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9/30/2008
(except for Texas-related items Presidential race
news is here)
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Bailout
debate - a Texas look:
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Poteet City Council Removes Indicted Mayor From Office |
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Gov. Perry: Transnational Gangs Pose Significant Threat to Texas |
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Gov. Perry wants $24 million to fight border crime |
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Texas
State Rifle Association Political Action Committee Voter Guide |
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Hillary Clinton coming to South Texas |
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Kerrville superintendent named top school administrator in Texas |
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Education bond idea divides Kerr town |
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Plane crash claimed key stewards of Rio Grande |
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Plano officials investigate fire that killed more than 30 cats, dogs |
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Houston Mayor takes on giant refinery |
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2 Texas units among 10 to be deployed to Iraq next year |
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Rockwall resident gets long-overdue Bronze Star |
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Prosecutor: Woman beat friend to death with pistol |
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2 dead in E Texas crash involving 5 18-wheelers |
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Scientists unite for science curriculum |
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Texas A&M expands offer of free tuition |
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Trial
in old KFC slayings case heads to jury |
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800-pound Texas murder defendant may be too big for court |
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Hurst man shoots self in head after failed robbery at CVS pharmacy |
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Dallas ISD cuts staff positions, lays off 63 |
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U.S. home prices fall record 16.3%, Dallas prices only 2.5%
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Mayor Tom Leppert: Dallas must invest in itself during financial crisis |
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7-year-old child playing with lighter sets Dallas apartments on fire |
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Atmos Energy donated 4 office towers to City of Dallas, now slated for
redevelopment plan |
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Alcoa
to lay off 660 people at Rockdale operation |
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Firefighter contract with Austin to expire today |
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French ambassador talks about energy in Austin |
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Travis County prosecutors drop murder charge in shooting death |
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Ohio executive picked to lead Bass Hall operations |
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House District 96 race focuses on education, immigration, state road plan |
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Texas counties file in bankruptcy court against WaMu holding company |
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Bilingual ed opinion could have major impact |
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Gov. Perry Promotes Kirchhoff to Director of Emerging Technology Fund |
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Police investigate target practice inside vacant Dallas building |
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Razzing Noriega for maybe raising money with Hillary Clinton
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9/29/2008
(except for Texas-related items Presidential race
news is here)
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Report: Sen. Brimer
to file FCC complaint against WFAA for not disclosing that source was a
consultant for political opponent |
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State-wide program benefits veterans |
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Escaped murderer caught along San Bernard |
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Texas couple's backyard yields rich discovery |
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Key evidence unveiled against former Richardson Muslim charity in Holy Land
case |
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TxDOT might be in the money again |
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Democrats hope to break Republican grip in Williamson County |
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More Americans on food stamps but say it's not
enough - of course it's not "enough",
these bums are just like government: they always want more without working
for it. |
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King Tut's arrival in Dallas mostly remains a mystery |
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Young lugers go downhill fast in Stephenville
tryouts - no kidding |
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Vandals trash interior of Bangs High School |
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White-makeup covered robbers get cash from sandwich shop |
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Man shot Missouri City store clerk, took $5000 |
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Dallas Morning News continues its turn to the Left with House endorsements |
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Star-Telegram Recommendations: Texas Supreme Court |
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Editorial: Referendum on city-owned hotel not a bad idea |
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AG Alert: Texans Should Be Alert To Home Repair Scams Following Ike |
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AG Abbott Charges San Antonio Rehab Facility With Unlawfully Dumping Client
Records - should have called WesTex
Document! |
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Dyess AFB gets $61 million in spending bill |
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Resaca de la Palma State Park to open soon |
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DFW Airport head traveled expensively, report says |
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Teen
Charged With Murder Of Her Mother In Roanoke |
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Noriega critical of Cornyn on Wall Street bailout
- but refuses to tell how he would vote! |
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Rick Noriega says bailout package must do more for homeowners |
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Tough Times For National Banks Could Be Good For Texas Banks |
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Missing children center to open regional office in Austin |
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Bailout
debate - a Texas look:
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Ray Miller, pioneer in Houston TV news, dies at 89 |
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Pilgrim's Pride reaches agreement to help maintain liquidity |
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"Texas State Board of Education: Not Dunderheads" |
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Sign of the apocalypse? Massachusetts may follow Texas' lead on taxes |
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El Pasoan will coordinate Inauguration Day events in DC |
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Defense starts in Texas KFC murders case |
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A&M giving free tuition to students with family incomes $60,000 and under |
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NASA sends high flying balloon over West Texas |
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Amarillo obtains water rights north of Pampa |
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Annexation brings Midland, Odessa into more of partnership |
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Wind power dollars pour into west Texas economy |
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Man sentenced to 391 years for violent bank robberies in Dallas area |
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Three
men from polygamist sect surrender to authorities |
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Holy Land trial spectator chewed out as prosecution chugs along with flurry
of records |
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Farmers
Branch won't pursue legal battle on immigrant rental ban ruled
unconstitutional
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9/27&28/2008
(except for Texas-related items Presidential race
news is here) |
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Two weeks after Ike, more than 400 are still missing |
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Car Strikes Firefighters At Scene Of Fiery Accident |
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Calvert Mourns After Deaths Of Grandmother, Grandchildren |
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Former Central Texas Police Officer Headed To Prison |
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Long-time Austin
lobbyist Butch Sparks dies, funeral is Tuesday |
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Perry: Continued Investment Will Lead to Life Changing Discoveries |
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NYT on McCain & gambling lobby, features Texas' Kent Hance |
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Missing funds cause stir in Terry County |
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Fort Worth trial will go on even though no body has been found |
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Defendants seek dismissal of suit filed by Tech chess champ Polgar |
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Plano Vietnamese Baptist Church's zoning fight pushed emotional buttons |
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Former Collin judge, prosecutor's intimacy may affect more than a single
death row case |
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Update:
Laredo homeowner acquitted in teen's death |
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Judge Kent's sex crimes trial pushed back to January |
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Marble Falls residents could see nearly 30 percent tax rate increase |
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Law firm seeks nearly $500,000 in attorneys' fees from Farmers Branch |
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Selby: This time traveler foresees no voter spike Nov. 4 |
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Business group, corporations quietly settle campaign lawsuits |
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TEA chief may step in if Dallas ISD's financial crisis isn't resolved |
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Congressman Al Green wants decision in discrimination suit |
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Four on SBOE push Bible curriculum |
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The real question: Will Perry run? |
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The stage is set for Harris Co. sheriff's race |
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Ranching family has an amazing herd |
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El Paso police seize $4 million in marijuana |
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Former Hidalgo Co. employees claim abuse from JP |
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Number of volunteer firefighters falling in state |
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Jones has cash cow in new Cowboy's stadium, newspaper finds |
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Former newspaper editor pleads guilty on child porn charge |
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Eagle Mountain-Saginaw schools start drug-testing program
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9/26/2008
(except for Texas-related items Presidential race
news is here) |
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Hurricane Ike:
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Indictments say Poteet mayor fondled young girl |
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Youth correction system under fire |
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Jury looks at Laredo man's right to kill snack-stealing teen |
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Garbage truck crushes employee in Montgomery County |
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Harris County DA candidates go head to head |
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Gatesville teen gets 45 years for role in dad's slaying |
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Affidavit details case against man accused of trying to shoot police chief |
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Trucks take center stage at State Fair of Texas |
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Kelso: Art is a cowboy hat made out of a beer carton |
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Benson charges dropped |
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Austin Muslims work to create new mosque |
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State encourages school districts to apply for school bus emissions money |
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Woman tumbles from car on Dallas Tollway |
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Bedford woman saves eight children from home daycare fire |
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Judge sides with Army in chemical waste shipments to Port Arthur's Veolia |
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Former Valley officers re-indicted |
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Search of Starr Co. sheriff's office linked to Gulf Cartel case |
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Woman attempts to run over Kohl's employees, rob store with boyfriend |
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Local lawmakers continue to speak out against bailout |
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Battle Looming Over Central Texas Crime-Fighting Program |
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Arlington
Fumbles Financing of New Stadium |
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Innocence Project seeks inquiry into '86 Lubbock rape conviction |
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California investors buy Amarillo's Chase Tower |
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Texas Law Says Convicted Felons Can Vote |
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AG Abbott Reaches Agreement To Protect Consumers' Private Telephone Records |
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DPS Graduates 106 New Troopers |
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University of Texas' endowment may have broken even, manager says |
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Former Hidalgo Co. elections chief accused in third theft case |
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Wohlgemuth discusses lawsuit reform |
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Chemical Container Washes Up On Mustang Island |
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AT&T appoints Telmex chairman to board |
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Alon USA’s Big Spring Refinery returns to full capacity |
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Female pilots from World War II return to training site in Texas |
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Sewer supervisor pleads 'no contest' in connection with 2003 sewer deaths |
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El Paso's Mayor Cook to run for re-election |
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Rick Noriega: "We can't afford 6 more years of John Cornyn" |
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'Hard-hitting' Texas GOP web ad slams Barack Obama for 'pay grade' quip |
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Dallas Mayor Among N. Texans With Ties To Government-Seized WaMu |
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2
Iraqi researchers sue Texas A&M, allege bias |
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Gov. Perry names Arlington resident Donna Williams as TSU System regent |
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Atmos Energy names president, COO |
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FedEx unit cutting 100 jobs in Dallas, 100 more nationwide |
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Congressman Hensarling comments on McCain's campaign suspension, bailout |
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San Antonio picked to host national dental convention |
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FLDS mother seeks to change attorneys |
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U.S. airman persevered as POW at Luft Stalag 4 |
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Travis County DA asks for judge's removal from case |
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Ron Paul co-sponsors tax break measure |
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Shapiro
on track for $300,000, adviser poised to say |
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Authorities
re-examine babies' deaths in Texas, South Dakota after mom accused in
Missouri case |
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Father
accused of throwing 2-month-old down deep hole in Oak Cliff
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Safety Commission elevates DWI checkpoints |
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Controversial terrorism expert Steven Emerson warns against 'legal jihad' in
Dallas speech
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9/25/2008
(except for Texas-related items Presidential race
news is here) |
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Hurricane Ike:
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Human remains found at San Antonio amusement park |
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IBWC official has ‘absolute faith’ in Amistad dam |
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Texas windstorm insurance plans get off ground |
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Ex-DA Roach wants his guilty plea voided |
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Lubbock bankers offer praise as Bush makes case for bailout |
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Legislators vow to address water, property rights during session |
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Emilio Navaira has been in another traffic accident |
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Hutchison tells Republicans she won’t seek Senate leadership post again |
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Doherty critiques McCaul, raises bribery as a possibility |
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McCaul to raise money with Limbaugh in San Antonio |
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Snake Knocks Out Power at Austin Airport |
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$1.2 million will take UT research into manufacturing to the next level |
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Texas state parks average $3M in annual retail sales to local counties |
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Out-of-date TxDOT sticker on your windshield? Here's someone who might
understand |
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Henderson Co. sheriff's deputy arrested and fired |
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Houston Man Gets 40 Years for Campus Crime Spree |
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Prosecution Rests in KFC Murder Trial |
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Rival criticizes Irving Mayor's appearance in car dealership ad |
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Former Texans Credit Union executives win $3.3 million in court |
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Baylor announces plans for $350 million North Texas cancer hospital |
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Judge seals Celis evidence |
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Copper thieves steal TxDOT highway wiring |
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2 Fort Hood soldiers arrested in ultralight-plane theft |
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Long-Time Pittsburg, Tx Mayor Dies, Served for over 50 years |
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Cameron County's hopes for levee-fence dampened but not destroyed |
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Industrial Accident in Midland County Injures 3 |
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Conaway: Sense of immediacy, not urgency motivates lawmakers |
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DA offers plea bargain to Victoria's mayor |
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Texas church raided in child porn probe |
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Suspect vandalizes, trashes soldier's car |
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Camera at store spots escaped convict |
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Sources:
Hutchison plans panel to study run for governor |
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Dallas
council votes 7-6 to deny renaming Ross to Cesar Chavez |
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Former
Denton police detective indicted in wife's 2002 shooting death
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9/24/2008
(except for Texas-related items Presidential race
news is here) |
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Hurricane Ike:
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Texas disciplines 3 paramedics after badly hurt woman left untreated |
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Valley police seize nearly 2 tons of pot |
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Official cautions against panic over homeowners' rates |
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Sunset Commission ponders future of builder mediation |
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Controversial Texas construction commission need not be dismantled,
lawmakers say |
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Poteet mayor faces 3 new sex indictments |
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Lib Group: 3 judges in DeLay case tainted by PAC
- fine but read the law and know what
money-laundering really is and they ruled correctly. Libs need to get over
it. |
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Dallas police seek man in 3 sex assaults in Love Field area |
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Lewisville school drops charges against banana, gorilla pranksters
- good sense prevails! |
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Gasoline supplies are tight in Dallas-Fort Worth |
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Proposed curriculum standards in Texas would give Darwin a boost |
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Wolfgang Puck stirs up interest in Reunion Tower restaurant |
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Contrary to NY gossip report, Bushes are still house-hunting, Dallas agent
says |
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DISD Superintendent Hinojosa says deficit is 'humbling situation',
Dallas
schools Superintendent Michael Hinojosa addresses $84 million deficit |
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Illegal DVD bootlegging targeted in North Texas |
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Harris Co. accepts plane donated to sheriff by radio host |
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Texas Tech Almost Reaches Record Enrollment |
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Falling values send Wilson tax rate rising |
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Texas faces growing problem of deer on roadways |
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Hispanic group calls for apology from Austin city manager |
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Editorial: Justice checked at door of 3rd Court
- pure B.S. |
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Barr Too Big for His Libertarian Britches |
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Texas company recalls sandwiches, potato salad |
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Abilene closer to getting Indoor Football League team |
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A&M enrollment, minority rates increase |
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Texas AG: Transparency in government pension funds is crucial |
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President Bush coming to San Antonio to raise money |
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Craddick's local house district opponent launches TV spots |
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Lance Armstrong To Ride For Kazakh Team |
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Hidalgo
County district judge candidate Contreras arrested |
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Texas Baptists meet needs as Rio Grande threatens Presidio |
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New UNT Football Stadium Could Mean Higher Fees
- spend, spend, spend |
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DMN endorsed Banch in HD 108 |
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Son of Skylab astronaut, not Austinite, prepares to make own journey into
space |
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Texas AG says he backs Margo's bid in El Paso |
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Amber
Alert: Search continues for kidnapped teenager from Vinton |
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Former UTEP & Ex-NFL running back sentenced to 12 years in prison for rape |
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El Paso High school student allegedly sets U.S.
flag on fire - he's just trying out
for a local Lib club |
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Granger Urges McCain and Obama to Get Involved with Bailout Plan |
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San Angelo faces convention center cost overrun |
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Texas woman shrinks water bill by collecting her own rainwater |
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Houston-area home sales fall for 12th consecutive month |
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Dallas cab driver faces another charge in Flower Mound attempted kidnapping
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9/23/2008
(except for Texas-related items Presidential race
news is here) |
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Hurricane Ike:
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SD
17: Does The "Bell" Still Toll? |
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$400 million reallocated to construct border fence |
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El Paso Joins Fight Against Border Fence |
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Stay or go as the Rio Grande rises? |
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Rio Grande floods |
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Firms hiring away state's petroleum engineers, geologists |
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Feds say rocket fuel chemical cleanup unnecessary in the Bosque & Leon river
watersheds |
|
Texas Lottery To Promote Ranger Hall Of Fame |
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Officials say fires in Natalia suspicious |
|
Kerr County cuts pay raises for bosses to 8.12% |
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Owner extends deadline on XIT ranch office in relocation flap |
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TTU Endowed Chair Honors former US House Ag. Committee chairman Combest |
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DISD Superintendent Speaks Amid Teacher Layoff Fears |
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Dallas ISD budget woes threaten teachers' job security |
|
Former Texas Lottery Commission analyst says he accidentally copied data of
27,000 winners |
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Pro-Dallas Convention Center hotel group to form Wednesday |
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Man Says He Vandalized Hummer Because of
Environmental Beliefs - told you! |
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Flower Mound High School banana stunt ends in arrest |
|
Texas’s high tech exports declined in 2007 |
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Texas
Supreme Court denies Libertarian request to remove McCain, Obama from ballot |
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Toyota workers use idle time to improve parks |
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George and Laura Bush moving to mountain country -- ah, Dallas |
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Texas wins major grant to step up efforts to prevent childhood obesity |
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Ex-Ranger at KFC trial: Evidence was in restaurant |
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Arrest made in Marshall plant fire, Former employee has been charged with
felony arson |
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Kleberg Co. Sheriff's Deputy Accidentally Shot By His Own Gun While Hunting |
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Former Cameron Co. DA re-indicted, more specific details of charges
available |
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Judge: Preserve Blackstock's computer content |
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Legally blind man shoots neighbor threatening him over loaned property |
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Ronnie Earl still abusing the law by playing politics |
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San Marcos Man's Pig Trial Continues in Wisconsin |
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Panda Ethanol Cancels Construction Contract in Hereford |
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Elderly lawyer sentenced for estate thefts |
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Big Tex gets a Fort Worth-style makeover |
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McLennan County Health District wants smoking banned in bars |
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3
more indicted of sex charges in FLDS polygamist case
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9/22/2008
(except for Texas-related items Presidential race
news is here) |
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Hurricane Ike:
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Federal Judge Barefoot Sanders dies at 83 |
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Flood waters continue to recede in Presidio |
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Calls for changes in power grid, State defends slow pace of response |
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Dallas-Fort Worth residents likely to see higher winter heating bills |
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Study: Students In Advanced Math Classes Doing Worse |
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Teenager Pleads Guilty In Father’s Murder; Sentencing Is Wednesday |
|
Update:
Authorities identify burglar killed in struggle with Fort Worth couple,
Tarrant County Homeowners Kill Invader,
Invader may have watched house before break-in and slaying, sheriff's
officials say |
|
Kirbyville Police Chief Resigns |
|
Kumbaya-like Cornyn ads and a Noriega hurricane video |
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Noriega camp calls Cornyn ad offer unbelievable |
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Rick Noriega says U.S. faces 5 crises |
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The U.S. Senate race returns |
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Hays commissioners react to road allegations after DA clears 2 |
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UT football earns Austin almost $100 million |
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Masseuse Arrested for Taking Indecent Photos of Customers |
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Arrest Made in 2006 Hays County Murder |
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Nolan County soon to be home to world's largest wind farm |
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Aggie professor to appear on the History Channel |
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Texas and Ethanol -- So Happy Together |
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Ron Kirk's 2002 Senate bid launched some top Barack Obama aides |
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Judge Approves Fast-Tracking of Farmers Branch Rental-Ban Case |
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EatGreenDFW.com rolls out online farmers market |
|
Teacher Retirement System suspends some security lending |
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As costs rise, is Henderson county sales tax coming? |
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Texas teens most likely to learn abstinence in schools, become young mothers |
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Fort Worth Mayor Moncrief get face time with President Bush |
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Briscoe family donates $5 million to UT Health Science Center San Antonio |
|
Burka: The Brimer-Davis lawsuit takes a strange turn |
|
In Hutto, yellow light for cameras |
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Border fence funding in limbo |
|
State rep. candidates (district 11) air views on education |
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Stolen ultralight aircraft crashes in Killeen |
|
Demolition workers dismantling historic Ellis County jail |
|
Ex-Dallas
school official sentenced to probation |
|
In
opening statements, 2 sides paint different pictures of Holy Land Foundation |
|
Report: Higher Ed.
Coordinating Board projects no need for a new law school and only marginal
need for a new medical school in the state |
|
Kilgore
boy allegedly offered loaded gun at school
- gun-free status really worked well here, didn't it?
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|
9/20&21/2008
(except for Texas-related items Presidential race
news is here) |
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Hurricane Ike:
|
|
Libertarians could be spoilers in a few state races
- AJ's Rangel now repeats what numerous stories from other reporters over
the past month. Does this man do anything fresh or not fed to him by Austin
democrats? |
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Toddler killed in fight over a stray cat |
|
11 shot outside El Paso nightclub |
|
New license law could shut down Carrollton motels known for crime |
|
Dallas Convention Center Arena may get a makeover |
|
Contemporary art lab opens in downtown Dallas |
|
Dallas-Fort Worth Chinese schools draw more than just Asian students
|
|
American Airlines tries to turn corner on late
arrivals, lost bags - why? They don't
seem to like their customers anyway. |
|
Federal
Judge Barefoot Sanders dies at 83 |
|
Justice questioned in salt-poisoning case |
|
Argument over photos ends with a shooting |
|
Downtown Marion suffers from suspicious fires |
|
Lotto prize finally claimed |
|
Struggling Andrews County sees value, not risk, in nuclear site |
|
Pickens' unsold water may stay home |
|
Pickens shelves West Texas pipe project for wind-power vision |
|
Panhandle-South Plains Fair second only to state event in lengthy history,
strong attendance |
|
9/19/2008
(except for Texas-related items Presidential race
news is here) |
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Hurricane Ike:
|
|
Dallas Mavericks' Josh Howard Trashes National Anthem in YouTube Video |
|
7 Texas Air National Guard soldiers killed in Iraq |
|
Rio Grande levee fails near Presidio |
|
San Antonio's Andrade takes oath of office in Austin as Secretary of State |
|
Dallas Plan Commission throws Ross-Chávez street debate into chaos |
|
Texas Rangers cop ensures integrity of collectibles |
|
Sexuality survey draws complaints from Dallas deputies |
|
Brothers fatally shot by officers a year and a few blocks apart |
|
Atmos Energy creates a large fireball repairing a gas line |
|
Mayors: Transportation critical to rural economy |
|
Former Guard Charged In Alleged Jail Sex Incident |
|
Price At The Pump Takes Big Jump In Texas |
|
Foreclosures Hit Central Texas Hard |
|
Cities &
counties lobby for increasing your taxes |
|
State rep.
Larry Phillips pushes for property tax reform |
|
College student smoking at lowest rate in more than 20 years |
|
Kerrville Teacher Suspended for Partying with Students |
|
School bans contraceptive display |
|
Massive Fire in Marion Destroys Two Buildings |
|
Convicted sex offender sentenced to 15 years after his plans foiled in
Dallas |
|
Dallas ISD
board votes 8-0 to declare financial emergency |
|
More funds sought for fence on border |
|
Survey: Texas workers may be on job hunt |
|
Dallas and Texas unemployment rates edge up in August |
|
Phil Gramm is one of Obama's fave targets |
|
Man dies while in Dallas police custody |
|
Texas
Railroad Commission requests emergency funding as oil drilling permits pile
up |
|
Hunt
continues for killer who fled Brazoria County prison |
|
Farmers
Branch and rule opponents offer agreement
|
|
9/18/2008
(except for Texas-related items Presidential race
news is here) |
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Hurricane Ike:
|
|
Presidio Saga:
|
|
Teacher
"organizations" robbing teachers, enriching administrators |
|
Thornberry Says Democrat Energy Legislation Does Nothing to Solve Energy
Crisis |
|
Energy Ban In Texas Hands |
|
Freshman Pierson’s Legal Issues Effect Race Against Republican Burch in HD93 |
|
Waco ISD somehow loses more the $57,000 in textbooks |
|
Billy Joe Shaver, Singer-Songwriter, Indicted In Shooting Outside Lorena Bar |
|
Free Speech And The Hypocrisy Of Government |
|
Student forbidden from wearing Rosary beads, school claims venerated
religious symbol is a "gang symbol" -
yeah, those pesky Catholic Christian gangs... |
|
Tenn. doctor arrested in Texas in drug case |
|
Odessa: Police benevolence fund settlement |
|
County working to alleviate flood waters in West Harlingen |
|
Ex-Congressman "Kika" De la Garza Hurt In Crash |
|
Houston legislator with flooded district slates Austin fundraiser |
|
UH chancellor: Priority No. 1 is to get to Tier 1 |
|
UT priorities include curriculum reform, campus diversity |
|
Texas Comptroller severs ties with Lehman in light of bankruptcy |
|
Sen. Seliger seeks prison health care money for Amarillo area |
|
V-22 Osprey production may grow, will help Amarillo |
|
Wind execs frustrated as Congress hesitates |
|
Six Years Later, Abilene Reporter's Murder Remains Unsolved |
|
Moncrief, other district mayors endorse Brimer |
|
Interim Police Chief May Take Over In Fort Worth |
|
WBAP's Rick Hadley named to hall of fame |
|
Libertarians seek to halt mail out ballots that include McCain, Obama |
|
M.D. Anderson targeted in investigation of tax-exempt hospitals |
|
Benbrook man arrested in livestock shootings |
|
Poll gives John McCain big Texas lead |
|
John Cornyn ad says he's discontented, too |
|
Irving Woman Named Texas Teacher History Of The Year |
|
FBI Report: Arlington Violent Crime Decreases |
|
Duncanville court postpones trial for 'Cherry Pit' swingers club owners |
|
Dallas cab driver charged with attempted kidnapping in Flower Mound |
|
Dallas lawmaker Jeb Hensarling blasts Wall Street bailouts |
|
99 Cents Only Stores leaving Texas market |
|
Dallas ISD employees told to brace for layoffs |
|
Midland College Police Patrolling Campus on Segways |
|
Railroad Commissioner offers steps to ensure nation's energy supplies,
security |
|
With Continental set to leave, San Angelo officials downplay effects |
|
Fort Worth police say they've nabbed the Goose bank robber |
|
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9/17/2008
(except for Texas-related items Presidential race
news is here) |
|
Hurricane Ike:
|
Hurricane Death Toll Rises To Nearly 50 - across 10 states (now 51) |
|
Texas windstorm legislation must be supported, officials say |
|
Texas may be stuck with $2.1B insurance tab from Hurricane Ike |
|
TEA Issues Guidelines For Districts Affected By Hurricane |
|
Update: Power Out, Schools Closed, Boil Orders Issued |
|
TABC: Alcohol Sales Suspended in Disaster Area
- stupid, stupid, stupid |
|
IKE: Wednesday county-by-county update |
|
Storm surge left nothing for many |
|
Availabilty of clothing upsets evacuees |
|
In gritty part of coast, true grit shows |
|
Predator Collects Images Of Coast To Help In Recovery |
|
4,000 dead cattle found in 2 SE Texas counties |
|
Cattlemen pull together to save livestock stranded by Ike |
|
A&M-Galveston moving to College Station |
|
Texas coast declared fishery resource disaster |
|
Evacuee family back in Big Country 3 weeks after Gustav |
|
Ike causes widest US Internet outage since 2003 |
|
No room at the Inn for evacuess; hotels at capacity with first
responders |
|
Good to be home, despite damage |
|
Dallas cops heading to Houston to patrol, combat looting |
|
Galveston mayor extends her emergency powers a week |
|
Galveston Suspends 'Look And Leave' |
|
Chance to 'look and leave' at Galveston causes 10-mile jam |
|
Interstate Jammed Into Galveston |
|
Jamaica Beach assesses damage, begins recovery |
|
Island looting problems slow down |
|
Texas Baptist Men feeding thousands |
|
CenterPoint Restores Power To 782,000 |
|
CenterPoint: 50-75% to get power back by Tuesday |
|
Hurricane Ike further damages Texas' fragile coastal ecosystem
- it's not "fragile", it's natural |
|
Crystal
Beach couple shares terrifying tale of surviving Hurricane Ike |
|
U.S. House of Representatives sets up communications center in Houston |
|
Burka Blog: More on Ike and electric dereg |
|
Old Scottsville post office destroyed by Ike |
|
Houston mayor drops boil order, says don't take FEMA water |
|
Health Commissioner: Galveston Not Suitable Place To Live |
|
Many photos:
The short - but eventful - life of Ike |
|
Galveston search crews check on 6,000, perform 3,540 rescues
|
|
|
Presidio Saga:
|
|
Empower Texans
PAC: 2008 General Election Endorsements to date |
|
New Tech college seeks to impact West Texas |
|
Senate Jurisprudence Committee to hold hearing at Texas Tech Law |
|
Lubbock Military Dad Reacts to Tech Professor's Testimony to Congress |
|
A spark for better power storage at UT Austin |
|
Power surge disrupts police communication in Corpus Christi |
|
Dallas Cowboys Set Cable TV Audience Record |
|
Feds
Bust Drug Cartel, Arrest 22 In Texas |
|
Texas A&M to celebrate Constitution Week |
|
New Wind Farm for High Plains |
|
Palmhurst suspends embattled police chief |
|
Noriega promotes military past in Texas Senate race |
|
Noriega’s uncertainty about his time at Camp Mabry |
|
Rick Noriega Irritates Me |
|
Fort Worth, N. Richland Hills violent crimes up; Arlington's down |
|
Brimer-Davis lawsuit moved to Dallas |
|
Teen Leads Police On Chase With Mother In Car |
|
Deputies Find Large Pot Farm, Arrest Man Cleaning Plant |
|
Police say Southlake Hummer vandalism not an isolated incident
- eco terrorism? |
|
North Texas Colleges Report Strong Fall Enrollments |
|
Texas State hits record enrollment |
|
Southwest Airline pilots test biometric screenings to safeguard cockpits |
|
Testimony begins in KFC murders |
|
Duncanville police arrest co-owner of Cherry Pit swingers club |
|
Lib group Texas for
Public Justice files ethics complaint against 3rd Court of Appeals chief
justice Kenneth Law (a Republican of course)
- this is retribution for the court correctly ruling on Texas law in a way
that is seen to benefit Tom DeLay |
|
Police arrest 2 suspects in Arlington security guard slaying
|
|
9/16/2008
(except for Texas-related items Presidential race
news is here) |
|
Hurricane Ike:
|
Those on Galveston making do amid Ike's mess |
|
Anxious evacuees urged to stay put |
|
Bolivar Peninsula survivors get out any way they can |
|
Officials say sections of coast may not be worth rebuilding |
|
Patience needed in long supply lines in Houston |
|
State parks waive entry fees for perhaps 5,000 evacuees |
|
President takes tour of storm-devastated island |
|
City officials to allow 'look and leave' today |
|
Survivors Found On Bolivar Peninsula Monday |
|
Editorial: Galveston will survive |
|
Filthy, unhealthy conditions rampant on island |
|
Galveston Mayor: Stay Away, Conditions Worsen |
|
Texas AG: price gouging complaints surface in hurricane’s wake |
|
ExxonMobil Gives $5M for Hurricane Ike relief, Assesses Own Damages |
|
County Judge Says Tiger Loose In Galveston |
|
Insurance Rates Shouldn't Automaticaly Rise In Texas |
|
Galveston officials: Feds blocking generators at jail |
|
FEMA: We Will Pay Your Hotel Expenses |
|
Power restored to much of Lamar University |
|
State jails weather the storm without a hitch |
|
FOX News blunder creates phone nightmare in Orange County |
|
Beaumont area: 22,000 have power, 370,000 don’t
|
|
Houston moves curfew to midnight |
|
Looters think twice as police up patrol, 100 arrested, but overall crime
hasn't increased |
|
90% of homes were lost on Oak Island |
|
Workers tackling largest power disruption in state's history |
|
CenterPoint crews find ruined power system in Galveston |
|
Schooling choices up to parents as TEA evaluates Ike-damaged districts |
|
Downtown Houston getting back to normal |
|
Electricity restored at Valero’s Houston-area refineries |
|
Carnival Cruise Lines to depart from Port of Houston while Galveston
closed |
|
Support local radio: Radio DJs kept information flowing during, after
Ike |
|
Around 17,000 in Lufkin remain without power |
|
Traffic 'Bumper to Bumper' as Gulf Coast Evacuees Head Home |
|
Brazos Helicopters from Bruceville help Galveston |
|
Harris Country reports 10 area storm deaths; Texas toll at 17 |
|
About
1.5 million still have no power |
|
Authorities
vow to force holdouts off Texas coast
- what an embarrassment to this Texan. If it is their property, leave
them alone. |
|
|
Petition drive to seek end to Dallas-owned
convention center hotel - bless them |
|
Will we too discover, if you build it, they may
not come? - Gov. needs to
stay OUTof this type of thing |
|
Dallas parks department, nonprofit wrangle over control of Samuell Farm |
|
Man one step closer to freedom after DNA clears him in 1981 rape |
|
2nd lawsuit challenges Farmers Branch attempt to deny rentals for illegal
immigrants |
|
Kerrville council explains official's ouster |
|
Lubbock County Medical Examiner Addresses Amarillo Allegations |
|
Texas to provide food stamps to Ike victims |
|
Cornyn TV spot running, but not for long,
Cornyn ads airing despite announced moratorium |
|
de la Teja: Remember the roots of independence |
|
'Not Guilty' Plea Entered in False Reporting Texas Polygamy Case |
|
Lone Star Overnight close to completing 500-city expansion |
|
Presidio
prepares for possible levee break,
Plane Carrying U.S., Mexican Officials Still Missing |
|
Update:
Fate maybe unknown, AP says "kill" the story:
Search continues for border officials' plane, Mexico's
government says plane carrying Mexican, U.S. officials crashed, all aboard
killed |
|
Execution still on despite storm power outages |
|
Amarillo Executive Inn Employee: "I Was Tasered 20 Times" |
|
Abilene officials still trying to keep Continental |
|
FBI: Violent Crime Spikes in Abilene |
|
Foundation to Issue Report on Teacher Incentive Pay Measures |
|
Forbes says one Dallas ZIP code may be overpriced |
|
Dallas Commissioner Price Calls Commissioner Dickey a “Momma Mia” |
|
Fort Worth Star-Telegram considers sale of downtown office building |
|
Robstown ISD To Lay Off 48 Employees |
|
Texas posts record voter registration |
|
Texans considering Rice Stadium for next home game |
|
DMN endorses Democrat Strawn over Price of Court of Criminal Appeals Plc. 3 |
|
Laredo ISD chief calls FBI in board duel |
|
Plano
police evacuate office building on reports of suspicious package
- good grief! |
|
Livestock killers also apparently cut out heifers’ tongues |
|
Parent PAC backs Turner in south Tarrant HD race
- they are a Dem front group |
|
Partial Alon ruling leaves Howard County in flux |
|
Fenceless border presents challenges in Big Bend area |
|
Crime data escapes Texas |
|
First seats installed in new Dallas Cowboys stadium |
|
2 Dallas police officers in West Dallas pepper-spraying put on leave |
|
Barr
files suit to remove Obama and McCain from Texas ballot |
|
Texas-based Liberty Legal Institute involved in Alaska's Palin investigation
|
|
9/15/2008
(except for Texas-related items Presidential race
news is here) |
|
Hurricane Ike:
|
Nearly 2,000 Rescued in Texas After Ike |
|
Storm damages could hit as high as $16 billion |
|
1st rescuers reach barrier island, find whole subdivisions gone
after Hurricane Ike |
|
Mayor: “Do Not Come Back To Galveston” |
|
Hurricane Ike: County by county |
|
Facing the devastation |
|
Resources strained in Jefferson, Orange counties |
|
Aid arrives for weary Galveston residents |
|
Perry:
Substantial Damage to Galveston Area |
|
FEMA:
We've got a lot of work to do |
|
Aerial
tour of damage by community |
|
IKE’s Handi-Work Revealed |
|
Texas lawmakers to push for federal rebuilding aid |
|
President Issues Emergency Declaration for Dallas County |
|
Sens. Hutchison, Cornyn Urge President Bush to Include 11
Additional Counties |
|
Sen. Cornyn, Secretary Chertoff Tour Impacted Areas in Ike’s
Aftermath |
|
37,000 Ike Evacuees Still Looking For Shelter |
|
Even Dead Seemed To Try To Flee Ike's Wrath |
|
Official Says Historic Galveston Could Be Worse |
|
Orange County Allows Temporary Return for Home Inspections |
|
Port Arthur keeps faith after Ike |
|
Beaumont, Mid-County cities' stretched thin by returning
residents |
|
No dialysis services in Golden Triangle |
|
Oil falls below $96 as Ike damage looks light |
|
Hutchison: Gas Shortage Possible |
|
Perry Urges Evacuees to Stay Put |
|
Galveston
officials begin to restrict media access
- fear government my friends |
|
Galveston
mayor: Survivors, please leave; evacuees stay away |
|
Health
conditions on island are deteriorating |
|
Continental
says Houston flights moving smoothly |
|
Troops
Bring Items To Residents In Galveston, Residents Want Out |
|
Debris Scatters Itself Around Padre Island Beaches And Parks |
|
CenterPoint power restorations hit 500,000 mark |
|
Millions struggle to cope with property losses, shortages |
|
After Ike, Texas survivors clamor for gas, food |
|
Gun Fire Rings Out Among Evacuees in Emhouse |
|
Attorney
General Opens Child Support Hotline For Parents Affected by
Hurricane Ike |
|
Galveston warns of 'downward spiral' |
|
Gov. Perry proposes an emergency fund for Ike relief |
|
|
High Plains cotton growers optimistic despite flooding |
|
Death rate among oil workers alarmingly high |
|
VA to open rural clinic in La Grange in ’09 |
|
Retirements leave DPS with a leadership vacuum |
|
Much more is sought for care of Texas' disabled and abused |
|
A budget standoff over EMS in Frio |
|
As Texas Stadium's time runs out, Dallas Cowboys fans' affection for
it does not |
|
Highland Park tightens reins on carriage
operators - the desire to
grow government never ends, how stupid this is |
|
Edinburg Prepares for Legislative Session, EEDC, City to Split
Lobbyist's $60K |
|
Dallas County officials question DA's role in jail documentary
controversy |
|
Gunman breaks into Maypearl police station |
|
Noriega not on guard duty, attends candidate forum |
|
Cornyn, Noriega postpone campaigning because of Ike |
|
Cornyn says he wasn't talking about Noriega |
|
Much of Texas border a river |
|
Palin coming to Texas, spoofed with Hillary Clinton on ‘SNL’ |
|
Rescheduled Arkansas-Texas game still set for ABC,
Time Set for Texas/Arkansas Football Game |
|
Federal Officer Charged with Killing Wife in Amarillo |
|
Groups Sue Farmers Branch Over Ordinance |
|
San Antonio teacher pay is among highest
in Texas - proving that $
does NOT equal quality |
|
Big Spring Prisoner Riot and Fire Still Under Investigation |
|
Mandatory
Evacuation Ordered for Parts of Presidio |
|
Midland ranked best performing small city |
|
Herald-Press busy printing sister papers after hurricane |
|
Hewlett-Packard
to cut nearly 25,000 jobs in EDS reorganization |
|
Irving
man found guilty in murder of his two children
|
|
9/13&14/2008
(except for Texas-related items Presidential race
news is here) |
|
Hurricane Ike:
|
Track Ike here,
Discussion is here |
|
Houston animated radar here |
|
TexasHurricaneNews.com |
|
Hurricane Journal: Facts
reports from the coast |
|
GRIM FOR GALVESTON: 20,000 trying to ride out monster hurricane |
|
IKE'S WAVES: Wrath could stretch from San Luis Pass to New Orleans |
|
Rescue Crisis: Stranded Galveston residents call in vain for rescues |
|
Nearly 550,000 customers without electricity in Houston area |
|
Texas Medical Center hunkering down |
|
Corpus Christi man drowns, considered Ike victim |
|
Ike damages Brazoria Co. courthouse roof, reporter's truck |
|
Evacuee gives birth in New Braunfels shelter bathroom |
|
Levees breached, homes flood as Ike passes Louisiana |
|
600
mile wide Ike nears Category 3 strength |
|
Ike crashes ashore in Texas as a Cat 2 hurricane |
|
Titanic Hurricane Ike Making Landfall Near Galveston |
|
Port Arthur levee
holds, Port of Houston, towns OK - to date |
|
PRELIMINARY ASSESSMENT: Southeast Texas may have escaped the worst |
|
Maximum tide in Galveston was probably 15 feet or less |
|
Harris County judge says drink bottled water as a precaution |
|
No water, power in Tomball |
|
Some damage to Reliant Park |
|
Coast Guard on standby for UTMB |
|
Stay away from La Porte |
|
Hurricane Ike heads north; Sabine Pass surge waters starting to recede |
|
Brennan's Restaurant, revered Midtown landmark, destroyed by fire |
|
Photo collection of Houston area damage |
|
Jasper County officials report minor flooding |
|
County Judge: Bridge City flooding to prompt rescues |
|
Strong winds hit West Pearland; trees down |
|
Ike blasts Texas coast, floods homes, cuts power |
|
Strong winds hampering rescue efforts |
|
More than 100,000 may need rescue after Hurricane Ike |
|
Hurricane Ike arrives in Dallas County |
|
Hurricane Ike strikes a blow at Texas economy |
|
Austin: At least 30,000 in city or Red Cross or municipal shelters |
|
Blogger removed from shelter: Galveston reporter was writing about
her experience at the shelter -
officials have abridged the Free Press for no reason other than being
"uncomfortable", they should be sued aggressively |
|
Storm surge going out; Neches River rising |
|
Ike hits Beaumont hard |
|
Fire claims five homes in Port Arthur |
|
Flooding at Port of Beaumont, downtown streets appear spared |
|
Windows blown out of Texas' tallest building raining deadly glass in
downtown Houston |
|
POWER:
Most of southeast Texas dark; efforts beginning to restore electricity,
Houston Mayor seeks help from feds for power needs |
|
Kayakers
paddle downtown Galveston |
|
Insurance claims rolling in |
|
Galveston
after the storm |
|
Forty Surfside Beach homes may have been ruined by Ike |
|
Photo: Debris covers Clear Lake bridge |
|
Galveston Island closed; crews look for dead and injured |
|
Power won't be back for whole area for a month |
|
Evacuation: Huge Tyler shelter not built for long term, officials say |
|
Stores beginning to re-open in Houston, lines of customers for food |
|
Houston
faces weeklong curfew, police chief claims need for safety |
|
Ship
that weathered Ike is under own power now |
|
Editorial: Come together: If you can, reach out to your neighbor |
|
Heroic neighbors come to rescue as Ike unleashes wrath |
|
Agents face another flood: damage claims |
|
Bush, Chertoff chafe over ignored evacuation orders |
|
Millions lacking power, but process of restoring it already under way |
|
Gas scarce, roads bad in Houston |
|
Red Cross looking to set up more shelters |
|
Houston
airports remain closed Sunday |
|
Hurricane
videos from the Coast Guard's website |
|
Gov.
Perry: We Will Rebuild and Restore |
|
Ike Robs Houston of Drinking Water, Prompts Curfew |
|
|
Constable sentenced for selling evidence room pot |
|
Dallas-Fort Worth airport chaplain helps with travelers' 'baggage' |
|
Hinojosa says Dallas ISD is in 'crisis mode' |
|
DISD's $64 million shortfall puts supporters on defensive |
|
Mayor Tom Leppert: Greatest risk to Dallas is to 'accept mediocrity' |
|
Former motel manager admits abusing boys |
|
Travis judge tells woman to stop having kids |
|
Robison: Ex-comptroller Sharp may vie for Hutchison seat |
|
Texas Watch: Immigration issue expected to resurface when debates start |
|
No charges for Lubbock TV reporter in hospital case,
'I'm sorry' ad runs |
|
Beilue: Canyon lauded in N.Y. Times,
NYTimes story on Palo Duro
|
|
9/12/2008
(except for Texas-related items Presidential race
news is here) |
|
Hurricane Ike:
|
Track Ike here,
Discussion is here |
|
Video
of flooding & other items from the Chronicle |
|
Galveston Seawall under attack, flooding has started |
|
Storm surge begins flooding downtown area (Galveston) |
|
Despite evacuation order, 1,000 remain in Galveston jail |
|
Island residents have second thoughts as Ike nears |
|
Rescuers make last sweep through island community |
|
Ike's storm surge could top Port Arthur's seawall tonight |
|
Sabine Lake and Port Arthur expected to be under water |
|
Port Arthur braces for storm surge |
|
Storm surge, 100-plus mph winds focus of latest hurricane center bulletin |
|
The forecast now calls for a 115 mph force at landfall |
|
Some leave, some plan to tough it out, but all are thinking about Ike |
|
Helicopter rescues in Bolivar |
|
Ike moving in on Louisianans; Lake Charles surge could surpass Rita's |
|
New Hardin County statement explains reason to remain under voluntary
evacutation status |
|
Orange County cities enforcing 2 p.m. curfew today |
|
Bridge City latest to mandate curfew |
|
Water and sewer in Beaumont will continue; Nederland, Groves and Port Neches
shut down services |
|
Winds
Stall Rescue of Crew on Ship Facing Ike,
Rescue attempt begins,
Freighter vessel stranded off coast as it ran from Ike |
|
Early Ike damage estimate |
|
Hotline can check sex offender status of evacuees |
|
Perry suspends hotel tax for evacuees |
|
Notable hurricanes to strike Texas since 1900 |
|
Hurricanes that have affected North Texas since 1871
|
|
Brazosport area nursing homes, hospitals vacant |
|
Corp
of Engineers Monitoring Port Arthur Levees |
|
Perry: 'We're as prepared as we can be' |
|
Evacuees Say Central Texas Shelters are Under-equipped |
|
Austin area shelters, hotels filling with Ike evacuees |
|
Elderly evacuees spend night on buses |
|
Corpus Christi Plans for Eventual Return of Special Needs Evacuees |
|
San Patricio County Residents Spend Day Making Evacuation Plan |
|
Hurricane Ike puts Houston's mayor in spotlight |
|
Tropical
storm force winds begin along Texas gulf coast |
|
Latest storm images from the Beaumont Enterprise |
|
Some
roads in Jefferson, Galveston counties closed for Ike |
|
Threat to Port Arthur's seawall gives residents, officials pause |
|
Flooding rampant as powerful Ike continues approach |
|
Storm expenses may be exempt from taxes |
|
FEMA: expect 100,000 home flooded |
|
Rising
water flooding Dickinson Bayou homes |
|
Freeport
police: Men who posed as rescuers may be charged |
|
Out after curfew? You're on your own Galveston Co. says |
|
May take 72 hours before evacuees allowed to return home |
|
Coast Guard rescues 94 from Bolivar Peninsula |
|
Two huge fires involve multiple houses |
|
First responders wait for Ike aboard ship in Beaumont's port |
|
61 mph gust hits Lake Charles |
|
Officials:
No loss of life due to Hurricane Ike 9:30pm |
|
|
Governor Palin Coming to Dallas |
|
Texans don't fall for green schemes |
|
Not Ike: State of Emergency Declared for Lubbock due to flooding |
|
Not Ike: Texas Tech & Lubbock area schools closed due to flooding |
|
Not Ike: All-time Lubbock Rainfall Record Set,
"Lake" Jones Stadium photo |
|
Two Tech students find solace in permanent
outdoor living - bums in training? |
|
State audit questions use of some Texas Tech funds,
Tech to stop mixing money |
|
Bison hunt has Texan in a legal bind |
|
Ex-publisher of El Paso Times found dead in home |
|
Grand Prairie AirHogs' inaugural season a hit with fans |
|
2 men drank beers at Fort Worth bar before
robbing customers, police say - that
51% CHL rule really helped these folk! |
|
Ruling favors Dallas teacher who says she was fired over ratings system |
|
Former Texas Lottery employee investigated for storing personal information
at home |
|
Superintendents' Super-Sized Salaries |
|
Dewhurst's
Ethics Above Reproach |
|
Accountability is Public Humiliation for Board Members |
|
Noriega:
More Federal Spending Is Needed For Public Education |
|
Libertarian candidate: McCain, Obama should not appear on ballot
- he is wrong on the law, the parties did file and then filed amendments
which is legal and normal |
|
Town angry at Texas Railroad Commission |
|
Texland sues bank over account that didn't pay interest |
|
Editorial: Latest tale of Texas justice rated E
for embarrassment - silly, it is an
embarrassment for the individuals but does not reflect upon the justice
system in Texas |
|
Opinion: Cárdenas: How to lighten Texans' health care burden
- leftwing drivel from AARP |
|
Floyd: Texans need a strong insurance market and good coastal policy to deal
with severe weather |
|
Galveston: Planning staff not playing by own rules |
|
Legislation could fix encroachment issues |
|
Editorial: DMN recommends Williams for Railroad Commission |
|
Dallas Cowboys nab top NFL ranking by Forbes |
|
Brimer faces Davis in Fort Worth Senate race |
|
Rurals: School tax incentives help economy |
|
Sen. Biden not coming to Austin, but fundraising dinner is on |
|
Judge
halts Farmers Branch's immigrant rental ban
|
|
9/11/2008
(except for Texas-related items Presidential race
news is here) |
|
Hurricane Ike:
|
|
Source: Protesters not prime suspects in mansion fire |
|
Removal of newspapers gets Laredo mayor sued
- this old story is back |
|
Travis Co. family advocates shun juvenile court hearings |
|
Some Texas schools in a deep-fried dilemma
- screw the ban and make what you want |
|
Austin City Worker Killed by Recycling Truck
- we need to ban this dangerous recycling |
|
Amarillo Doctor Under Watch by Female Chaperone |
|
48 physicians disciplined by Texas Medical Board |
|
A&M Senate passes faculty evaluation bonus bill |
|
Report: Ron Paul
endorses RALPH NADER for President! |
|
Dentist takes tumble chasing author of nasty note |
|
Border chief can't promise fence will be done when Bush leaves office |
|
Border coalition urges end to fence funding |
|
Update:
Overweight rig blamed in collapse of Kaufman County bridge; 3 hurt,
Three Hurt In Bridge Collapse In Kaufman County |
|
Business leaders to launch hockey team in Allen |
|
Vought selected to provide wings for U.S. Navy surveillance planes |
|
Editorial: Selling off port assets a bad idea |
|
Problems at Texas fire departments aren't addressed quickly |
|
El Paso businessmen indicted in bid-rigging |
|
Top El Paso female cop claims discrimination |
|
KFC jury to be seated today |
|
Houston puts Hilton hotel up for sale |
|
Survey: Houston-area voters open to higher school taxes |
|
Congressman Thornberry praises seven years of safety |
|
Rep. King criticizes property tax system |
|
Former Bosque County News managing editor charged with stealing up to
$20,000 |
|
Alien Smuggling Organization Dismantled |
|
Governors' Mansion to get temporary roof by Friday |
|
Former Hutchison hand revisits KBH not speaking at GOP confab |
|
Arlington
man who blamed wife's death on Satan gets 99 years in prison |
|
Duncanville
police arrest Cherry Pit swingers club operator |
|
Budget
deficit update -- DISD's Chief Operating Officer replaced
|
|
9/10/2008
(except for Texas-related items Presidential race
news is here) |
|
Hurricane Ike:
|
|
Obama sends Texas volunteers to battleground states |
|
Kay Granger named to pro-Sarah Palin 'truth squad' |
|
Editorial: Eliminating politics to create more flagship schools |
|
Higher education vs. Texas taxpayers |
|
Texas school districts asking voters for tax hikes |
|
Convicted murder escapes from Texas prison |
|
Mexico border fence to cost extra $400 million |
|
Amarillo loses a champion: UFC fans mourn the loss of Evan Tanner |
|
Texas Tech cancer research takes giant leap |
|
Texas Tech professors play role in CERN's historic physics experiment |
|
100Th Online Sex Predator Arrested By Attorney General's Cyber Crimes Unit
Receives Jail Time |
|
FDA Orders Austin Juice Maker to Close |
|
Attempted Bombing Suspects Remain in Custody |
|
Austin Men Investigated in Governor's Mansion Fire |
|
Texas Governor's Mansion fire probe turns to Austin men arrested at
Republican convention |
|
Texans can prepay for college again |
|
Albright to help launch global studies degree at LBJ School |
|
ACU Noose Incident Gains More Publicity |
|
Gas explosion burns 2, Construction workers hit pipeline in Wheeler Co. |
|
Woman Injured by Shotgun Shot During Softball Game |
|
Tourism in Amarillo: Making or Losing Money? |
|
Baby Dies In Unlicensed Plano Daycare Center |
|
"There's No Cure for Stupid" by John Browning |
|
Guilty verdict delivered in Hurst Putt-Putt murder trial |
|
Number of cabs at D/FW Airport slashed |
|
Dallas council OKs $4.4M for convention center hotel 'predesign' |
|
DMN endorses Jefferson, Houston, Johnson for Texas Supreme Court |
|
Fort Worth man sues Chesapeake Energy over noise from Barnett Shale drilling |
|
Houston business organization rejects endorsement |
|
Houston Democrats see suspicion in 3 GOP judge quitting
- so? |
|
Competitive States: Texas v. California |
|
Ron Paul turns down McCain's endorsement request |
|
MADD pushing again for sobriety checkpoints and ignition lock devices |
|
City manager latest casualty in Weatherford electricity scandal |
|
El Paso: 5,000 pay respects to beloved Don Haskins |
|
Editorial: Coach Haskins' glory transcended the court |
|
South Texans allege passport bias |
|
Nacogdoches County sued by Electric Co-ops |
|
More turmoil at Texas A&M — and it’s not about football |
|
Oklahoma company reaches settlement in libel lawsuit with UT employee |
|
San Antonio Going Green with Sewage |
|
Heads rolling in Dallas district finance shop? |
|
Libertarian Presidential
nominee Bob Barr asks Ron Paul to be his V.P. |
|
Dallas
ISD announces $64M budget shortfall
|
|
9/09/2008
(except for Texas-related items Presidential race
news is here) |
|
Lone Star College System lowers tax rate and keeps tuition level 2 years in
a row - not a tax cut as the lowered
rate is still above the effective rate, they are getting more $. But the
attitude is refreshing. |
|
TxDOT says highway fund close to depletion
|
|
Amarillo's new $89 million water project |
|
Chris Bell fails in bid to have fellow Democrat thrown off ballot in special
election for SD 17 |
|
Governor's new Web site still shuns open records |
|
Cecile Richards appearing on “Larry King Live” tonight
- you go girl! keep up that campaigning to kill babies for convenience! |
|
Austinite named project manager of Governor's Mansion rebuilding project |
|
City Says 2 Austin Firefighters Used City Computers to View Porn
- hmm, I figured in Austin this would earn promotion |
|
Former West Lake Hills Police Officer Indicted For Online Solicitation Of A
Minor |
|
Texas settles case against Abbott Labs for $28 million |
|
AG Abbott Exercises Price Gouging Enforcement Authority Against Motel |
|
Midland school bus driver charged with DWI after accident |
|
Potter County fixes hire policy, rules nearly broken |
|
Insurance Group Wants To Raise Minimum Driving Age |
|
Texas licenses a record number of doctors |
|
Denton man won't face charges for shooting neighbor's pit bull |
|
Discovery Channel show on Dallas County DA's office gets OK |
|
TCU bans alcohol at university-sponsored student
tailgates - so they'll just go to non
univ.-sponsored parties |
|
Study: Dallas offers housing bargain for corporate moves |
|
Arlington ranks seventh in housing affordability in study |
|
Teen kidnapped during home invasion in Conroe is released |
|
Funds to help the poor pay electric bills 'swept' away by state lawmakers |
|
New Fort Worth panel would hold hearings on high-impact well permits |
|
Dallas officer pinned when patrol car hits 18-wheeler |
|
Val Verde Co. sheriff candidate accusing department of "troubling
inadequacies" |
|
Computer designer to pay Houston $5 million in dispute |
|
Houston Planned Parenthood facility drawing protests |
|
Enron
settlement: $7.2 billion to shareholders, $688 million to lawyers
|
|
Editorial: Dewhurst should disclose specific
holdings - that would end the
usefulness of a "blind" trust |
|
Wayland Baptist University tips hat to Jimmy, Donna Dean |
|
Fatal dispute may have been about Army equipment |
|
State proposal would cut extra GPA points for high school AP classes |
|
Rick Noriega: Texans Should Pay For Illegal’s In School!,
Express-News story |
|
Officers hit with shovel, bit on finger during routine traffic stop |
|
RNC
Bomb Plot Connected to Texas Gov Mansion Fire?,
more |
|
Term-limits reformers insist the fight’s just begun |
|
Judge orders halt to Wise Co. home sales |
|
Texas poised to lead America into nuclear renaissance age |
|
Texas Tech student works to help Iraqi children |
|
Former
Collin County judge gives deposition on relationship with prosecutor in
Texas death row case |
|
Charles
Dean Hood granted a stay of execution |
|
E-mail
sparks debate between Farmers Branch mayor, Oak Cliff official |
|
Ron
Paul: Reject GOP, Dems at the polls |
|
Libs in a tizzy: Tom Craddick's Former Assistant Parliamentarian's Online
Identity Revealed |
|
Judge orders Houston topless club to close
|
|
9/08/2008
(except for Texas-related items Presidential race
news is here) |
|
Hall Of Fame UTEP Basketball Coach Don Haskins Dies,
Heart failure claims basketball legend |
|
TYC has fewer offenders, escalating costs |
|
DA stands by plea deal; Poteet suffers consequence |
|
United Express jet off San Antonio runway |
|
Sharp reportedly mulling run for U.S. Senate seat |
|
Update:
A "universal" pre-K plan than not everyone has to do,
Noriega lays out education plan |
|
Noriega, at Austin’s Sanchez Elementary, says education first with him
- now wait a minute. Education is not a Federal issue & he is running for
Federal office. But, he's in the state house now, where it is an issue. So,
where has his pro-education leadership been? |
|
Cantina sex trade is proving hard to close down |
|
Dallas-Fort Worth pre-owned home sales fall 18% |
|
Grand Prairie parents drop schools that don't make the grade |
|
Police probe Abilene Christian U 'noose' case |
|
Refugees contribute to West Texas diversity |
|
Updated:
Man Arrested in Austin Theater Shooting,
Man fires gun in Austin movie theater, still on the loose |
|
Colorado's Mark Udall in Austin to raise money |
|
Texas
Gulf Coast Keeps Nervous Eye on Ike |
|
TXDOT
Prepares for Possible Evacuation |
|
Ike
casts shadow over event planning; Biz Expo vulnerable |
|
Triangle
officials meeting on Hurricane Ike plan |
|
Study shows Tasers used more on black suspects |
|
Editorial: Immunization
rates finally improving in Texas |
|
Editorial: Bizarre case needs stay of execution to check charges |
|
Former WMU leader Dellanna O’Brien dies at 75 |
|
Gag order issued: Lawyers admonished against discussing Kent case |
|
M.D. Anderson clerk accused of stealing patients' IDs |
|
Texas builder makes house out of hay |
|
Storm stories an important part of Galveston island history |
|
New Continental flight to connect Houston, Rio de Janeiro |
|
Texas Department of Transportation deficient in competency, transparency |
|
Panel: Texas credit unions should disclose more info |
|
Hector Medina's attorney plans to show why dad killed his two kids |
|
TX Supreme Court: Oil and gas co. not liable for trespassing in frac case |
|
Six Dallas companies named top companies for Hispanics |
|
Laredo officials visit Legislature |
|
Palo Pinto Co. residents angered by planned disposal wells |
|
Waco: Thief Steals Device Containing Radioactive Material |
|
Political charges fly over graveyard dig at Ranger Museum |
|
Controversy in Santa Rosa over Possible New Police Chief |
|
Seguin plan hopes to preserve the past |
|
Transparency needed on Frio County salaries |
|
Restraining
order sought to block Farmers Branch rental license ordinance |
|
Chris Bell loses bid to have
Dem opponent thrown off the ballot for the special election for SD-17 |
|
Politics
blog: Pictures show pregnant Palin at Dallas meeting in April
- I'm sure the hateful Kooks won't accept photo
evidence, they're wrong on everything and never admit it |
|
Fort
Hood soldier kills commanding officer |
|
2
San Antonio Police Officers Shot; Gunman At Large
|
|
9/06&07/2008 |
|
State rep. Keffer says ‘Change’ is the word, what kind is the question |
|
4 members of the Penelope High six-man football team injured in rollover |
|
Federal Highway
Trust Fund Broke; Congressman Carter Blames Democrats |
|
Fish Kill At Central Texas Lake Investigated |
|
Shipley chief vows to follow immigrant rules after guilty plea |
|
Ike's
coming to the Gulf. Time to pay attention. |
|
Disappointed Texas Music Festival fans seek refunds |
|
Tommy Lee Jones seeks $10M in 'No Country' suit |
|
2nd trial starting for infamous Texas KFC murders,
Key dates in case |
|
UTMB cutting indigent-care program funds by $24 million |
|
Gunman robs ATM technician at northeast Dallas Wal-Mart |
|
University of Texas trying to launch Longhorns sports channel |
|
State threatens to halt funding for Fort Worth's
Theresa B. Lee Academy charter school
- too bad they don't do the same for the dozens of horrible regular schools |
|
High Plains growers take cotton to wine grapes |
|
Stephenville Official Demands Answers About Alleged UFO |
|
2 years later, Terrell Pizza Hut slayings still unsolved |
|
Grammatical errors on signs becoming a 'regualar' occurrence |
|
Federal judge disqualifies law firm in H.L. Hunt heirs' case |
|
Fort Worth lawyer charged after alleged courtroom kiss |
|
2 Texas men charged in GOP convention scheme |
|
Sheila Jackson Lee wants a Federal task for for copper thefts
- she's apparently not only ignorant of the Constitution but couldn't read
it if you gave her a copy |
|
Voter registration in Texas will set an all-time high before the Oct. 6
registration deadline |
|
Discounted appraisals on lots getting closer look |
|
Feds sue state to get parkland for fence |
|
Parties map strategies for victory |
|
Lot at stake' in House, Senate as fall campaigns heat up |
|
Fetus found in plastic grocery bag outside Dallas fire station |
|
Private spacecraft experiment near Houston ends in explosion |
|
Some Texas suburbs startled by legal city
hunting - it's what they get for
annexing ranch & farm land that they don't actually use or need yet |
|
Which building is Houston's most iconic? |
|
Research Declares Winner in the Texas and California Economic Rivalry |
|
9/05/2008 |
|
GOP convention news
|
|
$30 Million Local Lottery Winner Didn’t Realize She Had Winning Ticket |
|
Texas State University To Create Online Exhibit On Branch Davidian Siege |
|
Mayor of Bangs responding to NAACP racism claims |
|
Senators warn of F-22 assembly disruptions, layoffs in Fort Worth |
|
Levelland's South Plains College bucks enrollment trend |
|
Lawsuit against world famous Texas Tech chess professor Polgar dismissed |
|
Texas Tech's Effort To Keep Education Affordable Sets National Trend |
|
Lew Dee & Diana bid farewell to the airwaves after 47 years in Lubbock |
|
Continental adds $15 first-bag fee |
|
World’s Oldest Gorilla Dies At Dallas Zoo |
|
Jail food provider based in Dallas found guilty in organized crime case |
|
King Tut to reign as 2008 State Fair of Texas butter sculpture |
|
Pickups' values crashing |
|
Citigroup
may sell Texas retail banks |
|
DFW Airport To Enhance Security Camera System |
|
Palestine UPS Driver's Truck Logs One Million Miles |
|
Plan for Cotton Bowl Naming Rights Moves Forward |
|
August marijuana haul tops $1 million in El Paso |
|
Brookshire ex-mayor gets prison for kickback scheme |
|
Harris Co. commissioner Eversole expects FBI probe to force him from office,
more |
|
State gets temporary custody of boys left in hot truck |
|
AG Takes Action Against Weight Loss, Skin Care Company |
|
Update:
Ex-prosecutor says he'll fight deposition over romantic link to judge in
Texas death row inmate's case,
Texas attorney general backs inquiry on district attorney, judge in
execution case |
|
Rice University reaches funding milestone |
|
Houston gasoline price still cheapest in Texas |
|
Guard’s gunfire foils robbery attempt |
|
State funeral hearing's focus shifts to graves at Texas Ranger Museum
expansion |
|
San Antonio:
Assault Rifles to Hand Guns Found in Secret Weapons Stash |
|
Fire at Valero’s Corpus Christi plant forces workers to shut down unit |
|
Watching over you: McAllen police plan to install 120 surveillance cameras |
|
La Entrada al Pacifico Highway delay |
|
Kilgore official: Close jail, move inmates to county |
|
New building inspection laws make for safer
Texas homes - B.S. It is a terribly
unjustified expansion of government in Texas. |
|
Rusk repairing lake dam bursting at the seams |
|
Federal agents raid home, office of Starr County sheriff |
|
Editorial: Dewhurst, other officials can go beyond minimal laws |
|
Baylor loses Curves research program, relocates to A&M |
|
Report: Dell may sell manufacturing plants |
|
Autism study meets skepticism at Austin conference |
|
Austin PD: Man Wanted for Spanking Child Too Hard |
|
POWs beautified church, Italian captives made mark in Umbarger |
|
Noose Discovered on Abilene Christian Univ. Campus |
|
Texas schools scrambling to get dropouts back in class |
|
Bank robber suspect slaps attorney in Waco courtroom |
|
Nurse uses defibrillator to help save Willis student |
|
Pasadena
mom, daughter charged with capital murder |
|
Dallas
police search for man who robbed 7-Eleven in a wheelchair
|
|
9/04/2008 |
|
GOP convention news
|
|
Political attack ads targeting oil companies absent from Houston airwaves |
|
16-year-old may be youngest doctoral candidate at University of Texas at
Dallas |
|
Waco Mommoth Site could become part of National Park System |
|
Former Downtown Waco, Inc. director Mills going to trial with cameras |
|
Bob Cook of Brownwood named Texas Outdoorsman of the Year
|
|
Texas House Appropriations chairman visits TTUHSC El Paso campus |
|
Cowboy poet, singer, Don Edwards, to get Lifetime Achievement Awards in
Lubbock |
|
Texas Access to Justice Foundation to award $40 million to nonprofits
statewide |
|
UT Southwestern ranked nation’s top med school for Hispanics |
|
AG Abbott charges Californian with masquerading as Texas state agencies |
|
Big
Thicket National Preserve Reopens After Gustav |
|
Deputies
Bust Burglary Ring That Took Advantage of Gustav Evacuation |
|
Editorial:
Officials handled evacuation properly |
|
7th DWI Lands Central Texas Man in Jail for 35 Years |
|
Complaint Filed in HD 52 Race related to Chamber of Commerce involvement |
|
Rep. Elliott Naishtat only challenger pulls out in HD 49, no GOP challenger
now |
|
New Austin Urban Rail Plan to be Seen by Public |
|
Daughter of Georgetown Police Chief Pleads Guilty to Drug Charge |
|
Chris Bell sues to bump opponent from ballot |
|
Ex-Midland College prof plea in child porn case |
|
Texas AG: Courts must hear appeals on dogs |
|
Freeport pulls plug on permits |
|
Panhandle's City of Stinnett celebrates 82nd birthday |
|
Texas Bar Suspends District Judge Priddy’s Law License |
|
Argyle
couple indicted in voting case |
|
McKinney's tough smoking ordinance takes effect today
- shameful |
|
Southwest Airlines' August traffic falls 5.2% |
|
Regulator bars Dallas brokerage Barron Moore |
|
Woman Shot By Fort Worth Officer Who Interrupted Planned Suicide |
|
Dallas PD To Withdraw From A&E Reality Show |
|
Fed survey shows Texas economy stronger than most |
|
Houston step closer to hosting Final Four tourney |
|
HHSC: 1,229 workers got paychecks after they left state employ |
|
Tyler man gets life in prison for dressing as woman, having sex with kids |
|
Texas woman sues over predatory lending |
|
San Antonio listed as one of worst cities for fall allergies |
|
Felons not necessarily barred from voting |
|
Bill Engvall wins $44,000 for Midland Children's Rehabilitation Center |
|
Navy recruiter accused in La Marque child sex case |
|
Hearing
set as lawyers try to prove romance tainted Texas death row inmate's trial |
|
Texas
Parks and Wildlife adds 2,900 acres to Panhandle's Palo Duro Canyon |
|
Texas
has dropped half of cases from polygamist raid |
|
Montgomery
Co: abduction attempt third in two weeks, authorities say
|
|
9/03/2008 |
|
GOP convention news
|
|
Hurricane news
|
|
Future increase in cotton demand could benefit Lubbock |
|
Report: Texas still strong in job creation |
|
Judge (democrat) criticizes action in DeLay-related case |
|
Officials search for Texas Tech graduate student |
|
Anti-Wimp:
Homeowner kills one intruder, wounds another |
|
Baylor expands its fight against AIDS to Tanzania |
|
Houston may use recycling profits to spur more recycling |
|
Federal judge tells Houston court he's innocent of sex crimes,
Federal judge Kent pleads innocent to sex crime charges |
|
Fake Security Guard Steals Business' Cash |
|
Activists Want Houston Animal Control Officer Fired |
|
Teen with rainbow-colored hair faces 'punishment' in Galveston |
|
Finally, Arlington commuters have a choice |
|
Wild police chase ends over Houston Ship Channel |
|
Rice professor receives major nanotechnology award |
|
Liberal group urges Dewhurst investigation |
|
Sweetwater Mayor touts Picken's energy plan |
|
Movie to be Filmed in the Odessa-Midland Area |
|
Big Spring struggling with elementary overcrowding |
|
Nacogdoches businessman, brokerage firm face lawsuit |
|
Texas border mayors address immigration |
|
Digging up the Hill Country |
|
Henry Winkler speaks at Austin College convocation |
|
McLennan County tax rates are going down, but tax bills are going up |
|
Audit
finds inadequate training at HHSC |
|
Teacher Indicted for Hitting 11-Year-Old |
|
McConaughey's Surfer, Dude Premieres In Austin |
|
Southwest Airlines shifting from cash to plastic for onboard purchases |
|
Rex Energy moves to sell Texas, NM assets |
|
Damage at El Paso's Cristo Rey could reach $21,000 |
|
Chihuahua alerts Dallas woman to tree falling on house |
|
Dallas County OKs Documentary About District Attorney |
|
Survey: IT and accounting hiring in D-FW could increase in Q4 |
|
Fred Baron's money; Karl Rove's contempt |
|
Hidalgo County leaders propose salary increases - again |
|
Former
KBR exec pleads guilty in $182 million bribe scheme |
|
Opponents
file lawsuit against latest Farmers Branch rental ban
|
|
9/02/2008 |
|
Hurricane news
|
|
GOP convention news
|
|
Editorial: Meaningful
Tax Relief Still Not Accomplished |
|
Fugitives make America's Most Wanted, could be in West Texas |
|
Sierra Club magazine criticizes Texas Tech's "green" practices
- they criticize having a lot of plantings!
This, and the Tech students quoted is near the top of uninformed stupidity.
I'll explain why on today's Pratt on Texas. |
|
20th Annual National Cowboy
Symposium & Celebration & National Championship Chuck Wagon Cook-Off begins
this week in Lubbock |
|
Brown county to fill county clerk vacancy |
|
U.S. Ryder Cup team laden with Texas talent |
|
McKinney leaders begin to baulk at using old courthouse as city hall
- why try? It's much easier to force
taxpayers to pay more money and build a palace. |
|
Harris sheriff: Teen couple stuffed slain mom in suitcase |
|
State raises senior home-delivered meal funding by $500,000 |
|
Cypress Semiconductor shuttering Round Rock plant |
|
Family Court Feud: Public Defenders for CPS Cases? |
|
Editorial: Austin may come to regret Austin Energy biomass plant |
|
Noriega compares Cornyn and Bush and his own wife |
|
Illegal immigrant kills one at state Rep. Flores' ranch, police say |
|
A&M-Kingsville names president |
|
D.A. Craig Watkins to Star in a TV Series,
Discovery TV show to focus on Dallas County DA Craig Watkins |
|
Tyler Technologies buys School Information Systems |
|
Southwest to cut three Lubbock-to-Dallas flights |
|
New
Top Cop Starts on Tuesday in Odessa |
|
Small south Texas town gambles on casino dreams |
|
Bond raised for Houston mom accused of leaving 4 kids home alone |
|
Prosecutors
move to drop charges against Holy Land Foundation duo |
|
Pasadena
driver, 71, charged with killing TxDOT worker |
|
Without
AC, eight dogs die in Houston animal-control truck |
|
Rehearing
of DeLay-related case refused |
|
Craddick makes staff changes
|
|
08/30 to
9/01/2008 |
|
Hurricane Gustav news:
|
|
GOP Convention:
|
|
Reviews mixed on The Bridge, Dallas' homeless shelter
|
|
With new technology, Dallas fountain has a flair for fanfare |
|
Olympic champ Nastia Liukin honored with parade in Parker |
|
McKinney symposium rescheduled after mayor falls, fractures spine |
|
FBI: Teen Matthew Weigman tried to hack into Dallas' U.S. attorney's phone
system |
|
Next generation of 911 calls will be Internet-based |
|
Obama's ex-pastor Wright preaches in Houston again |
|
Houston steps up training to fight postpartum depression |
|
As Bush moves on, Crawford begins its fade from world stage |
|
It never stops: selfish park lovers want Big Thicket off-roading stopped |
|
New president walks a high wire in turning around troubled TSU |
|
A look at the major Texas legislative races |
|
Familiar names give money to legislative campaigns |
|
Employers not required to report illegal workers |
|
Garcias married 82 years ago |
|
A judicial sex scandal post mortem? |
|
Clay Robison: A builder, a commission, a lot of cash |
|
Frisco May Lower Speed Limits to Encourage Electric Cars |
|
Congressman Neugebauer, others, join voter registration drive outside Texas
Tech football game |
|
Ex-A.G. Gonzales mishandled highly classified files |
|
Koby Clemens arrested after disturbance |
|
Harrold ISD still debating policy allowing concealed weapons in school |
|
Montgomery County leader says he paid for controversial Alaska trip |
|
Union membership down to under 6 percent in Texas
- Good news! It means more and more citizens are
willing to handle their own lives - a blow to Socialism. |
|
08/29/2008 |
|
Jackass Convention:
|
|
Forecasters:
Gustav strengthens into a hurricane |
|
Governor
Perry ratchets up preparations as Gustav nears |
|
Port
of Houston busily prepares for possible storm |
|
Marriage license law among new ones Sept. 1 |
|
Rick Noriega's a big
spending democrat too! |
|
New York Times: In Texas School, Teachers Carry Books and Guns |
|
La Vega Star High School Running Back Charged In Armed Robbery |
|
What would Kinky do? Run for governor - as a Democrat |
|
4 killed near Waco while walking from vehicle breakdown |
|
Shop owner shoots and kills arsonist in San Antonio |
|
Elderly woman attacked while sleeping in Cedar Hill home |
|
Brazoria
judge admits to groping women, resigns |
|
Law enforcement groups aren't backing Dallas County Sheriff Lupe Valdez in
re-election bid |
|
Dallas city employee undergoes surgery after legs crushed in crane accident
|
|
Stolen Dallas Fire-Rescue radios may have been used in police channel
disruption |
|
Texas gasoline prices drop to $3.47 a gallon |
|
Texas federal judge indicted on sex abuse charges |
|
Police say Texas woman offered son, other kids for sex |
|
Houston-area pregnant bikini contest |
|
Texas Republicans applaud McCain's VP choice |
|
Hutchison calls McCain's VP choice 'bold' |
|
Autopsy: Immigrant inmate had blunt trauma |
|
TxDOT's $1 billion error: Audit blames poor communication in blunder that
led to canceled project |
|
Townsend
named new TYC executive director |
|
Supreme Court Entergy rehearing set |
|
Sheriff hopes to solve the mystery of the woman on the gun |
|
Unredeemed $1M Mega Millions ticket to expire soon |
|
State OKs $1 billion for El Paso roads, mass transit |
|
Palo Pinto teen accused in plot to kill mom sent to TYC |
|
Fort Worth Partners With Arlington To Provide Bus Service |
|
No Charges For Star-Telegram Columnist |
|
New brand for Port Arthur needs follow-up |
|
Young: When it comes to our schools, top-down policies won't work |
|
McDonald’s launching McCafe in Austin |
|
Report: Auto claims higher for lighter vehicles |
|
Brownwood doctor's sexual assault case ends in a mistrial |
|
Local 2 Investigates Texas' Top Political Donor: Bob Perry |
|
Texas' Friday night lights attract teams from far and wide |
|
Farmers
Branch to enact latest ban on renting to illegal immigrants
|
|
08/28/2008 - limited
updates today |
|
Jackass Convention:
|
|
Hutchison says she is NOT running mate,
Hutchison downplays VP talk |
|
Gov. Perry forgoes GOP convention as storm strengthens |
|
Texas
begins making plans in case Gustav strikes |
|
Perry
issues disaster declaration in advance of Gustav |
|
Gustav
track jogs to the west - toward Texas |
|
Nearly 3 tons of pot seized in South Texas |
|
Poor e-mail etiquette frustrates professors |
|
Tech, Harvard work to stop spread of HIV |
|
Texas Film Commission Launches Initiative to Discover, Share and Preserve
Texas Film History |
|
Census data ranks Plano as wealthiest large city in U.S. |
|
Texas attorney general affirms statewide standard for GPA calculation |
|
Texas GPA changes won’t affect current high schoolers, attorney general says |
|
University Park City Hall makeover includes $30,000 chandelier |
|
Olympic gymnast Nastia Liukin lands on Wheaties cereal box |
|
Obama to seek personal touch in Denver stadium |
|
Hilary Duff family saga takes heated turn in Harris court |
|
Blaze put out after Central Texas pipeline blast |
|
Parents of kids found in filthy NW Harris home charged |
|
Judge tells Victoria DA to spell out charges against city officials |
|
Crane
collapse injures 2 city workers in Dallas |
|
More school districts ask voters to raise tax rates |
|
Newest State Fair of Texas foods aren't for the fry shy |
|
When Texas towns win titles, towering tributes follow |
|
Abilene Christian University gives freshmen Apple gear to keep them
connected |
|
Austin City Council approves $2.3 billion biomass contract |
|
Willacy County deputies continue investigating arm |
|
El
Pasoans say treat wounded in Juárez |
|
Expecting more U.S. bank failures, FDIC expands Dallas office |
|
Shipley Do-Nut president pleads guilty in immigration case
|
|
08/27/2008 |
|
Jackass Convention:
|
|
Happy 100th, President Johnson |
|
Hutchison still touted by some as McCain veep prospect |
|
Fort Worth appeals court to hear arguments Sept. 18 in Brimer lawsuit |
|
12,872 miles: Too far for Texas teams to travel? |
|
Oilman & Alumnus Bob Herd donates $15 million to Texas Tech |
|
Another Candidate Tosses Hat In Ring For House District 55 Special Election |
|
Banking follies haunt college students, may affect credit scores |
|
Several Lubbock residents complain of breathing problems following ammonia
leak |
|
Border patrol searching Lubbock for two illegal immigrants,
Officers corral nine suspected illegal immigrants who bolted from van |
|
Wanted Bexar Co. Sheriff's deputy surrenders to authorities |
|
Kendall, Boerne officials consider trap-neuter-release program |
|
Rules for the State taking kids get tougher
- good |
|
Marriage license fee waived with classes
- this law is an embarrassing abuse of Liberty |
|
Lawyer of 1000 pound woman claims she's too ill to have killed her nephew |
|
Update:
Claim: Boerne threats ‘just a joke',
Officials thwart 'Columbine-like' plan in Boerne |
|
Midland Offers City Manager Job to Courtney Sharp |
|
New York slaying suspect arrested in Brownsville |
|
Nacogdoches Co. Judge Joe English named for state-wide best practice award |
|
Krusee DWI case set for November date |
|
Air pollution leads to air quality alert for areas of Texas |
|
Campaign for coin dollar use begins in Austin
- here's a waste of many, in several ways. |
|
Star-Telegram columnist accused of leaving son in parking lot |
|
Nader seeks write-in status in Texas |
|
Mineola Mayoral Position In Flux |
|
Dallas,
Houston top list of strongest job markets in large U.S. cities |
|
U.S. Census Bureau: Waco fifth poorest city in state of Texas |
|
Among nation's poorest cities, El Paso ranks a notorious 4th |
|
Editorial: Gun-free for good reason -
predictable Liberal editorial from Waco |
|
Guns on campus not best means of security
- another uninformed and poorly reasoned column |
|
Fire Destroys Supplies for Foster Children in Wichita Falls |
|
Hickman horse flap an example of eroding property rights |
|
Texas City officers put teeth in city code enforcement |
|
Voters to decide on bond for $75 million Brazoria entertainment center |
|
Energy industry powers Cornyn's fundraising |
|
Noriega assails Cornyn; aide says money not crucial |
|
Some UT professors object to Charlie Wilson chair |
|
Arlington schools sue nonprofit tied to ex-superintendent |
|
ConocoPhillips to exit retail gasoline market
- enemies of the 2nd Amendment and big Democrat sponsors, now it will be
harder to tell which stations sell their product so I can avoid them |
|
Zero-tolerance for Houston's homeless |
|
Council criticizes HPD recruitment advertising |
|
Sen. John Cornyn Discuses Energy in the Big Country |
|
Lawmakers say lottery decision unlikely in 2009 session |
|
Dallas Cowboys crack down on Texas Stadium tailgating |
|
North Dallas High briefly evacuated as science demonstration goes awry |
|
Border fence under way in Lower Valley of El Paso |
|
Sugar Land man's book details son's plot to kill his family |
|
RIP:
Mary
Ellen Murphy Hall, wife of U.S. Rep. Ralph Hall, dies |
|
Baytown
teen admits guilt in joyride crash that killed 4 |
|
Dallas
officer under investigation after man claims he was doused in pepper spray,
left
|
|
08/26/2008 |
|
Democrat convention:
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|
Texas Tech, City of Lubbock involved in contract dispute |
|
Some Texas Teachers Were Packing Heat On First Day Of School |
|
Waco School Board Votes To Close G.L. Wiley--Again |
|
Ex-treasurer of the Comfort VFD gets 10 years' probation |
|
Dallas
County order to pay $900,000 in jail neglect case |
|
Texas again leads nation in uninsured residents, Census data show |
|
Census: Poverty down in Austin, incomes growing |
|
Texas SAT scores fall further behind national averages |
|
Editorial: Sex spa case shows problems with evaluations |
|
Beaumont Police Lt. Breaux knew about officer sex
|
|
Texas may offer best hope for preserving distinctive Baptist ‘recipe’ |
|
UT researchers discover new target in flu fight |
|
HP completes $13.9B purchase of EDS |
|
Erath County to put alcohol sales to vote |
|
El Paso considers citywide ban on plastic bags |
|
El Paso County may seek advice on use of solar power |
|
Socorro mayor says he set booby trap |
|
Editorial: Texas leaders' transportation pledge is welcome |
|
Edwards scandal hasn't deterred Democrat backer Fred Baron |
|
Dallas-area home prices drop 3.2% |
|
Apartment builder arranges financing for Uptown Dallas tower |
|
Southwest Airlines cutting 190 flights from winter schedule |
|
Judge Lets Indicted Half-Ton Woman Remain Home |
|
Agents find 62 illegal immigrants in Edinburg home |
|
Texas revoked bus operators refuse to shut down |
|
Oil
Industry Battens Down as Gustav Approaches |
|
Hardin County settles $40,000 dispute with CVS |
|
Nederland names new city manager |
|
Chicken Little Invades Dallas? |
|
Oklahoma officials oppose city's water deal with Irving |
|
Theater masked as ferry security, state wastes money |
|
Harris County DA wants to limit firearms in court
- moron |
|
Conroe officer indicted in arrest |
|
Harris Co. crime fighters get boost from seized funds |
|
Baylor molecular biologist earns the top science award |
|
Thanks For The Dodge, Mr. Lampson! |
|
Woman attacked during home invasion |
|
Police: Cleburne mom had sex with 3 teens |
|
Energy costs push UTMB to 4-day workweeks |
|
Houston Public Works swamped with water breaks |
|
Woman arrested after thousands found missing from Midland Greenwood football
booster club |
|
Howard County to put increased sales tax on November ballot |
|
Heavy rains bring second round of floods to Starr County |
|
Water in Starr County Has Nowhere to Go |
|
Petersburg ambulance servicing fighting debt |
|
Alamo Bowl tickets go on sale Wednesday |
|
Comptroller Susan Combs to Host Kingsville Economic Summit |
|
Bell touts new preference poll in District 17 |
|
Wichita County Avoids Tax Hike; Sends Sheriff's Issue to Ballot |
|
Man finds porn stash in Dallas storage unit |
|
Southwest
won't pay FAA fine by deadline |
|
18-wheeler
crashes into McDonald's in Grand Prairie |
|
Hutchison
tells McCaul she’s running for governor
|
|
08/25/2008 |
|
Texas Tech, Angelo State partnership pleases both |
|
Dallas Co. deputy makes traffic stop, delivers baby |
|
Attorney General Abbott Freezes Assets Of Fraudulent Lubbock Fitness Center |
|
Controversial Grading Policy Begins At Dallas
Schools - it would be unbelievable
except that it is a public school. |
|
More Blacks Getting Home Schooled
- wonderful |
|
Employee at Dallas 7-Eleven breaks away from robbers, calls for help |
|
Dallas' showcase Trinity River bridge is delayed |
|
Texas farmers blogging for business and pleasure |
|
Dr Pepper Snapple to buy minority stake in Big Red |
|
Mabank FBC youth minister arrested on sexual assault charges |
|
Cornyn,
Noriega Agree On Two Debates |
|
Danbury dragster girl gears up for state race |
|
Paul followers ready to 'Ronvoy' to GOP event |
|
Editorial: Auto rates also need scrutiny from regulators |
|
Editorial: State's crime database needs accurate reports |
|
Baylor ranked low in Forbes report |
|
Judge
overturns speaker spending limits |
|
Constable: Lowering the drinking age could exacerbate issues related to
underage consumption of alcohol |
|
Bexar Co. Sheriff's Deputy Wanted For Austin Assault |
|
More
bigamy charges in sect case |
|
Case against Tom DeLay could be dropped |
|
9 Hurt When Bus Crashes Into Building in Houston |
|
12 Railcars Jump Tracks In Galveston County |
|
More flooding expected in South Texas |
|
Port of Texas City offers interesting history |
|
Harrold school opens under watchful eyes |
|
Democrat convention:
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|
Legislators discuss wind, property taxes at Lubbock gathering |
|
State Rep. (district 11) candidates air views on economic development |
|
200 evacuated from admin. bldg. after power failure at M.D. Anderson |
|
The Texas Education Market Speaks. Is The Lege Listening? |
|
Bill Miller Bar-B-Q restaurants co-founder passes away |
|
Officials thwart 'Columbine-like' plan in Boerne |
|
Armed Man Shows Up At San Antonio Catholic
School - and the "gun free zone"
signed helped how? |
|
Senate District 17: The Hot Seat |
|
Pistol-packin’ grandma foils burglary |
|
UT Southwestern doctor reports 'intriguing' diabetes breakthrough
|
|
Kingwood teen admits abusing corpse in alleged pot case
|
|
No injuries reported from chemical leak in La Porte, officials advise no A/C |
|
Sen. Cornyn Calls for Action on Broad, Bipartisan Health Care Reform
|
|
Former Richardson High coach accused of having sex with students resigns
|
|
08/23&24/2008 |
|
Texas officials to target illegal alcohol sales |
|
Robert Rowling is the billionaire Dallas doesn't know |
|
Foreign buyers poke around Dallas for commercial property |
|
Slaying of Texas B&B owner Robert Whiteside unravels a private world |
|
TI's DLP chips were big players in Olympics opening ceremonies |
|
Hypermiler gets 68.5 mpg in Texas trip |
|
Garland ISD makes plans to care for students if parents are deported |
|
Though not their 1st choice for VP nod, Texas Democrats praise Biden |
|
DNC Swag Bag and a company from The Woodlands |
|
Defendant's size presents problem in murder case |
|
A&M boot camp trains disabled vets to be entrepreneurs |
|
Houston's Olympic gymnasts get heroes welcome home |
|
GPS program lets San Antonio court officials monitor truants |
|
EPA starts cleanup of toxic site in Rio Grande Valley |
|
Laundering indictments against DeLay aides upheld |
|
Rain returns to the Rio Grande Valley |
|
San Antonio couple's child sex deal revealed through testimony |
|
Grain delays could cost U.S. billions, experts warn |
|
Students likely to clog border crossing to U.S. |
|
Political sleuthing runs up hefty tab
- more government people shamelessly complaining about having to comply with
the law and being responsible to their citizen employers |
|
Trip to South Padre Island could get your car impounded in Los Fresnos |
|
Rockdale aluminum smelter to layoff 300 in dispute with Luminant |
|
Heavy-handed policing seems to get support of council in Irving
|
|
08/22/2008 |
|
Sculptor Eddie Dixon unveils Dr. Wayland
bronze at WBU in Plainview |
|
Mark Miner new Perry communications chief |
|
State rep. Naishtat challenger drops out |
|
Perry, Dewhurst, Craddick: Boost highway funding now |
|
East Texas man gets life sentence for grooming children for swingers club |
|
Texas grand jury returns 3 new indictments in polygamist case |
|
Survey: Bush's term hasn't eroded GOP's evangelical base |
|
Murders in Dallas down 25 percent |
|
SEC lawsuit: Carrollton man runs fraudulent investment scheme |
|
Grand jury: SWAT team's shooting of man `appropriate' |
|
1,000-pound La Joya woman indicted in nephew's death |
|
San Marcos officer receives threats after dog's death |
|
San Antonio couple accused of trying to sell 5-year-old for sex |
|
Houston dentist charged after employees find potty pix |
|
Houston bank employees foil robbery after recognizing suspects |
|
Texas' 'Ponytail bandit' guilty of thefts in 3 states |
|
South Texas may not meet border fence deadline |
|
Judge keeps Waco campus opens, overrides school board |
|
Plane crashes into Caldwell baseball field |
|
Texas Democrats have high hopes, but... |
|
Watch dashcam video of now infamous San Marcos traffic stop,
San Marcos mayor defends officer in dying dog case |
|
Kelso: Ex-Bastrop sheriff goes from one joint to another |
|
El Paso County commissioners give themselves $20,000 raises |
|
Three
dogs break into El Paso Zoo, kill antelope, crane |
|
Gov.
Rick Perry pushes veterans' tuition reform |
|
San Antonio's airport flying high |
|
Westover Hills in throes of data center boom |
|
Neighbor helps woman, 90, rescue husband from flames |
|
Counties fail to update cases in Texas' crime database |
|
Parade in Parker for Nastia Liukin rescheduled for Aug. 30 |
|
U.S.
Justice department to investigate all schools for disabled in Texas |
|
Officials:
Texas Rep. Chet Edwards a finalist for Obama vice president job |
|
Texas congressman won't get into details on Obama VP talks
|
|
Just what the Democrats are looking for, a veep named "Edwards" |
|
Texas Tech names nursing school after Lone Star State's first lady |
|
Neugebauer urges energy independence; Dem Fullingim TX-19 needs a change |
|
Dallas-Fort Worth's energy boom is prominent factor in office market |
|
Lawyer
of polygamist sect leader Warren Jeffs to challenge seized evidence |
|
Downtown Dallas lures firms with transit, residences, vibrancy |
|
Texas university leaders join debate on lowering drinking age |
|
Texas BLM office faulted for deals with refiners |
|
Cell phone use banned in 18 San Antonio school zones |
|
Texas
asks for federal help for Starr and Wichita counties |
|
Podcast: Rep.Corte and Sen. Patrick talk about immigration |
|
Democrat offers 'helping' hand to GOP colleague
- funny |
|
Free Market Foundation opens Austin office |
|
Editorial: State's home-building agency fails consumers |
|
Editorial: State crackdown needed in some school districts |
|
Editorial: Financial disclosure rules too weak to inform taxpayers
- ridiculous, this is a blind-trust |
|
Polygraphs denied by chief in Beaumont prostitution investigation
|
|
Austinite Marion Jones Moved To San Antonio Prison |
|
Pasadena ammo business destroyed in blaze |
|
Scrap dealer wants HPD cop reprimanded over wrong arrest |
|
One bad trip: Family rescued twice during Galveston vacation |
|
Did a Texas Lottery game link to porn? |
|
Rice ranked among nation’s Top 25 universities |
|
Constables have broad powers |
|
Editorial: Let Six Flags sell alcohol |
|
State's Medicaid plan may not be broad enough |
|
Texas
White House opens at LBJ ranch next week,
LBJ born 100 years ago: A celebration |
|
Allen man sentenced for printing fake stamps |
|
Wylie home health care owner pleads guilty in medicare scam |
|
San Angelo police drop schools' anti-drug program |
|
Governor gets historic Big Spring hotel project off to galloping start |
|
Candidates need more support, Cornyn tells Gregg County GOP |
|
Oversight: Legislators should take Sunset report seriously |
|
Slain Houston man who had posed as CIA wasn't intoxicated |
|
Hotter'N Hell Hundred is underway in Wichita Falls,
Will
live up to name |
|
Deputy resigns after incident at Harris County jail site |
|
Cop: Sex With Hooker Wasn't Fun, It Was Work |
|
Illegal Immigrants Returning to Mexico in Record Numbers
|
|
08/21/2008 |
|
Governor & Mrs. Perry in Lubbock on Thursday for TTUHSC nursing school
dedication as the Anita Thigpen Perry School of Nursing |
|
Supporters of failing Waco school file suit to keep failure going |
|
Isolated
by floodwaters 1 Month Later |
|
Harlingen single-member district vote hits snag |
|
Dallas Sheriff Lupe Valdez stuck in jail elevator for almost an hour |
|
'Robin Hood' law touches record number of Texas
schools - disproving the idea that
most school districts are broke |
|
Student from Grapevine to serve as Texas Woman's University regent |
|
Baylor University names David Garland interim president |
|
Schools' later start is saving big bucks, Since
mandate, energy bills have fallen by millions
- a legislative mandate that saved money, Will local school folk will thank
the Leg. for the money they've saved? |
|
Sperm whales live year-round in Gulf, new study finds |
|
NW Harris County store owner fatally shoots robber
- see more in the Anti-Wimp section |
|
Closing arguments wrap up in Mineola Swinger's Club trial
|
|
No FLDS insiders expected by grand jury,
Grand jury meets in FLDS case |
|
2 hurt in small plane crash in Central Texas |
|
Germany's IKB to be bought by Lone Star Funds |
|
Sen. Patrick, Rep. Corte ask Abbott's opinion on plan to punish cities,
businesses |
|
Safety board cites closed valve in Goodyear blast |
|
Critics call for changes in state schools' living system |
|
Group says Rep. Frank Corte, R-San Antonio, is the "vacant lot legislator" |
|
A new approach to appraisal caps |
|
Senate looking for ways to hold down property taxes |
|
UT study sheds some light on Austin’s homeless population |
|
Round Rock pastor pleads guilty to stealing more than $500,000 |
|
Austin Cap Metro union authorizes bus strike |
|
Judge
delays Texan's execution for 1996 robbery-murder |
|
Texans' fullback Cook jailed on marijuana charge
|
|
Big
3: Boost highway funding now |
|
Large crowd welcomes Nastia Liukin at D/FW Airport
|
|
08/13-20/2008 |
|
Legislative panel gets earful about property tax frustrations |
|
South Plains farmers say cotton forecast too high |
|
Study: No cure in sight for long-term shortage of doctors in region, nation |
|
Cox family to sell
the Austin American Statesman, Waco paper |
|
New evidence levels more bribery allegations in Dallas City Hall |
|
Republican to run unopposed in Rockwall County DA election |
|
Witness in Osteen suit says there was no assault
|
|
Conroe PD: Dad and son ran international car scam |
|
Ranger testifies judge lied about fondling worker |
|
Brazoria County judge accused of sexual harassment |
|
Perry adviser says Hutchison won’t run for guv |
|
Selby: Cornyn grandstanding on gas prices? |
|
Legislator floats idea to help cover rising retiree benefit costs |
|
Cast members returning for 30th "Dallas" reunion |
|
Pump problem sold San Antonio gas at 38 cents |
|
State had dozens of FLDS probes |
|
New McClennan Co. jail to be privately financed, built and operated |
|
Baptist General Convention of Texas sued for libel and slander |
|
Texas lawmaker pushes to criminalize hallucinogenic drug salvia |
|
Kay Bailey Hutchison decided on governor's run, but won't say which way |
|
New study shows Texas school property tax relief largely wiped out |
|
Christina Crain has prison named in her honor |
|
Dewhurst surgery confirmed |
|
Podcast: Rove on the run; John Edwards and the love child |
|
A new Texas Politics poll: McCain, Cornyn lead |
|
Corn producers say Perry was wrong on ethanol
- Take this ear and shuck it! |
|
Jury says Osteen didn't assault flight attendant |
|
Texas inmates can soon phone home |
|
Foul-talking shopper stirs up tempest at Wal-Mart |
|
Rice Student Missing Since 2007 Found Alive,
Says he wanted to disappear |
|
Texas officials drop custody cases involving 34 kids from polygamist sect |
|
North Texas school district will let teachers carry guns |
|
FEMA opening two more recovery centers in the Valley |
|
Bus seat belt law loses backing |
|
President Bush Confers With Rice At Central Texas Ranch |
|
Texans Join Forces To Fight Wind Turbines |
|
Liberty County teacher charged with prostitution |
|
Suspect questioned in clerk's abduction from Texas store |
|
Lawyer in Edwards saga bankrolls Texas Democrats |
|
Xcel's journey to energy upgrade may leave NW Texas ratepayers out in cold |
|
UT wants to endow professor's chair in ex-lawmaker Charlie Wilson's honor |
|
Texas authorities seek custody of FLDS kids, again |
|
More Than 70 Arrests Made In Navarro Co. Cock Fighting Bust |
|
Doctor: Brownsville has third world health problems |
|
Texas Gov. Rick Perry OK with teachers, staff carrying guns at schools |
|
Texas state Sen. Kim Brimer tries again to get challenger kicked off ballot |
|
Brazoria County deputy arrested in indecency case |
|
DPS challenges decision over release of travel records |
|
Department of Transportation feeling heat from miffed lawmakers |
|
Rainfall floods Starr County,
Floodwaters in South Texas recede after torrent |
|
Residents call for Barnhart’s resignation |
|
Supreme Court
rejects Senator Brimer's mandamus request |
|
Sunset Commission
staff recommends abolishing Texas Residential Construction Commission to the
commission |
|
Judge orders girl from Texas polygamist sect into foster care |
|
Texas Education Agency official to monitor troubled schools in Dallas |
|
U.S. Mint picks Austin to help spread use of dollar coin |
|
UH-Downtown seeks own identity; considers name change |
|
Former
Gov. White may join race for Houston mayor |
|
Police: Rising prices led Tyler man to grow his own pot |
|
El Paso Times editor resigns from paper |
|
Dry towns slowly becoming thing of past in West
Texas - alcohol that is, dry for
water is more and more common |
|
Lufkin shooting victim hailed hero, Hudson man
charged with capital murder - needed
more training such as our NRA basic pistol course. |
|
Denton hires former Lubbock
city attorney known for abuse of open records laws -
history |
|
Crops take beating in Panhandle |
|
Four Civilians Sent To Hospital After Shell Falls Short At Fort Hood |
|
08/12/2008 |
|
Tech chess program leader
targets national chess group, associates in lawsuit |
|
Valley residents fenced into no man's land by border wall |
|
Golf resort seeks deal with Boerne for water |
|
Brackettville's ex-manager pleads no contest |
|
Jury of 9 men, 3 women to hear case of Willacy County judge |
|
Former
secretary recounts now Willacy County judge's assault |
|
District attorney warned Willacy judge not to testify |
|
RGV
counties
have received $14.4M in FEMA aid |
|
Down,
up and out: Repairs under way at Harlingen auditorium, schools |
|
Teachers union says more "under-qualified" teachers being hired
- the new hires must not be members |
|
Flight attendant says pastor Joel Osteen's wife attacked her |
|
Flight attendant: Osteen offered apology after incident |
|
Flight attendant sought psychologist after Osteen incident
|
|
Grand Prairie police seek leads in probation officer's killing |
|
Hearing dates set for Six Flags Over Texas' application to serve beer |
|
Criminal charges are possible for owner of bus in fatal Sherman crash |
|
RIP: Pioneering
Hispanic HPD officer who was shot last month dies |
|
Rep.
Ron Paul's wife in critical care unit at Houston hospital |
|
State expects flat CHIP growth
- Oh no! Slow growth in welfare! We can't have that. |
|
Death penalty sought in boy's stomping death in Galveston |
|
Cheerleading activity halted over alleged hazing |
|
After six-month search, A&M finds its eighth Reveille |
|
Houston hospital worker who lost patient data no longer on job |
|
Houston ISD unable to find spots for 56 out-of-work teachers |
|
Dem lawmakers urge Summer moratorium on power cutoffs for deadbeats |
|
Another look at the Libertarian effect on House races |
|
Study: 1-in-10 Dallas-Fort Worth homes sold for a loss in last year |
|
Hidalgo County's possible shift to four-day work week embraced by employees |
|
Texas Youth Commission guard sentenced in civil rights violation case |
|
Half of Million Dollars Could be Gone from Central Texas Bank |
|
Suspected Chupacabra Caught Alive on Camera
- THAT is not any such thing |
|
The Ku Klux Klan is Attempting to Expand in Amarillo |
|
Randall Co. residents protest TDCJ treatment center |
|
Wylie ISD considers 4 cent tax rate increase due to new football turf! |
|
Wichita Falls ISD raises chief's salary, keeps tax rate the same |
|
Tensions
flare over Texas school district's dress code, jumpsuit option |
|
Bell plans major expansion of Amarillo plant |
|
Former Arlington frat house now a movie set |
|
State rep. Tuffy Hamilton vows to correct errors in reporting |
|
US DOJ sues El Paso Housing Authority over hiring agreement |
|
Sen. Brimer wants harsher penalties for rogue bus operators |
|
Report: Dozens under investigation in Texas polygamist sect case |
|
Law enforcement agency urges probe over McLennan County jail contracting |
|
County Judge Questioned Over Jail Proposal |
|
Mayor challenges developers to help rebuild downtown San Angelo |
|
Legislators weigh in on wind power |
|
Famous Pecos Cantaloupes Headed to the Market |
|
Residents Back Rankin Doctor in dispute with nurses |
|
Pete Olson Calls For Nick Lampson To Apologize |
|
Slumlords, Sugar Daddies & Mistresses: Dem Politics As Usual |
|
Coffee break podcast: Viva Max! - Eagle Forum on a Mexican invasion |
|
Robbers
smash cases at Ben Bridge Jewelers in Frisco's Stonebriar mall |
|
Dallas
police officer arrested in connection with June Sam's Club robbery |
|
Congressman
Neugebauer speaks on energy on the House floor
|
|
08/11/2008 |
|
Texas Parks & Wildlife rejects border fence deal, braces for lawsuit |
|
Border projects an imposition for residents |
|
Hidalgo County border barrier under construction |
|
Tale of two fences |
|
Federal appeals court dismisses border fence case |
|
Update:
Xcel completes repairs,
Conservation Still Needed For Xcel Energy Customers |
|
Sales tax-free weekend coming |
|
Politician's position on taxes sounds different as a Republican |
|
Cornyn pleased with "Big Bad John" response |
|
Last defendant gets six-year prison sentence in nursing home scam |
|
PoliTex: Kinky hopes Texans' independent streak pays off for Minnesota
candidate |
|
Texas banks remain healthy, experts say |
|
Texas' 22nd district has both parties working hard for U.S. House seat |
|
AG sues Carrollton nursing home over death |
|
Texas AG files suit against firm for selling fake tickets |
|
Waco school closure battle may go to court
- these folk want to keep their kids in a failing school |
|
Pharr police department gets PlateScan technology |
|
SBA,
FEMA recovery center to remain open as long as needed |
|
Harlingen's
tallest building withstands another hurricane |
|
Report: Texas Drivers Spend 6 Percent of Income on Gasoline |
|
Gov. Perry Awards $62,500 to Deep East Texas Councils of Government |
|
Kramer: What kind of state does Texas want to be?
- Sierra Club B.S. |
|
Sure, I'm leaving Austin, but not because I'm chicken |
|
Editorial: School ratings must include dropout stats |
|
Officials, demographer conflict on coming SE Texas economic boom |
|
Willacy County judge faces perjury charge |
|
Reveille VIII introduced today at Texas A&M |
|
A&M & San Antonio NOT Finalist for Bio Lab |
|
Murano reviewing journalism at A&M |
|
Man Arrested for Photographing Topless Women at
Lake Travis - I won't believe it
until I see the photos. |
|
FTC reopens examination of Whole Foods deal |
|
4 Arrested In NE Texas Probe Involving Broad Mortgage Fraud Scheme |
|
Judge
rejects Texas teacher's group lawsuit over dropout prevention |
|
Former Brenham Mayor, Area Icon Dies |
|
Strip clubs once again on agenda for El Paso county |
|
Editorial: Ogallala, other aquifers need better management |
|
Historic Texas Panhandle ranch office may stay put after all |
|
Texan Chet Edwards will benefit, even if not VP |
|
'Grossly deficient' upkeep was a factor in fatal Sherman bus crash |
|
Analyst downgrades Chili's parent Brinker International on sales outlook |
|
Moody Gardens workers taking lie-detector tests |
|
Edwards
cancels Houston fund-raising speech |
|
Couple Beaten During Home Invasion |
|
IBC named top Hispanic-owned business in Texas |
|
Houston hospital lands on most-improved list |
|
Filmakers drawn to Valley's border story |
|
Grayson Co. Commissioners solicit new jail proposals |
|
Texas Receives Highest Ratings on Short-Term Notes |
|
Burka: Dianne Delisi, thanks for everything |
|
Houston Enclave Creates "No-phone Zone" Around School |
|
Editorial: Our country needs redistricting reform
- Bull, it works just the way it was intended |
|
Cornyn admits mistake in ethanol vote |
|
Pilgrim's
Pride cutting 600 more jobs as feed costs soar
- tell those people that ethanol doesn't have an effect on feed costs! |
|
Hutchison
renews call for tougher charter bus laws |
|
Littlefield Marine up for top firefighter award |
|
Dallas County commissioners to consider nixing take-home cars |
|
Dallas diocese warning: Man posing as bishop, charging for sacraments |
|
PETA
wants to put vegan ads on border fence
|
|
08/09&10/2008 |
|
Sherman crash draws focus to call for bus safety reform
- typical that an emotional tragedy is used to
expand the reach of government. Government already regulates the industry
but it didn't stop the owner of the bus from breaking the law. The lesson is
that government regulation is largely ineffective, not that we need more of
it. |
|
Loss keenly felt by those close to Sherman bus crash victims |
|
'Texas 7' prison escapee set to be first one executed
|
|
Conaway pushes for energy plan |
|
This is August: why shouldn’t it be hot? |
|
Texas airports prepare to cut services as fuel prices rise |
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Houston scientists develop test for personality disorder |
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River Oaks a hot spot for candidates seeking contributions |
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Venomous viper missing again from Texas aquarium,
Snake may have been taken, Isle police say
Moody Gardens reopens pyramid after day's search |
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$9 million approved for flood-damaged Texas lakes |
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Wanted Former Central Texas Coach Arrested In Mexico,
more |
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Statewide Search For Two Forgery Suspects |
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Police say Houston councilwoman interfered in arrest |
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Mexican shoppers provide boost to Texas stores |
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Ban on selling horses for slaughter has support in Congress |
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David Pope, exonerated in Dallas County, still struggles to find his place |
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Dallas County ex-parolees found steps to success after exonerations |
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Teacher says she was fired over low rating
- good. This is a problem why? |
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Dallas lawyer John Barr rubs out graffiti despite city prohibition |
|
Fifteen years later, Hutchison's
government-reform goals largely unrealized
- bus she is so "well-liked"! |
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Voters choose college student Lucy Johnson for Kyle City Council |
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Border town warns U.S. drivers not to hog its diesel |
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Growing ranch rodeo circuit is now a part of Junction's fair |
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Lawyer says he's just lending a helping hand to John Edwards & his mistress |
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Texas doctors slow to adopt new paperless death registry |
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Rivals for Hill Country DA spar over sex video case
|
|
08/08/2008 |
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Few tour anti-Bush bus during Crawford stop |
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Texas executes illegal immigrant from Honduras |
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Flight attendant: Osteen's wife threw tantrum |
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State, Fort Worth officials address concerns over Barnett Shale, urban
drilling |
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Dallas budget proposal free of tax rate hikes, major cuts
- note "rate" hikes, it's still a tax hike if the rate is over the Effective
Rate |
|
Yesterday's news is Dallas man's current occupation |
|
San Antonio site pushed for federal biodefense lab |
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T. Boone Pickens' motives in energy plan questioned |
|
At
least 14 dead, more than 40 hurt in bus crash on U.S. 75 in Sherman |
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Bus
firm was banned from interstate travel, records show |
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Bus
owner operated "unfit" company |
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Blown
Tire May Have Caused Fatal Bus Crash |
|
Vietnamese
families search for loved ones after Sherman bus crash |
|
Federal
regulators: Bus company in fatal Sherman crash was operating illegally |
|
Duncanville sex club to challenge city's seizure of 'fun money' |
|
Cascos:
Reappraisals after Dolly could lead to shortfall |
|
Day
laborers turn belligerent after Dolly cleanup wages not paid |
|
IBWC
looking into farm community’s flooding |
|
San
Benito school district working to solve its Aftermath Problems |
|
Port
Isabel pushes back start of school date |
|
Suit alleges Brownwood city auditor choice violates charter |
|
Navasota's
school board working to avoid tax increases |
|
Newsflash:
Austin newspaper OPPOSES school Tax Increase |
|
Waco school board votes to close underperforming school, some parents seem
to want their kids to go to a bad school |
|
EPA refusal to cut ethanol quota irks Perry |
|
Cornyn on EPA Decision to Deny Texas Ethanol Mandate Waiver Request |
|
Conaway on EPA Decision to not Reduce Renewal Fuel Standard |
|
Waiver Denial Increases Food Prices, Fuel Costs, & Reduces Fuel Efficiency |
|
“Special Session” For Parents at the Texas
Capitol - training on how to expand
the welfare state |
|
Texas State Rep. Wayne Christian Honored as “Legislator of the Year” |
|
Williams: Keeping Texas Ahead in an Increasingly Global Economy |
|
Pastor Osteen testifies: Airliner incident 'not a big deal' |
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Osteen's lawyer accuses witness of playing 'race card' |
|
Montgomery Co. plagiarism flap runs from music to BBQ |
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$50,000 in sex toys may be missing from Houston PD property room! |
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Suit: Episcopal school did nothing about alleged sex abuse |
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San Antonio police say man died waiting for paramedics |
|
Fort Bend DA hit with $1,500 fine over campaign finance violations |
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Two GOP judges court Harris Co. gay caucus in vain |
|
Award boosted to $540,000 in Texas Southern Univ. trial |
|
Some Texas delegates seek Clinton moment in Denver |
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Medical Records loss by Harris Co. worker may violate U.S. law |
|
Whitacre & Rawls to lead Texas Tech's $1 billion campaign |
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Winkler County News Editor Arrested for Child Pornography |
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Renamed Brownsville street serves as lasting reminder of soldier's sacrifice |
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Nacogdoches coach pleads guilty to having improper relationship with a
student |
|
Port Arthur air quality subject of television broadcast |
|
Texas
sales tax revenue collections continued to grow in July,
Comptroller Combs Distributes $583 Million in Local Sales Tax Revenue |
|
Bennigan's Franchisees May Buy Closed Locations |
|
Palestine Named ' GO TEXAN ' Retirement Community |
|
Federal
judge dismisses Texas wind farm lawsuit |
|
Tension Brewing Between Montague Sheriff and Commissioners
|
|
Perry grants $1.7 million for state juvenile justice system; El Paso gets
$180,000 |
|
Court rules against El Paso Federal Judge |
|
Fort Worth native wins 'So You Think You Can Dance' title |
|
School district police chief pleads for his job |
|
Landry's scores surprising profit gains |
|
Editorial: Education course would benefit Texas coaches |
|
Silsbee Fire Marshall's Office Catches Fire |
|
Hutchison: More hints about run for governor |
|
Noriega lectures broadcasters: Focus on issues |
|
Judge refuses to suppress evidence against Celis |
|
Mexico fueling could cost you your vehicle |
|
Williamson County Fire Forces Evacuations |
|
UT employee arrested for alleged bomb threat |
|
Austin named hardest-drinking city in U.S. |
|
Coppell in bidding war with Billingsley Co. over 900 acres at North Lake |
|
Big, Bland John: Liberal Texas Observer calls him dull
- the fact that this group calls him bland is a great reason to like Cornyn |
|
Lawsuit
filed to overturn Oklahoma's out-of-state water sales ban |
|
Dallas
lawyer Fred Baron: I paid John Edwards' mistress to leave North Carolina |
|
Judge says he can't suppress evidence seized in Duncanville sex club raid
|
|
08/07/2008 |
|
Jury seated in lawsuit against Osteen's wife |
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Jurors hear very different versions as Osteen trial opens |
|
Raycom stations nationwide partner to catch a Lubbock most wanted man |
|
Texas Tech to abruptly end medical examiner role for NW Texas counties |
|
Texas has fewest agents per mile on Mexican border |
|
Noriega appears at Lubbock union-hall, says border fence won't work |
|
Noriega blasts border policy, Senate hopeful
stumps in Amarillo - yeah, he wants
amnesty of a type |
|
Noriega's immigration plan is the one Cornyn helped kill |
|
Fledgling fund helps illegal aliens post bail |
|
Tara Hodges, Waco ISD middle school teacher, alleged to have sexed it up
with a 14 year old multiple times |
|
Fort Worth Police: 3 Bodies Found In Double Murder-Suicide |
|
Valley Vets talk veteran hospital with Senator Cornyn's staff |
|
Willacy’s Barnhart expected to seek grand jurors’ names |
|
Harlingen may change city government in November election |
|
Keel rebuts bounced check rumor |
|
Texas must improve math, science education, task force says |
|
Flea Borne Illness, Typhus, Reported in Austin |
|
Dixie Chick Emily Robison, Husband Divorce |
|
Governor releases plan for keeping Texas workers competitive |
|
Abbott Takes Action Against Debt Collection Firm For Harassing Texas
Consumers |
|
East Texas Medical Center appears victor in a “false claims” lawsuit |
|
Farmers to Blame for Not Conserving Water? |
|
Retired Airman Pleas for Return of Stolen Memorabilia |
|
Nueces County takes first step to retrieve lost money from former Aviators
baseball franchise |
|
Gov. Perry on Boortz: No more U.S. senators, thank you |
|
Attorney Calls Suit Vs. Osteen's Wife 'Extortion' |
|
PETA has beef with Aggie-to-be |
|
2
weeks after hurricane Santa Monica still has no power |
|
Wasted: Money meant to improve colonias goes unspent |
|
Little interest shown in Cameron County constable position |
|
Brazoria County to revisit rule on firearms |
|
Jailed FLDS Group Members Post Bond |
|
Editorial: State lawmakers still evade spirit of reform bill |
|
Texas gas production catches fire |
|
Texas included in Tyson food service chicken recall |
|
Citigroup settles auction-rate case with Texas, other states |
|
Fort Worth man goes on 'ramming' rampage, police say |
|
North Texas home sales down for 18th straight month |
|
Rep. Burgess just loooves Paris Hilton's energy plan |
|
Lawmakers warn of spending abuse at TYC |
|
El
Paso businesswoman appointed to Texas Tech Foundation Board |
|
Denton lops tree law |
|
Dallas Zoo Officials Mull Lonely Elephant's Fate |
|
Governor's council urges Texas to stick with deregulated power market |
|
Jury
awards Dallas police sergeant $325,000 over retaliation claims |
|
Ellis
County constable arrested in dispute over restaurant service |
|
Woman
arrested,
Woman accused of kidnapping five children says FBI has found her |
|
Federal
officials reject Gov. Perry's request to trim ethanol mandate |
|
D/FW Airport sees passenger traffic decline |
|
Neiman Marcus’ annual revenue jumps 3.7 percent over prior year |
|
Smuggler shot by agents gets 9½ years in prison |
|
Houston PD seeks public's help solving home-invasion killing |
|
House speaker's golf tournament concerns some
- yeah, the same people who are never concerned with Pete Laney's giant cash
payment to staff and the maintenance of two aircraft with campaign money. |
|
Armored car heist in Houston |
|
Adult diapers litter Houston freeway, cause traffic troubles |
|
Korean madam accused of running Dallas brothel pleads guilty in federal
court
|
|
08/06/2008 |
|
Texas executes Mexican-born rapist, murderer who was denied consular access,
more |
|
State may view complaint against Lubbock County medical examiner |
|
Groups rally against extended smoking ban in Dallas |
|
Lubbock's Cactus Cuties set for double duty on Jerry Lewis MDA Telethon |
|
Panhandle water groups disagree on plans for aquifer |
|
Fort Worth will vote on city's last two dry areas |
|
Long road awaits those who want to rename Dallas' Ross Avenue for César
Chávez - it can't be long enough |
|
D/FW Airport embarks on pet hotel plan |
|
Papers filed today detail abuse of eight sect children |
|
Edouard may assist parched Central Texas |
|
Osteens go to court over airline incident |
|
Opposition to Dome project eases a bit
- good, this tear everything down stuff needs to end |
|
Houston Ballet will grow by leaps, bounds with
$53 million move - and they are not
using taxpayer $ |
|
3rd trial in Mineola Swinger's Club has 11 year old testifying about being
drugged & forced to perform sex acts |
|
Brazoria mom mourns death of one of 3 soldier sons |
|
$2.6 million in marijuana seized along border in Laredo |
|
Heat in Metroplex kills at least 2 more |
|
State fines Atmos Energy, contractor $80K |
|
A look at ICE's self-deportation program |
|
McLennan Co. to keep jail under county control |
|
Waco lands diaper plant |
|
Single-member districts options could still make it on Harlingen ballot |
|
Border agents to inspect digital media |
|
Valley
residents line up for FEMA aid |
|
As
floodwaters abate, Santa Monica residents begin Rebuilding Lives |
|
Comptroller Combs: On the economy and smart Texans |
|
Craddick opponent weighs in on Libertarian move |
|
Democratic roadmap in legislative races |
|
17 Aggies To Compete in the 2008 Olympic Games |
|
How Many Cheerleaders Does It Take To Stop An Elevator? |
|
Lack
of home air-conditioning heats up interest in public spots for family
recreation |
|
Edouard
shows public agencies must deliver |
|
Texas
beach towns get back to normal after Edouard |
|
Paredes: Texas must find ways to aid needy college students
- how about having a strong economy so students
can get jobs and work their way through!? |
|
Gilbert: Why UT will keep the field lab at the Brackenridge tract |
|
Bulk of Austin PD officers live outside city
- check your taxes and cost of living Austin |
|
Yale students name Austin man who allegedly defamed them |
|
Noriega lays out immigration plan
- woo hoo! In Lubbock he lays it out at t Union Hall |
|
Dumas Says No To Housing Project |
|
Randall County Courthouse Controversy |
|
Former Taylor County sheriff Landrum remembered as friendly, cheerful man |
|
Sanders: Where are Texas' black churches in the fight against HIV/AIDS? |
|
Chet Edwards plays coy on veepstakes |
|
Texas
AG Alleges Olympic Ticket Scam |
|
UT Brownsville president envisions 'friendly' border fence on school's
campus |
|
Dallas ISD looks to reassess its ethics policy |
|
Bank of America says it will add Texas jobs in compliance with jobs pact
|
|
D/FW Airport calls 'terminal closing proposal' unlikely |
|
Nueces Co. commissioners approved 7 percent tax hike |
|
Port Aransas police chief resigns |
|
San Antonio Landfill Search for Computer
Fruitless -what, was it an Apple? |
|
Broke San Antonio ISD weighing big raise in salaries |
|
Two dead in Beaumont triple shooting |
|
Former Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee spoke in Midland |
|
Huntsville names new city manager |
|
Criswell College president resigns in dispute with First Baptist leaders |
|
Dallas firefighters strike a pose in new calendar |
|
DMN deliveryman, son recount harrowing morning shooting |
|
Coffee break podcast: Pollster David Hill on oil and politics |
|
Bigger
DPS trooper salaries? |
|
Public-Sector Spending Continues Despite Economic Downturn |
|
Thornberry Joins Fellow Republicans For Impromptu House Session |
|
Houston
authorities: Woman locked out mom, kidnapped 5 kids |
|
Ethanol
waiver decision on Thursday
|
|
08/05/2008
|
|
Aerial attack on mosquitoes begins post Dolly |
|
Business owners say Island will be better after Dolly |
|
Tech's new president, Guy Bailey, officially takes office |
|
Family of missing Lubbock woman & family of murdered woman file civil
wrongful death suit against sole "person of interest" |
|
Texas Tech Nursing school may take Texas first lady's name |
|
San Benito to continue evaluating City Hall staff |
|
Editorial: Mourning the loss of a war hero, Hubert W. Griffith of the Lost
Battalion |
|
Hale Center police officer resigns after DWI arrest |
|
Texas agency compiling Voices of Veterans |
|
Blaze torches 500 acres, buildings & homes east of Wichita Falls |
|
Waco council to vote on legal bribes to bring diaper manufacturer to city |
|
All 5 Smith County Commissioners Reject Raises |
|
More on Preacher's Alleged Sexual Misconduct |
|
Dallas judge tosses out convictions for DNA exonoree |
|
Bell County commissioner claim tax rate cut when it is higher than the
Effective Rate |
|
Poorer schools lag as richer schools lure better
teachers - and the only solution will
be state set salaries and control. |
|
Agencies revive Concho River |
|
Elizabeth Jones, railroad commissioner, on list of possible U.S. Senate
candidates |
|
Large Soviet cargo plane in Grayson County to be auctioned |
|
Conaway, Talmadge Heflin predict public will force oil vote |
|
Groups Argue Over Proposed Smoking Bans In Dallas |
|
Texan Melissa Lawson wins NBC's 'Nashville Star' |
|
Libertarians meet with speaker’s staff |
|
Coffee break podcast: Craddick wants Libertarians to drop out |
|
Survey: Fans still heart Nolan Ryan |
|
AT&T
to provide 'cloud computing' services |
|
Hunt family's White Rock Lake mansion Mount Vernon for sale
- nice photos |
|
Prosecutor:
Defendant in Mineola sex club trial engaged in 'pure evil' |
|
Editorial: Dallas ISD faces a high school dilemma |
|
Dallas Opera Co-Founder Dies At 92 |
|
Hutchison opposing plan to auction airport slots |
|
State Sen. Eliot Shapleigh (D-El Paso) says deals with wife OK by law |
|
Editorial: Taxes can be cut without disaster |
|
Houston-area teacher, husband plead guilty to assaulting school children |
|
Houston heat part of the reason for water main breaks |
|
Cows chip in on gas, Dairy teams up to make methane out of manure |
|
Salt Cedars taking in too much water from Canadian River |
|
More American Airlines, Southwest flights on time |
|
Austin Police Say Bus Hijacking Did Not Happen |
|
Interim provost named at Baylor University |
|
Sen. Van de Putte
sounds warning on pace of Frew settlement implementation |
|
Officials
Ask Judge To Put 8 FLDS Sect Children In Foster Care |
|
Teachers group sues over dropout grant
- more proof the concern is not for the students but for the institutions |
|
Gov. Perry Appoints Alcantar to Texas Workforce Commission |
|
State Rep. Riddle Criticizes Parks and Wildlife Over Border Fence Veto |
|
Democrats weigh in on Craddick and the Libertarians |
|
Gov. Perry on Medellin, Jesus and OJ Simpson's lawyers
|
|
08/04/2008
|
|
2 kidnapped Austin men rescued in Dallas |
|
Suspect killed in robbery at Houston family's business |
|
School near Daisetta sinkhole to reopen as questions remain |
|
Mix of campaign and family business draws criticism |
|
East Texas plant dumping chicken parts in landfill |
|
Crash near Tyler raises questions about pilot licenses |
|
Judge tries to right a mistaken ruling in Tim Evans wrongful death suit |
|
Ellis County man dies of severe burns from hay fire |
|
Restaurant industry thinning out ranks |
|
Democrat Rick Noreiga lags behind rival Sen. John Cornyn in big ways |
|
Obama has yet to loan rock-star appeal to Texas Democrats |
|
Population growth around North Texas dams increases risks |
|
Four taken to hospital after Valero refinery fire in Houston |
|
Suspected copper thief severely burned on Dallas utility pole dies |
|
Chances are good that a Texan will radiate as 'Nashville Star' winner |
|
Army wife nets McCain, seeks Obama for Fort Hood event |
|
Link to Converse's German roots about to disappear |
|
After 34 years, Harris Assistant D.A. Wilson stepping down |
|
West Texans jaded instead of giddy during this oil boom |
|
Switching city vehicles to natural gas helps Lake Jackson |
|
Land Office extends beach reconstruction in Galveston |
|
Old clock was tourist attraction, subject of fight between Woodville man and
the City of Houston |
|
Woman says "boyfriend" busted her in sex raid; cop says "you've got to be
kidding" |
|
Pelosi pushes Waco's Chet Edwards in Dem Veepstakes |
|
Federal court ruling could affect Valley schools |
|
Editorial: Agents deserved jail, but less of it
- I agree |
|
Texas to World Court: Murderer Should Die
- I agree but he should have a hearing over not being able to contact his
consular official |
|
Gohmert Not Happy with Congressional Adjournment |
|
Third "Mineola Swingers' Club" Trial Testimony Due to Begin Tuesday |
|
ID
on Texas serviceman missing in Vietnam |
|
UT researchers find new process to make lithium-ion batteries |
|
UT Tower heroes memorialized: County dedicates building |
|
Salado: Legends of famous guests, buried gold give Stagecoach Inn allure |
|
Traffic fatalities down in Texas |
|
AG
Abbott Takes Action To Uphold ‘ Moment Of Silence’ Statute |
|
Estelline mayor takes polygraph |
|
Pantex, Xcel water deal flushed |
|
Buckner accredited to adopt Russians ... again |
|
Big dog Dems head to Bastrop
- perfect place for them as 2 top dem Bastrop officials have recently gone
to jail |
|
Man forces bus driver to drive him to South Austin
- he wanted a ride, isn't that what the
bus is for? |
|
Texas Electric Customers Urged to Reduce Usage |
|
Texas grid says it should meet power need today |
|
Editorial: Disclosure needed for fair taxation |
|
Coffee break podcast: Elizabeth Ames Jones |
|
AT&T primed for millions in Dallas City Hall subsidies |
|
Editorial: Dallas should expand smoking ban to
bars - anti-Liberty nannies |
|
El
Paso: Gunshot Fired At Federal Courthouse Monday Morning |
|
Ground control to Major Paul: Is a Ron Paul Rocket in the works? |
|
Houston Rodeo officially bucks Astrodome plans |
|
Homeowner Shot, Attacker Killed In Robbery in Houston |
|
Nick Lampson: Surge? Fughetaboutit! |
|
Mooney, Rolls-Royce strike deal |
|
Missing Midland woman found dead near El Paso |
|
Midland man uses do-it-yourself device for biodiesel |
|
Editorial: State
must watch gas pump cheating |
|
Editorial: Youth prisons must improve education for rehabilitation |
|
Corporate Executives rank Texas’ business climate No. 1 |
|
Dallas council panel expected to recommend 'Riverfront,' not Chavez
Bouelvard, for Industrial |
|
Consultant: Study to set ‘wind protocol', British university, TCU & Texas
A&M participate |
|
More
in El Paso, Texas apply for concealed gun licenses |
|
Wind may have knocked down building under construction in Dallas |
|
Orange Police taser man who then dies |
|
Rick Noriega brought down by a bad tooth |
|
How Texas Struck It Rich Beneath Suburbia |
|
Carrollton-Farmers Branch school district dropped from lawsuit over moment
of silence
|
|
08/02&03/2008 |
|
Texas loses appeal to ban sex toys |
|
Former GOP state rep. Hupp asks Libertarians to drop out of races |
|
Copperas Cove Church Vandalized Four Times In One Week |
|
Heat hits officially hot high at 107 in D/FW |
|
Texas plagued by heat, drought, water parasite, wildfires |
|
Mosquito problem worsening in Valley |
|
Gillespie fugitive recaptured at border |
|
Fort Bend leads U.S. counties in job gains |
|
Prosecutors face detours, pitfalls on road to convict FLDS members |
|
Lions camp in Kerrville helps kids forget their problems |
|
Border TV stations get Senate boost |
|
Experts split on UT advance sale of oil |
|
San Antonio assistant police chief retires amid scandal |
|
2 Houston officers accused of having firearms at party indicted |
|
Daisetta's sinkhole raises safety issues |
|
North Forest trustees denounce 'racist' ouster of board |
|
Houston PD enforcing new security measures for convenince stores |
|
San Antonio plays to its strengths to survive |
|
Crews
work to clean up benzene spray in La Porte |
|
Tropical
Storm Edouard heads for Texas
|
|
08/01/2008 |
|
Hurricane Dolly
updates:
|
|
Lubbock doctors discuss concerns with Texas Medical Board |
|
Former New Deal Police Chief Gets Five Years Probation |
|
Congressman
Neugebauer
Talks About Energy Bill, Congress Recess |
|
Frenship ISD Coach Accused in Drug Raid |
|
Bandera sheriff's dispatcher is out of a job |
|
Many trains could bypass S.A. and Austin — for $3.8 billion |
|
Comal eyes measure to keep sky dark near Bullis |
|
Dallas' condo market feels a chill |
|
Police arrest Fort Hood soldier for deadly drive-by shooting |
|
Man facing federal charges gets educators’ support |
|
Parks and Wildlife rejects border fence offer |
|
Superintendent Spend-n-Whine Fest |
|
Taxing
Ignorance, Duncan must think income taxes better |
|
Reorganization won’t close Brownwood’s TxDOT office |
|
Comptroller revises controversial contracting plan |
|
State sues Sunmart over gas pump problems,
Sunmart’s side of the story |
|
Austin-San Antonio rail line price? $3B |
|
Texas juvenile prisons led nation in incidents of sexual violence in '05,
'06 |
|
Police Searching For Austin Ties in Chicago Mass Murder |
|
Texas jobless claims 20% higher than this time in 2007 |
|
El Paso Sheriff Cracks Down On Parents Who Fail To Pay Child Support |
|
Palo Duro a do-able destination, Canyon ranks eighth in paid visitors |
|
Blame game has no winners, says A&M professor
- a tenet of most conservatives |
|
Newspaper challenges Beaumont ISD's hiring of purchasing agent |
|
Ethanol plant could be in Jefferson County by late 2010 or early 2011 |
|
Snapper restrictions rock offshore party boats' profitability |
|
TxDOT: Beaumont's Seventh Street bridge might not be "structurally
deficient" |
|
State supreme court candidate, Dem Sam Houston, visits Southeast Texas
supporters |
|
Pot Bust When Snoop Dogg's Bus Pulled Over in
East Texas,
Snoop’s bus stopped here, two men arrested
- they better get equal treatment to Willie Nelson |
|
TEA releases 2008 Accountability Ratings |
|
Ex-students
win federal lawsuit against TSU |
|
Texas adamant Medellin should die for Houston slayings |
|
Judge quadruples bail for Houston child-porn suspect |
|
Severely burned man rescued from utility pole in Dallas |
|
More schools get higher scores in Texas Education Agency ratings |
|
Richardson coach's sex with students took place at school, police say |
|
Debate continues on funding Dallas-Fort Worth suburban commuter rail plan |
|
Denton County amateur genealogist documents the dead |
|
Dallas County sheriff hires Smith County lieutenant to run jails |
|
Corpus Christi Police crack down on smugglers |
|
Regents Select Finalist for Presidency of Texas A&M University-Kingsville |
|
Kennedy: Fort Worth's 'dangerous dog' law has fearsome teeth |
|
Obama facing criticism for skipping Fort Hood forum |
|
Obama rakes in the cash in Houston |
|
Obama-Clinton ticket group shuts down |
|
Bush bashing bus tour coming to Fort Worth |
|
Former coach Nelson Wins $6.3M in Dispute with Mark Cuban |
|
Texas highways 12th best in the nation |
|
Craddick wins national award from ALEC |
|
Dallas, Ft. Worth areas battle water parasite |
|
Texas
newspapers win access to governor's travel records |
|
Wayland Baptist Univ.-Kenya presents first religion degrees |
|
Civil lawsuit against four Tenaha public officials for illegal search and
seizure |
|
Rebels turn Texas school jumpsuit plan inside out |
|
Editorial: Bilingual Education: Federal court case should force changes in
Texas' bilingual education system |
|
Caldwell County to restrict usage of Courthouse Lawn |
|
Ambulance, fire department position latest casualties in Sherman budget cuts |
|
Editorial: State FLDS actions raise big questions |
|
Noriega Webcast beset by static |
|
07/31/2008 |
|
Hurricane Dolly
news:
|
|
Texas Tech ranked among best universities in West by Princeton Review |
|
Hearing to determine fence’s construction on UTB-TSC |
|
Update: Found
guilty,
Prosecutors rest in perjury trial of former New Deal police chief |
|
Lubbock newborn found dead, claim teen didn't know she was pregnant |
|
21 year old San Antonio woman pleads guilty to killing babies |
|
TB
scare at Lubbock sheriff's department |
|
Pickens Gives New Meaning to 'Self-Government' |
|
Fugitive Little League Coach’s Wife Spotted In Laredo Pawnshop |
|
State Slow To Fix Busiest Deficient Bridges |
|
One of Texas' busiest 'deficient' bridges fixed |
|
Central Texas Woman Beaten With Baseball Bat, Sexually Assaulted |
|
Houston
doctors say they may have found a way to destroy HIV |
|
2008
Inductees of the Texas Radio Hall of Fame - includes J.P. Richardson
a.k.a. The Big Bopper |
|
Elderly man dies protecting property from Texas grass fire |
|
Texas lottery hoping to win over new customers with coupons |
|
Harris
County officers kill man holding woman hostage |
|
Gunbattle
leaves one dead, two wounded in Southwest Houston |
|
Justice Medina's Wife Accused Of Arson Appears In Court |
|
Obama to attend Houston fundraisers,
The Audacity of Racism, Again |
|
Galveston newspaper blasts detention of photographer |
|
Newspapers seek travel records of Perry's security detail |
|
Many Houston apartments lack safety certificates |
|
Moody Gardens changes story, admits snake escaped tank |
|
Couple borrowed car for burglary spree, deputies say |
|
Phone scam targeting bank accounts targets West Texas |
|
Search for owner of donated U.S. Army uniform and medals |
|
Lubbock to get some TxDOT jobs |
|
Several Central Texas bridges remain structurally deficient |
|
State closes Denton day care after boy wanders off to Hooters |
|
UT Brownsville Wins First Case Against Border Fence |
|
Judge sets trial date in border fence case |
|
John Young: To students' detriment, UIL takes 'extra' out of
'extracurricular' |
|
Drier weather for El Paso; heat eases over Texas |
|
Ron
Paul followers pose danger for McCain in West |
|
Opinion: All choked up over this Mansion mess
- what B.S., the rented residence is an office and hosts tons of staff |
|
Man arrested after swimming across lake to escape Fort Worth police |
|
Texas sales tax holiday set to save families $54 million |
|
League City mayor fires deputy city administrator |
|
Motorists fuming over past-due toll road bills |
|
Fort Worth man killed wife's puppy during argument |
|
State says Tigua Indian tribe "won't listen" |
|
Stevens indictment yields new post for Hutchison |
|
Beloved Corpus Christi radio personality Jose Ponce de Leon dies at 87 |
|
Gas Drilling Too Noisy For Some In Johnson County |
|
Police Release Shooting Suspect; Man Says He Was Defending Life & Property |
|
Builders: Austonian tower construction full steam ahead |
|
Computer breach at UT Dallas may have exposed students' personal info |
|
Farmers
Branch cuts city jobs |
|
Dallas police recover stolen goods tied to string of Uptown burglaries |
|
North
Forest school board faces ouster in state takeover |
|
State
sues Sunmart over gas pump problems |
|
Texas
Youth Commission will lose another top official |
|
Obama-McCain
event in Belton not looking likely |
|
Child
Protective Services criticized for lax employee screening |
|
Delisi officially
resigns from the Texas House today, it was announced a year ago.
|
|
07/30/2008 |
|
Hurricane Dolly
news:
|
|
City of El Paso cuts property tax for the first time in about 30 years |
|
Another public school handing out money they don't have |
|
School leaders say they’re hurting -
more crying from undisciplined spenders |
|
Skeletal Remains Found Near Former Juvenile Prison |
|
Early City Council at full strength after appointments |
|
Former New Deal police chief trial continues in Lubbock |
|
AT&T move to Dallas bodes well for area arts and education |
|
United Title shuts down Texas operations |
|
RIP:
GOP stalwart, ex-ambassador Anne Armstrong dies,
Armstrong's reflections |
|
Texas sales tax holiday Aug. 15-17 |
|
Crane
Topples and Kills 1 Near Smithville\ |
|
1
injured in Cooke Co. oil rig explosion |
|
Daisetta hires attorney to lobby for sinkhole study |
|
Report gives TYC education system poor marks |
|
TYC inmates receiving poor schooling, report says |
|
Travis count tax increase likely |
|
Key legislator supports medical school for Austin, in addition to an A&M
version in Round Rock |
|
Austin school district rewards educators at 9 schools with bonuses |
|
Hickman: Texas needs to start a dialogue on the death penalty |
|
Grates aim to shut criminals out of Northeast Austin bridge |
|
Texas lost 200,000 jobs to China over last seven years |
|
AG Abbott Files Action Halting Uncertified Nursing School In Rio Grande City |
|
Jordan named Henderson County interim sheriff |
|
XIT Ranch Headquarters raises money to stay in Channing |
|
Storm pushes Amarillo area rainfall total up, Lake Meredith still 10 feet
below year ago |
|
Concerns expressed about Winters police |
|
Vandals Attack North Texas City's Trees (Keller) |
|
$50,000 reward offered in fatal Corsicana hit-and-run |
|
Judge throws out suit over control of Irving flood board |
|
Number of illegal immigrants declines by 1 million, study finds |
|
Franchised Bennigan’s remain open, excluded from brankruptcy |
|
Baskin-Robbins announces D/FW expansion plans |
|
TCEQ's YardWise program teaches environment-friendly lawn care |
|
Dangerous 10-foot python caught in Corpus Christi |
|
Head
Of Troubled Dallas Housing Authority Resigns |
|
East Texas congressman wants Gitmo moved to Supreme Court grounds |
|
Asarco cleanup cost reaches $23.6 million |
|
How Many Wives Is Too Many? |
|
State looking at ways to enforce 9-1-1 tax on pre-paid cell phones |
|
Colombian gangs targeting the wealthy in Houston |
|
Forbes Magazine names Houston the best place to buy a home |
|
Escaped
inmates found hiding in trash-filled dumpster |
|
Scorching temps connected to 3 deaths in Dallas |
|
Joe Horn made into poster boy for KKK |
|
Texas Leads Nation in Online Sales of Cigarettes |
|
House panel votes to cite Rove for contempt of
Congress - Having contempt for
Congress is a long held American tradition. Way to go Rove! |
|
FLDS
group tries to raise bail for 4 charged with sexual assault |
|
Defense
in Dallas City Hall case seeks mountain of records |
|
Anheuser-Busch to used Houston landfill for energy |
|
Driver who killed Harris deputy constable gets probation |
|
Denison
ISD uses tax dollars, district personnel to push for tax increases with
qualitative judgment-laden power point presentation (pdf) |
|
School To Put Students In 'Prison' Jumpsuits As Punishment
|
|
07/29/2008 |
|
Hurricane Dolly
news:
|
|
Internal report shows series of problems tied to Texas Governor's Mansion
fire |
|
Videotape of fire Governor's Mansion released |
|
DPS
Releases Pictures of Possible Governor's Mansion Arsonist |
|
Texas
Ranger talks about release of video showing a man before, after Governor's
Mansion fire |
|
DPS reporting hotlines for the fire:
512-506-2849 or 512-506-2861; 512-506-2862 |
|
Border wall construction begins in Hidalgo County |
|
Tattered Cash a Buried Treasure or Something More Sinister? |
|
State warns of more charges after 5 FLDS members surrender |
|
Report says water quality improved on Texas beaches |
|
Pasadena Scout leader jailed on child porn charges |
|
High Temperatures Force Conservation Alert for State |
|
Hot week may push Texas to new record for power use |
|
Even by Texan standards, some cities are scorching |
|
Tech researchers author textbook to help with national security |
|
Perjury trial under way for former New Deal police chief |
|
Chess club seeks records, testimony in suit against Tech chess booster
Polgar |
|
Central Texas Bakes And There’s No Relief In Sight |
|
‘Nashville Star’ hopes end for Coffey |
|
Comanche County to build new medium security prison |
|
Update:
Railroad Line Re-Opened in Brenham Following Derailment,
No
one injured in BNSF 20-car derailment in Brenham |
|
Morgan: A week in West Texas |
|
Fire Breaks Out In Central Texas Wood Products Plant |
|
Editorial: Texas should honor treaties |
|
DMN Editorial: Gov. Perry should halt this execution |
|
Smith County Tax Rate Won't Rise, Commissioners
Say - fine but is a tax increase as
the current rate is higher than the new Effective Rate, the County Judge is
a liar in the quote shown. |
|
Nacogdoches Man Now Faces Federal Criminal Charges in Ponzi Scheme |
|
Montgomery County hires 70-year-old grandma as deputy |
|
Loaded Gun Found In San Antonio Hospital Trash Can |
|
Port Arthur: Rejected
voters in Jones election trial swear by signatures |
|
Update:
Bennigan's and Steak & Ale Restaurants Shut Down Nationwide,
Bennigan's and Steak & Ale File for Bankruptcy in E. District of Texas |
|
Texas likely to appeal bilingual education ruling |
|
Felony charges dismissed against priest in Smithville crash |
|
Travis County Looks at Four-Day Workweek |
|
Texas Wants to Insure More Kids - No,
Liberals want to spend more of our money to make people dependent upon
government |
|
After Dallas DA's death, 19 convictions are undone |
|
Alternative certification programs helping schools fill teaching slots |
|
Police Chase Ends In Death Of Houston Physician |
|
Layoffs can't be avoided, Dallas County sheriff says |
|
Study: 25% of stopped Tx. drivers lack insurance |
|
Study: 25% of stopped Tx. drivers lack insurance |
|
Ingleside mayor seeks manager's ouster |
|
AG:
school districts' summer day camps need licenses |
|
Howard County residents could see taxes soar |
|
Earth bursts into flames, minorities burn worst |
|
88-Year-Old Woman Robbed Outside Store |
|
Ex-guard in Beaumont gets prison over contraband |
|
News photographer detained at oil spill |
|
Texas briefs: House speaker, lobbyist settle suit with company |
|
Dallas Cowboys feel quake at training camp |
|
Texas beach study finds increase in fecal
contamination - again, I don't go to
the beach |
|
Gas
well worker killed in Burleson |
|
Ex-Enron exec pays $31.5M to settle SEC charges |
|
Nick Lampson on Energy: It’s All about Me |
|
The Conaway Chronicle |
|
Sen. Hutchison Votes Against Expensive Housing Bailout |
|
Dallas
ISD turns to web technology for international recruiting |
|
Dallas
police net first arrests from YouTube-generated tips
|
|
07/28/2008 |
|
Hurricane Dolly
Follow-Up:
|
|
Family resolves to take fight over exorcism to Supreme Court |
|
Austin man offers $1 billion for cancer cure
- we've covered this story before, the guy does not have the money to offer.
He'd make a great politician as they love to promise to pay with other
people's money. |
|
West Texas rancher tells cautionary tale of pipe leaks |
|
Texas man charged after 68-pound mom with maggots dies |
|
Pair hoisted to safety by helicopter rescue crew |
|
Noriega conference call on energy |
|
Noriega: It was the intern’s fault! |
|
Defense lawyers group upset over search of Frisco office
|
|
Real estate agent finds body in Montgomery County home |
|
Texas schools wonder how to address court's ruling on bilingual education |
|
Even a fire couldn't stop small Texas baseball mitt maker Nokona in Nocona |
|
Banana blimp falls through
- good |
|
Daisetta considers legal action to prompt state help with sinkhole study |
|
Photos found at Spindletop-Gladys City Boomtown museum need identification |
|
Waco Prostitution Sting Puts 12 Behind Bars |
|
Update:
Body Found After Ruidoso Flooding,
Two people reportedly swept away in Ruidoso |
|
Update:
Lubbock AJ caught in mischaracterizations,
Lawmakers to hear property owners' tax tales |
|
Some towns in Texas get their names from food |
|
Coast
Guard rescues fourth boater from Gulf, one still missing |
|
San
Antonio lawyer to steer Obama’s Texas campaign |
|
Port's Rail Agreement Will Assist Beaumont's Riverfront Development Plans |
|
Willie Nelson to headline SPI Music Festival |
|
Two Church Tennessee Shooting Victims Were Former Texans |
|
Denton County Toddler Left Inside Hot Car Dies |
|
3 alarm Austin fire burns more than $2 million in damages |
|
Study
says Texas still top state for business |
|
Texas manufacturing sector remains soft in July |
|
300 Burmese immigrants get identification at Amarillo-area event |
|
A&M disallows video game slogan for EA Sports |
|
5th
Circuit upholds prison terms for border agents Ramos & Compean |
|
Cornyn
seeks commuted sentence for Border Patrol agents |
|
5
arrested in West Texas polygamist sect case |
|
Coin cache found in Amarillo backyard |
|
Handicapping key Texas elections |
|
UTPB relocated prairie dogs
- uh, huh. They'll be back. |
|
Bullard weighs options after mayor’s departure |
|
Houston Burger King Installs Pay Toilet |
|
2 Fatally Stabbed While Trying To Help Houston Woman |
|
Perry’s fundraising irks some Republicans; can Kay capitalize? |
|
Report
on mansion fire cites delay in calling fire fighters |
|
American
Airlines moving some work out of Fort Worth base |
|
Man
gets 49 years in fatal gas station shooting |
|
University of Texas is nation's No. 8 party school
|
|
07/26&27/2008 |
|
Hurricane Dolly
Follow-Up:
|
|
Personal info dumped in Dallas lot |
|
Consultant shoots down Barton retirement rumors |
|
Cornyn conference call |
|
'Red flags' surround prosperity of televangelist Kenneth Copeland's family |
|
Expect F-150 push in Texas as Ford moves to regional marketing |
|
DISD seeks public opinions on trustee ethics |
|
Judge orders Texas to improve bilingual education |
|
New law on speaking fees was Arlington superintendent's undoing |
|
Irving radio station bridging gap in Indian-Pakistani relations |
|
Texans drive miles for chicken-fried steak at Mary's Cafe |
|
How to make authentic Texas chicken-fried steak |
|
Schlitterbahn Waterpark is worth the schlep
- schlep is hardly at Texas word |
|
Fort Worth officer foils Cadillac driver's free gas scam |
|
Rice professor: some granite countertops may be tainted with uranium |
|
All eyes on Galveston plan for small business health care |
|
Cornyn, Noriega spar over handling of energy crisis |
|
Jury sentences Katy woman to two life terms |
|
Former top Air Force official Herres dead at 75
|
|
Drug lord Jimmy Chagra dead at 63 |
|
Editorial: Texas should allow death cases review |
|
Guadalupe Co. seizes 40 eight-liners |
|
Police say Kerrville kidnap story made up |
|
Wanted Texas woman freed & protected in Costa Rica |
|
West Texas rancher tells cautionary tale of pipe leaks |
|
Arlington hospital is focus of controversy on indigent care |
|
300
evacuated from flooding in Ruidoso, N.M., area
- Yes, this is Texas news. Who do you think owns most everything in Ruidoso?
Texans, that's who. |
|
Obama campaign lends a hand to Texas Democrats
- sure, it's all a one-world struggle for citizens of the planet! |
|
College Station — a maroon, uh, green city |
|
Richardson woman still on hunt for man who raped her in 1985 |
|
Protesters
demonstrate at Dallas Zoo over move of elephant |
|
Lubbock Salutes Deploying Troops,
Amarillo does same |
|
South Plains cotton weathers tough times |
|
Top girl chess players to square off at Texas Tech |
|
Suspended Beaumont cop says superiors knew about sex acts |
|
Amarillo weighs new irrigation rules
|
|
07/25/2008 |
|
Hurricane Dolly
Follow-Up:
|
|
Waco
Officials Mull What To Do With Low-Performing School |
|
Central Texas Man Arrested On Bomb Charge |
|
Lubbock to become TxDOT support center |
|
Schools: When
Times Are Tough, Tax-n-Spend Away |
|
That's Some
Banjo Hall - UTPB's new performance center |
|
Disaster Averted When Truck Carrying Explosive Chemicals Tips |
|
TTU hospitality director appointed president-elect of national organization |
|
2nd council member in two days quits Early |
|
Saddle up for Dan Patrick’s Cowboy Church Posse! |
|
Men kidnapped & robbed on their way to work in Houston |
|
3 Harris Co. police unions endorse challenger to county sheriff |
|
Texas Gas Prices Drop 7 Cents |
|
Challenger calls Harris co. Judge Emmett "unethical" |
|
Angry customer allegedly kills manager at Houston-area Chili's |
|
Regents uphold decision to fire UTSA professor |
|
President's nephew George P. Bush moving to Austin area |
|
Freeport man busted for licking cop's face |
|
Houston postal worker admits to mail theft |
|
Back-to-school spending to top $20 billion this year |
|
Texas among top three states for Medicare spending |
|
Loan-loss provisions up sharply at Houston banks |
|
Weatherford Residents Question Price Of Power |
|
UT Regents Approve Plan To Sell Oil Reserves |
|
Soaring expenses send thousands of new faces to Dallas-Ft. Worth charities |
|
Judge
divides FLDS child cases,
Polygamist sect custody case divided 119 ways |
|
S&P downgrades American Airlines, others |
|
Press Club of Dallas revives Katie Awards after scandal |
|
Lawmakers question government-funded ads |
|
Higher education officials take heat from Patrick at hearing |
|
Juárez violence victims cost El Paso's county hosptial Thomason $1 million |
|
Judge
throws out search of J.P. Donna Murray's vehicle |
|
Woman Admits To Texas Porn Video Of Grandkids |
|
Rep. Poe draws line in sand for fallen soldiers |
|
Austin Energy plans $2.3 billion biomass plant |
|
UT officer who shot chimp was warned to stay away |
|
Sinatra Scam Artist Caught by Austin Police |
|
Streetcar proposal outlined to Austin City Council |
|
Henderson Co. sheriff Brownlow responds to allegations |
|
Baylor Regents Vote To Increase Size Of Board |
|
Craddick reappointments Arrell to Texas Emissions Reduction Plan Advisory
Board
|
|
07/24/2008 |
|
Hurricane
Dolly follow-up:
|
|
Detective Who Helped Arrest Oswald Dead At 87 |
|
Lubbock's Congressman Neugebauer Fights Back Against WSJ |
|
Minimum Wage Increases Thursday |
|
Early councilman resigns, unhappy with city’s
direction - that's the way to fix it,
give up your vote |
|
Potter sheriff defends lockup, Jail is 'safe' despite deaths |
|
Randall Co: Prosecutor weighs ethics, Former deputy indicted |
|
Homicide
Investigation at Clements Unit |
|
ID on South Texas soldier MIA since Korean War |
|
T. Boone Pickens' energy plan gets play in Washington |
|
Lawmakers consider fed involvement on polygamists |
|
Texas Attorney General wants federal help to fight polygamy |
|
Abbott says FLDS investigation in early stages |
|
Sect parenting classes start Saturday
- similar to Commie re-education camps? |
|
Austin public safety worker pay outpaces counterparts |
|
Austin company develops compact oxygen machine |
|
DPS Troopers investigating skimming ring |
|
This weekend, politics and Barton Springs do mix |
|
Baylor
University fires President John Lilley,
more |
|
A&M scientist: Dead zone could be biggest ever |
|
Editorial: Texas needs break from rigid ethanol rules |
|
Study finds Hispanics ready to back Obama |
|
Fort Worth: Top JPS Doctor Pleads Guilty To Child Porn Charge |
|
Texas Electricity Bills are Dropping |
|
Southwest reports 2Q sales increase, but fuel costs cut into profits |
|
RadioShack's 2Q sales increase, but net income falls |
|
The day Dr. DeBakey drove the bus to the airplane |
|
Senator Brimer to appeal ruling on opponent |
|
18 El Pasoans are fined for skipping jury duty |
|
El Paso Woman Admits Diverting Nearly $1 Million |
|
Editorial: Texas needs to grow more research schools |
|
UNT among schools aspiring to reach top tier |
|
Hance hoping Tech gets tier-one status |
|
Water Shortage Hits Collin Co. Town |
|
College money under state program could get harder to obtain |
|
Judge in Texas orders Nintendo to stop selling controllers or pay up |
|
State representative talks immigration with Rusk American Legion |
|
Fort Bend detectives: Man killed wife, claimed suicide |
|
Nader brings campaign to Houston, but he will not be on Texas' ballot |
|
Man Accused Of Stealing HPD Patrol Car |
|
Waco woman shoots at ex-husband hours after divorce finalized |
|
Houston home sales down 12.6 percent in June |
|
Longview Officers Capture Seven Burglary Suspects |
|
Editorial: Prison Protest in Nacogdoches |
|
No charges in HPD shooting of self-proclaimed CIA agent
|
|
In the business of GOP politics, business is good |
|
Interview
with Texas' new Secretary of State, Hope Andrade |
|
Is T. Boone Pickens 'Swiftboating' America? |
|
07/23/2008 |
|
Hurricane Dolly
impacts Texas this morning (newest postings are at the bottom)
|
|
Elections leaders to review 66 candidates to replace Navarro |
|
Rio Grande City teen rescued from kidnappers by Mexican police |
|
Sheriff: Illegal alien shot burglar -
still an anit-wimp |
|
Medal for valor: Air Force honors Kingwood graduate for saving soldiers in
Afghanistan |
|
Update:
Perry names Andrade as secretary of state,
Perry expected to name Andrade as secretary of state |
|
Harris Co. DA's office to probe Rosenthal's tardy filing |
|
Culberson: I didn’t mean it! Really! |
|
Rick Noriega Changes Position, Now Says Drill! |
|
Texas grand jury indicts FLDS religious sect members,
statement from Attorney General Greg Abbott |
|
Polygamist sect leader says men indicted on sex charges will turn themselves
in |
|
Houston relaxing city's floodway rules |
|
Pete Olson, congressional candidate, hopes to cash in on Bush visit |
|
Shoplifting gangs have stores, police scrambling |
|
Robber shoots clerk in head at Alvarado travel center |
|
Arlington woman: ‘They blasted through the back door with the shotguns’ |
|
Official says Hayes gave college copyrights to nonprofit |
|
UIL: 2 tested positive for steroids
- what a waste of money that deal is |
|
Davis again cleared to take on Senator Brimer |
|
Austin city manager presents $2.8 billion budget |
|
Abilene council members ask staff to avoid raising tax rate |
|
Carter, other lawmakers on flight that makes unplanned landing |
|
Port
Arthur fire crews respond to barge explosion,
Barge explosion injures one |
|
Texas drivers spend 6 percent of income on gasoline |
|
Randall Co. Sheriff Richardson gets prestigious award |
|
A&M still searches for next Reveille
- cult of the dog still needs icon |
|
990 Texas gas pumps rigged, report says |
|
Dallas Residents To Vote On New Parkland Hospital |
|
Seven Texas universities push for "Tier One" status |
|
Falls Co. constable resigns after his law enforcement license is suspended |
|
Air Force B-52 crash kills Austin-born pilot |
|
Editorial: Texas must resolve child welfare issues |
|
Vandalism Rampage in Big Spring |
|
Editorial: Arson wildfires: It's East Texans' responsibility to speak up to
protect our forestry resources |
|
2 vacancies at the PUC as July Caruthers Parsley resigns |
|
Houston-based ConocoPhillips earns $5.4 billion
in quarter - anti-2nd Amendment
company is an embarrassment to Texas |
|
Glider
pilot killed in crash near Midlothian |
|
Duncanville
police release details on Cherry Pit swingers' club raids
|
|
07/22/2008 |
|
Mountain Lion Blamed For Killing Livestock in Central Texas |
|
Brownwood: Mediation
in potential civil lawsuit related to Ariaz reset |
|
Big 12 makes its case for place among elite
|
|
Texas A&M Sailing Coach Fired |
|
Quiet response to 2007 A&M boat crash questioned |
|
Arlington school superintendent resigns (he was formerly Ysleta's chief),
more |
|
Changes to Texas college grant program will hurt El Paso students, lawmakers
say |
|
Trapped man rescued from gas well shaft |
|
Texas Presidential Campaign Contributions |
|
US House panel rips plan to burn Mexican waste Port Arthur facility
- good grief, that's what the PA facility is for! |
|
State's business tax is coming up short by $1 billion |
|
Escaped Huntsville inmate caught riding bike on
I-45 - should we let him go since
he's so "green" friendly? |
|
Student suing TSU tells jurors he was an FBI informant |
|
Update:
Warren Jeffs, 5 others indicted in Schleicher County,
6 indictments reached, FLDS
Sect leaders could face indictment in West Texas, Women refuse to testify |
|
Attorney
General, others file into grand jury proceedings in Eldorado |
|
Houston Sunmart gas stations accused of cheating customers |
|
EPA delays action on Texas' request to ease ethanol rules |
|
Galveston
searchers say collapse claim was false alarm |
|
Late probate judge's aide won't be on Nov. 4 ballot, GOP selects another
candidate |
|
Gabe Garcia, of Lytle, Makes It To Final Round on NBC's Nashville Star |
|
San Angelo police chief shifts patrol schedules to cope with officer
shortage, no more 4 day week |
|
Dallas Sheriff Valdez Loses another Battle against Commissioner Price |
|
Dallas
County sheriff: Make inmates buy their own pickles and mustard |
|
Update:
Russ Martin doesn't return to airwaves after all,
Radio host Russ Martin to return to airwaves after accusations of assault |
|
Editorial: PUC deserves credit for wind decision |
|
Cornyn visits Waco to tout plans to ease sky-high gas prices |
|
U.S. Senate candidate Rick Noriega releases energy policy proposal,
Noriega energy video |
|
Developers to break ground this week on $52.6M Allen Events Center |
|
Robertson County residents lose bid to stop TXU coal-fired electricity plant |
|
Austin not one of the nation's most
pedestrian-friendly cities, according to report
- they have plenty of bums walking around |
|
Editorial: Texas Bible course creates land mines for public schools |
|
No prison for woman who admits stealing $1 million |
|
Pedernales Co-op board agrees to cut its pay more than 40 percent |
|
Hope Andrade could be Perry’s secretary of state |
|
Nader v. Strama, almost, on Sunday in Austin |
|
Doherty vows to Webcast lobbyist meetings |
|
Cities, take note of AG’s two-sided test for openess |
|
Perry backs $950,000 study of Texas DPS |
|
Texas oilman Pickens spreads wind message to Congress |
|
Update:
Court rules for Wendy Davis,
What happened at the Senator Brimer / Davis hearing |
|
Attorney sentenced to probation, Judge denies motion to have Isassi removed
from Kleberg County office |
|
Remaining 4 Settle Civil Cases In BP Blast Suits |
|
Texas 'Ranger': UT supercomputer upgraded |
|
Potter Co. sheriff's captain suspended for allowing convicted sheriff to
avoid a cell |
|
State report supports Dallas County public defender's appeals division |
|
Man killed in reported SE Houston home invasion |
|
Suspect in Houston convenience store slaying dies after fighting constables |
|
D/FW Airport invites Texas Tech coach Mike Leach for guided tour |
|
Statement by Gov. Rick Perry on EPA Postponing RFS Waiver Decision |
|
Austin
Indemnity Lloyds Insurance Co, a homeowners insurer, leaving state |
|
Texas schools with high dropouts get a break in state rankings
- B.S., this is the same behavior that leads to such crappy schools in the
first place! |
|
Texas lawmakers' plane makes emergency landing 6
|
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07/21/2008 |
|
Texas Youth Commission leader recommends ends to conservatorship |
|
Amarillo artists paint horse statues |
|
Midwives deliver citizenship problems for some |
|
Editorial: Stunning dropout rate should concern Texans
- no, the stunning failure rate to educate those
who stay in school should concern Texans first |
|
Despite gains, state child welfare system flunks federal review |
|
In Case You Missed It…Florida and Texas Job Market |
|
Perry Appoints Lubbock's Kilman to Texas Council On Purchasing from People
with Disabilities |
|
Perry Appoints Parsley as Chief Administrative Law Judge |
|
The ten coolest Texas area codes -
even Aggies agree this A&M newspaper story is meaningless deserving of
ridicule! |
|
Minimum wage increase may cause innovation or job loss |
|
Amarillo voices heard worldwide |
|
Presidential candidates take no stance on new Marine One |
|
Big Brother on Texas Highways |
|
Biz tax receipts inch upward as time passes |
|
Diabetes Prompts Sweet Business In Midland
- the free market at work |
|
Law troubles computer repairmen, sparks lawsuit
- I've received many emails on this and it is overblown. The state is not
going after computer repair technicians and ambiguities can be cleaned up in
the next Leg. session. |
|
Travel tax scofflaws under gun -
these cities are plain wrong, tax is being paid on the amount paid for the
rooms inside their jurisdiction
|
|
Editorial: PUC finds right balance on wind power proposal |
|
Two
cops fired from Beaumont Police Dept. for sex with hookers |
|
Crazy ramblings from the Liberal blogger conference in Austin |
|
Prosecutors return some cash, newspaper shows |
|
Austin's City Hall Will Be Known as a Wildlife Haven |
|
Henderson Co. to name interim sheriff |
|
Missing
Soldier Alive, Husband Arrested |
|
Roof Nearly Completed At Cowboys' New Home |
|
Gov. Perry draws environmentalist support on ethanol stand |
|
New report finds Dallas County jails improved but still falling short on
health care |
|
Trial starts for ex-employee accused of stealing $2 million from eye doctor |
|
Texans recall banking collapse of the '80s |
|
Texas community banks staying healthy, despite other banks going under |
|
Market Street store to create 300 jobs in Frisco |
|
Lipan Apaches honor maidens, Ceremony is first public one in 150 years |
|
3 head to court over claims TSU criticism got them expelled |
|
Conroe
PD: Despite train's horn, man sat on tracks |
|
Houston, Dallas among top cities for mail carrier dog bites |
|
Gas prices drive up tourism in Galveston |
|
Tom Delay's old seat key for GOP in November |
|
El Paso legislators spend $90,000 on campaigns despite lack of challengers |
|
B. Don Magness, 'Mr. Miss Texas,' dies |
|
Report from Washington II: Chet Edwards for Vice-President? |
|
Border produce scam may spark harmful ripple effect |
|
Fort Worth residents stepping up pipeline fight |
|
San Angelo may get grease-composting business |
|
Pete's Puppet Heflin positive about PUC vote on transmission lines |
|
Civics 101: Governor has limited powers |
|
Wichita County petition on sheriff's office pay fails |
|
Editorial: Texans need to conserve water
- moving all Liberals out of the state would save much water, let's start
with the Waco paper's editors |
|
FDA
finds salmonella strain in jalapeño pepper in Texas |
|
Former
Rockwall DA Sumrow hospitalized with chest pains
- anything to avoid prison! |
|
Debate heats up over new home for Dallas Zoo's lone elephant |
|
Cops raid Duncanville swingers' club |
|
The publicity value of a Cornyn visit to Waco: $168
|
|
07/19&20/2008 |
|
Female Soldier Missing From Texas Post |
|
Back to drought conditions for 90% of Texas |
|
Dallas horse owner moves to the front at Lone Star Park |
|
Teen recounts sexual assaults by older kids at Sunnyvale Middle School |
|
Pickens, Democrats agree in calling for alternative fuels |
|
Police shoot wanted Dallas man after Love Field-area car chase |
|
Pickens, Democrats agree in calling for
alternative fuels - everyone is for
"alternative" fuels but some are smart enough to realize there is no magic
wand in the matter. |
|
Lawsuit seeks to preserve evidence at fatal crane collapse |
|
Engineers, government seek cause of fatal crane collapse |
|
Congress may hold hearing on Harris County law enforcement
|
|
SciGuy: Hurricane still could hit Texas Gulf Coast next week |
|
Burmese refugees find safety in Austin |
|
NM officials oppose Asarco smelter in Texas |
|
Harris Co. commissioners
weigh new vote on downtown jail bond |
|
TxDOT campaign at center of debate over government ads |
|
Chronicle's Lisa Falkenberg goes nuts over Gov. Mansion fire |
|
Texas to harness more wind power |
|
22 kidnap victims freed in San Marcos |
|
Former Poteet official is guilty of embezzling |
|
No change in Webb sheriff's race |
|
TAKS the problem, or not enough testing? Students suffer at critical
thinking and application of what they've read |
|
Gang behind Dallas-Fort Worth home invasions built empire on force, strategy |
|
3 Fort Worth residents die in Kaufman County plane crash |
|
Murphy lawyer filling truck with homemade biodiesel |
|
Feds broaden sex misconduct investigation of Judge Kent |
|
Review finds problems persist for child welfare in Texas |
|
Students unite to revive Texas Student Association |
|
Gore drops in on blogger convention in Austin |
|
Dallas radio host, Russ Martin, arrested, released from jail
|
|
Longtime Texas journalist Shuford dead at 63 |
|
Inmate loses weight, escapes through jail vent |
|
Killeen Police Officer Dragged By Car |
|
Evacuated
order lifted; Frisco fire under control |
|
07/18/2008 |
|
“Movable" Border Fence Awaits Approval |
|
Update:
Opponents keep up fight against Bush library at SMU,
Methodist group OKs Bush center at SMU despite opposition |
|
Bush Returns To Central Texas Friday |
|
TTU
administrators confident about removal of accreditation probation |
|
Web site Lists Registered Sex Offenders at Colleges |
|
New land could be added to Palo Duro state park |
|
ABC's 20-20 to revisit Lubbock's Chippendales uproar |
|
Texas may stake fortune on wind power project |
|
Constable Could Lose Job After Being Caught With Pants Down |
|
Mercedes mayor’s job offer from school district questioned |
|
Rising rates have some in Rio Hondo saying H2whoa! |
|
Reward offered after Proctor woman vanishes |
|
Coyote situation getting ugly in Galveston |
|
Big Tex gets fitted with new outfit |
|
Houston Astrodome hit with citations
- they so want to force it to be destroyed |
|
Update:
Four killed as huge crane collapses at Houston refinery,
Five injured in crane collapse in Houston |
|
26 suspected illegal immigrants at San Marcos home |
|
Austin gets even weirder with Conservative blog-fest |
|
Harris Co. official seeks closer look at contract deputy programs |
|
Men
cut power, break into house and demand money |
|
Police: Thieves take plasma TV in home invasion |
|
Culberson taking shots at NASA's bureaucracy |
|
DPS to spend $950,000 for organization evaluation |
|
DeBakey laid to rest in Arlington National Cemetery |
|
Big
Spring Residents to Help Balance the City Budget |
|
Texas Supplier Recall Peppers, Avocados |
|
Judson demotes former high-ranking administrator |
|
San Antonio employers continued to create new jobs in June |
|
More people working in Texas, Abilene |
|
Texas
adds 47,700 jobs in June, unemployment rate drops |
|
Mission Volunteer Firefighters Must Surrender Equipment |
|
Gladewater Woman Dead After 70-year-old Driver Blamed for 2 Wrecks |
|
At
8,800 Square Miles, Gulf's Dead Zone Could Be Largest In History |
|
San
Antonio Needle Exchange Operator, DA Clash |
|
SBOE
moving ahead on proposal to give HS athletes twice the credit |
|
Bible
course standards approved |
|
Arlington ISD names interim superintendent while honorariums reviewed |
|
Texas Democrats See Signs Of Rebound |
|
Thief Takes Items From Dallas Police Car |
|
Mesquite doctor accused of inappropriate touching faces new charge |
|
Bloggers Converge Upon Austin This Weekend |
|
Judge delays ruling on DNA tests in 1983 slayings near Sherman |
|
Fort Worth officer fired after falling asleep in car |
|
Jury clears Border Patrol agent accused of molestation |
|
Noriega likes idea of compulsory service
- sure, we all serve the government. There is no freedom of the individual
and philosophy that the government is to serve us among Democrats. |
|
Lone Star Foundation: Where’s the Property Tax Relief? |
|
Editorial: Texas agency inspectors general need autonomy |
|
Payne Springs Council discusses voter fraud |
|
Pantex work may expand with plan |
|
Escalator
mishap injures women at Mary Kay convention in Dallas |
|
Texas Monthly's ever-hopeful Burka thinks Obama can return the Texas Leg. to
the Democrats - he's out of his
analytical mind |
|
Why Obama, and hope, will win
|
|
07/17/2008 |
|
Castro upbeat about $50,000 war chest for House run (HD-85) |
|
Texas Tech cuts core curriculum in accreditation move |
|
Video evidence leads to former Lubbock ISD administrator's arrest for theft |
|
Former Early PTC member said suspect in $7,000 theft |
|
Lubbock Federal Judge
Rules Vacation To France, Italy Equals Emergency |
|
Medina co. sewage discharge is focus of TCEQ hearing |
|
Legislator floats idea of elected TxDOT chief |
|
Crystal City gets electricity shut off over unpaid bills |
|
Valley's Palo Alto Battlefield site now closer to having historic status |
|
San Antonio boxer Diaz remains in critical condition |
|
Border sheriffs seeking funds for drug fight |
|
Texas
PUC OKs $4.93B in wind power transmission lines,
Texas PUC approves energy plan benefiting Dallas |
|
West
Texas Wind Power Produces Higher Electric Bills |
|
McLennan Co. Sheriff Takes No Position On County Jail Privatization Options |
|
Disturbing New Details Emerge In Mustang Island Sexual Assault Case |
|
State Takes Custody Of Young Girls Following Standoff |
|
SBOE curriculum
flap: (We don't elect an SBOE in order to have them simply agree with
the teachers on everything, if that is to be the case, we don't need any
school boards, just let the teachers run it.)
|
|
Texas A&M Economist Weighs Pros and Cons of Offshore Drilling |
|
Two Children Crushed to Death When Houston Stairwell Collapses |
|
Jurors convict China city secretary of embezzlement |
|
3 victims taken to hospital after storage tank fire north of Kountze |
|
Ex-police West Lake Hills officer acquitted on charges tied to '07 traffic
stop |
|
Criminal charge over tree-chopping in Travis County |
|
Perry: Video games are a big player in the Texas economy |
|
Travis Co. Grand Jury Indicts Former Rodeo Star in Road Rage |
|
Texas DPS Goes Under the Microscope Again |
|
North Carolina's Chanticleer buys 45 Hooters across Texas ^.^ |
|
Seguin's Triple Freeport status may lure more business |
|
Texas Attorney General Arrests Five Sex Offenders For Illegally Using
Myspace.Com |
|
AG Recovers $15.7 Million In Medicaid Costs Under National Settlement |
|
Drunk Crawls Under Van to Sleep; Gets Run Over |
|
Abilene Neighborhood Gas Leak Scare - don't be dumb, call 800-DIG-TESS |
|
FTC shuts down Richardson credit-repair firm |
|
Dallas-Fort Worth new car and truck sales drop 3.9% |
|
Dallas-Fort Worth home foreclosure postings jump 18% |
|
Ex-Gov.
Briscoe gives $100,000 to rebuild Texas Governor's Mansion |
|
Dallas public transit (DART) smashes ridership records |
|
Tarrant
County sheriff hospitalized after falling through ceiling |
|
Noriega silent on Clark comment in Dallas |
|
El Paso: Alleged bribe-taker in Parra papers not on Commissioners Court |
|
El Paso County Sheriff's Deputies Fired Upon |
|
NASA takes notice of Abernathy teen's paper rocket |
|
Mexican police arrest two Valley residents on kidnapping charges |
|
Iraan-Sheffield School District To Take Over Educational Needs for Pyote
youth prison |
|
Food poisoning possible at Galveston County Jail |
|
Oilman Clayton Williams not raising McCain funds
- good |
|
Perry gives World Court the brush off |
|
Houston: Former officials accused of stealing from union |
|
Pres. Bush to attend fundraiser for Pete Olson in River Oaks |
|
Dallas may charge visitors for accidents
- Welcome to Dallas, F* You! |
|
Soaring fuel costs clip Continental profits |
|
CBS visits Victoria to film series on alternative energy |
|
RIP: former state
rep. Jimmy Horany of Wichita Falls |
|
Dallas
police officer fired following bribery accusations
|
|
07/16/2008 |
|
Campaign finance database for Abbott, Combs, Craddick, Dewhurst, Patterson &
Perry |
|
Dee Margo rakes in cash in race for El Paso State House seat |
|
Barrett vs. Shelton, Round 15 - HD-97 in Fort Worth |
|
Lampson raises $261,425 in 2Q,
Olson fattens war chest |
|
Skelly out-fundraises Rep. Culberson for second straight quarter |
|
Skelly plans barrage of TV ads for House bid |
|
Gap widens between Craddick, Dingus in campaign finances |
|
Doherty hauls respectable amount but still trails McCaul |
|
Democrats' millions to aid 2 Texans |
|
The check’s in the mail |
|
Ruiz raises little for challenge to Carter |
|
African journey: SMU basketball team learns about teammates, culture |
|
New Harris Co. Sheriff's post will investigate jail abuses |
|
MillerCoors picks Chicago over Dallas |
|
Poultry king paid for Perry's airfare, gave to
campaign - good, better Pilgrim than
us |
|
Grant from EPA lets Houston study Ship Channel |
|
El Paso computer tech admits to mail fraud plot |
|
Native American beliefs clash with rural district's dress code |
|
Houston pays $1.5 million to parents of boy killed by officer |
|
Texas high school athletes could receive more credits for sports |
|
Update:
USA Boxing Reinstates Yanez To Olympic Team,
Duncanville's Yanez reinstated to Olympic boxing team, sources say |
|
Suspected pot farm found in vacant classroom at Wilmer-Hutchins High School |
|
Appraisals of Texas commercial property put under microscope; some say land
undervalued |
|
Dallas County Sheriff Lupe Valdez agrees to meet with employee groups |
|
John Cornyn's Medicare vote surprised doctors who donated to his campaign |
|
Police say North Richland Hills man's death was elaborate suicide |
|
Judge orders new DNA evidence turned over in 1991 yogurt shop murders |
|
Young conservatives undeterred by trend toward liberal politics |
|
Stupidity on Parade:
UT researchers say global warming increases kidney stones |
|
Waco Ranger Museum Archeology Costs Pass Million Dollar Mark |
|
Pilgrim’s Pride Cuts Hundreds Of Jobs, closes El Paso distribution center |
|
Early council, Zephyr water reach tentative pipeline agreement |
|
FFA convention-goers find Lubbock to liking |
|
Smokeless Tobacco Prevention Campaign Urges
Texas Youth to Spit It Out - that's
what they already do, enjoy it for a while and then spit it out. |
|
Pleasant in the Panhandle, Summer not sizzling ... yet |
|
About that Keep Texas Moving lawsuit |
|
A&M economics professor honored |
|
Police: Brother-in-law confessed to killing missing Edinburg teen |
|
$7 Billion Pipeline Expansion to Supply Crude to Southeast Texas Plants |
|
Investigator: Former City of China Secretary Admitted Taking Money |
|
Legislators get earful as property values grow like weeds |
|
Purchasing agent accused of property misuse
hired by Beaumont school district -
what do they care? It's not their money, it's ours! |
|
Editorial: Jefferson County leaders should decline more pay raises |
|
Editorial: Pedernales co-op board blows it - again |
|
Editorial: Legislature should be responsible for Governor's Mansion
restoration |
|
Midwives return to Austin hospital |
|
Powdery substance found at South Austin IRS building |
|
Woman Finds Bullet (cartridge) in Weight Watchers Smoothie |
|
Well of Controversy: Water Hogs Threaten Farm |
|
San Marcos Police Charge 2 With Large-Scale Credit Card Fraud |
|
Dell Foundation gives $750,000 for Texas education tracking system |
|
Error Could Keep N. Texas Teen From Playing College Football |
|
UT
Professors Accidentally Expose Students' Personal Data |
|
Some United Methodists oppose Bush library plans at SMU
|
|
Bush library fundraising draws scrutiny |
|
Mary Kay convention rolls into Dallas this week |
|
Southwest Airlines executives play musical chairs |
|
Corsicana railcar headed back home in pieces |
|
Ex-Alice mayor gets $300 fine, 48 hours' service in case over dog |
|
Mustang Island Park Ranger Accused Of Aggravated Sexual Assault |
|
After ruling, Cleburne ISD officials take case to Austin |
|
City of El Paso 'going green'
- no they're not, they are doing an old fashioned energy audit |
|
El Paso FBI Probe:
Parra pleads guilty: 1 count is conspiracy to bribe county officials,
Parra is 5th to allege county officials took bribes |
|
U.S. Rep. Silvestre Reyes (D-El Paso) named in ethics complaint |
|
Former Ysleta ISD superintendent, now Arlington ISD chief, Hector Montenegro
focus of inquiry |
|
Arlington rally set to support embattled schools
chief - before they even know the
results of an inquiry! |
|
Some at Austin hearing question TxDOT's competency |
|
AMR loses $1.4 billion in second quarter |
|
Editorial: City’s pay policy is way out of balance |
|
Remembering DeBakey: Houston honors a legend |
|
DeBakey to be buried at Arlington National Cemetery |
|
Katy
teacher accused of having sex with student |
|
Midland Ranked the Best Place to Do Business |
|
New phone fee repeal is sought |
|
FEMA flood relief money finally on its way to Grayson Co. |
|
RIP: Longtime
Corpus Christi newsman Gene Looper dies |
|
Judge
puts off decision on BP plea deal |
|
A Tale of Two Cities - New York & Houston |
|
Millions to improve Texas colonias go unspent |
|
Tire Blowout Sparks High Fire Near Tyler Airport |
|
Democratic National Committee Chairman Howard Dean heading to Central Texas
|
|
Dallas
County sheriff holds closed-door meeting with labor groups |
|
RadioShack and Select Medical pay $1.5 million to settle ID theft claims |
|
U.S.
expects no action on U.N. order to halt Texas executions
|
|
Houston consumer prices jump 4.9 percent in a year |
|
Gov. Perry Invites Video Game Companies to Choose Texas |
|
Garland steers clear of a cellphone ban in school zones |
|
NCAA
docks TSU with probation, tennis suspensions
|
|
07/15/2008 |
|
Pizza Patron clerk punches out armed robber, refuses to hand over pesos,
Denton pizza employee: Surprised to see dad when wig falls off robber |
|
Chatty Burglary Suspect Outstays Welcome, Gets Arrested |
|
Advocates urge PUC to adopt wind energy plan |
|
Editorial: Good time for DPS chief to retire |
|
Editorial: Mansion fire fallout spotlights DPS woes |
|
Editorial: DPS needs changes in leadership, direction |
|
Manhattan Project waste to travel to NM across Texas |
|
Person of interest in polygamy raid no-show |
|
Texan Miss USA ready to move on after tumble |
|
Grand Jury indicts widow in husband's 1985 death
|
|
Pretrial Hearing Scheduled For Former Downtown Waco Director |
|
Crews prepare for border wall in Hidalgo County |
|
Opinion: The Water Shortage Myth |
|
Scratch-off tickets sold after prize already
claimed - but it is government
sponsored gambling so who can you sue? |
|
RIP: Reed Quilliam, Jr., former state rep. & champion of TTU law school |
|
4 arrested over drinking beer on the roof of San Angelo school |
|
Texas first lady announces mansion rebuilding fund |
|
Newspaper sues Univ. of Texas employee over bogus article |
|
Corpus Christi inmate accidentally freed from Nueces Co. jail |
|
TEA tells Cleburne school district to pay up |
|
CME bishop suspended due to sexual assault indictment |
|
Editorial: Galveston
island city wise to avoid a sea battle |
|
Senator Mike Jackson fined by ethics panel |
|
Campaign finance numbers start to roll in |
|
Tx. House Dist. 32 foes build big war chests |
|
Editorial: Justice residency law should be changed |
|
Arlington GM plant awaits word on impact of cuts |
|
El Paso civic leader Hunt died from overdose of prescribed medicine |
|
Editorial: DeBakey's far-ranging impact |
|
DeBakey's city hall viewing a first |
|
Houstonians pause to honor Dr. DeBakey |
|
Finding: State
schools for people with disabilities failing at placing patients in
community-based homes |
|
Employee groups criticize Dallas County Sheriff Lupe Valdez's leadership |
|
Latino Peace Officers Say, Sheriff Valdez “Showing No Leadership” |
|
Exco acquires gas producing properties in East Texas |
|
Houston FBI opens big new digital crime lab |
|
Lawmakers ponder letting voters choose TxDOT chief
- bad idea, leave it to the Gov. |
|
San Antonio legislator wants to consider elected TxDOT commissioner |
|
In Waller, whites & blacks still buried separately |
|
Enrollment in Univ. of Houston's online classes rising with gas prices |
|
Houston Chronicle news gets harder and harder |
|
Police: Texas home invasion gang operated club, targeted patrons |
|
Viral video shows astonishing Texas crash |
|
SeaWorld may get new owner |
|
Personal records from Houston attorney's office found in trash dumpster
- should have used our
sponsor |
|
Houston exports worth $29.9B in first half of 2007 |
|
Austin exported $3.8 billion in goods in first half of 2007 |
|
Analyst: Houston companies would benefit from offshore drilling |
|
Prairie dog colony evicted permanently from Plainview |
|
McAllen reaches settlement with police union |
|
Pastor runs over, kills toddler in Donna |
|
Police seize drugs at child daycare center |
|
Speaker
Craddick with Natalie Swain - Craddick says he's lined up for
re-election as Speaker |
|
Huckabee to replace Snow at Midland fundraiser |
|
Midlanders meet McCain in Albuquerque Monday |
|
Permian Basin physicians heading to Uganda on medical mission |
|
Longview ranked among nation's top places to do business |
|
Laredo street Matamoros gets name clarification |
|
Some Concerned About Saltwater Into Wichita River |
|
Central Texas Man Charged With DWI Four Times In Two Weeks |
|
State leaders present plans to diversify energy sources |
|
Pickens returning to Sweetwater to film commercial |
|
Bexar County To Look Into 4-Day Work Week |
|
San Antonio named one of America’s top markets for residential investing |
|
Judge dismisses lawsuit against Montgomery county, sheriff |
|
Group
Studies 'Cocaine Pill' In San Antonio |
|
Editorial: Voters need more control over appraisals |
|
Shapiro US Senate bid backed by a dozen Texas Senate colleagues |
|
Bangs native Coffey Anderson still hot on 'Nashville Star' |
|
Early rivalry between Texas, Texas A&M an economic one |
|
Texans Send Letter To USDA on feed use problems |
|
Austin Summit Focused on Strengthening Conservative Online Activism, July 18 |
|
TWC’s Tele-Centers Extend Hours for Unemployment Insurance Claimants |
|
Sen. Hutchison Extends Texas Toll Moratorium through 2009 |
|
Former
Customs agent from Laredo pleads guilty to fake papers scheme |
|
Houston
home sales decline for 10th straight month
|
|
07/14/2008 |
|
Miss USA (Miss Texas) falls at Miss Universe |
|
Taxpayers to bailout Amarillo's performing arts center
- the great GlobePAC bailout! |
|
Lubbockite Remembers Tony Snow |
|
Houston PD rookie's car recovered, but no word on gun and Taser |
|
Campaign costs spur politicians |
|
Many Texas politicians receive hefty donations
from top donors - good, it lets
voters know where they stand on issues far more accurately than campaign
pledge. |
|
Bush Will Lift Offshore Drilling Ban, Congress Must Lift Ban Before Drilling
Can Happen |
|
RIP: Dr. Michael E. DeBakey, father of modern cardiovascular surgery |
|
Baylor, Methodist mourn death of Dr. Michael E. DeBakey |
|
Statement of Gov. Rick Perry on Death of Dr. Michael DeBakey |
|
Pastor Bonds Out Of Central Texas Jail, Transferred To Louisiana Custody |
|
Report: Object In Central Texas Sky Was Headed Toward Bush Ranch |
|
Former jailer pleads no contest to contraband |
|
Texas Spends The Most On Abstinence Education |
|
Texas abstinence funding causes debate |
|
McCain: “I've Earned Hispanics' Trust”
- he's losing ours by speaking at before this
racist group |
|
McCain speaks to La Raza convention |
|
Editorial: Some 1970s fads should stay gone |
|
Cuellar: Valley troops in Afghanistan seek more support |
|
RG Valley indigent program drawing scrutiny |
|
El Paso: Maximum Security High Alert At Thomason Hospital |
|
John Dean attending fundraiser for Travis County Democrats |
|
Bell in state Senate race |
|
Robert
Black
leaving as Perry press aide |
|
Austin companies considering four-day workweeks |
|
Texas has hired people with abuse records to care for disabled, audit finds |
|
Round Rock designated one of the top places to live by magazine |
|
Austin school district halts funding for 'Rent'
- good |
|
Police Investigating How Body Ended on Top of Train |
|
Former UT Player Sentenced in Travis County Court |
|
San Marcos Police Say 9-year-old Girl Sexually Assaulted by Burglar |
|
Austin retail sector continues to outperform other Texas markets |
|
Party-switcher Hunter hopes to unseat Obama's buddy in Port Aransas |
|
You can fight City Hall, but it ain't easy
- this is a perfect example of what many of us experience with our local
governments |
|
Editorial: Nederland right to put education over athletics |
|
Sen. Brimer may have to fight to keep seat
- and especially so if the Star Telegram remains
a campaign organ for his opponent and other democrats |
|
Lone Star Park parent firm pushes off-track, online wagering |
|
Wikipedia becomes campaign tool in local state Senate race |
|
Sheriffs say money still needed to secure border |
|
Editorial: Perot, Pickens and our oil future |
|
Editorial: Stop tiptoeing around immigration |
|
D/FW part of FAA test program |
|
Police Labor Unions to Denounce Sheriff Lupe Valdez |
|
Texas A&M seeks new mascot |
|
Corpus Christi fire station suffers electrical fire |
|
Teen In Custody For Fires At Dallas Schools |
|
Border traffic down at El Paso sector |
|
Border Patrol seeks a few good women |
|
Dallas center at heart immigration hiring surge |
|
Brenham police station stalled |
|
Representative Chisum pushes to ‘protect marriage’ |
|
Insurance firm gets Rita-related audit |
|
Only surprise of Galveston toxic-fish alert -- why now? |
|
Man who says he's Jesus spreads controversial message in Houston |
|
Texas students push for guns on campus |
|
Dozens dig for ancient sea creature in North Texas |
|
Continental named 'Best Domestic Airline' by Executive Travel Magazine |
|
RIP: Oilman and philanthropist Roy Huffington dies at 90 |
|
A lesson on gun class curriculum |
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Clay Robison: Sunset review raises idea of elected insurance commissioner |
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Jaime Castillo: Castro has greatly improved his odds of becoming mayor |
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Dem Noriega short on funding, recognition in Senate bid |
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Cornyn has 10 times more cash than Noriega for campaign |
|
Comptroller Susan Combs leads trade mission to Spain on behalf of Texas
firms |
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Talmadge Heflin: Texas-sized transparency |
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Info about the Governor’s Mansion Renovation Project |
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Deputies: One arrest may have solved 13 Fort Bend crimes
- not unusual |
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Judge lets Baytown girl charged in baby's death go home |
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Duncanville's Luis Yanez loses appeal, remains off Olympic boxing team |
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Man
accused of attacking bailiff at Dallas courthouse
|
|
Plano-based
Bennigan's offers menu in Spanish -
so what, it's a private business. I am glad when in Mexico many restaurants
offer an English menu, it is part of catering to tourists and the USA is a
big tourist destination for Mexicans |
|
Shapiro
confirms she’s looking at Senate run |
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Rep. Smith Supports Efforts to Keep Battleship TEXAS in Place |
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Perry Receives “Pathfinder” Award from San Antonio Chamber of Commerce |
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Sen. Hutchison Secures $10 Million for San Antonio River Project
|
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07/11/2008 limited updates
today, guest host is GOP chairman Chris Winn |
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Texas Carries Out Second Execution Of The Year |
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More Than 500 Inmates Sick In Galveston Co. Jail |
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Duncanville boxer Luis Yanez's Olympic appeal resumes today |
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Will Phil Gramm's 'nation of whiners' comments hurt John McCain?
- McCain just keeps on kicking his friends in the teeth, what a guy... |
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Texas to hire hundreds to determine eligibility for social services |
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Police search Galena Park yard for a palm-sized fetus
|
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Mayor White: EPA counts only 1% of refineries' pollution |
|
Hummer runs over toddler at car wash in Victoria
|
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Texas gas prices up slightly |
|
Second group files suit against AG, Austin schools |
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Corpus hospital's pharmacy blamed in blood thinner error |
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Bumpersticker seems to target Perry’s re-election |
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Noriega courts Senate Democratic leadership |
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Chess greats make jump to Lubbock this fall |
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|
|
07/10/2008 |
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Toyota To Close San Antonio Tundra Plant Temporarily - Aug to Nov.,
more |
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Toyota shifting all Tundra work to San Antonio, but plans temporary halt in
production |
|
Second heparin-linked newborn dies in Corpus Christi |
|
Trial lawyer's TV ads seek people affected by heparin |
|
AG Abbott Files New Action Against Four Drug Companies |
|
AG
approves standards for bible courses but no specific curricula
(pdf) |
|
AG Abbott Files Action To Halt Uncertified Richardson Nursing School |
|
Distinguished Lubbock Lawyer, brother of former Speaker, Warlick Carr dies |
|
Sen. Duncan: Boone Pickens' plans to sell water
aren't good for West Texas - Hmm, I
thought most of West Texas was engaged in selling its commodities: oil,
cotton, corn, wheat, cattle, and more... |
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Supreme Court Justice Scalia to speak at Texas Tech |
|
Thornberry: Update on the “No More Excuses Energy Act” |
|
Thornley: A Better Homeowners’ Insurance Market Awaits Texas |
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Immigration Not Key to Winning Hispanic Vote: Experts |
|
Senators Hutchison, Cornyn Issue Statements on Medicare |
|
Central Texas FBI Agent Indicted In Dog’s Death |
|
Tearful Teenager Escorted From Courtroom After Receiving Prison Sentence |
|
Editorial: Windmills should stand on merits |
|
Groups want clarification on hurricane evacuations |
|
Binational cooperation highlighted at law enforcement conference |
|
Growing pains: $48 million sorghum loss to have ripple effect |
|
Customers
held at gunpoint at Frisco bank file racial profiling suit |
|
7 robbers wearing ski masks, bandanas rob store of ATM |
|
Woman pleads not guilty in FLDS/Eldorado false-reporting case |
|
Lewisville Soccer Coach Charged With Sexually Abusing Two Girls |
|
Commuter rail tour derailed - really, they were derailed |
|
Leander Going Dry with Water Restrictions |
|
Census: Austin eighth fastest growing city in U.S. between 2006 & '07 |
|
Census Bureau: Houston fastest-growing Texas city |
|
Electronic voting criticized, Machines
undercount, lawyer says - the key to
this is understanding what they mean by "undercount", they are really
talking about voter error, not machine error. |
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No eSlate problems in Taylor County, officials say |
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Abilene proposes property tax increase |
|
Continental Leaving Abilene |
|
Coleman Ambulances In Trouble |
|
Aggies get new provost: Jeffery S. Vitter |
|
Anti-Wimp:
Business Owner Shoots, Kills Alleged Copper Thief |
|
Dallas in run-off for MillerCoors HQ |
|
Is Dallas D.A. Watkins Polygraphing His Employees? |
|
Nonprofit Acorn Misappropriated Funds |
|
Nueces County freezes employee hiring |
|
So what was more important for Karl Rove than Congress? |
|
Eustace "Hit-List" Student out of jail |
|
Laredo USDA worker guilty over infested items |
|
Dallas Inching Closer to DART Expansion |
|
Fort Worth: Police Raid Massive CD & DVD Pirating Operation |
|
Social services czar sets measurements for troubled eligibility system |
|
Veteran Dallas TV anchor leaving news to start Web program |
|
Survey: Downtown Dallas parking costs among lowest in U.S. |
|
Slowdown hasn't hit Dallas-Fort Worth retail building market |
|
Rangerettes travel to capital for presidential inauguration |
|
Ask Amy: Should Cities Pay To Keep Trains Quiet? |
|
Complaints rising right along with tuition, fees |
|
Wife of Aggie sailor sues over deadly sailboat accident |
|
Rice technology could ring profits from biofuels waste |
|
Data sought on Texas officer deaths |
|
Soaring costs jeopardize Bell's copter contract |
|
Special flag used during funeral services of fallen Central Texas
firefighter |
|
Sex e-mail snares a second professor |
|
Studies
find Irving's at-large City Council system hurts Hispanic voters |
|
Watauga
man released from jail after no traces of drugs found in cookies |
|
Suicide
bullet kills man, injures Brazoria investigator
|
|
07/09/2008 |
|
140 Photos:
Can Miss USA (Miss Texas Crystle Stewart of Missouri City) win Miss Universe
2008? |
|
Update:
Restraining order granted,
FLDS seeks restraining order against private investigator, a possible grand
jury witness |
|
Understaffing costs Houston taxpayers $150 million in overtime |
|
McLennan County Receives Single Proposal From Private Jail Vendor |
|
Did heparin kill Corpus Christi infant? Autopsy to tell |
|
Christus Spohn: Babies not harmed by Heparin |
|
Heparin Cases Rise to 17-One Affected Infant Dies-Cause Unknown |
|
Informants profited from immigration raid at Houston factory |
|
Column: I have a problem with "Houston, we have
a problem" - yeah and the biggest is
that a Chronicle columnist has the time to worry about such a silly thing. |
|
Gov.'s Mansion Fire: memo reveals trooper staffing issues |
|
Trooper’s Internet sites revealed |
|
Clerk embezzled $6 million from Houston employer to live in luxury |
|
Lawyers not buying Houston ISD superintendent's contract claims |
|
Not the Tex-Mex dips! Salmonella scare affects those, too |
|
2 Texas Tech professors in Iraq as part of nuclear dismantlement |
|
Galveston opposes plan for coastline regulations |
|
Conroe libel trial pits brother against brother - again,
Trial begins in Dixon-Watchdog newsletter defamation suit |
|
Anti-Wimp:
Fireworks stand owner shoots alleged burglar |
|
Dallas County meeting turns racial -
Stupidity on Parade |
|
Immigration Agents Raid Marine Business |
|
Beaumont woman in critical condition after son shoots her in the head |
|
Amarillo man confesses to beating his 72 year old grandpa to death |
|
Man Who Killed Parents In Irving Set To Die |
|
Editorial: Texas Democrats should end old caucus system |
|
Editorial: Dancing the Texas two-step for Democrats should be easier |
|
Doozy or dud: Republicans pick Obama sticker |
|
Austin PD officers suspended for spending too much time together |
|
Federal
appeals court hears Texas electronic voting case |
|
Former Bush aide Hughes to join Austin office of Burson-Marsteller |
|
Estelline
Mayor Arrested for allegedly slapping a city employee |
|
Amarillo votes to close its city jail |
|
Wind turbines being seen as smart idea for schools |
|
Corpus Christi: Three Teens Arrested After Chemical Bomb Prank |
|
Two words that seniors love to see linked: Medicare and graveyard |
|
CCPD: Victim turns out to be burglar |
|
Wal-Mart to remove Memin Pinguin comic book from stores |
|
Bernsen returns to Texas from Iraq |
|
Meyers: Oppponent Vo knew of poor living conditions |
|
Democrats take aim at insurance industry |
|
Texas lawmaker calls for elected insurance chief |
|
Sunset Commission now placing public comments on internet |
|
Dallas County D.A. Craig Watkins Still “Moonlighting” |
|
Chris Bell inching toward a comeback |
|
Blogger says Michelle Obama dissed Texas |
|
El Paso Council says no to any tax increase, urges cuts |
|
Former El Paso TV reporter sues Chicago station for airing bikini video |
|
Rain Pounds West El Paso |
|
Del Rio to appeal injunction related to airport business |
|
Clear Choice In Texas House District 149, Vo must go |
|
Houston: Thugs attack helpless seniors in complex |
|
ExpressJet to cut flights under own brand name
- that didn't last long |
|
Thomas: Granting Shariah law is a step to subjugation |
|
Police may have eaten cookies laced with drugs |
|
Watauga teen tells police he didn't spike their cookies |
|
Construction to begin on new Hill County University Center |
|
Cisneros pledges to help Obama go all-out for Hispanic vote |
|
ACC prof put on leave for role in sexual e-mail exchange |
|
Editorial: Texas wind energy merits bold support |
|
Hutto shifts focus in transmission line fight |
|
Financial details emerge in fraud case of Nacogdoches businessman; investors
named in new documents |
|
McCain's Midland fundraiser won't be rescheduled
- told you so! |
|
DA plans to seek death penalty for mother who killed her toddler |
|
Politics remains hot issue in San Juan |
|
Dallas
County taxpayers shelled out at least $5,800 in legal fight over jail
filming - bargain compared to the
lawsuits the filming might have boosted |
|
Update:
snake found,
Missing deadly snake causes concern at Moody Gardens |
|
Border
agent guilty of smuggling illegal immigrants |
|
T. Boone Pickins: My Plan to Escape the Grip of Foreign Oil |
|
Gov. Perry Appoints Three to Finance Commission of Texas |
|
Widow charged 23 years after husband's murder |
|
Red Oak city manager resigns - 3rd in 13 months |
|
State
Preservation Board head stepping down |
|
Texas
top state for doing business says CNBC study
|
|
07/08/2008 |
|
"Citizens For A New Harlingen" file petition for single-member districts |
|
Cameron County ballot could be missing Democrat candidate for constable |
|
Witness: Wall Collapse That Killed Fire Chief Sounded Like Explosion |
|
Texas Hospital Overdoses 14 Premature Babies On Blood Thinner |
|
Six plaintiffs settle before end of BP blast trial |
|
Southwest Airlines to offer first international flights - to Canada |
|
T. Boone Pickens wants more emphasis on alternative energy,
Legendary oilman Pickens promotes revamping U.S. power policy |
|
Waco leaders discuss naming school after Obama
- good grief! |
|
AG rules districts must pay teacher benefits |
|
First-time handgun license applications jump |
|
Judge Declines To Dismiss Holy Land Defendants |
|
Judge
Says Some Cops Can't Take Blood For DWI Test |
|
Sunken A&M
sailboat ran aground twice |
|
Rain not enough to end drought or help cotton crop in the RGV |
|
Teen's Status Changes From Person of Interest to Suspect in Homicide |
|
Former Kyle city secretary dies in surgery |
|
Krusee: Central Texas needs to get moving on rail projects |
|
Trooper: No protocol for bees in car crashes |
|
Austin Federal Judge Sentences 11 In Housing Fraud Scheme |
|
Report: Austin a good place to get foot in door |
|
UT, ACC and nonprofit groups receive $1 million in TG grants |
|
Update:
Dallas Co. commissioners delay vote on take-home vehicles,
Taking County-owned Cars Home Sparks Debate in Dallas |
|
Corpus Christi PD finds homemade bomb, after it exploded |
|
Texas oilfield workers find WWII bomb |
|
4 El Paso charities don't meet standard |
|
Mexican comic book 'Memin Pinguin' sold at Wal-Mart called racist |
|
Police: Carjacking possible motive for NorthPark shooting of woman |
|
American
Airlines warns of 209 job cuts at Texas airports |
|
Fort Worth Senate candidate, Davis, seeks speedy trial in suit to boot her
off the ballot |
|
Davis accuses Senator Brimer of "hiding behind lawyers" |
|
Denton firefighter arrested on harassment charge |
|
State wants public input on beach building rules |
|
Joe Horn: 'This has been so hard' |
|
Why is your electricity bill going up? |
|
FBI:
ZZ Top bandit strikes again in San Marcos |
|
Secretary of State Wilson Reflects on his Time in Office |
|
State Rep. Dan Flynn's report |
|
David Lee Hall of Plano: Preventing Dropouts |
|
TWC Employer Commissioner Ron Lehman Ends 10 Years of State Service |
|
Cornyn to Dem Leadership: Address Long-Term Solution to Medicare Payment
System |
|
Sen. Hutchison: Refiners Tax Credit to Become Reality |
|
Texas Dem chairman
still stands behind the 'two-step' |
|
California activist's
ethics crusade targets Texas lawmakers, judges |
|
Houston PD: 'Mentally challenged' man left in hot van dies |
|
In Texas, Ex-Colombia hostages recount chains and cruelty |
|
Proposal would bring world-class resort to Texas side of Lake Texoma |
|
Texas' American Airlines last in ontime service |
|
Government's decision allows public to know what state withheld regarding
DaVita Lufkin Dialsyis clinic |
|
Deaths of clinic patients above state average |
|
Midland proposed tax rate at its lowest in 20 years
- rate is meaningless unless increases in appraised values are considered
too. |
|
400,000 Texans Urged to File for Early Recovery Rebate |
|
Retired DPS Trooper goes to jail |
|
Port Arthur
election contest to be heard in court |
|
El Paso congressman Reyes denies aiding wife's kin in Mexico
- B.S. |
|
Burka: GOP puts its comeback hopes on redistricting–and guess who is leading
the way? |
|
Update:
Coach plans to take libel suit to supreme court,
Tyler Appeals Court Dismisses Coach’s Libel Suit |
|
McLennan County Sheriff Officer's Association leader calls on sheriff to
oppose jail privitization |
|
U.S. Marshals Join Search For Fugitive Former Little League Coach |
|
Del Rio embraces border fence idea |
|
Man
delivers drug-laced cookies to police stations across Dallas-Fort Worth |
|
Dallas
ISD administrator, vendor found guilty in corruption trial
|
|
Feds
begin inspecting Harris County Jail facilities |
|
Cancer group calls for taking hot dogs out of school cafeterias |
|
Defense
rests in trial of McKinney drill team booster club treasurer |
|
Attorney
General denies media access to Gov.'s Mansion fire video
|
|
07/07/2008 |
|
Editorial: Say bye forever to Fairness Doctrine |
|
Stunt pilot (& Brownwood
firefighter) killed in plane crash doing aerobatics,
more |
|
Teague VFD chief killed battling a building fire |
|
San Antonio ammonia leak forces evacuation |
|
Texas Tech students part of largest study in state on prairie chickens |
|
Population loss being felt by dozens of West Texas counties |
|
Judge sets trial date in contested Port Arthur city council race |
|
Texas coast is ready for more drilling |
|
Dem chairman Richie floats changes to Democratic “primacaucus” |
|
Texas primary, caucus system could face overhaul |
|
After Williamson historical site is missed during road-building, state wants
to study other sites |
|
Austinites' backyard chicken flocks grow |
|
Texas Weight Lifter Hopes For Gold in Summer Olympics |
|
Fewer Texas banks merging this year |
|
San Antonio habitat affiliate settles lawsuit |
|
Suspicious
package detonated at Fort Bliss Army post |
|
Amarillo Duster shot to death in W.Va. |
|
Editorial: Private eye law does not compute |
|
The present is catching up to Texas' old cemeteries, historic sites |
|
Dallas-Fort Worth pre-owned home sales down 20% in June |
|
American Airlines again ranks last in on-time arrivals |
|
Republican official tapped to be Collin County commissioner |
|
BBC film crew uses Brownsville as historic backdrop |
|
Hero receives DPS award for crash help |
|
Police: Four saw Houston city worker shoot colleague |
|
Ship Channel struggles to fill job surplus with skilled workers |
|
Guns may be allowed at Texas colleges |
|
Craddick faulted for not stopping 'ghost voting’ |
|
Bud Kennedy: Chet Edwards would serve as VP, but are they asking? |
|
Austin group selling Obama bumper stickers for every state |
|
Rove on Obama’s Chances to Win a Red State |
|
Paul Burka: Chisum Trail |
|
Pharr report says city ‘no doubt’ in trouble |
|
Midlander's
son becomes Guatemalan Ambassador |
|
Midland welders bring home gold from national competition |
|
East Texas jet service to start in September |
|
A better way: Treating Texas prisoners has long-term dividends |
|
Rep. King committee seeks taxpayer input |
|
Westbound
I-20 in Arlington shuts down after four trucks collide |
|
Jury
deliberations start in Dallas schools corruption case |
|
Gov. Perry Sets Special Election Date for House District 81 |
|
Teen couple sought after Winnie man found dead |
|
Critics: Prison labor hurts free-world jobs |
|
Program lets Texans get 2-year degrees at 4-year colleges
|
|
07/04 to 06/2008
Happy
Independence
Day |
|
More Salmonella Cases Confirmed In Central Texas |
|
Texas Memorial To 9/11 Airline Employees Dedicated,
site |
|
Three Dead After Rash Of Holiday Shooting |
|
After 24 years, questions raised about B&B Ranch capital case |
|
Attorney: Brownwood police chief ignored complaints about inappropriate
behavior officer Ariaz,
Cowin disputes claim he ignored Ariaz complaints |
|
Texas leads nation in boating fatalities |
|
Officials charge Williamson County merchants with selling drug gear |
|
Dallas Cowboys voice Murphy Martin dead at 82 |
|
Gas pump inaccuracies both help, hurt consumer |
|
Alamo survivor's Austin home gets new life |
|
Disbarred OKC attorney seeking acting roles in Texas |
|
El Paso: Stabbing suspect caught fleeing in wheelchair |
|
Rosenberg welcomes return of no-kill bullfighting |
|
Bloodless bullfight safe for bull, not for matador |
|
Noriega, Cornyn spar over veterans' issues |
|
Noriega links Cornyn to Pilgrim
- so? Bo Pilgrim is right. |
|
Democrat Noriega hauls in $930,000 in second quarter |
|
UTSA professor fantasized over students, report says |
|
Brooke's former stepfather due in court Monday |
|
Lawyers for Holy Land defendants seeking dismissal |
|
U.S. Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee calls for Federal inquiry into Harris County
legal system |
|
See
Joe Horn describe shootings |
|
Ex-Trammell Crow exec makes Lake Austin Spa Resort a paradise |
|
Debate flares over wind power in Texas |
|
Duncanville contestant crowned Miss Teen Texas |
|
Harris Co. neighborhoods that can pay get more sheriff's patrols |
|
Man flees after firing shots at off-duty Houstin ISD officer |
|
Do-it-yourself spirit fuels their waste oil vision |
|
Former Texas Aggie & NFL Player Terrence Kiel Killed in Car Crash
|
|
07/03/2008 |
|
Single-member petition drive reaches goal in Harlingen |
|
South Padre Island to benefit from fuel costs on July 4th |
|
Two Arrested In Restaurant Hold-Up; Robber Pulled Trigger, But Gun Jammed |
|
Warrant Issued For Former Central Texas Police Chief |
|
Freed Americans Land In Texas |
|
Abel Cruz on the 4th of July |
|
Snyder Family Watches Son's Transformation to Marine
more |
|
Modern-day
gunslingers enjoy competition and camaraderie |
|
Tech picks ex-Texan Bailey for president |
|
Flip-flop: Noriega supports lifting ban on offshore drilling |
|
E-mail
scam uses Texas attorney general's name,
AG's office fires back at `brazen' fraudulent e-mail |
|
Williamson County Sexual Assault Suspect Nabbed After 12 Years on the Run |
|
State auditor: $863M IBM collaboration behind |
|
State climatologist declares half of Texas is under drought |
|
Randall County Sheriff's Office Sergeant Arrested |
|
El Paso jailer indicted on federal charges |
|
Abilene country singer Aaron Watson hits No. 1 for first time |
|
State Rep. Dawnna Dukes, an Austin Democrat, recovering from surgery |
|
Pelosi to speak at Netroots Nation in Austin |
|
Garland
Police: 'Random Roadway' Gunman Confesses |
|
Judge Frees Dallas County Convict After DNA Test |
|
Editorial: State steroid testing raises credibility of programs |
|
Jasper Man Dies After Oak Tree Falls on Him |
|
54 dogs in Vidor pens with animal carcasses given to Houston SPCA |
|
Water purification chemical shortage |
|
Campbell: Texas Supreme Court misguided on exorcism decision |
|
Senator Brimer sues Democratic Party and Davis |
|
Politics is Miss Texas pageant's hot topic |
|
EPA raised concerns on border fence, environment |
|
National citizen groups accuse U.S. Rep. Silvestre Reyes of improprieties |
|
Editorial: Dallas sheriff picks unnecessary fight |
|
'Dallas' TV show still going strong after 30 years |
|
Baylor medical center in Dallas closes inpatient psychiatric unit |
|
Dr Pepper Snapple cautions investors about TRC offer |
|
Teachers: State oversight of training is as important as standards |
|
Former Overton ISD superintendent pleads guilty to theft |
|
Houston judge arrested after another run-in with deputies |
|
Couple stabbed in northwest Harris County home invasion |
|
Report: Texas bank sector deal flow still slow |
|
Continental
ordered to stand trial over Concorde crash |
|
Former
Victoria sheriff pleads guilty to aggravated perjury |
|
New Braunfels unveils new logo, brand name for
economic development efforts - oh
boy! I think we'll move there as there is nothing more important than a new
logo for a town! |
|
San Angelo: 12 arrested in connection with meth distribution |
|
Congressman Thornberry talks energy |
|
Mineral Wells moving on TIF district for Baker Hotel |
|
Model rocket might have been near plane |
|
Man
Who Bought Gun Used To Kill Oswald Dies
|
|
07/02/2008 |
|
Pastor: Church should have looked into ex-minister's background |
|
Police: Illegal immigrant safe house discovered in Mission |
|
Fort Hood NCO Says He’d Prefer Never To Fight Again |
|
Company Recalls Half Million Pounds Of Beef |
|
Doctor Donates His Medical Practice To Texas Tech |
|
Texas Tech to Name Sole Finalist for President |
|
Gov. Perry Announces Texas Enterprise Fund Investment In Santana Textiles |
|
HD 11 candidate Walker gets conservative endorsements |
|
Rep. Alonzo Urges All Citizens To Celebrate The 4th of July Holiday Weekend |
|
Capitol Update from Rep. Diane Patrick HD 94 |
|
Pauken: Just Say No - Again |
|
Sen. Coryny Highlights New Bill to Address High Gas Prices |
|
Supreme Court denies victims' request in BP case,
BP toughens stance as cases dwindle |
|
Police believe man is Dallas-area roadway shooter,
more |
|
Top court to consider Austin contempt case |
|
Arlington ISD superintendent returning honorarium |
|
Court
orders sheriff to halt Discovery Channel filming at Dallas County jail,
Sheriff lets Discovery Channel into Dallas County jail to film |
|
American Airlines may lay off 900 flight attendants in August |
|
Southwest Airlines, Continental see emptier planes in June |
|
State troopers to crack down on unsafe driving this weekend |
|
Quiz on JR, the Ewing's and DALLAS |
|
Waco VA hospital gets mobile MRI unit to help research post-traumatic stress
disorder |
|
U.S. Rep. Chet Edwards thinking big, says he'd accept Dem VP bid |
|
Man accused of lying to agents about TxDOT bribes |
|
Man killed with unfinished back porch falls on him |
|
Southeast Texas football coaches suspect more
steriod use than results show -
suspect all you want, the numbers didn't show it. Plus coaches can make
their own investigations and take action, so they should do so if they have
"suspicions". |
|
New commanding officer of Marine Safety Unit, Port Arthur installed |
|
Editorial: Insurers should have option for flood coverage |
|
Austin man makes tree obituary into movie |
|
Travis County, Texas Bans Smoking in Parks |
|
Austin drivers more accident-prone than others in Texas, report finds |
|
Lubbock Drivers Among Safest in the State, says Allstate |
|
UT Co-op plans to open San Antonio store |
|
Appeal in Amarillo single-member districts suit is rejected |
|
Pickens, 'Dateline' blow into Sweetwater today |
|
Bo Pilgrim, Gov. Rick Perry and the ethanol debate |
|
Some reaction to the Bo Pilgrim story |
|
Rove's planned speech to Realtors draws flak,
more |
|
Bryan files for injunction against College Station,
Emergency College Station city council meeting called for response |
|
Brownsville border fence plan riles emotions |
|
Joe Horn: 'I know what a hero is, and that's not me' |
|
'Castle doctrine' arms Texas homeowners |
|
Dallas prom queen goes pro -- football |
|
Missing Rice student’s car contained notes on how to change identity |
|
Port of Galveston inks infrastructure loan |
|
Lexus police car turning heads in La Marque |
|
Newcomer enters Texas governor's race, promises $1.50 gas |
|
Governor
Perry hires budget director |
|
City of Del Rio faces airport lawsuit |
|
Editorial: Who can trust TEA school rankings? |
|
1,000 blind people and supporters march through Dallas |
|
Report: FAA hasn't done enough to ensure safety concerns are investigated |
|
Dallas Love Field federal security director leaving |
|
Gregg County Tax Workers Going To Controversial Four Day Work Week |
|
The 'Flag Man' of Round Rock |
|
'He would lead this country in the wrong direction,' Hutchison says of Obama |
|
Michelle Obama exposes Texans as knuckle-dragging bigots |
|
Houston lawyer due in court today on child porn charges |
|
Groups working to expand access to private insurance in Texas |
|
Man
sentenced to 4,060 years in prison for sexually assaulting teens |
|
Former
state science director sues over intelligent design e-mail |
|
5
company leaders arrested a week after immigration raid at Houston plant
|
|
07/01/2008 |
|
Fear politicians, but don’t let them scare you |
|
McAllen assistant principal faces charges for running home gambling ring |
|
Medicare fee cut delayed |
|
Additional Victims Sexual Assault Found; Search For Fugitive Little League
Coach Continues |
|
Strawberry Ice: Methamphetamines Made For Children |
|
Brownwood Manufacturing in jeopardy duo to fewer military uniform orders |
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City of Primera officials to discuss annexation by Harlingen |
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Leaning towers in South Padre Island? |
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Former Prosecutor Speaks Out about Sending Innocent Man to Prison |
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With Cotton acreage down nationally, West Texas planting should hold steady |
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Texas Historical Commission awards Texas Tech museum curatorial
certification |
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Rio Grande rising with rains, farms & ranches warned of flood stage |
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Damm named financial conservator for Lancaster ISD
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Companies to open natural gas plant in West Texas (Pecos Co.) |
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San Antonio man arrested in Vermont sex investigation |
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Mansion Fire: Report says official worried one trooper on guard |
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July Fourth travel down 2 percent among Texans |
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Only 2 student-athletes tested positive for steroids, out of 10,000 tested
- either the test doesn't work or this
was a huge, and stupid, waste of our money. |
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Dallas-Fort Worth surges to No. 1 in apartment construction |
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Firefighters find no evidence of explosion at XTO Energy in Ft. Worth |
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Trial
in child 'sex show' case to stay in Tyler |
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Amarillo, Wichita Falls, Midland-Odessa, & Waco TV stations sold |
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Whistle blows for Temple Amtrak station manager |
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Two brigades on Fort Hood receive orders to deploy to Iraq |
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Austin-Bergstrom Airport gets loan from Comptroller to achieve energy
savings |
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D’s use the spectre of Karl Rove to raise money |
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Noriega back in West Texas |
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Rick Noriega Wins Barbara Boxer’s Support! |
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Rick Noriega Foibles: The Series |
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Senator Cornyn Tours East Texas |
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Railroad Commission Issues 1,899 Drilling Permits In May |
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Judge orders UT Brownsville, feds back to drawing board on border fence |
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Mayor Asks Brownsville Residents to Attend Meeting on Border Fence |
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Editorial: Need for Waco downtown master plan |
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Downtown Fort Worth building briefly evacuated |
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Basic Home Needs Being Shut Off For More and More Texomans
- I think I'd move if living there
required me to be called a Texoman! |
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Brackin named San Angelo Standard-Times general manager |
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Texas students are out of shape - so
are school administrators, they are fat with our money |
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Editorial: On cowardice, or would that be 'Kowardice'? |
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Arsenic in Crane Water Supply |
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Postal worker in Houston admits to mail theft |
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Judge rules in favor of Neches River National Wildlife Refuge, Dallas cannot
take water |
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Chambers County fire smokes Galveston island |
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West Texas Wind Provides 25% Of City of Houston's Operational Electricity |
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City Of Houston Gets 500th Hybrid Vehicle |
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Houston Chronicle Slanders Joe Horn! |
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KIPP charter school opens 10th campus in Houston |
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Escaped Galveston County inmate recaptured |
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Pesticide for SE Texas 'crazy' ants approved by EPA |
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FBI
hunts suspect in six Houston bank heists |
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EPA to OK new smog plan for Dallas-Fort Worth |
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Dallas
County officials plan to sue sheriff over jail filming |
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U.S. marshals' Dallas-Fort Worth fugitive roundup nets 444 arrests |
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Rabies
vaccines in short supply across Texas |
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Editorial: AT&T move a win for Dallas |
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Editorial: Dallas ISD audit must spur action |
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Gunmen Force El Paso Store Clerk To Floor |
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You can apply now for passport card |
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Man killed in possible Dallas home invasion |
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Texas hospitals wary of making complaints, errors public |
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Aggies at work: Watermelon
may one day have Viagra-like qualities |
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Brazoria continues tradition of celebrating Stephen F. Austin's release from
Mexican prison |
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Mission man a no-show for own conviction |
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Texas
A&M VP Bresciani to resign,
Top A&M Official Reportedly Asked to Resign |
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100th composite empennage unit to Bell Helicopter in Amarillo for the MV-22
Osprey variant |
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Austin area home starts rise but market still shaky |
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Texas unemployment insurance claims continue to climb |
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Texas faring better financially than other states |
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June Hottest In Austin History - and
without the bloviating of the Legistlature |
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Fracas erupts at Hays courthouse as Katrina dog changes hands |
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Forbes.com ranks Collin County among best places to raise a family |
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Oncor to refund $72M to electricity customers |
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Federal
judges order competency hearing for Texas death row inmate in Amy Robinson
slaying |
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Autopsies: Horn's buckshot caused massive injuries
- Horn needs to get an ammo endorsement job |