe Tison against Phil King: No Principles, Good At Any Price

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Both Cameron Co. DA candidates have crossed the State Bar

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Willacy Co. voting breaks records - for legitimate votes, votes of the dead, or stuffed boxes?

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Ronnie Earle deals in TRMPAC case become campaign issue

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Beaumont gets campaign treatment from Bill Clinton

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A look at the Texas primary system

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John Kerry to campaign for Obama in Galveston, Del Rio & Brownsville

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Hillary Does Dallas: Smaller but Spirited

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Gambling Lobby Runs TV Ads in GOP Primary

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Rice to host John McCain at town hall meeting

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District Judge in Childress resigns to avoid felony prosecution, still keeps retirement benefits!, more

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Texas students donate senior trip money to paralyzed classmate

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Plano principal placed on leave in PSAT investigation

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Ex-Houston DNA analyst described 'out of control' lab problems

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House probe clears ex-DeLay staffers of sabotaging replacement

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Chertoff to announce government OK of first 'virtual fence'

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3 workers hurt when floor falls at San Antonio construction site

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Charges dropped against Army officer in missing soldier case

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Lawyers group urges Perry to name new Houston district attorney

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San Antonio lawyer gets probation in blackmail scheme

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Texas retail gas prices spike as crude costs rise

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Dallas mayor Tom Leppert to unveil program preparing youngsters to read

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It's official: Bush library coming to SMU

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Dallas police program would allow tickets instead of jail for minor offenses

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City of Tyler pays off all obligation bond debt - see it can be done!

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Gov. Perry: Scouting is a proven builder of great leaders

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H-E-B wind energy project planned

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Willie Nelson wants President Bush impeached

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'Flip This House' star indicted in Travis County

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Port Arthur City Council agrees to settle overdue bill with county jail, more

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Regents Unanimously Approve Fee to Fund return of Lamar Univ. Football

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Aggie among Idol's top 20

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Texas' potential clout brings hope for changes to border fence

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State rep. Kay Granger's Bill would offer credits for health insurance

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State high court won't order Waller ISD bonds released

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Hearing on Rosenthal e-mails postponed

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Chron blog runs very stupid headline

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Feds: Driver in accident that killed deputy an illegal immigrant

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Lufkin select ex-police officer as its "independent" red light camera judge

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TYC conservator wants pepper spray out of youth prisons

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Group to add more cameras in downtown Dallas

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Dallas Cowboys stadium's suite seats all sold, team will build more for buyers

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'Prison Break' production will probably move from North Texas to L.A.

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Texas woman arrested in New Jersey college threats
 

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Presidential nomination & other campaign trails in Texas:
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Lib media begins the full assault on former "friend" McCain

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Huckabee touts himself as Washington outsider - but he's not an outsider to using the power of government to tell, and force, people how he wants them to live.

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Huckabee to visit Amarillo

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Huckabee promises Houston crowd he'll keep fighting

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Huckabee responds to McCain story at Houston rally

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Tonight's Austin debate: What's at stake?

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Blinkless debate coverage, CNN has horde of cameras to note each nuance from Clinton or Obama

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Bill Clinton says Texas, Ohio could be make-or-break for Hillary

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Bill Campaigning for Hillary in Victoria: 24 minute video (6000+ attended)

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Clinton rallies supporters on Texas-Mexico border

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Senator Kennedy addresses crowd at Texas State

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Poll: Clinton leads Texas even with turnout bump

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New poll shows Clinton, McCain ahead on debate eve

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Hillary rallies voters in Laredo

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Bill Clinton compliments San Angelo’s auditorium

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Texas Hispanic Democratic vote may not be decided by issues alone

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Texas Democrat delegate system favors urban districts

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Clinton gets praise, Bush gets hits from old Texas pol

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U.S. Rep. Lloyd Doggett endorses Barack Obama

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Former Sen. Montford's daughter seeks Travis County DA post

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TX-22 GOP candidates praise DeLay, but claim differences

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From yesterday's news, here is the video of Kirk Watson on MSNBC for Obama

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D’s outvoting R’s 5-1 so far (Travis Co.)

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Noriega ad to debut during debate

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In District 61 (Phil King) race, donors are now a major issue

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King's big-gov RINO opponent Tison tells citizens to send their electric bills to King - I guess he thinks King is very powerful and responsible for worldwide increases in energy prices!

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Dee Margo says he was interviewed by FBI

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Republicans Make Their Presence Known In Texas

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Texas Baptist's CLC files ethics complaint against gambling PAC

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Waco house candidate Sibley (dist 56) withdraws support for Craddick - looks like a pre-planned setup to me after reading as all issues cited existed long ago

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Lottery rejects push to stop ticket sales where smoking allowed

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Earmarks As Scapegoat: Want to rein in spending? Look at entitlements

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College Board sues Texas test-prep company over exams

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Texas A&M to pay $1 million for bioweapons research problems

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Texas sect leader charged with promoting bigamy released

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Judge grants hearing before Texas primary - regards spending rules on candidates for Speaker of the Texas House

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Odessa LULAC charges impeaches president

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Delays on farm bill past ‘critical’

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Fox News Channel broadcasted from Amarillo Wed.

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$438K anonymous gift to pay for new WT tower

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Editorial: Perry proves he is a good scout

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Henry: Smile! You're on Amarillo's red-light camera - fools in Amarillo haven't looked at anything but the propaganda from the red light camera vendor

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Baby dumped in Houston hospital trash can dies

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RIP: Legendary Houston bluesman Calvin Owens dead at 78

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Record crude oil prices cause Texas retail gas prices to spike

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Harris Co. DA's office pushes for "diversity"

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Local Resident Catches Burglars In The Act; Sends One To The Hospital

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Copperas Cove Paramedic Charged After Patient Claims She Was Fondled

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Panel to study how to spend Texas money to help more attend college

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Buda getting green-friendly neighborhood

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Alon fuel still flows to Dyess, Little impact seen at base from blast

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City of Tyler is paying off certificates of obligation to become debt free

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Burglars: Don't Mess With Texas

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Editorial: Courthouse voucher repercussions linger

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Seagraves-McCamey rails needed for cotton, grain

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BP blast toll raised by UTMB study

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UFO reporter sighted at new radio gig

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Hand-painted mustangs part of rodeo feel in Houston

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Dallas man wants refund, district lines redrawn after city council campaign mixup

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Austin suburb lands Dallas Stars affiliate

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Perry appoints Tarrant County adviser to Parks and Wildlife Commission

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Kinky Friedman cuts loose on politics

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Financial aid panel emphasizes TEXAS Grant program

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Dallas ISD settles whistleblower lawsuit

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SMU to announce Bush presidential library agreement Friday
 

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Presidential nomination & other campaign trails in Texas:
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UTB-TSC prepares for historic Clinton visit

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Bill Clinton to visit Victoria, rain or shine

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White House race focuses on Texas Hispanics

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District 81 Issues: Part VII, Candidates weigh in on toll roads, highways

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Clinton visits Galveston isle today to stump for wife

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With another primary win in his pocket, Obama rallies support in Houston

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McCain claims Texas important to him

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Political parade headed to San Antonio

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Q&A with Sen. Barack Obama

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Sen. Kennedy speaks at Del Mar for Obama

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Thousands on hand for Obama in Dallas

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Sen. Kirk Watson meltdown on Chris Matthews' show: Watson posts on ‘unfortunate gaffe’, Watson: I lost my mind, With friends like this...

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Pat Haggerty files ethics case against Dee Margo

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Editorial: The Democrats should abolish super delegatese

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Switch in plan: Obama not coming to Lubbock

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Texans For Lawsuit Reform Dissolved by Secretary of State - TLR had turned very elite and had taken the position that the people should no longer be able to elect their judges, joining Senator Duncan in calling for elite appointments.

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Valley Cubans react to Castro resignation

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Proposal for levee wall draws fire from Cameron County residents, Levee Next Door

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Wind farm whips up activity around McAdoo

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Texas gov. defends Boy Scouts in book

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Texas Food Stamps Applications Delayed Under New System - want to bet that no one has come close to starving?

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Potential Pipe Bomb Found Outside Longview Home

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Big Spring fire: Putting out fires a family effort

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Big Spring fire & explosion: Damage assessment begins

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West Texas A&M cuts costs for the "needy" - once again those who play by the rules and work hard are punished for not being "needy"

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Amarillo resident defends home with a machete - he's lucky the offender didn't have a gun!

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Rice computer chip earns prestigious MIT ranking

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University of Houston goes old school for security

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Fort Worth business owner sign controversy - Liberty is hard, it requires accepting speech you may find distasteful

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Houston's poor pay to play lottery - it's not called the dumb-tax for nothing

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Fort Bend County's election chief quits

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Harris Co. Precinct 6 deputy constable dies from shooting injuries

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College no problem for gifted 14-year-old at UNT

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New Army Combat Vehicle Being Tested in Texas

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Mentally impaired, 500lb Irving man vanishes

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Employers in Texas save $188M for hiring vets, low-income workers

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Major Gas Scam in Lamesa

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Concealed handguns would increase safety of students on campus

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Austin school superintendent to retire next year

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JetBlue adds more Austin nonstop flights

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Texans Can See Total Lunar Eclipse Tonight

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$2.3 million river walk expansion approved by Waco City Council

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GMAC to cut jobs, consolidate some work to Dallas

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Texas A&M fined $1 million for bio-defense security breaches

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Texas cattlemen: Beef recall a 'black eye,' but abuses rare

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N. Texas Company Accused Of Sending Out Phony Invoices

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Collin Co. Leaders Want To Keep Sexually Oriented Businesses Out

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Gainesville to block sex offenders

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Fort Worth owes state and drivers after glitch

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Specifics of President Bush library at SMU detailed in court deposition

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Southlake council OKs teen curfew ordinance, sex offender restriction

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Downtown Dallas landmark getting face-lift

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Cash missing from Galveston police property room

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Court orders acquittal in Toys for Tots theft case

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Another shoe drops for TxDOT, letter from the Speaker & Lt. Gov.

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Home Depot worker run over when trying to stop theft
 

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02/19/2008

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Presidential nomination & other campaign trails in Texas:
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Texas poll shows dead heat among Dems

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John McCain says his goal is to unite GOP in Texas

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Huckabee fans say not so fast; Obama, Clinton grab endorsements

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Archbishop Gomez fine with Huckabee appearance at St. Mary's

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Bill Clinton to visit Victoria Wednesday (& Galveston, Beaumont & Houston)

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Bill Clinton in Midland-Odessa, San Angelo & San Antonio Thursday

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Obama arrives in Texas

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Ron Paul asks Texas voters to deliver a message

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Bloomberg Still Wants to Run for President

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Sagan: Clintons could have spared Amarillo the insult

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District 52 Republicans Vie to Replace Krusee

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Doctor steps in middle of Gregg constable race

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Dem Skelly off to a fast start in money race for TX-7

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El Paso: Richard Wiles preferred heavily in race for sheriff

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State gambling lobby doubles down on King vs. Tison

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Stafford hopes to unseat Estes in senate dist. 30

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Odessa house 'race within race' turns on loyalty (dist. 81)

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Obama on Bush: 'Take him back'

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Alon seeks partial restart at Big Spring refinery in 2 months

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Big Spring fires out

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Neugebauer: Blast may be felt at the pump

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State Rep (& Pete's Puppet) Heflin says he'll work to ensure damages are kept to minimum

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Travis Co. official bucks her Party, says voter ID is "reasonable"

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Vince Young making another comeback, this time in class at Texas

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Woman who ran over cheating spouse takes former attorney to trial

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Rosenthal's lawyer says ex-DA resigned after offer from state

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Neighbors vote against spending $8,000 to help oust sex offender

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Dallas-Fort Worth teachers flock to quicker, cheaper master's program

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Teachers union urge major changes to accountability system

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Former Dallas charter school leader denies theft claims

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2 Guardsmen get prison over Texas immigrant smuggling

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Jail overtime at center of Dallas County sheriff, commissioner feud

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Victoria ISD has 3 tons of recalled beef

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Canyon confirms Randy Criswell as City Manager

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Editorial: Long arm of law needs to loosen

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Oldest man on Texas death row loses Supreme Court appeal

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Thousands march in Prairie View for voting rights

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Texan's receiver Mathis charged with assaulting wife

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Landscaper pleads not guilty to harboring illegal immigrant

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Houston Christian school teacher faces sex assault charge

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Houston Dynamo stadium deal may be delayed

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Editorial: D.A. shows need to access public e-mails

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Editorial: Lubbock learns camera pitfalls

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Houston, Texas Banks on Short Yellows for Red Light Cameras

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Texas Senate sets new health care goals for 2008-09

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Academics should trump athletics, UT faculty says

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Dyess AFB hopes to get money for new C-130s

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Company plans $3 billion electric plant near Sweetwater

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A&M grad student rails against "prayers and pledges"

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Harris County leaders weigh broader disclosure

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Study downplays extent of fishery collapse in Gulf

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DMN's Editorial on Barefoot Sanders and Jerry Buchmeyer one-sided

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Padre Island developer approved to build

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Jim Dunnam, guest column: Time to push back against Perry, toll roads

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Pharr City Employee Arrested for Child Porn

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Valley public radio station leaders threaten to cut services

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Linebacker Zach Thomas to visit Texans

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SBOE member targets "right wing" colleagues

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02/18/2008

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Presidential nomination & other campaign trails in Texas:
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Poll: Margo leads Haggerty in District 78 race

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Haggerty (RINO-El Paso) challenges media sponsored poll

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El Paso Democrats split, majority of voters like McCain

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McCain promises no new taxes - gee this rerun seems familiar

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Clinton campaign releases populist economic blueprint

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Former President Bush endorses McCain's presidential bid

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Read My Lips: McCain Is A True Conservative

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Kay Bailey Hutchison: Running with McCain 'not something I want'

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Obama campaign sets up in S.A.

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Appeals court race is back on voter radar

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Victoria Advocate endorses Chris Peden for U.S. Rep. District 14 over Ron Paul

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Editorial: Cornyn merits party support

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Editorial: Noriega is Democrats' best pick in Senate race

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Rick Noriega: Do You Want The Swiftboat Money Or Not?

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Robison: Bulverde state rep Macias missing Leininger's funding this time

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Will state rep Phil King lose his golden touch with voters?

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Lobbyists back Olson's campaign for DeLay's old seat

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Clinton returning; Barrientos, Mattox sign on

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Waco Congressman Edwards endorses Obama

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Obama may be in Corpus Christi on Friday

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Huckabee is coming to Texas

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McAllen superdelegate could cast crucial vote

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Rep. Ortiz Jr. donates money he received from Celis

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3rd Party Ad against Phil King seems to backfire with GOP

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How Texans voted in D.C. last week

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Total crime rate falls in El Paso; violent crimes rise

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LULAC tries to stay relevant after 79 years

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Comment from passenger from El Paso causes LA airport terminal evacuation

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2nd miniature horse dies from dog attack in Lubbock

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Explosion at ALON USA refinery in Big Spring, more, incredible photos, video, Big Spring schools close, Big Spring refinery's roots run deep

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Landmark Case Slow To Turn Cultural Tide In East Texas

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Pantex & labor unions reach deal

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TxDOT traveling bumpy road but Northwest Texas seems safe

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Proposed Ports to Plains project funding still up in the air

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Texas, Illinois gun laws analyzed after campus shooting

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Lubbock city councilman says district consolidation would help - it would but suggest this in many towns and you'll be lucky to escape sans tar and feathers

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Commentary: Those Winter Texans

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Brownsville: A year later, Livingston case turns into political football

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Ex-UT asst. athletics director accused of stealing up to $60,000

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Construction is big business for Texas

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Pasadena minister praised for confessing to killing

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Lawmaker to investigate Montgomery Co. DA 'slush fund'

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Atmos spares few expenses, and ratepayers pick up the tab

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Business group endorses Energy Future's coal-plant plans

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Ideologically disparate groups sue to knock out Speaker Statute

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Williamson farmer hemmed in by urban growth

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Beef recall affects Southeast Texas schools

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From the Cradle to the Grave: Ship breaking has turned into a profitable industry at port

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City of Houston offers $15.5 million for possible Dynamo site

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Elevator motor catches fire at Baylor University; no one hurt
 

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Presidential nomination & other campaign trails in Texas:
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House Democrats who backed Craddick fighting for jobs - & the liars in the state press kept telling you that it was Craddick recruiting people to run against RINOs.

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State Democratic chairman Richie predicts record voter turnout

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Bill Clinton stumps in Texas

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Bill Clinton campaigns for Hillary in Lubbock

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Clinton rally draws fans, foes and undecideds

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Bill hoping to eke out votes from Panhandle

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Houston Chronicle endorses Obama, McCain in Texas primary

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Elder Bush expected to back McCain on Monday

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Barack Obama bringing campaign to Dallas-Fort Worth

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Clinton says Hillary will send positive message

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State Rep. Madden's endorsement claim false, attorney general's camp says

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District 81 Issues: Part VI Candidates weigh in on border issues

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Constituency groups hold key to Texas Democratic primary

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Bill Clinton: Wife's hopes hinge on Texas, Ohio

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Clinton's not alone in the Lone Star State, Texas ties may not be enough anymore

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Judge rules chimps must be returned to South Texas facility

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Ship runs into drilling rig, spilling fuel into Gulf of Mexico

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Former Laredo officers sentenced in gambling extortion case

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Texas Tech coach to mine for players in Indiana

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Church leader with heavy heart says he committed slaying as teen

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Brownsville a 'pool of chess babies'

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Ship spills fuel into Gulf of Mexico

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Rosenthal cites prescription drugs in decision to quit DA post

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Firings, hirings at TSU signal president's resolve

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Astrodome plan could bring in millions

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Texas' Lady Liberty's has a risque side

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City of Dallas expands online ticket payment program

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West Texas A&M classes to open in Amarillo

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

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Astro Air Closing Jacksonville Plant

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Ex El Paso city rep. in court, FBI, Telles refuse to talk about hearing

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Mother of dead infant fighting extradition to Texas

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Economy weighs on Dallas-Fort Worth school bond election decisions

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Martinez Restaurant owner also serves up bucking rodeo bulls

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Report details Pantex costs

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Dallas County DA's office finds cache of JFK memorabilia

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3 teens killed, 5 injured in crash near Austin

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Stability eludes Texas Youth Commission a year after sex scandal broke
 

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02/15/2008

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Presidential nomination & other campaign trails in Texas:
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Credit Union poll shows Clinton leading in Texas; McCain only slightly ahead of Huckabee

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Another poll gives Obama an edge in Texas

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Democrat superdelegates get cash from Obama & Hillary, more than $890,000 so far

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Podcast: Hillary Clinton

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Bill Clinton speaking at Tyler Junior College this afternoon

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Bill Clinton to visit Lubbock & Amarillo - lock up your daughters!

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Clinton's Lubbock appearance at 5:15pm at Lubbock High

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Thousands sign up for debate ticket lottery in Austin

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Haggerty (RINO El Paso) uses his mom in TV spot

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McCain Campaigns For Texas Votes In Republican Primary

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"For" important to complying with Texas ethics laws

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Obama's new Texas Spanish language TV spot

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Austin mayor endorses Obama

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Large union goes for Obama

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Clinton releases Rio Grande Valley endorsements

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Elder Bush to endorse McCain, AP says

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Watson touts Obama’s health care plan, says Democrat will “shoot straight”

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Texas Democrats Expecting Record Voter Turnout

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Huckabee is asked to stop using song by Boston

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Bill Clinton knocks Obama on health care

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New TV spot attacking conservative state rep. Phil King - a lot of half truths; he didn't pocket the money it was campaign donations; rates are up due to rising oil costs, not King, and; the sales tax is an idea to end all property tax and replace it with a sales tax

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Police: Death of Austin boy found on hook was accident

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Deputies shoot man they said rushed them with sword

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Update: Bridge reopens after bomb threat, Suspicious package closes Progreso bridge

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Driver abandons bus with parolees

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Lubbock red light cameras getting the red light - mayor's words a lie, the stats show a 56% increase in red light related collisions citywide!

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Rotarian honored for 70 years of perfect lunch attendance

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Frisco judge told sex offender to live across from school

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Police: Man trying to trick SMU students into posing nude - I didn't think it would take "tricks".

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Chinese acrobats taken in by Kaufman County man say they're in good hands

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Aubrey FAA officer's mistaken identity lands him in Austin jail

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Businesses balk at tax hike to fund Dallas-Fort Worth rail expansion

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Dallas Cowboys seat license holders hope for a big return

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Lubbock woman faces federal charges in a fairly large fraud case

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Radical education consultant assails public school teaching of capitalism & history at Texas Tech forum on diversity

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Temple: Charges Filed Against Couple Interrupted On High School Baseball Field

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Restaurant Evacuated After Tanker Spill in Temple

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Deadly wreck shuts down I-35 for hours

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21 inmates charged with rioting, engaging in organized activity

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Grass fire threatens homes, injures several in Alamo

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License of Maravilla builder revoked until 2028

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Study: Texas school system fosters low graduation rates

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Texas State receives $1.3M from San Antonio developer

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Amarillo Restaurant Employee Info Turns Up in Dump

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Southeast Texans can toast way into 'Guinness' record

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$2.2 billion refinery expansion should be jobs bonanza

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FAA may announce Houston takeover of Southeast Texas air traffic control today

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Adult shops 'excited' by change in sex toy law

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Texan With Character: Sara Hickman

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Fort Worth: 20 People, Gunshot End Pit Bull Attack

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Lawsuit Seeks to Oust Harris County DA, Sheriff - too late on the DA front

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District Attorney Chuck Rosenthal Resigns

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Police investigate $400,000 that disappeared from Texas City college

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Mayoral races in Irving and Farmers Branch may put immigration policies to the test

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Texas Supreme Court tosses out annexation case against Denton

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

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State removing patients from Arlington assisted living center

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Texan Claims He’s JFK’s Love Child

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Ex-mayor: I didn't steal dog, I just didn't return him

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Police remove explosive device from Corpus Christi home

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Former Del Mar College President Cleared Of Sexual Harassment Charges

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Texas’ warrant roundup begins Saturday

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Who built the sheriff's fence?

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Juvenile Found After Escaping From the West Texas State School

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City of Odessa Demolishing Eyesores in Odessa I hope they leave some of downtown

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Audie Murphy veterans hospital set to receive $15 million facelift

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Bexar jail failing state standards again

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Impatient passenger ties up security at Love Field

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Ex-Brookshire mayor, aide plead guilty in kickback case
 

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02/14/2008

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Presidential nomination & other campaign trails in Texas:
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Valley residents rally for Clinton

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Clinton says... Yes to VA hospital but fuzzy on border fence

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South Texas Democrats stand behind Clinton

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Clinton fields a few questions during Texas stump

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Crowd size at Robstown event prevents Victorians from attending

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Guerra: Texas Latinos may favor Clinton, but delegate selection may not

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Dems Noriega, McMurrey square off in Austin debate

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Fun: Willacy County DA candidate debate

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Obama's campaign affirms his plans to visit Valley

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Bill Clinton to Speak at Tyler Junior College Friday

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Texas House Democratic leader, Dunnam, endorses Obama

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Clinton’s Austin headquarters opening Saturday

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State House dist. 4: Thousands being spent, raised in state rep. race

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Gov. Perry to campaign for El Paso's Dee Margo against RINO Haggerty

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VP Cheney to visit private event in Midland, Williams calls on GOP to 'get it together' for '08

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10 GOP candidates vie for TX-22 - Tom Delay's old seat

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Education PAC pushed Tison to run in house dist. 61 - as I said

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Ex-inmate tells of plot to kill Montgomery County deputy

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Grand jurors file suit to disclose evidence in Justice Medina case

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State corridor hearing echoes small-town concerns

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Clear Channel agrees to pay $22M to R.I. nightclub fire victims

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Oklahoma's crackdown on illegal immigration draws Texas lawmakers' interest

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Review of the revamped Mansion Restaurant at Rosewood Mansion on Turtle Creek

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Dallas woman finds man in daughter's bedroom

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Circus friend picks up stranded Chinese acrobats in Dallas

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Texas education board reaches compromise on reading standards - sort of...

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El Paso refining billionaire relates story of journey to wealth

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Central Texas Congress Members Say Stimulus Plan Will Boost Economy

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SBOE member Hardy: They can RINO all they want

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Former Alice Mayor Denies Stealing Neighbor's Dog

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Ballot boo-boo costs Cameron Co. Democratic Party $3,000

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Riot breaks out at county jail in Olmito

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Editorial: SE Texas Region needs link to trade highway

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As Austin turns from ownership in nuclear power, broader questions about future of industry

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Criminal appeals court upholds Texas' fetal protection law

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Governor launches Texas fitness initiative

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Special Report: Sex Offenders In Schools, Part 1 & Part 2

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Corpus Christi police union votes no confidence in 4 leaders

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Free Market Foundation, ACLU Sue to Void Speaker Statutes, say limits on money deny free speech

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Coors, Miller consider joint HQ in Dallas

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Dallas-Fort Worth home prices rise a little in latest survey

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El Paso home prices still rising, but slower

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Tarrant foreclosures up 28 percent over '07

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Electricity prices likely to rise, experts say

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Ex-DART board chairwoman is booked into jail

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Asarco consent has conditions; Cook insists fight not over

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TEA investigating former Overton ISD superintendent's suspected misconduct

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Former Gregg County receptionist arrested on tampering charges

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Police: Texas' 'Ponytail Bandit' caught in Thailand

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Harris County judge forms ethics task force

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Same-sex couples to march for marriage rights in Houston

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80-year-old John Wayne fan puts attacker in hospital

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Houston assets to be sold as condition of Clear Channel deal approval

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Army awards $140M BRAC contract at Fort Sam

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Pickens files for PGCD directorship

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Amarillo ponders charging for runoff water

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Is Harris County Judge Mixing Tax Money, Politics?

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Houston Red Light Camera intersections have short yellows

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Dallas-Fort Worth home foreclosures surge 27%

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University of North Texas reports tuberculosis case

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Diocese: Accused priest who served in Fort Worth has HIV
 

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Presidential nomination campaign in Texas:
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Times Exclusive: Clinton tells of appreciation for El Paso

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Which candidate does the Valley prefer?

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Clinton addresses some Valley-specific issues in McAllen speech

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Archbishop shows concern over Clinton appearance

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Edwards, Richardson got most S. Texas donations

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KRIS-6 News Exclusive Interview With Senator Obama

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Obama team looking to establish office in Amarillo or Lubbock - but will they fly the Cuban flag?

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Huckabee says he's 'in sync' with Texas

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Willacy County DA alleges theft case cover up

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Willacy County Prisoners in Jail Without Indictments

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Central Texas City Votes Out Police Chief; Left Without Police Force

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Lubbock grand jury indicts Pit Bull owners, more, Dog Owners Agree With Indictment

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District 85 race: Heflin, opponent Castro make stop in Big Spring

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District 61: Tison wins Parent PAC nod

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Hutchison: Emergency preparation vital to natural disaster recovery

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Baliunas Says Global Warming Related To Sun in Tyler address

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Longview ISD board approves $266 million bond package

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Death threats force Ron Paul's opponent to relocate his children

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Sheriff defends allowing immigration officials to have office at jail

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Democratic debate at UT will be by invite only

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Amarillo Spending More on Bioterrorism Planning

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Beaumont port needs higher security status

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Amarillo ISD Dropping Early Head Start Program

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'Yahweh' figure suspected of bigamy; read arrest affidavits

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Cult of the Dog: Reveille VII, highest ranking member of the Corps, to retire

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TCU Football Player Cleared Of Sex Assault Charge

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Fort Worth Considers Regulating Gas Wells

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Aggressive Landmen Vying For Keller Mineral Rights

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North Texans Traveling Overseas For Surgery

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Wimberley decides not to defy state, will make Robin Hood payment

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Sam Smith at helm of Mercy Ships

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Cameron, Hidalgo raise $1M for Clinton

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Refinery in Port Arthur to invest $2.2 billion in upgrade

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Dallas area ranks 11th in U.S. foreclosure filings

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Dallas firefighter recounts fatal shooting after Super Bowl

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Mission works to help stranded Chinese acrobats in Dallas

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Dallas City Council expected to approve plan to secure convention hotel site

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Bond denied to Fort Worth woman accused of selling aircraft parts to Iran

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Texas couple plead guilty in Southwest Airlines ticket scam

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Mansfield ISD Sees Budget Shortfall of $3.5 million - talk about poor management! Why in the heck did they not cut payroll after the first 6 weeks. Typical poor government non-managment.

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Port of Corpus Christi speeds work on ship channel

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A&M Kingsville President Announces New Role With University

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Natural Gas Pipeline Explodes Near Ricardo

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Young Conservatives of Texas endorse Talton, Paul

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Consultant’s plan allows Galveston seawall high-rises

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Texas mother of slain Seawall baby arrested in New York

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Far West Texas may see truck influx

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Midland Lee students meet and question Speaker Craddick

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Craddick outlines future legislative priorities

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Mexican cop arrested on drug charges in Texas

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FBI chief in El Paso: Corruption investigation will be done right

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UNT student joins race for Denton mayor

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Deer Park teacher accused of having sex with student quits

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45 seconds missing from Houston City Council meeting video

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South Texas fish under new warning

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Houston Named Most Accessible City for the disabled

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Free Trade and Our Enormous Prosperity

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Harris Co. GOP Pinko-Commie-sympth exposed?

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Federal pressure leads to Waller Co. adding voting sites

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Conservatives will revive rejected curriculum plan - boy the Left gets mad when you catch them

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Police reports overall crime down in Midland

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A country music response to Chavez of Venezuela

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McAllen: The wall is well on its way

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San Antonio: The Watermark Hotel: Tequila and Romance

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Remains found in Tom Green County identified as missing San Angelo man

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Court strikes down Texas ban on sex toys, violates right to privacy - and enjoyment!

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Austin poet, activist Salinas dies

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Court upholds Texas fetal protection law

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Grand Jurors sue Harris Co. DA Rosenthal in Justice David Medina case

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Rep. Geren (RINO Fort Worth) files ethics complaint on opponent Annuiato, says challenger violated copyright law using his photo taken by House photogs!
 

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Obama's Houston HQ prominently displays flag of Cuba with image of terrorist Che Guevara Here's the weaseling excuse

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Wichita Falls: Women Testify That Air Force Colonel Sexually Assaulted Them, more

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Elite take their seats, but other Dallas Cowboys fans cry foul

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Dallas staff urges messaging software over filters to monitor library porn

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Hutchison's vice president potential being debated

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Illegal immigration tops Irving Council campaign issues

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Teacher Reveals He Was Illiterate Until Age 48, graduated Texas Western

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Central Texas Foster Parent Sentenced For Blinding Child

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Hillary Clinton rally set for Wednesday at McAllen convention center

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Charlie Stenholm endorses Hillary Clinton

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Dallas Commissioner John Wiley Price Endorses Clinton, not Obama

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Willacy County still has no grand jury

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Texas Tech conservatives establish list of 'biased' professors

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Panhandle Area Police Forces Scrambling for Recruits

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Former Duncanville teacher gets 50 years for sexual assaults, other charges

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Mike Huckabee: Texas 'very important to us'

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Texas Youth Commission's Acting Director Dimitria Pope resigns

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Second TYC Official Resigns Under Pressure

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Education board leader unhappy with proposed reading curriculum standards

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Red Oak School Bus Driver Cited For Beer On Bus

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Houston school bus rear-ended by 18-wheeler

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Burleson H.S. Principal Yanks Profile On Teen Mom

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Back on Target: Christmas Mountains not a gun rights issue - this misses the real target, that land is better off in the hands of citizens than in the hands of government. Commissioner Patterson made that point on Pratt on Texas.

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Mexican Military returns guns to border police

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Brazoria Co. pilot program would create 'super precincts'

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SE Texas senator, Tommy Williams, to chair subcommittee

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Raising the bar: Are schools pushing kindergartners too hard too soon?

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Editorial: Curfews have role in fighting youth crimes

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Editorial: State contracts should be open to non-Texans

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TerBeek: Texas should keep the top 10% admissions rule

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Travis Co. commissioners to meet on ICE in jail

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Point Austin: Special Treatment, Sexual hysteria alive and well at the Batcave

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Officials investigating JDC escape in Grayson Co.

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Houston ISD Asks Bond Opponents To Stop Fight

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Attorney General Issues Warning About Tax Rebate Check Scam

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Large Hispanic voter turnout expected in Texas

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Group seeks ouster of Fort Worth's Broadway Baptist pastor

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Denton unveils ‘Historic Quakertown’

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Billions Of Dollars For College In Texas

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Comptroller Combs to Discuss Mexican Water Case in DC

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Campaigning banned at Boerne courthouse

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Kendall County decides that whatever happens in closed session stays there

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Editorial: 175th District Court needs a new judge

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New Braunfels: Arrested Crime Stoppers board member quits

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Coexisting with coal

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Building permits granted to ethanol company

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Goliad uranium mining talks continue

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District 81 Issues: Part V, Candidates weigh in on local control and education

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Editorial: Burned up in Potter County

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Dueling Spanish-language ads, and more

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Off-duty deputy wore gun in plain view at protest

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Lancaster's only hospital to close its doors
 

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Complaint alleges Craddick trying to buy re-election - Lib group now believes the Speaker cannot make campaign contributions, they never made this claim on Laney!

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State Rep. Delwin Jones, also a declared Speaker candidate, did same as Craddick is accused: gave donation to Craddick enemy in Fort Worth seat Special Election

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Laney Center dedication set for Feb. 17 at Wayland Baptist Univ.

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Austin VA researcher alleges mismanagement

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Obama opening Texas HQ on Congress Avenue in Austin

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Lubbock County's super precinct system used as example

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Ector County won't appeal, accepts 5th Circuit Court of Appeals ruling in Jordan case

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Border snag led to memorable romantic experience

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Kaufman County Sheriff's Candidate Indicted

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Titus County sheriff candidate, two others arrested on assault charge

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Texas state rep (King) sought electric industry's aid in getting bills passed - and this is unusual and bad how?

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Dallas residents find property tax loans a fast track to foreclosure

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Texas Toll-Road Debate Goes National

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Murchison: Thank God for the State Board of Education

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Hillary Leads in TX Super Delegates

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Corpus Christi teen wins Texas Bar video

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Obama's Texas TV advertisement (Mother)

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Letter: Border officials should support fence

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Perry: Long Texas border fence 'absolutely not the answer'

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Lone Star Texas Unofficial Winner in License Plate Contest

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Excerpts: Perry on gays, Boy Scouts and ACLU

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Principal flight on the rise in the age of accountability - shows it works

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Austin Community College among the fastest-growing in the nation

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Highland Park man thought holdup was joke, until shot

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Nine property owners asked to sell near Weatherford stadium - broke local school districts spend and take, and these folk worry about new highways taking their land! There is NOTHING important about expanding a school football stadium.

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Is a local DA 'courting' trouble?

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Challenger gives Ron Paul a run for his money in congressional contest

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State officials, competing firms spar over specialty license plate business

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Rick Noriega’s heartburn…..gets worse!

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Editorials: SAISD closing plans painful, but prudent

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Neugebauer seeks more evidence of global warming

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Angelo State student wins Grammy in Tejano category

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Race between Kino Flores and Sandra Rodriguez more about politics than policy

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Easton mayor: Who called this meeting? Agenda posted without top city official's OK - Hell, in Lubbock they sue large companies without council approval. And posting a meeting properly? That's a crap-shoot.

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Judge orders Rosenthal back to court over deleted e-mail

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Texas revamps strategies for autistic students

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Texas is a cash cow for candidates

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Sen. Hutchison jumps on the McCain bandwagon

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Obama agrees to Austin debate; Houston event uncertain

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Texas Youth Commission's acting director to either resign or be fired

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Obama's Houston HQ prominently displays flag of Cuba with image of terrorist Che Guevara
 

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Firefighters Battle Blaze in 100-year-old Central Texas House

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Democratic Senate candidate Noriega stumps in Lubbock

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Texas cotton prospects dimming with strong winds, no rain

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Dallas: Accused Rapist Beaten, Shot

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Lubbock's Mrs Baird's best of the best

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Sundown ranch named as an endangered historical site

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TxDOT: Error won't stall Northwest Texas projects

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Houston mom's online toy rental idea saves parents space

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Texas democrat delegate system makes the candidates choose their battles, Texas' arcane delegate system suddenly comes into play

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Obama, Clinton backers gear up in Houston

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Supporters in Demo contest divided by age

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Prairie View A&M transformed

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Museums go where the visitors are: the suburbs

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Spotlight on TYC intensifies

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Texas governor's stumping for McCain gets cool reception at D.C. conference

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Perry tells constituents to get behind McCain - Generally I like Perry but on this one he can shove it.

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Veterans' deaths raise questions about Dallas VA care

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Kenya safety concerns force Dallas-are groups to postpone mission trips

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

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Valley Ranch homeowners' association election less than neighborly

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Ron Paul says he won't run as third-party candidate

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With losses mounting, Paul downsizes campaign

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Southeast Texas still feeling the pinch from Hurricane Rita

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Cowboys hire Texas A&M's Herring as linebackers coach

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Lajitas resport going from hideout to haven

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Invasive water plant extending its reach in Texas lakes

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Fort Worth House candidate faults Craddick over immigration

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Groups ask for results of Blanco land study

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El Paso: FBI may pressure Parra in corruption case

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Natalicio celebrates 20 years as UTEP president

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Calvi: Texas legislators got it right by leaving primary date alone

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District 81 candidates weigh in on: Casinos in Texas

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Gaming company stands poised to make millions on 8-liners in Texas

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After quiet decade, Dems making noise in high court races

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Perry's decision could shake up highway board

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Valley’s vote will make a difference

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Hillary R. Clinton to be at Haskins Center in El Paso
 

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UFO witness claims harassment

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Child abducted from Austin driveway found safe

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Self-styled prophet convicted of sex-with-children charges

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Sheila Jackson Lee wants Federal investigation of Harris Co. DA email flap

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Obama agrees to debate Clinton in Texas before March 4 primary

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Hutchison urging court to overturn D.C. gun bans

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Dallas firefighters shot in Arizona linked to counterfeit scam

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Texas gets $115 million in funds for VA facilities

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Brazoria teacher accused of sexual activity with student

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Child found safe after running away in Odessa

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Rio Grande valley resident blocks seizure of her land for border fence

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Texas Tech conservative club's list targets professor bias

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Superfund cleanup planned for site near Levelland in Hockley Co.

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Texas separatist to challenge Cornyn in GOP primary

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Texas largest hotel, Adam's Mark in Dallas, to get $87M redo, become Sheraton

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University of Texas at Dallas professor wins national honor

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Man accused of setting Dallas fire is beaten with bike

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Illinois representatives see Texas link in FutureGen's demise - good, I told you we SuperCollidered 'em. Payback.

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HPD: Businessman killed burglar in self-defense

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Romney's exit a big boost to McCain, Huckabee in Texas

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Border-control activists bemoan McCain's rise

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Flirtatious women leave men broke, possibly drugged in Dallas

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Rosenthal foots bill for own attorney

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Rise in UT endowment spending could restrain tuition

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Church court finds Austin priest guilty of molesting boys

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Sen. Lucio renews call for Valley medical school

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Teenager sues fairs over ewe dispute

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Actor Paxton cuts his ties to Lone Star film festival

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New seating at TCU stadium collapses

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Tougher rules proposed for certification of nurse aides

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Check Scam Wipes Out Central Texas Woman

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Chertoff announces levee-border wall compromise in Hidalgo County

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Editorial: Does Chertoff’s visit mean they listened?

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Mercedes students assault teacher

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Starr County men charged with arms trafficking

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Texas Cable Law Challenge Reinstated

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Willacy sheriff: I did not do anything illegal

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Longview teacher resigns over racial slur

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South San School District Fires Principal Accused of Molesting Former Student

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Texas sales tax revenue indicates economy is slowing

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Editorial: Habitat chapter fights to retain its autonomy

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Edgewood school trustees look for answers, Outgoing Edgewood school chief's acts questioned

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Texas poll: McCain gains from Romney flight

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Average Price of Gasoline Falling in Texas

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Texas Association of Business backs Cornyn

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Submit questions for the McMurrey - Noriega debate

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Candidate proposes name change for Rail Road Commission

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Lawyer Involved in Sex Scandal Running For Winkler County Attorney

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

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Victoria DA Tyler off the Ratcliff case, judge to appoint DA pro-tem

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UT Permian Basin sees record enrollment

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Editorial: Court adjourned in Randall County

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Dance halls top list of Texas' endangered places

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Rapist flees through unlocked jail door in South Texas
 

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Tornado, Hail Rip Through Smith County

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Lindale ISD Cancels Thursday, Friday Classes for storm cleanup

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Ron Paul plans to remain in presidential race

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RPT says Sen. Duncan was right on not moving primary - Pratt was right

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Editorial: Texas Democrats have last laugh

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Clinton’s camp calls on Obama to debate in Texas

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Some GOP faithful in South Plains not thrilled with McCain - Pratt quoted herein

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Texas Republicans wary of McCain

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Harris County emerges as major player in primaries

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Texas Tech Sends Wind Research Team To Tennessee

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Update: Winona ISD Taken Off Lockdown, Winona ISD in lockdown due to domestic disagreement

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Oil boom pumps up sales tax, some towns' rebate checks set record highs

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Perjury conviction of undercover agent upheld in Tulia case

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Noriega to campaign in Amarillo & Lubbock on Friday

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AFL-CIO endorses democrat lib Rick Noriega - oh surprise!

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Dallas hospital room where JFK died now stored in Kansas

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Dallas Mayor Tom Leppert dazzles Texas Monthly chief

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New House panel chief praises Texas' environmental efforts

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State uncertain how much of closed Dallas charter school's debt it can recover

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Dallas Rep. Rafael Anchia endorses Barack Obama

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6 illegal immigrants in Houston get prison, face deportation

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Police investigate shooting after U.S.-Mexico soccer match in Houston

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Inmate tries to slash throat during Fort Worth court hearing - courthouse public security screening devices would have done nothing to prevent this as he would have been escorted through

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Court says convicts don't have to pay multiple fines

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Photos: Governor Perry and others at the San Luis Mardi Gras Ball in Galveston

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'Jena 6' defendant faces assault charge in Texas

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Texas City officer indicted in DUI death

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3 men killed in medical helicopter crash identified

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TYC conservator quizzed about business relations

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Texas agency to launch new tourism advertisements

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El Paso man gets 5 years for attacking border agent

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New Study of Texas’s 50 Largest School Districts Finds Significant Teacher Quality Gaps Throughout The State

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$49 Million Approved For Waco VA Construction

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Weatherford legislator says he took free tickets to big game - and all legislators don't?

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RINO Senator Carona of Dallas strikes again: Dallas lawmaker backs higher gas tax

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Corpus Christi: Bañales' speech draws inquiry, comments air on public television

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King Ranch burn turns into full-fledged wildfire

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Cheney to go quail hunting at Armstrong ranch, again

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Austin candidate making support of Senfronia Thompson an issue in the primary

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Police Searching For Abducted Austin Child

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A&M's Murano vows to keep tuition low

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Hearing today for Port Arthur official's snubbed candidacy

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Man Understands Why Illegals Come to TX Panhandle

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Wichita Falls senator top political fundraiser in the Big Country

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Move to Regulate Sexually-Oriented Businesses in Seminole

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Hold Up! Conservatism Is Not Dead! Cornyn Holds To Conservative Principles In Election Year!

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Lance Armstrong for Guv? He's got the McCain personality going

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Galveston officials investigate jail death

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Man Kills Attacker In Grocery Store Parking Lot

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Navarro County grand jury indicts 3 in mortgage fraud scheme

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TYC conservator Nedelkoff to resign from Florida post

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Trucking firm to close Dallas service center, cut jobs

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TxDOT responds to Dewhurst's concerns over funding shortfall claims

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Rep. Jim Keffer rebuts Craddick at Fort Worth GOP forum

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Dallas-Fort Worth sales of pre-owned homes fall 16%

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Houston home building down 30 percent in 4th quarter
 

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02/06/2008 Ash Wednesday

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Ash Wednesday arrives, Cleansing follows Fat Tuesday parties

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El Paso campus of Texas Tech medical school gets accreditation

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Lindale cancels classes because of storm damage

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Malakoff Residents Get Election Rollback Refunds

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Nolan Ryan to become Rangers team president, source says

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El Paso Co. judge Cobos' taping gear unused

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Waco council shoots down giant Texas Ranger statue

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Southwest Airlines bars murder suspect from flight

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Texas primary will be crucial to candidates in both parties

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Texas farmers take water war with Mexico to Canada

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District 81 Issues: Part III, Candidates weigh in on term limits

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Canyon nears city manager choice

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Reverting Back To 1949 Farm Law?

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Big money not yet flowing into District 83 race - again Pratt was right, lazy Austin reporter is letting Harvey Kronberg write the stories

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FBI agent accused of DWI on Dallas North Tollway

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Fort Worth salvage yard employee accused of shooting teens

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Dallas firefighters mourn colleague killed on Super Bowl trip

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Affidavit: Crying was motive in slain Galveston baby case

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Chertoff heading to Texas for border fence talks

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Tiny Houston housing agency takes on national job

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Robber says accomplice was man shot by Joe Horn

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Joe Horn Update: Thief Was Home Invader?

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Immigration training for Harris Co. jails draws praise

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Waco attempting to buy medical tower as new police hq

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Congressmen, Valley veterans discuss health care concerns

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San Benito approves 8-liner businesses

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Texas A&M Building Closed After Threat

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Two killed in medical helicopter crash near S Padre Island, Wind may have contributed in fatal chopper crash

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Home sales drop 15 percent in Brownsville

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Weslaco research station in jeopardy in new Federal budget

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Noriega-McMurrey debate teed up

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TSTA endorses Noriega over challenger, a teacher - that's because it's all about the money

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Two bids are rejected for Christmas Mountains

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Keller votes to move ahead with veterans memorial

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Prosecutor defies judge's order to produce wallet

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Texas Democrats could decide who gets nomination

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Swords sawed off in front of Brazoswood High in Clute

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Hereford ISD Says UIL Change Causes Too Many Absences

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Money for nothing, rings for free: How Texas' USF gives big-telecom access to your wallet

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Texas: Toll Road Agency Manipulates Bank Check

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Third Texas flagship school could boost economy, increase research availability

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Red McCombs Says McCain Has The Right "Mojo" To Win

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Valley landowner sues over fence

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Editorial: Use dedicated funds for intended purpose or this, Editorial: State taxes, fees need fewer restrictions on spending

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Austin judge refuses to block Houston ISD bonds

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TYC's acting director says she's not in line for permanent job

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Group threatens lawsuit in Duncanville church zoning case
 

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NRA endorses Phil King (A+ rated) for state rep. district 61

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Berman gets TSRA endorsement for state rep. district 6

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Local TSTA backs Rino Delwin Jones for dist. 83 - no surprise there!

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TTU Daily Toreador columnist fired for plagiarism in column "Plagiarism is not a sin"!

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Vehicle drives through pro-life memorial in Waco, destroys display

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La Feria out of time for early voting in court ordered Mayorial election

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Editorial: State taxes, fees need fewer restrictions on spending

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Justice Department sues TYC, Evins facility

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First Lady Anita Perry Raises Awareness of Teen Dating Violence

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The General Calls it a Night

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Presidential candidate Alan Keyes speaks in Lubbock

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The Trials & Tribulations of Jury Selection

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Choose or lose: Cuero native represents Texas on MTV show

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Port Lavaca studying the use of brackish water

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Architect named for Big Spring Settles Hotel renovation project

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Texas cattle given all-clear from infection

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3.1 magnitude earthquake centered 15 miles NNE of Snyder last week

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Panhandle has copy cat arsonist

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City of Athens stalls release of public records to TV station - called "a Burgess"

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Easton residents deserve and law requires open government

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More Hyatt hotels on tap for Central Texas

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How prepared is Texas for emergencies?

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Willie Nelson questions Sept. 11 on local talk radio show - too much weed Willie!

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Driver's license mix-up affects two Texas women

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Beaumont ISD financial shift transfers bear watching

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Port Author's Jefferson County jail bill dispute will go to vote

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Donna man can't remember how he got shot

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County judge looking to cut off border fence court order at the pass

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Waco council to vote on Ranger statue proposal

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A defense budget that Fort Worth can love

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TxDot not broke, but it is broken, lawmakers say

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Perry, Dewhurst at odds over TxDOT funding status

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Dewhurst to TxDOT: "I'm concerned"

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State board rejects private bid for Christmas Mountains

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Negative response to spaceport, CEO of Kenedy Foundation cites lack of certainties

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Puddles The Dog Going To Court On April 24th

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Embattled Dallas Charter School Closes With Little Warning - too bad the same doesn't happen to traditional school with endemic education or financial failure

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Houston has the fifth worst traffic in the U.S.

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Driver killed by falling tank ID'd

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Hunt County jail plagued by structural problems

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Texans jam license plate voting Web site, omission of Houston from one design gets corrected

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Stop for margaritas lands Austin parents in jail for year

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Luminant to spend $1B to trim emissions in East Texas

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Peanut Growers Repay USDA Crop Insurance Payments

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Pecos gets bio-fuel project; Odessa an armaments plant

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Plans move ahead for Lufkin biomass plant

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Edcouch-Elsa board member to resign, admits drug problem

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Shut down: Silver State Helicopters facility at New Braunfels, Students face debts, no training

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Border fence threatens to change landscape in town that considers itself both Tex and Mex

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New McAllen Crime Lab Employee Causing Controversy

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World's largest supercomputer opens for access at UT

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Top 3 stolen vehicles in Texas are pickups

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Richardson girls scare off burglar attacking mom

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Houston ship channel re-opens after almost 2 day closing due to fog

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BP profit up 53 percent, Texas City production to rise

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Farmers Branch hit with new immigration suit

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Dallas police issue warning for serial rapist

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Dallas mayor wants code violators held accountable

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Texas' strip club fee case moving to new judge, Judge abruptly halts hearing on strip club fee
 

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02/04/2008

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See new Texas license plate choices here and vote here

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9th Time! Bedford veteran's flag stolen again!

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Bexar County deputy shoots, kills man

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2 suspects charged in McAllen kidnapping

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Windy conditions mean fire danger continues across Texas

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Beaumont ISD replaces race-based transfers with policy based on students' economic status

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Do race, sex matter to SE Texas voters?

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District 81 Issues: Part II "on backing Craddick" (Buddy West's seat)

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Cameron County fails state’s surprise jail check up

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San Angelo sounds off against school bond proposal

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Subdivision plan has Boerne at crossroads

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Congressional District 23 hopefuls focus on border flow

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Robison: Texas Democratic leaders offer views on electing Clinton, Obama

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San Antonio is making progress in adding more direct flights

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Oops! Border Officials Find Marijuana In Donated Suburban

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Amarillo picked as a pilot site to help track superbug

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Kaufman County buying replica of Vietnam veterans memorial

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What is the Texas Independence Relay?

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Texas primary could be a big deal after all

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Store Employees, Armed With Clubs, Fight Off Robber

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Eye on Austin: Lawmakers meet ahead of legislature

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Planned Protest Becomes Rally for Troops at Naval Air Station Corpus Christi

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Vietnam Vet Freddy Gonzalez to receive Texas’ highest honor

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Harris Co. judge Emmett criticized over Astrodome redesign

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Embattled Federal Judge Kent's social life raises questions

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Billions collected in state fees not spent on intended purposes - and so it has always been!

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Former Houston legislator Ralph Wallace dies

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Fog shuts Houston Ship Channel traffic

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Legal analyst: Rosenthal is 'gonna get hit'

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Slowing economy not expected to hamper dealing at oil expo

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Texas ranks 10th in nation for mortgage fraud

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Sweetwater rattlesnakes visit State Capitol

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

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BancorpSouth acquires Texas insurance company

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Dallas committee OKs limiting cellphone use in school zones

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Siegler calls on Rosenthal to resign

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TTU's coach Bob Knight resigns effective immediately
 

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Alice mayor resigns, apologizes after alleged dognapping

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Craddick optimistic about returning for another term

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Presidential hopefuls expected to spend big on TV ads in Texas, California

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School districts remove meat tide to animal-cruelty case

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ICE to train Harris Co. jail workers to ID illegal immigrants

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Injured NFL player Everett tells moving story

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Lawsuits aim to recoup pension fund losses

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Teen to be honored for calling 911 for bus driver

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Judge grants Rosenthal team's request for recess

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3-alarm blaze engulfs southwest Houston apartments

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Christmas Mountains could go to Big Bend, park service says

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Perry asks Bush for federal aid in wake of wildfires

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Rule: Baylor coach shaped by life in tiny Texas town

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League City man is held on moonshine, arms counts

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Perry appoints Houston lawyer, Janiece Longoria, to UT regents

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Ex-Hidalgo district clerk pleads guilty to lesser DWI

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Texas pupil found hanging from hook dies

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Officials remove hundreds of cats from Bonham property

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Rowlett school stages reunion for military father, daughter

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Kidnapping attempt in northwest Dallas has police on alert

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Clinton aide says Texas primary could be decisive

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DeLay successor racks up campaign debt in bid to regain seat in House

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Dallas Cowboys still dealing with Giant disappointment

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GOP candidate may face conflict with career if elected

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Horses healing; Lubbock pit bull attacks spark outrage

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Fight Breaks Out At Chilton High School Basketball Game

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Wildfire Threat Remains High Through The Weekend

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Gov. Perry Commends the Valor and Prestige of the Boy Scouts of America

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Other states' laws aimed at hiring illegal workers drives many to Texas

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Galveston debuts revamped Mardi Gras celebration

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Texans have a license to choose new plates

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Mother says goodbye to child found dead in Galveston, Galveston police in Philly to question slain baby's dad

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

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UT Southwestern ricin researchers chafe at security crackdown

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Dallas Fire-Rescue chief forms plan to address rising call volume

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DART chairman's resignation doesn't end scrutiny of transit agency

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

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Grand Prairie school district teaching English to immigrant parents, kids

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Arlington man dies after trying to stop 20 from fighting

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Only 8 percent of state-prison inmates are immigrants

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Border commemorates the 160th anniversary of Treaty of Hidalgo

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City Commissioner regains job with Customs

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Odessa man says he was performing exorcism when wife died

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11-year-old leads his church's music ministry
 

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Tragedy Over Texas: Columbia Remembered

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Five years after Columbia tragedy, McCool's legacy soars

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'Oldest Town in Texas' forever twinned with Columbia disaster

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NASA honors 7 who died aboard shuttle Columbia 5 years ago

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Complete Lists Of All UIL Realignments

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Empower Texans PAC endorsements

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Cameron County, Democratic Party working to avoid lawsuit

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7-Year-Old Student Found Hanging On Dressing Room Coat Hook

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Judge criticizes Rosenthal for deleting e-mails

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Judge abruptly postpones Rosenthal contempt hearing

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Rigs actively looking for oil, gas increases by 16

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Rising oil prices help Exxon Mobil to U.S. record profits

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'Beans in a jar' analogy bristles Hispanics in Farmers Branch, more

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Former Potter Co. chief deputy sheriff cleared of charges by jury

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Dallas Greek Orthodox Church offers $5,000 reward for stolen crown

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Blind woman makes second bid for state acupuncture license

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S Korean court finds Lone Star guilty of stock price manipulation

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Corpus Christi police to impound uninsured drivers' cars

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SMU considers campus pub to combat drunken driving - why not add a campus by the hour sex hotel too

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Senator pushes for financial info from Hinn, Copeland ministries

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Police catch one of Texas' 10 most wanted in Lake Highlands

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Austin-Round Rock among areas added to list eligible for counterterrorism grants

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Rep. Gene Green Endorses Hillary Clinton

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Houston police chief defends his immigration law stance

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Harris Co. grand jury declines to indict police captain for "double-dipping"

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Release of man who helped Texas 7 escape stuns Dallas D.A.

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New ID rules don't increase border wait times

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Texas unlikely to get enhanced licenses

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Perry says he now supports border fences

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Clintons will bring campaign to El Paso

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Lightning Probable Cause Of East Texas Oil Tanks Explosion

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Upshur County Denied Funds For Courthouse

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Lib claim: Welfare reform doesn't help families - no but look at what they say it does & it sure helps taxpayers!

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Sekula Gibbs leads 9 foes in fundraising

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Houston Chronicle flunks first-grade arithmetic

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Four indicted on voter fraud in Duval County - the only surprise there is the prosecution of fraud!

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Editorial: In the Interim: State Senate assignments don't cover all bases

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Reddy Ice buyout terminated

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Port Arthur firefighter sought on child indecency charge

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Man arrested in two Texas State University attacks

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USDA gives Port of Houston more entry points

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State pension fund says $1.7 billion discrepancy to hit local cities

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Pecos DA who ignored TYC abuse report runs for re-election

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Giuliani's failed bid hurts Perry, only GOP governor to back him

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Larson, Canseco tangle in GOP race for Congressional district 23

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Hutto leaders discuss city's future during Growth Summit

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All Eyes on Andrews

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Texas Tech president Whitmore expected to resign

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Are Cowboys new ticket prices inciting fan backlash?
 

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First Data Corp. withdraws merchant services from Abilene firm for legally selling firearms

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Texas Primary Could Be Crucial in Presidential Elections

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Raymondville biofuel plant stalled

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Texas Supreme Court Judge Cashed Out on Home 3 Times Before Fire - but this time there was no insurance and he knew it

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"Raging Inferno" Anderson County oilfield fire rages, school canceled nearby

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Man Shoots Another Over $5 Worth Of Firewood - moron alert!

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Congressman Gohmert Fired Up After Tyler VA Program Axed

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Scrapping FutureGen

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Inmate who hanged self used friend’s name, officials say: Believed to be Cody Green of Big Spring

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Amarillo moving to ensure water supplies

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Henry: No good deed goes unnoticed in Potter County

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Secret technology might account for UFO sightings

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Indicted Potter Co. sheriff candidate heads to court Friday

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Lamar U. closer to footbal, Students Approve 'Football Fee'

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Pearland ponders purchasing airport

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Cameron County jails under state inspection

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Biennial UIL realignment at hand

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Looking for 'Real' Democrats - more Austin unreality

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State historical association moving from Austin to Denton's UNT

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Fort Worth police officer & wife charged with fraud

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Update: Woman lied about fake cop attack, Fake Cop Reports Now In Mesquite

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Dallas Store Clerk Turns Tables On Would-Be Robber

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Celis' attempt to regain seized documents continues

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Dallas in top 10 for green power

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Rick Perry to endorse John McCain for president, Perry undecided on endorsement

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Quanell X leads protesters to DA Rosenthal's hearing

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Bill would places limits on pre-paid phones

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Countrywide says Texas job creation ahead of schedule

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Houston council OKs electric fences

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Angelina Co. sheriff denies opposing candidate's claims he botched 2003 murder probe

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McAllen: Errors in county voter rolls; elections official says problems ‘isolated’ - likely isolated to the whole list!

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Jourdanton ISD custodian accused of having sex with student

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San Antonio scientist cited for ethical breach

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'Oldest Town in Texas' forever twinned with Columbia disaster

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Brush Fire Causes Closure of IH-10 Near Kerrville

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Justice Department lawsuits filed in Hidalgo County

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Chain collision closes I-40 in Amarillo

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AT&T data network suffers outage
 

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G'bye FutureGen: Department of Energy bows out of FutureGen project

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FutureGen changes could land it in Texas after all

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Illinois `will not go down without a fight' on FutureGen

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DNA reveals true rapist in '82 case, clears man of charges, Tests clear 1 man, pin crime on another who died in '98

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School financing no hot potato but warming

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Former Victoria sheriff's attorney files motion to quash indictment

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Former sheriff’s office captain says rights violated in Blackwell investigation

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1,100 attend meeting to discuss Trans-Texas Corridor, I-69

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House District 81 Issues (Odessa - Buddy West): Part I

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Credit union fight heats up in the Permian Basin

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Ector Co. commissioners discuss, table proposal for capital public defender’s office

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Adviser in line to lead Pantex

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Amarillo do-gooders try to bring 'workplace' smoking ban to city

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Wind & Fire
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High winds left 1,178 Xcel Energy customers without power in Panhandle

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Wildfires threaten area homes as winds cause headaches across state

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Wildfires reignite in Dallas-Fort Worth area as danger remains high

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Perry issues wildfire disaster proclamation

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4-alarm fire whips through apartments near LBJ Freeway in Dallas

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Applewhite, the folk hero, returns to Austin as a coach

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Tom DeLay case becomes issue in Travis Co. DA race, Candidate Rick Reed resigns from Earle's office after memo about campaigning

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Dewhurst adds study of electric co-ops to charge for interim Senate committee

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Texas Senate asked to study property taxes, education before '09 session

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VivaAerobus' no-frills flights from Austin to Mexico to take off May 1

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Bexar Co: 23 gang members indicted on racketeering charges in slayings

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Roger Clemens shows up at Houston Astros training camp

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Hutto immigrant holding center to add 250 women

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Feds sue more Cameron County landowners over border fence

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DPS hires Houston crime lab manager who resigned under pressure

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Update: Homicide: Woman says dead baby is hers, Dead infant latest grim discovery in Galveston (w/ 911 call)

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Stanley Marcus' images subject of museum exhibit, book

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Governor names 4 Houstonians to UH regent board

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Prez candidates scramble for Edwards, Giulani supporters in Texas

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Cellular bracelets may help locate those who wander or become lost

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Jones paving way for Garrett to be Dallas Cowboys' head coach

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Hempstead police fatally shoot couple's son after threats

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Austin ranks in top 20 most romantic cities

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Too-short TYC search?

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Editorial: District 17 needs November vote for Senate seat

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Some Methodist Leaders Oppose an S.M.U. Bush Library

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AIG settles with Attorney General's office

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Tarrant, Denton weigh limits for drivers' cellphone use

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Leonard: Dozens protest proposed faith-based prison

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Rotan set to lose its only nursing home

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Voting Discrepancies Result in New Mayoral Election for La Feria

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Henderson Co. DA race boiling over, charge of threats made

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Civil Service Commission rejects call to investigate San Angelo assistant police chief

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Sen. Seliger recognized for his leadership in business, education

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Texas Tech's endowment fund ranks 118th in nation, sees nearly 20% growth

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Most school districts reach tax threshold

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State Rep. Robert Puente (D-San Antonio) resigns effective 2/1/2008

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Houston submits bid to host 2012 Super Bowl
 

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01/29/2008

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Texans can check voter registration status

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Perry picks replacement for late transportation chief

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Foreclosure rates beginning to slow in Texas, study shows

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Farmers Branch asks judge to review immigrant housing plan

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Cypress contractor indicted in Iraq bribery case

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102 year old RGV furniture stores sold to Mexico's Famsa

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State saw spike in foster children left in caseworker care

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Dallas karaoke cab has passengers revvin' their pipes

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Official's plan means loss of road funds may not take toll on Dallas

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Immigrant boy from Fort Worth up to speed with spelling

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Authorities arrest 11 in East Texas dogfighting ring

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Clear Channel shares plummet on fears deal won't close

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El Paso: FBI corruption inquiry plays small role in campaigns

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Expert says Craddick has effect on life along border

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Noriega on Bob Perry’s support for Senate bid

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Noriega: “Maybe Cornyn will lend me money”

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Senate hopeful Noriega introduces himself to S. Texas

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Texas Army National Guard to celebrate a Texas-sized milestone: Its 19,000th recruit

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Texas Democratic Party has new spokesman Hector Nieto

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Complaint filed against Dem Dawnna Dukes

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Dukes Under Siege - she's under fire from all Dem directions because, gasp!, she was bi-partisan and worked with Speaker Craddick. She didn't vote with conservatives, she just worked with them. See, bi-partisan means agreeing only with Democrats.

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Ferchill & Wolf: Just say no to the South Texas Nuclear Project expansion - nuts

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Parents call for Austin HS's principal to resign

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Leander ISD teacher resigns amid allegations of inappropriate behavior

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South San Antonio ISD Principal Removed Following Sex Allegations

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UT's dinosaur footprints to be preserved

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Athens' fire chief, under investigation, retires

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Sierra Club's No New Coal campaign begins today - more nuts

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Teen gets prison time for theft of Beaumont fire truck

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Woman who 'flimflammed' court gets prison time

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Ex-Juárez police chief to remain in custody in El Paso

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Dallas home prices fall a little; U.S. prices plunge

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Stripes, Town & Country's new owner, plans to move jobs from San Angelo

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N. Texas Church Hands Apartment Tenants Notices - another Episcopal black-eye

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Upper-level administrator salaries at Texas A&M

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

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Harris County deputy's murderer kills himself on death row

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Plans for Astrodome may be derailed

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Cops arrest mom accused of abandoning kids to wed in Nigeria

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Nolan Ryan intrigued by Rangers job

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Texas Supreme Court questions stir call for new selection process - another way to scare you into letting the elites pick our judges. Look at it this way, if they do bad now we can un-elect them and put someone in their place. That becomes much more difficult under the so-called retention elections that go with appointed justices.

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State likely to delay beach reconstruction

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Infamous Houston murder to take center stage on '48 Hours Mystery'

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Recent Houston crime lab problems have some wondering what's next

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Texas lawmaker, Van de Putte, chides Bush for ignoring Latino needs

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Infant's body and car seat found near Galveston seawall

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Quanell X seeks to make amends

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Trans-Texas Corridor plan met with more loathing

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FBI investigates Alford Automotive Group dealerships

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District attorney completes probe into Palo Pinto courthouse ‘leak’

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Southmayd police stay for now

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Car crashes into Cooke Co. Courthouse

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City of San Angelo ratifies labor pact with police

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More trouble with landing system at McAllen airport

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State says deadly carnival ride was illegal

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Senator Janek pushes back 'retirement' date to June

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Winds fuel fires, cut power in Dallas-Fort Worth

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Dallas Mayor Tom Leppert touts city during trip to Mexico

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Border landowners must allow surveys

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DHS explains its '18 town hall meetings' claim

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Border congressmen: Bush should have said more about immigration reform

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Lt. Gov. release Senate committee Interim Charges today (pdf)

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Campo returns to Dallas Cowboys coaching staff
 

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Voter registration deadline for March primaries is February 4th

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Lubbock charter school continues to outperform traditional district

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State rep. Quintanilla (D-El Paso) upset over new pipeline, thinks it will draw terrorism - then we should just all go live in tents and give up on anything modern, his fear is victory for terror

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Dallas Mayor Tom Leppert will market Dallas on Mexico trade trip

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Texas employers wary of policing workers' immigration status

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

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RIP: Louie Welch, former Houston mayor, dead at 89 - born in Lockney, reared as a child in Slaton

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Galveston's lead-poisoning rates 10 times the national average

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Why is it called the Rio Grande Valley when it really isn't a valley?

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Galveston's beach restoration bogs down

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Massive Meth Bust in Clay County

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State Rep. Berman (R-Tyler) Heading Up Voter ID Effort

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Howard County to authorize sale of bonds for jail, at last

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Runoff anyone? 11 Democrats crowd county sheriff race in El Paso

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Maquilas' need for warehouse space a boon for El Paso

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El Pasoan selected top U.S. school counselor

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Cheating scandal 'business as usual' for HPD Crime Lab?

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Good times roll at Mardi Gras! Galveston

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Kinky Again? Friedman is considering a 2nd gubernatorial run ... as a Democrat

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Southeast Texan named chief of village in Nigeria

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Fort Worth calls for air support in battle against grackles

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West Texas man believed to be held hostage in mid-East

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Former New Deal Police Chief In Court

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Funding fix failing schools - that's because funding has little to do with the failing

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Wimberley school district challenging Texas' 'Robin Hood' finance law

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Eye on Austin: Issues off back burner

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Rice scientists aglow over drug for radiation poisoning

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Texas politics draws $41 million in 2007

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Perry's Trans-Texas Corridor plan is a hard sell

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Harris deputy constable still critical after several surgeries

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Residents protest U.S. citizenship application delays in Dallas

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New president eager to start fixing TSU campus

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Texas fugitive, murder suspect arrested in Mexico

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Group hopes Cowboys' stadium will be a regular Super Bowl stop

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Dallas' anti-saggy pants crusader to appear on 'Dr. Phil'

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Dallas firefighter found near fire arrested on accusation of DWI

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Dallas considers rat-control proposal amid building boom

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Man loses ear as he flees police

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San Antonio PD: Officers' alleged sex assaults prompt transfer of supervisors

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Arson suspect in KOOP fire arrested

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Texas Supreme Court backlog reaches record level

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Perry sets up task force on higher ed incentive funding

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At Huston-Tillotson, male enrollment is on the rise

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Rick and Rudy in the Sunshine state

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Harris County officials arrest deadbeat parents in sweep

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Texas fades from power as Bush gives last State of Union address

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Del Mar College interim president to leave early

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Midland College President David Daniel announces retirement

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Texans get rare say in choosing nominees

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In race, Texans play wait and see

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Challengers outpace San Angelo police chief in latest fundraising period

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Big Spring's VA hospital to undergo expansion

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Odessa mayor, FutureGen leader: Plan still alive

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Judge sides with government in border fence property dispute

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Report: Senator Kyle Janek (R-Houston) to resign mid-term

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

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Watauga voter mad over registration card mistake

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Texas Lutheran women's coach resigns with 1 win in first 42 games

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Democratic Senate debate looks possible - Noriega coming off his high-horse?

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Ellis County jury gives man life in prison for killing Stone Phillips' aunt
 

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Lubbock paper writes another speculative campaign piece for state rep. Delwin Jones and runs it as a news story with no news!

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200 Animals Rescued From Home in Marshall

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Residents worry over proposed demolition of Rita-damaged homes

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Man arrested in Texas in 2004 death of wife in Michigan

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OSHA issues fine to Dallas company after spectacular blast

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Immigration agents to work out of Travis County jail

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UIL recognizing mariachi as category in music competitions

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President Bush tells Dallas mayor `You're going to be my mayor'

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Houston PD closes crime lab's DNA unit in wake of cheating probe

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Harris Co. shootout leaves man dead, Precinct 6 officer clinging to life

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Kidnapping scams, common in Mexico, find way to Houston

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Barbara Bush discusses life, lessons learned

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CPS notes fewer problems placing kids in recent months

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Texas City officer surrenders in manslaughter case

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Note left at Rice dorm outrages students, leaders

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Tragedy Over Texas: Columbia Remembered

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Greek Orthodox bishop's crown, Bible stolen from car in Arlington

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Richardson, once a boomtown, strives to redevelop, revitalize

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Chickens are not Disney characters

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San Antonio police bent hiring rules, newspaper finds

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Fort Bliss officials say soldiers can't visit Juarez

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Groundwater rules could impact industries, residents alike

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Dumas Superintendent Candid About Not Wanting to Face Voters
 

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Prankster's classified ad grabs Lubbock's attention

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John McCain: A progressive in conservative clothing

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Artifact's sale may save Crosbyton fossil museum

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Editorial: A cheaper way to cross the border

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Dolly Vinsant Hospital's future at a standstill

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41 year old dance instructor indicted, impregnated by 13 year old boy

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Prison guards’ union seeks action

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Royse City school officials ban student-produced public service video

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Ex-Dallas teacher drops claim she lost job for discussing segregated classes

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Carrollton atheist couple appeals ruling protecting moment of silence

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More suburban firms are moving to downtown Dallas

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Two Texas A&M football players indicted in home-invasion case

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Texas gas prices fall for second week in a row

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Ex-CEO admits stealing from Chuck Norris' charity

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Texas Municipal Retirement System cities brace for shortfall's impact

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Fewer children spending the night at Texas Child Protective Services offices

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Door failure shuts down Galveston biohazard lab

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Channelview ISD bus driver stricken at wheel, dies

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Houston airport security rules rankle taxi drivers

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AG: Waller ISD bond ruling will stand

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Texas high court limits deposition rules for ex-BP chief

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Texas pols praise stimulus plan

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Insured car thefts up 25 percent in Austin, Allstate says

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After 79 years, Brackenridge Hospital being renamed - for the fourth time

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Pedernales co-op board blocks lawmakers' attempt to open books to state auditor's office

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Major road icing in North Texas averted

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Bogus probation officer steals $100

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Texas legislators begin new debate on voter identification

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Continental pilots say they're planning for merger

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Babe, Fort Worth Zoo's oldest female elephant, dies

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PUC finally approves TXU buyout deal

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Businessman, ex-Harris official indicted in bribery case

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HPD crime lab employee resigns over cheating probe

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Judge sounds alarm in GOP, Party's top county official warns that it no longer has the edge in Harris County

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John Cornyn's money

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Texas Supreme Court overrules Harris Co. Democrat Chairman, puts Garnet Coleman opponent on the primary ballot
 

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Big rig crashes into Falls Co. cemetary, 20 to 30 headstones damaged

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Aggies fall in record 5OT game to Baylor

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Post Dispatch publisher asks for criminal probe of judges on courthouse lockout

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12 Arrest Warrants Issued In Central Texas Organized Crime Probe

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El Paso hospital locked down as wounded Mexican police official treated

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Inmate untreated for 2 days after fracas with guards

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Ministers want Harris County sheriff to quit

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Texas prisoners on verge of getting regular phone privileges

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Harris D.A. OK'd $11,000 raise for recipient of romantic e-mails

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Armstrong completes cleaning of clouded swimming hole

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Two Pasadena officers indicted in suspect's death

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Nolan Ryan declines to discuss steroids in baseball

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Lone Star Funds chairman leaves South Korea after questioning

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High court justice use campaign funds questioned - Nathan Hecht

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Mexican authorities arrest man in border agent's death

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Snag in the plan: Immigration agency says Farmers Branch needs OK to access records

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El Paso wants right to ask for ASARCO air permit to be revoked

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Texas Tech Representative Becomes First American Awarded Medal by Vietnamese

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CHIP enrollment continues to increase

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Lt. Governor appoints members of panel to oversee public assistance enrollment

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Austin man offers $1 billion to anyone who can cure breast cancer - he doesn't have the money but is happy to promise it, a perfect democrat

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Perry staff e-mails reveal candid, sometimes heated exchanges

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Opponents to tightened voter ID requirements appeal to lawmaker

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TEA Offers Student Identity Protection

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'Girls Gone Wild' now gone because of public outcry in Abilene

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Former Brownwood car dealer arrested - John Robert Holley

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Murano rocks boat at A&M

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Eric Price will leave UTEP for NFL job

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Perry: Listen to Giuliani on economy, terrorism

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Dallas ISD finance czar resigns

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NAS Kingsville to get new $12.7M engine test facility

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Nueces County strikes deal with baseball league

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Republican candidates square off in Burleson

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Restaurant Goers Attacked In Dallas Parking Lot - be armed!

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High Speed Joy Ride In Cop Car Caught On Tape

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Manhunt after attempted pharmacy burglary spree nets three suspects

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Paul Burrell, Princess Di's butler, to visit Beaumont

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Beaumont Police shoot, kill suspect during undercover drug deal

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State Ag Agencies Change Names, Renew Missions

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Heflin, Castro promise lively state rep's race

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Denison High School evacuated again Thursday morning

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Huckabee’s a Divider, Not a Uniter

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Troops To See Super Bowl Thanks To Businessman

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Tugboat crewmember missing in the Sabine River

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Prosecutor: Accusations of payback in Medina case 'a crock'

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Dallas: Are red-light cameras taking unnecessary pictures?

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Group files ethics complaints against justices Hecht, Medina

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New plan aims to give freshmen a fighting chance - what does this say about many public schools?
 

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CEOs like Texas, Nevada and North Carolina

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Central Texas Rabies Cases Up In 2007

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Cameron Coutny campaign contributions

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Farmers Branch Approves Revised Anti-Illegal Immigration Rule

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Texas City Refinery Explosion Victims Say Gov’t Too Lenient

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Prosecutor: More charges could be imminent in Pharr-San Juan-Alamo ISD case

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Folk medicines a cause of lead poisoning in children

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99th District Judge Sowder called to Army Reserve duty again

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Nueces County courthouse evacuated by fire alarm - someone put a thermos in a microwave

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AG Gives Conditional Approval To Enhanced License

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Family: Hospital Sent Stillborn To Dry Cleaners

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Municipal court judge may have been suspended illegally

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Jasper County Manhunt

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Jefferson County kills Port Arthur's jail deal

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Patterson sitting tight after Thompson departure

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Huckabee coming to Austin for barbecue, money

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Austin police chief wants to put police cameras in key areas

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Eight-liner machines seized from Austin VFW hall

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Johnson: Ron Paul and other isolationists ignore the danger of forgetting history

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Texas designates January Stalking Awareness Month

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Amarillo Women Seeking Abortions May Surprise You

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Nolan County blazes adding up

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Downtown Throckmorton set for major face-lift

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San Antonio needle-swap activists face charges

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DPS: SuperBowl Champ was not wearing seatbelt in fatal crash

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Allegations may stem from homeowners meetings

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Accused aide sues Texas City school district

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Galveston landowner pitches 30-story towers for beach

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Harris County Grand Jury mistake nullified dozens of indictments
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In bizarre twist, indictment of Texas justice Medina is ruled invalid

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Harris Count Grand jury fallout continues

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Assistant DA takes blame for grand jury error

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Judge blisters Harris County DA over Medina case

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Team that beat Fort Worth Dunbar will forfeit state title

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Hutchison seeks debt forgiveness for soldiers killed in combat

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Businesses Report Alleged High School Fundraising Scam in Mesquite

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AT&T gives free Wi-Fi to more broadband users

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Southwest Airlines' 2007 earnings set record - Moo

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Perry Sole Rudy Supporter Among Governors

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Houston Police: Fake Officer Attacks Girl In Park, Sketch released of man impersonating cop

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'Bathroom Bandit' Robs West Houston Bank

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Houston Students Test Positive For TB Exposure

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Lubbock teachers gain TCTA statewide educator awards

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Work Underway to Renovate the Old Settles Hotel in Big Spring

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Old Big Spring School to Become Bible University

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No settlement yet in Ector Co. ISD Bible lawsuit

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Man steals police cruiser, later captured in Cooke Co.

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Car goes airborne before catching fire in Sherman accident

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Deal turning Astrodome into hotel is likely weeks away

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Texas rated No. 1 in Army recruiting, but 'quality' down

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Texas Tech professor given award by the Republic of Vietnam for archives work at TTU

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Border fence controversy enters courtroom, UT-Brownsville fights to keep federal surveyors off campus

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Keyes brings presidential campaign to his old San Antonio stomping ground

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Mexican president, Texans discuss cartels

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Mexican retailer planning new San Antonio distribution center

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San Antonio panel to tackle education reform

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AG says Stephen F. Austin must release Jeter documents

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Amarillo says yes to Red Light Cameras - fools

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Lubbock Soldier Found Dead Near Fort Hood

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Gov. Perry Announces Rockwell Collins Expansion in Texa
 

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01/22/2008

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Baylor men's basketball ranked for first time since 1969

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Plenty of cash backs bids to oust longtime El Paso legislators

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‘Green barrier fence’ a viable alternative

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Jefferson County may stop taking Port Arthur inmates

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Donna bridge building to begin

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Texas Prison Inmate Falls From Fence During Escape Attempt

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Despite feds' pleas, Perry fails to OK ID program

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Deputy stops big rig loaded with $1 million

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State justice denies improper use of political funds , Another state justice faces ethics allegation

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Vendor chosen for drug testing in high schools

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Housing buzz fuels move to Houston's East End

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Judge change denied for 2nd defendant in KFC mass slayings

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Alice council urges mayor to quit post over dog dispute

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Treasurer candidate in Kerr County promises not to do job

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Supreme Court declines to hear case of Enron investors

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Houston sees room for another big hotel

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National Semiconductor to cut 115 jobs in Arlington

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South Texas town fills bleachers with bloodless bullfights

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Big-city landscape sprouts in rural Montgomery County

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Applewhite's arrival in Austin may keep Simms away

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Texas' new PUC chief aims to save deregulation

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Bedford man's flag stolen for eighth time

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Cowboy's Stadium work to pass halfway point soon

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Gang members, coyotes may bring their street war to Houston

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Bigger is not always better, says Texas home builder, more

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A new Fort Worth group is small but big on Huckabee

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Bartee Haile: Famed French explorer finds Texas by mistake

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Comments on uranium mining sought at meeting in Goliad

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Former Bastrop County Sheriff, current County Commissioner plead guilty to official corruption

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Central Texas lawmakers warn of Mexican drug violence

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Pedernales co-op gets more rule changes

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Grandson to Lamar: Ron Paul embodies what GOP was, can be

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Ex-governor Briscoe's grandchild dead by gun shot, is remembered as his friend

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Thieves targeting highway signs in Seguin

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Bug foggers blamed in Galveston house explosion

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Fireman saves man from burning home in Texas City

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One of judge’s stolen World War II guns found

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Editorial: Casino monopoly is not a fair bet

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Former La Joya water supply manager gets probation

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Political network activated in response to fatal crash

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Wife of ex-Cowboys RB Springs sues after husband slips into coma

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Angelo State Univ. pres. Rallo to chair state higher-ed committee

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Wall: Seeds from cotton gin bury man

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Fort Worth man picks up wrong suitcase from DFW airport, finds cat

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Boy, 5, rescues brother, 3, from burning mobile home in Wills Point

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Fort Worth council approves ban on dog tethering

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Rosenthal contempt hearing promises fireworks
 

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01/21/2008

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No chairmen a primary concern for rural voters

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How Texans voted in D.C. last week

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Texas may dodge economic slump

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Tobacco funds keep Tech health science center healthy - legalized theft, celebrated

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Crosbyton museum sells largest mastodon skull more

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Chicken pox cases up despite vaccine

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Texas mulls ban on commercial fishing of menhaden baitfish

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Fire Guts Colorado TV Station Owned By Texas-Based Company

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Tyler: Proposed Smoking Ban Up For Debate - another hit on property rights

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Henderson Receives $1 million FEMA Grant For Civic Center

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Hereford: White Energy opens Texas’ first 100-million gallon ethanol plant

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Eye on Austin: Money is no object, Funds used personally - where were these stories when Laney was setting records for 'personal' use of funds, cashing checks for thousands each month, and maintaining a fleet of airplanes?

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Huckabee sees Texas as potentially pivotal in GOP contest

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Rio Bravo residents, U.S. citizen linked to Gulf Cartel

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Corpus Christi police officer killed in car wreck

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Huckabee’s role in SBC conflict presaged political balancing act

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Free speech groups take issue with Williamson County Commissioner's rules

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San Marcos faces sticker shock over wireless network cost - I told you, I told you, I told you, this is private sector territory and governments should stay out of it. It's been a disaster in many places.

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Trolley boycott gave Austin's blacks a voice

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TxDOT launches weekly podcasts

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Austin residential foreclosures shoot up 56%

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Malakoff votes to roll back taxes

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Cleburne man challenging Chet Edwards?

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Dallas Morning News said to pressures companies to support Transit Tax

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House district 64 Dem challenger wants change - change to what, a poorly run state?

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Headline (and no kidding): SCAT Bake Sale - perfect for the depraved!

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Halliburton nabs $683M PEMEX contract

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Houston hospital hub of German heart pump trial

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Thousands of Muslims march through downtown Houston - banner says "world peace is the essence of Islam". Maybe they should tell a few million of their fellow Muslims. And, world peace has always been the goal of tyrants - with the world ruled under one power, there would theoretically be no national wars.

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Population swells at Dallas County facility for teen runaways

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Houston's historic Montague Hotel goes out with a bang

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Hendee vs. Shelley Shelley Sekula-Gibbs war of words make it to print, Sekula Gibbs' words on abortion knocked

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Rick Noriega - Arrogance In The Name Of Passion (the series)

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Is Craddick’s finger in Paris’ political pie? quoting "guru" Harvey Kronberg is like quoting the democrat party chairman & now the head of the House Republican is not supposed to recruit candidates to run against Democrats? Says who?

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Valley receives at least $20.2 million in federal funding

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Ethics complaint filed in Kerrville D.A. race

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Lawyer, grand jurors spar over Texas high court judge's indictment

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State law change eases race track ownership rules

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01/19&20/2008

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Word on Delwin Jones, state rep. district 83

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Post Dispatch complaint for media restrictions at Garza Co. courthouse (pdf)

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Isbell wins tight runoff for Pasadena mayor

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Navy Releases Names Of Victims Of Deadly Texas Helicopter Crash

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Federal study backs up claim that Texas stole Tigua tribal land

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Couple want state rep. Miles tested for STDs after alleged holiday kiss

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Defying lawmakers, TYC spends money on new offices

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Janis Joplin's childhood home gets historic marker

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Ron Paul happy to finish second in Nevada

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More Median Maladies: Report raises questions about judge' mileage costs

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A drunk Possum drives his lawn mower to a Beaumont liquor store and makes redneck history

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Four inducted into Texas newspaper hall of fame

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Equipment malfunction reported before fatal plane crash

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TYC's Crockett unit superintendent replaced

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Noriega, McMurrey make cases to labor activists

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Montana school district wants help with energy consumption from Texas firm

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Court-martial planned for Army leader after soldier's death

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El Paso home sales drop 12.6% in '07

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El Paso: FBI public corruption inquiry slows flow of campaign donations

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Man fought against British with George Washington now buried in El Paso

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Texas' position as nation's top polluter unlikely to change soon

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Allegations against Dicken's native and Blackwater security guard stun friends

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UFO investigators land in Dublin to quiz locals

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Arlington: After rules changed, strip clubs dwindled

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Curtain falls on Colleyville IMAX theater

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Demolition begins on former Dallas Hard Rock Cafe

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Houston minister Kirbyjon Caldwell endorses Obama

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'Castle law' arms Texas homeowners with right to shoot - we already had that "right"!

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Chapman, NASA engineer and an instructor at Rice dies at 82

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El Paso resident & once unknown Russian chosen to paint portrait of the first lady

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San Marcos fire kills 1, displaces 15

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Roger Creager & band mates Arrested at San Marcos La Quinta Inn
 

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Judge dismisses charges against Texas Supreme Court justice

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Judge may hold hearing on grand jurors' complaints

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Medina: 'I am innocent'

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La Feria mayoral election trial ends

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Fort Hood Sergeant Charged In Probe Of Training Death

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Groups merge into statewide purchasing organization

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One confirmed dead in plane crash near high school in Bexar Co.

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South Plains farmers speculate on the future of cotton crops

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Amherst Man Gets Five Years Probation For Illegal Immigrant Fake ID Scam

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Texas candidate gets skinnier in campaign photo

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Texas unemployment rises to 4.5 percent

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San Antonio market added 2,000 jobs last month

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Slow retail hiring crimps Houston employment figures

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Holmes, member of Steel Curtain & TSU player, dies in car wreck near Lumberton

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Destruction of VX nerve agent at Port Arthur ahead of schedule

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Pasadena to choose new mayor Saturday

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State rep. Miles hospitalized, Illness comes amid gun investigation

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Texas appeals court: Monkeys and chimps can't sue

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Grand jury won't indict Texans' Pitts in traffic-stop arrest

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Harris Co. sheriff's office e-mail purge catches some deputies off guard

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Ex-Alvin ISD teacher gets prison for sex with 7th-grader

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Newspaper wins open records case over state workers' birth dates

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Land office acquires letters of Texas Confederate soldier

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Ex-Galveston officer convicted in sex assault case

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Navy seeking cause of helicopter crash near Corpus Christi

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Farmers Branch proposes new ban for illegal immigrants

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Dallas County jail fails fifth straight inspection

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Herschel Walker to reveal multiple personality disorder in book

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McCain shrugs off Ross Perot's comments on POWs

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Supreme Court denies Kucinich bid to get on Texas ballot

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Dallas Mayor Tom Leppert: speed Trinity project's finish

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Euless Santeria priest loses key round in legal battle

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Alice mayor indicted over missing dog

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Study says schools still slight poor kids

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Who shocked the sheriff ?

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Wichita Falls ISD Teacher's Assistant Arrested And Charged With Hindering Apprehension

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State rep. Berman (R-Tyler) Pushes For Law To Block Commissioners' Raises - the TAC & TML libs already dislike Berman, what will they do now!?

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Wayland Baptist's Kenya campus is island of calm

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Pantex: Worker IDs safe

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Railroad Commissioner Michael Williams, candidate for re-election

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Patrick's district wants border security; ban on pit bulls and some cell phones

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Officials investigate second Dallas school fire this week
 

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Cameron, Hidalgo counties seek levee funding

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Some Valley cities working for a united emergency center

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Trial continues related to La Feria's mayoral election

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Winter Texans, take II, Second wave of seasonal residents arriving

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Texas Tech Coach Bob Knight Gets 900th Career Win

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Lubbock attorneys may help defend man accused in Odessa policemen's deaths

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Dems file complaint after GOP suggests Dingus ineligible to run for House seat

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Trial dates set for men at the center of the sex scandal at the TYC Pyote facility

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Reeves County Deputies find more than a million dollars worth of cocaine

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David Sibley gives son $152,000 campaign boost

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Sibley asks, answers own questions on GOP 'integrity'

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Waco chamber gives current Texas Ranger statue plan a thumbs down

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Old tax bills, missed GOP gigs mark McLennan Co. legislative battle

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Jason Garrett Staying With Cowboys

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Eagle Pass mayor says border fence lawsuit unnecessary

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Ethics complaint filed in Kerrville D.A. race

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Austin picks Fort Worth man as new city manager over San Antonio woman

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Lanier High School student received tattoo during class

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Texas to receive nearly $3.4 million in low-income assistance for heating bills

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GOP challengers lead Rusk County candidates' spending

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Security camera catches Humble cop

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State investigators probe Rosenthal e-mails

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Ex-Spring teacher accused of sex with student make court appearance

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ERCOT says changes to power grid to cost more

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Texas Tech Chancellor Outlines Tech Hill Country Campus Vision

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Hinojosa Thinking Big: Bold 'academy' idea likely to transform DISD

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Countrywide merger means Bank of America must create Texas jobs

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Dallas-Fort Worth home foreclosure filings jump 31%

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TCEQ expands tax breaks for existing plants

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Texas death row inmate's sentence is reduced to life

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Houston immigration lawyer indicted on fraud charges

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Deadline nears for new language arts curriculum

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GOP candidates vying to replace Harris Co. D.A. discuss changes

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Dyess AFB hopes to land B-1 successor

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Craddick creates committee on state schools

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Perry, Bush reuniting at Washington fundraiser

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Houston man pleads guilty to Rita fraud

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$22,000 of copper stolen from Beaumont construction site

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Brownsville mayor’s ‘broken promises’ prompted impeachment effort

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Tough road ahead for Trans-Texas

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Dallas Magician In Jail For Alleged Kidnapping of Lewisville student

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Anti-Citgo activist denies tampering

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Carbon pollution: It's bigger in Texas - if Texas is highest in the nation in pollution then we don't have much pollution in the nation

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Funds target shrub's grip on Lake Meredith

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Pantex workers under gun after botching nuclear warhead duty

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Kucinich asks Supreme Court to help him get on Texas ballot

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Teel Bivins mother dies

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Texas Supreme Court justice & wife indicted in arson fire, DA Rosenthal says he will not prosecute Medina, Grand Jury assistant foreman accuses Rosenthal of coverup

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Travis Co. democrats freeze rep. Dawnna Dukes out of endorsements for being bi-partisan in the last session
 

bullet 01/16/2008
bullet Veterans entitled to tuition, Texas attorney general says, reversing opinion
bullet Floyd County JP pleads guilty in plea deal, 10 years probation
bullet Public meetings starting on giant Texas highway project
bullet 1 dead, 5 injured in school bus crash in Bexar County
bullet NASCAR's new cars runs first laps in Texas
bullet Perry reports $2.7 million in cash on hand
bullet Rep. Garcia (D-Corpus Christi) fined for finance violations
bullet Dallas must find solution to library Internet porn even if it angers some
bullet Dallas looking to the futures with high school career academies
bullet Fire forces horses to evacuate Grand Prairie's Lone Star Park
bullet Texas delays decision on offering science degree at creation college
bullet Irving police to file murder charge in 'cheese' heroin death
bullet Zale to close 60 stores, cut spending
bullet Ex-owner of Dallas staffing firm gets 3 years for failure to pay taxes
bullet Developers plan $100M 'sports village' in Frisco
bullet Church has "campus" in League City public school
bullet Man punished in death of worker who missed 9/11 flight
bullet Harris Co. commissioner Eversole to correct campaign reports
bullet Margo leads Haggerty in money race for El Paso rep. race
bullet Officials: El Paso tops nation in uninsured
bullet Chevron breached agreements for biodiesel plant, partners allege
bullet Continental's ticket to mergermania could cost $100
bullet Senator Eddie Lucio: UT board needs diversity, South Texans
bullet IBWC begins work to repair and raise Rio Grande levees
bullet Judge: Willacy jury selections flawed, ruling points to a ‘probability of corruption’
bullet Hundreds More Fort Hood Troops Due Home Wednesday
bullet Police Execute Search Warrant In Frisco Murder-For-Hire Investigation
bullet Perry: Congress Should Reject a Proposed Tripling of the Federal Gas Tax
bullet Gov. Perry Calls for Texas Women’s Hall of Fame Nominations
bullet Touring the Bushes' College Station apartment
bullet Malakoff residents ponder rollback vote, city lays out possible consequences - typical government blackmail
bullet Sweetwater needs housing, workers, buildings
bullet Some TAKS testing rescheduled for primary voting
bullet Source: Applewhite to accept UT post
bullet District attorney launches preliminary investigation of Pedernales electric co-op
bullet Terral Smith to lead Speaker’s staff
bullet Sen. Leticia Van de Putte to give national Spanish response to Bush State of the Union
bullet Astros take road show to Mexico
bullet AT&T chief's letter urging support for Rep. King raises eyebrows - if it were a Democrat being supported they'd tout it as a positive!
bullet UFO Frenzy Takes Hold In Stephenville
bullet Fort Worth Joins Battle Against Saggy Pants - but not with a stupid ordinance attacking Liberty
bullet Eagle Pass ordered to 'surrender' land for border fence by federal judge
bullet Legislative committee will monitor Texas' facilities for the disabled
bullet Flour Bluff man changing tire drowns in 18 inches of water
bullet Developers to reveal layout today for proposed Robstown outlets
bullet Former Johnson Co. sheriff remembered for how he treated folks - that headline could go either way!
bullet N Texas Mortgage Company Announces It Can't Pay Employees
bullet Cornyn calls Texas a good model, D.C. could learn from us
bullet Editorial: School districts should reduce paperwork
bullet Editorial: Port Arthur should resolve jail dispute
bullet Editorial: City of Beaumont should withdraw lawsuit to keep records secret
bullet Kerr County jail administrators take the stand in federal lawsuit
bullet Texas Historical Commission now managing Caddoan Mounds
bullet 'Baby Grace' laid to rest
bullet Cash falls from eight-liner room ceiling during robbery bust
bullet Eagle Pass city manager arrested as council takes steps to fire him
bullet Standoff involving Odessa Police is now over
bullet Report: Border Patrol Pilot in Crash Not Fully-Trained
bullet Abbott defends Texas stance on MySpace agreement
bullet Lubbock newspaper runs another campaign story for Rep. Delwin Jones
bullet Union: Low air traffic control staffing leading to errors in Dallas-Fort Worth
bullet Racial slurs, vandalism drive Hispanic family from Benbrook home
bullet Report: Texas used more wind energy in 2007
bullet Watchdog: TYC isolating youth offenders
bullet Texas 6th-graders to get heart exams
bullet Houston home sales dropped in 2007 but still strong
bullet Bloomberg exploring Texas
bullet Texas Monthly editor predicts Texas' first "Hispanic" governor - what a load of hyperbole and to even see it this way makes you a bit of a racist
bullet Convicted Baytown rapist confesses to attacks on 5 men
bullet ERCOT's plan to change Texas' power grid to cost $62M more than planned
 
bullet 01/15/2008
bullet Dozens in Stephenville report seeing UFO
bullet Advocates want to continue modifying family detention rules
bullet Judge reverses lawsuit award to former TXU
bullet Texas only state refusing to enter MySpace joint statement
bullet TEA approves steroid testing rules
bullet UT Southwestern finds drug shown to prevent HIV/AIDS
bullet Dallas' new Winspear Opera House will premiere new opera
bullet Personal information? Student records available to variety of people
bullet Peggy Sue Tells Her Story
bullet 2nd KFC Defendant Wants New Judge
bullet Andrews: Cpl. Ray's Coffee
bullet Pantex ordered to reinstate specialist
bullet Restaurant with liquor to open on campus of West Texas A&M
bullet Feds to offer new, cheaper border cards
bullet Texas leads nation in tracking paternity
bullet Feds sue Eagle Pass over border fence issue
bullet Rosenthal is no stranger to concerns over his conduct
bullet Pressure mounts for Rosenthal to step down
bullet TSU president wants to restore credibility
bullet Houston Democrat demands answers in Huntsville case, examination of prison health care
bullet Fort Worth teens accused of running prostitution ring
bullet Blind couple furious over treatment at eatery
bullet Harris County courts going paperless
bullet Houston researchers pump calcium into super carrot
bullet Survey ranks San Antonio teacher pay as top in state - and yet some of the worst city schools are in the Alamo city
bullet Editorial: Bulverde City Council's mistake could be costly
bullet Editorial: Let counties prohibit the sale of fireworks
bullet Spirit Airlines launches new San Antonio-to-Fort Lauderdale service
bullet County to consider terminating Port Arthur jail contract
bullet Gen. Ricardo Sanchez selected as Border Texan of the Year
bullet Alcoa plant provides Kilgore with 'one more level of manufacturing'
bullet Celina mayor named in lawsuit
bullet Special prosecutor to handling DWI case against Brownsville city commissioner
bullet Mansfield mayor tells station he hasn't decided whether to resign
bullet The Staubach Co. named 'Breakthrough Company'
bullet Couple donates another $50M to UT Southwestern
bullet Interview with Texas Farm Bureau President
bullet American will fly Dallas-to-San Salvador route
bullet Major Applewhite in running for job as Texas assistant
bullet Justices rule against investors in securities fraud case
 
bullet 01/14/2008
bullet Dallas Cowboys loss sours city's tentative optimism
bullet Houston-Galveston Roman Catholic Archdiocese ousts priest accused of sex abuse
bullet $190,000 for 2 trials, 3 years is inadequate, lawyer says
bullet Few Dallas County homeowners fight property tax appraisals
bullet Federal judge Kent, accused of sexual harassment, breaks public silence
bullet Winter Texans a little more wary, gas prices & border violence worries many
bullet Hundreds of soldiers arrive back home at Ft. Hood today
bullet Ultra-Libs & Rep. Joe Heflin (dist 85) urge others to fight rural poverty - hell the biggest contributor to rural poverty today is high property taxes!
bullet Three Texas killers lose U.S. Supreme Court appeals
bullet Tyler 'Dream Home' fetches $1.3 million at auction
bullet Trans-Texas Corridor town hall meeting schedule
bullet Victorian passenger on bus that crashed files lawsuit
bullet A look at the House District 81 candidates (Odessa, Buddy West's district)
bullet Ector County ISD bible class mediation set for this week
bullet Floyd County justice of the peace goes on trial for attempted murder
bullet Eye on Austin: Texas economy up; Panhandle so-so
bullet Former pro soccer player from Peru finds new home in Canyon
bullet Abbott’s health care plan draws criticism, Abbott defends health care plan
bullet Selby: ‘Rocks in head’ on Iraq and other Senate fallout
bullet Hutto to ask Perry to help with transmission lines
bullet Broken chemical bottles prompt scare at UT building
bullet Austin: Owner of leaky century-old tank still unknown
bullet The Downtown Austin Plan
bullet Several Texas universities receive TWC grants
bullet Amarillo's Big Texan Makes Hollywood
bullet Two Men Running for Sheriff are Headed to Trial
bullet Abilene Cooper grad part of "Extreme Makeover:Home Edition"
bullet Sunset review slated for Department of Transportation
bullet Burnam targets Craddick backers - see, it's not Craddick against everyone, it is Democrats!
bullet 'Backstage Club' At Fort Worth Rodeo Enters New Era
bullet Friends, family in The Colony stand by arrested Arizona beauty queen
bullet Fire damages Lincoln High campus in Dallas, classes to be held
bullet Arrest made in killing of Dallas-area fashion photographer Samuel Bowie
bullet Dallas Love Field traffic up 16% in 2007, but gains are leveling off
bullet Hutchison Defensive about Border Fence Amendment
bullet Corpus Christi officials refocus on heated city issues
bullet Odessa church gives $145,000 to 'underpaid' police officers
bullet Some counties await funding for border security operations
bullet State Rep. O’Day (R-Pearland) named  “2007 Gulf Coast Area Statesman of the Year”
bullet ExxonMobil spills $400,000 worth of gasoline
bullet Editorial: taxpayers deserve records declassified
bullet Editorial: Harris Co. DA e-mails validate public record law
bullet Editorial: Editorial: Texas executions must limit suffering
bullet Four Men Invaded Mission Home
bullet Texas AG charges Webb County couple under anti-colonia law
bullet Editorial: Eagle Pass manager damaging city image - actually the excusers are doing the most damage
bullet Ballinger school district eyes wind power
bullet Editorial: Charging for access limits citizens' rights
bullet Harlingen police officer represents Texas in China
bullet Weslaco shootout may be dud, sheriff says
bullet Man reels Hummer Limo out of Lake Texoma
bullet Texas tops nation in providing meals to students
bullet Jacksonville ISD to turn over rape investigation info to DA’s office
bullet Harris County enforcing state bandit sign ban
bullet Elections taking a back seat to TAKS, districts fear voting could prove distracting
bullet Update: Judge denies request, Coach Convicted In Wife's Murder Denied New Trial
bullet Not-so-rich buy Texas Lottery's $50 ticket
bullet No water at some Aldine ISD schools
bullet State inspects Dallas County Jail two months early
bullet Sagging pants crusade may get lift from Fort Worth council
bullet Rice researchers make a dark discovery
 
bullet 01/12&13/2008
bullet Cops: Dad Sodomized Teen Stepson to Avenge Rape of Daughter
bullet State Rep. Miles (D-Houston) under investigation for behavior at party
bullet Sen. Brimer's democrat challenger under attack by Ft. Worth Firefighters
bullet One year into smoking ban, opinions mixed in Arlington
bullet Dallas police officers fired over incident at country singer Steve Holy's house
bullet Black leaders in Houston call for DA Rosenthal to resign
bullet Potter County sheriff Shumate set for June trial
bullet TSU regents pick Rudley as new president, replaces fired Slade
bullet Buddy Holly's widow threatens to sue woman made famous in songs, Holly's niece speaks to Lubbock TV station
bullet Comptroller Susan Combs Delivers First Local Sales Tax Allocations of 2008
bullet Comptroller reverses controversial inventory rule in revised Franchise Tax
bullet Dallas district attorney's office interviews DART official about fake letter
bullet Dallas 98-year-old may be oldest mentor in Big Sister program
bullet Dallas school district's corruption investigators keeping busy
bullet Deputy constable dies in wreck on way to escort funeral
bullet 17,000 runners in Houston marathon Sunday; one is blind
bullet Atmos, cities reach settlement on rate increases
bullet EDS to pay for identity theft coverage after errant mailing
bullet Janis Joplin would have turned 65 this week; instead, she's forever a girl called Pearl
bullet Gusher erupts as museum reopens; water stands in for oil at Spindletop fete
bullet McCain and Obama gain in Texas poll
bullet Fossil find could lead to ruin of Crosbyton museum owner
bullet Developers preparing for post-White era, Houston business leaders fear city is losing its favorable regulatory climate
bullet Laredo fire kills mother, 4 children
bullet Deadly Mexican gunbattles spark fears of Texas spillover
bullet Burke named executive director of ACLU in Texas
bullet Cowboys crumble in playoffs again; Giants headed to Green Bay
bullet Jailhouse Confession Helps Solve Decades Old Texas Murder Case
bullet Waco escaped Inmate Caught After Three Months
 
bullet 01/11/2008
bullet Tyler: PETA Requests Vegetarian Diet in Jail for Cannibalism Suspect
bullet New Federal rules for driver's licenses meant to deter terrorists, illegal immigrants
bullet Noriega goes on attack against Cornyn as Cornyn aides look on
bullet 24 indicted in alleged hiring scheme involving Pilgrim's Pride
bullet Humphrey departs from TYC amid retaliation allegations
bullet Everett thanks Port Arthur at high school football banquet
bullet Man gets 5 months for hacking Cox Communications
bullet Texas State acquires Cormac McCarthy archives
bullet Major military base realignment means boom for San Antonio
bullet Police say man killed after robbing plain-clothes officer
bullet Providing autopsy photos to sheriff candidate OK, police say
bullet Judge rules Kucinich can't be on Texas ballot
bullet Victoria man pleads guilty to killing CPS worker
bullet State opens inquiry into Harris DA's actions, focus on computer use
bullet Houston PD charges officer with felony drug possession
bullet 'Baby Grace' ashes to be flown to Ohio Monday
bullet Bipartisan effort seeks $2 billion for NASA
bullet Conroe ordinance aims to keep the city green - fine for clearing trees on your own property
bullet Ex-Houston doctor to be sworn in as VP of Guatemala
bullet TSU regents could pick new leader today
bullet East Texan must forfeit home used to grow marijuana
bullet Van Zandt Prisoners Wearing Pink
bullet Odessa police chief to retire
bullet School district has discussion over offering WATER as a beverage selection at meals!
bullet Attorney says Big Spring ISD chief will be exonerated - and that is news how?
bullet Semi clips ambulance carrying wreck victims in Plainview
bullet Wayland Baptist University's Kenyan program director to return to Kenya
bullet UIL approves steroid tests
bullet Editorial: 13th District goes pork-free
bullet Girl left at Chuck E. Cheese to stay with relative
bullet Dallas-Fort Worth quarterly home starts fall nearly 50%
bullet Man guilty of murder, assault in Kaufman County case
bullet Coppell schools ordered to compensate family of special-needs child
bullet Louisiana senator Landrieu faces questions on earmark that benefited Dallas firm
bullet Profitable insurers overcharging customers, consumer groups say
bullet IRS asked to investigate Texas Restoration Project's funding
bullet Passenger dies on flight to El Paso
bullet Lamar University expects best spring since 2002
bullet Vidor officials reinstate pre-Rita travel trailer ban in city limits
bullet Roger, if you don't want to strike out, then pitch a bawl
 
bullet 01/10/2008
bullet San Antonio chapter sues international Habitat for Humanity
bullet Commanding general leaves Fort Bliss
bullet San Antonio soldier won't face death penalty if convicted
bullet Texas man charged with 1985 murder of his daughter in Wyoming
bullet Judge under investigation to hold court to Galveston
bullet Harris County man sentenced to life in prison for robbery
bullet Marine ex-recruiters say higher-ups share blame
bullet Mexico takes fight to Zeta drug gang
bullet New manager, familiar monkey ready to kick up dirt at Fort Worth Stock Show
bullet In putting name on ballot, Rockwall detective loses job
bullet Confusion heard on Steve Holy's 911 call accusing Dallas officers 911 call
bullet Border fence deadline passes for dozens of Texas landowners
bullet Hockley County Officers Catch Confessed Serial Arsonist
bullet Federal Bill Increases Courthouse Security
bullet Six from Swift immigration raid sentenced
bullet Trial of Willacy County Judge Eliseo Barnhart postponed
bullet Border sheriff fears violence will spread
bullet Valley residents undaunted by Mexico violence
bullet Levelland: A.G. Takes Action Against National Health Care Services Provider
bullet Humberto proves more costly than Rita for some
bullet Creation institute's degree plan questioned - so the Atheists get to comment?
bullet Tragic genetic riddle solved for Texas families
bullet Hutchison: Keeping pace with a growing Texas
bullet Texas AG proposes children's health insurance program
bullet Childress: Indicted Judge Back On Payroll
bullet Anti-private property rights group back at it in Amarillo
bullet More energy dollars blowing Shackelford County's way
bullet Dallas scientists honored for achievements in medicine, technology
bullet Firm can begin Nueces Bay resort
bullet Report: Dallas has 2nd shortest home sales time
bullet Diploma mill alleged to have faked A&M degrees - caught for spelling things right
bullet Guard shortage prompts changes at two state prisons
bullet Harris Co. district attorney won't resign in e-mail flap
bullet Report gives an average grade to Texas education - Oh? I thought we were sooo far behind everyone else. Face it. Public education most everywhere sucks.
bullet New statistics show numbers of poor children by school district
bullet El Pasoan charged with stealing from Marines
bullet 1,500 jobs coming to El Paso as call center has plans to expand
bullet UNT president gets $30,000 annual pay raise
bullet Big Spring trustees to consider action on complaint against superintendent
bullet Putting God back in place: Crews work to repair famous sign that greets visitors west of Andrews
bullet City of Leonard tables "faith-based" prison discussion
bullet Grand jury weighs charges against 2 Pasadena officers
bullet Sen. Cornyn Agrees To Debate Opponent
bullet Senator Patrick announces tax reform proposals
bullet Charges against employer may freeze Houston hiring of illegals
bullet Dynamo, Houston close in on stadium deal
bullet Continental passenger tally increases
bullet Houston motorcycle cop escorting funeral hit & thrown 40 feet
bullet Locals' battle against coal plants featured in film
bullet West Texas nights getting brighter
bullet Eagle Pass city manager admits lying - it is true, we get the government we deserve
bullet San Antonio Democrats in spat over party leadership ballot
bullet City of San Angelo and police near labor agreement
bullet Lubbock Red Light Cameras increase accidents and lose money (summary graphics), Click here for the full report
bullet TYC executive Billy Humphrey abruptly leaves agency
bullet Rosenthal could lose his job or face criminal charges
bullet Steroid testing program getting closer for high schoolers
bullet Democratic lawmaker aims at Demo colleagues
bullet UIL adding fourth-place teams to 4A playoffs - it's not a playoff anymore, just an extended season!
 
bullet 01/09/2008
bullet More e-mails stir Harris County DA scandal
bullet County judge calls for investigation into Rosenthal
bullet Magazine: Texas No. 1 in economic development
bullet San Angelo woman convicted in FEMA fraud case
bullet Robberies continue to plague Dallas businesses, City sees 10% increase
bullet Dallas promoting environmentally friendly image
bullet Dallas' Trinity River project slated to be finished by 2014
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bullet Barrientos withdraws from Dem Primary challenge to Senator Zaffirini
bullet Sen. Zaffirini on Democrat foe quitting & GOP foe staying in
bullet Bruni responds to Zaffirini's response
bullet Gov. Perry Announces $750,000 Emerging Tech Fund Award to StarVision Technologies
bullet Couple building first APEX house in Texas
bullet Army to Court-Martial San Antonio Soldier for Iraqi Killing
bullet San Antonio Suburb Refuses Permit for Deaf Seminarians
bullet Push is on for border documents
bullet San Antonio' Watts says Clinton nomination would energize Texas Republicans
bullet Contender for Kerr County treasurer wants the position abolished
bullet Students go to hospital after bus crash in San Antonio
bullet Editorial: Concert ticket scandal a lesson in parenting
bullet Update: Paramedic Didn't Check Wreck Victim's Pulse
bullet San Angelo Dem party chief incensed at state Democrats
bullet San Angelo to woo wind turbine firm for industrial park
bullet GE invests in wind farm near Abilene
bullet Texas funds ID Sudan-linked holdings
bullet Alief school trustee not planning to resign
bullet Texas teacher arrested for allegedly buying drugs at middle school
bullet Waller early voting plan opposed by "black" elected officials group
bullet Houston housing booms as country falters
bullet Houston retailers likely to follow nationals in soft December sales
bullet Western International planning hotels, restaurant near Bush Intercontinental
bullet Houston's billboard deal falls flat
bullet Screaming woman scares off unshaven stranger in gym
bullet Future of Corpus Christi Wi-Fi service uncertain - as I said in 2006, these deals were bad to begin with
bullet Mexican authorities holding Pharr man in connection with Rio Bravo shootout\
bullet Mexican Police Arrested 3 American Men in Gun Battle
bullet Southwest Airlines adds flights in some markets, cuts in others
bullet El Paso city council hears why city turns off many retirees
bullet Plans for natural gas windfall to the City of Fort Worth finalized
bullet Sandhills Rodeo Brings in Big ''Bucks''
bullet Noriega reprimands aide for ‘overzealous’ inquiry
bullet A.G. Abbott floats new children's insurance proposal - more tomorrow
bullet DA to charge Dallas officers with deadly conduct in Steve Holy incident
 
bullet 01/08/2008
bullet Friends mourn Tyler woman who was slain and mutilated, McCuin Had History Of Violence
bullet Tyler's Flynn Throws Four TD Passes As LSU Wins Title
bullet Editorial: The race is on in District 86, Smithee - not Swinford - draws opponent
bullet 3 killed in Mexican border town shootout across from Donna
bullet Appeals court sides with FEMA in dispute over rental aid
bullet Jones says challenge of rebuilding SMU led him to leave Hawaii
bullet Texas state forester to retire
bullet Earle says he may help in online fundraising
bullet School explosion survivor retires as New London mayor
bullet Killers in San Antonio, Killeen cases lose Supreme Court appeals
bullet Suspect in Tyler killing appears in court
bullet Greek Orthodox Church defrocks former priest in Far North Dallas
bullet Georgetown considers stricter immigration checks for city contractors
bullet Longs give $25 million to UT Health Science Center in San Antonio
bullet A guided tour of Texas-based mysteries
bullet Texas' female candidates getting boosts from groups, stars
bullet West Texas Regional Public Defenders Office Operational
bullet Lubbock man alleged to have ordered pit bull to attack police officer
bullet Texas Tech placed on accreditation probation, again
bullet Details emerge in alleged Spring teacher-student relations
bullet Stained glass arrives from Rome for new Houston Cathedral - photos
bullet Will the Texas vote count?
bullet Paw prints point to dog in shooting death of Baytown teacher
bullet Galveston bridge worker cited for feeding cats
bullet Family considering gift to Texas A&M for Health Sciences Center
bullet Two Americas: Border fence edition
bullet Redistricting process for 2010 has officially begun in Gregg County
bullet HGTV looking to bring show to Seguin
bullet Edinburg waits for governor to RSVP
bullet Pharr city manager remains on hot seat
bullet Eagle Pass manager 'fluffed' his past - another example of how the hired-hands are getting it over on the citizens they represent
bullet Editorial: Distractions deadly to term limit change in San Antonio
bullet Texas becomes leader in wind energy
bullet Does Lufkin paper mill have role in cancer scare?
bullet Big Spring Officials investigating another arson case
bullet Midland's Newly Elected Officials sworn in
bullet Midland Boy named Childrens' Miracle Network Texas Champion
bullet Pilgrim's Pride Immigration Sting, Unscrupulous employees apparently used position to their advantage
bullet A win: Dawson council votes to withdraw dome home ban
bullet Trooper in El Paso chase was shot by partner - oops!
bullet Six Flags beer sales: 600 calls, 12 letters, 1 sentiment: Don't sell beer
bullet Famed architect to design Dallas museum
bullet Texas youths trapped in Kenya have made it to Tanzania
bullet Classes will continue as scheduled at WBU-Kenya
bullet What price the history of minority struggles?
bullet Missing plane parts believed to have fallen over Hunt county
bullet Abilene's new trend: vandalism
bullet Brown County debating wind farm proposal
bullet Fire intentionally set at KOOP radio in Austin
bullet State launches 'clean machine' program in Austin
bullet Rose: Texas should continue to accept federal abstinence funds
bullet Editorial: Beaumont should release reports on use of force
bullet Beaumont decides today whether to challenge AG on records release
bullet Brownsville considers pulling the plug on arcade permits - Oh my! Of all the problems we face!?
bullet Home invasion robbery stopped by armed residents in Alton
bullet UT Austin 24th, Texas A&M 25th & UT Dallas 50th in value ranking by Kiplinger
bullet Q&A with wildlife biologist about affects of energy trend
bullet Longtime Canyon city manager steps down
bullet Coppell-based CiCi's Pizza plans 180 new restaurants
bullet Homeless woman tries to give up infant at Dallas library
bullet 1 dead in Anna mobile home fire
bullet Duncanville sues Cherry Pit swingers club
 
bullet 01/07/2008
bullet Tyler: Man arrested on murder charge may have tried to eat victim
bullet Tyler Morning Telegraph story
bullet Cannibalism Suspect: 'God Told Me To Do It'
bullet Attorneys appointed to represent cannibalism suspect
bullet Cannibalism suspect threatened police officer in November
bullet Photos of the neighborhood
bullet State will be watching Margo challenge to Haggerty (RINO-El Paso)
bullet Noriega unsure if he’ll debate Democratic foes
bullet Rick Noriega - Arrogance In The Name Of Passion
bullet Texas College Names Champion Acting President
bullet 5 killed in mobile home fire near Alvin
bullet Money courier shot to death in Dallas bank parking lot
bullet Supreme Court appears divided over lethal injection case - no kidding
bullet First Baptist Dallas leader Robert Jeffress calls for new worship center
bullet Texas Virtual Academy lets kids attend public school online
bullet Former Austin mayor Gus Garcia hits, kills pedestrian
bullet Lubbock Teaches TX Counties “How To” Super Precincts
bullet Texas Turkey growers settle suit with Cargill
bullet 2 Borger fire trucks collide
bullet Conspiracy lover alert: Masons experiencing revival in Port Isabel
bullet Gov. Perry presents flags to commemorate Varner-Hogg site
bullet Roger Clemens sues accuser McNamee
bullet Departing Travis DA Ronnie Ealre attorney endorses top assistant
bullet Does Harry Potter Cause Sexual Violence? Only in Texas.
bullet Hutto becomes part of national environmental protection agreement
bullet You can't buy Boardwalk -- but Frontier Texas! is available
bullet A.G. to settle whether Tarrant Co. Democrat Wendy Davis is eligible to run for state Senate
bullet June Jones will be SMU's football coach
bullet Dallas, UNT partner to create crime-fighting institute
bullet Dallas-Fort Worth home sales down 25 percent
bullet Plans for new Texas nuclear power plants advance
bullet News’ Choice of “Texan of the Year” a Huge Mistake
bullet Tornado Sirens Sound In Hurst After Malfunction
bullet Jon Voight appreciative of publicity from West Texas
bullet Robison: If out as speaker, what's Craddick's future?
bullet San Antonio opens $12 million animal shelter
bullet Environmental groups sue Shell over Deer Park refinery
bullet Scientist captures images of life's essence
bullet University Park enforces handheld cellphone ban in school zones
 
bullet 01/05&06/2008
bullet Again, the Lubbock AJ begins a story about a challenger to Delwin Jones with suggestions of negative behavior without reason to do unless the purpose is to link the challenger to such activity - I question whether this reporter for Morris Communications has an ounce of journalistic integrity
bullet Intruder Shot , Killed By Homeowner
bullet Texas officer and sergeant ambushed by Iraqi soldier
bullet Fox Under Fire for Excluding Ron Paul
bullet Challengers stalking House Speaker Craddick's gavel
bullet Casting call in Seminole leaves boys seeing stars
bullet Democrats' momentum lags on South Plains - what? where doesn't it "lag" in Texas?
bullet Breast-feeding mothers stage Lubbock nurse-in
bullet Lubbock County keeps watch on indicted jail food provider
bullet Some Texas police agencies bolster efforts to help returning officers
bullet Heflin (D-Crosbyton) to launch Dist. 85 re-election campaign in Ralls
bullet Bus company offers no explanation for hiring driver with DWIs
bullet Sharing name with Dallas Cowboys' Tony Romo has perks, drawbacks
bullet Systemax agrees to buy 16 CompUSA stores
bullet Young girls start own clothing line
bullet Undercover operation helped crack alleged illegal worker network
bullet Two former inmates accused of robbing banks to bail out buddy
bullet Embattled Democrat trial-lawyer-friendly donor's office raided
bullet 2 teens accused of posing as Fort Worth police
bullet Ex-rep for Corpus Christi Army Depot took bribes
bullet Naming of 'Texan of the Year' prompts outcry in Dallas
bullet Houston counselor faces 20 years over $25 urine swap
bullet Tyler woman found dead in garage of boyfriend's mother
bullet Hundreds march in support of persecuted Arlington couple
bullet Former Dallas Cowboys wide receiver Tony Hill still makes big plays
bullet 3 developers, not 1, expected to transform Texas Stadium site in Irving
bullet Model gives Fort Worth a small look at big river project
bullet Petition drive aims to force vote on Fort Worth's Trinity River spending
bullet Case on execution method's pain risk reaches Supreme Court
bullet 7 years of barbs and bouquets for Harris Co. D.A. Rosenthal
bullet Controversy stirs Texans' interest in HPV vaccine
bullet San Jacinto College's new chancellor must earn a doctorate before starting post
bullet Democrats launch run for Senate
bullet Corruption trial of S. Texas school board members postponed
bullet Iraan in a state of shock, residents surprised to hear of deer beatings - the 'shock' has been how much coverage this story has received!
bullet Pacific Cheese doubles size of Amarillo plant project
bullet Kanelis: Potter County faces a whopper of a race
 
bullet 01/04/2008
bullet Lubbock newspaper runs hit-piece on candidate they admit they don't know, openly show support for RINO Delwin Jones in non-editorial story
bullet Meet Joe Hnatek, RINO Delwin Jones gets Primary challenge from Lubbock physician Joe Hnatek
bullet Rep. Betty Brown (dist. 4) gets challenger
bullet Political Leaders Predict Texas Will Play Role In Primaries
bullet Ward County district attorney draws opponent in re-election campaign
bullet Challengers hope to unseat Smithee (R-Amarillo)
bullet Editorial: Controversy is in the running, Potter County sheriff's race could get muddy
bullet Every Texan in Congress wants another shot
bullet Crowded field files for TX-4
bullet Walker County GOP places 10 candidates in primary
bullet Texas primaries key to Craddick's future
bullet State rep. Kirk England's switch to Dems brings conservative opponent
bullet Former judge Lykos to enter GOP D.A. race
bullet Will Rosenthal throw his hat back in the race?
bullet Federal judge to probe why Harris Co. DA deleted e-mails, Rosenthal faces serious federal contempt accusations
bullet San Angelo democrat misses filing deadline to run for Congress against Conaway, Can only run as write-in now
bullet Editorial: Another bad idea to make us ‘safe’ - teen curfew laws
bullet AAA Texas survey finds Texas gas prices sharply higher from last week
bullet Perry Pours Cash into Substance Abuse Programs
bullet Star-Telegram Forecasts School Finance Crisis, Says Schools Lack Funds
bullet Willacy commissioner races hotly contested, Hot Times In Willacy
bullet Mexia Police Officer Arrested For Pot Possession
bullet West Lake Hills police officer arrested Caucuses set to begin
bullet Texas woman leaves 8 kids under 10 at home alone
bullet Killeen: Video in Dollar General double murder released
bullet JP hands out punishments to students in Iraan deer beatings
bullet Ron Paul vows to take GOP campaign to New Hampshire
bullet Texan's big campaign chest eases sting of coming in 5th
bullet Garland mom apologizes for false essay to win Hannah Montana tickets - not good enough
bullet Dozens want to protest selling alcohol at Six Flags
bullet Lone Star Funds chairman agrees to testify in South Korean case
bullet Bartee Haile: Handicap did not hold back early Texan
bullet Editorial: Which road will Texas take? - the problem with this is that there are new 'roads' for creative folk, not just the two choices they perceive
bullet Deer rescue in Port Mansfield draws crowd
bullet Seven contenders chosen for Austin city manager's job
bullet Hutto groups drafting letter to Gov. Perry voicing power line opposition
bullet Big Country lawmakers stump for candidates in Iowa
bullet American Airlines To Test Anti-Missile Technology
bullet Federal Court Upholds Texas Moment of Silence
bullet Storied Sinton Army Reserve unit idled, Quartermaster outfit's troops will disperse
bullet Algae fluke sparks New Year’s light show
bullet Pistol-packing robbers hit 2 bars - but due to stupid laws, patrons could not defend themselves or the workers, laws never stop criminals from having and using guns, or other weapons, for mayhem
bullet Tigua sheriff wins tribal governor election
bullet Operator Of Bus In Fatal Crash Had 19 Citations
bullet Dallas' Own Times Square
bullet Update: Parker County officials nab sex assault suspect, Parker County officials search for fugitive
bullet Constable under fire for not treating offense as hate crime
bullet Perry appoints four judges, Houstonians to fill district, appeals vacancies
bullet Two Big Spring Coaches remain in school despite being accused of a crime
bullet Rusk jail expansion closer to reality
bullet New Outlet Mall May Come to Bullard
bullet Dam Breaks in Van Zandt County, Break affects several East Texas Counties
bullet Judge's late decision to withdraw from race causes hubbub among some local attorneys - oh poor chicken lawyers always afraid to run unless it's on open seat!
bullet Woman gets letter saying dog was stolen, given as Christmas gift
bullet Large Brush Fire in Edinburg
bullet Support for capital punishment remains strong in Texas
 
bullet 01/03/2008
bullet Multi-county district filings: Republican, Democrat
bullet Run down of state wide filings
bullet Filings indicate fire in Texas GOP primaries, Republicans may outpace Democrats about 3 to 1 for races
bullet Harris County DA drops re-election bid after e-mail scandal
bullet Kelly Siegler enters Harris Co. district attorney's race
bullet Ron Paul Rivals Clinton, Raising Almost $20 Million for Campaign
bullet Dem Chet Edwards Draws Last Minute GOP Challenge for Congress
bullet Meet Joe Hnatek, RINO Delwin Jones gets Primary challenge from Lubbock physician Joe Hnatek
bullet Ector County primary filings, House Dist. 81 (Buddy West) has 4 in the GOP primary
bullet Indicted Potter County sheriff Shumate files to run for re-election - includes other Amarillo filings
bullet Kucinich files lawsuit after Texas Dem. party denies him place on ballot
bullet Judge to hear Kucinich ballot case next week
bullet Chief deputy, constable file for Willacy County sheriff
bullet Cameron County (Brownsville) filings
bullet Tom Green County (San Angelo) filings
bullet San Antonio (Bexar Co.) area filings, more
bullet Smith County (Tyler) area filings
bullet Who's running in McLennan County (Waco) in 2008: The complete list
bullet Longtime State District Judge Mayfield (Waco) announces he will not seek another term
bullet Libertarian Files Challenge for Ron Paul's Congressional Seat
bullet McReynolds gets last-minute opponent in state House (Dist 12) race
bullet Howard County Sheriff Dale Walker announces his plans to run for re-election as a Republican, leaving the Democrat Party
bullet Red River County Sheriff won't seek election to a full term
bullet House Dist. 3 race heated up with Homer (D-Paris) getting challenger
bullet Tarrant voters have plenty of choices this year
bullet Insurance company sues indicted law firm operator Mauricio Celis
bullet Bus wreck tested Victoria’s emergency preparedness
bullet Perry Awards Military Communities $2.5 Million to Improve Efficiency and Competitiveness
bullet Is Texas back in '08 play? Campaign looks muddled
bullet Perry Flippin, editor emeritus, is leaving the San Angelo Standard-Times
bullet Murano becomes first Hispanic to lead A&M
bullet Two killed in San Antonio as shots fired during car chase
bullet Dallas officers accused of pulling gun on country singer Holy
bullet El Paso County sheriff buried, more than 1,000 mourn him
bullet Study: Coastal wind turbines could be catastrophic to birds - must be a lot of suicidal birds if they are going to fly into the giant windmills so often
bullet Police: Edcouch-Elsa school leader avoids DWI charge
bullet Editorial: Man’s hubris hit new heights in ’07
bullet Editorial: Boerne leaders should embrace green building
bullet Hidalgo is trying new way to pay for highway
bullet Is $100-a-barrel oil good for Texas?
bullet Eco-nut coffee importers required rescue in 25-foot seas - wasted more fuel in being rescued than years of regular importing would have used
bullet Austin handing out rebates for those going green
bullet Three Howard County men behind bars accused of arson
bullet Log Cabin mayor under fire
bullet Former Houston councilman & conservative talk show host Michael Berry was carjacked
bullet Bishop named to head Panhandle Roman Catholic Diocese
bullet Gov. Perry remembers transportation chief Ric Williamson
bullet Wrestling coach sentenced for molesting two Frisco girls
bullet Southwest reducing free checked bags to two
 
bullet 01/02/2008
bullet Rosenthal withdraws from Harris Co. DA race, Rosenthal's withdrawal letter (pdf), Withdrawal caps a day of indecision
bullet Harris County GOP interviews DA contenders to take on their own
bullet Texans want Erskine College to honor more than 150-year-old scholarships
bullet Navy recruiting office vandalized in Beaumont
bullet Vidor man shot to death; wife arrested
bullet Police considering tickets for misdemeanor pot busts
bullet Some Drug Offenders Still Can't Escape Jail Time in Amarillo
bullet El Paso Sheriff's Office 1st to be recognized by the Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies for professional excellence
bullet King, queen of Malaysia did some shopping in El Paso
bullet Baylor researchers working on cocaine vaccine
bullet Ex-bankers' bribery led to $1.5 billion of work in El Paso
bullet State lawmakers prepare for Tech med school, 2009
bullet Pioneering nurse is now at home at Brackenridge
bullet Cameron County shifts under Republican Judge Cascos
bullet Texas Monthly recognizes Guerra as ‘Cock-a-doodle-doofus’
bullet Valley lieutenant finds love in Iraqi combat zone
bullet Nude bar owners: don’t strip us of our rights
bullet City of Pharr faces financial instability
bullet Another month, another arrest for school board member
bullet Fort Worth woman forced off of city bus for reading the Bible out loud
bullet 1 Killed, Dozens Injured In Bus Crash Near Victoria
bullet Winning Mega Millions Ticket Sold In Texas
bullet Police Search For Texas Man In Deaths Of Teenage Daughters
bullet Store owner fights robber with a mop, should have had a gun
bullet Restoration project for Mission chapel under way
bullet Bills take effect; Legislation ranges from vehicle registration to investments
bullet Sen. Zaffirini now get Democrat Primary challenger in Rene Barrientos
bullet Sources: former senator Galloway to challenge Tommy Williams in GOP primary
bullet Texas border bridge security guard killed in El Paso
bullet Editorial: Smoking tax bonus won't last too long
bullet Editorial: Neches River needs protection in coming year
bullet RIP: W.T. Block dies at 87, noted S.E. Texas historian
bullet Austin: New transmitters to help track people with dementia who stray
bullet $309M water loan to be discussed for Williamson County cities
bullet Poaching Crimes Across The Panhandle
bullet Amarillo Permit Rise Prosperous Sign for New Year
bullet Charges Filed Against Big Spring Coach
bullet Rhetoric to abolish county treasurer post continues
bullet Road rage turns fatal in San Antonio
bullet Close call for Continental at IAH
bullet Houston's mayor White sworn in for final term
bullet Where CAN You Smoke In DFW?
bullet Texas airmen deploy to Mideast
bullet Manor: Worker cuts off own arm to free himself from machinery
bullet Former Dallas County Sheriff Jim Bowles to try for old job
bullet DFW Airport is nation's 3rd busiest, new data show
bullet Carrollton company to launch wristwatch phone
bullet Embattled judge says he plans to run for Brazos Co. DA
bullet Editorial: Texas hospitals should disclose infections
bullet Security guard behind bars after sexually assaulting a teenage boy
bullet Snake blamed for 20-acre grass fire Sunday
bullet Antonian Prep's cheerleaders win national title they just missed in '07
bullet Robison: War provides interesting contrast between state rep, Cornyn
bullet Rep. Buddy West (RINO-Odessa) says he's committed to running again
bullet Today's high school brain freezes faster than in my day
bullet Oscar Wyatt reports to prison in Beaumont
 
bullet 01/01/2008 Happy New Year!
bullet Registered voters in Harris County to hit record - hope many aren't Katrina folk
bullet Passengers sue after being stuck on airplane in Austin
bullet Firetruck strikes, kills San Antonio woman in wheelchair
bullet Rosenthal shrugs off opposition from GOP, as e-mail controversy continues, church leaders urge the district attorney to resign - let's eat our own, why not let the voters decide?
bullet In Dallas, violent crime down but murder up
bullet 6 injured in Odessa apartment complex fire
bullet Texas A&M-Kingsville getting more than $4 million for programs
bullet Quiet about Iraan deer case, Boys played in basketball tournament after admitting beating deer to death
bullet City of Odessa releases files related to suspension of city attorney
bullet Texas Tech wins Gator Bowl, 2nd year to win on last moment field goal
bullet Missouri runs over Arkansas in Cotton Bowl rout
bullet Texas transportation commission chairman's death could upend toll-road debate
bullet Arlington, El Paso & San Antonio get low rank on most-literate-cities list, Plano #2 in education level, study is here - the criteria used are a bit silly in my opinion
bullet $10M Governor's Mansion renovation gives leaders sticker shock - it's OUR house not the governor's and it is one of the most historic in the USA, why turn this into partisanship?
bullet He can't see, but - with a little help - he can still hunt
bullet Former state Rep. Nancy Moffat, defeated in GOP primary, running as a Democrat in 08 for dist. 98 House seat - like many RINOs, she was a Dem all along
bullet GOP betting that Clinton will kill Democrats' ticket locally in '08
bullet Confederate Reunion Grounds Transfers To Historical Commission
bullet Dallas media group acquires Glen Rose newspaper
bullet Ron Paul Furious over Fox Debate Snub - it's not their fault he polls at the bottom

 

 
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