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  TEXAS HEADLINES  2010 Q3  
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Headlines archived chronologically as originally posted in 2010, 3rd Quarter

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09/30/2010

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Pratt: Houston's mayor dances funny on White

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Burka: Houston mayor: under the bus again, Too late, Parker recants - posted after my column (above), how funny

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Rick Perry appointees lavish governor with campaign cash - and?

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White, Perry trade barbs over donors

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Third party attacks on Perry

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Perry campaign dubs White ‘the most mysterious liberal in the world’

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Bill White Calls for Electricity Usage Cap in Texas

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Reporter whines over his inability to make decision & do his job

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Dewhurst talk budget in campaign stop in the Permian Basin

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Lawmakers’ group offered UT stadium tour in return for donations

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DMN endorses Branch (R) in HD108, Miklos (D) in HD101, & Vaught (D) in HD107

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State rep. Eddie Lucio III hired as city attorney for Rio Hondo

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Herman: The TV faces of the Texas campaign season

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Will supposition, or evidence, drive legislation

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Black GOP group offers $5,000 to students denied aide by Rep. Sanford Bishop

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Texas pastors' group reborn -- in Las Vegas

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Conaway wants court date for 2 House Dems

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Neugebauer Unhappy About House Adjournment

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Cornyn remains vague on birthright citizenship

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Combest addresses his concerns for 2012 farm bill

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Cornyn Introduces Judge Saldaña to Senate Judiciary Committee

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Do Fiscal Decisions Hinder or Help Texas’ Economic Growth?

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State Medicaid chiefs see pressure on purse

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Cuts may hurt programs to keep troubled youths closer to home, juvenile advocates tell Texas panel - yes, we know. Not spending more an more money will plunge us all into the depths of Hell. The squealing has just started...

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Ex-TYC prison official's sex abuse trial moved to Lubbock

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126-million tax dollars going for highway upgrade to toll road

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Newt Gingrich, speaking in Frisco, says he'll announce presidential intentions by March

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TLR requests TWIA settlement information

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Obama's Federal War on Texas
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Houston-area House members backed NASA compromise

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Congress to take back Texas' unspent federal disaster funds

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Border issues:
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Arrests shed light on drug money pipeline into Mexico

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2 federal police officers killed in Juarez

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Grenades hurled at Matamoros City Hall

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At War In Texas - typical lib. securing the border is "right-wing" rant.

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Juárez Mayor, Other Mexican Mayors Say U.S. Worsens Mexican Violence By Returning Criminal Aliens To Border Cities

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Picking crops instead of political fights over immigration

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Perry says he "confronted" Obama on border security

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McAllen Man Shot and Likely Killed on Falcon Lake

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Economy / Financial / Business
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Investment woes hit Texas credit unions

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Texas' economy outperforming other large states

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Texas foreclosures half of national average

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San Antonio wooing West Coast companies

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Hackers blamed in BexarMet theft of $25,000

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Switch to nodal grid system could trouble Texas electric providers

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$62M wind-power transmission line project to go up in Carson and Gray counties

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Austin builder fined $51K for safety violations

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Austinite launches slot car racing business

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D-FW foreclosures hit starter, luxury homes

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Denton ISD gets set for Oncor fight

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TCEQ fines Valero for air emission event

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EPA fines BP $15 million for Texas City violations

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Allstate hiring 100 bilingual workers

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Texas woman sues Chesapeake, seeking royalties

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D-FW job growth second in nation

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Gas prices drop slightly in Texas, nationally

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Higher Ed. / Colleges & Universities
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Big 12 unveils new round-robin football schedule

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Tech sets 2nd consecutive student enrollment record

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TTU Prof publishes book covering political change in Texas history

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University of Texas wins $148K grant to study generosity

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Universities taking measures to avoid student suicides

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Southwest School of Art new name, degree program official

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Class papers show Tooley had fascination with gun control policy in U.S.

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Walk-ins increase for UT counseling services

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Section of UT library reopens after student shooting

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Investigators Try to Track UT Shooter Colton Tooley's Gun

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Texas State U Works on Campus Alert System

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Austin Community College annexation vexation

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Former Lamar women's & men's basketball coach, Drake, dies

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Baylor Democrats and Republicans partner to battle apathy

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Board recommends allowing some non-Baptist HBU trustees

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Parking Measures In Place To Ensure No Illegal Towing For Texas-OU Weekend

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Texas-OU Weekend, What to Know Before You Go

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Grayson County College refinances bonds to save money

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Petrolia ISD voters again reject tax hike

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Amarillo College awarded $642,663 Federal Grant

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New HD Broadcast Studio at WTAMU

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Local government spending & budgeting, etc.:
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Nolan Co. applies for solar energy grant

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Port Arthur City Council insults taxpayers with hefty raises for city employees

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Hempstead city council raises taxes, gives raises

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New Budget Means No Tax Hike in Hays County

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Del Rio tax increase approved

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El Paso reps OK expansion of public computers

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Growth has transformed the North Texas Tollway Authority

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Budget cuts force closure of Alamo tax office

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Rio Hondo hires safety director, city attorney

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Bexar County Democrat's ex-treasurer indicted

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Clancy challenges Dallas DA Watkins to series of debates

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Massive deal proposed to move water from counties east of Austin to San Antonio

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Lewisville man and woman arrested in murder-for-hire case

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Dallas County DA Watkins won't appear Sunday on 'Inside Texas Politics'

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United Way of Metropolitan Dallas changes funding policy as donation campaign begins

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2 Dallas police officers accused of beating man outside his Rylie home

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Pearland Pee-Wee: League stands firm on ban of brawling football teams

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Survey cites Houston roads among the worst

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Man dies mysteriously in Houston porn video booth

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Massive pipe organ is musical heart of Houston co-cathedral

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City of Eastland Enacts K-2 Ban Beginning Monday

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Katrina evacuee on Texas death row loses appeal

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Almost 90 year old: "I want to ride the Ferris wheel again"

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Aircraft re-registration requirement causing concern

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Neighbors say girl, 4, tried to sell pot

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7 arrested, 3 sought in USAA bank scam using bad checks - wow, look at this crew of losers

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San Antonio postpones apartment recycling vote - even considering this is horrible

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'Texas 7' escapee on death row seeks re-sentencing

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Travis Co. Constables Bust Fake Vehicle Inspection Sticker Scam

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More Troopers on Road for Texas/OU Game

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Hood County: daughter convicted in death of father

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Active Pipe Bombs Removed from Busy Parking Lot in Corpus Christi

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El Paso teacher accused of sex with dozens of kids, more

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Nueces County jury finds man guilty of sexual abusing same girl as twin brother

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Perryton man jailed in attempted abduction of a child

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Killeen man arrested in Virginia for allegedly sodomizing teen

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Beaumonter accused of assaulting LSU band director

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Editorial: No severance pay for double-dipping police chief

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Austin #9 on cities with 'most drunk driving offenders' list

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Man accused of holding his parents hostage at gunpoint in Garland

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3 fired Dallas police officers indicted in beating of motorcyclist

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Arlington police officer struck by drunken driving suspect

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Pet Owner Shoots at Neighbor in Dog Dispute

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El Paso Man Dies From West Nile Virus

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Houston charter school fight goes to federal court

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Galveston council divided on civil service fate

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Firefighters union claims Galveston violated bargaining

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Gregg County jury convicts man charges of improper photography

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Kilgore city manager to keep his job

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Houston: Katy Freeway hotel fire doused

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New Braunfels SWAT, hostage negotiators coax barricaded man from home

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Grayson County District Clerk to be sworn in

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Disabled airman surprised with mortgage-free home

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Hidalgo County poorest place in Texas

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Upshur County Commissioners Ban Public Comments At Meetings

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Gag order issued in Stanford fraud case

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Pantex contract extended for 1 year

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Deputies involved in Beaumont ISD traffic stop face 1 day suspension

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Judge rejects suit claiming racial discrimination in picking Austin PD brass
 

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09/29/2010

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White rolls out energy plan in Lubbock, Listener comments

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White slams management of Teacher Retirement System

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Houston Mayor Annise Parker rips Rick Perry

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Perry's lead among women bucks trend

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Texas news in context: Newspapers’ poll on governor’s race

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Houston firefighters endorse Gov. Perry for re-election , "because we have been able to work so well with him in Austin. That's a good working relationship that we've had that we expect to continue."

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Texas Governors' Race Goes National as Parties Eye Long-Term Gains

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Radnofsky blames Attorney General Abbott for errors on gay marriage, school funding

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Eastland pesticide incident blasted by candidate goofy-Gilbert

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Gilbert visits Midland

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Hank Gilbert says he won't repeat TDA mistakes

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Analysis: Texas House a not-so-bright bright spot for Democrats

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HD85's Heflin, others, give schools bad news about finances

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HD85: Landtoop's "Do We Know Joe" site compares issues with Heflin

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ObamaCare Fanatics: State reps: Rose, Frost, Cohen, Maldonado & Bolton

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Tea Party Express bus tour set to roll through Texas

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Burka: CQ Politics: R’s lead in social media “poll”

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TX30: Broden seizes the spotlight in race with Johnson, but can he capture votes?

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Congressman Randy Neugebauer Receives "Tax Fighter Award"

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What's not to like in GOP pledge?

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Not everyone should vote

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Houston voter fraud & vote-machine fire make the comics

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Charges against Commission on Jail Standards director thrown out

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How to stump a public utility commissioner

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Opinion: Taxpayer-funded lobbying is about raising taxes, not cutting them

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Texas Workforce Commission Hosts Texas Business Conference in Beaumont on Friday

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Texas updates Federal Quarterly Report Data on stimulus funds

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Absent from ‘pro-Islam’ bias vote, Berlanga lambastes fellow SBOE members - if it is "completely insignificant" then why is Berlanga and liberals so wound up over it? Think about that.

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Court upholds death sentence in Satanism case

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Calif. gov vetoes bill to reject Texas curriculum

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Border issues:
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Immigration check program goes statewide in Texas

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Obama’s Immigration Policy Reduces Threat of Deportation

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8 alleged traffickers, 1 sailor killed in Mexico shootout

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Juárez special report: 'It is terrorism'

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Grenade attack at Matamoros city hall today; 3 injured

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Falfurrias Border Patrol stop yields notorious gang member, authorities say

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Why so many Mexican mayors are targets in the drug war

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Canutillo girl, 6, robbed of life in Juárez violence

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14 charged with conspiracy to smuggle $3.1 million

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30 Gulf cartel suspects captured in Matamoros, Reynosa

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Police arrest 14 after finding $3.1 million in their luggage

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Economy / Financial / Business
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3 firms coming to InCube in San Antonio

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Corn Crops Doing Well for Panhandle-area Farmers

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Census figures show Abilene-area earnings down in 2009

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Hill Country power line seen as only option

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PUC could save more than $140 million on proposed lines

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W Austin Hotel ready to hire 300

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Strike 2 for Amarillo Dillas as 2 stadium rental checks bounce

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Austin's Car2go reaches 10,000 members

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Quick resolutions expected to hurdles in Southwest Airlines deal

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Fossil president, COO Michael W. Barnes resigns

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Bryan council agrees to third-party audit of BTU

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Update: Texas regulators give permit to Gulf coal plant , Regulators to rule on coal plant permit in Bay City

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Houston losing private-sector jobs - gov't

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Emirates sponsors Houston Texans suite

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Kohl’s opens San Antonio operations center, hires 200 employees

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Hyatt Regency in Hill Country named one of world's best family hotels

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Perry Announces $2.9 Million TETF Investments in Three Houston Companies

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TexStar to expand South Texas pipeline system

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El Paso's Apartment Occupancy Rate Increases; City Leads The Nation

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Most of state's foreclosures are filed on homes under $200,000

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Higher Ed. / Colleges & Universities
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Gunfire at UT highlights colleges’ response

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Gunshots terrorize UT-Austin

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DMN tries to claim that police & alarms stopped the UT rampage - complete falsehood. The shooter killed himself. Had he tried, he could have killed dozens in the time before police arrived. Remember, when seconds count, the police are only minutes away. We need campus CHL.

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Gunman's family speaks out

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Shooter remembered as quiet, smart

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YCT renews call for concealed carry on campus

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UT shooting reignites debate over guns on campus

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Shooting revives debate over allowing guns on college campuses

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Counseling resources available to those affected by UT shooting

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Research projects to further Tech’s goal of achieving tier-one status

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A&M-San Antonio celebrates its first chief - what a goofy photo!

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College of the Mainland sought to keep BP-suing attorney from renting room

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Comptroller Awards $388,000 in Equipment Grants to 9 Community Colleges

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Lamar University, City dedicate Jim Gilligan Way

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Local government spending & budgeting, etc.:
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Opinion: Taxpayer-funded lobbying is about raising taxes, not cutting them

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Travis County commissioners pass property tax hike

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Austin City Council calls special property tax meeting

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Harris County's financial well may be drying up

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Plainview council approves budget and tax increase

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Craig Watkins backs out of WFAA forum with Danny Clancy

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Sex with minor nets prison for Helotes ex-councilman

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Man’s Leg Severed In Freak Traffic Accident On Waco Bridge

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No indictment against Lubbock teacher accused in pot case

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Co. Judge Newman runs one final Taylor commissioners meeting

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Fort Hood may break record for suicides this year

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Backlogs linger at Houston crime lab

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Waco Police Join Probe Of Wreck Involving Local Morning DJ

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Poteet man faces new sex charges

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Seguin police arrest 13th person connected with August murder

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Neighbor: Accused shooter killed horses earlier

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San Antonio needs 'Tier 1' children's hospital, doctor says - so raise the capital and build one!

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Couple questioned in motel 'suicide'

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Backe sues Galveston police over 2008 brawl

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Judge rules against former-councilman Woods in Galveston council lawsuit

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La Marque police officer felt helpless at crash scene

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Texan convicted in VA benefits case is sentenced

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Red River Co. appoints new Precinct 4 commissioner

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Supreme Court unlikely to act on Fort Worth police brutality suit, city lawyer says

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Austin 'Meet the Lender' picked among best government events in U.S.

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Levee repair under way in middle Rio Grande Valley

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Father, son kidnapped in Mission, released unharmed

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Pee-Wee football brawl in Pearland caught on tape

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Arlington okays drilling permits

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Director of Amon Carter Museum to retire

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Corpus Christi remains among state's slowest-growing areas

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Cherokee County Commissioners court resembles ‘kangaroo court’

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Upshur Co. commissioners' court may nix public commenting

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Gary Boyd named to Gregg County commissioners court

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Runway Incursions at DFW Despite Perimeter Taxiway

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Denton County eyes jury donation program

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Bush Institute Launches Initiative For Principals

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Hinojosa embraces Bush Institute plan to hire outsiders as Dallas ISD principals

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Robber Kidnaps Policeman's Wife Near Katy Trail

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Woman found safe after driveway abduction in Houston

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Nosy Neighbor Nabs Dallas Bad Guys

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'I hope I didn't hit him too hard,' suspect told Dallas police investigating baby's death

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Arlington Rallies Fans For Rangers Playoff Run

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City of Socorro Residents Stage Walk Out on Council

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Anti-property rights & Liberty smoking ban for Missouri City on 1 October

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La Marque High School teacher cleared of sexual harassment

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2 in Sheriff's Department disciplined over chase that injured Fort Worth officer

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Fort Worth officer risks drowning to save sex assault victim from pond

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Police officer hurt as suspect tries to escape in Fort Worth

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DFW: Breakthrough on Loop 820, I-35W project

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Ennis cop caught on tape has history of trouble

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Rotten food, bugs found at stadium concession stands

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Jury finds Houston man guilty of practicing law without license

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Houston VA sees spike in female veterans seeking care

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Montgomery County bank robberies may be linked

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Sherman insurance agent accused of fraud

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Former Lubbock state school employee indicted for abuse

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7 Arrested In USAA Bank Fraud Ring

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Job-seeker says carnies attacked him during drug deal

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Owner of Winter Texan Tourist Spot Fears More Flooding

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Indictments Handed Down for Deadly Home Invasion

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East Texas Cowboys Against Cancer event turns tragic

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Two Houston firefighters killed in line of duty honored

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Ex-Central Texas Cop Headed To Prison For Child Porn Possession

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Two Waco Women Indicted After Kids Found Living In Filth

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Former treasurer for Bexar County Democratic Party indicted

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Student Planned "Hit" on Dallas ISD Officer

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Threat Against Fort Worth High School

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U.S. District Judge Janis Graham Jack will retire June 1

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Fannin construction incident interrupts AT&T service in Beaumont

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Dallas ISD's Hinojosa passed over for Las Vegas-area district post
 

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09/28/2010

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Voter registration deadline to vote in Nov. is Monday Oct. 4th

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National Democrats target Rick Perry with new TV ad

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Democrat Burka explains reasons why Dem Guv's are wasting $ on Perry attack

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Perry looks to enhance national profile

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Gov. Rick Perry wants to tighten sex assault penalties in Texas

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Texas gubernatorial debate to open to 4 hopefuls

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HUD Investigates Bill White over Funding

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Democrat White announces clean energy plan

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Embry: Stimulus funds make Perry's pitch easier

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White blames Perry for actions before he was governor

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Ag Commissioner Race Heats Up in Abilene, Gilbert repeats charges

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HD102: Garland mayor says no endorsement for Stefani Carter in race against Carol Kent

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Boom in political TV ads can be seen in Texas

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TX30: E.B. Johnson scandal gives Broden a chance, but most Dallas district residents disagree with him on issues

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HD85's Heflin voted against voter ID in the 80th Session - see the record here (pdf)

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Citizens' Group Helps Uncover Alleged Rampant Voter Fraud in Houston - and yet HD85's Heflin votes against Voter ID and says we have little problem with vote fraud in Texas!

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Many Choosing Jail Time Over Probation

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Innocence Project sues to clear arsonist Willingham - fools, there was much other evidence that he was indeed guilty.

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Baird to hold hearing on Willingham execution

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As immigrant ranks grow, Texas school districts teach moms and dads, too

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Texting Bans Don't Reduce Crashes, Study Claims

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What Texas can learn from Great Britain

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Texans lobbying to win House support for NASA compromise

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Border issues:
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Study: Americans not losing jobs to illegals

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Reynosa gunbattle leaves 9 dead

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Juárez special report: Cartels extract extortion 'quotas'

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Psychiatrists in Juárez go for therapy

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Economy / Financial / Business
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Texas bank welcomes legally armed customers in bid to deter robbers

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Cotton futures hit 15-year high

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Texas Does It Better

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CPS Energy's chief takes his final bow

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Report: Blacks' income half of whites in Austin - but that's Liberal Austin, how can that be?

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Amarillo minor-league baseball team's check for stadium rental bounces, Potter Co. Comm. Call Special Meeting Over Dillas

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Perry Announces $9.2 Million in TETF Investments in Three Companies

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Deal will move AirTran out of D/FW Airport

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D-FW late mortgage payments fell in July

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Dallas-Fort Worth apartment rentals surge in third quarter

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Man arrested in alleged computer hack that cost El Paso business $54K

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Judge OKs United-Continental deal

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Houston construction jobs drop, study says

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Port San Antonio earns international real estate recognition

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San Antonians named to Forbes 400

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Austin ranks 4th for most business users of social networks

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Higher Ed. / Colleges & Universities
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UT shooting

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UT campus closed for day, police investigating shooting

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UT shooter kills self in the Perry-Castaneda Library - and we don't need CHL on campus?

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UT Austin police say gunman dead, nobody else hurt

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Text messages, sirens warned of UT gunman, Fort Worth student says

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Shooter ID'd as Colton Tooley, 19.

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Photos From UT Shooting, More photos

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The scene inside Calhoun Hall on the UT campus

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KVUE Vault: UT Tower shooting remembered

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Classes at UT canceled for the day

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Witnesses to the shooting: ‘I was very vulnerable,’ adjunct instructor says - an ROTC member who cannot be armed due to the ban on campus CHL!

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John Lott ("More Guns, Less Crime") will speak near UT tonight

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Officials: Texas gunman was a student, acted alone

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Student gunman dead at UT-Austin; no other injuries, suspects reported

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Police: UT Gunman Was Sophomore Student Who Acted Alone

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Police carrying items out of home in South Austin

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Guns-Rights Address Unhampered By Guns-Wrong Demonstration

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Texas Tech's shuffle: Colleges to move locations

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UT pharmacy researcher wins $2.1M grant

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UT living up to its reputation in doctoral rankings, dean says

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Baylor, Texas Children’s Cancer Center researchers committed to improving patient outcomes, treatment for brain, bone cancer

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Texas A&M Foundation To Provide University $59 Million

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UTMB in Galveston over-admits students; offers full scholarships

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Man pleads guilty to slaying of UNT boss

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Comptroller Recognizes El Paso Community College for Technical Education

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SMU Football Player Arrested for Rape in Taylor Co.

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Local government spending & budgeting, etc.:
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County Commissioners to vote on tax increase

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Harris Co. leaders weight tax rate, hiring freeze

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Travis Co. commissioners voting to increase taxes

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Brownsville raises property taxes, increase utility fees

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Jefferson Co. leaders hung in there, balanced budget without tax increase

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Lampasas County commissioners OK budget, tax rate

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Coryell commissioners vote down hiring freeze

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Kerr County commissioners raise property taxes

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Two Reeves Co. Commissioners Skip Budget Meetings

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Midland County Courthouse Opens with New Furnishings and New Security

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Big Spring doctor, Bruce Cox, disciplined by Texas Medical Board

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KRBC News Reader Stays Calm During Spider Incident

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Lake Meredith's low water level forces lake siphoning

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Longtime Austin American-Statesman sportswriter Breazeale has died

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Landowner arrested in ranch shooting

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House now gone but citizen wins suit against San Antonio over demolition

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San Antonio closes cheaper airport parking to force users to park in more expensive lot

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Houston soldier held in slayings of 2 GIs in Iraq

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Bexar Metropolitan Water District will ask the Legislature to let ratepayers decide its fate

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Teen Arrested After Father Severely Beaten With Baseball Bat

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Popular Waco DJ Arrested After Weekend Wreck

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Inmate escapes from Lubbock work detail, schools lockdowns now lifted

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Transportation panel says funding shortfall is biggest challenge for Dallas-area roads

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Westbound LBJ Freeway reopens after semi crash in northeast Dallas

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Army recruiter accused of sex assault on teen in Hurst mall parking lot

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Metro-sexual Male Robs a Houston Bank

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Foresight Golf to take over Corpus Christi’s city-owned golf courses

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Suspect Pawns Item From The Pawn Shop Itself

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Suspected burglar leaves behind car at victim's Beaumont home

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Granddad charged after toddler shoots self

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WWII veteran beaten by robber in Wills Point home

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McAllen school teacher charged with molesting young relative

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Clopp leaves Kirbyville police chief post

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Gas Leak Forces Highland Village Elem. School Evacuation

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Dallas police release photo of man believed impersonating U.S. marshal

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League City mayor’s pricey pink golf cart stolen from driveway

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Ponder man facing trial in dad's starvation kills himself, authorities say

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More debris removal, damaged Corpus Christi motel

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Deputies: Woman, teen killed in suspected street-racing collision

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Baytown Threatened to Fine Anti-Camera Protester

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Texas Soldier Found Dead At Fort Hood Residence

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Victims Of Fort Hood Shooting Identified

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Man Charged In Shooting Near Hotel Housing Lon Morris Students

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San Angelo fugitive captured: Ernesto Muñoz

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Parents say bullies drove their son to take his life

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Pantex To Disassemble Thermonuclear Warheads

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Laura Bush expected to unveil major public school reform program, an initiative of SMU's George W. Bush Institute

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Lone Star axed by Fox after just 2 airings
 

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09/27/2010

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White blames Perry for actions before he was Governor

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Fikac: No taxable income? No problem. Or is it?

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Bill White's Padded Resume

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Pollster.com: TX: 46% Perry, 39% White (Blum 9/15-22)

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WFAA television interview with Perry

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WFAA television interview with Bill White

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Texas Gov. Perry: No parole for repeat rapists

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Texas Guv Candidate Bill White Talks Wind, Solar, and Urban Planning

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Liberal Jan Jarboe Russell: What will it take to beat Perry?

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PAC attack ad stretches truth while attacking Perry

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At State Fair kickoff, Agriculture Commissioner Todd Staples plays cheerleader for Texas goods

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Young Conservatives of Texas announce endorsements in statewide elections

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Texas Weekly's Hot List for Texas races for 9/27

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Texas Assoc. of Business Political Arm Throws Its Weight Behind Landtroop in HD85

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Democrat Heflin again gets Farm Bureau backing in HD85

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Poll shows GOP's McGuinness with slight lead in HD 50 race

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HD122: Larson, Ali running low-key race for Corte’s House seat

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HD134's Ellen Cohen (Dem but you won't find it in her press release) releases poll showing lead

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HD78: Margo vs. Moody: Challenger says incumbent rode Obama in '08

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HD87 race hits the streets: Dem Bosquez & Republican Four Price

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Legal aid foundation honors Sen. Ogden

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Sen. Rodney Ellis' firm profits from bond business with local public agencies, including many he represents in Austin

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Why does a Democratic congressman (TX15) say Republicans 'blew it'?

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NFIB gives TX17's Chet Edwards an award

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Chet Edwards (TX17) pushes veterans issues, but outside groups focus on Pelosi

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Eddie Bernice Johnson no longer a SMU 2010 Distinguished Alumni Award winner

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Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson: 'I broke no rules' in scholarship flap

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Ron Kirk, mayor-turned trade rep, turns to politics ahead of midterms

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Texans unhappy with government, too

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Express-News: Struggling Texans need legal aid

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Hidalgo Co.'s Gallardo named Texas Constable of the Year

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Judge orders court of inquiry into Willingham's conviction, execution

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Gov. Perry Announces Steps to Increase Monitoring, Punishment of Sex Offenders

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Lawmaker's aunt caught in rebate fiasco

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Stimulus: Why Texas roads weren't 'shovel ready'

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Election Date Services: Texas to get 4 additional Congressional seats, "margin of only 38,005 to spare"

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Border issues:
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Eye scanners get test run on border

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Juárez reeling in the grips of drug war

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Sen. Cornyn, SW Border Senators Urge Administration To Include Ports Of Entry Funding Boost In President’s Budget

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Mexico police detain suspect in car bomb attack

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Mexican flag on ring upsets some at UT-Brownsville & TSC

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Roma raises property taxes in face of falling bridge revenue

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Border Patrol Agent Arrested

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Small-town mayor hacked to death in western Mexico

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Economy / Financial / Business
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Southwest Airlines To Buy AirTran For $1.4B, NYT story

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It's official: Continental cuts out free meals - and the slow slide from the best to a loser company continues

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Non-Residential Construction in Texas down 20.8% from 2009

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Construction employment in San Antonio down in August

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Texas factory activity up slightly

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Nonfarm employment in Texas is up 1.3% from 2009

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Healthcare reform means new rules for Valley businesses

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Austin #3 in fastest growing U.S. cities on MainStreet.com list

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Pennsylvania company plays the Texas ponies

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D/FW Airport working to revamp "antiquated" use deal

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Houston, D-FW will lead in home price gains, forecast says

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North Texas office leasing declines so far in 2010

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Higher Ed. / Colleges & Universities
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Early Decision: College Admission’s Secret Handshake

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Leaders debate whether Univ. Houston-Victoria should realign (possibly with TTU)

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Eddie Bernice Johnson no longer a SMU 2010 Distinguished Alumni Award winner

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Road renamed for Lamar baseball coach

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Mexican flag on ring upsets some at UT-Brownsville & TSC

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San Jacinto College gets $5M to upgrade communications

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Legree-Roberts monitoring 142 international students at CTC

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It's official: Texas Tech sets new fall enrollment record of 31,600

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Political contributions: UT employees prefer Democrats

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Local government spending & budgeting, etc.:
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Commentary: Accountability and the ACC taxing district

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City of Round Rock raises taxes

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San Juan balances budget, cuts not expected

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New $31 million Midland County Courthouse Opens

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As North Texas cities cut budgets, lobbyists emerge mostly unscathed

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Round Rock seeking less reliance on Dell sales tax revenue

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Jefferson County commissioners must not blink on budget battle

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Roma raises property taxes in face of falling bridge revenue

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Judge hears testimony on Irving's plan to finance $250M Las Colinas entertainment center

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Dallas County judge candidates call for order in the court

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Can Civility Return to the Dallas County Commissioners’ Court?

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Tax Hunters Ensure Smith County Collects Delinquent Dues

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Two-alarm fire damages Home Depot in San Antonio

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Judge Overturns Deaf Inmate’s Sexual Assault Of A Child Conviction

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Tourism Development Workshop in Bandera

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Honor awaits retired Texas Ranger Glenn Elliott

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Round Rock mayor to run for re-election

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Celina city council member, former Mary Kay Exec. VP, loses battle with illness

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Family violence in Carrollton requires SWAT response

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Fort Worth Episcopal group takes name dispute to federal court

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Houston mom of baby starved to death freed

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Ex-AG Gonzales to be questioned in lawsuit over his tenure

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Laredo police officer convicted in drug case

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Trew: Turkeys' use of old windmill towers a twist

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AG's Cyber Crimes Unit Arrests San Marcos Resident on Child Pornography Charges

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Austin considers leasing city owned building to Planned Parenthood for $1 per year

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Hays County officers: No endorsement for judge, sheriff

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Temple police arrest 3 home burglary suspects

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Gunmen rob 74-year-old man in Beaumont

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Man gets 18 years for eating drug evidence

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Police Investigate 2 Separate School Bus Accidents in N. Austin

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Cameron County may have to resolve SPI Birding and Nature Center issue

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Conroe ISD Middle School Teacher Accused Of Online Solicitation Of A Minor

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Plane Down in Burleson County, Pilot Walks Away Uninjured

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Pilot from Brookshire dies in helicopter crash

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Garland Church Celebrates Youth Pastor After Shooting Last Friday

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'It's about time,' say Texas Rangers fans eager for playoffs after 11-year drought

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Mesquite boy found safe after being taken by father

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Mesquite ISD stands by decision to turn away girls whose homecoming dresses were deemed too revealing

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2 Soldiers Accused Of El Paso Purse Snatching

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El Paso jockey killed during race at Hobbs track

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Kerrville trash leaving the county as transfer station starts diverting garbage to San Antonio landfill

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Police search for Houston cigarette bandit

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Harker Heights man turns 103, says faith key to long life

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Leander man sentenced to 30 years for seventh DWI

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Former Raider, Oiler George Blanda dies at 83

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Corpus Christi Motel Explosion Probe Continues

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Judge refuses to move trial of Collin clerk's office supervisors accused of falsifying records

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Jacquielynn Floyd: It's unfair to blame the State Fair for Texas' huge obesity rate - only an idiot would do so to start with.

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Dallas bus company fined $55,000 for violating ADA

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Austin Looking to Find a Location for Homeless RV Park
 

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Poll finds Perry has the numbers, but White has a shot

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Poll shows Perry leads White as early voting nears

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Energy moves into spotlight in governor's race - how do these writers let White get away with this?! The Texas permitting system the EPA objects to was adopted during the 1st Clinton Administration, long, long, long before Perry was Texas governor and yet White says it is Perry's fault - come on!

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Governor's race: A Q and A about energy

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Editorial: Perry's lead, resolve seem firm

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Improving education key issue in race for governor

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Bill White Unqualified To Be Governor, Says Democrat Running For Texas Supreme Court

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What Are Details Of Bill White’s “Self-Employed Business” From 1995?

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Andrea White: 'Passionate supporter,' but reluctant campaigner

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Anita Perry, a no-nonsense nurse, overcomes shyness in signing on to win votes for her husband

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Republicans put their own leaders in the cross hairs

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HD84 & HD85 hopefuls pound the pavement as election draws near

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HD78: Margo leads democrat Moody, GOP may retake seat

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Democrat Morning News endorses Driver's Dem opponent in HD113

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New Chet Edwards ad keeps focus on veterans

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Congressman Lamar Smith rips Holder over drug enforcement

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Schools could lose millions in state funding

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Senate Committee on Redistricting to make Amarillo & Midland stops

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House Redistricting and Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence subcommittees will be in Abilene on 10/27

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Bryan-Eagle editors lie to readers about SBOE resolution - see the description of the resolution in Kate Alexander's coverage in the Austin American-Statesman. Now compare that to the 2nd paragraph description from the Bryan Eagle. See the next to last paragraph in this Star-Telegram story.

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Border issues:
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Poll: More than half of Texas registered voters support Arizona-style immigration legislation

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Bexar Co. deputies stumble onto house full of suspected illegal immigrants

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Juárez special report: Violence worse than the revolution

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Why Mexico is not the new Colombia when it comes to drug cartels

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Economy / Financial / Business
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TXU Energy gives consumers ultimate price protection

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Workforce Commission chairman: Think hard before leaving your job

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Texas to invest in San Antonio InCube project

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Texas Hill Country may be America’s best-kept secret for wine production

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Obama administration seeks to politicize private universities

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Research in new applications may boost West Texas cotton industry

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Texas Tech pairing with private sector for wind research

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A&M clears résumés of 465 officials

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Couple shares struggle of losing posts at A&M - now let's have the stories about taxpayers not being able to keep their own homes due to raising property taxes.

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Local government spending & budgeting, etc.:
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Breckenridge raises taxes on citizens

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Taxpayers deserve answers on Beaumont ISD's actions

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Financial scandal at Grapevine-Colleyville ISD?

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Does Fort Worth need to spend $4.5 million on the Super Bowl?

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Will Galveston cave in to bullying from police union?

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Odessa council to examine pay of key officials

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Killeen raises taxes, fees, adds positions in 2010-11

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Closing of murder case involving UT grads opens window into shadowy business of marijuana dealing

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Two families: their love for grapes, wine and the vineyard lifestyle

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Los Lonely Boys eager to release new songs

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Bad credit could hurt your chances of becoming a police officer

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6666 Ranch to Hold Quail-Tech Field Day

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Rangers win AL West

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Cowboys beat Texans 27-13 for first win

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Thousands Pay Tribute To Texas High School QB Who Collapsed, Died

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Youth Pastor Shot Inside Garland Church

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San Antonio gets 'bike friendly' nod

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Edwards Aquifer-area eyes "Stage 5" drought limit program

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Pricy Bexar Co. Justice Center tower nearing completion

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Man shot in suspected home invasion

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Paddlers soon can use more of the San Antonio river

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Waco Woman Says Fire That Gutted Her Home Was Set To Cover Up A Burglary

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Man who led officers on chase and shot himself intended to commit 'suicide by cop'

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Pregnant Missouri City woman stabbed to death

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Texas police officer paints mural to improve image

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DEA effort draws 1½ tons of meds

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Texas teen doesn't let amputated leg stop him

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Austin: I-35 shut down for hours after fatal crash involving an 18-wheeler

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Dugas: 3,000 sign petition to keep deputy constables in Jefferson Co.

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Legendary Newton coach Barbay dies

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War veteran lands Texas acting gig

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Alleged Voter Fraud Rampant in Houston

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Fort Worth Police Excessive-Force Case Goes To Supreme Court

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Boil Water Notice For Corsicana

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Texas town turns out to honor state trooper it considers one of its own

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Dallas police chief sets the standard for dealing with brutality

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Enrollment is up at trucking schools

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Dallas Hopes to Attract More Games to Cotton Bowl

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Dallas County prosecutors to request release of deaf man convicted of 1990 child sexual assault

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Joske’s famous model trains get a new home in New Braunfels

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Man, 19, struck and killed by train in Rosenberg

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Helicopter crash in Waller County kills one
 

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09/24/2010

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Rasmussen Reports: Perry 48%, White 42%

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Poll: Texans overwhelmingly side with Perry in fight with feds over education dollars

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White gives Perry a slight opening on taxes

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Glass messing with Texas race - maybe but her #'s are down since the last polling

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Gov. Rick Perry says Texas has created more than 850,000 jobs, more than the other states combined - my guess is that it pained the Statesman folk to declare this 100% true as they generally love running down Texas and Perry.

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Bill White Makes Stop in Brownwood

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Democrats eye Texas gov.'s office amid tight polls

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Texas guv candidate Bill White talks wind, solar, and urban planning

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Texas Gov. Rick Perry fights climate action but embraces wind power

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Perry talks to editorial writers at convention

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NCEW = No comment for editorial writers - these folk act so self-entitled!

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National editorial writers slam Gov. Rick Perry for not taking questions following remarks

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State Rep. Legler hosts CHIP enrollment fair - yep, get more families on taxpayer subsidized insurance

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Burka: Grim poll numbers for Chet Edwards

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Iowa-based conservative group targets Edwards in new ad

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Hensarling takes Republican Pledge To America

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Neugebauer Touts New Republican “Pledge to America”

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Hutchison Named ‘Guardian of Small Business’ by NFIB

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Latino Dems should rethink loyalty

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Austin libs demonstrate they are disconnected from Texas

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Several healthcare changes now in effect

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Is health exchange a must-pass bill for 2011?

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U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service will miss deadline to rule on species' future

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Backpage.com adult ads draw AG ire

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This week's Texas Government Insider

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Perry Reappoints De La Garza to Texas Appraiser Licensing and Certification Board

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Perry Reappoints Rucker as Presiding Judge of the Seventh Administrative Judicial Region

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SBOE approves resolution on Islam in textbooks - why would anyone oppose this unless they favored a "pro-Islamic" stance

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Texas schools win federal grants to reward top teachers

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State gets earful from I-35 drivers

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More TABC agents behaving badly - what a surprise, see: TABC needs to go the way of Prohibition

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Ames Jones responds to RRC budget cuts

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Willingham lawyers ask for exoneration hearing in Travis County

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Abilene State School Makes "Substantial Progress" Toward Compliance

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Obama's Federal War on Texas
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Poll: Texans overwhelmingly side with Perry in fight with feds over education dollars

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Get ready for the second civil war

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400 Pounds Of Marijuana Seized In Alice

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Border issues:
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Border mayors gather, draw scant interest in US

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Mexican journalist granted U.S. asylum because of gang threats

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Special report: Juárez reeling in grips of drug war

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Bar owner convicted of using teen immigrants as sex slaves

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Mexican Mayor Slain in Drug-Plagued State

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AK-47s among stash house seizures

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Gov. Rick Perry says Texas has created more than 850,000 jobs, more than the other states combined

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Gas prices hold steady in Texas, drop nationally

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Abilene's Fehr Foods Group to be acquired in $84M deal

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Disease from Mexico could devastate Valley citrus

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Texas rig count down by 12

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OSHA honors Brownsville ship recycler

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Walmart giving American Red Cross $5,000 to help Coastal Bend flood victims

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Six Flags gets $41 million cash infusion from Dick Clark Productions

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Jay Mcfarland Leaving KRLD, KRLD-AM going all-news

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New homes starting to shrink a bit in Dallas-Fort Worth and nationwide

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TXU Energy offers free charges in Dallas-Fort Worth to spark electric-car use

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Irving-based Reata Pharmaceuticals gets $800 million deal to develop kidney drug

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Valley cities take legal action against cable giant Time Warner Cable

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Dillard's lawsuit against Highland Mall back on

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Residents file legal challenge to Las Colinas entertainment center

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Higher Ed. / Colleges & Universities
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Hance, Cigarroa & McKinney: When it comes to profitable research, Texas universities are doing something right

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45 sign up for TSTC's new Abilene culinary arts program

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Texas Tech to Offer Grants to TTU-System Researchers for Market-Ready Technologies

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Texas Tech ranks in Top 25 in Wall Street Journal recruiters’ selections

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Sept. 24th in Texas History: The Daily Texan is born

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Huston-Tillotson getting $872.7K in federal funds

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A&M regents analyze budget

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Carrizo Oil & Gas donates $5 million to UT-Arlington

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Tx Southern U has highest violent crime rate of any Texas college; Rice ranks third

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UH breaks fundraising record, tops $100M

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A future change for Texas-OU?

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SMU’s LGBTQ campus experience examined, defined

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SMU engineers lead new DARPA research center

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Local government spending & budgeting, etc.:
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$3 billion in bond funding to be decided by Texas voters on Nov. 2

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Stafford MSD reduces total tax rate

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Property tax rate remains flat in Missouri City

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Firefighters dispute Galveston city manager’s budget

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Texas’ state fair, nation’s largest, opens Friday

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The Panhandle-South Plains Fair is underway with thousands expected

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Crime report for Big Country mostly up

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Texas firefighter accused of setting 2 wildfires

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Midland police nab eight people in counterfeit check scheme

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Cannon made in Mexico believed used at Alamo

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Dallas officers fired for alleged roles in beating

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Packaged alcohol sales in Lubbock reach 1 year mark

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Lubbock's sinking 98th Street to cost city 24 homes

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National Fireball Rally makes pit stop in Lubbock

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Bexar Co. jail dialysis idea preliminary, but has funding

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City of Hollywood Park lifts deer-feeding ban

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City of Killeen Trash Department Truck Strikes 7-Year-Old Boy Thursday

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Longtime Texas reporter Peggy Roberson dies

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State and Federal Law Enforcement Officers Arrest One of State's Top Ten Most Wanted Sex Offenders

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2 Texas men get probation in Mexican oil scheme

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FBI: family ran guns and drugs from Texas home

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Update: Boil order lifted, Water flows, but Panhandle still under boil order

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Party, efficiency key in Harris Co. district clerk's race

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Police ready for standoff but discover empty house instead

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Woman caught after taking police car, chased at speeds of more than 100 mph

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Sabine Pass is 'up in the air' after Hurricane Rita

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Texas principal hit by train after driving around crossing gate

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Crockett High School student hit, killed by train

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Police officer's case showed system was allowed to work; can same be said for Beaumont ISD scandal?

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Two dozen dead cats found in an Austin woman's apartment

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Pflugerville man cleared of any wrong-doing in shooting death of 18-year old

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Home invasion suspect shot to death - anti-wimp

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Houston could have to return more HUD funds

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Democrat Morning News endorses lib-democrat over proven-conservative for Collin Co. judge - Republican Self will win

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17-year-old charged with capital murder in death of McKinney robbery victim

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El Paso Filmmaker Educates Public On Autism Through New Documentary

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Former El Paso Astronaut Danny Olivas Finds New Job In Southern California

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Feds say El Paso Irvin teacher had child porn for years

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DFW-Bound American Flight Aborted In Phoenix

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T-6 crash at Lauglin AFB near Del Rio

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Del Rio city manager search narrowed to three

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Life in Dallas: 7-Car, Big-Rig Crash Ties-Up LBJ Freeway

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Driver trapped after truck crashes into southeast Houston grocery store

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Man hands fisherman his ID, jumps off Galveston rock pier into Gulf

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3 pranksters arrested for throwing acid bomb in Baytown cop's yard

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Homecoming queen nominee determined to beat leukemia again

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Galveston amends smoking ban, bars & other places back to smoking allowed - a small but important victory. Still the main issue is that government should not be able to regulate such behavior at all on private property.

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Duerstine: The clash of party philosophies in Tom Green Co.

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Champion EMS wants to expand into Hallsville

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3 dead in head-on collision near Luella

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County judge, sheriff's department disagree on animal cruelty case

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Falcon Dam releases increase

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Valley cities take legal action against cable giant Time Warner Cable

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Jefferson Co. candidate closer to getting name off ballot

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Texas DA tracks down murder suspect after 21 years

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Montgomery Co. jail inmate charged with capital murder found dead from hanging

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Librarian sexually assaulted in a Dallas library

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Ex-Police officer gets prison for faking camp

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Dalhart doctor's license suspended

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Rancher Manges dead at 87

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Fort Worth Sonic restaurant evacuated after bomb scare
 

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Gov. Perry: Legal Action Against U.S. Department of Education Necessary to Preserve Texas Education Funding

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Perry campaign contest offers Mike Leach clinic as one of prizes

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Embry: Can the base carry Perry to a win?

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Few signs of Valley surge for Bill White so far

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Without Perry, Edgewood ISD forum turns into Dem rally - as it would have been with Perry, that's why campaigns turn down these setup events

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Texas Ag Knows Bill White's An Obama Clone

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DMN endorses Dem. Weems for Railroad Commission

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HD45: GOP challenger Jason Isaac launches video advert

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HD45: Political commercials begin: Rose lies right off the bat

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Cornyn vows to try again on Valley hospital for vets

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Texas Republicans rush to embrace GOP's campaign 'Pledge to America'

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Sessions: GOP Governing Agenda is Common-Sense Solutions to Grow Jobs, Reduce Gov’t & Reform Congress

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Olson Endorses Pledge to America

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An interview with Eddie Bernice Johnson's Republican opponent: Stephen Broden

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Senators lobby for Texas storm aid

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Texas' child care subsidy system lacks measures to prevent fraud, report says

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Texas will stick with 1 adult per 11 kids at day care

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Crickets chirping in some Dem state rep & senate camps on Obamacare

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If only Texas redistricting could be simple and fair - few agree as to what is right, fair and best

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Texas Has 12 Counties With More Registered Voters Than Voting Age Citizens - this comes generally from a refusal to properly purge voting rolls. Democrats fought then Sec. of State Tony Garza's order to properly purge voting lists, they seem to want the dead to vote.

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In Texas, a fire kindles fears of voter fraud

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Texas budget might test if students need materials to study for new exams

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Texas State Veterans Homes open to all Gold Star parents

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New Documentary Details Inequities In Public Schools

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Combs to Chair New TechComm Steering Committee

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Obama's Federal War on Texas
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State of Texas Challenges Federal Government for Denying Texas' Application for Education Aid

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Gov. Perry: Legal Action Against U.S. Department of Education Necessary to Preserve Texas Education Funding

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Texas Leads Resistance to EPA Climate Action

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Border issues:
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$1.3 million worth of cocaine confiscated at border

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Matamoros policemen accused of extortion

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Juarez editorial ignites a beleaguered Mexico

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Big Bend Public Meeting Discusses Cooperation with Mexico

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Economy / Financial / Business
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Initial claims for jobless aid rise in U.S., dip for Texas

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Blockbuster files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection

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Flat-screen TV prices falling in time for the holidays

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Nolan Co. Angus breeder recognized

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UpWind Solutions acquires assets of KCWG’s blade services business

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New TB hospital opens: Texas Center for Infectious Disease

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San Antonio's Rivercenter Mall to focus on restaurants & entertainment

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El Paso, San Antonio, Houston lead U.S. in Hispanic-owned businesses

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$15 Million Need to Fix Roads to F1 Track

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Safety review at BP plant after steam accident

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Tenaska Frontier employees earn safety award

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A.H. Belo names former Nike exec to board

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Texas Industries reports $23.7M loss

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FBI: Hackers are targeting Houston energy companies

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El Paso makes West Texas asset buy

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Study shows big companies favor public universities

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UH has No. 1 entrepreneurship program for undergrads

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Liberal arts Longhorns have study spot thanks to $15M gift

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UTSA lands $12 million for health researchers, laboratories

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Midland College gets 600,000 dollars for Hispanic community work

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Tech leaders say funding cuts top issue facing university

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Tech Human Factors and Ergonomics Society honored for gold medal status

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Tech alumnus achieves fame, success in Hollywood, Walt Disney Studios

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Tech recognized at conference for its commitment to diversity - & they don't mean having more conservatives on the faculty, they don't care about that diversity

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A&M's Loftin: Cost analysis won't affect faculty reviews

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DMN Investigates: UT Southwestern moving longtime director of doctors-in-training program into new position

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Baylor College trustees pledge $15M for faculty recruitment

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University Lands sale hits new high

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Bastrop residents seek to keep ACC annexation question off ballot

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Local government spending & budgeting, etc.:
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Bad decisions increase city of Beaumont's legal costs

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Hiring cadets won't fix overtime problem in San Benito

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Dallas ISD's Hinojosa: "We overspent our budget"

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Hallsville City Council passes tax rate increase

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Kerrville settles ADA complaint at performing arts center

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McAllen police reject city contract offer, deadline looms

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Courthouse metal detectors a sign of a lost ethic

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Waller County raises property taxes

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Tyler City Council Adopts Modest Tax Rate Increase - rate is still 60% below level 15 years ago, Tyler still has one of the lowest tax rates in Texas by a large margin.

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Cameron County still grappling with heavy rains

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Valley flooding strands 16 dogs

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City to residents: Photograph flood damage

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Chapman Ranch post office returns to full service after floods

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Craig Watkins turns up heat in Dallas district attorney race with attack mailer

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DA Watkins Parties with College Students at Mavs Game

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Dallas DA Craig Watkins, GOP opponent Danny Clancy get personal in debate

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Bum Phillips: No pick on Texans vs. Cowboys on Sunday

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Lubbock High students robbed at gunpoint - but it's a gun-free zone!

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Jones County backs deal for pre-parole transfer facility

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Big Spring water reclamation plant (CRMWD) nearing construction

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Military hunts test to ID potential drug abusers

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Slaying Victims Found In Burning Home Were Shot, Stabbed Beaten

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Universal City bans driver texting

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Austin to consider stricter rules for mobile food vendors - that's right, keep harming business

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Prison for 3 in Texas in mailed marijuana plot

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"Get Your Licks On Route 66" Stops In Amarillo

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Amarillo gunman legally drunk when shot, killed

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Panhandle water lost in rupture

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Water main leak in Watauga disrupts water service

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Are Cotton Bowl execs paid too much?

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Do home-built airplanes come with barf bags?

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Burglars breaking into homes while residents sleep in Northwest Austin

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Truck drivers react to Obama proposal on texting

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One-spot: 5 years of Hurricane Rita coverage

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5 Years After Rita, Homes Still Not Fixed

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How did Port Arthur native Jimmy Johnson do on 'Survivor'?

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22-year-old Waco woman struck by train

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Admission to Padre Island National Seashore is free Saturday

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Corpus Christi Libraries to be Presented with State Library Grant Award

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Rangers move closer to AL West crown, beat Angels in 12

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Dogs found in 'skeletal state' in Parker County lead to cruelty charges

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Man jailed in limousine driver's shooting death in Fort Worth

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El Paso Irvin HS teacher jailed after child porn is found

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Grand Jury Indicts Former Dallas FBI Agent

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Conflict surrounds chimps set to move from New Mexico research lab to Texas

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Experiment a success: Texas cougars beef up Florida panthers

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Suspect shot, killed during southwest Houston home invasion - anti-wimp

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Taqueria employees, customers help Baytown cops catch teen robbery suspect

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Website launched to help lower Houston gang-related crimes

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Cardinal DiNardo blesses chapel on Bolivar

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Twelve Houstonians make Forbes' richest list

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Teen turns self in after escape from juvenile jail

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Six years of documents requested from City of Denison and police department

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Weslaco East High School cleans deep after discovery of four Staph infections

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Mission police bust alleged credit card fraud ring

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Howard County Fair To Return in 2011

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East Texas State Fair Starts

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Ector and Midland County Lotto Sales Some of the Tops in Texas

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Baby found alive in Sherman dumpster

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Fingerprint could prove innocence for deaf inmate

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Killeen police say 7 children injured in bus wreck

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Amarillo man, 90, victim of home invasion

 
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White talks up governor's power over the budget

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White blasts Perry over 'Ouija board' estimates

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Is Bill White interested in Higher Education?

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Bill White’s wife visits, campaigns in Lubbock

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Exclusive Interview With Andrea White

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White meets with Border Coalition

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Libertarian Glass looking to steal votes from Perry - yep, and thus help Democrats

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Kathie Glass on the campaign trail

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Immigration in back seat in Texas governor's race

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Name that job; He'll be here all week; Shami's back

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Burka: Perry attacks White for being an environmentalist

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Texas Assoc. of Campground Owners endorse Perry

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Texas Farm Bureau declines to endorse in guv race - Slater is wrong, they endorsed Sharp over Perry for Lt. Gov. See yesterday's note about AGfund.

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Burka: Richard Murray on the Harris County Vote

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Burka: Hailey’s Capitol Inside weighs in on Choctaw poll

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Dallas Morning News endorses: Staples and Patterson

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Goofy Gilbert: State fails to regulate gas pumps

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Dem Lt. Gov. candidate, Chavez-Thompson, touts Obama support

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HD52 Malonado's Tax Hike Forum?

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Roger Williams may have to wait, but not his campaign for Senate

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NRA-PVF Endorses Michael McCaul for re-election in TX10

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Palin endorses Tea Party fave Broden in TX30, opponent of Eddie Bernice Johnson

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Anger mixes with more anger as secessionist crashes Tea Party

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Tea Party helping Republicans return to their roots

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Texas congressional leadership PACs spend $2 million, have $1 million in cash

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Thornberry Gold Star Parents Bill Passes the U.S. Senate

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Fort Worth official meets with Pelosi, lobbies for transit

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GOP stance on gays unclear - dear press, the GOP stance, state by state, is clear on the subject in the platforms. You are once again calling the position of office-holders the position of the Party which is wrong.

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Clayton Williams urges 'fighting socialism' to Abilene oil, gas producers

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SBOE: bar “pro-Islamic anti-Christian” bias

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Pratt: Courthouse metal detectors a sign of a lost ethic

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Redistricting should be less messy, more fair, Texas lawmakers are told

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How deep will the Texas budget shortfall be?

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Proposed 'Justin's Law' puts responsibility on owners of dangerous dogs

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New venture hopes to bring slots to Texas tracks, more

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TAB urges lawmakers to expand Medicaid managed care

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While Texas school board tackles ‘pro-Islam’ bias, progressive blog helps raise $1,000s for Democratic SBOE candidates

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Court throws out conviction based on dog scent lineup

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Stimulus Website: A Texas Eye on the Dollars

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Hutchison & Cornyn Urge President to Expedite Texas’ Disaster Declaration Request in Wake of Tropical Storm Hermine

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Port of Houston commissioner receives presidential appointment

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ACLU of Texas releases annual banned books report

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Texas officials to withdraw proposal for stricter day care rules

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Cornyn pushes for Texas veterans hospital opposed by White House

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Obama's Federal War on Texas
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Donna Campbell, Doggett’s Opponent, Calls for Lifting School Funding Blockade

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Texas will get its $830 million in bottled-up school aid, U.S. education chief predicts

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Government still oppressing states

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Border issues:
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Immigration agency fines Midland company headed by Tech regent

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DREAM Act deferred despite students' rally in Austin

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Residents of Ascensión, Chihuahua beat to death 2 alleged kidnappers

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White meets with Border Coalition

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Immigration in back seat in Texas governor's race

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Tamaulipas police commander arrested

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Economy / Financial / Business
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Agriculture experts from around the world gather in Lubbock for cotton conference

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In five years, Hispanic-owned businesses are up 40 percent in Texas

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Reese Tech. Center Is Home To A New Kind Of Wind Turbine

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Immigration agency fines Midland company headed by Tech regent

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Houston horse track gets a gaming partner

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PEC Director James Williams to step down from board

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Study: Road work can't be finished before Austin F1 race

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Standoff over Medicaid might hurt San Antonio system

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Photos: San Antonio's North Star Mall turns 50 - nice photos of Joske's, others lost to time and the World's Largest Cowboy Boots

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Texas ER docs face board certified dispute

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How do you like them apples — in Texas?

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Blockbuster bankruptcy expected this week

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Austin most expensive Texas housing market, Arlington the least

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Houston council OKs Heights Walmart agreement

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State gets emergency order against Austin investment firm

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Gov. Perry Announces TEF Investment Bringing 350 Jobs to Irving

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Higher Ed. / Colleges & Universities
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ACU Summit speakers: Christians, Muslims must talk - we can talk after the bulk of the Muslim world repudiates the call to convert, dominate or kill non-Muslims and abandons the goal of converting governments to Muslim states.

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TTUHSC celebrates 1st anniversary of Lubbock Impact

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Community colleges dealing with high demand

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Texas Medical Residents Forced to Leave the State

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WT football player arrested on drug charge

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Rice named sixth best for entrepreneurs

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University of Texas named ninth best school for entrepreneurs

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A&M regents to vote on institute for nuclear studies

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National recognition within reach, UH chief says

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Accusations against pledges cast Texas Tech fraternity in a bad light

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Is Bill White interested in Higher Education?

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Angelo State's 6,856 students an enrollment record

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History behind tradition of SMU-TCU rivalry

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Ferrier to be formally invested as Texas A&M-San Antonio president

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UTMB revives itself with new brand, logo

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Local government spending & budgeting, etc.:
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Taylor commissioners OK county budget at the Effective Rate

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San Marcos council approves budget with lower taxes but higher electric rates

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As Hemphill County grows, so will historic courthouse

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Beaumont's legal settlement budget more than doubles

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Petition to save library is commendable, but Jefferson County budget must still be cut somewhere

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Rusk ISD money should benefit all students, not just some

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Dallas City Council Says OK To Record Tax Hike

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Keating sends message as Frisco council votes on tax rate

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Kerr Co. Commissioners, elected officials take pay cut - now avoid a tax hike

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Big Spring City Council Expected to Approve Lower Property Tax Rate

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McKinney city budget passed unanimously

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Carrollton City Council approves budget

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Pasadena retirement plan brings some savings

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Bogata City Council members compelled to meet

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Tyler Council Approves Budget, 0.49-Cent Property Tax Hike

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Rangers' magic number still 6 after loss

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11 students injured on Del Valle ISD bus, Authorities investigating whether bus driver intentionally slammed on brakes

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K2 Ban Coming to Eastland

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Texas Department of Agriculture Honors Top Quilters

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Federal education officials to interview Jim Ned coaches, students

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Parker County officials cracking down on Taylor Co. tickets

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Hundreds of Austin-area charities on IRS list

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Lotto loser destroys market’s slushie machine

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Dog Attacks Toddler In Waco Neighborhood

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Proposed 'Justin's Law' puts responsibility on owners of dangerous dogs

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DPS Team Will Investigate Freak Accident That Killed Texas State Trooper

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Dallas DA Craig Watkins draws heat over spending from opponent Danny Clancy

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Trapped worker pulled from load of potatoes in Amarillo

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Austin among most increasingly popular destinations

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Central Texas EMS acquires Falls Co. provider

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Man charged after crash kills Edinburg teacher, family

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Beaumont ISD official told deputy he had drinks

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Galveston schools seek post-Ike insurance help

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Nueces County code enforcement department gets new name

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Nueces County to get help drafting dune erosion response plan

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Pastor Finds Copper Theft Suspect Hiding In The Grass

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Burglar Busted In The Act, Ties Woman Up & Steals Car

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Garland refuses to put up warning signs needed to enforce ban on cellphones in school zones - good for Garland

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Feds may prosecute former SEC official involved in Stanford case

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Pink Fire Trucks In Cowtown

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Woohoo! Budweiser to give away free beer at Houston bars, restaurants

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Longview: Former city fire chief has final salute, ride

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Suspects in Gregg County deputy assault arrested

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Longview bait shop owner injured during robbery dies

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Laredo ISD DA Investigation Shot Down

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Pittsburg ham radio operator contacts space station

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Police chief candidate from Pasadena, Texas withdraws application for 'personal reasons'

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Former Fannin County official sentenced to jail

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Pickups big targets for thieves in Texas

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Canada deports ex-CFL quarterback to U.S. to face Texas prison term

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Newark seeks new police chief

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Smith Co. $100 Weight Limit Permit Fee May Have Roadblock

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Kilgore City Manager May Change Jobs

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Arbitrator upholds firing of Austin police officer

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EPA clears more fencing and warning signs for San Jacinto Waste Pits

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Mesquite police suspect man found dead on tracks fell off train

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Suspect exposed self to 3 teenage girls in west Houston

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El Paso high school teacher facing child porn charge

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Magnolia man accidentally ignites self with refillable cigarette lighter, dies

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Houston's Duncan heirs added to Forbes richest 400 list

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Houton, Dallas mayor sound off on Texans-Cowboys game
 

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Perry, White appear separately at same forum

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Perry, White speak to Arab American voters in Houston

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Perry continues to rack up endorsements

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Fraternal Order of Police Texas State Lodge Endorses Rick Perry

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KERA's Shelley Kofler Interviews Gov. Rick Perry

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Perry has edge over White in HBJ poll - White's home town!

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Is Bill White hostile to more Texas Tier 1 universities?

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Pratt podcast: Bill White hostile to expanded Texas Tier 1, a hypocrite on gubernatorial involvement

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White on the border, again

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In Jail? Texas Dems Want Your Vote!

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RR Commission candidates spar; Rose, Thibaut on GOP target list

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HD85: Landtroop camp launches "Do We Know Joe Heflin?" website

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HD85's Landtroop: Heflin Is Not The Conservative He Says He Is

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HD45's Isaac launches "TheRoseRecord.com" website

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Nurse Practitioners Name HD58's Rob Orr 2010 Health Care Advocate

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Debra Medina and Kinky Friedman together for We Texans advert opposing property taxes

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Flores says his vote for Boehner for speaker is not guaranteed

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Texas Farm Bureau PAC gives to Calif.’s Fiorina, but not to Texans Perry or White - what did I tell you? Little by little they are making themselves just another PAC.

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Congressional candidates won't say?

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No tea for U.S. Rep. Conaway, locals say it's not necessary

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Ten House seats most likely to switch parties in 2010

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Ortiz Guides $795,110 to Brownsville South Padre Island International Airport

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Senator Hutchison and Cornyn Statements on the Defense Authorization Bill

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Texans know Obama's a Christian but they strongly dislike him anyway

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From commie Mother Jones: Don't Mess with Texas Democrats

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Cornyn, Sessions to receive award from gay and lesbian GOP group

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TDA Seeks Applications From Young Farmers & Ranchers for Funds to Start of Expand Operations

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Will Fiscal Decisions Hinder or Help Texas’ Economic Growth?

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By the Numbers: Texas Stimulus - featured on today's Pratt on Texas

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Texas reaped $4.6 billion from federal stimulus

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High costs, low production, substandard workmanship dog state's stimulus weatherization program

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Houston reaping most federal stimulus spending

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Resolution on Islam in textbooks criticized - OK, so what?

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DPS recruits: no age limit, and fast track for those with experience

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Travis County not planning to offer paper ballot option to November voters

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Lubbock County loans voting machines to Houston

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The head of the Texas Motor Transport Association is not buying a proposal by Obama

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Gov. Perry Appoints Shands to Finance Commission of Texas

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Obama's Federal War on Texas
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Railroad Commissioner Jones Pushes Dept. of Interior to Craft Offshore Drilling Policy

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Border issues:
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Life and death on the streets of Juárez

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Border Tensions Are Seen at Governors’ Conference

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Border governors call for US immigration reform

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Family Fight, Border Patrol Raid, Baby Deported

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Deputies attacked during bust at colonia stash house, authorities say

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DEA raids ranch near Palmview

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DREAM Act dies with rejection of defense bill

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Economy / Financial / Business
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December cotton pacts over $1 a pound with record crop expected on the High Plains

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Court revives SEC's lawsuit vs Mark Cuban

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Cuban ready to take on revived SEC case

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Plumbing defect may lurk in some recently built Texas area homes

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Owner takes pride in Texas Pride

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Port of Galveston upgrade for bigger Carnival ship

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AT&T to sell satellite-enabled smart phone

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Two Austin companies build San Antonio infectious disease hospital

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Half Price Books installs N. Texas' first electric car charging station

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Valero to invest $2.9 billion to boost diesel production

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Caterpillar to develop factory in Victoria, create 500 jobs

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Killeen's Plaza Hotel closes, employees out of a job

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Fort Worth K2 packing facility shut down over permit, code violations

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Houston home sales see second straight monthly decline

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Quantum Energy plans new $1B power generation company

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Higher Ed. / Colleges & Universities
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Goal for Texas: 3 million more college degrees

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THECB recommends new merit standards for need-based TEXAS grants

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State higher ed policy group OK’s plan to base college funding, grants on student performance

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TTU administrators announce $1B capital campaign - cheat, over 60% already raised.

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UNT knocks home-schooled student contrary to state policy

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University of Texas School of Social Work dean steps down

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Baylor: "Armed Robbery at Speight Jenkins Apartments"

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A&M students push for CHL on campus

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Baylor Professor dissects biology of sin in book

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Congratulations to isle university

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UH professor to give input on Gulf oil spill report

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U of H hosting oil symposium

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Boom in UTPA, STC enrollment continues

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Wayland moves forward with dorm, football, capital effort

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Student housing complex at Texas State University sold

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UT Health Science Center is one of the best for Hispanic doctors

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Kilgore College Band Director Retiring

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Record enrollment at Lamar Univ.

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Mary Hardin-Baylor students help with flood relief

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Big 12 announces terms of Nebraska departure

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Local government spending & budgeting, etc.:
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Lubbock almost doubles tax on its own property

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City of Round Rock is thinking about building an indoor athletic facility - why is this a role for government?

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City of Austin Wants Input on How to Spend Tax Money - but they are deaf to "don't spend it"

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Brownsville City Commission tables action on budget, tax rate

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Rio Hondo to scale back new water plant

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Mayor Leppert: I've Got Proof That Dallas Opposes Tax Hike

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Dallas County commissioners OK 2011 budget, tax hike

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Denton looking to raise taxes and fees

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Kerrville ISD to consider $70,000 in lighting upgrades

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Killeen City Council to vote on $30 million road improvement

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Hallsville school district produces records

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Hale County Property tax appraisals rise

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Sherman City Council raises water rates

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Tyler votes to set tax rate at the effective-rate

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Victoria County OKs $45.6 million budget, keeps tax rate flat

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Round Rock has spent close to 30 Million dollars to I-35 to try and ease traffic

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Flooding
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Gov. Perry Requests Presidential Disaster Declaration for 13 Texas Counties

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Flood watches cover parts of SE Texas

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Corpus Christi communities brace for more rain

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Officials close Chapman Ranch post office for flooding

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More than 100 people attend city council meeting to talk flooding

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Body Found in Car Swept into Oso Creek Yesterday

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Mayor Issues Local Disaster Declaration to Seek Assistance for Flooding Victims

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Hurricane Karl Is Gone, But Its Rains are Not Forgotten

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Shelter opens in Cameron County

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Brownsville residents assess flood damage

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San Antonio: Apartments dwellers might have to recycle

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Bexar Co. candidates duck & jab at campaign forum

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Brown County man sentenced in murder-for-hire

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FBI Says Fort Bliss Gunman Was Retired Soldier

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Fugitive Father Transferred Back To Waco

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Another Dallas County constable under investigation

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ATF setting up teams in Dallas, 6 other cities to stanch flow of guns to Mexico

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DPS trooper killed in wreck in Montague County, car strikes cow

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Randall County seeks turbine grant

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Amarillo police officers honored for valor

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Former Austin police chief joins Seton

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Duplicate license plate leads to innocent man's arrest

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Austin Police Arrest Burglar after Home Invasion

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Travis Co. inmate caught with iPhone in jail

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Waco Tribune-Herald implements pay system for online edition

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Corpus Christi Beach motel fire investigation resumes Thursday

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Corpus Council narrows list of search firms for next city manager

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Montgomery city administrator out; secretary back in

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Kilgore City Manager finalist for San Marcos job

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Man Hits Parked Car And Gets His Car Stolen

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Opening statements delivered in Beaumont officer's retrial

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FAA: Biplane Crashes After Running Low On Fuel

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More Than 900 Animals Put Down In Sanger Since '06

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Bob Barker Faints at Shooting Range

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Toddler rape case goes to jury

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Leftover pills? DEA happy to take them

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Harris County Judge Emmett discusses upcoming elections

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Alleged victims testify in rural Mission bar sex trafficking trial

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Dispute between McAllen and Time Warner heads to FCC - ridiculous

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Homeless man suspected of killing woman and stabbing her 9-year-old son

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Grayson County Commissioners get a look at jail plans

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Killeen doubts FEMA's maps

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City of Yorktown stops ghost hunting tours at former hospital building

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Odessa gunman was NOT a Tx Nationalist Movement member

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Man shot after dispute over Cowboys game, affidavit says

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Travis County Commissioners Court turns down abortion foes

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Charges dropped against HPD officer accused of tampering

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Jasper H.S. janitor jailed for sexual relationship with student

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Highland Park racer sets land speed record

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Toddler abducted during carjacking; later found safe

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Man shot by Montrose-area homeowner charged with burglary

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Debate brews over the use of fluoride in the Austin water system

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Man entered Far North Dallas apartment, molested teen girl as she slept

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What you can (and can't) bring to the State Fair of Texas

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Survey: Dallas area is home to 8 of country's 100 largest churches

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Laser-like focus lands 27-year-old Dallas police officer 'Top Gun' title

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Dallas County DA's camp defends Craig Watkins' use of campaign funds to support celebrity status

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Steam burns send BP Texas City workers to hospital

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Houston PD officer foils bank robbery; 1 of 2 suspects arrested
 

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Is Bill White opposed to more Texas Tier 1 universities?

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Podcast of Pratt on Texas: Bill White hostile to expanded Texas Tier 1, a hypocrite on gubernatorial involvement

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Trial lawyers heavily support Bill White for governor

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Lawyers “Betting Big” on White for Governor

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White Says Perry Late With Budget Cuts - what? In the primary dems were bemoaning the cuts and now it wasn't early enough?

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Texas gov, challenger to appear at same forum

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Could Perry Fatigue Give Dems an Opening in TX?

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In context: Houston Chronicle endorses White over Perry for governor

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HD85 GOP challenger Jim Landtroop launches first TV advert

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Rep. Todd Smith refuses to help fellow Republicans in races against incumbent democrats

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Neugebauer Predicts One-Year Extension Of Bush Tax Cuts

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Democrats using Federal legislation to lure "Hispanic" votes

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SMU’s College Democrats host state convention

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NE Texas-area TEA parties announce activities

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Odessa man is Green Party candidate for TX11 held by Mike Conaway

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Borrowed election machines to arrive in Harris Co.

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Cornyn says he's 'not in a panic' about Tea Party wins

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Rep. Chet Edwards, once touted for VP by Pelosi, now stiff-arms the speaker (and Obama)

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Redistricting hearings kick off in Dallas with focus on minorities - it's one person, one vote and anything else is inherently wrong. Minority-majority districts, custom drawn, actually reduce the political power of minorities. Such districts only enhance the personal status and power of minority office-holders but not the citizen.

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25 Years of Adopt-a-Highway In Texas

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Editorial: State health labs must bill for tests

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Burka: Is a 142% budget increase over 20 years too much?

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Examining Decades of Growth in K-12 Education: Spending & Achievement trends

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Embry: Budget shortfall is a moving target

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Lack of funds imperils effort helping students concentrate - another absurd story about how broke schools are!

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Proposed cuts to need-based college financial aid ‘a huge step backward,’ lawmaker says

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South Texas hospital gets reimbursement changes killed

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A decade later, thousands of black farmers who suffered discrimination still await payment

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Forensic Commissioners Push Back Against Bradley - there is little truly controversial except as portrayed by anti-death penalty radicals

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Some Austin ministers to protest SBOE meeting

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Islam v. Christianity: Are Texas textbooks fair? - AFT teacher shows she is ignorant

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Texas takes another look at coal

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TPPF: Federal stimulus did not stimulate Texas economy

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Ongoing expenses draw 55 percent of stimulus $

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Perry's Asia Trip Security Cost $129K - part of the job

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Obama's Federal War on Texas
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EPA to "help" Texas refineries fix air permits

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Border issues:
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Juárez paper cuts drug war coverage - understandable but another sign of societal corruption

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Drug Lords to Censor Mexican Newspaper

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More gunfire reported in Nuevo Laredo

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Woman stymied in quest for truth about husband's killing in Juárez

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Federal agent calls Dallas area a 'comfort zone' for gun smugglers arming Mexico drug war

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Gov. Rick Perry calls Obama indifferent to border security, calls Janet Napolitano "hypocritical" and "arrogant"

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Economy / Financial / Business
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U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics average wages for Texas

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Average civilian pay in Austin-area is $21.08/hour, average government worker wage is $25.87/hour

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GE wind turbine company to expand service centers

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NADBank furnishes loan to El Paso Water Utilities

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South Texas hospital gets reimbursement changes killed

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Kroger to build first separate fuel center

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Plains Exploration to sell Gulf assets to McMoRan for $818M

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In-N-Out Burger Chain Plans Expansion Into Fort Worth

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Seasonal retail jobs likely to increase

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Uranium Resources resolves legal hurdle

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Dallas set to host U.S. Hispanic Chamber of Commerce convention for first time this week

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Taxi drivers accusing D/FW Airport of race discrimination

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Westin hotel in downtown Dallas to become a Marriott

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Lone Star Rail takes another step

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Austin home resales off 15 percent in August

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Fort Worth cash grain prices

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Xcel move combines community relations, business strategy

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Higher Ed. / Colleges & Universities
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Is Bill White opposed to more Texas Tier 1 universities?

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Enrollment, diversity skyrocket at Texas colleges

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Wayland gets good marks ahead of borrowing this week

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City of Dallas, SMU partner to survey citizens

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SMU’s College Democrats host state convention

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25 years and counting: Collin College still bringing innovation to the community

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Educator leads Central Texans to college

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Texas Southern Univ. looks farther afield to recruit students

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Galveston College students top 2,200

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Times Q&A: Longest-serving professor at UTEP has seen major changes

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TCU Battles Bands in CBS Hawaii Five-O Contest

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Proposed cuts to need-based college financial aid ‘a huge step backward,’ lawmaker says

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Austin Community College sets enrollment record

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Baylor president Starr: Religion key in higher ed

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UT administrators finally acknowledge public frustration

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Local government spending & budgeting, etc.:
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Property Tax Reform Starts At Home

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How about spending nothing new & start cutting?

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San Antonio ISD bond under fire - take a look at the photo and tell me if these are a bunch of "white" racists fighting these high taxes!

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Austin Community College District raises its property tax exemptions - raises taxes too

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Fort Worth budget is set for final council vote Tuesday

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Dallas mayor: Voters oppose tax hike

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El Paso county approves 5.82% tax hike, vote 3-2

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Lubbock ISD claims bond issue will help cure jaywalking!

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Storms will likely flood Corpus Christi, soak San Antonio

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Schools close after floods in Corpus Christi area

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Brownsville neighborhood flooded from overnight rains

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Sewage overflows reported near Brownsville's Sunrise Mall

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Corpus Christi officials: More than 100,000 gallons of wastewater mixed into flood water

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One missing in flooding as rain pounds TX coast

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Oso Creek expected to reach all-time high mark

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American Red Cross continues shelter efforts for flood victims

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Weather closes Naval Air Station Corpus Christi's Ocean Drive gate

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Coastal Bend Road Closures Updated List

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City's drainage system overwhelmed by rain

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Texas judge lifts courtroom ban on cowboy boots - what a moron

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Lubbock & Amarillo Rangers help with Odessa standoff, probe

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Ector Co. deputy, injured in big stand-off, released from hospital

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4chan founder, Bruce Sterling, among SXSWi 2011 keynoters

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Shop owner catches copper thief in act

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Homeowner subdues suspected home invader - anti-wimp

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Bexar Co. man killed by deputy was depressed, friends say

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28th Annual Margarita Pouroff in San Antonio gets new champion

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Store clerk surprised when crooks smash through front window, take ATM

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New Braunfels area benefits from McKenna foundation funding

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Midland Man Pleads Guilty to Attempted Kidnapping of 16-year-old girl

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Report: Massive child porn ring busted

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Abilene man was among those nabbed in porn bust as part of worldwide sting

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Bryan Man Indicted on Child Pornography Charge

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Texas top 10 fugitive caught in Hurst

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93-year-old Crockett woman robbed and beaten - be armed, be ready

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Palmview man kills wife, stabs himself near his heart

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Woman convicted of murder in husband's 2008 slaying in Edinburg

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East Texas Private School Enrollment Growing

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Randy Quaid, wife found living in their old house

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Small plane crashes in Panola County, pilot injured but OK

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Small plane crash in NW Harris County

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East Texas: boy-girl twins celebrate 100th birthday, together

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Rusk County offers reward for info in Mother's Day murder

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Oklahoma authorities charge Texas bounty hunter

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I-35 Reopens Following Fiery Crash That Injured One

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Estimate: 600 homeless Veterans in Big Spring VA's area

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3 dead in house fire near Sherman

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How Houston Metro derailed its expansion plans

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Old computers find new homes with needy students in Arlington district - if they work they should still use them at schools

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Excitement builds as Super Bowl season begins in Arlington

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8-liners seized, employee arrested at Arlington convenience store

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State Fair of Texas workers raise Big Tex for pint-size fans

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Stephen Sondheim to visit Dallas ISD's Booker T. Washington arts magnet school

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Dallas County Commissioner John Wiley Price wants Chris Luna off Parkland hospital governing board

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Candidates for Dallas County district attorney are similar on crime

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Search resumes for missing man in Sabine River

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Gay pride, politics, policy go on parade in Dallas

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Drunken driver strikes patrol car

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Land battle over where 'Leanderthal Lady' found

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Dad of QB who collapsed during game, died: He was always a leader

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Dallas FBI Improperly Spied on Activists: Report

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Fort Bliss Officials: 2 People Shot On Post

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Ticket prices soaring for Texans-Cowboys game

 
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Is Bill White opposed to more Texas Tier 1 universities?

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Perry: 'No white flag'

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College costs fuel debate in governor's race

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Governor's race: A Q and A about higher education - note White wants to protect A&M & UT from competition in Tier 1 arena

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Bill White: No Friend of Gun Owners

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Bill White, described as 'brilliant' lawyer, now focuses on business

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White defends not releasing his tax info

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Embry: Who has the most to gain from no debate, Perry or White?

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Perry: White should've run for comptroller

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No surprise, liberal Houston Chronicle endorses hometown boy White for Guv

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Perry praises conservative bloggers at RedState Gathering

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Perry touts tort reform, gives stump speech at Red State Gathering

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Texas attorney general race donations raise conflict questions

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Democrat state rep. Maldonado avoiding debate in HD52 race

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HD45 candidates (D-Rose & R-Isaac) host dueling barbecues - from last week, missed

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Tea Party foes don't get Tarrant lawmaker to change election policy

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SBOE member Agosto cleared in ethics probe, but also cost him

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Redistricting could give Latinos more political clout

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Gov. Perry Appoints Six to Texas On-Site Wastewater Treatment Research Council

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Traffic deaths plunge in Texas

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Prisons face state budget crunch, tough choices made

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Prison vehicle lot reflects Texas budget dilemma

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State agencies offer up 9,800 jobs to close budget shortfall

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Fikac: A taste of the bitter budget battle to come

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Editorial: State budget cuts must be selective, not simply across the board

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Lib editorial: Texas governor needs term limits

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School district consolidation idea makes sense

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Editorial: SBOE shouldn't buy dubious claims of pro-Islamic agenda in world history books

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Lambert: Justice or Politics in Texas?

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Un-American "secret hearings" being abused by Texas judges

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State's minimum weekly unemployment benefit amount will go from $59 to $60 on Oct. 1

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Texas' top charter schools demand more from students, parents, teachers

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More Texans carry guns

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Prison seminary program comes with caveats

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Editorial: Legislators need info on wind storm insurance deal

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Obama's Federal War on Texas
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Lone Star, lone state

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Border issues:
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Reports of violence shake Matamoros

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Juarez Newspaper Seeks Truce With Cartels

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Falfurrias checkpoint gets 9,000 pounds of pot

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Border carjackings prompt warning from authorities

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Economy / Financial / Business
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Zachry family getting Freeman Award

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Spearman company wins seed case

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Wyly always saw bright days ahead for clean electricity

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Famous doctor calls Houston a "beacon" in heart surgery

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Marshal land 95 jobe with ET firm expansion

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Higher Ed. / Colleges & Universities
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Is Bill White opposed to more Texas Tier 1 universities?

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Kenneth Starr Inaugurated As Baylor’s 14th President

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St. Mary's business school receives grant

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College costs fuel debate in governor's race

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Governor's race: A Q and A about higher education

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Striking back: Texas avenges 2008 upset loss in Lubbock

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Right before TTU kickoff UT opens Lubbock admissions office

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Texas State Technical College Teaching Wind Energy

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Family Day At McMurry University

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TTU Students practice appellate advocacy in court setting

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Jerry Rawls celebrates 10th anniversary of $25 million donation to TTU

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For supporters of UHV switch, San Angelo offers roadmap to realignment

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University of Texas is growing and changing

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A&M praised in 'Wall Street Journal' study

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Ex-Tech coach Leach: There is nothing healthy about coaching

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UTD set to dedicate campus enhancement project

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UT Health Science Center gets fresh injection of stimulus funds

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Howard College's enrollment up 524 students

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Local government spending & budgeting, etc.:
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Local government wages outpace private sector

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What D-FW and Texas public employees make amid tight budgetary times

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Public employees fare better in Bexar Co.

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Many Dallas-Fort Worth residents brace for tax increases

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A win, but not victory, in Galveston budget battle

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New Pasadena courthouse annex to open on time, under budget

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Marion ISD sets the table for bond election

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FBI Seeks Public’s Help In Finding I-35 Bandit

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Sick: San Antonio "person" pleads guilty to hacking his grandmother to death

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Western District of Texas U.S. Marshals chasing “worst” sex offenders

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West Orange Quarterback Reggie Garrett Dies During Football Game

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Athletic trainers: Parents should know standards

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Charter Bus Hits I-35 Barrier Early Saturday; 18 Injured

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Bus driver's medical condition eyed in crash

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Missing 8-Year-Old Texas Girl Found Safe

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Hunters show off their best at game awards

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Odessa: Suspect in custody after shooting, overnight standoff

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Lubbock PD helps Ector County end standoff after 3 shot

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Body Found at Coleman Country Club

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West Texas Fair And Rodeo Was A Huge Success

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DPS Trooper honored for saving woman

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Houston Mayor Annise Parker touts Texans, tweaks Washington

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3 children found shot dead in Texas apartment

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Ranchers host hunt for vets

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I-35 Mayors meet to talk about improve I-35 from Austin to San Antonio

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McCullough wins Wimberley election sparked by lawsuit

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Cameron Co. DA declines to pursue San Benito Open Meetings Act issue

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Are Brownsville drivers really the safest? Allstate stats may be skewed by low number of insured drivers

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It was a typical week in the Beaumont ISD, and unfortunately that is not a good thing

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2 Dallas officers hurt, one in auto accident, the other in a scuffle

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3 dozen Dallas County deputy constables hired despite troubling job histories

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Smoking being banned in public housing

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Brownsville gets 6-plus inches of rain overnight, flooding many areas

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Flooding across the Rio Grande Valley

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Kayaking on flooded Brownsville street

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Search to resume Monday for man missing in Sabine River

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Dallas man accused of exposing himself to Irving teens

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Harris Co. judge candidates debate priorities, solutions

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At 90 years old, Austin bra fitter knows her stuff

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Hale Co. residents warned after confirmed rabies case

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West Texans privy to epic journey of Monarchs every year

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ESD No. 2 Firefighters Fight Back In Misuse Squabble
 

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Bill White says releasing tax returns for debate would set 'bad precedent'

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Perry guesses budget deficit at $10-11 billion

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Perry and White continue to differ on budget shortfall

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Texas Governor Rick Perry campaigns in Sherman to overflow crowd

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Gov. Rick Perry speaks out against DC tax compromise

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Texas Gov. Perry criticizes GOP leader Boehner

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Texas Gov. Rick Perry picks up endorsements from NRA, Texas State Rifle Association

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Gov. Perry Urges Federal Response on Rio Grande Levee Maintenance

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Perry blasts feds for Rio Grande levee maintenance

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The debates plow forward -- without Perry

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State Rep. Joe Moody's Words? Hardly... (D-El Paso HD78)

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Report about Bill Zedler roils Texas House race (HD96)

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Did Lawmaker Access Private Files To Help Donors? (HD96)

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Key lawmaker (Shaprio) wants to change school funding

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SBOE: Dems waiting for GOP response to LULAC debate

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Arlington boy's injury prompts move for stricter DWI laws - hard cases make bad law

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Lawmaker (Rep. Taylor) submits new TWIA inquiry

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Lawmakers unite to get children insured - it doesn't save taxpayer money it just shifts the burden

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Republican Party of Texas has raised $200,000 toward debt retirement

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Conservatives converge on Austin for blog conference

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Rep. Gallego says Del Rio's sign ordinance void, cities can't regulate political sign placement

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Editorial: Texas has to tighten its belt to cope with huge shortfall - finally the AJ recognizes reality

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How many officials truly believe in individual responsibility?

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Gov. Perry Appoints Schneider to Texas Poet Laureate, State Musician and State Artists Committee

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Texas drivers to move into fast lane for licenses

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This week's edition of Texas Government Insider

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State Forensic Science Commission takes up arson case again

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Texas Panel Requests More Experts In Arson Case

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Arson not ruled out in Harris Co. voting device fire

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4.3 million people across Texas among impoverished, census shows - "poverty" here is envied middle-class in most of the world

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Uphold Texas' prerogatives in public education

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Should schools sell electricity or education?

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Staples campaign calls Gilbert's teaching skills into question

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Sarah Palin to headline Dallas anti-abortion fundraiser

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Chet Edwards makes it difficult to tell he’s a Democrat in new ad

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Obama's Federal War on Texas
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State hammers EPA on science of global warming

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Homeland Security chief rebuffs Gov. Rick Perry on U.S. border patrols

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San Antonio eateries targeted on illegal workers

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Holiday a deadly day in Mexico

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House Republicans demand hearing on border security

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Homeland Security chief rebuffs Gov. Rick Perry on U.S. border patrols

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Report: NYC Bomb-Plot Informant Illegally Entered US Through El Paso

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Severed Head Found Atop Abandoned Car In Ciudad Juarez Has El Paso Connection

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ATF forms teams to combat gun smuggling to Mexico

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Multiple shootouts reported in Matamoros

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7 killed in shooting at Juárez bar

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Economy / Financial / Business
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Texas unemployment rate rises slightly to 8.3% in August from 8.2% in July, non-government jobs increased during the period

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School district cuts dim Houston area job picture

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Texas retail gasoline prices up

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Texas olive growers juiced up

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Dallas real estate projects stuck in neutral as market idles

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Continental, UAL Shareholders Approve Combo

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Lubbock company develops special bed to assist those with disabilities

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PUC votes to OK wind energy transmission line from Childress to Lefors

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County court seeks more F1 Austin details

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Southwest Airlines Wins Diversity Award

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EPA investigates release at BP's Texas refinery

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CPS Energy nears completion of new power plant

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Texas Comptroller awards office supply contract to San Antonio’s AHI Enterprises

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Austin company creates politician planters

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Architectural firm leases historic Dallas space

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Higher Ed. / Colleges & Universities
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Institute of Texan Cultures’ director posts resignation

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Scooter buy to blame for ITC resignation

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Remedial courses frequent at local colleges - still think public schools are working?

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Religious protestors draw large crowd at Texas Tech, police called for crowd control - note what little commitment to Liberty some of our supposed best-and-brightest have. Very frightening, reported on Constitution Day no less!

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Trading Spurs, Tech and UT Share Tradition

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Texas A&M honors Constitution Day

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Ranger College Honors Constitution Day

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Texas Instruments to buy back $7.5B in stock

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Officials investigate cause of Thursday TSU chemical spill

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Texas State University building evacuated after small fire

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Condordia Univ. picks Baylor lecturer as first Dean for S.A. campus

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Two finalists vie to lead A&M Corps of Cadets

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TCU's Baylor Rivalry Not The Same Anymore

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UNT, TWU post gains in enrollment

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State School Enrollment Increase

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TCU's original home in Fort Worth was near "Hell’s Half Acre"

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TCU police say 2 men posed as students to steal $100,000 in computers, instruments

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Rice University ranks among top schools - report

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Baylor College of Medicine set to trim jobs, benefits

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UTSA Sets Enrollment Record

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Local government spending & budgeting, etc.:
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Do voters care when local officials dupe them?

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San Antonio approves $2.36 billion budget, tax rate an effective cut

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Floresville tax rate vote tabled

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Lutz slams Dallas' no-bid contracting on WFAA's Inside Texas Politics

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Citizen speaks out again Lone Star College System budget, tax rate

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Gladewater increases tax rate 3 cents

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Nolanville council approves budget, tax rate

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Critics: Walmart deal 'blank check' from taxpayers

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Weslaco announces cuts in police, fire forces

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Follow-up: Coppell Mayor Shot Daughter Then A Day Later, Herself - even worse

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San Antonio's Memorial High ends 43-game losing streak in dramatic fashion

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Nation's a witness to Abilene Eagles' football win over Florida team - good game

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Central Texas sees more rain this year

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Baptists address gay issue

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Dallas 2-year-old dies after left alone in van

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Man shot during robbery of television - the bad guys have guns, you should too

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SUV and 18-wheeler collide in Atascosa County

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Special prosecutor appointed to investigate Collin County DA's office

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El Paso seeks to annex Fort Bliss

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El Paso's poverty rate recedes as nation's rises

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Texas broadcast pioneer, author Bob Izzard dies

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Houston Man Sentenced to Prison in Texas Attorney General & FBI Medicaid Fraud Investigation

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Man sentenced over drugs in ice chest in Beaumont

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Canyon approves bid for seven new water wells

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Williamson Co. deputies make historic drug bust

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Gandhi Statue Coming to Austin

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Police advisory panel stumbles forward in Beaumont despite any apparent need for it

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Texas woman's ex-spouse returns son after 17 years

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Sheriff: Man used fake rifle for home invasion

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Man convicted for killing teacher over affair

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Beaumont man gets 55 years for shooting, killing wife

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Robbery suspect shot, killed at South Dallas convenience store - anti-wimp

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Houston homeowner shoots man who went ‘hog-wild’ after his car was towed- anti-wimp

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'Claw' gesture made by Texas Rangers inspires hip-hop song - hate it

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Neighbor: Gunman told ex-wife to 'go get your son' in apparent murder-suicide at Lewisville home

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Follow-up: Natural gas suspected in Corpus Christi explosion

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Fire marshal deems Corpus Christi motel fire site safe for people in proximity

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Missouri City police battle crime increase

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Texas mom: I didn't know I was AWOL

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PD: Taxi Cab Bandit arrested at Houston hotel

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Houston fails to blow through harmonica record

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Church tree biggest yew in Texas

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Felony charge against Galveston police officer dismissed after restitution paid

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Mansfield man jailed on charges of misusing war memorial funds

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Steelman tabbed as next Longview fire chief

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Inmate kicks Gregg County jailer in chin

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West Rusk football stadium condemned - finally a district with an actual "need"

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NFL slaps two Texans players with $5,000 fines

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Donna searching for new city manager

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Collision involving McAllen police vehicle lands woman in hospital

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Dangerous flooding possible in some areas of Valley as region gets drenched over weekend

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More Water Released from Falcon, Amistad Dams

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Motive Unknown In Shooting Death Of Tyler Junior College Student, 19

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Henderson Woman Charged With Shooting Man In Head

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Fugitive Texas sex offender arrested in Las Vegas

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Dem candidate for Dallas Co. judge hurts eye dove shooting in West Texas

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Austin non-profit Family Connections files for bankruptcy

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Lumberton convenience store denied alcohol license renewal - & the Lumberton liquor limbo continues...

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Jury sentences 75-year-old sex offender to life in prison
 

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Gov. Rick Perry gets endorsement from NRA

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Perry makes coyote jokes while declaring Texas’ “enlightened” on gun rights

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Independent poll has Perry up by 12

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Perry: Debate window is closed

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White misses Perry's debate deadline; Are Texans the ones missing out?

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White hoping 'Big D' stands for Democrats on Election Day

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Burka: Does Perry need to debate White? - Burka thinks he can maneuver Perry into a debate with sophomoric logic, funny!

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Even if there's no debate, there will be a blame game

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More tort reform on the Perry agenda

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Gilbert hounds Staples about gas pumps

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GOP strategists say Texas House safe from Democratic takeover; implications for redistricting

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Rep. Paxton on Redistricting

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Libertarian withdraws, endorses Republican Dee Margo in HD78 - the GOP can take this seat, tough but it can be done

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Doctor probe flap draws attention to Turner/Zedler race

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Rep. Frost Trying (D-Texarkana) to Seal Public Records?

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Could Kay Bailey Hutchison be the next Republican senator to be primary challenged? - she'd be challenged anyway because of her pledges to resign and not run again.

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Edwards not talking enough about his record, says latest Flores ad

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Targeting Chet Edwards

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Doggett’s Opponent, Dr. Donna Campbell, on Lifting School Funding Blockade

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McCaul goes to No. 6 on congressional wealth list

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Cornyn defends decision to speak to gay Republican group

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No favorite sons: Rick Perry and Ron Paul trail far behind top GOP White House hopefuls in Texas

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Poll Finds Mixed Views, or None at All, on Tea Party

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Poll: Texas Hispanics’ support split between Democrats, GOP

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Dallas DA declares war on Tea Party

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Dallas County shaping up as a political battleground

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The Shadow Party: How a Washington-Based Liberal Activist Is Trying to Turn Texas Blue

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Farm bill subject to much scrutiny

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Showdown over Islam looming for SBOE

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Are Texas's social studies standards really so bad?

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Burka: SBOE finds a new bogeyman: textbook terrorism

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Activated: Texas Freedom Network vs. Liberty Institute

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Texas high court weighing release of Perry's travel records - note, it's not the Governor's expenses being withheld but those of the security detail.

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Let the Legislature decide limits on open records

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Gov. Perry Appoints Becker as Judge of the 219th District Court

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Texas 6th in killings of women by men - take with many grains of salt any stats from the VPC

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Texas poverty rate rises to 17.3 percent - listen to the libs whine. "We must do something!" We've been doing their crap for 50 years and it doesn't work.

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Arson panel's draft report blasted - certainly. From day-one, these critics have not cared about fact, they are anti-death-penalty radicals.

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Texas Access to Justice Foundation receives $2.6M in aid

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PUC approves rules requiring electric providers to offer deferred payment plans

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Stimulus in Texas: Where is the money going?

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Editorial: Don't use ax to balance budget - typical liberal take on everything!

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Texas budget shortfall: It’s all unofficial

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Obama's Federal War on Texas
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Abbott, Texas Files Legal Action To Block Imposition Of EPA Regulations

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Doggett’s Opponent, Dr. Donna Campbell, on Lifting School Funding Blockade

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Texas, EPA present draft plan to fix air permits

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Border issues:
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Poll: 65% of Texans want immigration-enforcement law like Arizona's

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Mexico bicentennial: El Paso event grows due to Juárez violence

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Honduran illegal gets 50-years for crash that killed businessman

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Border Patrol agents find two women in car trunk Tuesday

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Stray bullet found on UTB-TSC campus; slug could be from Matamoros shootouts

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Economy / Financial / Business
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Dallas-based Southwest Airlines, flight attendants reach tentative pact tied to 737-800s

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Local plant will treat El Paso eateries' grease waste

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Speakers at distressed assets event say commercial deals still face hurdles

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Carl's Jr. to grow in D-FW

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Leslie Doggett now top John Deere dealer

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Boots & Coots shareholders OK Halliburton buyout

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Bailed-out banks are snubbing small businesses

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Longview call center closing, 90 East Texans could be jobless

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Katz looking at North Austin location, waiting to hear from Queen

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D-FW foreclosures could top 60,000 by year's end

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Higher Ed. / Colleges & Universities
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Study shows Tech has $1 billion impact on Lubbock

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Texas Tech's Raiderville citizens share stories, tents

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West Texas Agricultural Chemicals Institute presents scholarships to 7 Texas college students

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Baylor president Announces $100 Million Scholarship Initiative

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Cost-cutting imperative, UT president says

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New WT research head focused on turbines, degree program

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A&M receives $3.2M grant from Assoc. of Former Students

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UT energy program one of best 18 in U.S.

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Former President Bush to speak at UNT (G.W.)

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Blinn College Sets Enrollment Record for 4th Consecutive Year

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Texas Tech to announce $1 billion capital campaign

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Local government spending & budgeting, etc.:
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Lubbock residents pay price of new projects with higher taxes

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Floresville council to vote on property tax increase

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Medina law enforcement poised to get pay raises

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Denton ISD's deficit becomes a surplus

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Fredericksburg ISD Contemplating Spring Bond Election

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Work begins on nearly $60M TX high school stadium

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Carroll ISD tax rate an effective tax cut

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New Denison library project funding stalls

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Nueces County refinances bonds to save $2 million

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Lubbock City Council Approves New Property Tax Rate Increase

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DPS reports increase in crime in Abilene, Taylor County

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Woman sentenced over Ike FEMA fraud

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Ace Of Cakes Muleshoe stop soon be shown on Food Network

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Bees Attack Northeast El Paso Family

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Sun's glare especially dangerous for Lubbock drivers

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Amarillo man charged in Brownwood with marijuana possession posts bond after 80 days

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Floresville police chief delays retirement

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Conflicting Reports On Bellmead Top Cop's Retirement

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Roma police officers charged with pot trafficking

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Travis County voters might face longer lines on Election Day

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San Antonio mayor says city must do better on education

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Caprock Canyons State Park to make bison more accessible

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Sheriff: Spearman manb held family hostage in Colorado

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Round Rock Express ditches Astros for Rangers

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Fort Hood shooting suspect's hearing to be open

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Bedridden Houston woman found slain in home

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Austin Police Pushing Pedicabbers' Patience

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Capital Metro on Board With Transparency

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Dallas Police Chief Condemns Beating

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One Fired; Chief Seeks Charges in Taped Beating

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Dallas Women Dig Smoke

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Dallas Historical Society is busy readying 'personal' Tom Landry exhibit for State Fair of Texas

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Couple sentenced to prison for sexual assault of boy, 11

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Decatur's Lane Elenburg is runner-up on 'Big Brother 12'

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Tale of two Fort Worth parking lots shows how hard it can be to not build a project

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Man killed when hay bale falls on him southwest of Mansfield

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Courthouse Annex Roof Falls On Worker in Goldthwaite

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Teacher from Sealy facing federal child pornography, molestation charges

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HPD: WWII vet shot attacker in self-defense - anti-wimp

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Houston Councilwoman Lovell faces ethics fine over campaign finance

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Massive Explosion and Fire at Corpus Christi Hotel

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Explosion sets off building fire near Texas State Aquarium

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An explosion causes a Motel Fire near the Texas State Aquarium, 3 injured

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FBI, ATF investigating what led to Hotel Explosion near Texas State Aquarium

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Explosion Victim May be Transported to San Antonio Hospital

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Explosion Survivor Speaks About Blast from Hospital Bed

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Dropout from judge's race still on ballot in Jefferson Co.

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Wanted Man Holds Marshals At Bay At Home In Killeen Neighborhood

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Winona Mayor Speaks Out Against JP 4 Alcohol Election

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Chandler Gas Leak Shuts Down Some Roads

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School bus crashes in Tyler, 6 hospitalized

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Two Texas Men Sentenced For Gun Theft During Hurricane Ike

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Kayaker killed in Brushy Creek in Round Rock

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Funnel Cloud Spotted in Woodsboro

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DA Decides Not to Prosecute Student Accused of Tossing Aggie Ring

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Austin Police Use of Bike Patrols Proves Effective

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Jury Convicts Plano Man In Brutal Home Invasion

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Seven Points Police Stuck with Camaro they Hate

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Collin County DA says he doesn't know reason for grand jury investigation of his office

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Man shot by El Paso police after he allegedly opens fire at them

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Corpus Christi lawyer receives probated suspension

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Williamson Co. authorities arrest man accused of possessing $1.7 million in meth

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State trooper injured in Wednesday wreck in Silsbee

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Child Found Dead in Dallas Day Care Van

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Downpour causes flooding on area roads

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Internal investigation launched in Beaumont ISD traffic stop
 

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White takes hands-on approach to campaigning

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Candidate Bill White Makes Tyler Stops

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White might trim but wouldn't eliminate Texas tourism ads, aide says - so he's already changed?

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Perry: Lessons learned from storms past

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Perry ad stresses state economy

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Perry, White can't overlook 'Big Empty' - the lesson in this story is that local democrats in Haskell are ignorant of what their party stands for. There are no modern conservative democrats.

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Lib film uses children to attack Perry

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Poll: GOP leads down-ballot races

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Likelihood of governor debate is slipping away - good, few but the media care

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White: Perry's refusal to debate disrespectful - it's White who will not release his records

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Anti-Bill White TV commercials up and running

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Gov. Rick Perry correctly pegs Gromer Jeffers as a man of solid character

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Ag Commissioner Staples Campaigns at Texas Tech

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New Edwards ad focuses on vets

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State Rep. Debbie Riddle talks about “the liberal, progressive, godless way”

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Rep. Farias (HD118) targets fast cash lenders, asks city to adopt proposal

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Critics assail practice of ex-legislators becoming lobbyists - so what?

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Palin spoke for Waco fundraiser Tuesday night

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Democrat Ankrum calls out Congressman McCaul (R-Austin) over ethics form errors

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Black caucus foundation pledges full disclosure if more scholarship abuses are unearthed

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Cornyn: Resist burdensome tax provision

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Cornyn wants Houston-area to keep millions in Ike relief

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Social conservative group asks Cornyn to withdraw from gay and lesbian GOP event

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Karl Rove Bitter about O’Donnell Victory - screw him

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1099 tax burden remains in Senate bill

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Budget writers hear proposed cuts from Texas Education Agency

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Cut The Spending Without Tax Hikes

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Stimulus program leaves taxpayers under the weather

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Live horse racing approved at 3 Texas racetracks

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Texans' quality of life dies a death of a thousand budget cuts - you'll see hundreds of these columns over the next 8 months.

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New turn in notorious Willingham arson - it's only "notorious" to radical liberals

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Texas education board to consider rule on Islam's portrayal in textbooks

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Court: Texas plates must be on front bumper

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Obama's Federal War on Texas
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Hutchison, Burgess Fight for Education Money

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Texas GOP files a 'Hail, Mary' bill on education funding

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Border Patrol rescues family of three lost in brush

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Corpus Christi Urges EPA-TCEQ Compromise

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Border issues:
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De la Teja: Texas' role in Mexico's bicentennial

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3 women shot, killed in Juárez home

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Juárez traffic officer shot dead in morning attack

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Mission club owners jailed for using illegal immigrants as 'barmaids'

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Mexico’s immigration minister resigns

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Violence's proximity puts Brownsville on alert

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CBP seizes more than $400,000 in cocaine

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Body found in river near Rio Grande City with no head or hands

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Border Patrol agents net Nearly $1.5 million in marijuana

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Mexican border, drug war problems for U.S. citizens, SMU students

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Wind-power transmission line battle now involves Prairie Chicken!

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Cost of food barely up in a year, survey shows

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N. Texas home listings up almost 5% in the last 3 months, report says

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Dallas-Fort Worth home listings rise 15 percent in a year

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Banner Cotton Harvest?

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AA Employee Accused of Stealing Passenger's Laptop - they'll just start charging everyone a "recovery" or "insurance" fee!

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Abilene Candy Co.'s future uncertain year after fire - note the hang-ups, thanks Democrats & Obama

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Insurer reaches settlement over rate disparities

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Austin firm wants partial judgment in IBM lawsuit

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U.S. Navy awards $9M contract to Raytheon

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Southwest Airlines a step closer to adding new, larger jets

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East Texas college struggles with gang problem

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Baylor To Put Treasure Trove Of Memorabilia On Display

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TCU beats out Texas as state's top team; Texas Tech behind both Houston and A&M

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Tarrant County College District board needs to open up

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Strategic hires aim for TTU tier-one research status

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Tech begins construction on wind energy facility

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Student pageant queen dissolves stereotype

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UTEP launches $200 million fundraising campaign

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Time for a drink? UTSA campus alcohol proposed

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South Plains College enjoys record enrollment

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UT President Delivers State of the University Address

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UT picks education psychology chair

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A&M releases data on faculty

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Midwestern State University announced 2nd largest enrollment

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SMU’s data mining group ranked third in nation

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Local government spending & budgeting, etc.:
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Voters sometimes deserve the liars they get

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Austin residents to pay higher fees, taxes under new budget

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Editorial: Dallas council miscalculates with tax hike

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Ector County employees ask commissioners to cut their own pay

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Hale County moves forward with tax increase

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State of the County address for Tom Green County

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Victoria County peace justice protests personnel cut

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Victoria sets tax rate below the Effective Rate, a tax cut

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Killeen Council Approves Tax Hike, Fee Increases

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Dallas County Shouting Match Over Budget Cuts

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Immediate Layoffs Hit Dallas County Constables

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Coleman Co. raises taxes 6.6% on residents

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Bexar County’s "lean" $1.3 billion budget approved - yeah right, it's lean

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Dig deeper: City of San Antonio raising fees

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Canyon's budget increases; city won't raise property tax

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Voters vote NO on Lewisville ISD tax increase

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Longview ISD raises taxes

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Del Rio citizens explains why now is no time for tax increases

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Belton adopts $19.4M budget, tax rate the same

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Gregg Co. Appraisal District chief appraiser gets pay raise to over 100K

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Lamar County set to approve budget, tax increase

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2 bodies found; Texas Hermine death toll at 8

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From Yale to jail: A doctor's downfall - interesting read

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Texans at center of Federal hunting probe in Kansas

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Pflugerville high school students punished for rushing football field

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DEA: Home medicine cabinet now neighborhood drug dealer

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Former Ingleside base purchase moves forward

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Former Employee of Faith-Based Org. in Bryan Arrested for Misuse of Credit Cards

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Mark Davis: Arlington's twin sporting dramas

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Fort Worth Council Delays Vote On Recycling Plant

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Corpus Christi to hire firm for City Manager search

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The Colony settles lawsuit with former planning director

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Dallas mayor condemns alleged beating of suspect

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Funnel cloud in Corpus Christi on Tuesday

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Corpus council protests Time Warner change of public access channels

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Man pleads guilty to fondling child at Grapevine school

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44-year-old Weatherford man pleads guilty in sex assault of two girls

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Ex-football player pleads guilty to lesser charge in cheerleader assault case

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Pasadena man convicted of possessing, distributing child porn

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HPD: Man posed as vice officer in alleged sex assaults of prostitute, dancer

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One of 28 victims in Houston's worst mass murder case was misidentified

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Galveston County man nearly electrocuted at League City ballpark

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Harris County fiduciary official indicted

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Harris County financial director indicted on four counts

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Pasedena teen gunned down

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McAllen hires consultant to lure big retail fish - when did this become the role of local government?

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Former Permian High School teacher indicted over relationship with a student

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Police arrest man on charges of taking pictures of teenage girls at Schlitterbahn Waterparks

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Housing Scam in West Texas

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East Texas man dies while trying to put fire out

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Home invasion at Tyler apartment

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Two Roma police officers jailed following federal indictment

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Appraisal approaches questioned in Victoria trial

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Judge refuses to confine child to Texas

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Beaumont council seems to favor citizen's panel for police

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If Beaumont gets citizen review board for police, it should have citizens on it, not council members

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Man dies trying to retrieve hat from Interstate Ten

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Queen Isabella Causeway collapse commemorated

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Puzzles remain in apparent suicide of popular restaurant host Jose 'Pepe' Ayala

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Co-worker: Security guard charged in fatal shooting 'let his emotions get in the way'

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Amarillo skateboarder a media sensation after saving Quran from possible burning

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Denver City remembers H2S tragedy

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Six Teens Arrested For Sexual Assault After Locker Room Hazing Incident

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Sanders family sues City of Austin, alleging breach of settlement agreement

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El Paso ballot initiative to repeal partner benefits could end up in court

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Amarillo water-well field $10 million under budget

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Texas teacher gives away Oprah trip

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Two men indicted, one cleared in Muleshoe homicides

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Small plane crashed near Mineola, pilot has minor injuries

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Expert: DNA evidence links suspect to Frisco home invasion assault

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Taxi drivers protest Dallas ordinance promoting natural gas-powered cabs

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Our Cheerleaders Are Hotter, Because the Bears Don't Have Any!

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Toddler found dead in vehicle in Bryan

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Houston FD officially has a new fire chief

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Update: Charter school stays open in defiance of state order to close, accuses TEA of racism, Houston charter school closes due to lack of funds

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Irving police begin program to get city's kids outdoors

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Fort Hood shooter Hasan’s attorney wants closed hearing

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Alamo, fire department upset at black hydrants

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Former Alton police chief not guilty on lewdness charge

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Police Arrest Galveston Copper Bandit

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Escaped Spider Monkey Captured

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Families Evicted Due To Code Violations in San Antonio

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Harrison County Explosion Injures Two

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Tylerite Pleads Guilty To Federal Firearms Violations

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County attorney warns Wildflower Country Club not to allow popular golf betting game

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A tiny Texas town takes on T. Boone Pickens--and tries to save its water.
 

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09/14/2010

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Anita Perry, Andrea White campaign in Fort Worth for their husbands

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Gov. Perry: Use vote to stop Obama

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White refuses to meet Perry's debate condition

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Debate deadline set by Perry approaches

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White: Perry wants to avoid debate questions

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Texas: Open for Business Indeed

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Perry's first TV ad touts Texas business climate - White's "he can't take credit" line shows White to be a very weak person

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Bill White: Rick Perry's no friend of small business

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White Addresses Business Growth

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DMN writer calls a Wild Game dinner a "male-oriented" fundraiser

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Poll: Perry leads gov race 6 points

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Which view is more reasonable: White’s or Perry’s?

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Texas Farm Bureau throws supports top House liberal Jim Dunnam - AGFUND has demonstrated that it can twist and turn itself to endorse anyone for any reason.

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State Rep. Todd Hunter (R-Corpus Christi) accepted $25K from Dem mega-donor Mostyn's firm, then mediated firm's Ike lawsuit

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Gilbert Questions Gas Pump Inspections

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Carona calls Taylor request inappropriate - leave it to RINO Supreme Carona to team up with trial lawyers & democrats on this

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Judge blocks lawmaker's request for sensitive information - ridiculous

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Land Commissioner Jerry Patterson's mother passed away today at age 86

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Congressman Neugebauer hears similar voter concerns from Plainview to Ranger

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Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson stirs rally for, against her

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Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee wants overhaul of federal building security

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Cornyn Likes Outlook, Hopes for GOP Control of Senate in 2012

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U.S. Rep. Hall only Texas congressman with ‘political courage’

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Texans could get more clout in Congress

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Estimated budget shortfall increases - speculation, Ogden doubts

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Pushing Texas Backward

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TCEQ demonstrates Burka's lack of knowledge on budgeting

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Editorial: Constables costly and unnecessary - typical know-nothings: Ridiculous. If you have a bad sheriff the constable is the check and balance who can arrest the sheriff. There is no requirement that counties fund any deputy constables or large offices. That is fully a local decision.

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Amending the Amendments to the Constitution in Public School, Odessa Permian teacher demonstrates appalling ignorance in teaching

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Texas arson panel ready to end Willingham inquiry

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Teacher Retirement System invests in USAA fund

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Texas Tribune maps show lottery patterns

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Judge insured by State Farm steps down in company's overcharge appeal case

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Officials: Texas 'fight club' facility now safer

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Education commissioner spares pre-K funds but axes science labs

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Voters are asking Travis County to make paper ballots available during the November Election - look who is asking, this is all about cheating.

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Obama's Federal War on Texas
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Official: EPA, Texas working on permit solution - our permits are not in need of "fixing", they are legal, effective and fair.

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Anti-Texas Doggett Amendment’s Repeal Effort Praised by Perry

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Border issues:
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Kidnapped Mexican TV cameraman seeks U.S. asylum

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Napolitano: Border 'as secure as it has ever been'  - yep, it's never been secure

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Matamoros woman jailed for smuggling $419,000 in cocaine

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Economy / Financial / Business
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Gov. Perry Announces TETF Investment in Nanofiber Production Technology

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Who Will Lead Recovery? Texas Is the Place to Start

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Dallas' convention center hotel, others take Omni to the next level

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U.S. Meat Farmers Brace for Limits on Antibiotics

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Austin staffing firm goes global, changes name

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Schlotzsky's to open six Houston locations

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Paetec opening Texas data center

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Blockbuster CFO resigns

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Schlitterbahn named World's Best Waterpark for 13th year

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Three firms team up to develop key tract in Las Colinas

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Neiman Marcus narrows Q4, fiscal year loss

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ExpressJet, SkyWest get antitrust clearance for merger

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Men’s Wearhouse closing tuxedo distribution center; 42 losing jobs

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Sam Houston Race Park gets racing reprieve

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McAllen real estate developer mulls plans for 4-star hotel

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Higher Ed. / Colleges & Universities
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Higher ed grants key to state’s economic future - bull

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US Army General delivers lecture at A&M

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A&M preclinical studies receives grant to aid injured soldiers

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A&M track teams meet with Obama at White House

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Texas Tech library beams up operations to meet digital age demand

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Preliminary 2010 data indicates research boom at Tech

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TTU Study tests subjects’ retention of ads while texting and driving

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Raiderville returns for game vs. Texas

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Reynolds: KTXT-FM meant much to Tech, Lubbock

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Tech ranked a top producer of educated graduates

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Less than half of incoming UT freshmen are white

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Amarillo College wind-power conference looks at training and career opportunities

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St. Edwards officials block gay-rights group from recruiting on campus

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Local government spending & budgeting, etc.:
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Howard Co. significantly lowers tax rate due to mineral value rise

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Voters ignoring Southside ISD tax proposal

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El Paso County workers to take 3-day furloughs

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City of El Paso buys Northpark Mall for $6 million they don't have

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Livid Dallas County DA Craig Watkins fails in bid to save jobs from budget ax

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Dallas Traffic Deputies Beg To Keep Jobs

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Kerr County receives petition against tax increase

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Pratt on Lubbock Co: Voters sometimes deserve the liars they get

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Arrogance of Lubbock County Commissioners

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City of George West raises taxes

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State audit notes problems at health labs in San Antonio & the Harlingen

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Escaped spider monkey roams suburban San Antonio hills

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Missing Spider Monkey Spotted In Boerne

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Texan Film Festival in Throckmorton at the Texan Theater, October 16th

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Police: Infants, Toddlers Left Home Alone While Moms Went Clubbing

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Police Look For Suspect In Marlin Church Break-Ins

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Bellmead Jewelry Heist Suspects Linked To Crimes In Two Other States

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Brownwood ISD still fighting beer sales at store near central office

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Bexar Metropolitan Water District fires whistle-blower

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Former Housing Authority of Bexar County executive faces embezzlement charge

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Dallas-area schools' policies vary on President Obama's speech to students today

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Fort Worth's Broadway Baptist Church 'discontinues partnership' with BGCT

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Bryan & College Station councils end decade-long struggle of landfill

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Indicted Ysleta school board member resigns

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Update on special election for Val Verde Co. commissioner

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Prison time handed to former Brooke Army Medical Center clerk

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Accused San Antonio bomb-maker denied bond

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High-tech dispatch on the air in San Antonio

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Abilene's Community Action Program, a suspended non-profit, opts to disband

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Long-Time Taylor Tax Assessor Announces Retirement

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Dumas man shot; father-in-law arrested

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Kyle man survives attack by bees

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Hays County child molester gets 18 life sentences

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Huntsman puts out fire in ethylene oxide unit

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Woman pleads to murder in shotgun shooting of man

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State: Plano failed to properly re-test water that contained potentially harmful bacteria

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Corpus Christ police officer pleads guilty in indecency case

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George Bush Intercontinental Airport gets $15M FAA grant

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Hurricane Ike recovery occurring despite aid snags

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Suburbs in greater Houston area see jump in crime

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2 fired Harris County deputies lose lawsuit against sheriff

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Prosecutor: Man raped 4-year-old girl before her death

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Harris Co. Mosque Quietly Opens Despite Opposition

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Deputy shot by bank robber in northwest Harris County

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Appeals court deals blow to Cameron DA's fight for legal division

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Gregg County motorcycle chase tops 130 MPH

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Teen awake and alert after being hit by truck near Abernathy
 

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The United States of Texas: ‘Evangelical epicenters’ may help sway gov vote

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UT/Tribune Poll: Perry 39, White 33, 22% undecided - Perry is just beginning his advertising.

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Perry leads in poll, launches new television

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Perry's first TV advert "goes positive", Texas: Open for Business"

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Farm to Market Owner Cries Foul Over New Perry Ad - what a fool

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White's quiet visit to Harlingen

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Radnofsky and Abbott square off over high-profile lawsuits by state

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NRCC targets Chet Edwards using same argument as independent group

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Lost faith in GOP, time for a 3rd Party?

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Neugebauer Predicts “Terrible” Impact If Bush Tax Cuts Are Not Extended

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Eddie Bernice Johnson supporters at Dallas rally urge forgiveness in scholarship flap - enablers of corruption.

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Dallas Co. GOP raises money for student who could have gotten a scholarship from Eddie Bernice Johnson - great hardball!

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Lawmakers aim to change how Texas inmates get counted

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Texas Clean Energy Hampered by Location - no it's not. It's hampered by hypocrite libs who want clean energy but oppose transmission lines!

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Grants in jeopardy for needy Texas students - get used to it. Every cut in the various budgets will be accompanied by some headline of how we are hurting the "needy". Of course we never have need of our own money to pay our own bills and put our kids through school.

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Texas students' SAT scores slide in all three subjects

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Local-state budget meeting held in Laredo

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Corpus Christi State School Reviewed By Department of Aging & Disability

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Obama's Federal War on Texas
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Hutchison, Cornyn seek to repeal school funding provision that targets Texas

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Border issues:
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The United States of Texas: Valley growth draws spotlight to Immigration Nation

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Sheriff: Men charged with murder have ties to Mexican Mafia

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At border, corruption of U.S. officials leaves an open door for drug cartels

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6 Illegal Immigrants Hospitalized after Crash

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T-Shirt that compares illegal immigrants to sperm removed from shelves

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Economy / Financial / Business
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Perry: Texas’ Biotechnology Industry is Leading to Life Saving Ideas

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Whataburger celebrates founder’s history with shake event on 9/19

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Major Lubbock employer, XFAB, rises above recession slump

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Carrollton hospital to close, cut 155 jobs

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Aloft Hotel at The Domain Austin opens

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Why Vegas Hates Jerry Jones

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Huntsville bank acquired by First Financial

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Alamo City’s Harley hopes dashed

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Higher Ed. / Colleges & Universities
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TTUHSC enrollment up 14.7%, highest in history

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Schreiner University enrollment up for 5th straight year

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College students' student loans surpassing credit card debt

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"Biggest Loser" Winner to Speak at Howard College

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A&M Student Tosses Upperclassman’s Ring, Ends Up In Jail

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Baylor researchers trying to get energy out of wind turbines with lower wind speeds

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UNT turbine plan spins onward

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Recruiters: A&M On Top When Hiring Graduates

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Former UTMB president Dr. James dies

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Personal information stolen from nearly 7,500 Rice faculty and staff members

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Texas A&M earns high marks for helping students face ‘real world’

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Local government spending & budgeting, etc.:
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Houston's mayor defends use of tax money to lure developers

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Lubbock County commissioners approve hospital, county budgets - fail to deliver promised tax relief after the opening of the new jail

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San Antonio ISD launches $515 million bond drive

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City of Odessa set to raise taxes in its residents

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Ector Co. commissioners won't budge on budget, stick by position cut

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Dallas County budget cuts may eliminate jobs of constable whistleblowers

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A proposed water rate-hike stirs protest at Austin city hall

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Don't fall for homestead exemption pitch, county warns

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2-cent tax cut to save homeowners $18 in Galveston

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Support, opposition mount for Lewisville ISD tax increase

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El Paso County Sheriff's Association Could End Up In Court Over Cuts

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Austin city council raises taxes & fees, cuts holiday light display

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Sweetwater Tax Rates Could Rise

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Capital Metro checkbook posted online

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Straw Vote Passes to Raise Dallas Prop. Tax

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Few voters cast ballots in Southside ISD tax ratification election

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Collin County commissioners approve 2011 budget, lower property tax rate

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Company says millions of dollars will be wasted if Houston Metro deal is axed

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Former Atty. General Alberto Gonzales ready for year two in Lubbock - very nice comments on Lubbock

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Green Appliance Rebates & Americans Not So Energy Savy

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Bus passengers stranded at Abilene Greyhound station

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Clyde organizer may appear on A&E's 'Hoarders'

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Galveston still recovering 2 years after Ike

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Galveston marks Ike anniversary with flash mob

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Panhandle native stars in Hollywood hit Glee - reported on Pratt on Texas months ago

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Woman Charged In I-35 Wreck That Killed Daughter

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Seguin man accused of killing girlfriend's 4-year-old son

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Midland Principal, Teachers Taken Out of Federal Lawsuit

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Midland Man Barricades Himself Inside Apartment, SWAT Team Deployed

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Wichita County rejects Bonham School offer

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Paraglider Crash Claims Life Of 58-Year-Old Texas Man

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Brownsville neighborhood tired of flooded streets

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Micro-burst damages homes in Smith, Wood County

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Report shows rise in SAT test-takers in Texas

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Driftin', shiftin' Texas sand

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2 Dead After Pickup Hits Bus Stop in Dallas

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Boerne Police Officer Charged With Threatening Family

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Brush control project at Twin Buttes intended to boost water resource

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Short film highlights Texas bingo and lottery players

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Power back on for thousands of Williamson County residents following substation fire

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Brownsville High School Class of 1940 plans to meet after 70 years

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Brownsville City attorney briefly suspended for not paying dues

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Man Killed In South Dallas Home Invasion

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Two weekend home invasions reported in Mission

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Dallas police identify robbery suspect who died after being shot by Taser

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Kaufman County man accused of shooting son in fight over mother

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Another City, Another K2 Ban

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Val Verde Co. to have 3 on the ballot for County Judge

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Irving police win award for design of patrol cruisers

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North Texas cities will help dispose of unwanted prescription drugs

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Fabens ministry that helps Juarez poor wins Facebook competition, money

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10 Arrested In El Paso County Prostitution Sting

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NBC's "Chase" features Houston

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Man arrested for taking 9-year-old girl from her home in Harris Co.

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New Help For North Texas Flood Victims

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Police say Dallas man killed roommate after night of drinking, 'horseplay'

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Police identify woman shot by man who mistook gun for cigarette lighter

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Austin most sexually active city in America, magazine says - contraception

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Brownwood hotel manager arrested for alleged attack on employee

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Burnet and Williamson County residents without 911 service

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Former A&M Football Player Arrested for Driving on Suspended License

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Should El Paso Annex Part Of Fort Bliss?

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Highway 6 reopens after derailment

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Subpoena withdrawn for Odessa American reporter

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Suspect In Death Of Bridgeport Officer Pleads Guilty

 
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09/11&12/2010

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Gov. Perry today observed anniversary 9/11 terrorist attacks at re-opening of Texas A&M's Military Walk

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After 9 years, San Antonio still feels impact of 9-11

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Newly elected state senator, Brian Birdwell, recalls moments leading up to, aftermath of 9/11 Pentagon attack

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Perry tries to tie White to Metro deal

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First in gubernatorial series: Perry, White clash on education

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Analysis: Fight over education funding is pure Texas

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Governor's race issues: environmental protection - only a major issue to the left-wing of the democrat party

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Perry blames feds for budget woes - it's the Feds all around, have you seen how much Medicaid is ballooning the budget?

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Rick Perry's goes up with first TV spot : TX open for business

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No debating Libertarian candidate for Governor's sense of humor

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Ag. Commissioner candidates trade attacks sitting down

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Edwards claims Flores violated the law with inaccurate resume

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Report: Privately-sponsored trips for U.S. Rep. Solomon Ortiz

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Ken Mercer Declines Austin League of Women Voters Forum

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State's education board in spotlight

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Andy Tiemann: Why can't Texas students write? - All those folk who harp on the SBOE and think we should let the "experts" run the schools, take note: It is the inside government school folk pushing the low standards.

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Many Texas politicians, including Perry and White, talk little of $21 billion budget gap

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Texas budget: Ogden doubts gap is $21 billion

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Raising taxes won't help anyone

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Former Abilene mayor, state rep., David Stubbeman, dies suddenly

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Texas Democratic donor, GOP legislator spar over insurance settlement

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Arson investigation open in Harris County voting machines fire

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Texas prison program trains inmates to be ministers

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Obama's Federal War on Texas
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U.S. Dept. of Education Denies Texas Teachers, Students, Schools

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Analysis: Fight over education funding is pure Texas

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Border issues:
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9/11 leaves mark on El Paso: Life on border forever altered after attacks

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85 inmates escape from Reynosa jail

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Rory Kennedy takes on The Fence

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Border inspectors seize Mexico-bound gun load

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Mexican police neutralize car bomb in Juárez

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Retaliation is reason for surge in Juárez slayings, officials say

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Women's slayings continue in Juárez

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Woman's links to Mexican drug cartel a saga of corruption on U.S. side of border

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Mexican Gunmen Fire at Border Patrol Agents

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Explosion reported in downtown Reynosa

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Economy / Financial / Business
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Valero distributes $2.2 million to help children

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No injuries, normal operations following Motiva explosion

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Reese's wind-industry cluster gains on-site turbines under research deal

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Higher Ed. / Colleges & Universities
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UTSA marching band won't go wanting

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TTUHSC F. Marie Hall SimLife Simulation Center officially opens

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Lamar Univ. wins first home football game in modern era

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A&M prof gets $600K grant

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How Big 12 scheduling changes next week

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UTEP Doesn't Make World's Most Beautiful College Campuses List

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TAMUG sets record with enrollment near 2,000

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Local government spending & budgeting, etc.:
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Pay raises about to raise a fuss in San Antonio

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Three Parker Co. school districts get voter approval to raise taxes

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Mayor Leppert: Our plan creates better Dallas without a tax hike

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Houston is role model on public pensions

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San Antonio civic leaders campaign for passage of bonds, more public debt

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Cleanup Well Underway In Wake Of Damaging Central Texas Floods

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Cameron, Willacy counties declared disaster area

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Flood Destroys Years of Work

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Hermine has mixed results for farmers

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County tax office in Belton relocates due to flood damage

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Bell County officials discuss flood damage

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San Antonio: Too many hotels, too few guests

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Standoff Ends Peacefully; Veteran Who Threatened Suicide Surrenders

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City, San Antonio ISD may trade land

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Witte Museum baffled by attack on “T-Rex”

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Killeen Woman Found Dead Inside Burned Down Home

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Reward For Fugitive Texas Sex Offender Tripled

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50-year-old planes tracking today's disasters

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Bexar bee attack lands 2 in hospital

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West Texas State Fair and Rodeo Has Finally Opened

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Abilene's Muslim Community Responds to Koran Burning Controversy

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Texas man alleged to have sexually exploited kids

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Gaines County officials tight lipped after report of stabbing

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In Texas, George W. and Laura Bush are feeling the love

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New Beaumont ISD website link overlooks source of problems it is supposed to address

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Former Austin city worker charged with theft

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Private property rights threatened in Amarillo?

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Man accused of stabbing in church

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You'll find Muslims throughout history of Texas, Old West

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Quran not burned in Amarillo city park, person snatches book away

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Man drowns swimming across San Bernard River

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Pharr consolidates EDC operations into city

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Questions linger about former Bryan city manager

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Waco's section of I-35 proves difficult to expand

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Bomb scare shuts down portion of Commercial Street in Aransas Pass Sunday

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Fire at Grapevine Lake Damages Six Boats

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Boats collide on Lewisville Lake, causing multiple injuries

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Suspect dies after being Tasered by Dallas officer

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Mesquite pastor knows the tough road refugees have to travel

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Rebel defends the forgotten people of Texas' colonias - what B.S. These are not "forgotten people", they are people who choose to live where they do and generally want to be left alone.

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Move to Honor Legendary Dallas Musician Stevie Ray Vaughan

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Paving way to bike-friendly Dallas is urban planner's task

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Hundreds gather at first annual El Paso Comic Con

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Suicide at former El Paso ethics commission chair's home under investigation

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Attorney: Ethics Chair Accused Of Rape Commits Suicide

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Ysleta ISD Trustee Chavez may resign at special board meeting Monday

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NASA research plane causes scare over Houston on Saturday

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NASA engineer quits over animal experiment

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Texas community remembers Killough Massacre

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New fee no hamper on Texas City dike traffic

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New poll: Voters weigh in on Astrodome's future

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Small plane makes emergency landing in Denton County

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D-FW businesses, governments trying to conserve water

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Thief makes escape; ATM, front-end loader left behind

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Webb Co. Deputy Constable Arrested for DWI

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Zig Ziglar still making a difference

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Holistic approach revives WT ranch

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Long live the Queen, especially in West Texas

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McAllen teen pays back shops he burglarized
 

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09/10/2010

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Gubernatorial hopeful Barron says candidacy based on prayer

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Perry: Quran burning distasteful, but a protected right

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Perry quick to pounce on White-Metro connection

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Houston debate set, but Perry still not in

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Texas Governor's race heats up over tourism

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Readers agree with a Texas governor term limit, survey says - voters have the power to term limit anyone at each election

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Ag commish endorsement match up

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A reminder: The law limits campaign signs along highways

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Texas Association of Realtors endorse Dem. Heflin in HD85

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Sheets, HD107 GOP nominee, speaks to SMU College Republicans

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HD52's Democrat Rep. Diana Maldonado: Hawk or a Handsaw?

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Lawmaker seeks info on hurricane claims, but lawyer objects - big lib-dem trial lawyer Mostyn doesn't like be questioned!

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Son of Abilenians to be named chairman of White House Council of Economic Advisers

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Dallas Rep. Jeb Hensarling wants to eliminate Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac

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Cornyn has a warning for Murkowski

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American Future Fund targets Chet Edwards in new ad

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Eddie Bernice Johnson's fellow caucus member also directed scholarships to family - no surprise from this bunch

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Gingrich most popular 2012 prospect among Texans

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“Mental Retardation" is dropped from MHMR’s title

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Make sure the Rainy Day Fund is there for real emergencies

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Signs Obama-care may kill the Texas High Risk Pool for health insurance?

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Update: TABC To Lift Moratorium in Smith County, Pratt: TABC needs to go the way of Prohibition

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Obama's Federal War on Texas
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Texans testify about coal-burning power plant ash

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House-Senate fight brewing over NASA

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Lutz: More documents, thoughts on the Doggett amendment

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Sen. Shapiro, Rep. Eissler Agree: Doggett Amendment Responsible for Texas’ Education Funds Cut

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Border issues:
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Obama administration reducing the threat of deportation for illegal immigrants

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Austin's police chief favors ICE's proposed changes to its enforcement policies

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Border factories caught in drug war's crossfire

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Mexican police didn't know they'd caught 'La Barbie'

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Economy / Financial / Business
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Gasoline prices up an average of 1 cent across Texas

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San Antonio’s Rackspace pulls Florida church’s website

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Murphy Oil buys former Panda Ethanol plant in Hereford

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Austin home prices up 17%, total sold down 19%

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Molina Healthcare to administer CHIP program in rural Texas

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AT&T pumping millions to enhance Texas wireless networks

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Higher Ed. / Colleges & Universities
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Hance: Profanity at football games reflects poorly on Tech - so does an inability to cut spending and continuing to raise tuition and fees, much more so than bad words.

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Tech chapter of Beta Theta Pi suspended

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Cisco College has record enrollment

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Fall enrollment dips slightly at Abilene Christian University

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ACU has information superhighway traffic jam

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Hispanic could command A&M corps - so?

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Bastrop taxpayers file ethics complaint about ACC annexation

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Higher ed board OK’s $800 million hospital for UT Southwestern in Dallas

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Kenneth Starr on Baylor's BGCT ties, religious identity

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English opened doors enabling Wayland student to share her faith

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Texas Threatens For-Profit College with Closure

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Ex-Frat Member Paying $500K for Hazing Death

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SMU campus remembers 9-11

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Texas A&M's enrollment up

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Local government spending & budgeting, etc.:
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Dallas Mayor Tom Leppert touts alternative plan without tax hike

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Bexar Co. sheriff makes plea for additional deputies

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El Paso liberal activists back tax increase: Protect the poor, commissioners told

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City of Port Arthur takes right approach to budget shortfall -- spending cuts

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Flooding and weather from Hermine
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Photographer Tells Scary Dallas Tornado Story

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Both men missing in New Braunfels found dead in Guadalupe River

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Rescue crews downgrade search efforts for missing woman near Austin

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Salado residents begin clean up

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Not a drop to drink: Holland without water after flooding damages system

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Belton business owners survey flood damage

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Runoff from 'Hermine' prompts bacteria warning for Boca Chica Beach

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Update: Judson ISD: No Evidence Of Gun In Threat, Police: Mom pulls gun on volleyball team

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Visitors rank San Antonio as best in the nation for overall experience

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Houston Woman Has World's Largest Breast Implants Removed - truly a nut of a woman

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Alamo Ranger (security) chief fired by DRT

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Stevie Ray Vaughan memorial model could be hot topic at Oak Cliff blues and barbecue bash

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Authorities investigate fires on 3 boats at Grapevine Lake marina

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Wrong-way driver arrested on DWI charge after head-on crash on Stemmons Freeway in Dallas

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TTU Professor: Student has strong case against federal handgun ban

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42 Pound Fish Caught in Lake Kirby

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Major Fish Kill Reported On Central Texas Lake

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Abilene Man Loses $48-thousand in Love Scam

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Boil Water Notice Lifted In Ranger

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Update: Charges against coach dismissed!, Lubbock High Coach on administrative leave after pot found in home, more

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San Antonio man's tale of 9-11 heroism questioned

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1,100 suits filed to collect on Bexar Co. taxes

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Five Texas cities among highest population rise in U.S.

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Amarilloan to appear on 'Iron Chef America'

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Handgun confiscated at Canyon Jr. High

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Amarillo church volunteer fatally stabbed

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No jail for convicted former-Austin police officer

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After 2 years, $4.1M, the dike reopens Saturday in Texas City

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Extending high-speed rail to Dallas/Fort Worth Airport is first priority

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Forney couple accused of intentionally exposing toddler to marijuana

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Anna Fermanova, 'sexy Russian' accused of smuggling, lands gig with KDAF-TV

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Homeless Man Searches For President Bush

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Texan gets 99 years for stealing smokes

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Man, girl hurt in lightning strike on Montgomery County soccer field

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Woman found fatally shot in Houston Wal-Mart parking lot

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Former Houston ISD employee sentenced for stealing funds

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Former Odessa Webmaster Pleads Guilty to Defrauding a Bankruptcy Court

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Property Owner Upset About Bulldozed Trees

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White House asks San Antonio Mayor Castro to represent U.S. at Mexican national celebration

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Leak at Eastman Chemical Shuts Down One Plant

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Key Management Positions Filled At Temple City Hall

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Residents may get say in Bellmead's future mayors - what a novel idea!

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McLennan County man accused of cattle theft

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Niña is back in Corpus Christi Marina after hull repair
 

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Lubbock native, Temple resident, Andy Barron hopes to win Nov. 2 gubernatorial election

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Standoff over White's tax returns still threatens fate of gubernatorial debate

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Bill White's former Houston Metro in hot water with the feds

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Perry blames Houston Metro's legal woes on White

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Gubernatorial candidate Bill White accuses Gov. Rick Perry of hiding from budget deficit

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White talks business

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Perry: Texas’ Strong Economy Built Upon Solid Values

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Perry book announcement fuels presidential speculation - everything fuels such

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State ethics probe focuses on Gordon Quan's campaign finances (Dem. for Harris Co. judge)

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Dem Railroad Commission candidate focuses on safety, regulation

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Harry Reid rallies Bexar Co. Democrats on brief visit

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Rep. Barton Applauds Boehner’s Economic Plan, Urges Bipartisan Support

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Flores threatens to sue House foe Edwards over lies

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Former Sen. Phil Gramm featured in new Flores radio ad

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U.S. Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson of Dallas names panel to handle scholarship selections

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Conaway backs tax relief for business

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If Kay Bailey Hutchison runs again, 62% of Republicans say they'll vote for her opponent

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Live Q&A: Judge Michael Keasler, Court of Criminal Appeals, place 6

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Statewide smoking ban being prepped for next legislative session

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Former Lubbock State Supported Living Center employee facing felony abuse charges

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Update on Vote Harvesting Trial in SW Texas

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Fire marshal backs arson finding in Willingham's execution

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Texas sex offender registry in danger?

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Burka: The Eighteen Billion Dollar Man - this is fun because it shows just how out of touch city-liberals like Burka are to the state. He seems to find both Energy and Agricultural industries to no longer be important (they are the 2 largest industries in Texas!)

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TEA looks to cut money by not buying new books

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Charter schools show progress for English-limited students

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Highways a big issue for Lege in January

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Traffic fatalities drop in Texas

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State tuition program ties down college costs

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Texas marks 10 years of State Wildlife Grants

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Pratt: Save Rainy Day Fund for real emergencies

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Paying states to get more people signed up for welfare

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Judge Sharon Keller asks special court to review her case

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Obama's Federal War on Texas
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Feds reject Texas' request for $830M for schools

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Liberal Lloyd's [Doggett] Bad Faith

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Cornyn condemns decision by U.S. Department of Education

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Border issues:
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3rd Mexican mayor in month slain by hit men

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Clinton: drug cartels resembling an insurgency

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Unmanned aircraft begins patrol from Texas Gulf

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Officials open fourth 'drone' base in Corpus Christi

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Tomball illegal immigrant foe isn't done yet

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Independence Day celebrations cancelled in nine Tamaulipas cities

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Economy / Financial / Business
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Local Governments to Receive $439 Million in September Sales Tax Allocations

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September top 20 city sales and use tax summary

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It's official: TX sales tax $1.5 bil below estimate

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Perry: Texas’ Strong Economy Built Upon Solid Values

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Dallas-Fort Worth home re-sales fell 17% in August

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Report: 7-Eleven bids $2B for Casey’s General

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Reese Technology Center provides starting point for research wind farm

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Boeing's San Antonio facility to troubleshoot new 787 Dreamliner

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Texas wins energy-efficiency grant competition

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Forbes: Austin's Seton 5th most profitable hospital in U.S.

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Emmis CEO quits buy-out attempt

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Austin firm buys U.K. cloud computing company

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Valero's restart reinforces need for sufficient highways, shipping channels in Southeast Texas

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Denim manufacturer starts construction on Edinburg facility

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Higher Ed. / Colleges & Universities
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TCU's Patterson has come long way from Tenn Tech

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UTSA dean to receive Palmaz Award

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TTU Frat suspended following criminal charges

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Tech professor studies in Malaysia on Fulbright grant

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Tech's Rawls Course (golf) receives national recognition

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A&M gets grant for new energy systems

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A&M track team invited to visit Obama at White House

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Aggie dining legend, Lt. Col. Fred W. Dollar, dies

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A&M System Creates National Biosecurity Foundation

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Austin second best college town, study says

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UT grad launches longhorn fashion line

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A&M-CC president: Future looks good

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Enrollment Soars at Ranger College

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UTEP's Paydirt Pete in the running for Capital One National Mascot of the Year

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Kilgore College celebrates official 75th anniversary Monday

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ACU's iPad Study Successful So Far

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University of Texas ranks 3rd in U.S. for patent strength

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Bexar Co. budget is seen hurting elderly, disadvantaged - so predictable, a preview of the Legislative Session

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Austin Community College elevates tax break for seniors

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Firefighters upset about proposed San Benito budget cuts

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8 Dallas Council Members Back Prop Tax Hike

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El Paso County holds hearings on tax increase

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Galveston council mulls cutting proposed tax rate by 2 cents, still a tax increase

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3 Fort Worth libraries get reprieve as city works on deal with non-profit

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Frisco council undecided on where to cut spending

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Longview rate hikes likely with proposed budget

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Plano budget set for no tax increase

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Plano ISD board approves tax increase

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Guadalupe County gives back $184,000 in sales tax revenue on address mixup

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San Angelo raises taxes in new budget

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Williamson County Holds Line on Taxes, Cuts Spending

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Abilene: No Property Tax Increase/City Employees Get Raises

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Flooding and weather from Hermine
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Gov. Perry Issues Disaster declaration for 40 Texas Counties

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Heavy rain missed Big Country but hit Hill Country hard

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Search on for 2 missing in flooded Texas river

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Texas authorities seek 4 missing after floods

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Search called off for two missing on the Guadalupe River

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Storm that killed 2 in Texas continues north

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Crews Searching For Pickup Truck In Cibolo Creek

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Remnants Of Hermine Spawn Series Of Weak Tornadoes

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Flash Flood Leaves Heavy Damage Behind In Salado

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Deadly Deluge Destroys Homes, Businesses; Damages In The Millions

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Gov. Perry tours Central Texas Hermine flood damage

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Georgetown family rescued

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Williamson County recovers from Hermine flooding

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College Station Fire Personnel Part of Hermine Rescue Efforts

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In All, 6 Tornadoes Touch Down In North Texas

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Dallas Tornado More Powerful Than Anticipated

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Seagoville Tornado Leaves Path of Destruction

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North Texas Neighborhood Dodges Double Disaster

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Azle residents asked to boil water for second day

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Hurst police phone lines down, but 911 still works

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Man drove into flooded creek in front of wife

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Hays County closes Five Mile Dam parks

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Residents Take Stock After Deadly And Destructive Flooding

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National Cowboy Symposium and Celebration opens with award presentations

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Last Known Photographs of Buddy Holly will be donated to Lubbock's Buddy Holly Center

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Church Takes Own Pastor to Court

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5 suspects arrested in Seguin slaying

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City of Brownwood Decides Not to Fight Liquor Store

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Woman offers Early lawman dope for his help

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US Postal Service Property Vandalized in Abilene, Mail Possibly Stolen

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Taping for The Blind broacasts to the blind 24 hours per day

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Ex-rodeo pro, friend sell planes for student learning

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Lubbock Family Welcomes Quadruplets

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Lubbock woman celebrates 105th birthday

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Poteet football coach hit with DWI charge

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Bexar Co. pipe-bomb suspect, Tami Lyn Hernandez, gets bail

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SAPD officers suspended for harassment

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Man shot by La Marque homeowner dies - anti-wimp

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Woman takes hammer to Amarillo Police Department doors

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Man barges into home of former boss and bites him on thigh

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Priest Accused of Sexual Assault Arrested with Help of Brenham Police

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Deputy, guards scuttle inmate's escape try

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Do ticket crackdowns by law enforcement work?

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Turbine farms in Waco? The answer is blowin' in the wind

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Coach injured in Dallas practice facility collapse slowly recovering

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Man leads Corpus Christi police to counterfeit money he saw while digging through trash

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Nueces County applies for federal grant to buyout homeowners near river

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Overblown Texas Stereotypes to Return to TV

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World Cup committee tours D-FW

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FIFA considers Houston as 2018, 2022 World Cup host

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Ysleta ISD trustee accused of public corruption keeps post

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City Of El Paso's First Completely Green Building To Open Soon

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Video Of El Pasoan Nominated For CNN Heroes

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3 Houston firefighters fired over racial incident

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Indian director doesn’t contest Houston arrest

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DA: Murder suspect extradited to Houston after 15 years on the lam

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Deputies: Suspects open fire in robbery at Prosperity Bank

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Former Houston ISD accountant gets 8 years for theft

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Police: ATM stolen from bank with forklift

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Euless Trinity coaches cleared in UIL probe

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Few respond to city survey on McAllen trash, recycling pick up

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Vote on Southlake liquor sales set for May 2011

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Kermit Residents React to Arrest of Police Chief's Son

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Bond Reduced On Accused Former Bullard Officer

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Upshur County Appoints New Auditor

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Cherokee Co. Commissioner Katherine Pinotti under Investigation

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Lufkin nursing home worker charged with assaulting patient

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Port Bolivar woman dies from flesh-eating bacteria

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Piglet rescued from hot car; owner ticketed for animal cruelty

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Potter Co. deputy exonerated in fatal shooting

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McCoy's selling huge West Texas ranch near Marfa & Fort Davis

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Lubbock High Coach on administrative leave after pot found in home
 

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2 new Democrat sponsored polls show statistical tie between Perry, White

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Fivethirtyeight.com: Perry 52, White 45

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New PPP (lib) poll puts Rick Perry up 6%

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Zogby poll shows tight gov race, Perry 44% & White at 41%

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Galen: Polls are horrible for Democrats but elections will be even worse

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Surprise! Trial lawyer bashes insurance companies

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Perry blamed for higher insurance rates by Democratic PAC

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Democrat Bill White says Gov. Rick Perry lax on Texas border security

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White touts his six-point border security plan

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Bill White says cutting Texas' 'whole other country' tourism ads would save state millions

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Bill White On The Air

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White promising monthly state budget updates

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White, Perry continue to clash on whether to debate

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Will Claytie haunt Bill White?

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Perry aide booted from White news conference

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The Perrys on the hunt

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Senator to comptroller: Keep us from flying blind

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Perry: 'bizarre' for senator to seek revenue estimate

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Lubbock AJ columnist sees hobgoblins in some Libertarians withdrawing from ballots

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HD85 challenger, Jim Landtroop, launches web-video

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Parsons leaving Lt. Gov.'s press shop

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Ultra-liberal Chavez-Thompson has uphill fight to unseat Dewhurst

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Rival says Texas attorney general's Arizona stance shows shift in his beliefs

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Chisum weighs a race for speaker

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What will Dems do if their race-card is revoked?

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Flores brings in lawyers to counter Edwards ad

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Report: Texas more reliant on property and sales tax than most states

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Big Country legislators interested in Obama tax plan

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If GOP wins House, Texans may get key posts

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Flores goes after Edwards for stimulus, unemployment rates in new ad

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Food stamp sign-up system has been inhumane, official says

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Suehs predicts deal on Texas' food stamp fine

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Texas expanding food stamp computer system

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Texans for Public Justice: Enterprise Fund fails to meet job targets

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State tries to spur school cost sharing

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Report: Most school districts avoid tax elections

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PRO/CON: Are more toll roads inevitable in Texas, or should state officials find other options?

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Close loophole in new law fighting pill mills

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State lawmaker per diem under IRS 'review'

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Obama's Federal War on Texas
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Obama administration says Texas must boost enrollment in CHIP and Medicaid

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Border issues:
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In the end, they come crashing down

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Lawyer: Consulate killings suspect working with U.S.

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40% of guns used in Mexico crimes originated in Texas - this is B.S. and has been proven so. The vast majority of firearms confiscated were not traceable. The % is of those which were easily traceable. For example, the story says over 84,000 firearms have been seized but the # given as 40% was only 2076 firearms which is only 0.024%

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Mexican military arrests Zetas

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Young Illegal Immigrant Risks Deportation Pushing for DREAM Act

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Juarez's Children: Drugs, Death and Fear.

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Zetas' gift? 3 dead suspects in migrant massacre may have been 'handed over' by cartel

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Ojinaga, Presidio Murders Have Sheriff's Office on High Alert

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Mexico arrests seven people for San Fernando massacre

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Economy / Financial / Business
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Fed's Beige Book notes modest expansion in Texas economy

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Median sales price for existing single-family homes up slightly

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Tenaska foes will tell of coal ash concerns

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Texans for Public Justice: Enterprise Fund fails to meet job targets

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Whole Foods finalizes new packaging rules

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Business Wire opens Austin office

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American rolling out flights to Rio

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Southwest August traffic up 2.9%

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Equistar sued by Harris County for illegal pollution

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Laredoans have mixed feelings on Obama's new plan

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Austin Energy among poorest performers in Texas' stimulus program to fix up low-income homes

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Higher Ed. / Colleges & Universities
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WT brings back its campus newspaper - hardcopy

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15 Tech students are arrested for alleged stealing from construction site, more

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Tech fraternity suspended after allegations of theft

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Tech fans and students get vocal about problems with first home game

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Dozens suffer from heat, lack of water at Tech-SMU game

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Tech Provost Smith seeks more transparency from for-profit colleges

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Muslims complain of being under attack at Texas Tech

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Ranger College Dean of Finance Retires

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Hardin-Simmons philosophy prof Maddox dies unexpectedly

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Texas A&M’s new allowance

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UT Asks Fans to Recycle

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University of Texas to award $50K legal research grant

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A&M alumni group gives out $3.2M

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Lt. Gen. John F. Mulholland Jr., commanding general for U.S. Army Special Operations Command, to speak at A&M

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Texas A&M-Kingsville faces housing shortage, more than 40 placed in hotels

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Baylor College of Medicine gets two NIH grants

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UTSA opens fully electronic science, engineering library

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UTSA approved to offer undergraduate public administration degree

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Elizabeth Dicky Rescinds Acceptance as Dean of Texas Tech's Edward E. Whitacre Jr. College of Engineering

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Williamson County Holds Line on Taxes, Cuts Spending

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Abilene to firm up its budget and tax rate

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Hidalgo Co. opts for tapping reserves over ordering furloughs, salary cuts

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Plano ISD board approves higher property-tax rate to reduce district's debt

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30% of Texas school districts have taken tax rate increases to voters

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Dallas Mayor: City Should Not Raise Taxes - on the other hand, he sure votes to spend a lot of money

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Kilgore raises taxes on residents

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Hutto ISD taps into reserves for budget

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Early Voting Begins For Bullard ISD Tax Election

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Seguin ISD looks to supplement to help boost pay

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Frisco council undecided on where to cut spending

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Majority of Dallas council calls for 4.91 cent tax rate increase

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Flooding and weather from Hermine
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Hermine Spawns Record Rains, Possible Tornadoes

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City of Abilene on Standby for Flooding

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Rainfall reports posted for Coleman area

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Hermine misses Concho Valley, Big Country

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Homes swept away near Lake Granger; people reported missing

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Homes flooded in West Round Rock, Georgetown

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Hays County not hit as hard; residents evacuated in Comal County

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Flash Flooding In Central Texas

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Flooding prompts shelter seekers in central Texas

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Texas apartment residents rescued from rooftops

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1 dead in Hermine's floodwaters

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1 Dead After Car Swept Off Road in Killeen

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Man swept to his death near Alvarado as rescuers tried to save him

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Austin Water Utility working to fix sewage spill

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Central Texas RV park completely under water

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Tropical Storm Hermine leaves the Valley

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Hermine Remnants Cause Massive Flooding In Texas

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North Houston dries out after Hermine

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Belton mayor declares local emergency

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2:30 p.m. Comal, Guadalupe rivers still above 1,400 cfs

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Hermine’s wind and rain cause widespread power outages in San Antonio on Tuesday

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Farmers Hope Cotton Crops Survive Flooding

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Gov. Perry Activates State Resources as Flooding Threatens Texas Communities

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Tornado narrowly misses downtown Dallas after day of floods

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University Park City Council votes to rezone land, which becomes part of Bush Presidential Library site

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Jeffs fights extradition to Texas

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Twilight star Robert Pattinson makes appearance in Lubbock bar

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Tomball council says no to ordinances on renting to illegal aliens

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Dispute bared in Proctor over strip club

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Pregnant Teenage Student Struck By Car After Getting Off School Bus

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Montgomery ISD student hit by car while walking to bus

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Woman Who Jumped Off Interstate-35 Overpass Dies

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Bush: "Remember the guy who threw the shoe?"

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Former President Bush taking things seriously now -- except for himself

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Not Ground Zero, but Katy mosque also stirs passions

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Tarrant Co. child abuse case missed in CPS review

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Red light camera firm, ATS, files lawsuit over Baytown election

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Texas: ATS Labels Anti-Traffic Camera Initiatives Racist

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Woman accused of stealing nearly $450,000 from Austin nonprofits

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Austin Transvestite Charged with Hit and Run

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Brownsville bag ban to "allow" thick plastic bags - oh how we've given over our Liberty

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Montgomery County Judge Sadler’s motives challenged

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El Paso Co. jailer accused in insurance fraud case

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Azle Goes Without Water For Much Of Tuesday

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Controversy Of Treating Lyme Disease Arises In TX

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September election ordered in Val Verde County race

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Train blocks busy Fort Worth street for 22 minutes

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Galveston synagogue celebrates renewal after Ike

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Filmmaker pleads no contest to weapon charge

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Falling power line starts Galveston house fire

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Houston Metro in violation of federal 'Buy America' requirements in light rail deal

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Sherman, Pottsboro city councils bans K2

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Denison City Manager stepping down after two decades

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Parents sue church daycare in connection with sex assault

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Kermit Police Chief's Son Arrested on Sexual Assault Charges

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Big Spring Mother Arrested After Leaving Her 4-Year-Old Home Alone

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Bogata mayor, council members at odds

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Camera systems let cops run dozens of plates at a time

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McLennan Courthouse dome work to require additional $105,000

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RVs Home to Texas Oil Workers

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Upshur Probation Officer Suspended Without Pay

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Man Guns Down Wife; Son Kills Him

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Solar Energy Campaign Kicks Off In San Antonio

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Texas Appeals Court Denies Sovereign Citizen Defense

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Lubbock teen takes aim at gun law, East Texans react

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Dallas city manager suspends police commander over funeral escort

 
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Examining Decades of Growth in K-12 Education: Spending & Achievement trends - subject of Pratt on Texas for 9/3/2010

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Gary Andres: Bipartisanship is overrated

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Listen to Pratt's daily commentaries here

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Read past Pratt commentaries here
Dems sue Harris County tax office over voter registrations

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Perry's new video may prompt revenge of the nerds

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Eddie Bernice Johnson says chief of staff reviewed scholarship applications - I didn't do it, OK I did it but I didn't know it was wrong, OK it was wrong & I'll pay it back but I was just helping people (my family!), OK it was wrong but it was my chief of staff who did it!

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Texas our Texas - Do you see something wrong in this picture? - well, Texas IS in distress and especially in Eddie Bernice Johnson's district...

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Activists say John Cornyn-led National Republican Senatorial Committee should stay out of primaries

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Sierra Club sues East Texas coal-fired power plant

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State moves head with bus seat belt plan

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Texas opens inquiry into Google search rankings

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Official says Texas budget cuts could gut insurance regulation

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Texas applies for $830 million in education aid

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Need for election equipment "desperate" in Harris Co.

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Voters will be able to choose: Paper or eSlate - very bad, hybrid systems ask for fraud.

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Planned mosque divides Houston suburb

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Jeff Skilling denied bail during appeal

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12- and 13-year-old to face capital murder charge

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Conroe teacher arrested on child porn charges

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Texas school helps preserve history of small town

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2 more identified in El Paso corruption scheme

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Former TTUHSC Professor Butler Part of Miami Airport Scare

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Pratt (Mother Pratt that is): Legal immigration hard with government

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Texas specialty license plate vendor defends its designs

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Judge orders alleged kingpin 'La Barbie' held

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Border's way of life often just a memory

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Lufkin motorcyclist killed in brief Kemah police chase

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Marshals in Lawrence, Kan., arrest Texas priest

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Harley riders descend on Wichita Falls

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FBI's inside man says he's on outside now

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Pawn shop worker kills customer

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Mexia ISD Investigates School Bus Sexual Assault Claim

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Gov. Perry: Tapco International Breaks Ground on New Manufacturing Facility

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Man Killed With Son After Driving Off Boat Ramp Was Drunk

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Feds Dismiss Charges Against Ex-McLennan Community College Coach In Teen Sex Case

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The Texas Government Insider

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Bexar Co. Democratic activist Flores dies at 75

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Texans will get new savings on energy-savers

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Gov. Perry Appoints Tays to Texas Guaranteed Student Loan Corporation

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Gov. Perry Appoints Conner to Coastal Water Authority Board of Directors

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Sharp-Eyed Game Warden Arrests Copper Thief

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Consulate-slaying suspect in San Antonio court

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D.A. denies abusing authority in case against Kerrville developer

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EDF, San Antonio, Bexar Co. begin experiment

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Two more pipe Bexar Co. bomb suspects arrested

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Q&A: American's maintenance chief aims to help airline straighten up, fly right with FAA

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Gov. Perry Honors Fallen and Injured Texas Peace Officers and First Responders

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BRADY: Jobs, Safety & Economy Hurting Under Drilling Moratorium

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Hermine could bring 2-3 inches of rain to Central Texas

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Lower Valley gets brunt of Hermine's rainfall

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High water closes some Williamson County roads

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Texas Fried Frito Pie wins state fair food award

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Letters bearing Eddie Bernice Johnson's signature ask that scholarship money be sent directly to her grandsons

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Dallas County commissioners promise to save 20 DA's office jobs

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Dallas police officials support restrictive chase policy after pursuit that ended on Love Field runway

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Pickens donating $18.4 million for hospice center

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Legislators push aid to middle schoolers

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Rep. Warren Chisum may run for Texas House Speaker

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Rep. Warren Chisum running for Texas speaker?

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What makes political cash 'dirty?'

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As Campaign Sprint Begins, GOP Enjoys Head Start

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Edwards - Flores Race Called 2nd Most Important Election In Country

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Watson begs Combs to address state budget troubles

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Straus, House stick to guns on $18 bil estimate

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Burka: Radnofsky nails Abbott

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Authorities: Woman runs over husband, kills him

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Cyber Crimes Unit Arrests Mansfield High School Teacher For Sexually Soliciting a Minor Online

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Edinburg police chief to retire after 34 years with the department
 

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Gov. Perry: Energy Industry Helps Our Economy Lead the Nation

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Gov. Perry talks petrochemicals in Nederland

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Texas Medical Association Political Action Committee endorses Perry

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Gov. Perry ups ante on debate question

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Perry accuses Obama of playing politics with border issues

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Bill White outlines border-security plan

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Billy Come Lately on Border Security

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Bill White Talks Term Limits on KRLD

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Significant races on ballot way below governor level

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Kent-Carter state House (HD102) race gets contentious after reimbursement charge

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Gardner Selby's list of 50 most influential Texas Democrats & Republicans (pdf) - a very fair list

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Eddie Bernice Johnson: 'I never heard the rules' on scholarships - what an idiot! First she did have the rules as the Foundation pointed out but second, anyone honest person would have a natural concern about awarding to family members. And even funnier, this issue shouldn't exist because a fired employee leaked it! Johnson is a moron of the first order.

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Rep. Rob Orr Responds to Railroad Commission Findings on Johnson County Gas Pipeline Explosion

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Rep. Maldonado (HD52 / D-Round Rock) Calls for Increased Border Security

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Texas Democrats fight to stay in office amid backlash

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Tea Partiers Plan Protest Of Cornyn

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Pratt: TABC needs to go the way of Prohibition

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Embry: Low tax collections make budget shortfall worse

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Despite slow start, energy stimulus money now on ground, officials testify

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School districts react to cutting of funds for bus seat-belts

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High number of home-schooled students leads to state audit

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School officials examine Perry's incentive proposal

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Texas plans new rebates for energy-efficient appliances

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Austin rally protests proposed state cuts in community-based health care

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Economic development funds would be cut under proposal from Perry's office - seems to me this shows Perry is walking the walk, not just talking the budget reduction talk.

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Tax assessor, nonprofit spar over Harris County voter rolls

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TYC officials turns troubled West Texas State School back to University Lands

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Texas veterans' loan discount extended to surviving spouse

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Border issues:
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Perry accuses Obama of playing politics with border issues

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Deputies detain buses in Winnie while feds question workers about legal status

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Texas sheriff confirms arrested workers were leaving Michigan oil spill

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Are Mexican-American Border Patrol Agents Traitors?

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Rep. Maldonado (HD52 / D-Round Rock) Calls for Increased Border Security

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Bill White outlines border-security plan

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Sen. Hutchison calls for border focus at Domenici conference

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Gov. Perry: Energy Industry Helps Our Economy Lead the Nation

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Gov. Perry talks petrochemicals in Nederland

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Local oil and gas workers rally for jobs, deep sea oil drilling

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Dallas' Nina Vaca named chairwoman for U.S. Hispanic Chamber of Commerce

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El Paso Joblessness Higher Than Texas And Nation - run by Democrats

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Sierra teams up with Helio Aircraft

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Seguin council vote could give Tyson plant a boost

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After 70 years, Loggins Meat Co. mysteriously closes in Tyler

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Dell quits bidding war over 3Par

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Dozens Gather To Pray For Workers Losing Jobs As McGregor Plant Closes

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J.C. Penney's August sales come in better than expected

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Pier 1 expects double-digit 2Q sales rise

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Neiman Marcus' store sales rise 2.9% as luxury demand weakens

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Dell seeking $2.5M state tax incentive

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Briefing on Hill Country power lines draws throngs - we want "green" power but no lines to get it here

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Economic development funds would be cut under proposal from Perry's office

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94 Texas employers to get federal aid for retiree healthcare

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2nd half of 2010 bodes well for San Antonio’s apartment market, report states

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San Antonio researchers to develop electric vehicle battery

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Chesmar Homes sets new Woodlands project

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Higher Ed. / Colleges & Universities
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Texas State Univ. to Expand Football Stadium

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UTEP Football Season Ticket Sales Slump

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Texas Tech seeks further tier-one progress

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Foundation for Individual Rights in Education rates Texas schools

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Tarleton State Univ. exceeds record enrollment

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Local government spending & budgeting, etc.:
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Fredericksburg looking ot raise taxes

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Seguin ISD eyes possible bond election

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Lubbock city council to hear from public on tax increase

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Support grows in Lubbock council for city employee pay raise

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Austin City Hall Hustle: Milk Cows and Cash Cows

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Williamson County attorney sends cease and desist order to IT director

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Williamson County officials peeved at court

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Socorro mayor, 10 others indicted in public corruption case

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More allegations against service station near Vidor

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Austin getting tougher on illegal dumpers

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Fort Worth Getting Big Help From Restitution Work

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85-year-old bee attack victim home from hospital

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Homeowners & Hunters At Odds This Dove Season

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Dove Season Safety Tips

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Corpus Christi airport gets $2.8 million in federal funds

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Corpus Christi Teacher Fighting For Life After Collision

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A New Spin on Pro-Life Billboards, "Black and Unwanted"

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'Virgin' Billboard Raises Questions in Houston - effective advert

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Garage Sale Fee Proposed in Dallas

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Business Owner Mows Down Suspected Burglar - anti-wimp

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CHL-holding woman shoots robbers’ SUV in La Marque Walmart parking lot - anti-wimp

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Gun shop opening stirs controversy in Carrollton - why? who would not like this? A sickening sign that we are losing Texas too.

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DART Mulls Tolls for Single Drivers to Use HOV Lanes

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Dallas woman found guilty of intoxication manslaughter, assault for fatal wrong-way crash on Dallas North Tollway

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Train And Car Collide In Cisco

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Six arrested in rash of residential burglaries in Rosenberg & Needville

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Houston City Council approves $4.5 million for new tasers

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Bed bugs make comeback in Texoma - bring back DDT!

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Houston ISD hires first female athletic director

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Casinos coming to Galveston?

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SAPD Chief: Officers' Arrests Like 'Sock In The Stomach'

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Medina Co. Farm Animal Sanctuary Pinched By Economy

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Former Fields Store Elementary School pleads guilty in theft case

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Nacogdoches County volunteer firefighter charged with theft by a public servant

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East Texans wearing combat boots to support troops

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Daingerfiled man guilty in cold pill case

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DEA turns over $4 million in drug proceeds to SAPD, McMullen County

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ATF agent OK after being shot during gang sweep in southeast Dallas

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Police: Woman Struck And Killed By SUV Was A Killeen Doctor

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La Grange rappers guilty in Red River Street shootings in Austin

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Two Withdraw from High Plains Water District Election

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Groundwater conservation efforts underway in the High Plains

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More than 700 Passengers Stranded at Abilene airport due to D/FW weather

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Abilene State School van involved in accident

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Abilene ISD blocks Facebook, similar sites for teachers

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Merkel woman arrested for animal cruelty

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Turtle carnage causing concern - guess what? I'm not concerned.

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San Antonio fares poorly on safe driving

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Tornado touches down in Odessa on Wednesday

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Wind damages structures in Texoma

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Radioactive Waste Could Travel on Highway 18 Through Monahans, Kermit, Jal - they can come by my house, I don't mind.

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Midland Fire Crews Battled Multiple Grassfires Wednesday

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New Braunfels police discover body possibly linked to Hays County investigation

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Pot plants found growing near high school

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Belton man indicted in illegal taping
 

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09/01/2010

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Perry insists he isn't blocking debate with White

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Bill White's talk of term limits misses the point

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Washington Bill White

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White video contradicts Perry on budget shortfall

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An election rap from Rick Perry's "son"

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West Texas districts left without state voice - for 2 months, big deal.

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Debate flap reaches State Board of Education races

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Dallas-Democrat Rep. Carol Kent (HD102) & opponent Stefani Carter trade blows on ethics, intimidation

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Legislature shelves shredding of travel records as Driver inquiry proceeds

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House ethics panel clears Rep. Jeb Hensarling (R-Dallas)

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U.S. Rep. Ortiz's (D-Corpus Christi) travel costs probed

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Can Johnson foe sell vision to Texas' 30th District?

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Bill Flores announces Texas business group's endorsement

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Edwards knocks Flores for anti-Department of Energy comments

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Nasty NY senator Chuck Schumer visits Dallas for money

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Eddie Bernice Johnson repays $31,000 to foundation in scholarship scandal

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GOP candidates reach out to conservative Hispanic voters in Austin

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Andres: Bipartisanship is overrated - a Pratt echo

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West: Obama's Justice Department could review Texas' new legislative maps, voter ID at same time

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Tracking "Stimulus" dollars in Texas, County map of funding

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Proposed cuts at Texas Education Agency include $48 million for English textbooks

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More families turning toward home school for religious reasons

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Most Galveston chamber members support gambling effort

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With those scores, I'd want to end testing too.

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TxDOT: Texas' Most Congested Roads

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Texas gets fewer federal dollars than other states

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Nominate Your Favorite Texas State Artist!

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Attorney General Abbott Awards Grants To Assist Texas Families

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Attorney General Abbott Awards Grants To Assist Tarrant County Families

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Attorney General Abbott Awards Grant To Assist El Paso-Area Families

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Attorney General Abbott Awards Grant To Assist Bryan-Area Families

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Attorney General Abbott Awards Grant To Assist Brownwood-Area Families

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Second appliance rebate program announced

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Governor’s Mansion work permit approved

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State Intervenes to Help Suspended Abilene Non-Profit

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Texas opens enrollment for college prepaid fund

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Obama's Federal War on Texas
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EPA again rejects Texas' effective pollution permit system

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West: Obama's Justice Department could review Texas' new legislative maps, voter ID at same time

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Perry bothered that President Obama refuses border security discussion

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Border issues:
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Study: Illegal immigration from Mexico declines overall, but not in Texas

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Juárez violence persists: August deadliest month with 322 killed

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Maquiladora industry picks up after recession

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Cocaine Seized at Lincoln-Juarez Bridge

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Economy / Financial / Business
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Dallas Fed Chief: Government referees may be stalling recovery

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D-FW hiring, layoff data trending positive

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D-FW one of the fastest job gainers

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TXU Energy targets installation of 100,000 smart energy efficiency devices

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CPS Energy installing 40,000 "smart" meters

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Gov't utility, CPS Energy, pays 18 executives average of $233,000

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Texas PUC may keep debtors from switching power companies

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Denton Co. commissioners oppose power line routes - but they want power!

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Small businesses need to be aware of cyber-criminals

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Chicago-based Tribune Co. settles on Lewisville for central business office

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AT&T cuts Hallmark from U-verse

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Dallas-based London Broadcasting buys two Texas TV stations

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Texas AG investigates Travis Co. water supply group

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Agency faults pipeline operator in Johnson County explosion

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Race promoters reveal 1st details of Austin track

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Plastics services firm ends Texas job contract for E. Texas plant

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Two former Dell executives are in "hot water" after being fined by federal regulators for a four-year accounting fraud scheme

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Tx Republican decries Democrats' "demonization" of energy industry

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Oil-and-gas industry rally draws modest attendance in Corpus Christi

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Samsung is donating 1-million dollars to help low-income Austin families

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Higher Ed. / Colleges & Universities
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TTU ISD Opens GED Testing Center

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Abilene Christian University's iPhone Apps Improve Grades

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UNT reopens Multicultural Center

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Gerald Myers' dedication to Texas Tech leaves long-lasting legacy

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St. Mary’s library designated ‘official’ provider of government records

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UTSA forms partnership with Japanese institution

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A&M System grades faculty — by bottom line

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Baylor athletes serve community with Big 12 project

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Texas opens enrollment for college prepaid fund

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Local government spending & budgeting, etc.:
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Frenship school board unanimously approves budget, increases taxes

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Tri-City Concerned About Palo Pinto County Budget Cuts

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Sweetwater ISD teacher salaries to be raised

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Bexar rolls out a budget for lean times

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Frisco town hall saves controversy for last

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McAllen city officials receive no public input during hearing on proposed tax increase

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New city hall in the works in Bonham- not enough space? Shrink government.

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New Turner Stadium dedicated to ‘builder’ of Humble ISD - how about to the taxpayers who actually built the district and the stadium & paid the super's salary?!

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Upshur County commissioners hire road engineer in split vote

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Copperas Cove raises taxes on residents

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Copperas Cove ISD raises taxes 3.5 cents per $100

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Big Spring ISD raises taxes

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Mission school district approves tax increase, budget deficit

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Hallsville ISD approves tax increase

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Spring Hill ISD OKs tax increase, budget

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George West City council passes tax increase

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Bellmead City Council passes plan that will cut city services, raise taxes

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Navarro ISD trustees says no to raises, increases taxes

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Deaf Smith Co. hospital district talking doubling of taxes!

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No property tax rise in Williamson County - way to go. Real leadership.

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A Makeover for the Taylor County Expo Center

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Midland 'swingers' convention gets canceled amid pressure

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Dallas DA Watkins Faces Scrutiny in Sex Abuse Trial

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Refugio appoints new police chief

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Marijuana alternative (K2) use appears low in Lubbock

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Couple's $100 handouts to homeless abused by some - no kidding. An act that makes the actor feel better is not necessarily compassionate or helpful at all.

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Abilenians want to ride converted bus to Food Network fame

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Drug caused kidney damage, Jones Co. rancher's lawsuit says

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Two men shot in possible road rage retaliation

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South Texas man kills 3 women, then himself

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Bexar offers old voting equipment to fire-stricken Harris Co.

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Efficiency, supply become the watchwords at San Antonio Water System

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Former San Antonio policeman accused of official oppression

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San Antonio PD officer arrested on DWI charge

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Waco Jury Returns Guilty Verdict In Forced Prostitution Case

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Soldier Charged In Infant Sex Abuse Death Had Multiple Victims

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Man Arrested In Arizona For 1984 Texas Murder

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Jurors in intoxication manslaughter trial told that suspect drove six miles the wrong way before fatal Dallas North Tollway crash

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Man testifies about finding wife, stepdaughter after stabbing at Oak Cliff home

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Prosecutors undecided on pursuing death penalty in Farmers Branch police officer's 1983 slaying

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2 club employees among 87 arrested in El Paso bar crackdown

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2 New Cases Of West Nile Found In El Paso

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El Paso: Wanted Man Tries To Turn Self In; Leaves After No Sheriff's Deputy Available

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Fort Worth Train Track Fixed After Derailment

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Ex-Dallas Teacher Pleads Guilty In Child Porn Case

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DPD Looks to Curb Sharp Increase in Sexual Assaults

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An Interview With Former Dallas Mayor Laura Miller - begging the question: why?

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Denton real estate icon Tom Fouts dies

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Keller ISD goes soft on homework - par for the course

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Petite policewoman retires from Harris Co. Sheriff's Office

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Tyler landlord dead, tenant apparently shot self

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2 charged in Harris Co. home invasion, shooting of 4-year-old

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Gas leak capped, shelter-in-place lifted for Seabrook residents

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Houston courts dismiss 80 percent of charges against unsafe pool owners

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Don’t buy into lawyers’ Ike deadline hype

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David Chambless Worters named Cliburn Foundation president

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Gainesville civic center dedicates lobby to Medal of Honor Host City Program

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Bed Bugs Traveling to West Texas

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Program jolts activity in downtown Kilgore

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Saint Jo fights waste permit

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Reports of tornado at Grayson County airport

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Texas man gets 10 years in sex tourism case

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Plans For SA Children's Hospital Remain In Limbo

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Collin County widow, suspect faces murder trial in Tom Green County

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Funding from Houston's red light camera program not distributed as promised

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Solo drivers may be able to buy way onto Dallas HOV lanes

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Round Rock fire chief to retire

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Inmate dies after escape attempt at Texarkana jail

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Austin Housing Authority awarded federal funding to help some Austinites pay the rent

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Judge OKs $12M settlement on bad peanuts

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Update: 5-year-old injured, Train Hits Car in Cisco

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Ellis County authorities seize $10M worth of pot

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Fort Bend detectives seeking whereabouts of missing mentally-challenged woman

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Gladewater Woman Dead, Pinned Between Chain, Car
 

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08/31/2010

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Gov. Perry Announces School Savings Incentive

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Perry wins Realtors' endorsement

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Perry: "I'll Debate White If..."

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White House: Perry declined border security meeting

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Perry Offered Consolation Meeting After Request for Obama Face Time Denied

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TX: Canseco and Perry’s public distrust of newspapers aligns with popular opinion - smart move for Canseco & it's earning much media in the district.

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More Bill White "duck & cover" from Obama

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McKenzie: Perry, White offer contrast in leadership style

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Chet Edwards and Bill White put out negative ads against opponents

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Rick Perry among "Dirty Dozen" by League of Conservation Voters - I'd consider that a plus

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Republican Chairman Munisteri to GOP Candidates: Seek Neutral Debate Sponsor - League of Women Voters has become nothing short of a Democrat Party extension group.

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Obama to honor troops stationed at Fort Bliss, remarks, slideshow

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White calls for terms limits on governor

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Is Dem rep. Jim Dunnam breaking residency rules?

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Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson says she'll repay scholarship funds by week's end!

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Editorial: Rep. Johnson turns program into personal college fund

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Texan's nepotism case 'the most recent scandal in long line of Democrat ethical failures,' GOP says

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Holly Hansen on Pratt on Texas discussing the SBOE 10 race, Desperate Democrats in SBOE 10 Campaign Play Race Card

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Gallup: 'unprecedented' GOP lead on generic ballot

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Race for Dallas County judge is a quiet one

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Bryan entities, Brazos County open redistricting talks

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Dems dedicated to reclaiming Milam County

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Grayson Co. district clerk resigns; Ashmore to assume duties

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Pratt: With those scores, I'd want to end testing too.

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Applause & questions for proposed new Texas lawyer ethics

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Sullivan: TxDOT Is Broke! So Spend More!

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Accused Capitol gunman gets new legal representation

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State troopers now carrying semi-automatic weapons inside the Capitol

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Harris County and the Election Warehouse Fire

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Weather forecasting for Venus funded by federal stimulus

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TWC Requests $5.8 Million in Federal Funds in Response to Flooding Caused by Hurricane Alex

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Phone troubles hang up Texas welfare requests - so it's a bit harder to get in our pockets, I'm so sad.

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Court says gay couples can't divorce in Texas, more

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Texas warden was last voice heard by 140 inmates

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Editorial: Price Unit leaders must respond to criticism

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Texas House halts shredding of travel records

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School Bus Seat Belt Program Up In the Air

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Regulating Yoga. Government’s reach is too far.

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Going Rogue: The Texas Vet Board’s war on horse owners and entrepreneurs in the Lone Star State

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House ethics panel says donations didn't sway Dallas Rep. Jeb Hensarling's vote against financial regulation bill

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Chris Bell awarded $2 million from GOP governors

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Border issues:
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Notorious Texan 'La Barbie' captured in Mexico

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Hutchison to Deliver Remarks on Border Security Issues at Domenici Conference in NM tomorrow

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Immigration, border violence unlikely topics during Obama visit

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White House: Perry declined border security meeting

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Texas-based drone starting border flights

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Grenade attack diverts weekend bridge traffic to Brownsville

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DPS workers, man charged in driver's license case

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Economy / Financial / Business
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Karsten Homes closing in Breckenridge, 130 workers affected

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High Plains Farm Tour joins restaurant industry, Lubbock area growers

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Dallas' Sewell expanding stable of auto franchises

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Dallas-area home prices rose just 1.2% in June

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Group seeks to head off power line - more hypocrites, they want "renewable energy" but oppose the systems

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Bank overhaul law rippling through Texas

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August heat sparks record electricity use

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Power out on Bolivar Peninsula

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400 homes, businesses left without power Monday following hit and run in New Braunfels

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Canyon Lake residents without water for about 30 hours

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Austin Ventures commits $50M to form insurance company

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College Station Metro Area Ranked Among Best Places to Raise Family

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Texas Crop Report

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AT&T shoots for World Cup bid

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Magnolia Ridge developers hit with second lawsuit

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FoxBusiness: San Antonio Recovering Faster Than Other Cities

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Wilsonart nomination is first step toward saving 500 jobs

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Dallas company buys KIII-TV in Corpus Christi

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Higher Ed. / Colleges & Universities
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Texas Tech to Offer Dual Law & Medical Doctor Program

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Students generating power on UNT campus

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West Texas A&M enrollment fuels optimism

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WT parking challenges

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A&M gives layoff notices to lecturers

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TCU Marks Fort Worth Centennial

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Alamo Colleges fumble with registration

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Comptroller Combs Recognizes Midland College for Technical Education

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University of Houston - Victoria adds faculty for new freshmen

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Local government spending & budgeting, etc.:
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Big Spring ISD tax rate "substantially higher", raises given to employees

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Sweetwater ISD passes tax referendum; teachers to get immediate raise

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Early voting begins in Lewisville, Coppell school tax elections

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Dallas County officials vote to propose tax increase rather than cut payroll

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Property Taxes Set To Spike in Dallas County

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Val Verde County not to raise taxes

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Collin County Proposes Cutting Retirement Benefits - good, their benefits are way over the top

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Dickinson's level tax rate is a tax hike

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League City should tell residents about costs

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Pine Tree ISD raises taxes on residents

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Big Spring EDC Approves $1 Million Incentive to Western Container for Upgrades

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Denison Council debates budget cutbacks

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Tyler Junior College tax rate hike clarified

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Smith Co. raises property taxes

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McLennan County to reduce law library costs electronically

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San Benito Leaders to Vote on Proposed Tax Hike

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Corpus Christi council votes to increase tax rate 2 cents

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Manhunt under way for excaped prisoner in San Antonio

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Two Men Arrested in Brownwood for Vandalizing Patrol Car

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Students Evacuated at Abilene ISD's Ward Elementary due to smoke

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No action taken on hiring city manager in Winters

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Garza County man admits to stealing cattle

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Van Cliburn piano competition plays in documentary

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Travis Co. Sheriff's Office seeking jail security upgrades

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Woman dies after fall from Houston tollway ramp

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6 firefighters injured battling 4-alarm blaze at 36-story JP Morgan Chase Bank in Houston

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Cleanup continues at Houston's JP Morgan Chase building

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Graphic Affidavit Details Sexual Abuse Of Murdered Central Texas Infant

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Waco Woman Arrested, Charged After Young Children Yell For Help

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Vandals set playground on fire at Arlington Islamic center

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Duncanville man slits throat in court after sentencing

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Dress-wearing bank robber found in Hearne, police say

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Lumberton man missing after jumping off bridge

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Inmate escapes from Hardin County Jail

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Waco unveils plan to enhance city

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Wood County worker dies in tree accident

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Many vehicle registration stickers on cars in Travis County are fake 

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Luling school board votes to fire coach who put a student in headlock

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Gun dealer sentenced to 6-months for selling weapons to illegal immigrant

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Ransom Center receives needed $30,000 for "Gone With the Wind" costume preservation

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11 Years Later: Promise Made After Fort Worth Church Shooting Kept

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Prime Dallas Cowboys seats go to ticket broker for $241,000 in IRS auction

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Corpus policeman on leave after being accused of sexual contact with girl

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Rare infection kills Arlington boy exposed to parasitic amoeba on family trip

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Strip Club Distracts Southwest Airlines Pilot

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Mysterious Man Spotted Inside Dallas County Records Building

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Texas City Dike to reopen Sept. 11

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Galveston City Council District 1 lawsuit to cost both sides thousands

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Fibs fly from everywhere in Galveston

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Fort Worth jury returns capital murder verdict in 21 minutes

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Former Gregg County employee says illegal activities

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No decision yet on criminal charges against former county commissioner, DA says

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Off-duty cop shoots suspect who tried to run him over

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McKinney Hires New Chief Information Officer

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Woman Arrested In Bexar Co. Pipe Bomb Incident

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Seguin Man Killed In Drive-By Shooting

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Miles business owner finalist in national contest

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Geo. W. Bush to kick-off national fundraiser for military families at Waco event

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Waco appeals arbitrator's decision to reinstate suspended police officer

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2 arrested for vandalizing a DPS trooper's car in Brownwood

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Nueces County Judge Loyd Neal's speaking skills hurt by neurological disorder

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Dallas man pleads guilty in $535M oil, gas schemes

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Texas AG suing man over war memorial charity

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Bastrop Police Chief Resigns Following DWI Arrest

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Corpus Christi City Manager Announces Retirement

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08/30/2010

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White TV ad hits Perry on lobbyists

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Bill White says most of Gov. Rick Perry's chiefs of staff have been lobbyists - so what?

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Texas Association of Realtors Endorses Gov. Perry for Re-election

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Texas Cattle Feeders Association Supports Gov. Perry for Re-election

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Opponent accuses Dallas Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson of corruption over relatives' scholarships

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Count of scholarships given to Dallas Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson's family, associates rises to 23

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Anti-immigration reform group targets Jackson Lee, 2 other Texas Democrats

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Democrat Consultant: Use paper ballots before closing election precincts in Harris Co. - I would expect nothing less from Democrats who are giddy with excitement over using their well-honed cheating skills for Bill White.

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More vote-machine fire speculation from Paul Burka and Dems

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Harris Co. approves plan to get more E-slate machines

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Harris Co. official: We'll be open Nov. 2nd with new vote machines - mixing in paper ballots is a recipe for fraud.

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Vote fraud vs. voter suppression debate returns to Texas

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Dem. rep. Jim Dunnam an icon of liberal dishonesty

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Comal County Republicans honor SBOE member Mercer

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Nueces Republican Chairman Ron McLain resign

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Gohmert talks taxes, Jesus at Washington tea party town hall

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Texas king of contributions to NRCC, NRSC - great

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West Texas may lose seat in House - did the AJ just realize this?

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Hispanic former representative hopes for more minority presence - Salinas was a disaster! These people are bigots, they define everything by race and ethnicity.

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Fikac: Proposal gives voters a say on gas-tax increase - Why are these folk so set on having us pay more taxes?

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Gas tax increase in Texas' future?

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Editorial: Legislature must act on Timothy Cole panel plan

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Texas Sheriff Files Charges On Head Of State Jail Standards Commission

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Winona Alcohol Windfall Still Up In The Air - another example of TABC being out of control, they've "suspended state law" on their own!

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Auction for specialty Texas license plates pushed back as new designs are approved

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Texas Holds Reserves of Lethal Injection Drug

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Texas students not doing well on first end-of-course exams - so we'll have to get rid of those too!!!!

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Attorney General Targets Cyber Sex Solicitation

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Appeals court: Corpus Christi state school fight footage stays out in accused ringleader's case

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State sends money to study Austin-San Antonio rail

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State Representative David Swinford resigns early to help HD87 winner gain in seniority

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Obama's Federal War on Texas
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Rep. Brady: Mr. President, We Want Our Energy Jobs Back

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Border issues:
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Mexico to up security in border city after blasts

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Juárez cancels Sept. 16 celebration of Mexican Independence, first time since the Revolution

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Airborne Predators Patrol TX/Mexico Border Wednesday - but what will be done with what they see? The Feds have already made it clear that they will not even guard foot-bridges across the river and will not deport many.

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Relative of Aztecas gang leader is rescued

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Economy / Financial / Business
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Dallas Fed: Texas manufacturing growth stalled

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Fort Worth cash grain prices

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Map of Dallas-Fort Worth's largest commercial real estate foreclosures

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Gov. Perry: TETF Investment to Help Those With Kidney, Liver Disease

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Continental, Aeromar forge business relationship

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State to Give Blue Cross $1.25 Million in Incentives for Abilene jobs

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Llano Estacado Vintner's Selection Signature Red Meritage

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Made in Midland: Skip Hollandsworth talks about rigs, the trickle-down effect, and the new generation of oilmen.

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Reliant Energy to donate $10M to schools - how about rebating $ to rate payers?

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Coppell-based mortgage firm sued by Texas Attorney General

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Class-action suit grows over BP refinery's release of chemicals in Texas City

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Caution Flag! Three gas lines run underneath proposed F1 site

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Austin-Bergstrom International Airport traffic up 5% in July

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Buda manufacturing plant closes

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Higher Ed. / Colleges & Universities
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Baylor to offer Zipcar rentals to students, employees

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Former secretary of state James A. Baker to speak at Mary Hardin-Baylor

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UT preps for 2nd supercomputer in 2011

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College teams move toward playing in pro-stadiums

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UTSA selected to host Chinese art exhibit

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Texas Tech to Hold Counterterrorism Colloquium Mid-September

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Local government spending & budgeting, etc.:
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Ector County cuts position, TEA Party folk show up to budget hearings

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Lack of candor puts San Antonio ISD bond issue at risk - it's the same everywhere

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Williamson Co. commissioners to end budget debate

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Plainview school trustees to approve budget, increase in taxes

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La Vega school district to hold tax rate election to approve a 'tax swap'

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Killeen has plans, no timeline for its new downtown property

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Wylie ISD Cuts Spending

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I-10 in SE Texas could be closed until Tuesday

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Nation is Better Prepared for Major Disasters 5 Years After Hurricane Katrina, but More Needs to be Done

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Texas DPS offers reward for sex offender’s arrest

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Hurricane threat causes concern over Dams

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Trial Scheduled To Begin In Waco In Forced Prostitution Case

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Killeen: Sword Wielding Suspect Robs Fast Food Restaurant

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Red River county to name replacement commissioner

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Injured Dallas Cowboys workers settle

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2 Found Dead On Lufkin Porch

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Device Detonated In NW Bexar County Pipe Bomb Investigation

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San Antonio Water Examined 8 Years After Fluoridation

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Fences could keep turtles from crossing Texas road

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Pasadena residents voicing concerns over city’s sanitation pilot program

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Plan would change trash, recycling collection in McAllen

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Hidalgo County copper theft ring busted

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Smith Co. Purchasing Director nominated Texas Public Purchasing Association board

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Tyler church needs help after Monday morning fire

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Laredo Bookstore Campaign

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Harris Co. DA Fights Release Of Alleged Beating Video

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Woman hits building trying to run down robbers

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Several freight cars derail in Fort Worth area

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Clemens pleads not guilty in federal court

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Woman, 67, dies in collision in Houston

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Pleasanton wants facelift from Oprah

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Country stars show up for benefit honoring murdered PE coach

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Nearly 100 arrested in El Paso-area bars in five-day law operation

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Exotic Cat Sanctuary Saves Six Tigers

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Pack of Coyotes Spotted in Richardson Neighborhood

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Couple's visit to Lewisville Lake park ended in deadly scissor attack

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Frisco man sentenced to 13 years in federal prison after pleading guilty to child porn charges

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Baby Abandoned at Laundromat, Taken to Corpus Christi Fire Station

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Corpus Christi police: Man had mobile meth lab in his car

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San Marcos’ director of development services resigned after ethics complaint dismissal

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Abilene 'Eatery' Nominated for Food Network Show

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Valley's largest bus system gets makeover

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Private financing, revenue bonds could build Brownsville toll road

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Weslaco sex offender wanted for allegedly failing to register address

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Arlington killer convicted, given life without parole

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Pasadena dentist convicted of health care fraud

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Former Lubbock Police Officer Found Dead in Backyard of a Single Gunshot

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Temple police make arrest in church burglaries

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One of largest drug busts in Randall Co. history

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Sheriff: East Texas property dispute turns deadly
 

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Budget proposals short on specifics - there is no problem with White & Perry being light on specifics. In Texas the executive does not formulate the budget, that happens in the Legislature.

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Former RNC Texas committeeman Lambert on the Guv Race

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Bill White's wife says women will be deciding factor in this fall's elections

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Citing interview gaffe, Barbara Radnofsky blames Attorney General Greg Abbott for "bad judgment"

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New: www.HandsOffTexas.com website & petition

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Leave it to Burka: Harris Co. voting machine fire benefits the GOP

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Voting-machine warehouse blaze still a mystery

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Campaigns say blaze won't alter their strategy

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Tx-25 & The Battle for America 2010, Donna Campbell challenges Doggett

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Edwards attack ad says Flores lied about 2008 vote

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Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson violated rules, steered scholarships to relatives - the embarrassment continues

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Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson Embroiled in Scholarship Scandal

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Growth will benefit Tarrant County in redistricting battles

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Redistricting in Travis County

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Texas mayors gather at Cowboys Stadium to devise playbook for legislative session

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GOP says graphics firm's error led to use of Confederate image in handout

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Obama's visit fails to impress Texans

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Obama "Back to School" propaganda speech set for 9/14

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Obama's visit to El Paso comes at tough time

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Campaign touting education as priority - just more lobbying with taxpayer money to get more of your money!

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Yoga professionals to state: Leave us in peace

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National Education Association leader opposes more Texas money for charter schools - hmm, are these unions having a hard time organizing charter schools? Must be.

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Texas should invest in high-quality early childhood education programs - more spending for dubious programs

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Electric grid plan needs jolt from Texas

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Nueces Co. sheriff takes on state agency official in felony open records fight

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Obama's Federal War on Texas
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New: www.HandsOffTexas.com website & petition

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State tries to access federal education funds held up by rule

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Border issues:
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El Paso, Juárez collaborate to keep public from danger

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Cornyn backs off citizenship re-examination

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Mayor of Hildalgo, Tamaulipas, is killed

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Explosion reported at downtown Reynosa bar

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U.S. man abducted during Juarez visit

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ICE urges field offices to drop some deportation cases

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Grenade attack forces Mexican authorities to temporarily close Gateway bridge

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Economy / Financial / Business
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Debt-ridden Mexicana airlines suspended all flights Friday

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Texas' economic performance is a beacon to nation's businesses, job seekers, says Combs

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Annual West Texas agriculture chemicals conference set for Sept. 15

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Slowdown may be small in Texas, economic analysts say - slowdown? It's never picked up to begin with!

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Market tough for commercial real estate in Abilene

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Texas man puts high-speed Internet in rural areas

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Southwest Airlines to launch service to Newark, N.J.

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Small-town cupcake bakery goes big time

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Comanche Peak nuclear plant has towering ambitions

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Layoffs expected from Schlumberger-Smith merger

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Higher Ed. / Colleges & Universities
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Howard Payne University has largest enrollment in 14 years

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UTSA enrollment tops 30,000

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UT might not reach 2014 goal of raising $3 billion

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Hance welcomes challenge as enrollment, research push creates strain on facilities

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Some Texas Tech students seek to bring KTXT back

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Home sales down, Tech parents renting more

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Texas A&M Welcomes Freshmen at Convocation

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UTEP Students Find Ways To Pay For Education

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School principals feel impact of UHV's involvement in training program

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Collin College partners with manufacturing consortium for an $808,066 job-training grant

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Local government spending & budgeting, etc.:
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Parkland hospital kept information from its auditors, feared federal subpoena on Medicare overcharges

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More D-FW cities tapping into natural gas drilling revenue to help ease budget woes

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Editorial: Beaumont ISD must keep its focus on needs, not wants - the same should be said of all the big-spending districts

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Bronze Building Soon To Be Irving's Centerpiece

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Tax measures pass in Aledo, Castleberry school districts

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Gladewater ISD tax ratification election passes

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Judge rules McAllen school district must pay scheduled raises

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Collin Co. employee pension plan not justifiable

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Sunny outlook reverses at Houston Metro

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Smith County Tax Rate Vote Tuesday

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Dove hunting: Avoid these common violations

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Outspoken Daughters of the Republic of Texas member faces ouster

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After 77 years, this couple's marriage is still going strong

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Arrest Made In 2005 Death Of Sexually Abused Central Texas Infant

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3-Year-Old Boy Severely Injured In Pit Bull Attack in Johnson Co.

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Brownwood fence contractor faces jail time, pays restitution

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Several Grass Fires In Scurry County Keep Fire Fighters Busy

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Plants are the root cause of delay to revitalized Mission Reach of the San Antonio River

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Former San Antonio police officer facing sexual misconduct suit

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Shaken baby dies; capital murder possible

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Carrollton Woman Charged In Fire That Claimed Toddler’s Life

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Thunderbird Bay President Behind Bars

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Wayland VFD Receives New Brush Truck

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Punkin-Evergreen VFD chief accused of online solicitation of a minor

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West Texas drivers carry piece of history, World Trade Center steel

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Carrollton girl becomes singing sensation online

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Jones County escapee captured; teen was jailed for manslaughter

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5 Lubbock-Cooper high school students injured in rollover

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Radioactive waste agreement reached for Andrews Co. facility

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Lubbock contractor keeps USAF drones on course in Middle East

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Valley residents gather to ‘restore honor' to America

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Abilene Woman Attacks Two Nurses

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More in Abilene opting for jail instead of community service - why work when you can lie around all day!?

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I-10 closed, homes evacuated after chemical spill near Houston

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Several injured fleeing early morning Austin apartment fire

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E-ticket machines could be coming to Austin and Travis county officers

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Pearland loses to Taiwan in Little League consolation game

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DPS Looking for escaped Dallas Sex Offender

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Lake Jackson-area levees may not pass Federal muster

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Officer: Beaumont police still open to discrimination

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Bryan Woman Hits Doctor in Gas Station Parking Lot

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Woman Arrested After Throwing Baby, Assaulting El Paso Deputy

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2-Year-Old Socorro Boy Dies In Hot Car

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Fort Worth Neighborhood Concerned After Bomb Scare

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Driver Arrested After Smashing into Grand Prairie Police Cruiser

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Lawyer who fled Katrina dances up a new life in Dallas area

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Five years after Katrina, life goes on for evacuees -- in Texas

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Katrina survivors make Longview home

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West Texans Remember Hurricane Katrina: 5 Years Later

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Saginaw is becoming a destination for 'railfans'

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Escaped prisoner from Briscoe Unit found in McAllen

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Weslaco police officer arrested on DWI charge

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Pastor mistaken for Texas parole violator

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Two stuck on Fiesta Texas roller coaster for two hours

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North East ISD investigating bus driver; Kindergartener dropped off on busy street alone
 

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Local party buys Perry yard signs

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Editorial: Texans deserve leadership debate - the campaign is inherently a debate, we don't require a stage show

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Newspapers move forward with debate plans

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Perry declines to talk about rising insurance rates

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Heat Index: Back to Basics PAC on Perry, unemployment

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White wants regulations on insurance

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Bill White TV Ad Promotes ‘Nativist’ Economy

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Belton man files as write-in candidate for governor, cites calling from God

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The Edwards-Flores races goes negative

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Chet Edwards slams Bill Flores in his first TV ad of the election

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Flores buys TV ad time in southern part of district, including Waco and Bryan-College Station

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Is Jim Dunnam breaking residency rules?

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GOP handout cites state's Confederate charter

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Republicans challenge Dunnam's residency eligibility, deny it's retaliation for Birdwell challenge

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Carol Kent gets endorsement from rival's law firm - what a sleazy bunch. They could have remained quiet.

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Greg Abbott fires up Montgomery Co. Republicans

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Combs speaks at post Equality Day event

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Sen. Fraser says Legislature will focus on drawing district lines

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RIP: State Rep. Anita Blair lived a no-excuses life.

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Arson: Anti-Obama billboard in Gladewater set on fire - those oh-so tolerant leftists

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Spending, economy top issues during Neugebauer's town hall meeting

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Poll finds overwhelming support in Texas for extending Bush tax cuts

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Report finds Barton's apology deflected media pressure on White House

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This week's issue of the Texas Government Insider

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Gov. Perry Reappoints Gipson to Sabine River Compact Commission

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Gov. Perry Reappoints Three to Task Force on Indigent Defense

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Gov. Perry Names Henry to the State Board of Veterinary Medical Examiners

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TYC officials open fire on critics

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Texas education chief is in Washington to discuss $830 million in potential school aid

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Congrats! You’ve finally paid off your government!

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Texas AG opinion: Superintendents can’t hire trustees’ relatives, but criminal penalties for nepotism may not apply

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Gov. Perry’s e-mail deletion policy unusual among large and small states

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Obama's Federal War on Texas
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Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst chides education bill

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Audit, newspaper retraction undermine AG's argument in Texas' EPA petition - libs still covering for all the lies from the IPCC

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Border issues:
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Panelists stick to facts at Lubbock immigration forum featuring former U.S. A.G. Gonzales

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Illegal Immigration Hot Topic at Lubbock Town Hall Meeting, more

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Gohmert Upset over Immigrant Case Rulings

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Texas quiet on border force

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Car explodes at Mexican TV station investigating migrant massacre

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US, Mexican law enforcement meet to practice border violence response

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Senator John Cornyn announces anti-crime grant

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Mexican Consulate opens satellite office at Gateway International Bridge

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Purported Zeta lieutenant in court

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Economy / Financial / Business
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Interim CPS Energy boss rewarded

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Apartment builders going green with Dallas projects

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Report: Blockbuster bankruptcy is imminent

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United, Continental to help Southwest in Newark

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Dell-HP bidding war continues

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Higher Ed. / Colleges & Universities
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Texas Tech enrollment increase distinct

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Arnold: Remember what Myers accomplished

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Record enrollment at Howard College

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Austin Community College calls five annexation elections

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A&M graduation rate above average

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UTEP: 2nd Bullet Found On Campus Not From Juárez Shootout

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New A&M Central Texas campus off to ceremonial start

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3 Howard College Basketball Players Dismissed from Team Following Theft Arrest

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Texas State School of Nursing makes debut

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Local government spending & budgeting, etc.:
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Broke public schools: New $47 million athletic complex opens in Beaumont

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Taxes increase for Amarillo College, Bushland, Canyon & Highland Park ISD's

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Cameron County moves closer to balance budget

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Conroe, firefighters OK fixed pension fund contribution

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Center Point ISD passes balanced budget

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Lubbock ISD adopts budget with flat tax rate - it's a tax increase, higher than the Effective Rate

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City of Temple employees paid better than others

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Smith Co. to receive TAC Best Practices Award for cost reductions

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Jacksonville, Bullard & Whitehouse ISD's increase spending

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City of Austin new major contracts

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Harris Co. e-Slate voting equipment destroyed in massive warehouse fire

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Officials: All voting equipment for Houston, Harris County destroyed in 3-alarm fire

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Listener writes, astutely: I am not a conspiracy theorist but isn't  it convenient that they might have to go to paper ballots if they can't get enough replacement machines. Just in time to steal an election for Bill White. Lyndon would be proud.

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County clerk's office plans for election despite fire

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Tarrant may send voting machines to Houston

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Midland: Ex-Camp Fire USA official pleads guilty to fraud

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Mistrial in south Texas police chief assault case

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Dallas sex case fuels San Antonio outcry

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Lubbock Bee Attack Hospitalizes Man

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Lamesa man sentenced to 121 months in prison for child pornography

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Babe Ruth World Series comes to an end in Levelland

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Gone 20 years, Stevie Ray Vaughan stands forever tall in Austin

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Water in Texas workshop scheduled for Wednesday in Lubbock

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Nolan County prisoner on the loose; teen was jailed for manslaughter

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Resources for ex-inmates limited in Big Country region

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Boy Scout Repairs Helipad for Hamlin Hospital

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Deadline Approaching to Enter Big Time Texas Hunts Drawing

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Pit Bulls Seized And Euthanized After Central Texas Woman Attacked

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Lake Brownwood State Park gets walking trail grant

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Nurse practitioner convicted in ex-husband's shooting death

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VIA Metropolitan Transit to begin enforcing code of conduct

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20-year cold case slaying still haunts the Alamo City

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Texas court dismisses appeal of nuke bond vote

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Kountze man indicted for murder in Rose City dragging death

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Pantex following up on employee's safety

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City of Austin debt/bonds rated 'AAA'

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Austin police have a new specialized unit targeting serial thieves in West Austin

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Study Reveals High Cost of Brain Injuries in Texas

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Pearland reaches U.S. Little League title game

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Rendon files whistleblower suit against Brownsville ISD

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Convicted Copper Thief Held at Gunpoint by Neighbor

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La Marque Volunteer Fire Department disbanding

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Residents sue League City over bridge

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Ex-Letter Carrier Faces Mail Theft Charge

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Jacinto Divided Over Councilman's Controversy

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Road Reopens After Crane Falls Off Truck

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Suspected drug dealer dies while in Houston police custody

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EPA takes over cleanup of abandoned NW Houston plant

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Tubers may become a regular sight on Trinity River in Fort Worth

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Speaking Rock's gamble: Former casino brings in big names for free

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El Paso Man Told He Has To Pay Impound Fees After His Car Was Stolen

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Woman Loses Control Of Car, Drives Off Trans Mountain

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Texas Man Runs Distance Of Earth's Circumference

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15 Year Sentence In Plano High-Speed Crash

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Royse City man dies in traffic jam caused by would-be bridge jumper in Greenville

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Collective bargaining initiative going to Del Rio voters

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Dallas County announces indictment in 1983 murder of Farmers Branch cop

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Woman, 88, assaulted Thursday while watering her yard

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Lubbock man found not competent to stand trial for airport bomb hoax

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Fort Stockton City Manager Resigns

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Ector Junior High evacuated due to gas leak

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City officials deem trial run of ban on plastic bags a success - give away your Liberty and smile.

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Sheriff’s former chief investigator plans to sue Hays County

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San Antonio Mother Awaits Reunion With Abducted Son

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Respects paid as fallen police officer's procession passes through Round Rock

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Nacogdoches Co: 2 women dead, lawmen searching for shooter

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D.A.'s creative solution to help pay for murder investigations

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Alleged Gun Thief Uses Screwdriver To Attack Victim

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PSJA ISD board members sentencing postponed again

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La Grulla still struggling with floodwaters

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Lubbock death penalty overturned in 1998 double murder, Judge Jim Bob Darnell partly faulted

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First 2010 confirmed case of West Nile Virus in Lubbock Co.

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Wind Turbine Projects Run Into Resistance

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Firefighters battling field fire in Lumberton

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Jefferson County coin dealers & business charged in Virginia coin theft

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Woman accused of setting Carrollton house fire that killed 2-year-old

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Dallas man arrested in 2 white-powder mailings to federal offices

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Austin bill for Obama security over $9,000
 

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Regulatory Texas: Bill White calls for state approval before homeowners insurance rate hikes

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White’s Toxic Insurance Fix

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White's Polling Perception Problem - typical lib whining about reality

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Perry still stalking Bill Whitetail

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Governor Perry Talks Government In Tyler

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Governor Perry Talks Education in Tyler

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Lib DMN editors: White has the edge on transport issues

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Bill White's casting call for a political performance

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Military vets slam Bill White-backers for calling Perry a coward

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State Rep. Charlie Howard Commits to a Conservative Legislative Agenda

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Straus & The Stealth Dems

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State rep. Smitthee wants others to stop subsidizing the Wind Storm Insurance pool on the Texas coast

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RPT says Democrat leader Jim Dunnam does not reside in HD57 and hasn't since lines were redrawn in 2000.

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Ex-candidate for Texas Gov., Ramsey Muñiz gone to prison, but not forgotten

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DeLay to be tried in Austin despite concerns on fairness

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Karl Rove says he didn't engineer anti-gay marriage amendments. He did.

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Congressman Neugebauer (TX19) makes stop in Plainview

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Experience separates judicial candidates in race for 437th District Court

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Houston congressman says city benefiting from economic stimulus

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The Epicenter of Oil and Gas Industry's Political Influence Deep in the Heart of an Unlikely Texas City

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Gov. Perry Appoints Oakley to Texas Municipal Retirement System

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Amid new abuse inquiry, TYC ombudsman resigns

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School districts needed to drop lawsuit over minimum grades and be honest with struggling students

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State looks to TxTags to get more people on toll roads

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Petition urges state leaders to seek more federal money for skilled nursing and rehabilitative care

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Garner State Park to gain additional acreage

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Student group releases how-to guide on bringing U.S. Rep. Ron Paul to college campuses

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Libs call David Barton "Texas Textbook Massacre Architect"

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Obama's Federal War on Texas
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Venable: Obama & EPA’s Clean Air Act Rewrite Is Illegal

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Border issues:
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Survivor describes massacre in Mexico at ranch 85 miles from Brownsville

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Nuevo Leon governor to raise police pay 20%

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UTEP students with Juárez ties show stress-disorder signs

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Grenade attack reported near B&M Bridge

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UTB-TSC ready to respond to spillover violence

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6 charged with capital murder after deputies unravel suspected smuggling ring

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Economy / Financial / Business
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11.3% of Texas homes mortgage underwater

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Gas prices in Texas equal 5 year low

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FAA hits American Airlines with $24.2M fine - no wonder they nickel-and-dime you to death

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Texas Chemical Plant to Pay Nearly $1.5 Million to Resolve Violations in the Transferring of Acid Waste

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Abilene working to get Blue Cross Blue Shield state incentives for local jobs

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Samsung Austin applying for $3.8B more in state tax incentives

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Testimony: Blowout-preventer's history a muddled tale

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TCEQ fines ConocoPhillps for emissions from Sweeny refinery

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Pemex taps Geokinetics for seismic project in $110M deal

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Judge recommends approval of Peanut Corp. of America settlement

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Austin apartment vacancy rate falling, rents rise

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Texas company to build 3 biofuel plants in Miss.

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Higher Ed. / Colleges & Universities
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Gov. Perry Helps Break Ground on A&M-Central Texas Campus Building

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Texas Tech football ticket sales break record without Leach

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Texas Tech long-time Athletic Director, Gerald Myers, to retire

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Myers interview: 'It's been an honor to serve Texas Tech'

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Texas Tech's Student Government Association has strong voice

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University of Texas health IT program granted $2.7M

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University of Texas opening E. Texas admissions center

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Two UT students treated for alcohol poisoning after pledging sororities

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Austin Community College advances its higher-ed march across the region but not everyone is happy

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UTB-TSC ready to respond to spillover violence

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Biz magazine says Juarez is not the murder capital of the world

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Extraco Banks donates $10,000 to Texas A&M-Central Texas

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UTMB post-Ike cuts back on indigent care

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Wayland Baptist U. students challenged to build relationships

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Texas College Plan Goes Public Today

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New Editor in Chief of U-T Tyler Paper

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Grayson County college adopts budget, tax rate

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Not all Texas university-sponsored health insurance plans cover injuries due to suicide attempts or intoxication

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Local government spending & budgeting, etc.:
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Lubbock council's support for tax increase shrinks ahead of public hearing

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11 percent tax hike in Dumas

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Austin to hold hearing on budget which raises fees

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Cameron Co. budget hearing today, tax increase likely

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Nueces County Approves Tax Increase

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Tom Greene Co. commissioners adopt tax increase

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Katy ISD calls for November bond election

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Bellmead city manager outlines budget cuts after lower-than-expected tax increase

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Proposed Temple budget an attempt to 'hold the line'

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People are gathered at Austin City Hall to speak out against a proposed Austin Water rate increase

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Dallas woman says 'signs from God' led her to shoot, kill co-worker at Carrollton business

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Garland shelter gasses Chihuahua labeled as 'vicious' a day after woman sought to adopt it - as a farm boy I just don't get all the ruckus over things like this. It's a dog - or more precisely in this case, a rat that pretends to be a dog.

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Former Dallas FBI agent arrested in death threats was 'erratic and dangerous for years,' bureau says

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Court again halts Kerr County bid to oust cougars, tigers and bear

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Former Southwest Research Institute V.P. gets 8 years in child porn case

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WWII French flying ace, 92, dies in South Texas

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Officials Lift Waco Water Boil Order

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Fire Guts Landmark Hamilton Hospital Building

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Proposed King William Historic District expansion running into opposition

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Pearland Little League falls, but gets rematch today

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Special operations troops are training in San Antonio

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Lawsuit could endanger 281/1604 interchange in Bexar Co.

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Veteran San Antonio police officer gets 10-day suspension

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Abilene Squatter Arrested in Vermont

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Grass fire threatens Sand Springs residence

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Ex-Sweetwater teacher faces more sexual charges

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Canutillo teacher accused of possessing pot, girls' panties

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Texas woman sues over tainted eggs

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New sentence ordered for man on death row 23 years

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Truck gets stuck underneath Lubbock overpass

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Fight puts Lubbock HS student in the hospital

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Veteran from Houston: I'm not dead despite what the VA says

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Lawyers: Texas financier didn't tap investor money

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Downtown Amarillo Inc. released 416 pages of documents after A.G. ruling

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Former jailer says she was fired after witnessing, reporting sexual acts among Caldwell County workers at jail

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Georgetown city attorney releases job evaluation, ends lawsuit

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Why does this lottery winner want to stay anonymous?

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Austin Man Pleads Guilty in Tennessee Trooper Death

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Long, outdoor MetroRail platforms go tobacco-free Sept.1

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I-35 corridor economic development alliance formed

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Beaumont dispute over noise from bar shows perils of mixed zoning

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Beaumont man accused of using shotgun to threaten wife

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Port Arthur man given 26 months in prison for illegally carrying guns

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Fired clerk vows to share 'fishy' tale

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Watkins' Term as Bryan City Manager Featured its Share of Highs and Lows

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IBWC: Floodway worked, kept water on course

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Cotton modules catch fire in Taft

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Skirmish breaks out in Fannin Co. Courthouse

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Liberty Co. commissioners subpoenaed by grand jury

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Former Kermit police officer arrested

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Police: Man Confesses To Killing Convenience Store Clerk

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Houston Police: Shots fired in Wells Fargo bank robbery

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There’s a better way to look at old, ‘dead’ cities

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Plainview posts record overnight low

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UFO's over Texas? Camera captures strange, hovering lights in the sky

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LBJ plane goes on display at LBJ Ranch

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Pearland team stays alive in Little League World Series with 7 to 5 must-win victory of Washington State

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Austin City Council passes ordinance to sell, recycle metals

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North Austin power outage caused by bird’s nest

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Hardin County sheriffs searching for inmate in woods

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Kirbyville Police Department burglarized

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Russian college students stranded in Austin
 

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Who Will Tax You? Move is one to raise the gas tax on Texans

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The Liberal "Stealth" Influence in the 81st Legislature

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Trial-lawyer funded group attacks Perry in ads statewide

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'Coward' doesn't dislodge debate deadlock

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Perry campaign links White to Back to Basics PAC via an Austin blogger-consultant

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Burka: "Bill White refusing to debate"

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Perry's appointed regents are big donors - make sense to me

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Gov. Perry should answer White's challenge by debating him and facing editorial boards - what self-importance from editorial boards.

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The Perry and White leadership styles

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Libertarian candidate for governor makes West Texas visits

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'No movement' on job for Senator Wentworth at Texas A&M System

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McQueeney man hopes to replace Sen. Wentworth

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State Sen. Robert Duncan town hall meetings (SD28)

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District 85 race now a two-candidate battle between Joe Heflin and Jim Landtroop - good the AJ finally prints this story today, I brought you then news last week on Pratt on Texas.

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Back in court, Tom DeLay says he's not ashamed of anything

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Tom DeLay: I'll win my case, then go after the prosecutor

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DeLay not popular in Austin, pollster testifies

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DeLay Team Wants to Move Trial From Austin

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Tom DeLay to be tried in Travis County

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Flores' new TV ad: "Where the jobs are"

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Rep. Solomon Ortiz (Dem) brags of bringing home pork for South Texas

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Texas politicians keep war chests stocked

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Dem & GOP House caucus leaders agree: State law permits paying for Austin housing with campaign funds - they are right

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U.S. Sen. John Cornyn tours Bell Helicopter in Amarillo

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Congressman Hensarling addresses constituents

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Obama To Visit Fort Bliss On Tuesday

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Comptroller: Too early to predict size of shortfall

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Applying for concealed handgun license available online

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Dallas Co. plan to post license photos of those with unpaid fines online still on hold after AG's ruling

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Thousands of voter registrations from Houston Votes called fraudulent, incomplete

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Landowner groups unite to reaffirm groundwater as vested, real private property right

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Advocate: Abolishing TYC Could Be Best Fix

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Texas approves sale of new vanity license plates

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TEA ends oversight team assignment

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Cole Commission releases findings on wrongful convictions

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Former State Rep., Political Ankle-Biter Anita Blair Has Died

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Williamson Co. Democratic Party chairman at odds with other party leaders

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White House highlights impact of health reform on Texas

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Border issues:
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Mexico: Zetas gang ordered killing of mayor

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Immigration the topic at Lubbock forum, panel includes former U.S. Attorney General

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North Texas Republicans urge White House for more border troops

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Official: 72 found dead in Mexico may be migrants

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Feds dropping illegal immigration cases - officially choosing not to enforce U.S. law

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Several reportedly dead in Reynosa violence

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Border Patrol Agent Run Over In Hit-And-Run After Motorcycle Accident With Dog

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Harris Co. sheriff addresses immigration issues

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Gateway International Bridge accepting U.S. currency again

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Remodeled Cap*Rock winery looks to new marketing effort

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Transocean official recalls ‘confusion’ about test

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American Airlines mechanics reject labor contract

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Mexicana’s ills are being felt in Texas

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AT&T boosts its 3G network

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Politics linked to San Antonio hoteliers' future

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New estimate shows Dallas-area home prices up 3.47%

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Solar Energy farm coming to Big Spring

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Texas Medical Center gets its own on-site power facility

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Buda Factory Jobs Heading to Mexico

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Federal judge lifts ban on Galveston development

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Texas Tech's College of Engineering recognized

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'No movement' on job for Senator Wentworth at Texas A&M System

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Perry's appointed regents are big donors

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Amarillo College regents approve tax increase

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Hazing death at Prairie View A&M followed other incidents

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Protestors target UT's H2Orange again

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Scientists hone biosafety skills at UTMB

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LeTourneau U. receives grant to provide homeschool students scholarships

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ESPN's College Gameday Coming To Baylor

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UNT at Dallas to welcome first freshman class

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Texas A&M San Antonio Foundation to benefit from AT&T gift

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Local government spending & budgeting, etc.:
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Which local elected officials lack integrity?

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San Antonio councilwoman targeting city-paid tax-aid program

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Waste of $: Study of riding habits of San Antonio bicyclists

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Hearing on Abilene Property Tax Hike Set for Thursday

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Novice ISD Tax Election Fails 58 to 49

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Amarillo College regents approve tax increase

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Editorial praises Austin ISD for "holding the one on taxes" when they didn't, they raised them!

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City of Austin asked to redo Austin Energy budget

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San Benito looks hard at possible budget cuts

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Brazoria Co. sheds jobs through attrition

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Petition drive for constable jobs is part of bigger picture on county budget, taxes

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Georgetown city council wants its attorney to drop lawsuit against the Attorney General

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Corpus Christi city tax rate in limbo

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Nueces County commissioners raise taxes

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After walkout, Dallas City Council to hold public hearing on budget

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Pasadena council looks to fill $6.69 million shortfall

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Land Survey Not Conducted 35 Years Ago Costs Howard County $4500

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DA: Ex-county commissioner ordered unapproved work

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Lampasas approves solar park funding

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Kerrville cuts property taxes, raises fees

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Amended Smith County Budget Lowers Proposed Property Tax Rate But Raises Taxes

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Smith Co. New Jail Bond Postponed; Not On November Ballot

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Bellmead council OKs smaller 10 percent tax increase

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Boil Order Issued After Waco Water Main Break

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Boil order mandated for Baylor campus

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Comeback is remarkable for beaches on Bolivar

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Former West Texas FBI agent sent to prison for gun sales

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Insurer says Texas financier R. Allen Stanford must pay legal bills

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Robber Hits Local Bank, Flees On Foot, Then Turns Himself In

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Fort Hood Soldier Charged In 3 Laundry Room Rapes, Linked To Others

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No election needed to fill 4 open seats at Brownwood ISD

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Guadalupe County's new justice center opens

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Negotiations Continue Over Brownsville Plastic Bag Ordinance

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Bexar Co., Northside ISD partner for $14 million swim center - broke public schools?

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Houston council puts red light camera question on the November ballot

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Marijuana plants found growing in Roscoe

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Weatherford women accused of delivering heroin

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Stephens Co. trapper group searches for increase in county funding

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Gas Tank Explodes Injuring Off-Duty Cop, Burned Austin policeman receives hospital treatment in San Antonio

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Man convicted in death of former UNT player

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Pearland chemist sentenced to 35 years for killing his wife

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Beaumont police arrest 18 women in prostitution sting

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Port Arthur woman arrested for intoxication manslaughter

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Baby left in hot SUV in Lufkin dies

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Keller financial adviser mishandled worker funds

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Extradition hearing delayed for sect leader, Jeffs

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Bryan council endorses ban on K2, salvia

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Tyler City Council Says No To K2

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An update on the Neches River

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8 fried food finalists vie for State Fair of Texas crown

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Incoming Collin Co. District Clerk Patricia Crigger pleads not guilty to corruption charges

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PETA protester who posed almost nude in downtown Dallas found not guilty

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Dallas grade school adjusts policy after letting 5-year-old leave with wrong adult

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Canutillo teacher arrested in pot case

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Rail service restored after TRE train hits big rig

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Man claiming to be 'international agent' arrested in Denton

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Waller County JP avoids jail time in bribery scheme

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Welder pinned between vehicles in League City

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Houston man charged in cold-case murders of girlfriend, infant daughter

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NASA gets call to aid trapped miners

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New chief: Mayor Parker picks Terry Garrison to lead Houston Fire Dept.

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Houston FD's new chief has internal fires to put out

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Houston firefighter hurt in blaze at shopping strip

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San Antonio Federal Courthouse Evacuated For Unidentified White Powder

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Former Denison football standout arrested

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North Texas woman claims she was bitten by chupacabra

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RTA plans to operate Harbor Ferry again in 2011

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Marshal wants to track fugitives, sex offenders

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Second Teen Arrested in June Drive-By Shooting in Abilene

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Abilene airport to get $1.2 million in improvements

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Boyfriend confessed to 1984 Houston double murder

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Suit claims ex-Caldwell County jailer was fired for reporting sex in jail

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Truck Driver Snags Power Lines, Causing $20,000 in Damage in Corpus

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McKinney Tightens Regulations on Sex Offender Residency

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Dallas Ranks in Top 10 Babysitter Markets

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Defendant in Plano manslaughter trial says he doesn't remember wreck that killed family of 5

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Denton County judge sentences man to life for killing pregnant girlfriend

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Smithsonian awards Frisco Museum rare Santa Fe train

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Police: Kerrville babysitter ditches kids after shoplifting from Walmart

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61st Street Pier Returns To Galveston

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Smith County Jail inmate commits suicide
 

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White Under Attack for Allowing Trial-Lawyer Funded “Coward” Ad

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Editorial: Pocketing per diem troubling

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Strama: Cut economic development funds in half - if Texas is so terrible for kids why are these democrats rearing their children here?

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Democrat state rep. Leibowitz fighting $5.5 million judgment against him

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Will Steve Wolens run for office again? 'I'd like to'

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Update: Severe head injuries..., Former chief of staff for Sen. Dan Patrick, Court Koenning, hurt in plane crash

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Texas Republicans outdo Democrats in D.C. fundraising

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Judge closes courtroom to hear DeLay evidence

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Money Laundering Case Against DeLay Moving Forward

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Earle may appear in DeLay hearing

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Edwards appeals to vets for support at Waco campaign stop

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Chet Edwards is "trailing considerably," according to a top political analyst

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Jon Voight endorses Stefani Carter in HD-102

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Sen. Rodney Ellis (D-Houston) explains Austin living expenses

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The Gentleman From Texas: Sen. John Cornyn

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Gov. Perry Appoints Shoemaker to Aerospace and Aviation Advisory Committee

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Gov. Perry Appoints McLaughlin Chair of Camino Real Regional Mobility Authority

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Fewer deaths on Texas highways

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Advocacy groups: TYC should be investigated

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Proposed cuts would slash services for poor, mentally ill, other Texans in dire need - and tax increases would hurt those who care for their own family members who are poor, mentally ill or have other needs!

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State AGs: Craigslist should drop adult services - silly, it'll just go elsewhere & be harder to monitor

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Combs Honors Local Governments for Financial Transparency at Lubbock event

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Puppy mills dodge regulations in Texas

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State proposes 6-month deadline to agree on use of 'The Alamo'

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Gov. Perry Announces launch of Texas Education on iTunes U

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School districts drop fight over Texas' truth-in-grading law

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Border issues:
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U.S. diplomats in Mexico pull kids from school

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Are current border enforcement schemes worth the money?

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Collin Co. man indicted in illegal immigration smuggling ring

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Bodies found along Rio Grande

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Coming back from Mexico? You may now need pesos

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State Rep. Leo Berman Talks Anchor Babies with Fox News

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Receding Floodwaters Reveal Damage In Mexico

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Steele to Hispanics: Don't blame Republicans for Arizona immigration law

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Drug war sends bullets whizzing across the border

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Natalicio: No Reason To Change UTEP Security Due To Random Bullet From Juarez Shooting

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Border Patrol agent who shot, killed 15-year-old boy back on duty

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Atmos to replace 100,000 steel pipelines

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Making Electricity More Expensive

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ERCOT reports record peak electricity demand

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Removal of pesticide Temik means trouble for cotton industry

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TTU study: Clean energy would mean big boost for West Texas economy

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Lubbock A-J & Amarillo Globe-News owner says print publications will be 'around awhile'

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Alamo Travel Group earns distinction of being Hispanic growth company

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Hale Co. Commissioners ironing out ethanol plant taxes

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By any measure, Texas tops nation in job creation - lib got it wrong

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Formula One track could reap millions

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13 Austin companies make Inc. 500 list

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Texas YMCA exec tops list of country’s highest-paid non-profit leaders

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Small taxi companies in Dallas area take on bigger firms in lawsuit over competition

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City of El Paso to push out private firms in collection of commercial waste in the city - freedom hit, socialism wins out in power grab by local gov't.

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NASA hands Houston-area firms a piece of the future

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A part of living history at San Antonio College

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Power knocked out to parts of Grayson County College

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Grayson County College board to consider tax rate

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Austin CC board officially calls election in San Marcos, Hays school districts

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Howard College Dorm Renovations Finish Day Before Students Move In

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South Texas College leans more heavily on tuition

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Ex-U.S. Attorney General Gonzales At Texas Tech Another Year

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Sen. Cornyn to visit, tour Texas Tech Paul L. Foster School of Medicine in El Paso today

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Natalicio: No Reason To Change UTEP Security Due To Random Bullet From Juarez Shooting

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Victoria mayor wants Texas Tech to take of UH campus

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Local government spending & budgeting, etc.:
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Dallas County Judge Jim Foster flips sides, tipping balance in favor of property tax hike

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Cost of new Allen High School stadium set at $59.6 million

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Lubbock ISD trustees send $198 million bond package to voters

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A day made for mayhem at Fort Worth City Hall

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Liberty City increases water, sewer rates

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McAllen passes on park, sports fields propositions

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Cherokee County commissioners adopt budget with salary increases

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Tyler ISD calls for $89.85 million November bond election

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Nolan County Commission holds public hearing on tax hike

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Hale County Commissioners raise taxes, rate is above Effective Rate

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Abilene ISD raises taxes, claims lower rate, more

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Austin ISD OKs $716M budget, debt tax increase

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Corpus Christi budget cut spending but restored car allowances

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Video shows Fort Worth police officer slamming DWI suspect to floor

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Austin man, 66, killed in Arkansas plane crash

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Iraq War Veteran Takes His Own Life During Confrontation With Police

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Leach, James move on — for now

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Tiger dies at San Antonio zoo following surgery

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BexarMet board votes to discuss allegations in open

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August heat could break 1875 record on Galveston island

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Trial opens in killing of pregnant Flower Mound teen

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Houston PD changes policy on officer-attorney talks

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Red light cameras up for debate in Baytown

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Houston red light camera ban petition certified

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Bank Robber Gets Away On Bicycle

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Park ranger who shot dog cleared of wrongdoing

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Brawl breaks out at Clear Springs-Spring High football scrimmage

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Power restored to 2 Houston ISD schools, but Crawford-Sherman still in the dark

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Unique watch among items missing from slain Houston Metro driver's home

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Houston fugitive on Texas' Top 10 Most Wanted list caught in New York City

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Bail lowered for jihad lecturer arrest at Houston airport

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Federal authorities arrest five Lubbock-area suspects for drug production

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Rick Davis named East Texas Reg. Airport director

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Sherman pool drained by vandals

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Whistleblower sues Humble police chiefs, city for retaliation

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Police: Man Stole Rent Money To Pay Own Rent

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Flower Mound looking at options following de-annexation

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102nd District Judge removed from Red River Co. drug case

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College Grads Returning to Pecos for Jobs

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Brownsville police asking for public's help in double-shooting

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Abducted Dallas Boy, 5, Found Safe; Suspect In Custody

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Gregg County commissioner resigns after complaints filed

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Brownsville police warn about 'WalMart molester'

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Bomb squad detonates suspicious package behind San Antonio Wal-Mart

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Abilene City Council to consider EMS committee

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Musical drama "Texas" attendance inches up

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Admired survivors, feral hogs also wreak destruction

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San Patricio Co. keeps 20% of all alcohol sales at San Pat Fairgrounds

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State, local officials try to smoke out K2

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Witness trails Beaumont man accused of auto burglary

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Nederland council turns down EMS service request

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Salvation Army Cooling Station Helps Save D/FW Postal Carrier

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Grrrr! Growling burglar flees woman in Hurst apartment

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El Paso Native Finishes 2nd On Golf Reality Show

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Young Lubbock girl hit in school zone, suffers moderate injuries

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FBI: 'XXXL Bandit' Robs Same Bank Twice

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Houston doctor, founder of Brown Hand Center arrested, charged with assault

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Rare Tom Landry items to be displayed during State Fair of Texas

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Ector Co. charges dropped against Kopbuster's Barry Cooper

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Eastland County Reaches Funding Agreement with City Fire Departments

 
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Rasmussen: Perry 49%, White 41%, 7% undecided

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New poll, old story: Perry leads White

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Obama approval rate in Texas drops to 34 percent

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Governor Perry Addresses National Guard Association Convention In Austin

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Trial lawyer PAC calls Perry a "coward" for not debating, see the advert

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Bill White Supports President Obama’s Policies And Presidency, Says Fellow Democrat

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Texas Voters Have Two Clear Choices This November

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Perry declines education survey - why respond? This group sends out anti-GOP & Perry propaganda frequently.

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Business deals eclipse governor's race

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Perry's Spare Schedule Feeds Transparency Concerns

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Read far-left silliness on the Texas guv race in The New Republic

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Libertarian gubernatorial candidate visits Lubbock - that photo is frightening.

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Dallas billionaire biggest donor to Rove political committee - great!

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Flores launches "Fire Pelosi" fundraiser ahead of the House Speaker's Texas trip

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Averitt likely return to Texas statehouse as lobbyist - no surprise. The RINO was too ill to be Senator but not too ill to cash-in. Overall getting rid of this RINO and replacing him with conservative Birdwell is great for Texas.

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Lieutenant governor discusses current issues affecting Texas

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Use of stipends by Texas legislators disputed

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DeLay, co-defendants back in Texas court

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Texans' Tax Breaks Trigger Spending

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Combs aide: Franchise tax take off half a billion

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Breaking from GOP, Ron Paul supports NYC mosque project

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Proposed "Texas Bottle Bill" For Recycling - you are free to recycle now without gov't action.

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Crickets move into their summer home at the Capitol

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Proposal: State could make its own electricity for Capitol complex - government doesn't need to be in the electric generation business. The idea might work but it should be bid entirely to the private sector.

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TxDOT says taxes, fees could rise

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Still waiting for 'asphalt fairy' to fix the roads - Perry championed private investment in roads, very different than raising taxes.

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More in Texas choose home schooling

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School districts face financial fears - come on, most all of them spend like crazy

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Report: Austin State Hospital employees lied about abuse by nurse

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Texas to require insurers to justify 'unreasonable' premium rate rises

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DPS: 1 million Texans register as donors

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Texas DPS appoints its first female deputy director

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Texans need quicker notice of pollution danger

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Vanity license plate contractor My Plates moves touted auction to January

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Border issues:
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Pratt: Are current border enforcement schemes worth the money?

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Drones, agents to increase - a feint to push amnesty

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Fear of violence hurts Acuña business

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1 dead in Mexico shootout on border with El Paso

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Birthright citizenship debate has major implications for DFW

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Kidnapping suspect arrested at international bridge

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Grenade attack at the Matamoros PGR offices

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Investigation Under Way After Bullet Strikes UTEP Campus

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Gov. Perry Reacts To Bullet Hitting UTEP From Juarez Shootout

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Family Fears Stray Juarez Bullets Could Reach West Side El Paso Neighborhood

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Immigrant center guard held in groping of women

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Fiscal Burden of Illegal Immigration on United States Taxpayers

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Police: San Juan teen randomly kidnapped, found in Reynosa

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Combs aide: Franchise tax take off half a billion

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Dallas' Wyly brothers break silence, deny charges in SEC fraud allegations

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Talking with Texas Toyota plant's new chief

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Tootie Pie hasn't tasted real success

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Texas to require insurers to justify 'unreasonable' premium rate rises

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Emmis Corp. privatization stalled... again

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New Braunfels ranch slated for 2,400-acre, mixed-use development

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Delta adds Austin-to-Cancun flight

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HP makes $1.5B bid for 3Par, topping Dell's offer

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Exclusive tour of Austin's luxury W Hotel and Residences

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Workers Recovering From Sales Tax-Free Weekend

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Commercial building down 39% in D-FW

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Frisco ISD new home starts increase 47 percent

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More Air Monitoring Stations In Barnett Shale

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Oncor gives $1 million to Dallas recreation centers

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Hearings into cause of oil spill begin in Houston

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Consolidative trading prevails after cotton hits new seasonal highs

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Krispy Kreme introduces ice cream products in San Antonio

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Moore County has beef with Swift expansion

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How much would Austin F1 track be worth in naming rights?

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Wayland Baptist Univ. unveils new strategic plan for the next 5 years

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St. Mary’s U. (San Antonio) ranked No. 1 in the nation based on service

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Colleges under pressure to raise graduation rates

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UT ranked No. 5 in ‘public good’

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Baylor education deemed 'Best Buy'

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Perry's remarks on A&M cuts draw criticism

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UTA Accelerated Nursing Program Now Permanent

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200 protest Rice decision to sell radio station to UH

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Do Texas universities need higher appropriations?

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TSTC offers solar energy program

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Technology is UT Tyler's Biggest Initiative for Coming Year

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UT Tyler Faculty Awards

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Local government spending & budgeting, etc.:
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Tax rate stays the same in Potter County - the Effective Rate was lower so this is a tax increase

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Canyon looking to raising taxes 1.3%

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Proposed Tax on Lubbock homes up $50.35; two public hearings set

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Austin ISD to vote on tax increase and $716 million dollar budget

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Beaumont ISD spending soars; basketball arena may be next

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Brownsville voters have spoken before on city debt issues

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Denton Firefighters Fight Proposed Cost-Cutting Move

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El Paso commissioners to discuss proposal to raise taxes by 4 cents

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As appraisals drop, taxpayers pay less?

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Pennies Add Up: Property Tax Burden Totals

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Bexar County upgrades its financial management systems

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Henderson ISD calls $39.2 million bond election

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Burns: Why Dallas County needs a tax increase - see how the Left thinks? Having a low tax rate is seen as a failure as opposed to a success!

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Waco's Water Main Woes Over, Restrictions Lifted

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Thousands brave heat to celebrate Israel in downtown Dallas

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River Walk parade honors national softball champs

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Coach Burned Trying To Save 2 Sons From Fire Is Out Of The Hospital

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Hale Co. raid results in firearms indictments

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Kenny Kernell gets Hale Co. GOP nomination for Commissioner, Pct. 3

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It’s a battle of the opposites in clash for the Bexar DA’s office

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Sewage spill eyed as E. coli shuts Leon Springs pizzeria

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A heartfelt bond: Two Knox City men get high-tech pumps

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Man dies after stop by Coppell police

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Man Flees, Then Shoots Himself In Confrontation With Hewitt Police Officer

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Central Texas Teen Killed When Motorcycle, School Bus Collide

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Sky High Rescue: Man Saved After Getting Trapped Nearly 100 Feet In Air

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San Antonio River Authority opposing state's change in water standards

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SAPD mourns officer’s accidental death, San Antonio policeman drowns at Port Aransas

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Final report in on Fort Hood tragedy

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Searchers look for missing plane

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Killeen police arrest Fort Hood soldier in series of laundry room rapes

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Some fear Lance Armstrong inquiry will hurt charity - you think?!

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Dallas County's alternative sentencing program lets low-level offenders do time at home

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850 unsolved murders from 2004 to 2009 in the Houston area

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Dyess Tests Soil Contaminated in 1958 Crash

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Grand jury in Lubbock: 428-count drug indictment

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Amarillo Builder Charged With Murder Of Wife, more

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Austin hit with a 38-percent increased murder-rate

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Leander mayor resigning from Capital Metro board, smell of scandal

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Protesters briefly block Fort Hood convoy

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Protest group goes topless in Downtown Austin

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New Leander high school named after fallen Marine

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State parks in the Valley have differing water problems

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Gun, frying pan used in attempted robbery

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Man rescued from burning Port Arthur home

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Pearland Little League moves closer to title

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At least 24 Houston-area salmonella cases may be linked to massive egg recall

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18-Wheeler Collides Head-On with a Truck North of Petronila

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7-car pileup snarls traffic on Gulf Freeway

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Man Uses Shotgun To Blow Hole In Girlfriend's Car

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Arlington has 114,000 outstanding warrants

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Bartonville reacts to rumored development

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Fort Worth ethics inquiry focused on the wrong people

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Fort Worth's streetcar romance hasn't gone as planned

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All 4 Wichita County Jail inmates in custody

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Grass, debris fire in San Leon chars more than 60 acres, trailers, cars, boats

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Legal bills at issue in Stanford’s hearing

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Gridlock at Harris County Criminal Justice Center a mounting problem

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Houston PD officer accused of stealing money from citizens during traffic stops

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Man confesses to fatally stabbing brother in Fort Bend County

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Valero Alamo Bowl begins preparations for college football season

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Burleson race driver dies in crash at Iowa Raceway

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Austin: Emotions raw after plea in West Campus murder case

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City of Ferris To Demolish Woman’s Home

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Tomball day labor site raises controversy

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Panhandle man accused of punching SD trooper

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Not guilty verdict in 2007 Austin murder case

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Robstown Fire Chief Richard Gonzalez is free on bond following arrest Saturday

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Dallas' Park Cities Baptist Church names Rev. Jeff Warren as pastor

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Travis Co. sheriff busts illegal poker game

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Amount of copper being stolen in Austin now has the city council considering an ordinance to crack down on recyclers

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Perfume Created For Texas by Saks Fifth Ave.

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17 people charged in Lubbock area for running drug "smurfing" conspiracy

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Gregg Co Commissioner Barbee has resigned

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Houston traffic ticket turns into three-year-long saga
 

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Bill White campaign "in need of HURRICANE EVACUEES for a short scene."- I wonder if he'll do a backroom deal with the production company with campaign money that he can turn around and profit a million on?

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Perry wants stiffer penalties for human traffickers

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Anti-Perry effort in DC stirs controversy in Texas

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Austin lobbyists line up for Rick Perry fundraiser

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Perry ad hits White over potential tax hikes

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Bill White visits Grayson County

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Fountain: Dems Lose On Birdwell (Get Used To It)

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Libertarian candidate Burwell withdraws from HD85 race, leaves Republican Landtroop vs. Democrat Heflin

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John Cullar withdraws from Senate race against Birdwell

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Report: Liberal "Back to Basics PAC" to run newspapers ads across the state calling Gov. Perry a traitor - dumb idea, it makes them look small

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George W. Bush is star of Democrats' ad campaign

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Prominent Texas Republican joins Obama-is-Muslim conspiracy crowd

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Rep. Rob Orr Represents Texas at National State Legislators Gathering

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Rep. Kay Granger: Plucking the Lame Duck

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Texas Supreme Court sets hearing in effort to get travel records from the governor's protective detail

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Salmonella cases are up in Texas, but link to recalled eggs unclear

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This week's issue of the Texas Government Insider

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Texas collaboration creates 'Advising Corps'

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Texas would benefit from investing in charter schools

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IBM says state must change to avoid recurring data center troubles

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SBOE-managed school fund has millions invested in BP, Philip Morris, News Corp., New York Times - so what? Another thing for libs to rail against.

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Perry Appoints Hernandez and Threadgill to State Commission on Judicial Conduct

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Perry Appoints Honaker to Texas Board of Occupational Therapy Examiners

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Perry Appoints Hahn to Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board

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Border issues:
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Perry wants stiffer penalties for human traffickers

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Houston: 63.33% of babies at LBJ Hospital born if illegal immigrant mothers

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Ex-Texas immigrant detention guard arrested

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$530K found in tire at El Paso border crossing

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Border security worries valley police

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Valley police chiefs lobby governor for greater say on border issues

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Reynosa isn't safe for visitors, city's economic secretary says

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Economy / Financial / Business
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Texas tops in job creation; Georgia nation's worst

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Texas unemployment rate holds steady

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Sales Tax Free Weekend Items: What avoids sales tax

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Despite some good news, Dallas housing outlook gets gloomier

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American Airlines may face $25 million fine from FAA

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Texas Mutual marks 12th straight dividend

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Delta launching new service from San Antonio to Cancun in 2011

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Editorial: Pednernales Co-op board given warning - will it listen?

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Higher Ed. / Colleges & Universities
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Colleges seeking elite status urge lawmakers to protect funds

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Legislation successful in helping Texas universities raise funds in push for tier-one status

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Bailey says Texas Tech on roll in tier-one progress

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Pratt: Do Texas universities need higher appropriations?

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Technology At Texas Tech Could Prevent Salmonella Outbreaks

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Texas Tech and Cisco College announce partnership

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Alamo Colleges board OKs tuition, tax boosts

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Tyler Junior College holds final hearing on tax increase

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UTSA will pursue WAC membership

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TCC, Lee College sign transfer agreement

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Regents approve two new doctoral programs at Texas State

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UT research veteran switches to Seton studies

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A&M System to get Internet boost

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Brent Musburger believes Mike Leach will be coaching next year

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Realignment a concern for UTEP, NMSU

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Pickax Sculpture Arrives At UTEP Campus

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Local government spending & budgeting, etc.:
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Winkler Co. Commissioner: Hospital Board Must Make More Budget Cuts

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Money worries force Houston Metro to slow rail plans - good.

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Bexar Metropolitan Water District hires firm to investigate finances

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City of Plainview raises taxes on residents

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Van Zandt County Constables Request Higher Salaries

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Budget woes could mean pay cuts in Cameron County

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Fort Worth's top librarian recommends closing three branches

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Red Light Cameras Increase Accidents in Baytown

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Dallas-Fort Worth takes a leap forward in Forbes' rankings of most stressful cities

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Four men hospitalized after shootout, collision in Oak Cliff

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Houston: More than 800 murder cases over the last six years have yet to result in an arrest

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Photos: Pearland in Little League World Series

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Update: Ex-astronaut Lisa Nowak given 'other than honorable discharge' from Navy, Panel reportedly wants Nowak out of Navy

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RIP: Dermatology pioneer Chernosky dies at 84

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2 face sex trafficking charges

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Lubbock halfway house worker indicted, sexual abuse

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Three of four inmates captured after Wichita Falls jailbreak

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El Paso fugitive sex offender arrested in Lubbock

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Architects tap Tower of the Americas as lasting icon

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El Paso mayor Castro (well-named) to attend Ramadan event

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Feds settle Kelly AFB lawsuit, agree to pay $1 million over contamination

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Juvenile, 2 Men Arrested In Stabbing Death Of Waco-Area Storeowner

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Crews Make Headway In Waco Water Main Repair; Situation Still Critical

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Hill Country enviro-hypocrisy gets a reprieve

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Men Burned In Texas Oilfield Accident Were Engulfed In Flames

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Victoria attorney indicted for possession and distribution of child pornography

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McAllen Mayor Not Moving Forward with Plans to Sell Park

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Feral Hog Events Make Light Of Major Nuisance

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$35K in fines: Overdue books can add up at Temple library

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Fort Worth leaders rule that it's OK for gas company employees to serve on city drilling committees

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Abilene PD: Ma'am, Is That a Gun in Your Pants?

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Ex-Temple ISD Bus Driver Guilty of Sex Assault

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Grand jury indicts office manager in Bevil Oaks MUD theft

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Men accused of Aryan brotherhood ties could face death for 2008 killing

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Houston-area woman mauled by pack of dogs

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Austin may regulate pedicabs soon - growth of gov't never ends...

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Austin council limits historic landmark program

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Girl, 5, Dies in Pellet Air Rifle Shooting

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Mesquite man sentenced to life for fatally beating 4-month-old daughter

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Santa Rosa police chief on probation

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Parents Put Ad In Paper As Daughters Punishment

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Storage building fire at H-E-B tennis facility burns firefighter

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Johnny Bailey, the four-time Little All-American from Texas A&I, dead at 43

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Corpus Christi man indicted in child sex sting

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Repair Truck Thief Crashes Into Dallas Church

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Child of Married Lesbians Denied Enrollment into Bedford Church School - good

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HAZMAT Called to Baylor Grapevine

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Man pleads guilty, can still appeal constitutionality of sex offender registry

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Casting calls announced for movie based on Carthage crime story

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Correctional officer accused of bringing contraband to work

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Deputy Constable Hurt In Head-On Wreck

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800-pound Kerrville man fights to stay alive

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Police: San Antonio man shoots pregnant girlfriend, turns gun on self

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Ex-detention center worker wasn’t supposed to travel alone with women

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Abilene: Flores guilty of capital murder, to spend life in prison without parole

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Leander council member apologizes for choking mayor

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Pilot lands safely after bird crashes through windshield

 
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White Discusses Ethics during Tyler Stop

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Bill White pushes education reform on East Texas campaign swing - more spending, less accountability, really, read his plan.

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Gas-tax dustup points to stylistic difference between White and Perry

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Case of Perry aide and wife show how things work in Austin

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5th Court of Appeals: Brian Birdwell stays on the ballot

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Libertarian Candidate For Governor Discusses Platform on KFYO

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Lib newspaper writer laments money in court races

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Redistricting effort difficult challenge - Frankly there are some awfully dumb, ignorant people when it comes to this subject. For some reason they cannot understand the simple dynamics of one-man, one-vote.

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Angle raising money in North Texas today

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On campaign trail, Obama puts focus back on Barton

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Barton calls drilling moratorium stupid

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Edwards criticizes Flores' health care plan for veterans

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Texas Supreme Court denies Democrat's ballots request - told you.

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Huckabee Guest Speaker at Abilene Fund Raiser in October

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Federal lawmakers’ donors include earmark beneficiaries

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Hutchison joins Hill caucus to help military families

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Garland Rep. Driver says he welcomes Travis County review of expenses

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Editorial: House needs to probe Garland rep's expense scam

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Perry appoints Sinha to fill vacant seat in 360th District Court

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Gov. Perry Appoints Dean as Judge of the 309th District Court

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Restoration being done on Texas Capitol

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Illegal immigrant care costs exceeded $250 million last year in Texas

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State budget could be 'ugly' if Medicaid funding goes down

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HD50's McGuiness: Improving Voting and Elections in Texas

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Cost Of Government Day

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William Murchison: Kilpatrick's legacy of lyrical written treasures

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Advocates argue for more reform of T. Don Hutto, other private detention centers

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Border issues:
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Unguarded border bridges could be route into U.S. - do understand this? We don't even guard all the bridges! How can you believe Obama or anyone who claims to that substantive efforts have been made to protect the border?!

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39 suspected illegal immigrants in Laredo house

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Illegal immigrant care costs exceeded $250 million last year in Texas

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Body of Kidnapped Mayor Dumped in Northern Mexico

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Mexico Under Siege, Business Heads Plead as Drug Gangs Terrorize Wealthy City

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Juárez city council ex-member killed

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Ex-FBI Agent Charged With Hiring Illegal Immigrants

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Gov. Perry Calls for Increased Penalties for Human Traffickers

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Mexico's new tariff list may hurt Texas

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Economy / Financial / Business
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Survey: Small businesses still suffering

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Houston ranks No. 10 in high-salary jobs

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Texas worker deaths up nearly 4 percent in 2009

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Rim companies fail to pay again

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Even with Texas' sales tax holiday, back-to-school shoppers may button down spending

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Lawsuit blames infant's death on emissions from BP's Texas City refinery

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Residents unaware BP's Texas refinery released chemicals

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Oil Rig Hearings Move To Houston

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New Braunfels-based Dean Word Co. marks 120 years

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New acute-care hospital planned for New Braunfels

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Austin Energy buying $2M in solar panels

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Thousands of Texas Workers Don’t Get Paid

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RadioShack buying back $500M in shares

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D-FW foreclosure filings hit nine-month high

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Texas colleges suffer from administrative bloat

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New dean named at Collin College

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Renovation makes TCU stadium louder

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WT expects more than 8,000 to enroll

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Former Texas A&M Head Football Coach Emory Bellard Dealing With ALS

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Texas research universities celebrate passage of bill that will help them compete for tier-one status

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Local government spending & budgeting, etc.:
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Collin Co. commissioners p

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ropose tax rate drop, 17-year trend of not raising taxes

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City of Pecos Spends Thousands in Return for Bad Street Repairs

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San Antonio's new multi-million dollar dispatch system a failure?

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Broke Brownsville approves $2.3 million for sports park

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Austin City Council goes solar

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Waco Water Situation Critical due to Main Break; Threat Of Rationing Looms

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Line Break Forces Water Conservation in Coleman

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Water main break on Brownsville

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Two men badly burned in oil field explosion near Lamesa

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Tow truck driver involved in deadly crash did not have CDL

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Exonerated inmate builds new life as a free man

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Brownsville ban may not be in the bag

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Hill Country power line is branded unnecessary - so now all the hypocrite greenies who want the wind power but oppose the lines to get it there may can rest easier.

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Donation to fund arboretum at Lady Bird center

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Closing Arguments Thursday In School Bus Driver’s Sexual Assault Trial

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Jurors Find Legally Blind Waco Woman Guilty In Biker’s Death

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Uvalde water plan would be win-win

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Lake Brownwood Water Situation Results in Jail Time, more

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RIP: Rocha was city attorney for towns in South Texas, Hill Country

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"Man" jailed after tot slapped, kicked

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New Braunfels artist is among U.S. Mint's best

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3 accused of cheating on taxes in San Antonio

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5, from defunct company, accused of dumping grease into creek

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Update: Council votes 7-4 to expand property rights violations, San Antonio council to vote on killing the bar biz today, draconian smoking-ban - at least they've backed off on outlawing smoking outdoors along the Riverwalk. So some Liberty is OK but not in your own private property! Commies.

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Accused airline worker says he found phone, forgot to turn it in

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Fort Worth streetcar plan is all cart and no horse

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Katy teacher arrested on child porn charges

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HPD officer accused of falsifying medical form to stay on worker's comp

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Waco policeman accused in double-dipping scandal reinstated by arbitrator

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Austin: Pizza Hut employees fired after photos show them licking utensils, posing X-rated with food

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McKinney gunman left chilling Internet messages before shooting

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Roger Clemens Charged With Perjury In Steroid Case

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Houston ranks among most stressful cities

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Four inmates break out of jail in Wichita Falls

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Rash of burglaries reported in League City

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Tiki Island man gets 45 years for killing wife

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Jailer accused of smuggling drugs into facility

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Boy Falls Through Bellaire Church Roof

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Dallas businessman Perot gives $20 million to M.D. Anderson

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Carrollton City Council to discuss K2

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Guadalupe County calls for vote on dog licenses

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Webb County has new fire chief

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Patriot Guard plans gathering in Central Texas

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Crash near Eden scatters melons

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New rule would require seat belts on new motorcoaches

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Hole in Southwest jet blamed on metal fatigue

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Residents challenge Brownsville on blocking public comments

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Austin police officer indicted on indecent exposure charge

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W Hotel Austin light towers donated to soccer club

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Wellborn petition ruled irrelevant

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Re-Vote on Val Verde Co. commissioner will be on separate ballot

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Robbers steal $750,000 in gold from jeweler in Richardson

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Dallas man, 67, pleads guilty to downloading child porn, S&M images

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Texas City On List Of “Most Underrated”

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Man tells Corpus Christi police he was robbed by fake officers

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Court reinstates indictment in Austin cold case murder

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Dallas police chase with carjacking suspect ends beside Love Field runway

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Father to Stand Trial for Infant's Brain Damage

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Austin police officer allegedly exposes himself at strip club

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Federal Grand Jury Charges Brownwood Dentist with Health Care Fraud
 

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Perry pounces on White over taxes -- again

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TAB Statement on Bill White’s Pro-Tax Transportation Scheme

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Embry: Can Perry turn transportation into an advantage?

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Garland Rep. Joe Driver's ethics lapse turns his race into one to watch

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Travis County DA is reviewing Garland lawmaker's travel billing practices

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Fort Worth Democrat sues to get on ballot - without merit

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Swinford considers career as lobbyist

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Legler signs Texas Conservative Coalition pledge

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Public hearing on West Texas redistricting slated for today in Lubbock

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Illegal immigration gets a committee hearing in the Texas House

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Tax collections putting the hurt on state budget

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Arlington encouraged to seek gambling venue soon or lose out

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Rep. Oliveira (D-Brownsville): Cuts will dominate next session

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Emerging research university presidents set to testify before state lawmakers Thursday

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Neugebauer (TX19) Would Change 14th Amendment

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Ron Paul for president in 2012? Stay tuned...

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NRCC plans TV ads for Chet Edwards-Bill Flores race

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U.S. House candidate Flores opposes spending bill to bailout gov't employee unions - good

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Texas' proposal to sell OU license plates stirs up passions on both sides

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Can Austin lawyer Howard Wolf remake a dysfunctional TxDOT?

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Texas AG Sues 2 Former National Guard Commanders

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Texas high school seniors score about the same this year on ACT exam - but with much more $

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Obama's Federal War on Texas
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Texans question Obama's NASA transition assistance for Florida

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Border issues:
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Illegal immigration gets a committee hearing in the Texas House

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DEA: Man accused of using tractor-trailers to distribute cocaine

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Murder suspect arrested at Gateway International Bridge

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Women reportedly recruited for cartel killings

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Drug War Also Hitting Churches In Juarez, Rest Of Mexico

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Are so-called “sanctuary policies” a draw for illegal immigrants? - so-called? Sanctuary was the term chosen by the advocates of this stuff years ago!

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Requiem for a Border City

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Cash-strapped state spends million on services for undocumented immigrants

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Irrigation district, others hit with border fence lawsuit

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Economy / Financial / Business
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Gov. Perry Announces Fortune 500 Company to Create Nearly 300 Jobs in San Antonio

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Report: Jobs, exports up in Texas

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South Plains' 2010 cotton crop looks promising, but rain still needed

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Texas Is Dominating the Recession: How?

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American Airlines to charge for front-row seats - truth crazier than fiction!

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Entergy says lower fuel prices will offset rate increase

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Exxon Mobil cancels $4B deal with Kosmos

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Dallas-area homeowners insurance rates vary widely, analysis finds

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Seguin honored for Caterpillar project

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Three El Paso companies make 100 fastest-growing Hispanic-owned businesses list

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Higher Ed. / Colleges & Universities
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Trinity University still #1 in regional college rankings

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LCU President helps incoming freshmen move in to residence halls

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Tech continues climb through U.S. News' college rankings

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Emerging research university presidents set to testify before state lawmakers Thursday

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Big Country colleges rank well on national report

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Editorial: Texas colleges need faster rate of degreed students

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UH deal finding no fans at KTRU

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UH leader gets $75,000 raise, contract now pays $500,000

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Comptroller visits TSTC, praises JET program

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Baylor moves up to 79th on U.S. News 'Best Colleges' list

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Two men arrested in copper wire theft at UT

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Local government spending & budgeting, etc.:
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Taxpayers on the hook for $2.4 trillion - in local gov't debt

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Are many local Texas officials any different from D.C. Democrats?

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Tax protesters pack Midland City Hall - great job, excellent quotes from citizens

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3 Kendall Co. governments facing tough budgets

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San Antonio gets police, fire budget details

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Former mayor Hardberger sounds alarm on not funding his San Antonio park

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Pollution police proposed for Harris County - more insanity

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Some City of Austin workers accused of padding timecards

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Residents urge Fort Worth to keep libraries open - it's always cut something else!

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City of Austin buys energy-saving upgrade for transportation fleet

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Austin City Council to take closer look at budget proposal

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Brownsville holds public hearing on budget

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Nueces County elected officials eligible for pay hike

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'UTMB tax' not what expected

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New Braunfels Council favors no tax hike

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Harris Co. Sheriff, commissioner take sides over jail budget

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Smith County Residents Express Anti-Tax Sentiments

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Smith County Budget/Tax Debate Continues

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Chandler Council Votes For Revenue Bonds To Fund Plant Repairs

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New election ordered in Val Verde Co. Democrat Primary commissioner's race

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Bexar Metropolitan Water District says $25,000 missing

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McKinney gunman once licensed in law enforcement

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Unexploded Bomb Found In Trailer After Police Station Shootout

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Police Station Gunman Killed Himself

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'I enjoy watching people beg for their life,' McKinney shooter Patrick Sharp told Facebook friend

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Chireno: Where the Web gets tangled

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Rusk District Attorney Recovers From Brain Surgery

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Houston will never forget two victims

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Biggest Loser invites former Lubbock finalist back for audition - Louis is a friend, best of luck

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South Plains voters could join water district, adopt new taxes, regulations

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Drought-tolerance technology could aid West Texas water supplies

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Heavy rains flood streets across Amarillo

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Canyon commissioners approve Atmos operations rate increase

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Austin tops green/quality of life ranking

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Bastrop police chief arrested on DWI

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Texas Deer Breeder Sentenced for Smuggling

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Court dismisses suit of mistreatment after Rita

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Utah judge cancels polygamous sect leader's hearing

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Members of Austin church use family vacation to distribute Bibles

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Brownsville delays bag-ban hearing amid confusion

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Attorney: Police chief acted in self defense

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Freeport leaders eye buffer zone between chemical plant

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2 East Texans plead guilty in Child Pornopgraphy cases

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10th Court of Appeals Rules In Favor of City of College Station, againt Wellborn

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Suspect Drives Head-On Into Texas Police Car

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Sinkhole on North Beach swallows truck in Corpus Christi

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Texas Motor Speedway announces 2011 race schedule

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Allstate gets behind Super Bowl volunteers

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Baby passed out when dad slapped her for crying too much, mom testifies

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Garland man arrested after firing BB gun at off-duty Dallas cop's car

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NTTA OKs Southwest Parkway, toll agency's first Tarrant County project

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$80 million freeway addition to Trans Mountain Road green lighted for El Paso

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Dozens Of Starving Animals Seized In Van Zandt Co.

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Galveston judge shoots down gun ban worries

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Historic Baker Hotel set for redevelopment

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Proposal to change Houston council terms appears dead

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Dallas-area youths charged in woman's death

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Lois the corpse flower lives on

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Dancers prance around side of Dallas skyscraper

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10-year-old Texas boy claims meteorite discovery

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Central Texas to grow by bounds

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San Antonio again named one of most 'playful' cities in US

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Limestone Co. Assistant Prosecutor Arrested On Child Porn Charges

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Former DA indicted for misappropriating funds

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Texas Historical Commission criticizes bid process, wants roof consultant for McLennan County Courthouse

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Brownsville attorney gets six years prison in theft case

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Wasterwater spill in Canyon

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Borger's getting a new hospital

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Storm winds damage buildings, trees Tuesday evening in Slaton

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Houston City Council votes down ordinance for special election on term limits

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1 Accused Of Sugar Land Home Invasions
 

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DeLay condemns 'the criminalization of politics' -- critic says 'Hammer belongs in the slammer'

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White won't rule out debt, taxes to pay for roads

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Obama, Perry and the mosque near Ground Zero

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Anti-Perry ads may have more impact down ballot - Maybe, but remember that Kronberg engages in wishful thinking about 23 hours per day. He's the proto-Liberal who sees the world as he wishes it as opposed to how it is.

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House officials say probe of lawmaker possible (Joe Driver)

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Texas Lawmaker (Driver) Vows to Correct Billing Mistakes - mistakes? Bull Sh**

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Is Rep. Patrick Rose living off of his campaign account? (HD45) - Dems doing the same as Driver

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Texas House is now really in play

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Punishment phase for Dem fundraiser Mauricio Celis begins Oct. 1

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Radnofsky & Senator Uribe: A South Texas Tour

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After Doggett targets Perry, GOP targets Doggett - his opponent is tops!

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Congressman Neugebauer (TX19) discusses hot topics with citizens of Levelland

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Chet Edwards latest Dem to oppose so-called ‘Ground Zero Mosque’

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Undercount could cost El Paso House seat - prove it's an "undercount". Notice how this is always claimed.

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Texas to re-bid IBM data center contract

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Texas seeking 1,500 new food stamp workers

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BP sends state of Texas check in full for oil spill cleanup

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Pratt: Are many local Texas officials any different from D.C. Democrats?

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Conflicting outlooks on state budget

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State finances kept afloat by dedicated taxes

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Texas takes first step toward high-speed-rail funds

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Lib opinion: Food stamp fund too important to be compromised

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Obama's Federal War on Texas
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Proposed federal alcohol law could limit West Texas wineries' growth

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Feds strengthen rules on offshore oil drillers

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Border issues:
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Mexico Adds Tariffs in Trucking Dispute

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Alleged Juárez trafficker extradited to U.S.; 51 die in Juárez

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Mexico's Drug War Hits Historic Border Cantinas

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Congress considers changing ‘anchor' law

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Mayor of Mexican city kidnapped by armed gang

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Bill White claims border counties not getting proper help

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Witnesses: 2003 Texas Syndicate hit a botched job

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Economy / Financial / Business
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Texans Set Record Demand For Electricity Monday

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Landmark’s Dobie Theaters next to UT-Austin to close Sunday

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Shake-up at Pedernales Electric Co-op?

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Saks shutters Plano store, 65 jobs lost

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Port of Harlingen turning basis could require dredging due to flooding

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Six Flags rides out tough times

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Downtown's "green building" set for makeover

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Houston home sales drop 24% in July

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Green economy could grow big profits in Texas, Waco

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UH board considers plan to buy Rice radio station - error in story, they are not the first Texas univ. to operate 2 stations, Texas Tech does KOHM & KTXT

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Tuition deregulation boosted Texas university administrator ranks - exactly what we've seen in public schools

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Rice, UT-Austin top Texas universities according to Best Colleges 2011 rankings

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Texas A&M Fares Well In 2011 U.S. News Rankings

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ACC Round Rock campus opening Aug. 27

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TCU stadium renovation forces venue change for Armed Forces Bowl

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New Jones Hall almost complete at Amarillo College

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Local government spending, etc.:
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Pratt: Are many local Texas officials any different from D.C. Democrats?

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Bexar Co.'s University Health System to recommend tax hike

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Lubbock County Commission approves tax rates, raises for themselves

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Potter Co. commissioners grant raises for themselves, looks at tax increase

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Proposed Bryan budget avoids tax hike, layoffs

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Voters will decide if Sherman city council members get pay raise

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Collin Co. commissioners vote to scale back employee retirement package - almost unbelievable, how much they are giving employees for their retirements funds!

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Editorial: Hardin Co. should focus on balancing county budget without tax hike, not preserving government jobs

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Kerr County puts freeze on hiring

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Hale County employees could see raises, including elected officials

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Dallas County officials vote down property tax rate increase -same rate is a tax increase

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El Paso Co. to dissolve Child Welfare Board amid cutbacks - local gov. is simply too big

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Texas City to assess $5 user fee for dike

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Dallas mayor makes direct appeal on Love Field concession deals

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Open government folly at Commissioners Court

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Group to protest Brownsville decision on public comments

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Update: Police suspect Texas gunman planned slaughter, Gunman dead after opening fire outside McKinney Police Department, Gunman Dead After Explosion At McKinney Public Safety Building

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Smith Unit prison (near Lamesa) inmate shot during escape attempt

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Dumas hitchhiker dies following accident

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Former Temple ISD bus driver on trial for sexual assault

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San Antonio police detain group accused of firing gun from SUV

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Rangers have Texas-sized aspirations, fortitude

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Texas tests won't feature NPR host's work, more - Libs want us to be sensitive to everyone else but they are never to be asked to be sensitive to traditional American society.

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Questions Linger as Shrimp Season Opens in Gulf

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Pampa man indicted for child pornography

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Muleshoe police confirm killing, few details

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Amarillo man indicted in home invasions

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Fighter with prosthesis wins case — for now

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Wind Damages Buildings in Bastrop

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Update: Former APD officer guilty in drug case, Jury could decide the fate of a former Austin cop accused of dirty dealings with hookers

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Anti-Government movement builds in Austin- good

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3rd trip to Texas death chamber for grieving dad

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Allstate: Average fine for speeding in school zone is $211

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Canseco Homers in Independent League Debut with Laredo Broncos

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Terrifying Shirtless Man With Ponytail Really Likes The Cowboys

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Jerry Jones Got His Rotator Cuff Fixed

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Liberal Bias at Home of Bush Presidential Library? - I'd bet yes.

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Badu Gets Probation For Nude Video Shoot in Downtown Dallas

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Groundwater conservation moving ahead around Del Rio

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Officers' complaint leads to Watauga police chief's demotion

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El Paso mass transit bus slams in to minivan, injuries

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Mom handling firefighter's estate during sex-change dispute

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Elderly man found beaten in bloody northwest Houston home

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Drugs, Guns, Fake Cash Found After Freeway Shootout in Houston

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Homeowners protesting Pearland annexation plan

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Veteran Houston PD Officer Accused Of Forging Doctor's Note

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Aerial spray operation planned in west Harris County to fight West Nile Virus

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Second water line break in Tahoka shuts off water city-wide

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CBS hires former Texas Tech football coach Leach as a college football analyst

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Panola County outlaws outdoor burning

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Kerrville to go to stage 1 water restrictions

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Police arrest man for DWI with child

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Juvenile suspect involved in Lubbock murder arrested

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2 teens charged with attempted capital murder of cyclist in Austin

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Silverton's first PRCA rodeo is big success

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Former Midland ISD employee arrested, misappropriation of funds charged

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About 1,000 treated at free Waco dental clinic

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FEMA Center Opens in Port Isabel

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Weslaco sex offender 'strikes again'

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Jasper teacher facing new charges of sexual contact with child

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Vidor man charged with online solicitation of 11-year-old

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Gentry hires famous 'Racehorse' Haynes as attorney

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Tyler in the Running for Two Downtown Awards

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Chinati Foundation names new director

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Texas WMU unanimously elects new leader

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Williamson County commissioners consider social networking policy

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Ex-NASA worker pleads guilty to stealing flight suit

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Woman Struck by Lightning in Brown County
 

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TFR launches BillWhiteForTaxes.com today

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Tom DeLay cleared by Justice Dept. after 6 years - where does he get his good name back?

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Tom DeLay pleased DOJ ends criminal probe

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DeLay says he's ready to fight state ethics charges

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Dem Lt Governor candidate in Lubbock, taking shots at Perry & Dewhurst

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Chavez-Thompson doesn't shy away from Obama - she's a union-thug, she loves Obama

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A.G. Abbott speaks about Obamacare & more at appearance in Paris

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White release some tax returns, still refuses to release returns from time as Clinton Admin. official

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Libertarian, Kathie Glass, campaigning hard for governor

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Texas Reps. Kleinschmidt, Rose face challenges from the left, right

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State rep. Joe Driver (R-Garland) billed twice for travel, admits double billings - this is fraud and Joe Driver should leave the House immediately. It may give the seat to the Dems but that's the high price we all pay for such behavior.

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Neugebauer named taxpayer hero by watchdog group

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Big Country, Texas lawmakers named 'Taxpayer Heroes'

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Editorial: Rand Paul's alleged misadventures at Baylor leave room for doubt - shameful editorial

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Union PAC Cash Flowing to Dems Yields $10 Billion in Bailout Funds

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Texas Supreme Court upholds reprimand of Judge Sharon Keller

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Schenck resigns as lottery commissioner, joins A.G. office

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Gov. Perry Appoints Aliseda to Texas Military Preparedness Commission

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Disasters show flawed system of oversight

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Editorial boards are on the sidelines of public opinion

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Texas to issue $7.8 billion in short-term debt

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Texas holding about $2 billion in unclaimed property

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Prison officials: Deep cuts would endanger public safety

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South Texas DA, AG’s office clash on approach to voter fraud cases

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Texas to receive Federal charter school grants

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Obama's Federal War on Texas
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EPA: Frisco air has too much lead under new rules

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Doggett Amendment Targets and Punishes Texas’ Schools

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Abilene Adult Day Care closing due to Medicare cuts (brought on by Obamacare)

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Border issues:
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Going gaga over 'terror babies' plot

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Border Patrol sees spike in suicides

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Man from San Antonio caught at border with $78,000 worth of marijuana

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At least 2 grenades hit Televisa TV station in Matamoros

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The doctor opts to stand and fight in Juárez

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Customs service chief: Texas-Mexico border is secure

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More massacres in Ciudad Juarez

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Economy / Financial / Business
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Charitable groups' giving curtailed

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New restrictions on credit card companies to take effect Aug. 22

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Texas cotton, with South Plains help, forecast for record-breaking crop

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Pump prices fall as crude oil declines

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Reports say Israel to "purchase" F-35s

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New revelations, criticism on Hurd exit from HP

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H-E-B no longer title sponsor of Houston's Thanksgiving Day Parade

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Billionaire Carl Ichan buys Anadarko shares

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Austin Ventures closes $38.7M purchase of logistics business

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Spill-shy tourists head to Texas

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Fort Worth cash grain prices

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New Rangers owners make first front-office hire

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Report says Texas has second-highest fees in the country for home closing

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Higher Ed. / Colleges & Universities
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Rice only Texas university in Forbes top 25 best list, at #25

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Alamo Colleges looking to raise tax rate

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Alamo Colleges launches campus in Floresville

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Amarillo College tax increase?

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Austin Community College district looks to raise taxes

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Paris Jr. College has new women's residence hall, new men's hall underway

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Texas Lutheran University's interim president settling into role

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Original faculty member among College of the Mainland retirees

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UT given $490K for college readiness study

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$105 million renovation scheduled for TCU football stadium

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Presidio Co. Judge resigns early, un-opposed candidate to take over 9/1

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Williamson Co. tightens belt under close watch

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Tom Greene Co. commissioners go for stealth tax increase

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Wichita County passes 8% tax increase

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Galveston Co. eyeing cuts in taxes

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Budget proposal reflects lean times in Friendswood

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Gregg County commissioners eye tax rate below the Effective Rate, a tax cut

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Del Rio council looking to raise taxes

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Proposed tax increase for Potter County

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Texas: Red Light Camera Company Spends $230,648 to Fight Public Vote

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E-books may be future for schools - isn't it funny how the same folk who cry about energy use and global warning are also pushing this?

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Police 'fusion center' on the way for San Antonio

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Texas International Cotton School is in session

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Dance-hall dig site slowly giving up secrets

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Presidio County to appoint county auditor

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La Villa mayor arrested on prostitution, official oppression charges

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TCEQ cites man North of Alpine claiming water system is public, owner says it is not

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Developer claims City of Paris violated Open Meetings Act

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On the road with the Texas Commission on the Arts: Lubbock

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Court: Voters will decide Guadalupe County's JP election - once again, the rules don't matter

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Giraffe at San Antonio Zoo dies

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Aransas Pass marine afire burns 19 boats

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Police Make Quick Arrest After Waco Home Invasion Robbery

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McLennan Co. DA choosing words carefully in re-election bid

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Victoria man fulfills urge for cowboy living through chuckwagon ministry

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Hispanic farmers file class action lawsuit

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Banks help clean up blight in Arlington

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Kidnapped College Station woman died from stab wounds, autopsy finds

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Hurricane-damaged Galveston island DPS office to reopen

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McKinney businessman seeking write-in status for Collin Co. District Clerk

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City leaders comment on Jose Canseco coming to Laredo

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Houston considering "gang safety zone", whatever ridiculous thing that is

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Houston PD: Security Guard Kills Man Who Threatened Him

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Gainesville man shot multiple times after shoplifting incident - be armed, be ready, be safe, live

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Woman rescued off coast of Galveston

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Plano coming to terms with new identity, needs

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San Antonio Mayor Castro calling shots in bid to ban smokes - he's well named

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Water concerns for Pampa residents

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Judge tosses 3 drug charges against former Austin policeman; jury deliberating 4th

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MetroRail Service Stopped by Cow Tongue - super stupid

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No Action Regarding Bryan City Manager; Meeting Continues

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Man killed in bar fight; beaten with beer bottles in Donna

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Montgomery’s investigation of city secretary continues

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Dallas motorcycle officers collide near North Central; 1 injured

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Fired Dallas police officer and girlfriend were drinking before she was beaten, records say

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Jerry Jones is Recovering From Mysterious Surgery

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Texas vs. Nation All-Star game moving from El Paso to San Antonio - what a shame, it looked great in the Sun Bowl

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Austin: Felony Charges Pending on HEB Rotessiere Chicken Thief

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Free tacos, 'vertical dance' on Dallas skyscraper to accompany secretive product launch Tuesday

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Get Paid for Turning in Dallas County Traffic Deadbeats?

 
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08/14&15/2010

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R.G. Ratcliffe: A few minutes with Governor Rick Perry

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Candidates getting personal on social sites

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Gubernatorial 'Cap and Trade' Conflict - buying that Bill White doesn't support the general idea of cap-&-tax is like the folly of those who believed Ann Richards when she promised all the lottery money would go to education.

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Dallas Morning News editors stump for Bill White & fake "ethics" reform

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White jabs at Perry at Amarillo rally

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White campaigns in Perry's hometown county

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Texas ag commissioner hopeful (Democrat) Gilbert resists court's order that he pay consultant $40,000

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Hank Gilbert's latest troubles

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State Rep. Jim Keffer: Texas better off than neighbors

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Members of Congress campaigning back home find constituents remain angry

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Democrat Edwards finally vulnerable after all these years?

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Sen. Hutchison visits West Texas. starts bus tour

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Two Texas Congressmen are part of the Socialist Caucus - Democratic Socialists of America

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Cornyn predicts GOP majority will take two cycles

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Analysis: Cornyn thinks GOP has a big political winner in Ground Zero mosque controversy

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Pelosi pulled strings to let dying Dallas lawyer Baron try experimental cancer drug - a good example of why it's foolish to support all the government regulatory agencies such as the FDA because you think they are "independent". They become tools of the ruling elite, mostly at your expense.

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Bexar Co. GOP picks retired general to challenge Democrat commissioner

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Tax-free weekend for school supplies, other items kicks off Friday

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New curriculum system CSCOPE to bring big changes to schools across Texas

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Ongoing Battle to Restore Parental Rights in Texas

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Scott Burns: Future Medicare may be cheap but unavailable

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DNA test may cast doubt on executed Texan's guilt

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Teacher pay isn't that bad if you consider their number of work days in regular school year

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Government in SE Texas seems to finally realize that layoffs are no longer off-limits

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More testimony in Del Rio election fraud trial

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Legal safeguards recommended by Timothy Cole advisory panel

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Obama's Federal War on Texas
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GOP 'can't have the keys back,' Obama says in Dallas

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Expanding EPA reach could hurt agriculture

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Border issues:
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Summit aims to mobilize Latino community amid 'dangerous situation' - they're not helping by falsely telling their followers that there is so much hate against immigrants. No doubt there are a few bigots but the current concern over the border is not anti-immigrant and it is not hate-based.

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Perry: “Let’s quit playing around,” D.C. Must Heed Border Warning Signs

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Valley heads split on Perry's letter urging Obama on border security

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Police dispatch: Cartel members may seek rivals in El Paso

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More Illegal Immigrants Obtaining Licenses

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'Ilegales' Sells Out Twice At Plaza Classic Film Festival

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Going gaga over 'terror babies' plot

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Economy / Financial / Business
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Houston firm tied to bribes

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Rural land prices falling across Texas

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USAA's CEO took home $2.15 million in 2009

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Comanche Peak nuclear power plant turns 20, uneventfully

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Is the mark Whitacre made at GM permanent?

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For Southwest Airlines team, work means always having to say you're sorry

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Blackstone private equity firm to buy Dynegy for $540 million

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Xcel files plan to cut 900 megawatts of coal-fired electrical power

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Saab turboprops wait in Abilene till they may fly again

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Dog food recall from Texas company

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McLennan County wheat farmers may profit from overseas price shifts

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Expanding EPA reach could hurt agriculture

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San Antonio Northside team wins Senior League Softball World Series championship

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New 17,000 square-foot mosque opens in San Antonio

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Kidnapped College Station Woman Found Dead

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Officer hurt in crash with suspect out of hospital

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Dispute escalates over wild animals in Kerr County

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Hockley sheriff looks back on first year - he may be a good man but he took office in a shameful manner

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Small-town museums across South Plains preserve heritage with some off-the-wall trinkets

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Six good reasons town of Sanderson survives

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Ex-Spur, NBA All-Star Alvin Robertson hauled back to Bexar Co. jail

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Concern about synthetic marijuana is very real

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31 nabbed during prostitution sting in San Antonio

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Prostitution Sting Lands Abilene Woman Behind Bars

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RIP: Esteban “Steve” Jordan, conjunto accordionist extraordinaire, dead at 71

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Heat Sends 8 Soldiers To Fort Hood-area Hospitals; Two Are In Serious Condition

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Suicide Watch Ordered For Ex-Central Texas Cop Facing Prison Sentence

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Woman charged with kidnapping, sexual assault

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San Antonio honor flight given warm send-off

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Major Manhunt Underway For Suspect In Deadly Stabbing

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Haitian earthquake survivor finds medical care, strength in Dallas

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Fort Worth firefighters battle pallet blaze

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Man, 75, burned in Fort Worth house explosion

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Many Dallas County drivers found to get only probation in DWI manslaughter cases

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Man who left Vietnam as orphan connects with family he didn't know he had

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Houston Texans' cheerleaders calendar

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Aldine football coach out of ICU after shooting in attempted carjacking

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John O'Quinn vintage cars sell for $5.5 million

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Gulf driller from Houston plans to celebrate with a cigar - good man!

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Teen's suspected killer beaten in jail

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Spring man sought in taqueria guard's killing

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RIP: Sport fishing boats designer Stewart Campbell

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Texas mayor in middle of profanity-laced rap video

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Leander mayor says council member tried to choke him

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Austin Police Cheif Helps Catch Suspected Thief

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Austin police officer is suspended for 30-days after being charged for DWI

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Austin school superintendent releases results of parent phone survey

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Abilene woman hits robber with baseball bat

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Nueces Co. DA's office tackles case backlog

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Eastland Celebrates Airport Expansion

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Texan among four slain in gunfire at Buffalo, NY restaurant

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Bedbugs are biting in southwest Houston

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Texas, New Mexico towns still duel over Billy the Kid

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Galveston ISD's spending on security begs for attention

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Baylor professor's new book connects preacher scandals, hot-tempered religious debates from our times to Roaring 20s

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More than a dozen West Texans have won Lotto
 

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08/13/2010

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No debating that Perry's a candidate in control

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Perry: Education is key

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Gov. Perry gets award from Brownsville Economic Development Council

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Perry, White 'in a game of chicken'

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Website: Bill White for Taxes "Harvard Bill takes Texans for fools"

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Goofy Hank Gilbert envisions Texas as biofuel hub - let the market decide

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Public can offer input on critical redistricting issue at Lubbock hearing

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Birdwell answers Democrats' suit in Dallas court to remove him from November ballot

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As usual, Democrat state rep. Lon Burnam of Fort Worth plans to push state income tax

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A reminder of what Texas Democrats truly stand for

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Hey, Big Spender: Chet Edwards

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Flores sidesteps question about supporting House GOP Leader Boehner

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Gohmert to Anderson Cooper: 'You're better than this. You used to be good'

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East Texas Congressman and Anderson Cooper argue over 'terror babies'

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NAACP Asked to Fulfill Pledge to Repudiate Racial Slurs Against Black Conservative

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Democrats are ignoring the will of the people

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Christmas Mountains to Sul Ross State?

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Texas chiropractors can't zap fat or treat diabetes, board says

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This week's Texas Government Insider

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"No Bonds for Billionaires" Fined by Texas Ethics Commission

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2 quick Lotto Texas winners put state in bind

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Texas gets $150M from jobless claims extension bill

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Exonerated Texan must choose between $2.2 million or lawsuit to seek the truth behind his conviction

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Val Verde Co. democrat primary lawsuit trial ends - a glimpse into how the Democrat election fraud machine works

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Graduation for 1st class in advanced DPS training

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Texas ranks high on lists of wasteful spending

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Obama's Federal War on Texas
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Will federal action affect state education spending? - two libs discussing issues pretending not to be libs

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Border issues:
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Health, jobs called keys to border security - same old liberal, failed-to-be-wrong, mantra: everything bad in the world is caused by not enough government welfare.

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White, Perry clash on issues tied to border security

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Narcotics cash flow into Mexico crucial target, U.S. ambassador says

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Cartels out to control society, ICE expert says

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Valley lawmakers comment on 'birthright citizenship'

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Economy / Financial / Business
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US corn, soybean, cotton headed for record year

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Texas retail gasoline prices rise

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CPS Energy looking into alleged contractor conflicts

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Dell accused of withholding documents

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Texas's goat connection to Tajikistan

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D-FW consumer prices decline

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Texas Rangers sale finalized

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Six Flags names new CEO

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Higher Ed. / Colleges & Universities
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State budget crunch dashes UT System hopes - yeah right, "poor" UT. Laughable.

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Columnist to Texas Tech's Tommy Tuberville: Re-open practices to public

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Jacob Tadesse, a 2005 recruit from Houston's Third Ward, says A&M turned him around

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A&M dean selected to join commission

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Abilene Christian Univ. Spending Millions to Update Campus

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Valley nurse accused of bogus billings

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Taylor County judge will step down early

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Bellmead residents divided over 40 percent tax increase

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Austin school district refuses to release survey info - the imperial public school

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Former camp counselor accused of molesting boy

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Proposed San Antonio city budget includes no property tax rate increase

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Alamo Stadium called far from soccer-ready - so spend more the peoples' $ to benefit team owners

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Bexar Metropolitan Water District places whistle-blower on leave

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Solar hot water systems catching on

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Release causing new discord for Daughters of the Republic of Texas

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Wounded soldier heals with comedy

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Man jailed in '93 crash that killed driver

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Waco Man Arrested In Gunpoint Sexual Assault Of Teenage Boy

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Former Rosebud Cop Sentenced for Aggravated Assault

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Galveston law limiting building on beaches withdrawn

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Austin Bomb Squad responds domestic dispute

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Man gets 20 years for putting boy’s hands under scalding water

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Dallas area gets 25 powder, hoax letters in August

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Firefighters blame dime for Pampa vehicle fire

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Boy, 12, dies after bee attack in Wall

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Abilene Woman Wakes Up to Burglar

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Jefferson County constables rally against layoffs

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Beaumont public works director position to be eliminated

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Wylie man facing assault charges set for 'Apprentice' cast

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Dallas ISD officer, clerk jailed in theft of Pinkston fines

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2 Fort Worth school administrators suspended in Arlington Heights inquiry

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Questions Raised After 15-Year Old And Friends Fly Without Parents

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Police Say Homeless Man Licked Child In Restroom

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At Texas' nudist resorts, the heat is on - the clothes are off

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Hey Houston fans! Tell us why H-Town is better than Big D

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Houston police mistake bar owners for burglars, open fire

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Anahuac Has Its Cable Wires Crossed

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Pearlanders Win Little League Regional

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Hidalgo County's cost to house prisoners elsewhere nears high point

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Elderly man severely beaten in home invasion

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Police officer named president of Texas Narcotics Officers Association

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Woman steals Walmart merchandise, assaults security guard

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Police: Victim takes gun from robber

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Where does Houston rank on most millionaires list?

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Waitress hit by car after chasing patrons who didn’t pay, police say

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Amarillo man accused of trying to kill a police officer sentenced to 80 years
 

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08/12/2010

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Bill White wants the higher taxes, but regrets you might now find out before November

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Perry and White accuse each other of racial politics

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Perry accuses White of racially charged statement

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Gov. Perry, Bill White Spar at TAB Conference

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White Talks Debate, Border Security with ABC-7 in El Paso

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Bill White speaks at Collin County fundraiser

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Perry ups rhetoric on White's unreleased taxes, White hits back

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Hopes for Gubernatorial Debate Dimming - suits me, I don't want to have to edit the audio!

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Gov. Perry won't meet with editorial boards - they're predictable so why take the time and expense?

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Goofy Hank Gilbert visits Valley stumping for Ag. Commissioner

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Senator Shapiro eyes ban on K2, similar products

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West Texas Legislative Summit attracts record number of attendees

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Texas Tribune refuses to set record straight on Sen. Brian Birdwell (SD22)

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Birdwell mum about tax returns - those returns have little to do with Texas law on residency

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State Rep. Debbie Riddle's opponent speaks up

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Flores responds to Edwards-backed jobs bill that brings $830 million to Texas' education coffers

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Voters' views on Congress sought by Conaway, GOP

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Congressman Conaway visits Sweetwater

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Relationship with Wyly brothers helped launch Jeb Hensarling; could it now hinder him?

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U.S. Rep. Hensarling named “Taxpayer Super Hero” in CCAGW’s 2009 Congressional Ratings

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Son of Abilene couple in-line to chair Obama's Council of Economic Advisors - more like council of fools

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Food Stamps cut for State Aid Package

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Teacher’s Bailout Cuts Food Stamps to Fund $26B Bill

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Condemned Mexican raises mental impairment claim

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RTC likely to push lawmakers to restore TxDOT's authority to do private toll deals

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Texas eyes a piece of the high-speed-rail pie, see: Kotkin in Forbes: Mass Transit: The Great Train Robbery

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State employees reapplying for jobs in the coastal division of the General Land Office

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Obama's Federal War on Texas
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The Great Fed-State Debate: Will Texas See Federal Dollars?

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Dr. Donna Campbell On School Funding

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Border issues:
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UTEP Hosts National Border Security Conference Today, Friday

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Task Force: Zeta gang member, illegal immigrant, arrested in Webb Co.

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Ex-FBI official ridicules Texas lawmakers' claims about 'terrorist babies' - I not sure that Riddle is right but the FBI's record on this hardly credible. The FBI failed in the first Trade Center bombing, OKC, Waco, and 9-11-2001 not to mention others events before 9-11-2001.

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Congressman Cuellar Lauds Senate For Passage Of Border Security Funding Bill

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Rep. Reyes (D-El Paso): Economic security, border linked

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Border agents help two distressed undocumented immigrants

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Smuggling for Sex: Woman who seduced CBP officer sentenced to 5 years

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Feds Arrest Lewisville Man in Gun-Running Probe

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Economy / Financial / Business
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Snead Mfg. to close it's 40-year-old McGregor plant, 139 jobs gone

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Jobs picture dims as unemployment claims rise

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Gov. Perry: Texas is the Place for Businesses to Grow

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Caterpillar Inc. plans to build manufacturing complex in Victoria

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Caterpillar plans to create 500 jobs in Victoria

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139 out of work as McGregor plant closing -move to Victoria, fast.

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San Antonio-based seafood retailer sues BP

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Old-Democrat Whitacre out as Government Motors chairman

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Chairman Of National Cotton Council Optimistic About Cotton Crop

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Whole Foods wants better school lunches

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SEC investigation, CEO dominate Dell investor meeting talks

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BP will pay $50 million for Texas City refinery penalties

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Entergy Texas to Implement Interim Rate Schedule

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DOT selects Brownsville-Port Manatee for national program

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Legacy Books will begin its next chapter as A Real Bookstore in Fairview

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Brinker's profits up 50%

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MLB approves Texas Rangers sale to Greenberg-Ryan group

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Higher Ed. / Colleges & Universities
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Leon Breeden, legendary jazz educator, dies at 88

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New trend hits South Plains; Gambling for grades

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Med schools in UT system are alarmed by reforms - & bunches of these lib academics pushed for this crap.

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UT medical school presidents warn of fewer new doctors under U.S. planned cuts

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10 percent budget cut could cost UT 600 jobs

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Texas State University and City of San Marcos win $1.85M research development grant

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A&M reallocation plan taking shape

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Universities shouldn't fight new transparency law

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UTEP's Strong Kicked Off Basketball Team

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Texas A&M researchers seek rabies cure

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Texas A&M-San Antonio taps criminal justice professor to lead campus police

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San Antonio College’s nursing program receives federal boost

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Tyler Junior College district looking to raise taxes on citizens

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UT Regents approve $12.8B budget today - despite "cutbacks" a 6.9% INCREASE!

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George W. and Laura Bush welcome home soldiers at D/FW Airport

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Pantex receives money for flooding damage

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Another drowning at Lake Whitney

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BRAC projects have just over a year left on deadline clock

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Local Government "Happy Meal" Economics (Williamson Co. budget)

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Which will it be Mr. Mayor & Council members?

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Texas City: $5M budget deficit will likely lead to cuts

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Give us liberty, not more debt

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‘The sky is not falling' in San Antonio city budget

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Abilene council approves drilling near residences, nursery school, shopping center - good

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Amarillo man added to most-wanted list

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A "brand" new Austin City Limits TV

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Police: Breach affecting credit card users at Austin restaurant chain

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F1 Grand Prix date to be set next year

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Austin-area Toddler Dies After Snakebite at Possum Kingdom Lake

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Austin police update the public on the effectiveness of red light cameras

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Beaumont, Port Arthur police test license plate cameras

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Cameras shoot to deter, protect

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Constables targeted for layoffs should suggest other ways to balance budget without tax hike

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Indictment in San Angelo, inmate stabbed 19 times

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Two arrested over killing Houston girl, 14, in a robbery

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City of Brownsville censoring public comments from meeting broadcasts

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Cameron Co. tries to pin down causes of jail overcrowding

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Man Dies After Being Hit By Dallas Police Car

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13 San Antonio police officers face suspension

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El Paso native's film is enthusiastically received

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Saginaw man faces child porn charge over taped encounter

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Cattle rustling: Sienna Mascot recovered

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Texas teams playing for Little League World Series berth

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Galveston family survived glacier crash in light clothes

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Galveston family rescued from Alaskan glacier

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Galveston family on plane that crashed in Alaska

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Former NASA chief, son survive Alaska plane crash

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Part of violent jewelry store robbery caught on video - see how fast things happen, you need to be armed on your person when possible

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Houston firefighter treated for alcohol problems, depression

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Officials: Man who ran over, killed woman in mall parking lot found dead in jail cell

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Houston joins ECOtality's electric vehicle program

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TCEQ fines company & Smith County road department

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Gladewater council members choose new city manager

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Tyler clinics share in settlement to help indigent population

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Retired Tyler police officer, grandson die in one-vehicle crash

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Big Spring City Employees Buying Old Firetruck, Donating it to Mexican Sister City

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3 Big Spring Men Plead Not Guilty to Charges Related to June Home Invasion

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Pecos County to help water project in Fort Stockton

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Strippers lure victims in robbery scheme

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City of Kyle, Hays Co. unite to buy Jacob’s Well

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Hays County to put in offer to buy Nicholson Ranch for habitat conservation

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Burnet County jury deliberating manslaughter punishment

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City of Amarillo transfers city inmates to Randall Co.

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Llano teacher charged with sexual assault
 

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Perry's passion based on rural Texas traditions

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Bill White plugs jobs, education in Dallas visit

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Bill White plays to racist stereotypes in Dallas visit

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Perry accuses White of racially charged statement

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Perry camp: Bill White Should Apologize for Racially Motivated Attack

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Bill White allies blast Perry on TV on Trans-Texas Corridor - it worked so well for KBH & it's a dead issue, dumb

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White outlines how he'd be more ethical than Perry - rather laughable don't you think?

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White releases ethics package

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KPRC: Perry should debate Bill White

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Perry touts backing of sport fishing group that sued the state

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Texas Reps Riddle & Anchia talk 'little terrorists,' 'anchor babies' on CNN

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Sen. Duncan keynote speaker for Texas Alliance for Water Conservation Field Day

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Fountain: Never Let A Budget Crisis Go To Waste

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East Texas Mayors vow to take gripes to lawmakers - they rarely seem to worry about the "mandates" of taxes and fees they place on their citizens do they?

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Edwards 1 of just 3 House Democrats backed by NRA

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Chet Edwards chides Bill Flores for criticizing NRA - I'm an Endowment Member of the NRA & I too believe they deserve criticism in this race and others. But, there is a good reason why they've endorsed as they have and it may be what has kept an all Dem Congress and White House from rushing to gun control these past two years.

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Corporate influence decried in San Angelo protest at U.S. Rep Conaway's office - while assembled as a group, these folk are "corporate" influence.

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Hutchison goes from "porker" to "taxpayer hero"

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Sharron Angle to visit Dallas

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On homosexuality, Young Republicans split from rest of party

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Texas Emerging Technology Fund reopens for applications

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Workforce official taught firers how to avoid paying up

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State seeks input on pollution control tax-exemptions

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Delays in Texas Youth Commission abuse trial criticized

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Former Dallas Mayor Ron Kirk says he'll never run for office again

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Perry Appoints Brown as Judge of the 180th District Court

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Perry Appoints Negrón as Judge of the 438th District Court

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Legislature must straighten out gender confusion - silly

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Obama's Federal War on Texas
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Texas Dems vote for jobs bill that may cost state

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Texas officials blast anti-Perry provision in new school law

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Federal jobs bill splits Texas GOP, Democrats

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Perry targeted in new law funding schools in Texas - the governor cannot legally do what they demand

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Commissioner of Education Robert Scott statement on passage of Doggett amendment

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Edwards touts bill that nets education money for Texas, but state Republicans bristle

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Texas sues over drilling moratorium

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State of Texas Challenges Federal Government's Offshore Drilling Moratorium

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Statement by Gov. Rick Perry on Texas Challenge of Offshore Drilling Moratorium

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Survey: Texas border residents feel less safe than counterparts in Ariz., Calif., N.M.

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ICEs in El Paso arrests 19 criminal immigrants

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Study: 8 percent of babies born in U.S. have an illegal immigrant as parent

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Texas Reps Riddle & Anchia talk 'little terrorists,' 'anchor babies' on CNN

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Neugebauer (TX-19): Deny citizenship, change 14th Amendment

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Travis County leads nation in deporting 'noncriminal' immigrants, groups find - more Dem/Liberal hypocrisy, Travis Co. is the most Liberal county in Texas.

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Austin civil rights group today sharply rebuked Travis County for helping I-C-E

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Border agent awarded Purple Cross

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El Paso police radio ad warns of spillover violence, part of City budget fight

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MAC 'Border' Cosmetics Won't Be Sold In Mexico

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Perry defends spurning White House briefing invite

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Border crosser admits to stashing marijuana in tires

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Economy / Financial / Business
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August Sales Tax up 2.2% over previous year

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August Sales Tax Report (consumer activity in June) Top 20 Cities

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Company job openings drop for 2nd straight month

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Building contractors hammered by recession

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Dallas-Fort Worth home prices edge higher in report

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Baptist General Convention of Texas eliminates 13 staff positions, reduces some to part-time

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AgriLand Farm Credit Hires New Chief Credit Officer

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AT&T faces class action on international roaming

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Major League Baseball likely to approve Texas Rangers sale

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Small-business owners meet with lenders at Dallas 'Deal Day'

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Q&A: Virgin Atlantic president Richard Branson on challenging big airline alliances

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Ohio Gov't. Official Resigns Over Ties With Lewisville Company

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Continental, United unveil new logo - another joining of a good firm with a bad one, usually it makes them both bad

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Baylor College of Medicine paying off $260 million of debt from shelved hospital deal

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Texas sets new record for electricity demand

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Del Taco to expand into Metroplex

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DOE awards $21.3M to study CO2 underground storage

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Higher Ed. / Colleges & Universities
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YCT Disappointed in Texas Tech Increased Budget through Tuition Hikes

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Texas Tech shows same symptoms as the D.C. Congress

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St. Edward's says no to Obama speech on Austin campus

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UT, A&M offer buyouts to reduce faculty

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Paul Quinn forum on strengthening black colleges

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TSTC West Texas Launches New Solar Energy Program

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Comptroller Combs Awards Scholarships and Grants to Galveston College

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New Special Assistant to UT-Tyler President

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A&M's Bill Byrne: On Texas; skipping the SEC; Aggies' potential

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Apache closes on BP Permian asset buy

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Del Mar Giving Away Free Tuition

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Utah governor signs warrant sending Jeffs to Texas

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ERCOT reports record peak electricity demand

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A painful lesson about stingrays

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Senate Candidate Denies Kidnapping Baylor Coed As NoZe Member

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After Months, Bellmead Has A Mayor

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Mayor is running Hamlin police department

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Indian Lake police chief cleared of charges

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Argument over $6 leads to 33-year sentence

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San Antonio, partners retool ‘no-kill' campaign

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Verbal fireworks in Harris Co. Commissioners Court

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Abilene police want 66 more Tasers

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Corporate influence decried in San Angelo protest at U.S. Rep Conaway's office

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Man found competent to stand trial in Stephenville stabbing

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Abilene Shelter to Implant Microchips in All Adopted Pets

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Dallas shelter manager on leave after cat death

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Claim: Aquatic Center Brings in Big Bucks for Brownwood - so how many privately owned firms is this government enterprise sucking entertainment dollars from? Hmm?

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The City of Austin veers from public wishes as they draft their budget

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Tyler’s Proposed Budget Down $4.8 Million

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Jefferson County, like the taxpayers it serves, seems to have met budget challenge

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Fort Worth budget plan closes gap with deep cuts, fee hikes

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Fort Worth plans staff cuts, city service reductions to close budget gap

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Tax increase for roads heads to Georgetown voters

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Williamson County Man Gets Life in Prison for 9th DWI Conviction

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70-year-old  attacked by bees in East Austin, stung over 500 times

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Police pull over stolen vehicle, arrest escaped inmate

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The Sunshine State Gets a Taste of Some Lone Star BBQ

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Update: Bryan pastor resigns after arrest, Bryan preacher allegedly lured man into sex act

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Alleged hit man faces jury for role in brothers' fatal feud

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New condo tower planned for South Padre Island

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Battle is brewing about employee rights in Williamson County

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Nueces County commissioners approve jail health care contract

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Nueces County commissioners approve $283K fairgrounds sign

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Nueces County Appraisal District to return leftover funds - about time

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Mosquitoes in Corpus Christi test positive for St. Louis encephalitis

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Giant Centipedes on the Prowl

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Dallas council passes ordinance banning marijuana substitute K2

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Parents of Colony boy who killed self after being bullied urge protections

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Fire at Allen barn kills at least 17 horses

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Powder Letter at Dallas Co. District Clerk's Office Not Connected to Others

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Dallas Cowboys Have 10 Of Their Legends in The Hall of Fame

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DART Looks At Resuming DFW Airport Project

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4 Galveston-area residents may have been on downed plane in Alaska

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Four Galveston residents being rescued in Alaska

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Houston Man Hopes For O'Keefe's Recovery

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Injured Fort Worth officer moved to long-term care

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2nd allegation filed against, former Gadsden ISD teacher, ex-El Paso Co. ethics commission chief

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Winkler Co. nurses settle suit over filing doctor complaint

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Officer's bullet didn't kill Robbie Tolan's Major League dreams

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Woman recounts rescue after floating in Gulf for 17 hours

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Passenger arrested for allegedly stabbing Metro bus driver with box cutter

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Gladewater City Council chooses new city manager

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Chief Moore named Kilgore's assistant city manager

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Houston's hunt for a new fire chief in final stages

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Houston councilman Johnson's ex-aide focus of 2008 Houston ISD flap

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Taylor Swift enshrined in bowling hall of fame

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Terrifying Harris Co. robbery captured on surveillance video

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Mary Tyler D.A.R. Chapter Receives National Americanism Award

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Big Spring: Settles Hotel Interior Work Begins to Take Shape

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Major Airport Runway Projects Planned in Tyler

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Lufkin man fails at flirting, breaks into woman's home say police

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Paris bomb threat suspect pleads guilty

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Monahans Man Convicted of Videotaping a Teenage Girl at Tanning Salon

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Jail Chaplain Files Suit Against Taylor Co. Sheriff

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Austin using plate scanners for parking tickets; ACLU disagrees

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Newspaper Gets A.G. Ruling On Amarillo Downtown Inc.

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Dallas County jail system passes first inspection since 2003

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Rockport secures sewer plant permit over environmentalist protests

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Local Rapper Apologizes To Corpus Christi Mayor

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2nd Case Of West Nile Virus Identified In El Paso

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Ex-Boy Scout leader from Keller guilty of child porn

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Roger Clemens loses defamation lawsuit appeal

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Hammer fight ends in grand jury indictment

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Rockport celebrates 140th birthday

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Sheriff: Cresson man fatally shot trying to stop attempted suicide

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08/10/2010

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Where was Bill White while Obama was in Texas?

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Why Bill White stuck out in Alvarado

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White skips Obama events, marches in parade

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White says he meant no disrespect to Obama

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Gubernatorial hopeful White makes Abilene visit

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Bill White stoops to typical Democrat racial-politics: Tells black leaders that Perry wants to be "treated as master"

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Obama hauls in checks during short visit to Dallas and Austin

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Obama's popularity lags, but Austin event provides perfect photos

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Officer Injured in Presidential Motorcade Released from Hospital

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Republicans rally against Obama, who's already left

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Anti-Obama rally at State Capitol

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Scared by Dewhurst: McAllen mayor

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Senate forgets to name bill, Statesman runs cover

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Andres: Democrats will try to avoid tough votes all fall

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Democrat Chet Edwards announces endorsements - NRA & Farm Bureau

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Is the Tea Party movement taking religion out of conservative politics?

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Protesters present petition to Conaway's office

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No A.G. opinion on Hudspeth Co. gender issue in marriage

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Abbott Resolves Enforcement Action Against Maternity Services Firms

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Texas City residents worried about air quality as Attorney General sues BP

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Drawls welcome: TxDOT tests phone info line

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High-speed rail in Texas -- clock is ticking, see: Mass Transit: The Great Train Robbery

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Plea for openness at Forensic Science Commission

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Obama's Federal War on Texas
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Doggett amendment equals unsustainable spending growth

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Straus blasts Doggett amendment

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Education groups, Democrats applaud passage of stimulus bill with Doggett’s amendment

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Border issues:
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Gov. Perry: Border Sheriffs are Our First Line of Defense

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House approves more agents, drones on border

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State Still Waiting for Full Drone Permission

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Port Arthur kidnapping suspect has immigration hold - so they're bringing the kidnappings here!

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47,000 immigrants deported thanks to fingerprint IDs

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CBP inspector officially charged with murder

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Widespread claims of beefed-up Border Patrol presence stokes fear among Valley's illegal immigrants - good

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Economy / Financial / Business
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Texas appears to be emerging from economic slump

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Former Lubbock resident in the center of the HP CEO downfall

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Virgin America to launch service to Dallas-Fort Worth

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Del Valle 'hottest' home market

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Port commissioners pick firm for Ingleside base redevelopment

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Rangers, Cowboys events collide in Arlington

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Travel convention expected to be economic shot in the arm for Houston

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Alon Refinery In Big Spring Increasing Production

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Waco's Miller family celebrates 100-year-old car business

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Higher Ed. / Colleges & Universities
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Renting textbooks a growing trend for college students

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Texas Tech police officer put on paid administrative leave

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Cisco College Names New President

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A&M lays out buyout plan for tenured faculty - photo fits all the stereotypes!

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Clearing deadwood faculty good for Texas colleges

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UTEP to get major gift from Hunt family today

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Ranger College Receives Grant

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Austin College ranked in Princeton Review

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Historic Hubble Image Involves Texas A&M Astronomer

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Five Texans look for rescue after plane crash over glacier

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City of Bellmead still without mayor

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Grandson of late Congressman Henry B. Gonzalez arrested at Bexar courthouse

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Couple accused of beating, kidnapping and robbing woman

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Drawing 40-year sentence, man says he was 'devil's tool'

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Bexar Co. Judge aide gets new job after quitting over open meetings policy

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Train strikes driver who went around crossing gate

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Houston police shoot at man wielding toy pistol - this policeman is lucky to be alive. More time at the range please.

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Ex-San Antonio Housing Authority staffer accepts plea deal over bribery scandal

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San Antonio still looking at killing bar business with totalitarian smoking ban

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Dallas City Council hasn't ruled out tax increase - sure, drive more people out

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Austin, Travis County, U.S. Fish and Wildlife face litigation over endangered species protection

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Houston red-light camera foes may be too late for referendum

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Abilene ISD Employees Getting a Pay Raise - typical government! Reward two years of being a failure of a school district!

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City of Abilene Proposes Property Tax Increase- at least they've taken real steps at saving $ in Abilene.

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Editorial: Beaumont City Council should cut tax rate instead of riding wave of rising valuations - all city councils should read this.

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Potter Co. tax-rate increase unlikely

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Lamar Co. keeps tax rate the same, effectively a tax increase

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Fencing at Tyler school, teacher fatally stabbed - terrible headline. It implies they were fencing (the sport) and a teacher was killed in so doing.

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4 get prison for mailing marijuana in Texas

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Potter commissioners rotate judgeship while judge recovers from stroke

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City of Austin installs 500 solar-powered parking meters

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Harry Ransom Center raising $30K for 'Gone With the Wind' costumes

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Spicewood woman pleads guilty in 2009 wreck that killed 11-year-old girl

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4 dead, woman jailed in San Antonio after crash

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Mail carrier dies after being hit by oncoming car

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Man pleads guilty to fellow inmate's murder

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Legitimate businesses question Brownsville spa ordinance

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Lawsuit filed against Brownsville in debt-issuance matter

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Federal aid could hurt state schools but help Hidalgo County

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Montgomery Co. appoints committee for mass-gathering ordinance

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More Powder Envelopes In North Texas

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Latest letter containing white powder found at Crowley courthouse in downtown Dallas

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Editorial: Dallas sheriff's felon connection is bad judgment, not bad luck

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Houston Metro bus crashes into day care center

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HFD firefighter Jane Draycott charged with shoplifting at Walmart

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Fort Worth City Council should say 'no' to drilling request

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Costs for new East El Paso Spaghetti Bowl may exceed $8.2M budget

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Plano Council puts homeless shelter plan on hold - good

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Texas woman faces Russia smuggling charges in New York

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All-clear given after gas leak at LaPorte plant

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Judge allows O'Quinn cars to be sold

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New use for ex-pay phone kiosks in San Antonio

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Howard County Office of Dispute Resolution Begins 2nd Year

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500 Acres Destroyed by Fires in Alpine

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On the Road with TCA: Alpine, TX

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Filmmaker casts Jack Black, Shirley MacLaine for lead roles in Carthage crime story

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City of Plano employees file suit; seek break, overtime pay

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Van Alstyne City Council to meet, vote on outlawing salvia

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Castle Hills Police Arrest Man In Phony Dentist Case

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San Angelo inmate indicted in jailhouse stabbing

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Probe: Texas Fire Cadet Would Have Lived If He'd Been Given Water

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McLennan County overdue ticket program isn't paying, but making it bigger might - another typical government idea: Program doesn't work so make it bigger!

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City of El Paso postpones ridiculous animal ordinance

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Police Dog Missing in Lockhart

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Allen Pastor’s Hunger Strike Continues

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Commissioners take Dallas County sheriff's traffic unit off chopping block

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Fort Worth's proposed budget slashes jobs, libraries, maintenance, funding for arts and the homeless - good

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Houston: More fallout from alleged HPD, HFD ticket fixing
 

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08/09/2010

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Obama in Texas today raising funds for the Dems

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Fikac: White walking a fine line as he skips Obama visit

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Bill White: Is He With Us Or Washington and the Obama Crisis?

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President's travel plans in Dallas are secret

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In letter to Obama, Perry raises border security concerns, the letter

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Obama, Perry talk border security in Austin airport meeting, photos

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Obama takes swipes at Barton, Bush at Austin event - this isn't a campaign speech but an official Presidential speech thus, Obama once again shows himself to be no gentleman, classless.

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Prepared text of Obama’s speech at UT campus

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The head of Texas Campaign for the environment is arrested by UT police

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Education ‘the economic issue of our time,’ Obama says in UT speech - yep, how bad and costly government education is!

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Obama to be greeted in Dallas by tea partiers and anti-war activists

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First of two fund-raisers nets more than $1 million

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Dallas Motorcycle Cop Crashes In Obama Motorcade

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No lingering by Obama in ultra-quick Dallas visit

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Gov. Perry says Austin hasn't changed him

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Rick Perry kicks Bill White in the (yes we) can

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The Texas Miracle: Why Rick Perry Earned 4 More Years

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Both Perry, White must explain ethics charges to voters - Dear Editors, Perry's deal has been explained many times over. And "market value" is what the two private parties in a sale say it is.

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Jason Isaac Questions Rep. Rose’s Campaign Account Expenditures

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Fundraising revives for Texas Democrats

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Some Dems fear more of same after Obama visit

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DNC defends its 'investments' in Texas Democrats

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Rep. Chet Edwards' seat in Texas emerging as must-win for GOP

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DISH Mayor says state air monitor gave false readings

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A.G. Abbott Charges BP With Additional Violations At Texas City Refinery

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Acclaimed addiction program for Texas felons is vulnerable to cuts

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Red tape ties up payout for the exonerated in Texas

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Examining Decades of Growth in K-12 Education: Spending & Achievement trends

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Are you really concerned about public schools

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Texas GOP chair may try to move 2012 primary to February, despite penalties - no, no, no. The problem is NOT the date of the primary but in candidates not staying in the race. I'm completely against moving the primary earlier in Texas. There is no end to this, states will simply keep trying to beat each other to earlier and earlier dates. Heck, this was why Texas moved it to March to begin with.

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Obama's Federal War on Texas
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Cornyn Calls On Speaker Pelosi To Remove Doggett Amendment Penalizing Texas Schools

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Texas Congressmen Say Doggett Amendment in Violation of Texas’ Constitution - no kidding, I've been pointing that out for weeks.

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Border issues:
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In letter to Obama, Perry raises border security concerns, the letter

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Gov. Perry: Warning Signs Along Border Must be Heeded by Washington

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Border security package awaits another vote

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Justice Brennan’s Footnote Gave Us Anchor Babies

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Fewer Mexican students register at Texas colleges

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More river rescues after Alex swells Rio Grande

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Napolitano responds to Perry on border security

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Economy / Financial / Business
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North Texas home sales drop 29 percent in July

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State wooing firms to sign up for 2010 Qatar trade show

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Cotton Center farmer cashes in on TDA grant

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Austin personal income level falls 2%

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Regency Energy to buy Houston's Zephyr

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Expedia moving 320 jobs to Missouri from Dallas

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Troubled airline, Mexicana, suspends some flights in Texas- unions kill another airline

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McDermott wins Abu Dhabi contract

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Del Taco to open up to 80 restaurants in Texas

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Texas gas company donates $100k after well blast

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Simmons, energy investment banker, dies in Maine

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ShoreTel Inc. hiring 150 in Austin

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Higher Ed. / Colleges & Universities
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Oral arguments set in Leach suit vs. Texas Tech appeal

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TTU Budget grows 6% when directed to cut it by 5%

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Hundreds Mourn Loss Of Fulton Firefighting Legend

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Wichita Falls crop-duster killed in crash in Nebraska

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Driver killed in collision with tow truck, burns to death in SUV

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Corpus Christi: Toddler survives 2nd story fall

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Woman jumps out of vehicle to escape allegedly abusive boyfriend

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Corpus Christi Attorney Frees Innocent Man After Three Years In Prison

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Man accused of practicing dentistry without license

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Somali Bantu leaders meet in San Antonio for national conference

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More Accusations Leveled At Waco ISD Teacher Charged With Sexual Improprieties

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Valley JP creates a truancy ruckus

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New terminal at San Antonio airport nearing completion

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George W. Bush to visit Haiti, see relief efforts

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Lake Meredith keeps dropping

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Off-duty customs officer accused in Texas killing

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Randall Co. airport study has its baggage

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Eastland County Commissioners Increase Fire Dept Funding

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Quake shakes buildings in Scurry County / Snyder

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Yard Of Crosses At FW Church Creates Controversy

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Texas Legends Hold Dance Team Tryouts

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Another Town Without Water: Edgewood

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Water service restored in League City

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Bomb Scare Forces People from Their Homes in The Colony

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Accused smuggler Anna Fermanova no longer under house arrest in Plano

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Another White Powder Envelope Delivered to Texas Church

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Toddler Left At Arlington Fire Station Dies

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K2 distributors seek ways around restrictions in North Texas

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Police shoot, kill registered sex offender after Denny’s holdup in Pasadena

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Harris County gets federal funds for housing

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Group pushes for a vote on Houston red light cameras

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Police: Homeless Man Uses Bike For Burglary Getaway

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2 Boaters Rescued In Trinity Bay

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Plans for 39-story condo tower on South Padre Island

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Not all support $40 million Galveston beach restoration

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Midland Co. Escaped Inmate Captured

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Academy students sue to play sports in McAllen

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City of Houston's take-home cars burn red ink by the gallon - the local government sewer

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14-year-old girl shot to death during robbery

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Silverton to host inaugural PRCA rodeo Aug. 12-14

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Hale County jail back in compliance

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Cultural Embrace: Israeli Family Visits West Texas

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Waco preacher offers passers-by a prayer and a smile at drive-through ministry - I like this.

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Valve rupture causes fire at Port of Brownsville

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Some Dallas Council Members Seek Tax Rate Hike

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Abilene Foster Parent Pleads Guilty to Sexual Assault

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Jefferson County "mans up", reaches budget deal with cuts

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Woman claiming to be John O'Quinn's widow loses battle for ownership of classic cars

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Collin County judge proposes cuts to district clerk's staff in wake of indictments

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Plano council tonight weighs $700,000 land purchase for homeless shelter

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Abilene Residents React to Possible Neighborhood Drilling
 

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08/07&08/2010

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Democrats unconcerned White is skipping president's visit to Texas - they know how unpopular Obama is.

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Gov. Rick Perry to meet with President Obama to discuss border security

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Burka: Obama's upside-down visit to Texas

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Statesman: Welcome to Austin, Texas, Mr. President

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Expect Delays During Pres. Obama's Visit

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Treviño: Just be honest Bill White

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Texas Democratic fundraising revived - no surprise, democrats are great at getting other people's money and spending it

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Friendly rivals, Uribe & Patterson, compete in land commissioner's race

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HD85's Heflin (D-Crosbyton) requests input on redistricting

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El Paso lawmaker wants to examine state's specialty license plate program - classic Democrat double-speak, claim to be for the private sector but somehow, despite all evidence to the contrary, think that government can do a better job running a business.

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IBM responds to state's claims about troubled contract

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16 percent of Texas inmates suffer mental illness

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Ticket sales for Lotto Texas fall short of jackpot

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Should there be a minimum bond for murder?

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New state law requires seat belts on new school buses

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Obama's Federal War on Texas
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Texas' open U.S. attorney posts languish under President Barack Obama

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Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott opposes federal government on many fronts

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Big oil presses state to work with EPA on pollution permits

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Border issues:
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GOP: Border security remains issue despite statistics

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Across Texas, 60,000 babies of noncitizens get U.S. birthright

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Protesting federal cops detain commander in Juarez - a positive sign that they've stood up

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Pimps force Mexican women into prostitution in US

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55 pounds of cocaine found in Mini Cooper

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Former IBWC counsel alleges abuses affecting safety

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Widespread claims of beefed-up Border Patrol presence stokes fear among Valley's undocumented immigrants

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Calm returns after Friday night shootout in Reynosa

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Economy / Financial / Business
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Rain helps counter heat as High Plains cotton heads toward record

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Valley cotton may may weather the storms

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Howell: Demand optimism, technical buys, surging grains drive cotton higher

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Farmers could face water limits - keep giving up Liberty & Property Rights & we'll be slaves

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Tenaska legally bound to install CO2 capture technology

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Higher Ed. / Colleges & Universities
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Texas A&M Health Science Center Holds Disaster Simulation

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A&M to offer buyouts to deal with cuts

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Who Will Take on Potter Co. Judge Ware's Responsibilities?

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Two Texans Arrested for Maryland Murders

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Couple sues Brownwood over traffic ticket arrest - may they win at every turn!

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Abilene city budget is broke but lobbyist gets paid

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"Stimulus": Abilene spends more than $2000 on promotional/info signs

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Citizens Upset With Stamford ISD Administration

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Hamlin Police Chief Placed on Leave

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Austin begins slow process of ruining what's made its social scene triumphant - this is nothing many of us haven't seen in other cities. The elitists will force their vision on all and eventually ruin what attracts them in the first place. Funny.

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Williamson Co. Sheriff’s Deputy shoots armed man approaching his home

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South Texas inmate kills self by swallowing wet toilet paper

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SOS: Montgomery Co. Elections showed no sign of irregularities

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Talks may focus on Bryan's city manager

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SPI drownings rare since beach patrol began

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Man Shoots Victim and Self During Drug Deal

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Emmitt Smith Inducted Into Hall Of Fame

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Former, current Cowboys make Hall of Fame game intriguing

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Fight Brewing Over Plano Homeless Shelter

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Plano businesses oppose location of planned homeless shelter

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Some refugees don't want to transfer to new overage school in Dallas ISD

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Powerful Storm Leaves Mess in Corinth

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Tree slices through Longview home during storms

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Felons helped Dallas County Sheriff Lupe Valdez's campaign, Christmas charity

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Lawyers: Confession That Freed Texas Men Was A Lie

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Dallas Doctor Eager To Help In Foreign Countries

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Mainland’s first mosque dedicated

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Galveston must learn how to stay within its means - and every other local government too

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East Texas police officer resigns after berating elderly driver

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Kennedale alcohol sales election now looks likely

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Over decades, death and bloodshed have followed Texan

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Longview prostitution sting nets 23 arrests

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Marfa Public Radio looking toward powerful transmitter

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Wrights trying their voices at online broadcasting

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Ringling Brothers holds clown tryouts in North Texas

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No decision yet in court battle over 5 of John O'Quinn's classic cars

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Houston residents cope with 5th consecutive heat advisory

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Court no-shows prove elusive for McAllen police

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Illegal Casino Busted In Bexar County

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Pilots show plane's flour power

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Round-tailed horned lizard lives in the shadow of more famous species

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Perrin Museum displays F-86

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Texas woman says Three Stooges inspired her to beat burglar with cane

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Blowout blamed for deadly east Texas crash

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Competition is hot for primary care doctors in Waco, elsewhere

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Coryell County judge haunted by 2007 death with no answers as he heads into retirement

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Some Valley vets may qualify for retroactive pay

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Mayor, Tylerites Visit Sister City In Japan

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Mother saves three children seconds before flames destroy home

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Man dies after running into traffic in San Antonio, suicide suspected motive

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Man fights off armed carjacker at Academy Sports in San Antonio - victim needs Pratt on Texas pistol training desperately. CHL holder was very unwise, not in defending himself, but engaging in a moving gun battle. You will go to prison for killing or injuring an innocent bystander and he didn't know who was in the cars. To be fair, we don't know that it was the CHL holder who put the bullets into other cars - that could have been all from the bad guy.
 

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Gov. Rick Perry awarded the Thomas Jefferson Freedom Award at the 37th annual meeting of the American Legislative Council

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White can't like Dallas TV truth test of his new ad

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White blasts Perry 'patronage machine' - is "patronage" sort of like handing out contracts to friends & then making a bunch of money from those firms? I just want to be clear.

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Bill White & BTEC: An Express-News Example of Coloring the News

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Bill White passes on appearing with Obama and doesn't want to talk about it

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Democrats nominate John Cullar for SD 22 seat

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Dem Cullar opposes fight against voter fraud, voter I.D.

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SD22's Brian Birdwell faces suit to prove Senate eligibility, more

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SD22: Reaffirmed Need for Election Reform

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Birdwell statement on Democratic lawsuit

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Another Obama Ducker: Democrat Jeff Weems, Railroad Commission candidate

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Rep. Christian Announces Health Care Liberty Plan

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U.S. Rep. Kevin Brady gets in touch with his inner artist to address Obamacare

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Activist says all races are Republicans

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AG Abbott Defends Texas’ Legal Challenge to the Constitutionality of Federal Health Care Takeover

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Dallas Republicans plan rally to counter Obama visit on Monday

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U.S. Rep. Neugebauer Sides with Lubbock Doctor Against Medicare

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This week's edition of Texas Government Insider

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DPS marks 75 years of service at the Diamond Jubilee

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DPS Mourns Death of Abilene Trooper Kevin Lynn Massey

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Texas DMV board to keep close eye on vanity license plate contractor

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State grants $125K for homeownership effort

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IBM defends performance, wants to salvage Texas data center contract

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Why Lawyers Should Be Candid With the Court

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Average Texas congressman brought back $74 million in earmarks from 2008-2010

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Austin-area Texas House contests pivotal to 2011 redistricting

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Obama's Federal War on Texas
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Texas leaders threaten to sue over strings on education funds

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Rick Perry, David Dewhurst vow to challenge education-spending rule if Congress passes bill

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852 Texas School Districts May Lose $800 Million in Federal Education Funding

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Senate Ed Chair Shapiro to Fight Doggett’s ‘Wacky’ D.C. Funding Diversion

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Lt. Gov. Dewhurst, Statewide Officials Seek to Halt D.C. Power Grab of Texas Education Funding

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Texas GOP delegation turns to Pelosi in battle over Texas education funds

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Democrat Gene Green (Houston) disputes everyone else's take on the education funds being held hostage

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Attorney General Abbott Defends Texas’ Legal Challenge to the Constitutionality of Federal Health Care Takeover

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Hutchison: Senate passage of NASA bill a 'milestone'

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Texas industries press to get EPA-approved permits

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Gov. Perry to meet with President Obama

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Border issues:
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At Least 14 Dead In Clash At Mexican Border Prison

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Car Bomb Rocks Gov't Offices In Tamaulipas, 3rd Mexico car bomb of the year

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Bullets that pierced El Paso City Hall ID'd as 9mm

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Nuevo Laredo landmark, open since 1926, Cadillac Bar closed for good

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One Man Dead In Nuevo Laredo Border Violence

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Zeta in court

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Texas officials urge House to pass border bill

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Economy / Financial / Business
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FAA may penalize Lubbock medical supplier, alleges shipping violations

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Corpus Christi gas prices drop 6 cents overnight

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Houston gasoline prices go down

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Dallas signs three-year power purchase deal with TXU

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Dallas Goes Green with New Electricity Contract

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Southwest traffic up 3.4% in July, sets all-time record - massive reduction in capacity are helping, I'd prefer more flights and lower fares.

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Post-midnight 'knock-out' bid delivered Rangers to Greenberg-Ryan

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Love Field upgrade could exceed $1 billion

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Baylor, Pennsylvania firm to create network of rehab facilities

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Men’s Wearhouse expands into United Kingdom

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Tacoma production begins at San Antonio Toyota plant

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Emerson wins $28M power plant project

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Higher Ed. / Colleges & Universities
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TTU FY 2011 Budgets Approved, more

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Regents vote to raise Texas Tech's tuition

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Texas Tech college magazine wins Clarion Award

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West Texas A&M: School launches engineer program

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UT students to line up for Obama tickets

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University of Houston-Victoria president resigns, takes new job

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FLDS leader to pay $148K in back child support

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Potter Co. Judge Ware recovering after stroke

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Collin County DA will not step down from prosecuting district clerk's employees

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Hamlin Teen Tased While Holding Family at Knife Point

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Couple Arrested On Counterfeit Charges Turned Over To Feds

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Man Indicted on Multiple Counts of Sexual Activity with a Child

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2 McAllen teenagers arrested in Waco for stealing motorcycles, caught "red handed"

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Centennial ceremonies set today at Brownwood depot

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Two 11-year-old girls arrested on vandalism charges in Plainview

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Aquifer plans drain the south edge of Ogallala

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Hero grandmother remembered - the word is heroine & yes she is

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Female homeowner shoots woman armed with pipe

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Beef products sold in Texas recalled

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3 years in prison for poking Lufkin officer in eye

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City-owned Austin-Bergstrom International Airport Hotel struggling - government should stay out of these ventures

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Save Our Springs Files Lawsuit Against Austin and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Services

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Dallas: 1 dead, suspect mentions 'wrath of God'

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Former Flour Bluff teacher sentenced to 60 years in child sex assault case

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Mayor underpaid, according to Clute charter

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Cameron County says higher taxes are not answer to budget woes

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El Paso Sheriff Fires Back At County Commissioner - on budget talks

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Embattled Hidalgo JP could challenge suspension ruling, attorney says

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Houston PD Officer Charged In Alcohol Related Wreck Near Brenham

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Brownsville attorney arrested for DWI

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Ex-Texas trooper faces sex charge in Arkansas

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Diboll officer resigns after videotaped stop

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Former Hidalgo Co. commissioner sentenced to prison for health care fraud

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IRS to stay at new Austin site after plane crash

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100 Guinea Pigs Abandoned in Arlington

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Bryan Adams To Perform Solo, Acoustic Show In El Paso

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Attorneys say false confession, promise of money led to exonerations in 1997 murder

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Chemical Explosion Injures One in Richardson

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Cops watch as drug suspect leaves son in hot car

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Prosecutor: Galveston woman fatally stabbed over Social Security check

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Condemned Houston man who raped, killed boy in 1987 gets new sentencing trial

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Houston teen shot while playing basketball at park

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Galveston schools get $9.6M more for Ike recovery

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Floydada police chief captures violent, armed criminal with brute force, pulls him through a window

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New Braunfels firefighters searching for missing man on Guadalupe River

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Battle brewing over O'Quinn's estate

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Ex-Seguin football star gets 15 years for robbery

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Wrong way driver smashes into car during police chase

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San Antonio: Shooter with high-powered rifle opens fire on house, seriously injures one

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Man was dead in home for months say Palestine Police

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Tyler Police conduct 'door knock,' checking up on sex offenders

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KLTV (Tyler) news producer calls herself "tvnewsgoddess" on Twitter - Really? A goddess?

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Disunity Reigns in Abilene's LULAC Council - because not all LULAC members are radical liberals. Many councils are conservative in nature.

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Austin City Council expands McMansion rules - further attacking private rights

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Authorities Seize Abused Horses in Bastrop

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Four Burnet County juveniles accused of stealing computers, firearms

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Anson Police Chief Resigns
 

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APNewsBreak: New conflict questions for Bill White, or as the DMN headlines it: Documents raise suspicions about White's role in contract dispute

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Perry again accuses White of profiting from '05 storm - it appears to me that the AP made the charge yesterday, not Perry. This headline is an example of the S.A. Express-News trying to downplay a story as just another tit for tat in a campaign. This story did not originate from the Perry camp.

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White's new part-time Perry website - Bill White works full-time to make sweet financial deals for himself!

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White's merchandise good for a future race

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WFAA Calls Bill White TV AD ‘Misleading’

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Shapleigh criticizes Perry over bomb misstatement

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Former El Paso state rep. Pat Haggerty arrested in California

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Abilene State Senator in Car During DWI Bust

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Attorney General Ruling Requested Over Finance Records Access

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Attorney General Resolves Enforcement Action Against Maternity Services Firms

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Top 10 PACs have spent more than $5 million in first half of 2010

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San Antonio stimulus program investigated; one of 5 in TX fraught with problems

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Predictions of Coal, CO2 Production Flawed, Says Latest Research

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Black conservative group comes to Lubbock defending tea party racial accusations

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Alliance study finds Tea Party activists leaving GOP - they weren't IN the GOP! These were non-aligned, often not voting, folk to begin with. That's why the movement is not a GOP movement. The press has been believing too many of their its stories about the roots of the Tea Party movement, which they've tried to paint as Republican-work from the beginning.

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San Antonio tea partiers enthusiastic about dark horse Trotter for Congress, quiet on Canseco

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Look up your school district's Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) report

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Cornyn bill would repeal tax hike in health care bill

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Cornyn joins oil workers at rally

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Federal government caught lying about airport body scanners, Advanced screening technology at Bush Intercontinental within two weeks

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GOP could dominate state redistricting - could? They should!

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Obama can't find time for the Govenor but he can speak at liberal UT Monday!

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Obama's Federal War on Texas
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“No Distribution Shall Be Made to the State of Texas”

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Gov. Rick Perry on U.S. Senate Passing Legislation That Negatively Targets Texas

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Fed bill includes caveat for Texas ed dollars - it's not even possible for the Gov. to legally make this "promise"

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Texas could lose education aid under new jobs bill

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Perry seeks to stop Texas restrictions on ed aid

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No date for ending drilling ban

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Texas officials say they won't implement EPA's climate rules

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Phoenix police to Houston officers: Immigration law has reduced crime

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Border issues:
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High-ranking Texas Mexican Mafia members get life

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Senate to try again to fund border security - finish the fence!

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Deportation numbers up under Obama compared to predecessor

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McCaul & Cuellar: Protecting the border from above

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Authorities confirm another Zeta in US Custody

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Shapleigh criticizes Perry over bomb misstatement

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Death toll for Mexico drug wars much higher than previously reported

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Mexican Customs Coming to Laredo Airport

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Nolan Ryan Group Wins Auction for Rangers

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Ryan Says Hicks Will Have No Role with the Rangers

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Let's Cast 'Nolan Vs. Cuban, Texas Strangers: The Movie'!

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New details on Austin Formula One race

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Big Country Wheat Farmers Attend Biennial Wheat Conference

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High Plains cotton crop looking strong

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Lenders take over Dallas' Valley View shopping center

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Sales mixed for J.C. Penney, Neiman’s

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Plains Exploration & Production to sell $1B-$2B in Gulf assets

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Massive layoffs coming to Sealy plant that lost Army deal

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Gas prices rise as crude oil goes above $80 a barrel

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Houston ranks low in average home price increases

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Online travel companies lose tax hearing - this whole deal is wrong

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Higher Ed. / Colleges & Universities
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Budget and new nursing school on TTU Regents' agenda

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Texas Tech regents to determine El Paso nursing school status today

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Texas Tech rated one of best colleges in the West

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UT professors offered buyouts - clear the deadwood!

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San Antonio businessman's $2.5M bid wins Cap*rock winery

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Amarillo College proposes increase in tax rate

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Texas to play Notre Dame in 2015, 4 game series

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A&M Student Senators Have Special Meeting About Proposed Cuts

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A&M faculty member honored for research

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Universities plead for continued research funding

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Board recognizes Hellyer’s first year as San Jacinto College chancellor

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Texas uses record amount of electricity as temps surge

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City of Houston activates Heat Emergency Plan - don't they do that every June to October?

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San Antonio OKs smaller Alamo banner - the big one was better

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Man found guilty in road rage murder trial

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San Antonio man drowns in Guadalupe River

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Some areas steering clear of scaled-down I-35 efforts

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Wimberley to hold new City Council election, Challenger says some voters were ineligible

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Austin set $90 million November transportation bond election

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San Antonio gets $6.4 million in housing tax credits

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Frisco avoids low-income housing lawsuit

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Scare in Waco over powdery substance at call center

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Chemicals Spewed From Broken Pipe ‘Like Water From a Fire Hydrant’

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Gulf Oil Spill Gone? Not So Fast, Says Texas A&M Oceanographer

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Obama approved disaster relief for South Texas, no word on South Plains counties

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Valley homeowners can qualify for post-hurricane FEMA assistance

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Houston ISD trustees report no freebies, no conflicts

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High costs, no-bid contract found in meals-for-seniors program overseen by East Texas Council of Governments

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Austin to consider limiting historic designations

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Austin AIDS Service wins $1.7M grant

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E-mails describe Collin County employees' campaign work for incoming clerk

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El Paso County asks 5% in cuts

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Without question, the Fort Worth City Council can spend

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Smith County Commissioners Strain To Flex On Budget

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Brownsville school district won't fund chess film

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Customs officer admits helping illegal immigrants for sexual favors

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Texas prison guard accused of child porn

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Former Hidalgo Co. commissioner Garces, wife sentenced for fraud

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Valley counties in bottom 25 percent of state for ratio of sex offenders to overall population

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Copper stolen from wind tower manufacturer

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Eastland Airport Completes Expansion Project

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Austin looks to expand assault on private property rights

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Cap Metro Survey Shows Drop in Satisfaction

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Road Rage Incident on Mopac Ends in Shots Fired

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Report: Former Armstrong Teammate Alleges Drug Use

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24 kilograms of coke wash up on Jefferson County beaches

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Liberty County sheriff's captain indicted for gun trafficking

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Complaint against Houston PD, alleged nude photos

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Woman stops to relieve self, falls off JFK Causeway, Corpus Christi police say

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Accused teacher testifies he is being blamed for someone else's actions

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Update: Water in Weatherford is safe to drink again, officials say, Weatherford City Water Service Improving

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Ex-minister suspected in jewelry thefts arrested on probation charge

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Tollway authority votes to preserve ties with old-line contractors

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Dallas Park Board halts preparations to sell Samuell Farm

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Puppy dies after being set on fire on Oak Cliff street

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El Paso pet lovers rally against stupid, anti-Liberty proposed pet ordinance

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Washing Machine Rebate Program Offers El Pasoans $100 - the program is what is a waste.

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Deputies: San Elizario Man Threatens Deputies With Rifle, Knife

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Lemonade Stand No Longer Needed for A/C Unit in Hurst

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Fire destroys part of northeast Houston church

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Houston dad gets 30 years in drunk-driving crash that killed 5 kids

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Transport company owner can keep his jitneys in downtown Houston

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Businessman, Harris Co. tax office tangle over delinquent taxes

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Judge slashes fine for Texas turkey processor

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Million-dollar tune: Texas family to sell 'priceless' piano

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Home Owner's Association Wants Flag Poles To Come Down

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Suspect charged with robbing store twice in same day in Wichita Falls

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Abilene Man Jailed after Making 9-1-1 Call Talks

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Premont Man Accused Of Molesting 7 Year Old

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Robberies Up In El Paso For First Time This Year

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Anna Maria Garcia is Falfurrias' new mayor

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Repair work begins on Niña

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Dallas County accused of illegally shackling pregnant inmates during labor

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Rare Batman No. 1 comic auctioned for over $50,000

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Texas gasoline prices rise a penny this week

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Shrimp salesman uses bathroom ruse to steal

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Port Arthur man 'badly pistol whipped'

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Teen indicted; traveled from Tennessee to meet Texas child

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Crime Drops After Community Clean-Up

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Former Texas High School Coach Faces Extradition

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Dallas federal judge dismisses latest lawsuit over city's bike helmet law

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Postal inspectors investigate mailing of white powder to Dallas-area businesses, churches
 

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Obama Visiting Texas? Democrats Duck & Cover!

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Cornyn says Obama 'just using Texas as an ATM'

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White House has talked with mayor’s office - but ignores the Governor & Texas government

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Dem congressional candidate can’t get a free Obama ticket - ha!

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White to Obama: Call me

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APNewsBreak: New conflict questions for Bill White - link repaired

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Lutz: Governor's race update including new Bill White ad

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Gubernatorial candidate White talks education, budget during Waco campaign swing

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Bill White to bother people in Big Country towns today

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Perry in California: Work, fundraisers and 'some personal time'

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Texas Agriculture commissioner candidate, Gilbert, visits Sherman - what a crowd! see photo

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SD22 Democratic Party leaders to decide soon on challenge to Birdwell

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Editorial: State GOP chairman confirmed importance of transparency in party politics

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Texas senators explain opposition to Kagan

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Black members of tea party dispute racist claims

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If It Quacks Like a Duck: Williamson Co. Employee's Assn.

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Texas "stimulus" spending tracking update

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Central Texas youth program highlights confusion in counting jobs created by stimulus

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Eight south Texas counties designated disaster area

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Fifth largest dead zone invades more Texas waters

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TEA Launches School District Job Bank

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Comment on Proposed Texas License Plate Designs

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Texas Dept. of Ag. awards $100,000 in grants to young farmers & ranchers

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Herman: Texas monument to Bill of Rights is up in the air

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New game warden facility first of its kind in Texas

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Democrat Ankrum questions incumbent U.S. Rep. McCaul’s contributions, votes, earmarks

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Obama's Federal War on Texas
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EPA Cracking Down On Farm Dust, more detail - reported on Pratt on Texas on 7/14/2010

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Cornyn rallies against drilling moratorium and removing oil liability cap

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Texas officials denounce EPA on two fronts

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Zapata Co. sheriff says Feds little help in securing the border

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Border issues:
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Zeta lieutenant arrested in Brownsville

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Border Patrol agents involved in crash find pot in south McAllen

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Border security forum Aug. 12-13

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Zapata Co. sheriff shares views on border security at town hall meeting

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Reynosa man caught with $2.7 million in cocaine

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Economy / Financial / Business
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Ryan, Cuban face bidding war for Texas Rangers

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Cuban submits highest opening bid for Rangers

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Rangers afire on the field, but shaky in court

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The Spurs are no longer a 'marquee' team

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United, Continental settle lawsuits against merger

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Sky West to buy out Continental Express operators

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Hospitals' Dallas-Fort Worth ad spending in good shape - yep

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Xcel issues energy alert for NM, Texas customers

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Xcel unit down for repairs: Energy demand

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No one wants to buy former Valley hospital encumbered by unpaid taxes

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Brownsville insurer included in national list of best Hispanic franchises

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Atmos comes through on replacing natural-gas line

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Belo to use New York Times software for news apps

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UT Southwestern cancer center earns national designation

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Port San Antonio to receive $2 million in federal funding

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Wine Spectator honors two San Antonio restaurants

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Aging North Texas Small Business Owners Swim Against Trend To Sell

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Independent Bank deals will expand its reach in Texas

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Amarillo Medical Specialists group leaves Blue Cross network

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San Antonio businessman's $2.5M bid wins Cap*rock winery

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Higher Ed. / Colleges & Universities
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Texas Tech regents to meet about funding, possible building swaps

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TTU laboratory blast probe finds 20 safety violations

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A&M officials back off transparency cost estimate

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Fraud found at some colleges

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Austin Community College proposes raising tax rate half a percent

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Aggies weighing impact of cuts

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Kickbacks detailed at trial of San Antonio Housing Authority exec

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Woman killed near Bushland, suspect shot and killed, Sheriff IDs man killed after abduction

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Fewer 16-year-olds receiving gift of vehicle

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Gang disturbance at Harlingen's National Night Out

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No New Rules Needed, Contractors Look Out for Workers

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Complaint demands $200,000 from investor in ponzi scheme

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Standoff continues over wild animals in Kerr County

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Rovinson Car Dealer Stabbed During Aggravated Robbery

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State considering if Cibolo Creek is worth cleanup

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Brooks City-Base homes now are open to everyone

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Can't get no satisfaction? Move to San Antonio

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Man killed in alleged road rage incident

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Alleged 12-year-old sex assault victim was driving teacher's SUV

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Man accused of fondling girl while mom drove

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Bexar County breaking state law on mentally ill inmates

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Hundreds of layoffs, deep cuts expected in Dallas city budget

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Police, firefighter furloughs proposed to help balance Dallas budget

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Arlington Dodges Budget Bullet

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La Marque residents speak out on budget

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Some El Pasoans question police furlough for budget savings

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Austin Police Union influence may have changed council vote on Sanders family settlement

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'The Decade of San Antonio': An Interview With Mayor Julian Castro - have you noticed the repeated deification of San Antonio mayors, it is a common hope of finding an "Hispanic" democrat demigod to worship.

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San Marcos council hopes to name city manager finalist by Oct. 1

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Complaints over "Weirdos" in North Austin - just North Austin???

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1 Dead Following Fight at Austin-area Strip Club

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Dog Dies After Being Left in Hot Car

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Man accused of stealing Jasper cemetery fence turns himself in

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Electrical fire at Beaumont's Century Tower evacuates building

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Burleson nursing home evacuated after power failure on triple-digit day

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Broken pipe cuts water pressure at Fort Worth's Lockheed plant

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Dallas: thousands of trees saved in levee project

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It'll Never Fly Wilbur, Or How Leppert's Airport Money Grab Was Shot Down

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Bryan PD Looking for cross-dressing bank robber

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Weatherford water restored, but boil order still in place

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Cliff Manor welcomes its first formerly homeless residents

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Divers pull body of missing boater from Grapevine Lake

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Copper From A/C Units Stolen From Fort Worth ISD

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Miss USA 1992 arrested for shoplifting in Denton

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Kingsville police makes arrests in 2005 cold case murder

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Ski-Masked Gunmen Steal Victim's Shoes

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Houston still 4th largest city but is 5th metro-area behind Dallas-Fort Worth

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Inmate sues Harris County Jail for his own medical records

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Ex-judge says prison unfair, 'cruel' to him

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1 woman dead, another injured after shots fired into southwest Houston apartment

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Harris Co. deputy opens fire on fleeing suspect

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Texas family details grizzly encounter

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Is the Harris County District Attorney punishing a mother for speaking to reporters?

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Ike debris turned into art in Sabine Pass

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Gainesville outlaws sale, possession of K2

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Two Harris County banks robbed within an hour

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Courts likely to settle fight over how how to fill Hidalgo County's Precinct 1 seat

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Complaint leads to Wise Co. jail investigation

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Wrong Number Connects Drug Seller With Police

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Mercy Ships Gets Big Donation

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Texas nears 1 million registered organ donors

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El Paso County Sheriff Conducts Child Support Roundup

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Laura Hall transitions to state prison system

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Woman charged with stealing police vehicle

 
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Is White still trying to shore up his Democratic base?

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Where Will Bill White Hide Out When President Obama Visits Texas?

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Perry uses raffle to locate supporters

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Perry Misspeaks About Bombing In El Paso

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McKenzie: What Rick Perry should say

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Harper-Brown, Haldenwang spar in dueling press releases

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Sheila Jackson Lee applauds new law REDUCING crack cocaine penalties

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Rep. Paul explains vote on ‘crush videos’

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Texas senators are firm 'no' votes as Senate begins final debate on Kagan nomination

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Texas needs more minority teachers, experts say - a bunch of bigots! What, minorities can only learn from other minorities? That's nothing but the old separate-but-equal racism the Democrats put in place throughout Texas.

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Texas' child support collection data presents varied picture

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Editorial: Waco needs rapt attention of Sens. Cornyn, Hutchison in mammoth site legislation

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West Texas Legislative Summit set for August 12th in San Angelo

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Lutz: Texas Congressional Democrats attack patriotism in schools

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Tricky language used to push Texas tax increases

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Obama's Federal War on Texas
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'Flexible' pollution rules criticized - the rules have reduced pollution more effectively than other models have done in other states. Liberals simply refuse to look at results on most everything.

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Jones: Remember the Alamo, and the Tidelands Oil Case

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Interior official: Drill ban may be lifted early

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Border issues:
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Arizona, Borderlands and U.S.-Mexican Relations

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What Judge Bolton’s Injunction Doesn’t Say

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El Paso murders, crime rate overall fall

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21 illegal immigrants detained after police chase ends with crash

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Illegal immigrant stuck in tree over swollen Rio Grande

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Grenade Attack on Nuevo Laredo TV Station

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Juarez shootout caught on tape

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Perry Misspeaks About Bombing In El Paso

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Stanton Bridge (El Paso) reopened after police detonate suspicious object

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Shootouts, blockades reported throughout Reynosa

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Economy / Financial / Business
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Hondo hails deal on troubled flight school

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GM sales rise 5 pct as buyers return to dealers - yeah, too bad taxpayers and stockholders got screwed in this.

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Conoco Texas refinery upset hurts 13: report

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Pipeline beneath Austin may start carrying crude oil instead of gasoline

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Scott & White Health Care to Merge with Hospital in Taylor

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Austin-Bergstrom adds nonstop flight to San Jose

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Port commissioners might pick a buyer for Ingleside land

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Port does not extend incentive deadline with Texas A&M

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Study: Dallas CEO pay in line with performance

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Mark Cuban, SEC case back in court

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Tax credit pushes D.R. Horton to third consecutive quarterly profit

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Imperial Sugar shares surge on analyst upgrade

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Downtown Fort Worth mainstay Billy Miner's closing - enjoyed eating there many times

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Texas company finds that 3rd-party marketing fees are still a toxic topic

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Bryan Based Terrabon Awarded $2.75 Million for Work in Biomass Biofuel Technology

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Texas leads nation by about 500 in number of active oil & gas rigs

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Drilling company gets extension on Beaumont airport land lease

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Higher Ed. / Colleges & Universities
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UT admissions suit goes to appeal today

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A&M tops conservative students list

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Li and Zhang: Architectural style of Tech buildings is unique, remarkable

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TTU lab explosion update: investigation still ongoing

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Austin Community College proposes raising tax rate half a percent

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College of the Mainland set May bond election

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New residence hall for WTAMU

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Ex-San Antonio police officer pleads no contest to embezzling

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Former Helotes councilman admits molesting girl, 14

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Accused of sex with boy, elementary teacher quits Northside ISD

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Bribery trial starts for ex-San Antonio Housing Authority manager

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Killer gets life instead of execution

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Man pleads guilty to killing neurosurgeon in wreck

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Woman Burned In March House Fire in Waco Released From Hospital

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13-story Battle of the Alamo 175th anniversary banner proposed - beautiful!

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Major Panhandle-region water source: Lake Meredith at record low and falling

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Xcel asks New Mexico, Texas customers to conserve

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Family says man set fire because they wouldn't let him drive drunk

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Hockley County Jail fails to meet state standards

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Fears of Pervasive Air Pollution Stir Up Politics in Texas Shale Gas Country

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North Texas residents want to protect economy as well as the air

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Valley health system leads way for electronic medical records

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Abilene ISD outlines academic reform plan

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Magazine features Aggie’s catch

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Federal Judge Sam Sparks scolds Austin council - typical self-importance of a bully in a robe

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Doping scandal may hurt Lance Armstrong foundation

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Trial of former PEC manager Bennie Fuelberg set for Nov. 29 in Fredericksburg

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Amarillo Dillas owe Potter County for use of the Dilla Villa

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Canyon won't see increase in tax rate but will increase taxes

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Port Arthur rapper Bun B releases third album

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Jasper preacher accused of sexual assault gets probation

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Transgender widow gives proof husband knew secret

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San Pat County commissioners want to cover budget shortfalls with reserves

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Convicted ex-fed judge, Kent, wants sentence overturned

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Water, power outages compound Dallas-area residents' heat woes

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Water Service Back In Parts Of Weatherford

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City distributes bottled water at Weatherford fire stations, library

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Dallas County replaces tollway agency's only minority board member with one more white male

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Odor leaves police department feeling green

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Collin County DA: District clerk's office padded time, attendance records

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Tougher hiring rules suggested for Dallas County constables

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El Dorado Basketball Coach Accused Of Possession Of Prescription Drug

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Will Texas Stadium Signs Lead to Super Confusion?

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Couple fight with burglar at home

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Kelso: Formula One racing in Elroy?

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Sherman residents could see water & trash rate hike

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Longview defeats Charlotte in vote for Tea Town USA

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Special election set to replace convicted Hidalgo Co. commissioner

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High school dropout rates a problem for Laredo

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Paraplegic teen, man die in southeast Houston apartment fire

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WIPP salt headed to feed cattle in West Texas

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Bee attack in Harlingen, families & firefighters stung

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CCPD Officer Faces Assault Charges; On Paid Leave

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Editorial: If schools can't afford trainers, they can't afford football

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Charges dropped against former Haas teacher

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Humble woman delivers healthy quintuplets

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Police seek leads in indecent exposure at department store

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Two people shot after argument over cell phone in San Antonio
 

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Today in Texas History: Battle of Nacogdoches, opening shots of revolution

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Tricky language used to push Texas tax increases

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Obama Scares Away Dems, Dodges Governor Perry

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Birdwell voting questions linger

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Sen. Brian Birdwell addresses critics: Ridiculous Claims

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Redistricting Could be a Treasure Map for South Texas, McAllen and Mission

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Neugebauer (TX-19) Talks About Rangel Accusations

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Conservative Republicans of Texas Launch On-Line Contribution Fundraising Matching for Challengers

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Andres: Partisanship turns off independents

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Memorial service for former governor Briscoe held at state Capitol

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Former Texas Governor Dolph Briscoe remembered for love of Texas

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Texas A.G. Abbott Names Daniel Hodge 1st Assistant Attorney General, David Morales Deputy 1st Assistant

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Editorial: Judge Keller should have accepted mild sanction for denying late appeal in death penalty case

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Eddie Bernice Johnson blasts Texas State Board of Education - if she's against the SBOE, the board must be doing something right.

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Looks like another school finance lawsuit is coming

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Leonard Pitts: Teacher unions battling against better teachers

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Editorial: Texas should dump 'projected' gains for students and insist on actual improvement

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Not all sex offenders the same, advocates of changing Texas list say

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Six Collin County Employees Indicted For Falsifying Time Cards

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DC Dem’s political fog on Texas

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Texas: Court Rules Home Offers No Escape From DUI Arrest

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Waco Mammoth Site bill still on hold in Senate

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Congressional candidates Edwards, Flores spar over earmarks

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Perry going out of state again

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Border issues:
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Perry: Immigration reform secondary to secure border

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Border Deployment Will Take Weeks

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Increased Border Patrol presence irks some far West Texas residents

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Texans welcome National Guard troops along the border

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US Consulate In Juarez To Reopen Tuesday

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International Bridge Shuts Down After Violent Threats

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Immigrants from Nepal among people found in abandoned La Joya house

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Economy / Financial / Business
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Texas pre-owned home sales rise 14%

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Time to abandon ethanol subsidies

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Fed chief sees long road back to economic health - it could be a short road with supply-side policies

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Arthur Laffer: The Soak-the-Rich Catch-22

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Judge in Texas Rangers bankruptcy case known for innovative rulings

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Bids re-open for Cap*Rock winery in Lubbock

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White Glove acquires Austin competitor

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Austin-Bergstrom International Airport traffic up 2.5% in June

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Dallas officials want audit of Super Bowl XLV's stated economic benefits

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Don Haskins' family withdraws involvement with El Paso restaurant

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Comedian Carlos Mencia opens Galveston isle restaurant

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Cash America buys pawn chain for $70 million

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Fayette's coal-fired plant is example for both sides in clean-air dispute - wise up, it's not about clean-air.

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Abundant rain both good and bad for Plainview-area grain crops

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Texas Eagle takes flight: Ridership increases 11 percent over previous year

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Higher Ed. / Colleges & Universities
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Congress summons Texas Tech ecologist to oil spill hearing

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Venting about A&M's new soda vendor- I wondered if there would be objection

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Aggie wins award at national floral design contest

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Appeals court to consider UT admissions policies, more

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UT professor advising Kenya constitution writers - fail.

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Feral cats removed from A&M-Corpus Christi campus

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Univ. of Texas ranks No. 6 in top party schools

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Accident Damages UTD A/C, Classes Canceled

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Texas head-on crash kills 5 near Vernon

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Lott: Display of religious symbols calls for unseen responsibility

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Texas 'Boot Girls' put celebs in combat boots to raise money for troops

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Five children taken to hospital after car runs into Lubbock daycare

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25 years since Delta 191 crash at DFW Airport

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D/FW Airport unveils memorial for 1985 Delta Flight 191 crash

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High speed chase, 117 mph, through Lynn County

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Downtown San Antonio signs a good idea, poorly executed

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Ledenham helped construct Tower of the Americas

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Perseverance helps vet win spot on national sled hockey team

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San Antonio, Bexar Co. eyeing social media policies

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Historic San Antonio neighborhood, Government Hill, primed for growth

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Seguin artist selected to tour Texas

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Drug war smears line between good, bad guys

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'Granddad Bandit' who struck Beaumont target of national billboard campaign

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Beaumont grocery store clerk shot in head, dies

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Tough Dallas issues ahead for Mayor Tom Leppert can define career path

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Bexar Co. has welfare-for-child support program!

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McLennan County lacking in rural broadband Internet service

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Ammunition slows firefighters' efforts in Amarillo

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Dancing Dallas Bandit Caught on Camera

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$500M Travis County transportation bond unlikely

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Austin balcony that fell was not permitted say officials

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IH 35 Improvement Plans: My 35

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Killer of DeSoto woman gets life after jury deadlock

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Irving school's search of girl's cellphone angers father

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Conroe man indicted for misuse of $200K

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Austin school board to vote on discrimination settlement

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Editorial: Are we getting what we pay for from Travis County commissioners?

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Ring announcer wins El Paso ‘rumble’ Ring announcer wins El Paso ‘rumble’

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Man says he was stabbed at Denton homeless camp

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El Paso Soccer Phenom Helps US Soccer Team Win Big Tournament

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Owner recovers horse stolen from Fort Worth pasture

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Man accused of killing firefighter in 2009 arrested again

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Houston fireman dies after motorcycle accident

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Southwest Houston family finds hundreds of bats living in the walls of their house

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Houston councilman Johnson appears in court over traffic stop, more

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Ferraris in handicapped spaces anger shoppers in Harris County

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City Council to decide if Laredo will represent at Miss Texas & Miss Texas Teen Pageants

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Trial begins in 3 deaths in drunk-driving case

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Sweetwater native, TTU grad, writes for World Oil magazine

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Tyler Officer Suspended; Failed To Check Teen's Backpack With Gun Inside

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Austin school district issues guidelines for dealing with heat - Huh? August in Austin? It's usually outrageously hot.

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Man charged with sexually assaulting 14-year-old teen at Austin rec center

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Bomb threat at Bryan library deemed a hoax

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Replica Niña ship needs repair

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100 Degrees & No Water For Weatherford Residents

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Coryell Commissioners Accept Jail Architect's Plan

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Texas-sized welcome for Air Force weatherman

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International firefighter competition coming to Lubbock

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Firefighter's Widow: Sex Change Operation Made Marriage Legal

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Dash cam video shows Diboll Police stop during medical emergency

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Police: Man robs Austin bank, shoots self
 

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Wyly brothers' SEC lawsuit may be felt on Texas political scene

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White says Perry used state fund to help man tied to land deal

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Democratic gubernatorial candidate's wife talks writing

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Dallas' Sam and Charles Wyly curbed giving to GOP during SEC inquiry

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Two Democrat members of Texas school board resolve ethics cases

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Former state rep. from Houston and lobbyist Lynn Nabers has passed away

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Nelda Laney makes a name for herself in Hale Center

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DMN Editorial: Where to start on Austin budget cut

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Hutchison to vote against Kagan confirmation

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Obama adds discussion of economy to Texas trip

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Texas Democratic candidates distance selves from Obama

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El Paso Black Democrats to celebrate Obama's birthday

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Roof 'stable and safe,' Alamo report says

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Newly elected Collin Co. District Clerk, deputies indicted

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The 10 richest and poorest members of Texas' congressional delegation

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Crockett, UT graduate advances to become chief of staff for FDIC chairman

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Obama's Federal War on Texas
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Salazar keeps oil drill ban, for now

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Border issues:
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Mexican police free reporters nabbed by drug gang

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Immigration divides conservatives among GOP - there isn't much divide

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US investigates threats against Mexican consulate

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Suspected MS-13 gangster busted near Natalia

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Official: Mexicans move north to flee from crime

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Juárez restaurateurs start fresh in El Paso

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Economy / Financial / Business
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Cuban's role in Rangers auction not clear

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Houston housing starts rise 20%, helped by tax credit

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BP assets sale to Apache good news in West Texas

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Amarillo manufacturing: Production flying high

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Luxury hotel on the horizon for Mustang Island

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Coin business owners concerned about healthcare bill provision

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Austin Formula One partner Bobby Epstein low-key but savvy

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Higher Ed. / Colleges & Universities
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Ex-chairman Huffines leaves his imprint on UT System

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Tech medicine dean appointed to provost

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UT Southwestern faculty let unsupervised resident doctors operate at Parkland

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TTU to Provide Doctorate Degree on Angelo State Campus

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RIP: Longtime Panhandle radio broadcaster, Clint Formby, dead at 86

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One of LBJ's 'Air Force 1½' jets returning to Texas White House

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Cleared and released, Green still has questions for rape victim who misidentified him

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Update: Fort Worth flight instructor identified as one of 2 killed in plane crash, 2 killed in Midlothian small plane crash

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Volunteer injured after bite from Amarillo police dog

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El Paso contract talks rejected: Tax increase, furlough likely after police vote

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Hidalgo Sheriff: Shots fired as woman attempted to run over deputy

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JP: Criminal charges part of vendetta by ‘tyrant' district attorney in Hidalgo Co.

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Convicted Sexual Predator Sentenced To 107 Years

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Fire Claims Life Of Elderly Central Texas Woman

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Balloons Take Flight Over Longview; One Makes Emergency Landing

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Conspiracy Grows From Jail In Capital Murder Case

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Short-handed Cisco PD working double duty until hires made

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Austin mayor expresses regret for hurt feelings after police shooting settlement rejected

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San Antonio elementary school teacher accused of sexual assault

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Man charged with beating child to death in Bexar Co.

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77-foot cross goes up outside Kerrville

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Pipe breach causes sewage to flow into San Antonio River

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Neighbors: Cops called to shooter's house before

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Judge declares mistrial, dismisses jury from deciding fate of man who killed DeSoto woman

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Texas' UIL falls behind on concussion policy

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Dallas marshals hit the streets for warrant roundup

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Houstonian who fled Nazis dies at 87

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Valley saved from worse flooding by "phantom" lake

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Radio preacher's sermons live on through the web

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23 injured in Texas balcony collapse, more

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Texas couple found dead after climbing fall

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Retirees near Palmview take patrols into their own hands

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Doctor, jailer face suit in Gaines Co. inmate death

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Gun sales slow as laws remain intact

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Fewer officers means fewer citations in Abilene

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Shift Changes Put More Palestine Cops On Street

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Beilue: Man defies odds in saving three from fire

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Ex-Asarco employees seek reason for illnesses

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Debbie Reynolds recalls life in Depression-era El Paso

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August dog days come to North Texas with 100-plus temps

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West Lake Hills resident sued over septic system

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Methodists growing in Lubbock, bucking national, regional trend
 

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Texas Public School Accountability (so-called) 2010 ratings are here or, these pdf's: Region 09 Wichita Falls; Region 14 Abilene; Region 15 San Angelo; Region 16 Amarillo; Region 17 Lubbock; Region 18 Midland

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Statesman: State-wide summary of TEA accountability ratings

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AP: TEA: Progress overshadowed by criticism

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DMN: Texas schools' accountability ratings jump dramatically in TEA report

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Chronicle: "Future" math boosts some school ratings

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Texas Projection Measure, stricter standards blur public school accountability ratings

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In tense exchange, Glass, Libertarian candidate for Texas Gov., refuses to back secession

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Ag Commissioner slugfest continues at Waco campaign stop

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Wyly brothers have donated more than $750,000 to Gov. Perry, Lt. Gov. Dewhurst since 2000

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Bill White says Perry land deals influenced grant from governor's Texas Enterprise Fund

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Lobbyist Toomey donates to Democrats, too

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Bill White to President Barack Obama: call me

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Local Political Group Releases Virtual Debate Between Perry, White

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Several former supporters of Hutchison are backing White in Texas governor's race - makes sense, much of her support comes from Democrats.

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Lutz: Thoughts on competitive House races and an addition to sleeper list

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Is Farm Bureau’s Ag Fund credible?

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Editorial: Government's role is not preserving jobs in the public sector

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Policies of Democrat leaders have local impact

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Top Texas criminal judge, Sharon Keller, appeals rebuke

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Liquor agency (TABC) has moment of clarity about bad policy

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Texas Democratic fundraiser convicted

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Ticket led to arrest warrant for House candidate Canseco (TX-23)

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3 Dallas executives give $1 million each to target Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, other Democrats

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South Plains nonprofits join push for Congress to reauthorize child nutrition funds

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Read this week's Texas Government Insider

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Texas A.G. Investigation Leads to Health Care Fraud Indictments

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Fed. Hwy. Admin. declares Trans-Texas Corridor proposal officially dead - told you

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Federal funds to help Texas beef up drunken-driving enforcement

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More double-dipping generals discovered while collection efforts stall

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Texas lawmakers comment on energy bill inspired by Deepwater Horizon disaster

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Obama's Federal War on Texas
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EPA rejects Texas' challenge

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Statement by Gov. Rick Perry on the EPA’s Denial of Texas Petition

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Gov. Rick Perry on Federal Proposals To Take Over Oil & Gas Exploration & Production

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Texas Guaranteed Student Loan Corp. losing $32.5 million in revenue under federal overhaul

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“On The Horizon” – Is D.C. Imposing on Texas’ Schools?

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Border issues:
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US Consulate in Ciudad Juarez closes for security - a BIG deal my friends. It's one of the 3 busiest U.S. Consulate offices on the planet.

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Alleged Zetas arrested in San Fernando, near Brownsville

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Debate over Ariz. immigration law extends to Lubbock

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Immigration: Protestors rally at the Travis Country jail house overnight

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San Antonio-area groups praise judge's ruling on Arizona immigration law - these yellow & red flags look just like those waived by socialist and communist parties in Mexico, all of Latin America and Europe. Hmmm.

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Chilling effect: Violence silences Mexican media

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Texas lawmakers to proceed with their Arizona-style immigration plans

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Valley to get troops for border security, again

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Another Nuevo Laredo shootout

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Editorial: Government's role is not preserving jobs in the public sector

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Texas gasoline prices rise

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State regulators approve $87 million Xcel Energy sale to Lubbock's LP&L

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Xcel Energy rate increase

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Recovery loses speed as consumers turn cautious

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Formula One Moves on to Step Two

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Kiplinger: Austin among top cities for young adults

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Houston investors buy six-building S. Austin office complex

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'Substantially enhanced' Greenberg-Ryan bid for Texas Rangers could nix auction, block out Cuban

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Texas Rangers Auction Date Set For August 4th

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Historic preservation effort taking toll on Houston home sales

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Hondo Flight School Shuts Down- screwed by the Chinese

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Higher Ed. / Colleges & Universities
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Committee calls for more Texas educational efficiency

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ACU Named One of the Best Schools in the Country

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Fired Nueces Co. prosecutor's file is released

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Austin City Council rejects controversial $750,000 Sanders settlement

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Port of Corpus Christi to hear from Naval Station Ingleside buyers

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Texas "Mom: In Starving Case Changes Plea To Guilty

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Woman accused of smearing feces on daughter’s catheter sent to jail

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Port Arthur man indicted in feces-flinging incident

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Sex Offender Pleads Ignorance on Registration Requirement

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San Antonio-bound chimps focus of controversy

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Bandera sheriff waives arraignment, looks forward to trial

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Bexar County juvenile jailer faces sex assault charges

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Man who blamed daughter for pointing laser at copter gets probation

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Brownsville killer, John Allen Rubio, to die for butchering children

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Expert: Rubio's appeals process could last 12 years

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Innovative Waco Teacher Dies After Battle With Cancer

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Man Accused Of Trying To Ram Car While Driving On I35; Children Involved

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El Paso looks at raising taxes, cutting services in budget crisis

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Abilene Pastor, KRBC TV Host Laid to Rest

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Man carrying shotgun causes alarm at Amarillo bank building - if he didn't do anything but carry it, the fact that others went crazy over it, means he didn't break the law. He didn't carry in a manner intended to cause alarm.

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The 4,000 lb. gorilla gallops off to Trent

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Masonic ceremony for new Jones Co. law enforcement center

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Amarillo police shoot gun-toting teen

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Canadian (TX!) Concours d'Elegance: Prestige on display

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Frisco soldier gets home back after foreclosure

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63-year-old Store Owner Found Beaten to Death In Amarillo

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Wrongly-convicted Houston man plans to 'live life' after 27 years in prison

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Opinion: Brownsville city officials need dress code - a Lubbock example would show that a suit and tie may not be any better.

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Newspaper names Brownsville attorney as one of Texas' best

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Rio Hondo searching for new police chief

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83-year-old Smith Co. woman recovering from dog attack

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22 Dallas Teens Busted For Curfew Violations

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Beer Truck Runs Over Woman's Foot

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Former Navasota Teacher Charged with Indecent Behavior with a Student Released from Jail

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Caldwell Mayor Bernard Rychlik Laid To Rest

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Del Rio resident has electricity cut, defends with pistol

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Oncor Tree-Trimming Also Snips Home Prices: Residents

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Arbitrator backs white East Texas officer who slammed down black suspect's head - what does race matter? It was either wrong or not.

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El Paso Police Cruiser T-Bones Vehicle

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Stafford police officer accidentally shoots self in leg at gun range

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'Pint Sized Bank Robber' Captured After Foot Pursuit

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Bob Wills music school swings into Gainesville

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Stonehenge II move progresses

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Cameron County Owed More than a Million Dollars in Back Taxes

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Longview prepares for Great Texas Balloon Race

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Retired local Marine in Seguin wins custom Harley

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Man gets 43-year sentence for third DWI

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Former Texas Football Official Gets Award

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Mother whose children were locked in motel bathroom gets life in prison

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The Austin police department will be buying a 256 thousand dollar robotic bomb detector

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State suspends medical license of doctor charged with DWI, drug possession

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Texas woman charged in death of baby sitter

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Montague County judge found dead, apparently from suicide

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Couple suffers hundreds of bee stings, survives

 
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White camp seeks Rick Perry look-alikes being for campaign

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White: Perry Isn't Driving Texas Economy - that's right, it his, and other Republicans', pro-business and conservative philosophy which is allowing business a healthy environment for them "drive" themselves. You liberal dems just don't understand.

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Filmmakers take aim at Perry

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Hughes, Rove to host Perry fundraiser

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Perry preaches states rights, border security to Greta

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Senator Troy Fraser and real estate disclosure - worth a quick read

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Birdwell denies voting twice in 2004 election

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State Senator Kel Seliger Town Hall Meetings Schedule

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Democrat Hank Gilbert wants TDA turned into massive regulatory agency

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Funding Planned Parenthood is Unconstitutional: Senator

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Greg Abbott asked if state can deny Planned Parenthood funding

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Can Conservative Complacency Bring Liberal's Victory?

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Karl Rove, in Dallas, predicts happy days for Republicans in November

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Political markets work too, just try it

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Texas Finds No Cheaters in Latest Steroids Tests - Dewhurst, it's time to let go of this wasteful spending!

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Department of Public safety pays tribute to fallen, marks 75th anniversary

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TWC chairman Tom Pauken's live interwiew on Amarillo TV

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Judge tosses Texas cities from open meetings suit

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2 of state's top guns to remake state Transportation Department

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Texas has largest percentage of uninsured in the U.S.

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Ex-prosecutor nominated for south Texas judge

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Texas Comptroller Susan Combs Awards $2.5 Million in Scholarship Funds to 54 Texas Community Colleges

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Cornyn, Hutchison laud Obama district court nomination

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Stint as Gov. Perry’s chief of staff only a hiccup in Toomey’s lobbying career

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Blow to school ratings system is self-inflicted

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Chet Edwards' military construction and VA spending bill passes House

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Modern art? No, it's Kevin Brady's 'Obamacare' chart

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Texas Republican targets Democrats' health care overhaul

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Obama coming to Dallas next month - & he still can't find time to meet with the Gov. to talk about the border?

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Democrat John Sharp appears to have shut down potential U.S. Senate bid

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Cornyn attending gay-lesbian fundraiser in September

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U.S. Sen. Hutchison still has $1 million in campaign cash

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Hutchison keeps up effort to jam cell phone use in prisons

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Left Admits: Racism Charges Against Tea Parties a Tactic, Not a Truth

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Taxpayer Beware! Local government budget season has arrived

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Green Energy’s Big Costs

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Texas Proposes New Rules For Shale Gas Drilling

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Perry asks for federal help with flooding recovery for Lubbock, 20 counties

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Celis Convicted On Misdemeanor Charge

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Obama's Federal War on Texas
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Sen. Hutchison Stresses Need to Lift Drilling Moratorium and Invest in Nuclear Power

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Perry Says Biggest Challenge To Energy Is Federal Overregulation

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Border issues:
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Immigration ruling triggers predictable reactions

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Ruling against Arizona immigration law strikes nerve in Lubbock

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Border lawmakers push House vote on security funding

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Feds: Pharr police officer assisted Zeta kidnapping ring

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Decapitated bodies left on Juárez sidewalk

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Charred Body In Burning Car Found In The Desert

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BBC: US border violence: Myth or reality? - it's like when the Brits thought Hitler's killing wouldn't go much beyond Germany's borders and refused to be prepared and appeased Nazi aggression. It is the position of a fool.

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Troops headed to border by mid-August

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Rio Grande flooding
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Officials: Floodwaters to persist for at least two weeks

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IBWC lowering water released from Falcon Dam

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High fines for speeding in flooded areas in San Benito

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Economy / Financial / Business
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Southwest Airlines posts $112 million profit in second quarter

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Houston foreclosures up 34.6% over last year

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IRS suing mega-mogul Red McCombs

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AWEA: Wind Power Installations Sink Back To 2007 Levels

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City of Austin makes breaks for construction workers mandatory - it's not their business

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New fight brewing over power lines in Hill Country - they DEMAND "green" power but no towers in their fancy backyards, typical.

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Dr Pepper Snapple 2Q profit hits $183M

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RadioShack profit up 8.6%

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Exxon Mobil quarterly profit up 91%

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D/FW Airport proposes $567 million budget for fiscal year 2011

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American Airlines to pay $5m in freight case

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Whataburger celebrates 60 years as a burger icon

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Dallas Fed chief: Texans are 'lucky puppies' in economic recovery

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Fiserv forecast predicts short-term drop in Dallas-area home prices

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Texas Wells Fargo, Wachovia branches merge

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SEC accuses Dallas' Wyly brothers of 13-year-long fraud

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Higher Ed. / Colleges & Universities
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Texas Tech Research Explosion Brings Changes in Policy

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South Plains lags behind state in higher education per capita

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Aggies still debating conference realignment

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A&M Says "Hey Big 12 - Show Me The Money"

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UTB-TSC to ban smoking on campus - not just smoking but dipping, chewing or snuff! How's that related to others' health!?

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Cisco College President Accepts Position at Collin College

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Former Lamar University student files suit for doctoral degree

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Mother on trial for locking children in bathroom asks to be excused from court, saying it's too upsetting

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Proposed Plano city budget calls for property tax rate increase

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Two Travis County Jail corrections officers face federal lawsuit

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Rockwall man, company accused of defrauding investors

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Municipal golf in Texas: Austin’s sad state and what to do about it

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Austin ISD reaches tentative agreement to settle employee dispute

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“Blue Jacket Bandit” Convicted In Rash Of Central Texas Bank Robberies

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Accused Fort Hood Gunman Still Gets A Paycheck, But Banks Won’t Take It

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Harlingen woman charged in molestation case - simply evil

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Kids Escape From Burning Central Texas House

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Update: Rubio gets death penalty for killing three children, Death Penalty deliberations begin in Rubio trial

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American flight makes emergency landing at DFW

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Abilene Family Shocked Over S.W.A.T Bust & Neighbors Arrest

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More Toll Roads Coming to Austin

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City of Beaumont must make up budget shortfall without a tax increase - right on!

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Local Gov. Money Grab: Austin may extend parking meter hours

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Texas soldier gets home back after foreclosure

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Brown pelicans find new home in Texas

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Hidalgo Co. Justice of the peace indicted for truancy jailings

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Javelina charges through streets

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South Asian agriculture trade delegation touring Port of Corpus Christi, cotton farms Thursday

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Former DART Spokesman Whittington Brings Second Strike Tour to Dallas

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Corpus Christi police: Hospital patient bites girlfriend, tasered

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4 dead in San Antonio in apparent murder-suicide

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Police Identify 4 Killed In Triple-Shooting, Suicide

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Waco Man Among The Dead After Shooting Rampage in San Antonio

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Manhunt Underway After High-Speed Chase Through 2 Counties

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Former Dallas Officer Charged With Second Assault

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Wet, Dry Law Puts N. Dallas Stores on Uneven Playing Field

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Family of former Detroit mayor has moved from Southlake to Grand Prairie, newspaper says

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Dallas police plan to enforce teen curfew this weekend

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Man Holding 'Jesus' Sign On Fort Worth Overpass

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Paris Police Officer's Suspension Reversed

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Del Rio Police reinstate notification system

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Daughter of stabbed Fort Worth woman found safe in El Paso

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7 accused of setting Dallas fires to collect Red Cross funds

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18-wheeler crashes into Texas City bayou

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Train Crashes Into 18-Wheeler

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Sentencing next week for Houston dad who drove drunk, killed 5 kids

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Archaeologists find Deer Park grad's long-lost class ring on San Jacinto battlefield

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Innocent prisoner's outburst delays release

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Firefighter Hurt In Collision With Car

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Fallen Wharton firefighter's ex-"wife" speaks out

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Probe clears Galveston officer in fatal shooting

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Plainview woman's dad to unveil oil-water separator

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Ector County Has Highest Number of Teen Births in West Texas

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Women claim ex-Texas sheriff used threats for sex

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Developers asked to show proof retaining walls built by experts in Bexar Co.

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Abilene ISD gets official 'unacceptable' rating

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Texas Civil Rights Project drops lawsuit against Georgetown ISD

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Travis County inmate dies while in custody

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Girl who was raped and starved in motel bathroom pleads for mercy for her mother

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Mosquitoes In East El Paso Test Positive For West Nile Virus

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East Texas Marine wounded by IED, family shares story

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Texan's stolen gun found, returned after 2 decades

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Brazos Co. banker sentenced to 15 years in prison in child porn case

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Gov't Responds To Birdville ISD Bullying Claim

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Video shows Coppell newspaper publisher's husband dropping off money to cover Mayor Jayne Peters' credit card charges
 

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Fellow Democrat raises questions about Bill White's stance on guns

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Bill White should talk about immigration before he's questioned about it

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White tells Fort Worth group he'll take business experience to Governor's Mansion

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Man who helped Green Party worked for Perry

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Farm Bureau takes a pass on the governor's race for now - bunch of Democrats on the committee, they know if they do what they want and endorse White their membership will be furious just as they were when they endorsed a dem for Lt. Gov.

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Democrat worshiping Washington Post calls Texas Guv race a toss-up - silly

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Texas for Fiscal Responsibility endorses Greg Abbott for re-election

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Republicans vying for Judge Lehrmann's old seat

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House District 85 Skirmish Instructive of November Battles

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Senator Wentworth says his A&M employment deal likely done soon

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Birdwell denies voting twice in 2004 election, Waco Tribune tarring a hero (Sen. Birdwell), Sen. Birdwell: Tarrant Co. voting confusion cause by his brother voting in '04, not him

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Demographic trends spell trouble for GOP

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Celis trial: Nurse sorry for walking naked from fundraiser's home

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Celis trial: Celis flashed badge, called police chief

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Dewhurst: New federal health care law will bust Texas' budget

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Cornyn files bill to block part of health care reform

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With Texas budget crisis, odds may be in gambling's favor

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Taking out trash new job for some state workers - we small biz folk do it all, including cleaning the bathrooms!

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Photos: Pratt at the DPS 75th Anniversary celebration in Lubbock

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DPS unveils new design for driver license website

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Texas school districts maintain billions in reserve funds

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Editorial: SBOE oversteps its authority, ignores Texas Constitution in vote

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Farney: SBOE Should Have Sought AG Opinion First – And Should Proceed with Caution

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Editorial: Texas should help charter schools with facility costs

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Annual Sales Tax Holiday Stretches Back-to-School Budgets

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Texas beaches cleaner than most, escape oil spill

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TxDOT chiefs to discuss rail plan, federal grant, falling revenues: Will Tower 55 be the top priority?

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Ted Poe backs attempt to stem "sex tourism"

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New law prompts jump in TX organ donors

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Obama's Federal War on Texas
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Perry: The Biggest Challenge to the Energy Industry is Federal Overregulation

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Federal energy bill would tax oil firms to fight spills, promote natural gas trucks - they already pay for such, at least in Texas.

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Hutchison on the front lines of GOP's efforts against latest energy bill

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Kotkin in Forbes: A New War Between the States

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EPA reviewing air pollution rules for oil, gas

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Border issues:
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Perry says he awaits Obama response on border summit

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Lubbock group holds candlelight vigil in protest of new AZ law

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Both sides make cases at Lubbock rally against Arizona immigration law- this Sanchez person is a prime example of someone who is essentially ignorant as to what civil rights are and how Liberty is protected the USA. He seems to have no clue about the role of the Rule of Law and its equal application to all.

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Swollen river spoke volumes on immigration - so what? We don't enforce our border? Fools.

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San Antonio man accused of trying to smuggle ammo to Mexico

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CBP nets heroin at Hidalgo bridge

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El Paso Sheriff on Violence, Immigration and Arizona

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Latin American Herald Tribune: Mexican Governor-Elect's cousin gunned down

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Weapons, Drugs, Military Ballistic Vest Found In El Paso

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Mexican military arrests 11 Zetas for firefights near Matamoros

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Rump border governors meeting set for New Mexico

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Arizona's Sheriff Arpaio says people who block jail will be put in it

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Rio Grande flooding
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State disaster proclamation renewed

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Showers affecting Cameron County; flood advisory expires

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Texas cities hold top four job-growth spots

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Houston ranked No. 1 in job growth over past 5 years

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New president at American Airlines ready to seize opportunity

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Baker Hughes names Martin Craighead president

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Continental tries out new self-boarding system

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Continental may get $230K FAA fine

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Village at Camp Bowie set for bankruptcy filing

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Cullen/Frost’s earnings up 39.7 percent for second quarter

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USAA achieves growth in membership, net worth

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D-FW cities report uptick in foreclosures, delinquencies

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Report: Fewer Dallas-area homeowners behind on mortgages

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Hanger Orthopedic Group says Austin move will save $3.5M annually

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AT&T faces possible credit downgrade

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Dallas Fed: Regional economy shows moderate expansion

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Whole Foods cuts 59 jobs in warehouse

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Austin nut lady topples corporate giant with determination, faith in America: It's gr-r-reat!

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Researcher sues UTSA over funding

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University of Houston gets $2.4M cancer research grant

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Baylor, Texas Children's get $14.9M NIH grant

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Galveston College to raise tuition

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Texas A&M-San Antonio names provost, chief financial officer

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Austin College professor named Fulbright scholar

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Cisco College Launches Virtual Bookstore

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Carlton: In Texas Tech QB competition, there's one gun too many

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Former Tahoka teacher charged with indecency with a child

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Lubbock man's case challenges federal sex offender law

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State, Galveston ISD bicker over $16M payment

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Humble man finds huge Nile Monitor in his backyard

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Houston ISD to principals: $19 million shortfall is your problem

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Memo details costly perks and gifts for Houston ISD employees

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Houston PD budget cuts mean longer waits for residents disputing tickets

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Travis County budget proposes higher taxes no service cuts

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Search For Teen Missing On Lake Whitney Has Happy Ending - few have.

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Witnesses: Texas Man Seemed “Jovial” After Beheading 3 Children

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Man fatally shoots himself during traffic stop in Godley

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Shooting suspect surrenders after 5-hour standoff in Dallas

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Can the T legally close Richland Hills Station on the Trinity Railway Express?

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Affidavit: Demons led son to try to kill parents in Bedford house fire

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Vandalism at Arlington mosque investigated

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Farmers Branch hit with another lawsuit

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Volunteers Needed for the Texas Forest Service

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Midland County Constable Indicted

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Big Spring City Council Putting Budget Together Featuring Lower Property Tax Rate

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USO Fort Hood gives Walmart manager hero award

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Back from Iraq, these Texas troops aren't home just yet

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Layoff talk portends storm on Galveston Island - you can use money you don't have & they don't need as many police positions anymore, there are fewer residents.

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Littering in La Marque now a jailing offense

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Ham radio to remain helpful during hurricane season

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Crook gives business the finger after 2nd theft in a month

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Child Dies After Trapped In Hot Car For Hours

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Deputies: Man beaten, shot during home invasion in Humble

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Police Say Tyler Home Invasions Might Be Related

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Austin County residents given the OK to return after pipeline blast

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Guadalupe Co. dog owners may vote to repeal ‘tax’ - gov. is in to every part of our lives!

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Smith Co. Commissioners Push Jail Plans for Ballot

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Van Zandt County Slashes Deputy Reserves

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Chico, Paradise to vote on alcohol sales

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Eastland County alcohol petition comes up short

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Wet-dry counties in Big Country

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McLennan County looks to lower cost of indigent prescription drug program

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Bellmead officials to review possible misuse of funds

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Bellmead council approves 40% tax hike, welcomes rollback by voters

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Amarillo looks to fee & tax hikes to balance budget

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Austin’s budget rosier than expected

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Austin mayor sacks planning commissioner

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Rosenberg trims budget 5% due to recession - way to go Rosenberg!

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Former school board trustee & another Del Rio man, assessed jail time in fraud case

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Denton County sisters get cooking on new Food Network show

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Woman suspected as Russian spy under house arrest in Plano

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Nueces County commissioners deny fee to pay for crossing guards

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Commissioners approve dune permit for $50 million luxury hotel on Mustang Island

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Cattle rustling on the rise?

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Re-hired San Marcos police officer forbidden from doing police work, DA says

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Two Travis County correctional officers are sued for alleged jailhouse assault

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PRO/CON: Should Jasper mayor resign for drunken arrest, or should he be forgiven for his mistake?

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Williamson Co. Employee's Association demands more of taxpayers

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Texas begins new proceedings to extradite Mormon sect leader Warren Jeffs

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Anonymous donor gives Coppell $10,000 to cover Jayne Peters' personal charges on city card

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Coppell Mayor Spent $6,300 Illegally On City Card

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Midlothian councilman Jason Kyle accused of indecency with child

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Women claim ex-Texas sheriff used threats for sex

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Texan exonerated of rape after 27 years in prison

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Texas judge sets trial for whooping crane deaths

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Parkland Budget to Save Homeowners $4 - a tax cut!
 

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Governor addresses media-created real estate controversy in Lubbock stop

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Border sheriffs split on governor's race

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Firing away in governor's race

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White assails land deals that helped make Perry a millionaire - what a hypocrite

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White's new San Antonio television commercial

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Disgraced Henry Cisneros talks about President Obama, Bill White, Rick Perry and the Hispanic vote

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Perry: San Antonio Hispanic Chamber of Commerce Helps Promote, Power South Texas Economy

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Two Texas races key to control of House

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Jimmy Carter credits Texas Baptist preacher for his election as president

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Texas Legislature taking small steps to the right

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Gaining ground: 4 counties with distinct voting patterns key to both parties

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Texas legislators facing battle over immigration

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SBOE’s vote on investment plan invites scrutiny

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Craig defends SBOE vote on charter school funding

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Number of uninsured Texas vehicles shows decline

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Report: Texas Ranks 48th In Teenage Births

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State Health Campaign Teaches Natural Disaster Preparedness

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Check up on Texas kids' well-being: Just so-so.

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Texas Transportation Commission Sells $1.5 Bln In Muni Bonds

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AG to probe BP chemical release

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Surveillance footage played in Celis trial

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How tax ratification elections work

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What do Iran and the Needville ISD have in common?

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Nelson: Racial politics shouldn't color tea party message

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Obama's Federal War on Texas
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Texas attorney general sues EPA to overturn air permit program disapproval

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Houston Democrat seeks $80 million to offset job losses at Houston's JSC

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Border issues:
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Email Circulating About Ozona "Illegals" with Guns is False

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Immigrant groups criticize fingerprint initiative - it appears these critics are simply against enforcement of any law and order

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Illegal immigrant teen drowned in pond near Palmview

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Hidalgo neighbors wake up to immigrant chase

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Reynosa among border cities to receive human rights inspectors

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Brownsville traffic stop yields coke, meth & ammo

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Donna bridge delayed again due to Mexican problems

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Border patrol rescues three from American canal

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SMU documentary to depict plight of illegal-immigrant students

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Congressman Ted Poe helps arrange Humvees for border sheriffs

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Rio Grande flooding
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Cameron County activates flood hotline

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San Benito cracks down on driving in flooded streets

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Economy / Financial / Business
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2 Years After Salmonella Outbreak, Peanut Industry Is Recovering

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Red McCombs named investor in Austin Formula One project

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Future Austin Formula One site revealed

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Why Austin for Formula One?

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Travis County property appraisals fall 3.5 percent in final tally

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Dallas-area home prices rise 2.9% in new report

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D-FW construction work takes big drop

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Collin County unemployment suffers sharp increase for June

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Luby's completes Fuddruckers buy

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Houston’s Green Bank makes Dallas buy

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TI's Templeton: Embrace global markets, free trade

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Continental, United merger gets EU approval

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Continental, United Announce New Board

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Report: Texas M&A sees positive first half

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San Antonio economists dismiss speculation of double-dip recession

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Financing falls through, Bankruptcy judge sets new auction for Cap*rock Winery

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Houston tops list of best cities for new college graduates

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Higher Ed. / Colleges & Universities
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Tech’s center on addictions shares data on campus treatment efforts

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Perry announces $8.4 million in TETF funding for renewable energy research

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Aggie Energy to support A&M athletics

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Texas Longhorns Energy launched to fund UT athletics

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San Antonio universities launch Northeast San Antonio campus

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Starr selects 3 new Baylor University vice presidents

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A&M faculty pick staff, profs over pay raise

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Survey: Overwhelming number of faculty support giving up merit raises to help reduce the number of professors and staffers let go

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Texas A&M Plans To Partner With PepsiCo

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ACLU sues Hidalgo County JP's over truancy cases

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13 are charged in child-support scam

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Punishment phase continues in triple beheading trial

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100-year-old Tahoka woman shares her secret to a full life

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Burtis completes a seaplane after 23 of work on the craft

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Kerr County reconsidering plans to drain Flat Rock Lake

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Judge delays enforcement of wild animal eviction order near Ingram

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Autopsy Reveals Slain Former Bruceville-Eddy Mayor Was Beaten, Stabbed

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Trinity Aquifer's supply to be curbed

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San Antonio-area storms trigger flurry of rescue activity

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60-year-old+ San Antonio conjunto club spared from demolition, for now

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Houston Rapper, Radio Station Drop Lawsuits

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San Angelo, county may split cost of inmate work camp

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Howard Co. Commissioners Working to Keep Effective Tax Rate the Same

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Court reverses polygamist leader convictions

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Alton clinic owner admits health care fraud

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Bell County's treasurer receives yet another honor

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San Antonio woman gets 20 years in cold case

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OSU Police Arrest Former Waco High Standout on Drug Charge

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Business Owner - Burglars are 'Savages'

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Brownsville motorcycle officer hit by car

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People Expecting Pizza Robbed At Gunpoint Overnight

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Church members thankful building saved from fire

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Bid delay keeps cameras out of dozens of new Dallas police cars

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Harris County sweetens public defender proposal

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Galveston DA seeks capital murder charges in fetus' death

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Amarilloan indicted in capital murder case in Waco

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Abilene reporters get Taser shock treatment

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Injured Abilene Firefighter Released From Hospital

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Cap Metro inks CEO, shortens UT contract, bans smoking - at outdoor bus stops!

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Webberville Mayor Arrested Again

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Jasper's mayor Lout pays fine for public intoxication

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Caldwell Mayor Killed in Car Crash

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Autopsy Reports Released On Coppell Mayor And Daughter

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Newton prison guard charged with assaulting teen girl

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Gunman steals cash register from convenience store

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Man flees after trying to rob Dollar General with toy gun

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Police: Austin man dies after homemade bomb accidentally explodes in car

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Firefighters attack unattended smoker

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Nueces County commissioners look at refinancing bonds

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Lightning Strike Causes Explosion in Burton

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Unique Robot Takes Aim At North Texas Back Pain

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Cowboys Stadium Leads State In Health Code Violations: Report

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Previous "Dry" Vote Muddies Dallas Wet/Dry Election

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Man found shot to death in apparent suicide at North Dallas business tower

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Man who locked children in motel bathroom and starved them is found guilty

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Oak Cliff residents angered by plan to move 17 homeless people into Cliff Manor next week

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Heights vs. Walmart: Neighbors prep for fight

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Former teacher in student beating case back in court

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5 rescued from jetties at high tide

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Baytown police investigating attempted abduction of 12-year-old girl

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Amber Alert issued for missing Richmond teen

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San Antonio Zoo ranked as 5th worst in the world

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City of Lubbock ordered to turn over documents in legal battle with city employee

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Tough budget season stalls Coryell jail project

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Woodlands businessman seeks house arrest in tax evasion case

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Memo leads to long lines at Houston courthouse

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DA's office finds no criminal wrongdoing at Houston METRO

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Final sentencing date set for PSJA ISD scandal

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Austin man charged with arson in Shoal Creek home fire

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Harris County revenue down 4 percent in 2010

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Rising Costs Could Mean Closing Midland Co. Juvenile Detention Center

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Brownsville PD officials accused in 'sandbag' scandal

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Plano Drivers Turned Around By Michigan Left Turn

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Alabama fugitive pleads guilty to Texas slaying

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Texas man sentenced to 99 years in starvation case

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Eastland Fire Department: No More Money, No More Service

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Power outage at Nueces Co. courthouse disrupts trials

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Arrest warrants issued more than a week after a rolling gunbattle injured seven in Oak Cliff

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Plano Woman Charged With Smuggling Night Vision Scopes - another hottie Russian spy!?

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Sugar Land Family Tied Up During Home Invasion

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Humble PD officer indicted
 

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White, Perry keeping distance from Obama - another column attempting to equate the two, it's apples and oranges.

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Perry, White trade criticisms at sheriff's meeting in Fort Worth

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Bill White questions Texas Gov. Rick Perry's ethics in lake lot deal

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Perry denies improper dealings in land sale

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Pratt: Inflation works in news reporting too (Perry / White financial deals)

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Road to Victory series: Strategy will decide next Texas governor - nope, voters will

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Democrat Sheriffs Endorse Gov. Perry for Re-election - note, these are border sheriffs

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Plainview festival leader tried to remove GOP house candidate Landtroop (HD85) from public event - full detail on today's Pratt on Texas

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Ag Commissioner Hopefuls Clash

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Untapped potential: Latino numbers formidable, but not all can vote

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Jury selection under way in democrat fundraiser Celis case

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State Reps to call teens on Austin ISD Dropout list

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Young Republicans support right to bear arms

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Opinion: Liberals use new media as campaign tool while conservatives communicate thoughts

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Texas Opposes DRT Trademarking 'The Alamo'

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Dropout statistics under fire

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TxDOT kicks off eighth 'Drive Clean' campaign

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Alberto Gonzales On U.S. Attorney Firing Scandal: 'I Feel Angry That I Had To Go Through This'

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Photos: Capitol facelift update

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Chet Edwards refuses Bill Flores' call to return Rangel contributions

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State Rep. Donna Howard Watching SBOE & the Permanent School Fund - so

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Obama's Federal War on Texas
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Texas challenges EPA on overturning permit program

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Statement by Gov. Rick Perry on Gen. Abbott Filing Suit Against EPA

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Commissioner Jones decries Federal power grab on oil & gas biz

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Border issues:
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Officials dispute reports of ranch takeover by Zetas

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Mexico: Prison guards let killers out, lent guns

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Alleged human smuggler blamed in King Ranch wreck

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Four Men Found Dead in Nuevo Laredo Plaza

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Reputed Juárez cartel leader arrested

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DA unit scours Mexico to find suspects in US crimes

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Brownsville traffic stop yields $1.1 million in cocaine

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Rio Grande flooding
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Santa Ana National Wildlife Refuge Flooded

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Rains, flooding prompt street closures in Edinburg

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Dallas Fed Bank says Texas factory output sluggish

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Transcom to shut down San Antonio ops, permanent layoff of 700

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San Antonio’s export growth above average, Toyota plant key

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Houston ranks No. 4 in exports

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Austin 10th fastest-growing exporter in U.S.

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A.H. Belo registers second-quarter loss

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Residential wind turbines becoming more attainable

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Cotton bounces off key support area to stay within trading range

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Rangers auction date likely to stand; Cuban may decide on bid today

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Applied Materials hiring 200 in Austin

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Duck Tours, UT Among Local Businesses Sued for Violating Americans with Disabilities Act

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Manor Downs shuts down simulcast operations

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Perry announces $8.4 million TETF investment in Texas Tech wind energy project

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Higher Ed. / Colleges & Universities
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Perry announces $8.4 million TETF investment in Texas Tech wind energy project

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Texas Tech to receive $8.4M for wind energy work

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Several Texas colleges & universities make list of Great Colleges to Work For

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‘The savior of the Big 12′- how he did it

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Texas Longhorn athletics expanding into renewable energy business

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UTA data on 27,000 people possibly exposed

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A&M's polo team wins national title

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Magazine follows A&M professor on Bahamas dive

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Field installed at Lamar football stadium

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Former Lubbock police officer & ATF agent helps investigate corruption he was a part of in Tulsa

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Lance Armstrong's storied career ends

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Texas dog named cutest pet in the US

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Man charged in death of pregnant girlfriend

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One of several in Lubbock counterfeiting ring pleads guilty

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Ex Lubbock postal carriers in court, guilty plea & punishment

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Biologists hit Texas beaches to seek out oil spill’s effects

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Bolivar residents still work for recovery after Ike

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Plane Collides With Hangar At Waco Airport

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High Winds Blow Over Plane At Waco Airport

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Many trees blown down by Waco-area storms Sunday

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Hale County commissioners accept resignation of convicted member

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Security guard hit by suspected drunk driver

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Deputies: Ice cream man shot in face

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Woman Fights International Debt Collectors

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New Braunfels Police Make Arrest In Violent Stabbing

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Teen Facing a Variety of Charges after Shooting Incident at Juvenile Lockup

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New McLennan County Jail doctor helping costs drop

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Immigration aid group no longer has Waco lawyer

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Weslaco mom charged with leaving baby in hot car

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Armed Home Invasion Interrupts Card Game

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Harlingen offers amnesty before crackdown - immigration? Nope, unpaid traffic tickets.

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City of Bridgeport, Wise Co. leader Al Scott dies at 79

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Former mayor of Stephenville dies

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Poet weaves West Texas habitat into wide-ranging collection

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3 North Texas adults have gone missing recently

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Major wreck shuts down Gulf Freeway

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Couple Marries Near Smelly Corpse Flower

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Corpse Flower's Spadix Falls, Goes Dormant

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North Texas town fires most of its police department

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Texas City family left in dark by mistake - the regulated folks made the error

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Who really gains from about-face on Fort Worth schools' tax contract?

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North Richland Hills man drowns while tubing on Brazos River

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North Texas Charity Organization Spreads Across The Nation

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Plano Company Shocked By Slow Speed Of Gulf Cleanup

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Shakira Adds Second El Paso Concert

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Two arrests made in Gainesville vandalism spree

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Man accused of starving 3 children in motel bathroom denies sexually abusing girl

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Coppell ex-mayor Doug Stover to seek office again in November special election

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Passerby Stops Woman from Jumping Off Crosstown Expressway

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Police: Thieves Took Thousands From Neighbors in Corpus Christi

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TCEQ confirms contaminated diesel was sold at service station

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Prosecutor: Mom accused of poisoning daughter with feces found with a child

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Some Houston ISD teaching jobs eliminated

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Lubbock PD officer recovers stolen property trying to help "stranded" motorist

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Lubbock mom remains jailed for ramming husband with car

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Some proposed budget cuts catch Longview City Council’s ire

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Hidalgo Co. Man Convicted Of Beheading 3 Children

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Bryan-College Station Readies For National Fastpitch Championships

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Marijuana activist Barry Cooper files Federal suit against Odessa PD & Texas Rangers

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77-Foot Cross To Be Erected On Kerrville Hilltop
 

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Murky land deals mark Gov. Rick Perry's past

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Group listed White among foes of gun law, but campaign says he favors it - those familiar with details of the issues know clearly well that White's exceptions and spins show him to actually be against most gun rights.

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Rep. Chet Edwards vulnerability exposed by Democratic committee's early list for ad help

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DPS reflects on history as it marks 75th year

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After a spate of controversial incidents, TABC shifts its sights from drinkers to the businesses that sell the drinks

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Judge Keller rebuke raises questions, possible challenge

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State council aims to revamp foster system

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Former A.G. Gonzales, now from Lubbock, says he's angry

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Texas Forensic Science Commission says arson investigators used accepted standards of the time in Willingham case - the press headlines trying to spin the story the other way

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No Negligence Found In Probe That Led To Area Man’s Execution

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Law's Houston architect reflects on 20 years of Disability Act

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Study: Government's paperwork hinders homeless project

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Small government has its own problems in North Texas - they stench of the local-gov. sewer I've been talking about

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Rives fights 'pro-Islamic' bias in Texas textbooks

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“Bombshell of a Resolution To Keep Textbook Publishers Honest”

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State could target school district reserves

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Border issues:
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Texas Republicans want more National Guard troops assigned to border

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Concerns in Juárez climb as bombing threat grows

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2 men shot to death in Pronaf district bar in Juárez

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5,000 unite at festival to change Juárez image

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Domestic problems motivate most of Hidalgo County's murders, while officials still wary of cross-border violence

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Rio Grande flooding
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IBWC: Flood conditions stabilized for the moment

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Rio Grande flood called unique in timing, scale

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Current flooding called ‘major test of the system'

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Economy / Financial / Business
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Teen employment in Texas down after minimum wage increase

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Lubbock's Reese Technology Center on the rise

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Dallas-based AT&T, Verizon counting on a 'smarter' strategy

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Home sales in El Paso up so far in 2010

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AMR's new president is focusing on the present, not the future

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Census employees hit job market as operations wind down

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Higher Ed. / Colleges & Universities
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College freshman must get shot for bacterial meningitis before moving into dorms

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UT Tower-shaped water bottle is cool, but how about one that looks like DeLoss Dodds?

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18 arrested in ICE-led raid at Houston flea market

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Hereford business seeks new owner for concrete image resembling Virgin Mary

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Lubbock's progress is Dickens County's misfortune

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Richardson city councilman's son arrested on marijuana charge

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As aging baby boomers head to suburbs, Collin County to feel impact

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Nine senior couples say 'I do' once more at Southlake living facility

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Dallas ISD taking lead role in making school lunches more nutritious

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Porter teen faces long recovery in Alaska plane crash

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Kansas City teen opens fire at juvenile detention center in Tyler

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Teen Fires Smuggled Gun In Juvenile Attention Center

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Fort Worth man stabbed to death after attacking security guard

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Firms owned by white men get more than 80 percent of Arlington contracts - so what? Is there any evidence the firms owned by other than "white men" are being shut out? My guess would be that most bidders are from firms owned by "white men".

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Austin City Council owes full explanation in Sanders case

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Baby turtles being released off Texas coast despite oil spill

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Raw milk advocates have a cow to get a drink in Texas

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Filmmaker Ken Burns working on Dust Bowl project, looking for photos

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Midland PD suspect three men of manufactured home sales scam

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Mission police investigate possible attempted kidnapping

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McAllen dad wins national parenting award

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High stakes as McAllen, firefighters union negotiate new contract

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Hazing lawsuit against Abilene ISD awaits day in court

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How the crape myrtle controversy blossomed into a legacy

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State 4-H horse show a family vacation for many

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Anti-Tenaska groups plan presence at open house

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Return to the Old West in a blaze of gunfire

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San Antonio wants to kill River North tax district

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As Guadalupe river flow rises, so do perils
 

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Bill Clements recovering from a stroke

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Rick Perry: Virginia is for lovers of campaign cash

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Dem candidate for Railroad Commission stumps in Tarrant County

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Nolan Ryan Pitches Support For Todd Staples, Chairs Ag Commissioner’s Campaign Finance Team

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House, Senate leaders deadlocked over Legislative Council Council pick

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Eltife’s appointment could prove favorable

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SD-22 Video of Brian Birdwell swearing-in ceremony

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Q&A with new state Sen. Brian Birdwell

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SD22 GOP Executive Committee unanimously choose Birdwell as GOP nominee for November election

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Sen. Zaffirini (D-Laredo) wants faster college graduations

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Sen. Shapiro Takes on U.S. House Over ‘Wacky’ Education Power Grab

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Watauga judge tosses charge against Debra Medina backer from March primary - good but the officials should be punished somehow

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Texas Organizing Project says it's 'not ACORN with a new name' - 6 of one, half-dozen of another

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Education commissioner defends Texas Projection Measure

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National Democrats plan TV spots for Chet Edwards, Ciro Rodriguez -- a sign they're on defense

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Charter school investment plan gets approval

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Activists seek more electric-bill help for poor Texans - every summer, every summer!

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Forensic Science Commission Narrowing Its Jurisdiction?

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Big Country Tea Party members decry racism

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Read this week's Texas Government Insider here

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Unemployed Texans will be paid benefits for past weeks

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Emergency unemployment deadline extended

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Lib claims the Texas GOP platform is a "real nightmare" - I'm sure it is to socialists

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U.S. Department of Labor opens district office in the Valley

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Local-government profligacy well at the NTTA

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Border issues:
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State Department Restricts diplomat travel in Mexico, warns U.S. Citizens

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Victims pile up in Mexico carnage, but IDs don't

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Lawmakers told border crime getting out of hand

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Henry Cisneros on Immigration and the Latino Vote

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The Texas Tribune Border Series: Part 3: Isolation, Poverty Keep Tiny Towns Safe, For Now, Part 2: Town Bolsters Security as Mexican Deaths Continue, Part 1: Tragedy in Juárez Spurs Economy in El Paso

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Mexico: Drug cartels using phony military vehicles

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S. Laredo Residents: "We Heard N.L. Gunfire"

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Rio Grande flooding
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Flooding expected to persist as weather service forecasts more rain

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Floodwaters rising again in Starr County

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Economy / Financial / Business
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Gov. Perry: Forward Thinking Companies Invest in the Future and in Texas

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Lubbockite admits under-reporting sales for tax purposes, over-reporting to lenders

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Retail gasoline prices remained unchanged

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Texas, local wineries receive honors

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Mary Kay volunteers build Habitat for Humanity home

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Fertility institute opens in Austin

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'Texas Monthly' Sues Developer

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Fort Worth cash grain prices

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Texas horse tracks are running out of ideas

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Property values drop 4.4 percent in Tarrant County

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Clear Channel Radio named finalist for broadcast excellence awards

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Hyatt employees hold protest in downtown San Antonio - gov. financed hotel, it has been a debacle

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Editorial: CPS Energy fails its own candor standard - typical for a monopoly municipal utility

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Texans lag in college degrees - so what does that say about the claim that everyone needs to go to college? The Texas economy has been very strong, better than most, for almost 20 years now. How is this possible with so few having college degrees.

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Gov. Perry ETF award to Texas Tech in Monday appearance

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Alamo Colleges eyeing taxes, tuition increases

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Environmental Group Protest New UT Water Bottles - libs on libs, funny!

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A&M: No “12th Man” On Vanity Plates

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TAMIU bomb threat a false alarm

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UT-Arlington, HKS studying what happens in patient rooms

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As storm nears, cap stays sealed, crews flee

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Former teacher, minister arrested in Frisco theft 'not your usual suspect,' police say

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Hubbard Man Charged With 11 Counts Of Child Sexual Assault

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Woman Accused Of Strangling Kids To Death Now On Suicide Watch

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Family challenges fallen Texas fireman’s marriage

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Judge freezes Wharton firefighter's $600,000 estate

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Judge issues restraining order against all parties in firefighter transgender widow case

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Timothy Cole book hits the shelves

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Blooming corpse flower may stink up Houston wedding

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Jurist says Houston man has spent 19 years in prison for rape he didn’t commit

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Woman grateful she helped rescue baby taken in stolen car

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Harris sheriff starts initiative to halt DWIs

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Lawsuits blame Dallas nightclubs' owner in sex assault, drunken-driving deaths

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Texas mom challenges transgender widow's marriage

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Texas liquor agent charged with selling fake good

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Still mourning slain officer, Lancaster loses firefighter in off-duty fall

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Oak Cliff's historic Alamo Plaza motel to say lively goodbye with benefit

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Dallas hopes to get more commuters on board with streetcar upgrades - sure

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Judge says San Antonio house demolition unconstitutional

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El Paso city rep. draws ire of flea market operators over city's proposal

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Driver in crash that killed Houston toddler surrenders

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Damage estimate at Pantex in millions following rainfall

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Amarillo: Police say father confessed to concealing son’s body

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Amarillo: Perjury charges filed against father of missing boy

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3 kids once loved Dallas man accused of starving them, girl testifies

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Austin Budget & the Thin Blue Lines

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Taylor County Commissioner's look to tighten the budget

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Take a look at staffing levels in Galveston

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Stoplight cameras have Houstonians seeing red

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City of Austin evicting elderly widower from home - aren't libs wonderful?

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69 Year Old Woman Found Living Under JFK Causeway

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Austin's PD chief Acevedo Defends DNA Lab

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Austin PD honors officers killed on duty with granite memorials

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Plainview church, family part of miracle for Kenyan student

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Prison Bus Full Of Inmates Breaks Down Near Robstown

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Man arrested on suspicion of going AWOL from restitution center

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Dallas Police Chief, Civilians Collide on Freeway

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Shrimp boat burns, sinks in Galveston Bay

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Men rescued from sinking boat

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Identity released of man accused in arson, 16-hour standoff

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Former El Paso bluesman Phillip Walker dead at 73

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Finally... Del Rio council fires city manager

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Pearland family victimized in home invasion

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112 Children Found Alive Through Houston Amber Alert

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Houston is a deal-finder's paradise

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Gun range triggers ordinance change in League City

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Arson suspect under ‘intensive supervision’ at time of alleged re-offense

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Robbery suspect flees with cash, Bible

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More charges for former Laredo police officer

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Fire-Gutted Landmark Waco School Will Be Torn Down

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75-year-old Baylor biologist makes suburbia his lab

 
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Greg Abbott's Democratic rival, Barbara Ann Radnofsky, contributed $1K to his 2002 campaign

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Radnofsky defends $1,000 gift to Abbott's '02 campaign for attorney general

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Perry campaign calls White a "liar" - on this subject it's the only word that fits

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The Rick Perry sigh - example of journalists trying to be Rush Limbaugh, poorly done.

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Perry Discusses Immigration at Leadership Luncheon

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Perry says Obama is trying to make immigration a "racist" issue

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Bill White Paying Visit To East Texas - I thought only Republicans had country club meetings!?

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Texas gubernatorial candidate Bill White tries to distance himself from Obama

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Rep. Harper-Brown leads Democratic opponent in fundraising for Texas House seat

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Government entity creates "monument" to honor Sen. Corona & other government spenders, using tax money of course

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Barton, Burgess probe finds Chinese obstruction in investigation of tainted drug

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No money for charter school facility plan, discussion will continue - good. Charters need to be less entangled with government, not more so.

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Texas dropout rate down for grades 7 through 12

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State budget cuts worry mental health advocates

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Editorial: Pill mills need another counterattack from Legislature

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Former Attorney General Alberto Gonzales vindicated

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Ballot is battleground for independent candidate

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National Republicans say Quico Canseco a contender in TX-23

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Citizen action required to save even local government

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TPPF Study: The Role of Risk Assessment in Enhancing Public Safety & Efficiency in Texas Corrections

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House committee action could spell relief for NASA's JSC

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Border issues:
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Gunbattles paralyze Mexican city across from Texas (Nuevo Laredo)  - note to Rep. Joe Heflin and others who use scare tactic language about citizen possession of firearms – the OK Corral-style gun battles are happening, NOT where gun ownership is legal and common, but where citizen possession of firearms is strictly prohibited!

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Eagle Pass feds seize $2.5 million in heroin

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Legal Immigrants Speak Out in Support of SB1070 in AZ

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Perry Discusses Immigration at Leadership Luncheon

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Perry says Obama is trying to make immigration a "racist" issue

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New Travel Warning For Mexico

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Explosion reported outside Reynosa city hall

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Nuevo Laredo Government Warns City Via Facebook

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A rhetorical border war over immigration

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Bomb Experts Describe Components, Sophistication Of Juarez Bomb

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McAllen gun-buying spree leads to straw-purchase federal charges

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Economy / Financial / Business
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Austin picked as top entrepreneurial center in U.S.

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Index of Worker Freedom - compare Texas to other states

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GM to pay $3.5B for Fort Worth-based AmeriCredit

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Dallas County property values drop 4%, beating gloomier projections

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New chief hired for San Antonio's CPS Energy

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Larry Weis named Austin Energy GM

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Pedernales Electric Cooperative again inviting wrath of legislators

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California trust takes over office tower on LBJ Freeway in Dallas

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Bankruptcy Court Hears From Rangers Manager

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Ryan says bankruptcy affecting Rangers' ability to improve roster

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Cuban cleared to bid on Texas Rangers

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Cash Cow-Boys: Dallas Is Second Most Valuable Pro Sports Franchise

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Migrant workers file suit against Pioneer Hi-Bred

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Vibrant downtown, 'Texas' feel attracted ESPN to Sundance Square

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Concho Resources About to Make Biggest Purchase Ever to Expand in the Permian Basin

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Austin's Skyonic Corp. part of DOE CO2 capture reuse program

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Dell settles SEC probe for $100 million

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Katz's Deli files for bankruptcy, threatened with eviction

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Higher Ed. / Colleges & Universities
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New textbook rules target savings for college students, but critics remain

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Texas Tech President Guy Bailey appointed to NCAA board of directors

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West Texas A&M prof pegged to study defense

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A&M political science professor Dan Wood wins award for book

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A&M colleges ID possible cuts

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Aggie academic on cover of National Geographic

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Judge rules that cheerleading not a sport

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Air Force Association to honor UTSA’s cyber-security institute

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Rio Grande flood was unique in timing, scale

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3 kids kept in Dallas hotel bathroom were fed just enough to survive, doctor testifies

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Body of boy missing for 6 years found in cooler in Amarillo attic

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Waco Suspect Apparently Angers Judge, Faces Nearly Million Dollar Bond

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Tillman the skateboarding dog visits DFW

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Former Republic of Texas 'constable' convicted for impersonating cop

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Tuber, 67, drowns near Gruene Bridge

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Construction set to begin on Pearl Brewery apartments

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Houston girl burned in Alaska plane crash heads home

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Plane Crashes in Johnson County

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Stolen Aircraft Discovered in Central Texas Lake

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Sirens along Guadalupe River to warn of approaching floods

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Waco-area Couple Charged In Sexual Assault Of Teenage Girl

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Denton jailers, inmate, woman face bribery charges

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Historic Waco Bridge Reopens Thursday

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Neighbors, Friends Respond After Elderly Temple Woman Evicted

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Texas headed for serious water crunch, says NRDC report - Lefty scare tactics to gin up government spending

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Austin's auditor finds continuing challenges for city's fleet

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New commander sworn in at Dyess AFB

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FLDS Leader Faces Extradition to Texas

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Big Country Consumers Using Wind Power & May Not Know It

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Overnight storm knocks out power for more than 100 in Corpus Christi

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Socorro Residents Left Without Power After Storms

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Small town, big fun: Livingston has a lot to offer

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'Premios Texas' headed for Austin

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Landlord hit tenant with concrete planter, officials say

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Attorney for Pflugerville Dad Claims Self-Defense

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Beaumont man wakes up to gun, burglars

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Update: Police: Baby abducted during car theft found safe on doorstep , Deputies seek stolen car with Houston baby inside

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Downtown Austin Commission says changes to the "No Sit No Lie Ordinance" would be bad for business

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Study: Why is downtown Austin parking so bad?

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Corpus Christi police: Burglar flees on foot and gets pepper-sprayed

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Homeowner fires warning shot at suspected burglar, Corpus Christi police say

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Hay Substitutes For Winter Cattle Feeding - From the Ground Up

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Grayson Co. farmers eligible for emergency loan assistance

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Beer, wine sales, once again expected to appear on Woodville ballot

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Oldest U.S. Resident, East Texan Sanborn, Turned 114 Tuesday

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Man charged in connection with East Texas cross burning

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Guitarist On Marty Robbins' 'El Paso' Has Died

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Update: Standoff enters 16th hour in Hood County, Hood Co. man burns down home, holes up at work

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More bobcats spotted near downtown Dallas

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Corpse Flower Continues To Open in Houston

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Fort Hood man accused of robbing a woman at pen point

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Status quo prevails after spat between City of Edcouch, detention center over inmate-made sandbags

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Valley agencies recognize importance of female officers

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Former Tech rodea star wins second spot at Calgary

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Lubbock's Wooten, now charged, had past ties to Clinton White House

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Cause undetermined in fire that injured La Vega coach, killed son

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Cocaine bundles hidden in baby's crib in Pharr

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East Texas Little League coach charged with indecency with a child

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City of San Antonio employee accused of watching porn on the job in front of children
 

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Bill White paid for advertisement with his face next to Obama

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Perry pounding White on Obama visit

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White, whom Clinton helped, downplays celeb endorsements - what a hypocrite

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Ignoring reality doesn’t change it, for Obama or for Bill White

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Houston trial lawyer & wife back Democrats with big money - I thought it was the GOP that was full of rich "fat-cats"

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Gov. Perry: Our State’s Continued Success Depends on All Texans

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San Antonio paper runs column saying Tea Parties are motivated by racism - author can be reached here: mailto:eugenerobinson@washpost.com

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Gallup: D’s take the lead in generic congressional ballot test; other indicators point toward substantial R gains

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Texas' Liberal Republicans?

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Hispanic Republicans of Texas will focus recruiting, electing Latinos

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Redistricting efforts should focus on keeping the Coastal Bend united, area officials said

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Senator-to-be Birdwell swearing in Thursday in Hillsboro

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D Magazine's Wick Allison: Send money to Sessions' challenger

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Seven Texas Republicans join new Tea Party Caucus

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Texan praises ban on cell phone possession by federal prisoners

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Texas lawmakers enlisted in "doctor-shopping" drug war

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Thornberry: Enhance top spy's powers

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Tepid support for Joe Barton from GOP Leader John Boehner

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Three GOP candidates return Barton's PAC money

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Texas school standards for get mixed grade in Fordham study

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Conservative Bloc’s Power Wanes on Texas Board of Education

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Board of ed looks at investing in charter school facilities

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Historic, New Social Studies Standards Now Published for Texas

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Projections: See which schools would likely make Class 6A cut

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Texas Stimulus Tracking from the Comptroller's office

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IBM blames state for data center troubles - having followed this from the beginning, I tend to believe that IBM is partly right.

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Texas Leads in Law Enforcement Deaths

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Texas needs better, more comprehensive way to ban dangerous new substances like K-2 incense

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Texas Lottery heads into 15th drawing with no winner

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Innocence Project of Texas wants change in police interrogations

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Beal: Fight back against another assault on Texas Open Meetings Act

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Border issues:
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Harlandale ISD opposes Arizona immigration law - so what?

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Immigration Battle: Churches Eye Perceived Upside

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The border, part 1: Juarez's savage drug war jolts El Paso

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6 arrested in Denton Co. immigration conspiracy

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‘Carjackings’ reported to Del Rio police

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Fort Worth rancher changes mind on illegal immigrants

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Border bridge traffic falls sharply

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Shootout near Halliburton facility in Reynosa

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Perry says he wants to meet with Obama on border security

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Texas gov says border security plan inadequate

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Missing El Paso Woman Found Dead In Juarez

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Nine Texans among lawmakers urging Supreme Court to uphold Arizona immigration law

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Texas congressman laments delayed assistance to Mexico

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As border deployment nears, details remain few

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Rio Grande flooding
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Border crossings prompting rescues - more expense on local & state gov. for illegal immigration

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Pilot takes to the skies to document floodways

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Military Helicopters Help Re-enforce Levee

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Valley town of Havana evacuated

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Llano Grande Golf Course flooded - "only way to get to the clubhouse would be by boat"

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Raw Sewage Floods La Joya Homes

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Dogs Trapped on Ranch Island in Granjeno

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Meeting Today for Donna Lake Contamination

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Cattle stranded by floodwaters in Starr County

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Economy / Financial / Business
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American Airlines parent loses $10.7M, names president

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Sysco purchases land in Ennis for new distribution center

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Mary Kay's annual pink pilgrimage under way today in Dallas

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Study: minimum wage law has reduced teen employment in Texas

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Nolan Ryan lobbies for auction of Texas Rangers

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Texas company pays $93K for oil spill in Montana

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Higher Ed. / Colleges & Universities
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Texas Tech sets new record for season football ticket sales

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Tech scientists hold nothing back in battling effects of Gulf spill

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Bleed Orange, Drink Water, Waste Money

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AgriLife cutbacks will cost Panhandle one job

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University of Texas trims 17 jobs, leaving 60 vacant

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Blinn Names Finalist for New Provost Position

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A&M may flush free toilet-paper in dorms - it's not free, it's part of the dorm fee

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Most Wanted Texas Fugitive Arrested; Was Living Under Assumed Identity

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Waco Teenager Arrested In Attempt To Smother Infant Son

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Trial of father accused of starving kids opens

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4th Member of Mortgage Fraud Enterprise Sentenced to 28 Years in Prison

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Baylor Sportscaster Injured In Truck-Bicycle Accident

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Small Town Gets Some Good News About Little Boy’s Big Battle To Survive

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GOP candidate for Bexar Co. commissioner, Larry Click, dies

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Missing keychain offers clue into murder-suicide of Texas mayor, daughter

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San Antonio airport to get full-body scanners

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Houston's Bush Airport to get devices that allow under-clothes security scans

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Report: Warmer climate puts Texas water supplies at risk

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Water shortage: Taylor among counties at risk for the future

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1-Year-Old Struck, Killed In Tornillo Driveway By Grandmother

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Lubbock Grandmother Arrested For Lying To Police

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Water service restored to Plainview's Rio Concho residents

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Austin's rehiring of fired city worker raises questions about role of background checks - the local-gov. sewer

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No tax hikes in new Waco budget, but water, sewer rates will rise - truly the local-gov. sewer!

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Woodlands committee recommends hotel tax increase to aid water taxis - local-gov. sewer

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Petition drive for Dallas alcohol vote narrowly succeeded

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Mayor Wants To Combine Five Parker Co. Cities Into One

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Dallas DA Watkins Uses Campaign Cash to Buy Tuxedo

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Brownsville tables action on incurring debt for new projects

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Lawsuit against Farmers Branch seeks single-member districts for City Council elections

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Jefferson County cuts more than $2 million from budgets

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Editorial: Elimination of Jefferson County library services is painful but hard to argue against

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Houston mayor pushes to protect historic buildings

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Education study ranks Hidalgo County near the bottom among large metro areas

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Psychiatrists: Accused killer Rubio suffers from schizophrenia

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Texas Ranks 2nd in Drive-By Shootings - anything from this study's source is suspect

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Austin Energy has plan to install electric car charging stations in homes

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New "Transportation Manager" in Austin could convince you to take the train to work

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Authorities Seize Grimes County Horses, Dogs

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136 soldiers return to Southeast Texas on Friday

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ESPN's Super Bowl XLV coverage to originate from Sundance Square, more

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Plane Aborts Takeoff From El Paso Airport After Reports Of Smoke In Cabin

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Alleged Fake Cop Arrested After Pulling Over Real, Undercover Cop

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El Paso's Murder Rate Down 83 Percent; Other Crime Rates Also Down

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Prominent El Paso Businessman Arrested In Hit-And-Run Fatality

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Authorities bust illegal gambling front in southeast Houston

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Harris County Sheriff officials accused of attempted computer hacking

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Meet the Xolo: Chupacabra mystery solved?

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Corpse Flower Begins To Open in Houston

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Irving "mother" says she killed her children because of their autism

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Arrest made in Tuesday’s Paris, Lamer Co. bomb threats

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Chandler: Home again to the wide-open spaces - "you can't see Virginia for the trees"

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As homeowners retaliate against attackers, self-defense depends on the situation

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Gun-Toting Homeowners Confronting Burglars

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Pipe impales man in fatal Alamo wreck

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Panola County officials investigating two bodies found in camp house

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Pearland paramedic arrested for possession of child pornography

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Deputies: Intoxicated doctor caught speeding down highway with car full of drugs

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Koelder resigns Hale Co. seat as part of sentence for theft conviction

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McKinney passes ban on K2, salvia divinorum

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Frisco City Council to consider ordinance banning K2, salvia

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Van Zandt County Reserve Constable Policy Scrutinized After Arrests

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Texas sheep and goat raiser to meet this weekend

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Voters OK tax increase to benefit Water Valley ISD

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Lubbock gardeners share how they overcome challenges when gardening in West Texas

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Water Park Becomes Holy Water Park

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Fire Leaves 9 Families Homeless in Corpus Christi

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Cowboy church rounds up strays in Brenham

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Rash of Rapes In Jim Wells County

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Tractor runs over man, keeps going
 

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President Obama to headline Democrat fundraiser in Austin & Houston

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White not planning to attend Obama’s Texas fundraisers

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Perry camp: "Liar, Liar!" Bill While continues to run from his past

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Burka: Should Perry have spurned stimulus money? - White can't even keep Burka happy

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Trial Lawyer-backed Back-to-Basics PAC launches anti-Perry ad

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Perry says he'll release tax returns from mid-80's when he can find them

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Texas governor's race heats up over business deals

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Staples draws fire over broadband map contract

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Rep. Strama’s Voting Record Questioned by YCT’s

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The real story about "Annie's List" in Texas

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Heflin (D-HD85) uses anti-gunner fear language in Capitol CHL issue, wants separate I.D. system - Heflin, Fraser & S. King sound just like the anti-gun, anti-self-defense crowd. And, if Susan King feels safe in the Capitol then why not oppose the new metal detectors!?

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Under Pressure, Insurer Agrees to Fully Cover Vaccine

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Editorial: State commission's punishment of Court of Criminal Appeals chief justice not fitting

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TEA's school ratings next week will have a footnote

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TxDOT: Not all drivers are being billed on toll roads

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Perry Appoints Matthews to Texas Council on Autism and Pervasive Developmental Disorders

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Gov. Perry Appoints Birdwell as Judge of the 342nd District Court

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Tarrant Co. Democrats field judicial candidate but Secretary of State says they can't

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Tarrant County Judge earns national recognition

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Job offer gets lobbyist out of jail

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Adding a 6A still among UIL's options

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Houston Democrat welcomes House action on Houston-area pork

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Congressman Carter (TX-31) joins Tea Party Caucus

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Pete Sessions joins Tea Party Caucus, parries Democrats' attacks over "exact same agenda" and the Bush years

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Cornyn votes against Kagan as judiciary committee approves her for Supreme Court

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Obama's Federal War on Texas
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Obama’s War on the Gulf Coast

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Perry defends Texas' natural gas drilling regulations

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Editorial: President Obama, don't "save" us from oil wells

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Border issues:
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Anti-Rule of Immigration Law group sets Lubbock vigil July 27

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250 soldiers to be deployed along border - actually they'll be in offices, etc.

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Troops on the Way but Governor Says Not Enough

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Drones can't replace locals' eyes, ears, says sheriff in Big Bend area drug war

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Orange Co. joins ICE program to enhance ID, removal of criminal aliens

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MAC Cosmetics Kisses Off Juarez-Inspired Product Names

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Poll Says Texans Favor AZ Immigration Law

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Graffiti message in Juarez warns of another car bomb

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Border Officers Find Marijuana Hidden In Trailer

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1 Killed, 5 Injured In Nuevo Laredo Grenade Attack

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Rio Grande flooding
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Border crossings prompting rescues - more expense on local & state gov. for illegal immigration

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Pilot takes to the skies to document floodways

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Military Helicopters Help Re-enforce Levee

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Valley town of Havana evacuated

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Economy / Financial / Business
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Combs enthusiastic about F1 after watching British Grand Prix

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Sierra Club, Audubon sue to stop coal-fired power plant for SWEPCO

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TaxMasters target of state AG, customers

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Texas Instruments 2Q revenue rises 42%

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Frito-Lay 2Q revenue up 2%

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The responsible path to prosperity: Rebuilding Main Street, Through Small Business And Banks

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Mixed-use project is planned for land near Dallas' Arts District

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Former Texas Monthly publisher joins Texas Tribune - as expected, the Texas Tribune is stacking up to be a very Democrat and Leftist paper. Some good writers but most seem to think the political-center is way over on the Left.

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UAL, Continental pilots reach transition agreement

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Brookshire Brothers cuts 47 mid-level management positions

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MAC Cosmetics Kisses Off Juarez-Inspired Product Names

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Texas Rangers Auction Date In Question

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Mark Cuban named as 'undisclosed, prospective bidder' for Texas Rangers

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Recording studio concept to open in Grapevine Mills

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Hays, Williamson top nat'l job growth list

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Oil Company to Move to East Texas

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Clear Channel gives away radio stations to minority media advocacy group

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Teva Pharmaceuticals to pay Texas $50 million to settle case

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Higher Ed. / Colleges & Universities
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TTUHSC's Hicks had record of allegations

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Texas Lutheran University appoints interim president

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A&M plans for hundreds of reductions

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Police consolidation gains traction in El Paso

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Harris Co. commissioner's legal fees continue to mount

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Ellis County Town Goes Without Water For 2 Days

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Teams of 200 high-tech high schoolers catch rays to continue solar car race

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Former astronaut, Tech alum to greet Lubbock middle schoolers

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South Lubbock Woman Found Tied and Trapped in a Closet

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Denver City to open, dedicate new government-owned nursing home

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Waco ISD Superintendent Who Said He’d Stay Takes New Job Anyway

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Benefits, Blood Drives Scheduled For Badly Burned La Vega ISD Coach After Deadly Fire

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San Antonio Police Shoot, Kill Knife-Wielding Man

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Late Coppell mayor's credit card use could lead to changes in city policy

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Fired zoo employee sues city of Abilene

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Albany's Old Fashioned Drug Store Reopens

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Ethics complaints have been filed against Austin City Council Members

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San Marcos: Incumbent mayor’s potential opponent leads in donations

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Fort Bliss soldier kills self in police standoff

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Fire strikes Dalhart Consumers Fuel Association co-op

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Officer's husband indicted on sexual assault charges

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Valley homeowner shoots man who breaks front window - good for the homeowner

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Buna Cougar gets facelift at Penn State's request

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Rose City man, EMS and firefighters save Vidor man from drowning

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Serial soda thief reeled in, Corpus Christi police say

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More than $30,000 in jewelry stolen at Padre Island country club

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Microbrewery Hinges on Dallas Wet/Dry Battle

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Irving toddler on life support after mother arrested, brother found dead

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Survey: 4 in 10 Texas teachers moonlight to make ends meet - the AVERAGE SALARY OF THOSE SURVEYED WAS $50,019 per year! - the base, entry-level salary (upper-20's to mid-30's) is more than we brought in as small business owners for several years and 40% of these folk can't make it on $50K+ per year - wow!

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Strings Attached To Money May Derail Fort Worth Streetcar System - matching funds is called a "string"?!

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Fort Worth shouldn't nix streetcar funding outright, official says

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Full-body scanners: Travelers can expect long lines at checkpoint in El Paso's airport

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Jailer fired for misuse of camera at Dallas County facility

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Rusk County commissioners approve force resolution

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Rusk County could benefit from new jail

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Drug king's copter hints at scope of his empire

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Person of interest in candy bombing charged in another case

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Man sues Houston over K9 attack

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Fallen Firefighter's Wife's True-Sex Questioned

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Alamo's walls reveal secret treasures for attentive visitors

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Texas man finds missing class ring after 41 years

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Cussing charges dropped citing lack of evidence - an example of bad police, arresting officer should be fired not protected

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Gearen killing highlights DPS lab problems

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San Angelo city councilor may be violating resign-to-run rule

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Andrews Police Department Saving Taxpayers Millions A Year Through EMT Training

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Friends, peers, students mourn loss of Waco jazz great Richard Thomas, dead at 62

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Bellmead planning tax hike to cover budget shortfall

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Courtroom drama for Harlingen karate instructor

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Tyler homeowner repulses home invasion attempt

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Plane Drops Bag Full Of Pot On Family's Rooftop

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Notorious Kilgore Sex Offender Indicted Federally For Child Porn

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Seguin woman jailed after trying to take cop’s gun

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Watkins dapper in $3,000 tuxedo

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Panhandle wheat crop better than last year's

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Editorial: Austin's Capital Metro no longer can afford free rides - the worshipers of mass-transit have to face some reality..

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Dallas man pleads guilty to Obama threat

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Judge denies new trial bid tied to Austin DNA lab allegations
 

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Perry slams feds and White in Fort Worth

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Perry praises Texas regulation of natural gas drilling

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Rick Perry in Aspen: boots, guns and Marshall Law

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Hutchison crossover support boosts White - proves that these folk are not Republicans, many of us have always known it.

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Bill White Claims He’s Got GOP Traits

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Bill White’s Wife Talks Up Husband’s Tour

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A Tale of Two Elected-Official "Englands"

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Democrats continue to steer toward Linda Harper-Brown - letting her point out publicly that the trial lawyer group is working against her should actually help her campaign.

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In race for ag commissioner, dirt takes center stage

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Boots required in muddy race for Texas agriculture commissioner

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George P. Bush co-founder of Hispanic Republicans for Texas

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Rep. Christian talks about Texas Conservative Coalition, importance of next Texas House session

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Gun permit allows quick access to Texas Capitol

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Pratt: Press gets Capitol CHL access wrong

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Campaign contributions scarce for some Big Country hopefuls

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The Rise of Partisan Polarization in the Texas House of Representatives - good. But it was equally divided when it was all democrat - between the rural conservative-leaning dems and the liberal urban dems. Nothing is new, just the labels.

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Naming names on the Open Meetings Act lawsuit - others, such as TML president and Amarillo mayor Debra McCartt have voiced much support. Don't let them off the hook.

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Rangel: Tis' season of finger-pointing - OK but does Rangel have any idea which way the fingers are pointing? Doubtful.

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Gambling a no-win game for Galveston

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Texas state senator to target K2 substance in new legislation

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Burka: Cornyn, Sessions fail to impress on Meet the Press

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On Meet the Press, Texas GOP leaders predict House takeover, fail to elaborate on policy agenda

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Hutchison seeks to trim overseas military spending

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Texas Congressional delegation in depth: Randy Neugebauer

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Left, right activists making life tough for House candidates Edwards, Flores

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TAKS formula draws concerns

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Editorial: At long last, glaring flaws in state's school rating system must be fixed

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Puppy mills spur call for new legislation in Texas - more hard to enforce laws are not a solution

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IBM failing to give Texas agencies basic help under computer contract, official testifies

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Obama's Federal War on Texas
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Union decree unfair to Texas workers

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Border issues:
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FBI, ATF aid car bomb inquiry

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Slain officer call lured police to site, mayor says

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Former FBI Agent Says Juarez Bombing Is Out Of Mid-East Playbook

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Guard troops to head to border states Aug. 1 - a tiny #

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Feds make 105 arrests in sting targeting gangs

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Fewer Mexican students attending UTEP, other border universities

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Juarez Violence Impacting Business Practices

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Sheriff Martin Cuellar on Recent Gun Battle in Nuevo Laredo

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Illegal Crossing Attempts Continue Despite Swollen River

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Rio Grande flooding
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Safety may be jeopardized as Rio Grande dams need repair

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Economy / Financial / Business
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May's Leading Economic Indicators Index gained 3% year-over-year

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Loophole that allows 11 Texas banks to avoid new financial regulations - most of the bill is a sham anyway

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Austin-Bergstrom Intl. Airport traffic up 6% in May

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Homebuilder confidence plunges

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Another Abilene resident speaks out against the Tenaska coal-fired power plant - so go live without electricity!

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Bell considering Amarillo for cockpit conversions

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Arlington firm receives business jet contract

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Pratt & Whitney wins major military engine-service contract in San Antonio

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$750,000 TEF Investment in Real Estate Management Company

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JPMorgan sues Rangers over ballpark lease

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Metropolitan condos sell out at Dallas auction

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Rick’s Cabaret acquires another Fort Worth club

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Plainview peanut plant prompts statewide crackdown

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San Antonio Red Lobster earns green-building recognition

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Dallas natural gas company buys South Texas pipeline operator

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Waco fitness chain Curves finds itself shrinking, closing more than 1,000 locations

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Higher Ed. / Colleges & Universities
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Big 12 coaches glad to still be together

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Valley administrators fear cuts to financial aid could slow enrollment

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H2Orange's Tower-shaped water bottle carries UT Austin colors

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Former Texas A&M Employees Begin Job Hunt After Layoffs

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Fewer Mexican students attending UTEP, other border universities

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Murchison: UT should have left dorm name alone

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Editorial: Renaming dorm at UT proper

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Budget gaps for major Texas cities tops $400 million - the welfare-state if alive and well at the local government level.

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Homeowner shoots, kills suspected burglar in Travis County - anti-wimp

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Witness catches parking lot robbery suspect

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Pizza Delivery Man Stabbed, Robbed

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Corpus Christi police: Man shot with own gun while car is repossessed

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New children's shelter to open in Guadalupe County

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Teen falls 100 feet through Wichita Falls high school chimney

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Former High School Standout’s Plea Deal Rejected; Guilty Plea Withdrawn

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National debate prompts breakup at flagship Episcopal church in San Antonio

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The Leander family targeted in a hate crime can not find anyone to repair their home

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Austin Firefighter Suspended for DWI

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Feds make 105 arrests in sting targeting gangs

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Panhandle native, NFL great Zach Thomas: Time to turn the page

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Stephenville teen detained in three-year old murder case

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Abilene Zoo Takes Animals Off Exhibit Due To Cage Malfunction

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Update: North Texas woman dies day after small plane crash, Couple survives Denton, Texas, plane crash

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Drug Plane Ditched in Caddo Mills, Officials Say

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Houston police get their own plane for training, an old Boeing 737

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Toddler swept away at San Luis Pass as he washes hands

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New penalty trial begins for homeless man convicted in DeSoto woman's 1997 murder

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Mesquite police investigating possible murder-suicide

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Rangers' Molina Named Player Of The Week

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Power out for part of southside of Corpus Christi

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Jelly Fish Invading Beach Water

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El Paso Lands 2013 LULAC Convention

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Litter in La Marque, go to jail

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Cops: Armed man robs Chuck-E-Cheese token machine - idiot

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Piles of cricket corpses rot in South Texas

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Man who killed 2 Houston Grand Opera singers set for execution

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Houston man charged with crashing car to kill wife

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Photo gallery: Caverns of Sonora - privately owned by wonderful people, stop by.

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Texas Rio Grande Legal Aid manager convicted of fraud

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Austin police union urges city officials to reject settlement

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Texas teen raises $1 million for Texas Scottish Rite Hospital for Children

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Lake Meredith continues to drop; new signs posted

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Head of Austin Police Association asks council to let the Sanders case go to trial

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Groves man sentenced to life for exploiting children to make child porn

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Irving Hosts Secretive ObamaCare Meeting

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It was raining marijuana in east Texas

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UIL: Adding Conference 6A 'More Likely Than Ever'

 
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07/17 & 18/2010

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In Lubbock, White rips Perry on border issue

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White profited from troubled oil company, more

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Perry outraises White on South Plains, but not statewide

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Midland is tops in Texas for political donations

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Reports: Lubbock-area political donations too small for aggressive campaigns - Rangel has no experience, knowledge or expertise in any of this stuff. He'd do better to just report instead of repeating what he reads in Austin blogs.

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Fikac: Perry's tightrope walk on immigration

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Wentworth says he'll seek re-election

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GOP trio waits on Wentworth's A&M decision

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Pedernales firing recharges lawmakers' initiative, legislation pushed

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Editorial: New Senate water leader must find money stream

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Legislative redistricting hearings begin Monday in McAllen

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Editorial: Following Carona in Senate Transportation

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'Chronic failures' threaten IBM contract with Texas

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Sessions, Cornyn see Republican momentum for midterm elections

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Mr. Sessions, "that's a pretty gauzy agenda"

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Pauken: Sessions is wrong leader to restore GOP power - here we go again with the infighting

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Dems look at Barton as aid to fundraising

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Editorial: Some public officials just don't get it, do they?

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Obama's Federal War on Texas
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Perry, not EPA, is real 'rogue' in air-quality fight

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Border issues:
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Inside Mexico's Drug War, Americans Allege Abuse

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Ciudad Juarez car bomb signals new dimension to Mexican drug war

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Americans' views on immigration reveal complexities

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Bomb suspect tied to airman's slaying

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12 dead in Nuevo Laredo shootout

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Rio Grande flooding
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Brownsville resident recalls 1942 flood

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Floodwaters persist as firefighters rescue more immigrants in Mission

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Economy / Financial / Business
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The $3 billion+ Tenaska Trailblazer Energy Center proposed for near Sweetwater, How it works

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Mavericks owner Mark Cuban may bid for Texas Rangers

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State report says Texas dropout rate falls to 9.4 percent; critics question data

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Gains cited in aid for most troubled teens

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Hundreds of Texas food makers were unlicensed

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West Texas doctor accused by nurses could face discipline, loss of license

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Lubbock ISD police chief pushes more of a police-state-style campus environment

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Firing of former DPS trooper of the year upheld

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Mineral Wells child kidnapped, killed

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Family, friends grieve for boy, 4, taken from Mineral Wells home

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Suspect in slaying of Mineral Wells boy is shot to death

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Body of toddler recovered near San Luis Pass

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McDonald Observatory dedicates new telescope

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Construction on George W. Bush's presidential center will finally get under way this year

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Fort Worth's budget gap tops other big cities'

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Arlington's General Motors plant puts quality control to the test

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Henry Skinner's last chance: Steady in his convictions

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Court ruling could be far-reaching

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Mental retardation evidence may not save Arlington teen's killer from death chamber

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For decades, man's Irving company been fueling the fires of great Texas barbecue

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TexasSure program finds about 25 percent of vehicles uninsured in Dallas County

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Backlog prompts Harris Co. DA to call for emergency DNA lab

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Harris Co. Judge Emmett holds huge fund-raising lead over Quan

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Simon, former Continental Airline exec, dies at 67

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Former Harlingen mayor Bill Card dead at 88

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Deer Park mom hopes lawsuit provides clues to son's slaying

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Killer set to die Tuesday for '88 slaying of Houston tenors

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Suit claims widow of Wharton firefighter was born a man

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Longhorn beef rancher goes to direct sales

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Lone Star Lineman's Rodeo: Linemen show off skills

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Serial rapist from El Paso sentenced to 60 years

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Boca Chica Beach may contain sewage water, some warning signs missing

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Judge won't stay Brownsville ISD retaliation trial

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Guardian Angels founder Curtis Sliwa speaks at El Paso graduation

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San Antonio man buys notorious monastery outside Blanco

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Lance Armstrong calls payoff allegations ‘nonsense'

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Stabbing On Texas Beach Leaves One Teen Dead

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La Vega ISD Coach Burned, Son Dead After Home Explosion

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KIPP University Prep High School charter school aces TAKS test first year

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1887 San Antonio bridge restored
 

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07/16/2010

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Search campaign finance filings here

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Staples reports ten times as much money as Gilbert for fall campaign

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Attorney General Greg Abbott's war chest: $11.2M

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Plano Rep. Van Taylor spent $1.05M on primary win

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Turner and Pierson lead in fundraising

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Perry campaign settles lawsuit charging he hid $1 million contribution

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Perry said no, and he means no on Border Conference moved from AZ

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Speaker Straus pressed on immigration, state's rights at Gillespie Co. gathering

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Straus’ Word And His Cardinals’ Silence

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Barbara Radnofsky keeps on 'Sue Wall Street' push

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Editorial: Sen. Carona told truth about state roads - hillarious! Note that it's the Libs who loved him, just proving the point that Carona is a RINO all the way.

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Taxpayers Get Relief: Carona Gone From Transportation

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Transportation advocates surprised by change in committee chairman - advocates means spenders!

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Dallas state Sen. Carona not running for mayor

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Final Taxpayer Whoopin' from Wentworth?

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State senator Wentworth, A&M chancellor in talks

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U.S. Senate scramble 2012: midyear $ reports show little activity

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Hutchison stops fundraising while contenders keep drawing cash

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Former U.S. Attorney General Al Gonzales has a law office but no practice in Austin

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Ralph Hall to host tea party at his Rockwall home

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Vietnam still a quagmire for Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee; Houston rep sees two Vietnams coexisting in peace

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Guam's acting governor chides Hutchison for geography flap

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AFP-Texas Praises Senators Kay Bailey Hutchison and John Cornyn for Opposing Financial Takeover

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Edwards & Flores both raise more than $600K for Congressional race

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Chet Edwards' campaign: Bill Flores is attempting to buy the election

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Open meetings law threat or guard to free speech rights?

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This week's edition of Texas Government Insider

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DPS preparing for 75th Diamond Jubilee anniversary, events schedule

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IBM gets final warning on troubled data center contract

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Gov. Perry Awards $3.1 Million in Funds for Gang Prevention

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716,000 in Texas may be eligible for pre-existing condition Obama-care plan

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Court of Criminal Appeals Justice Sharon Keller reprimanded over late appeal issue

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Large war chests signify 'campaigns of the most professional caliber'

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Scaffolding goes up for Capitol's renovation

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Obama's Federal War on Texas
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Analysis: Senate's NASA bill rebuffs Obama (& his attack on Johnson Space Center)

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Border issues:
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Safety concerns, pilot shortage slow use of drones on border - b.s., this is just more Federal foot-dragging

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2 Juárez cops, 1 paramedic, dead in explosion, 16 people wounded

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Mayor: car bomb used in attack on Mexican police

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We should make a federal case over immigration

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Deaths among border crossers soar in July

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Feds nab several fugitives at international bridges

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Texas gets biggest slice of federal border security funds

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Rio Grande flooding
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Falcon Reservoir's record level washed away in flood of 2010

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South Texas agricultural flood losses mounting

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Hunter's body in Rio Grande, apparent drowning

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South Laredo residents: "No one has helped us"

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Carretera Nacional (MX) now open

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Economy / Financial / Business
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Texas Unemployment Rate Drops to 8.2% in June

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Texas employers add 14,000 jobs

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Small Businesses Pay 33% of Rising Tort Costs Out-of-Pocket

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More million-dollar-plus homes in Dallas area in foreclosure

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Dell Inc. offers settlement for SEC investigation; shareholder meeting stalled

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Regency Energy sells East Texas pipeline system

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Houston tops in entrepreneurial activity - report

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Astrotech ousts president

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Canada to spend $8.5B on Lockheed's F-35 fighter

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USAA members deposited $928 million into accounts via smartphones

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Waco bankers decry new finance bill

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Higher Ed. / Colleges & Universities
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WT Professor Wins Young Investigator Award from the Defense Threat Reduction Agency

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UT System launching nursing doctorate in San Antonio

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The Lights of Texas Are Upon UT

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Renovations to Jones AT&T Stadium set for completion in time for season opener

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Tech print shop closes to make way for research

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Athletic director Gerald Myers proud of Texas Tech's athletic facilities

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Alamo College wins state higher ed board grant

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Former Texas Tech Coach Mike Leach releasing a book in January

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Coppell mayor who murdered her daughter & killed herself faced spending probe

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Coppell mayor's use of city-issued credit card raised questions

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Pastor says dead Texas mayor had financial woes

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Cedar Hill mayor lent Coppell mayor gun used in shootings - I feel sorry for him, he bears no responsibility.

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San Antonio researchers discover important link between cancer and smoking

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Xcel Energy to host event in the air at 19th annual Lonestar Lineman's Rodeo

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Pastor sentenced in child porn case

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Accelerated completion of Texas Research Parkway approved for Bexar Co.

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Fake Army hero in trouble again

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Driver smashes into San Antonio gas pump — repeatedly

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Unusual tourist attraction moving from Hunt to Ingram

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I35 reopened after Austin police coax man off flyover

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Fate Of Daycare Worker “In God’s Hands” After Kids View R-Rated Film

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Coolidge Police Chief: DPS Trooper Covered Up Accident Investigation

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2nd Local Mayor Submits Resignation, Bangs Mayor This Time

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Abilene Fire Truck Joy Rider Caught

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Grand jury indicts man accused of cattle theft

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Anti-Tenaska power plant group is angry about meeting rules - they can setup their own meeting

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High Plains homeowners speak out about water rights

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Lower Colorado River Authority denies claims in posed lawsuit

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Plfugerville water park hits snag

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Brown County sheriff recovers after surgery

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Texas shrimpers open new season with worries

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No charges over golf cart death of Texas teen

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AWOL soldier pleads guilty to mother's murder, 50 year sentence

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Half-finished downtown Austin condo tower bankrupt

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Austin Man Tops DPS Most Wanted Sex-Offender List

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Austin online budget survey results released

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Austin PD's DNA Lab to Be Put Under Microscope

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Austin PD chief criticizes whistle blower in DNA crime lab case

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Chemical tanker aground off Galveston refloated

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About 1,000 animals rescued from Houston-area home

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Los Fresnos barbecue joint joins the ranks of Texas legends

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Substantial drop in overall Beaumont crime rate

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Bus driver claims abortion views led to his firing

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Possible Meth Lab Forces Evacuations In Bryan

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Obituary With Texas Connection Urges Vote Against Harry Reid

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North Texas Runner About To Achieve 'Lofty' Goal

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Fleshy, Lacy Humanity to Plunge Toward Earth - the photo is hillarious

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Cat's death in wall at Dallas shelter investigated after allegations of cruelty

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'Super Handyman' Al Carrell hangs up his tool belt

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Corpus Christi: Downtown parking attendants investigated for bribery

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Dallas police officer mistakenly shoots rookie cop

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Fort Worth man charged with killing teen who was breaking up fight

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Funeral arrangements set for 6-year-old Houston boy allegedly killed by dad

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Rusk DA's prognosis good after emergency brain surgery

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Historic downtown Kerrville property for sale

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Rusk State Hospital Facing Potential Cutbacks

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Customer wounded in Beaumont bank robbery

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Stinking Corpse Flower Becomes Big Business in Houston

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Hale Co. commissioner Koelder guilty of reduced theft charge

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Pea-pickin’ machine eases crop harvest

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Big Spring Man Authors, Signs Book About 2009 Howard College National Champion Baseball Team

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An environmental perspective on wind energy

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Indicted Harlingen karate instructor told 'not' to talk

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Bid made to save old segregated Uvalde school

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Abilene Suspended Non-Profit Answers to State on Monday

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Young baseball players compete for state titles in Irving
 

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Rasmussen Reports: Perry 50%, White 41%

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White entering general election with $9 million in cash

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White and Perry raise about $7 million each, White has more on hand

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White has $3 million fund raising edge over Perry - actually Perry's raised $20M, White $16.6M

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"White has a lot to overcome that's beyond his control"

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Gov. Perry to teen drop outs: No school, no driver’s license

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Dewhurst engineers midterm Senate shakeup

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New faces on the plum Senate Finance Committee

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Wentworth may leave Senate for A&M job

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Wentworth on the Job Market

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Early money is like, Straus!

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Perry Appoints Choate as Newton County Criminal District Attorney

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Perry Appoints Three to Texas Appraiser Licensing and Certification Board

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Perry Appoints Duran and Juarez to Communities in Schools Advisory Committee

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Neugebauer: Promotional signs for stimulus programs cost millions.

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Plano Rep. Sam Johnson pushes for Social Security changes at House hearing

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Thornberry & Kilroy Introduce Bipartisan Bill to Allow Doctors, Patients Crucial Choices

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Always political Travis Co. D.A. looking into Green Party ballot access issue

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Chet Edwards reports $2.14 million cash on hand in contest against Bill Flores

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Flores slightly outraises Chet Edwards in second quarter

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Joe Barton's campaign contributions decline in second quarter

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Little sign of BP backlash in Barton fundraising

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Immigration issue huge in San Antonio Congressional race

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2nd Trial for former Democrat money-man Mauricio Celis set for 7/26

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Galveston Chamber of Commerce polling members on gambling issues

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Democratic group accuses Arlington GOP candidate (HD93) of falsifying state application

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Obama nominates first federal judge for Texas

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Texas Politicians opine on Wall Street reforms

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Texas is selling your personal information

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Texas' Department of Information Resources may end IBM technology contract

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Combs, Hellmund take in F1 in England

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Obama's Federal War on Texas
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DC Democrats returning fire from Texas Gov. Perry

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Hutchison champions new NASA plan

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Enviro Groups to Sue Coal Plant Touted by Texas as Permitting Success

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Speaking of flex permits

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Border issues:
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Napolitano to announce border funding in Laredo

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Napolitano says border talk with Perry was "firm"

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Texas Stands Behind Arizona's Immigration Law

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Immigration issue huge in San Antonio Congressional race

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Texas could get 250 Guard troops under plan - an insulting number

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Hidalgo mayor now heads Texas Border Coalition

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West Texas town bolsters security as Mexican deaths continue

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San Antonio's mayor Castro on CNN: Secure the border

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Border drone effort slowed by safety concerns - more excuses

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Rio Grande flooding
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Valley’s sunny skies belie flooding threat

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FEMA to review Hidalgo County damage

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More flooding and damage as Falcon Reservoir nears record level

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Falcon reservoir hits record height

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City of Brownsville accepting donations to assist areas affected by Hurricane Alex - just don't let a check get near the mayor!

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La Grulla issues mandatory evacuation

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La Grulla declares 'state of disaster' due to flooding

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Mission rescues seven Mexican nationals abandoned by smugglers

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County issues voluntary evacuation for south of Pharr

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Reynosa flooding threatens 75 neighborhoods

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Water Filling Floodways, Flooding Several Homes in Weslaco

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Retail sales' dip trims merchants' hopes for back-to-school season

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Texas company to clean up 55 Clark sites in Ohio

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Bushland pipeline explosion lawsuit settled

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Austin foreclosures up from '09, steady since May

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Dell sales up 19%, reclaims No. 2 ranking

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BBVA Compass appoints regional executive for Central Texas

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Hillwood sets leasing record at AllianceTexas

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Latest Barnett Shale air tests show no harmful levels of compounds

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Texas Windstorm Insurance Association agrees to $190M settlement with homeowners

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University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center ranked #1 cancer hospital

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Higher Ed. / Colleges & Universities
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UT unanimously votes to strip dorm of KKK name - let's start changing the names of all other state facilities named after Democrat politicians who were segregationists.

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A&M prof demoted for whistle-blowing, suit alleges

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Pratt: Professorial grumbling is preposterous

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Tech deals with cost, time concerns for state-mandated website changes - See: Editorial: More online postings won't hurt Lamar University or any state college

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Tech Researchers Helping to Diagnose Possible Oil Spill Victims

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Lott: Tech’s hiring of new trainer indicates hypocritical nature of Leach firing

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TTUHSC grant to help West Texas doctors meet feds' goal for digital records

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TTUHSC professor ordered to not contact students, resigned under pressure

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UT’s money manager shifts 3% into gold

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A&M students research helicopter blade erosion

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New Sam Houston S.U. Pres. Taking Reins at School "Where Students Succeed"

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Pratt: Public university spending should be transparent

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Ceremony marks opening of new Lubbock County jail

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Raw Video San Marcos Cop Pushes Woman- bully, ridiculous. Can you say "lawsuit"?

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Oil spill cleanup near Lake Alan Henry 90 percent complete

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Dallas city manager expects 500 layoffs

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Exotic animal refuge falls on hard times, needs donors

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Jasper preacher jailed for sexual assault of a child

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87-year-old Tahoka man recovering from multiple rattlesnake bites

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Wichita Falls-Area Cattle Thief Indicted

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Plainview residents still suffer loss of water service

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Texas men held in Louisiana jail in trooper shooting

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New use for Port San Antonio's old headquarters building

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Bexar County sued for inmate's suicide

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Bexar County is warned of sticker shock on jail issues

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Bexar County takes aim at "predatory" loans - silliness. No one forces folks to take out loans.

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High-voltage towers may overshadow giant cross

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Crickets population explodes in San Antonio

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River Walk patrons asked to clean up act of feeding wildlife

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Burglary Victim Was Evidently Target Of Murder-For-Hire Plot

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Police Identify Man Killed In Twin Bridges Accident

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Plano weighs plan to build long-term homeless housing facility - beds for bums

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Survivor of crash at Texas Motor Speedway measures his progress in small ways

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Two first-responders to Austin IRS plane crash attack honored

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Along the Gulf: Galveston fears bad news hurts tourism

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Notes provide few details into deaths of Coppell mayor, daughter

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Fort Worth workers push for raises amid budget crunch - more stench from the local-government sewer

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Umbarger requests state cover water well cost

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6 hurt in tour bus fire at Texas rest stop near Victoria

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2 Austin Bars Make Playboy's 'Best Bars' List, there's more: Scholz Garten named a top-10 College Sports Bar

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Plane Lands on I-35 Access Road Near Georgetown

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Jefferson Co. plays funning with ballot access for Independent candidate

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Overextended workers prompt county to consider cut in restaurant inspections

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Clute eyes dipping into reserve to balance budget

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Gulf oil-spill cleanup worker suspected of Texas flower shop owner's murder

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Jury sequestered in East Texas swinger sex club trial

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Cluster balloon flights come to the Great Texas Balloon Race in Longview

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Green sea turtle nest found at Padre Island National Seashore

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'No funny business' bank robber arrested in San Marcos

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'XXXL Bandit' holds up Clear Lake bank

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Accused Slaton bank thief indicted by federal grand jury

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Two employees arrested, customers cited for 8-liner bust in New Caney

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Denton native named Army Times 2010 Soldier of the Year

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Aubrey police chief resigns after 7 years at the helm

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Del Rio council gets letter from city manager's lawyer

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Neighbors Pull Man From Burning Home in Grand Prairie

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Dallas Mayor Tom Leppert raises $147,250 for re-election

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DFW Runway Changes Will Make Things Noisier In Tarrant County

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Prostitution Sting Nabs Some Men Near Dallas Zoo - rather low-class and objectionable how the police put the man, who has been convicted of nothing and is assumed to be innocent, on display for the local media.

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Study: El Paso teen pregnancy rates are highest in Texas

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Houston PD: Burglary suspect breaks leg during escape attempt

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Coast Guard works to free tanker ship stuck in Houston Ship Channel

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Galveston: Ike replacement parking meters installed downtown

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On the job with conservative talk-show host Michael Berry

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Hunt ISD superintendent takes pay cut - that's the way to do it

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Jehovah’s Witnesses to descend on Belton

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Rusk County DA undergoes brain surgery

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Drinking Ban on Rusk County Property

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Former Arlington Mayor S.J. Stovall dies

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Two ex-Texas Tech stars make finals at Calgary rodeo

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Homing pigeons to race Friday from New Braunfels to Ft. Worth

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Hale Co. commissioner trial shifts to defense stage, Texas Ranger outlines charges against Koelder

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French Le Tigre highlights Paris, Texas

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Big Spring Man Indicted for Exposing Himself to Children at Lubbock motel

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San Angelo man indicted on eight counts of child porn production

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Odessa Attorney Brian Chavez pleads guilty to burglary

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San Antonio Spurs to play in Mexico City

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Smith Co. still wrestling with jail problems

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Guilty verdict in trial of Dennis Pittman, Mineola Sex Club case

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Census completes follow-up in the Dallas region

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Bees sting Prairie View man to death

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Accident knocks out power at Falls County hospital

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TEA Rates Abilene ISD "Academically Unacceptable"

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Texas gasoline prices remain stable

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Austin police officer suspended for accident in patrol car

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HIV carrier who endangered women pleads guilty in midst of trial
 

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Perry urges business tax credit to help dropouts

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Gov. Perry: Business Tax Credit Will Give Second Chance To Many Working Texans

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Perry's SAT scores not as good as advertised - so what do dems want, to force people to take it?

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Slater: Expect Perry to take aim at White's lack of hunting license

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Big committee-chief changes in the Senate - it's great to see Carona off Transport.

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Other committee shakeup details

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Senate committee shakeup: An indication that transportation won't get more $$$?

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Legislators reviewing court program set up for troubled veterans

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Brian McCall reflects as new chief of Texas State Univ. system - RINO opportunist

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Women's health program called 'smart government' - bull

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Not so open records; UT takes two months to provide data on highest-paid professors

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Poll shows most Texans support sex education - this poll was worded strongly to produce Left-wing answers

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Former high-powered lobbyist W. James Jonas III to remain in jail

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Texans for Lawsuit Reform armed with more than $3 million

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Pork: U.S. House bill could lead to big expansion of missions park

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Congressman Ciro Rodriguez apolgizes for losing temper at forum

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Borderland Residents Await Decision On Three Bills- what B.S.

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UT-Austin dorm named for KKK leader could be renamed - are we going to rename most all Texas facilities named after segregationist Democrats? Of course not.

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State rep. Tara Rios (D-South Padre Island) cleared to resume Medicaid billing - not cleared for fraud charges

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Editorial: Private post office could adapt more - but it must lose its special monopoly privileges enforced by armed Postal Inspectors (most of the public are unaware of how far it goes.)

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U.S. Secretary of Labor Hilda Solis makes stop in Seguin

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Hutchison: Military Construction Program Should be Fiscally Responsible & Strategically Sound

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Pete Sessions rallies House GOP with Robert Gibbs' comments

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Barton's opponent sees exponential increase in campaign donations, report shows - just long-shot hopeful libs

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Editorial: More online postings won't hurt Lamar University or any state college

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Garcia: Texas children sandwiched between hunger and obesity - predictable liberal crap

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Cornyn says he'll oppose Elena Kagan's Supreme Court confirmation

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Dallas tea party leader denounces NAACP after racism allegation

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New battle looming over the Alamo

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Income tax wrong for Texas

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Texas Democratic Party appeals to Green candidates to quit

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Obama's Federal War on Texas
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EPA Sets Foundation For Unprecedented Dust Regulation

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Gov. Perry outlines the D.C. Dem War on Texas

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Lutz slams EPA on flexible permits on WFAA's Inside Texas Politics

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Texas, EPA Officials to Debate “Flexible Permitting” at TPPF Primer

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Ted Poe blasts Obama's 'assaultive crusade' on deepwater drilling

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Senate rebuffs Obama's NASA plans for Houston

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Houston may be overly pessimistic about job loss, NASA official says

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Four illegal immigrants rescued from El Paso border canal today

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Tragedy in Juárez spurs economy in El Paso

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Open the Borders: Migration and the Welfare State

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Rio Grande flooding
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Laredo family brings door-to-door flood relief

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Webb County judge requests state assistance for flood damage

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Zapata Neighbors Brace for Rising Lake

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Border Media & Cricket Wireless join forces to help flood victims

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McAllen, Mission send bottled water to hurricane-wracked Monterrey - good neighbors

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Hidalgo County continues efforts as waters swell

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Flooding Causes Power Outages in Reynosa

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AG Abbott Urges Residents to Beware of Scams in the Aftermath of Flooding

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Penitas residents told to evacuate due to flooding

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Firefighters rescue horse from flooded Rio Grande

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CNBC Study Ranks Texas as No. 1 Business Climate in the Nation

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Fortune: 4 reasons why Texas beats California in a recession

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Texas Oil & Gas rig count climbs again, more than 100% year-over-year

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Existing Single-Family Home Sales in Texas up 18.8%, median price down

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Houston home prices climb 4.7% in May

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Arlington GM plant closes for a day due to parts shortage

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Dallas health food pioneer Roy's Natural Market is closing

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Citing higher medical costs, State Farm to raise auto insurance rates by an average 2 percent

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Texas energy group honors Sabine Pipe founder J.E. "Eddie" Adamson

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San Antonio Job Opportunities On The Rise

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Texas' Emerging Technology Fund halting grant applications

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Emerging Technology Fund expects $46M from feds to cover capital shortfall

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CNBC broadcasting from Katz’s today

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Air quality around Barnett Shale wells is fine, industry-funded study finds

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Dog gym and 'social club' opens in Austin - are some of us too wealthy!?

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Report: El Paso Lost Most Manufacturing Jobs In US

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King County Buffalo Killing Field: Part IV

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Update: ME Says Coppell Mayor Shot Daughter, Then Self, Coppell mayor, daughter found dead, City's statement, Deaths of Coppell mayor, daughter stun town

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San Antonio Spurs chairman challenges Texans to raise $1 million for Vietnam War center in D.C.

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Standoff continues over exotic animals in Kerr County

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Update: Water still off at Rio Concho, Water service cut off at Hale County mobile home park

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Pair sought in mail theft case

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Hockley County S-O rebuilding a year after scandal

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Gas well worker dies in accident at Arlington drilling site

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Arlington flight instructor & two brothers (flight students) from India die in plane crash in Hood County

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Grand Jury Indicts Central Texas Babysitter In Toddler’s Kidnapping

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Under Investigation: Daycare Kids See R-Rated Movie in Waco

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San Antonio Water System approved to tap Carrizo Aquifer

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Firefight continues over San Antonio's smoking ban

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Amarillo man indicted for sexual abuse of a child

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Burglary claims up 8% in Houston in 2009

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Home burglaries in major cities on the rise, Allstate data shows

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League City gun range zoning vote postponed again

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Car hits house in Galveston, leads to chase

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Fort Worth man has 60 years, and counting, on the job for Majestic Liquor

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Deaf Inmate Says Fingerprint Proves His Innocence

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1 Dead After Man Shoots Duncanville Donut Workers in Robbery

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Denton County looks to possible tax increase - cut spending!

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Rusk County tax revenue takes big hit

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Rodriguez remains Del Rio's city manager, for now

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Houston mayor reviewing HPD policy on officer-lawyer talks

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Texas firefighter accused of setting blaze on 2 acres

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Husband claims self defense in estranged wife's stabbing

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Copper wire taken from Conroe radio tower

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Katy residents allowed to return home after gas leak evacuation

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Hotel guest found shot to death in northwest Harris County

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Houston Conman Caught In Mexico

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Photos: Houston Rockets Power Dancer Tryouts - enjoy

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Thieves target Kingwood Country Club members

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71-year-old Kerrville woman loses part of finger in pitbull attack

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Bing.com picks tubing on Guadalupe for Top 50 vacation list

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Woman leads police on high-speed car chase from San Marcos to San Antonio

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Midland Murder Trial Delayed, Attorneys Unable to Select Jurors

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Sex assault charges dropped against former Robinson cop

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Big Spring Man Found NOT Guilty of Indecency With Child

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Big Spring City Council Freezes 52-Year Old Ice Cream Truck Ban

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Cotton farmers look to dry out

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July rains bring cautious optimism to farmers, ranchers

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Texas boy from Farmers Branch is The Last Airbender

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Brownsville Police Department phone system down

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Tyler Salvation Army Bell Ringers First In Texas To Cover Costs

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Bellmead man gets 20 years after admitting to sexually abusing child

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Still no mayor in Bellmead, but maybe not for long

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Child psychologist takes stand in Mineola child sex ring trial

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Tenaska invites public to open house on Trailblazer Energy Center

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More liquor stores opening in McLennan County

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Harlingen Has New Plan for Abandoned Homes

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Lubbock businessman charged by feds, accused of not paying state taxes

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Thousands line up to protest McLennan County appraisals

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Obama planning 2nd back-to-school address - Lubbock ISD sneaks in student viewing of Obama speech

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McClennan Co. Commissioners say pledge, discuss civil service

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Ranger Mayor Resigns: "I Cannot Work Like This", more

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AA 777 cargo plane makes emergency landing at Amarillo's airport

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Amarillo columnist switches from support of Red Light Cameras

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Abilene firetruck, rolled by firefighters, a total loss

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Beaumont woman: Shooting at burglar was instinct

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New theme park would put AstroWorld to shame

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Austin police officer suspended for one day

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Dallas County Constable Flees from Reporters after Swearing-in Ceremony

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Dallas County Constable Beth Villarreal apologizes for first-day missteps

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Nueces County Appraisal District building debate back to square one

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Trial in Corpus Christi: "Not A Lesbian Man Hater," Closing Arguments Underway

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Bankrupt Rangers Have Biggest Division Lead In MLB

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Trial date set for last defendant in Dallas City Hall corruption case

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Western district of Texas gets new U.S. Marshal

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Houston PD officer run over by patrol car

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Levelland man indicted for aggravated kidnapping

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Swingers Club Co-creator Says Children Were Not Inside

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San Antonio doctors battle insurance companies over vaccines

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Is it time to use the pumps at Lake Meredith?

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Panhandler (Bum) slashes woman's throat on 6th Street in Austin because the man and woman said "no" to her panhandling
 

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Kirk Watson Holds Online Town Hall With Bill White

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Bill White and La Raza Love ‘Open Borders’ - Perry spoke to the racists too

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Texas Democrats Pass Resolution Against Concealed Carry on Campus

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White proposes 5-point education program at racist La Raza conference - all spending

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Texas Home School Coalition PAC Endorses Gov. Perry for Re-election

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State redistricting hearing set in Lubbock

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Samuelson: Strama (HD50) getting credit for things he did not do (Keffer's such a RINO sellout)

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Piracy on the high House? Rene Oliveira sporting an eye patch

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Democrats mulling whether to vie for Averitt's former seat - thanks a lot RINOs, this seat was won with no Dems on the ballot but the insider-establishment just couldn't let a Tea Party-style guy win. At least they got their asses collectively kicked in the special election.

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Ciro Rodriguez (D-Corpus Christi) loses temper with simple questions from voters

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Anger management and Rep. Ciro Rodriguez

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Texas delegation in depth: Mac Thornberry

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Texas congressman seeks to repeal 16th Amendment -- and the entire federal tax code

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Perry Appoints 3 to State Board of Trustees of the Texas Emergency Services Retirement System

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Gov. Perry Appoints Barnes as Judge of the 367th District Court

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Gov. Perry Appoints Five to the OneStar National Service Commission

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Gov. Perry Appoints Three to Advisory Council on Emergency Medical Services

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Lottery officials put off bid-selection decision

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Attorney General Greg Abbott Defends the Texas Open Meetings Act

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Texas, cities seek early win in sunshine law suit - the local-government sewer

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TEA's projection measures aren't measuring up

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Obama's Federal War on Texas
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New Obama Drilling Ban Hits Oil Drillers

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EPA Calls  Environmental Impact Statement Inadequate for Lake Columbia project

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Texas Gov. Rick Perry says he'll skip border governors meeting if it's moved out of Arizona

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Maria Anglin: A lot of Latinos support Arizona immigration law

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12 men executed in Matamoros

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Feds: Pharr officer sold weapons to drug cartels

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Former San Antonio mayor, the disgraced Henry Cisneros, denounces AZ law

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As border security increases, passport costs rise

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Rio Grande flooding
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Texas river community evacuated, all but 4 families left

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Looters hit flooded Vega

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El Paso Water Rescue Team Search For People In Rio Grande

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Santa Ana National Wildlife Refuge Closed Temporarily Due to Flooding

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Texas is CNBC's top state for business in 2010

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Texas home price gain is below national average for May - because values never fell as low

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Dr Pepper Snapple approves $1B buyback plan

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Ryan-Greenberg sue, asking for sale approval of Texas Rangers

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Judge Sets Aug 4 Auction Of Texas Rangers

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CNBC broadcasting from Katz's Deli on Wed.

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Dell to aid Microsoft on 'cloud computing'

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Number of Hispanic-owned businesses on rise in US

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Dallas company buys bankrupt restaurant chain Max & Erma's

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Enterprise, the pipeline company with the Cleburne explosion, boosts dividend

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Tech's law team claims another major trophy: 2010 Intl. Negotiation Competition in Australia

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Two West Texas judges indicted, again

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Nursing shortage predicted for Texas

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Grapevine police say assault suspect pushed 5-year-old onto highway

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Dallas Zoo zebra's death delays plans for new Giants of the Savanna herd

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13 koi taken from Austin’s Zilker Botanical Garden

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Mama giraffe Noel, calf die at Houston Zoo

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Ilyushin IL-78, once kept near Dennison, now in Michigan

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Bees Attack Central Texas Man Who Was Mowing His Lawn

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Angry bee swarm stings man over 700 times in Bastrop Co.

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Collin County weathers bee population decline

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Killeen-area Home Burglary Suspect Wanted In Murder-For-Hire Scheme

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Security Guard Thwarts Arson Attempt At Waco Apartment Complex

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Kidnapped Central Texas Girl Reunited With Mother

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Marlin Neighborhood Evacuated After Gas Leak - homeowner ran over a gas meter with the lawnmower!

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Anti-theft sign swiped in Parker County

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State Rests Its Case Against Mineola Swingers Club Defendant

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Defense in alleged Mineola child sex ring case

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Arlington psychologist murder conviction reversed

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Customs saddles stolen from Tarleton State Univ.

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More legal status checks for Dallas County guards

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Villarreal off to rough start as Dallas County Precinct 5 constable

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Lewisville council overturns moratorium on gas drilling permits

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Irving man faces intoxication manslaughter charge in crash that killed FedEx driver

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Delivery driver shot in June crime spree dies at hospital - RIP

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2 years of Tyler smoking ban, coffee shops hurt

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Illegal Gambling Operations Shut Down in Nacogdoches area

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Army Corps of Engineers bans submersible pumps in area lakes

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Appeals court overturns 2007 murder conviction, life sentence for Arlington psychologist

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Out of chaos comes Houston's term-limit proposal

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San Antonio, state iron out issues on weatherization

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Union hall caught in drive-by shooting, Members claim it was political, Police say otherwise

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El Paso's University Medical Center decides it won't hire tobacco users - they should be challenged in court, it is a government hospital, not a private concern. What law gives the government the ability discriminate over a legal behavior for employment?

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Trial under way for man accused of hiding HIV infection from sex partners

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Coalition against Tenaska power plant meets in Sweetwater

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Vandals Destroy School Gym Floor at Brownwood Middle School

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Lake Ft. Phantom Hill Rises More Thanks To Recent Water Scalping

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Water water everywhere but not in Lake Meredith

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Editorial: Halting handgun restrictions

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Beaumont Men Sentenced to 30 Years Each for 2007 Baytown Murder

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Colt McCoy raising funds for Scott & White children's hospital

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Travis County Commissioners approve pay raises for elected officials - the local-government sewer

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Texas track Manor Downs could be done

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Georgetown sees two power outages today

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Pflugerville Police Department Shares Their New Aircraft

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Woman picks up robber's dropped gun, shoots at him - anti-wimp

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Tar balls found on beach are from BP's oil spill

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Woman out of hospital after candy box bomb explodes

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Logan Wiggins Uses Skill for Mercy Ships

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Texas Community Colleges Try 'Achieving the Dream'

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A&M Lays Off 66 People As Part Of Restructuring Plan

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Prairie View A&M firing suit dismissed

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San Angelo: dead man possible Australian fugitive

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Body Scanners Get No Complaints in Corpus Christi - sheep

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Freethought San Marcos: A nude awakening — How the government strips you naked

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Texas Boy Dies After Being Struck By Car In DC

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Judges, staff get to know new El Paso courthouse

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Marine amputee proposes after accepting free home

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George Foreman's son 'Monk' makes Texas boxing debut in Marshall

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Houston-area police seek motorist who slashed driver

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Homeless Man Wanted In Houston Hotel Manager's Death

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Judge refuses to quash indictment of Hale Co. commissioner Gary Koelder

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Lubbock Commissioners seem to forget tax-relief promises

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Alleged robber killed outside bank

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4 years in prison over Houston wheelchair fraud

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Former Brownsville ISD choir teacher gets more than 19 years prison

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East Texas pup stealing the spotlight on stage

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4-time Texas lotto winner rich with money, mystery

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DNA lab scandal prompts delay in sexual assault case

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Allegations of sexual abuse by former Austin preschool teacher

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Mother of abandoned Texas baby located

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Dolly Vinsant hospital to be auctioned, but maybe not

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Brownsville preservationists receive Governor's Award

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Pocket Wireless store says no-way to would-be robber

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El Pasoans Accused Of Identity Theft Nationwide

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Cook's challenge: Recipes using only Texas ingredients

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Chupacabra speculation swirling in Hood County

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'Extreme Makeover: Home Edition' returning to Houston

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Galena Park animal control officer pleads guilty in dog shooting

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Train carrying tanks derails near Fort Hood

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Port of Corpus Christi rejects proposal for Ingleside property

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Tractor lurches forward onto 68-year-old man near Benavides

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Fired employee charged with boss' murder

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Acclaimed magician Glenn Falkenstein dies at 78

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Pipe bomb targeted wife of Houston oil executive
 

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Nolan Ryan tapped for Staples' campaign finance team

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South Texas Leaders Endorse Attorney General Abbott for Re-Election

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Perry Speaks at the Texas Classroom Teachers Association’s Annual Leadership Conference

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PAC buys more air time to hammer Perry

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Eye on Austin: Candidates' telltale reports coming due

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Editorial: Time to revise state jail system

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Waco Rep. Dunnam, Democrats decry change to redistricting hearing process

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Driven to Spend: Funding the State's Transportation Needs without Raising Taxes

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Crash spurs man’s push for harsher DWI laws - and here in is the problem, tough cases make bad law

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Democrat documentary film-maker charges fraud in Texas, and other, Democrat 2008 Primaries - demonstrates what I've long alleged: that the worst fraud is Democrat on Democrat in Democrat primary elections, and that such is accepted as normal.

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Dem documentary reinforces Pratt contention on Democrat election fraud

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Kagan answers Cornyn's last set of questions

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Travelers insurance pulls ad after A.G. Abbott pens objections

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PRO/CON: Should struggling school districts be forced to give scheduled raises to teachers?

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On the radar in Texas: one-armed bandits and a sure thing

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Texas Ethics Commission should not make law

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State Rep. Tara Rios Headed to Federal Court

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Dan Neil taken off ESPN radio as he runs for state rep. against Dem Donna Howard (HD84)

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Obama's Federal War on Texas
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Officials: Obama Administration To Issue New Oil Moratorium

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A.G. Abbott Unveils Constitutional Defects with Federal Public Safety Employees Act

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What is the US government doing to citizens?

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Perry says Obama Administration has Texas on its radar "in a bad way"

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Border issues:
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Racist organization "La Raza" discusses Arizona immigration enforcement law

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FBI in El Paso says chase, shootings separate

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2 Illegal Honduran Immigrants Charged with Raping Horseshoe Bay Teen

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Rio Grande flooding
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San Antonio Water System aiding Laredo in recovery efforts

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Dike gives way at La Grulla, some evacuations

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Economy / Financial / Business
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Texas teachers’ pension fund invests $500 million in General Growth Properties as it emerges from bankruptcy

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Caprock Winery in Lubbock sold for $6.5 million at auction

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Electricity deregulation in Texas: Good for utilities and big business, not as good for average Texans - bull

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Prices, Reliability, and Consumer Choice in the Texas Electricity Market

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Consumers Are King, Except When Government Gets in the Way

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A Tale of Two Markets: Telecommunications and Electricity

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Dallas bundled-utilities among the nation's most expensive - note the reason is due to higher usage

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Nordstrom's opening outlet store in S. Austin

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New Braunfels company wins $122M Department of Defense contract

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Report: Exxon seeks clearance to bid for BP

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Greenberg, Ryan suing Texas Rangers

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Federal Commission Rules Against El Paso Electric In $10.6 Million Dispute

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Possum Kingdom Lake investors plan to replicate process around state

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Galveston gets new beachfront hotel

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El Pasoans Forced To Evacuate After Heavy Rainfall

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Tejano Music Awards: Emilio's return a top moment

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Babysitter Busted in Georgia, charged with kidnapping Texas 2-1/2-year-old

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Fort Worth man accused of stealing truck, kidnapping boy

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Texas senior citizens playing ice hockey in year-round league

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Houston man charged with killing visiting son, 6

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Retrial of Rubio over 3 children slain

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Clear Lake Shores ordinance on Ike housing, time is up

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Man dies in San Antonio fireworks accident

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Signs of the times: Westboro Baptist Church vs. Counter-protesters in N. Texas

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Brown Co. sheriff to undergo heart surgery

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Proposed Abilene 2011 Budget Nixes Furlough Days, Adds Raises

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Credit card stolen from elderly woman at gunpoint

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Austin task force weighs in on a proposed plan to borrow 85 million dollars for roads, trails and more

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DVD drive for Austin libraries prompted by a boy's letter to the mayor

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Bee Attack Sends One Worker to Hospital

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Accused Gang Member Pleads Not Guilty to Killing Bryan Teen

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Texas Chicano Brotherhood responsible for crimes across Valley

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Shootout at Grand Prairie apartment leaves 1 dead, 1 wounded

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Suspect Evades Police, Needs Jaws Of Life After Crashing

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3 in 10 Valley drivers lack car insurance - so much for a law forcing behavior

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Peace activists that took part in Gaza flotilla will speak at Texas A&M-Corpus Christi - useful idiots

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Paul Quinn College to demolish 13 buildings

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TEA investigating TAKS irregularities at Garland elementary school

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Texas Tech medical school admission process required tough decisions

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El Paso Native Who Pioneered Special Education In LA Has Died

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Arlington councilman pushing for less-intrusive gas drilling sites

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Broker who put homemade explosive on ex-wife's doorstep in Colleyville pleads guilty

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Deputy injured in funeral procession on Katy Freeway

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Pasadena police shoot armed bank robber

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Gunmen fired 200 bullets, possibly targeting wrong house

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Van Alstyne bank teller counts down end to 45-year career

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Man sues city of Waco for demolition of renovation home

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Ex-Dallas Cowboy, Jamar Hunt, seeks damages for injuries from collapse

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Man drowns after Austin EMS responds to wrong location

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Jury: Texas mom didn't prevent 4-year-old's death
 

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Seliger upbeat on seats for West Texas in redistricting

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Bill White tries to charm far West Texas voters

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Perry blames porous border for Arizona law

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Gambling promises: Grand Prairie mayor touts potential hotel-casino

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Allowing Gaming on Texas’ Indian Reservations Would Create Jobs and Settle Fairness Issue

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Budget cuts will be more daunting

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Senate Ag Committee Chair in Lubbock

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Texas Congressional delegation in depth: Mike Conaway of Midland

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Rep. Thornberry Pushes 'Gold Star' Program Expansion

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As 'Truth-O-Meter' Spreads, Politicians Wince - at times though, they have a very odd sense of "truth"

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Texas senators hear complaints about guardianship system

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Texas doctors threaten to drop Medicaid out of fear of more fee cuts

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Transparency law for Texas professors sets off academic freedom debate - poor little profs

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Callegari: Texas rivers don't have to see red because of bad traffic flow

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State lawmakers should forget sobriety checkpoints, focus on balancing budget -YES!

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Are school districts saving too much for a rainy day?

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DRT submits documents to AG's office

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Obama's Federal War on Texas
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Drilling dispute's hidden conflict: Who's going to run Texas?

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Border issues:
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Shots Fired At International Bridge; Juarez Gun Battle Leaves Three Dead

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FBI joins investigation of Juarez shootings

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Troopers find $2M in cash in 18-wheeler

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Perry blames porous border for Arizona law

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Rio Grande flooding
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Rio Grande flood kills driver

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Looters Target Flood Damaged Houses in West Laredo - they deserve to be shot on sight.

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Laredo International Bridges #1 & #2 bridgecam images

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Local Businesses Work to Bring Relief to Flood Victims

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American Electric Restores Power to Unaffected Houses in West Laredo

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Bristol Road Residents Devastated by Flood Challenge City Leaders

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Monterrey-to-McAllen revenue stream threatened in Alex's wake?

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Overflowing river swallows entire harvest in Rio Grande City

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Laredoans return to muck and yuck

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Laredo starts mopping as water recedes

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Economists skirmish in Dallas wet/dry debate

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Dallas' convention center hotel won't be ready for Super Bowl

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Tax income to pay Cowboys Stadium debt is beating projections

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Super Bowl's boost to Dallas-Fort Worth area hotels may fade fast

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California company buys Dallas Cowboys Distribution Facility

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Divided Fort Worth office of SEC was plagued by inaction

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New lines for wind energy spark anger in North Texas

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Coast Guard gears up to fight spill in Texas, if needed

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BP In Talks With Texas Company About Selling Some Assets

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Houston church battling fire, murder, infighting

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Austin Police have busted an accused serial purse snatcher

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41 People Arrested During Aquapalooza

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Austin Police Union reacts to a possible settlement between the city and the Sanders Family

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East Texas breeder developed turfgrass used on World Cup soccer fields

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Fall-prone light poles used at Southeast Texas schools

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Bumper crop at Parker Co.'s Peach Festival

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Bandits Rob Pre-Teen Boys In Their Home

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Teenage Girl Shot In Home

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Editorial: Tollways need to close gates to non-payers

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Texas City firefighters sue over overtime pay

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Continued acts of vandalism targeting Gainesville businesses

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Chupacabra-like animals turn up in Hood County

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Police release few details on Pharr officer's arrest

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New Braunfels may join suit to protect Guadalupe River

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Former Odessan Turned Houston Oiler Dies

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Angelo State University changes lobby tactics

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Thousands in cash, eight-liners seized in Nacogdoches County raid

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Smith County Budget Woes Mean ‘Tough Decisions'

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Businesses struggle after beach closings at east Texas lake

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New DFW Airport look revealed

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Imagine Waco Plan presents grand vision for future of city

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'World's Toughest Boat Race' competitors start endurance test

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Off-duty Fort Worth firefighter seriously hurt after his vehicle is hit by stolen pickup

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Armstrong Says His Tour Is 'Finished'
 

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Perry on defense with farm group

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Perry touts Texas teachers

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Analysis: White's Farm Bureau speech attractive to crossover voters

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State official says expanded gambling in Texas won't help budget shortfall

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House committee lends gambling supporters an ear

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Texas could get tougher DWI laws

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Statewide DWI rules are urged

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Texas Lawmaker Says DWI Fees May Be Too High

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Texas Attorney General Defends Constitutionality of National Day of Prayer

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Gulf spill casts new light on tort reform debate

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This weeks Texas Government Insider

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HillCo, Focused Advocacy issue joint statement on lawsuit resolution

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Texas Supreme Court dismisses Democrat ballot challenge of Green Party

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Greens Gain Ballot Access in Curious Fashion

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Mystery money was also spent in 1998 Rick Perry race

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Herman: Courting the farm vote in Texas

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Angle replaces Barton as new Democratic punching bag

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AG Abbott Sends 'Cease and Desist' Letter to Travelers Insurance for Deceptive Ad

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Author endorses Blake Farenthold, GOP nominee for Congress in TX-27

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Editorial: Texas jails: Fine-tune and fund, don't scrap - I'm a bit embarrassed to be echoed by the Statesman

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PRO/CON: Should paddling be banned in all Texas schools? - foolish idea

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Is The Texas Education Agency 'Faking' The Grades?

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TEA may suspend 'Texas Projection Measure'

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State campaign urges hurricane readiness

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Mesquite ISD Seeks iPork From Taxpayers

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Obama's Federal War on Texas
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Industry and critics maintain their positions at EPA meeting

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Capitol Steps: Washington Targets Texas

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Olson, Brady commend court decision to halt reinstatement of drilling ban

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EPA Flexes Federal Muscle on Texas Air - Libs love it showing they are not True Texans

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Loss of Federalism imperils Texas

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Border issues:
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Dallas County sheriff's jail guard arrested for being in country illegally

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Rio Grande flooding
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River tops flood stage in Rio Grande City

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Rio Grande flooding continues

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Storm turns Rio Grande into a raging river; evacuations under way

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Laredo sees worst flooding in decades

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Rio Grande flooding July 2010

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Images of the Rio Grande flooding

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Hidalgo County cities pitch in to Alex relief efforts in Nuevo León

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Hidalgo County recommends voluntary evacuation for Los Ebanos

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Los Ebanos Ferry Moved to Dry Dock

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Cameron County flood advisory ends

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Val Verde sheriff meets with Vega residents, owners

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Bridges in Laredo Safe and Secure

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Residents ignore Roma's mandatory evacuation order

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Some Valley residents evacuate homes to flee floodwaters

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Rio Grande Recedes, Expected To Rise Again

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Rio Grande overflows its banks by more than a mile

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Starr County Announces Boil Water Advisory

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Texas gasoline prices drop 4 cents

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Toyota may open quality field office in Houston

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Pauken discusses Texas job market

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Austin's Galaxy Highland theater showing World Cup in 3D

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Austin-based Dominion Golf Group buys Dallas-area club

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Dress Like a Cow, Get Free Chicken on July 9th at Chick-fil-A

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Signs point to life in Southeast Texas real estate market

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Restructuring officer pushes for new Texas Rangers auction

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Bankruptcy-ending confirmation hearing for Texas Rangers set for July 22

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Wells Fargo closing financial unit, three D-FW stores

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American Eagle CEO discusses divestment

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Solera Holdings moving from California to North Texas

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Another mattress company could head to Wichita Falls

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Piece of AllianceTexas rumored to be up for sale

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Coast Guard: Most Texas tar balls not from spill - another example of media panic

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Fake military hero could go to prison

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Amarillo airport, country club and high school flooded by recent rains

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Amarillo: Drying out after the storm: Deluge swamps school

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West Texas rivers, lakes having little trouble holding rain runoff

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FIA leery of plan for F1 track in Austin

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5 indicted over San Antonio hotel-related ID theft

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San Antonio has its largest ID-theft case ever

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Man dies, watercraft hits tree on Taylor Bayou

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Muleshoe man dies in crash with horse

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Fort Hood processing center to replace site of rampage

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Fenstermaker’s varied interests made for a full life

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Houston shopkeeper hit with hate mail

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Boerne tree fight continued

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Fredericksburg's treated sewage effluent available to golf resort

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Body of missing Waco man found

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Sketch Of Laundry Room Rapist Released; Another Woman Attacked

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14-Year-Old Girl Sexually Assaulted On Central Texas Roadside

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Six Charged After Arrests On Local Campus

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To give new Dallas buildings pizazz, owners trip the lights fantastic

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Mineola sex-club trial: Bldg owner says she felt violated, betrayed & disgusted

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City of Austin's historic-landmark tax break under scrutiny

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Austin deficit may not be as high as first thought

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Potential victims give DNA for Dallas database

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Former City of Fort Worth worker says whistle-blower report led to her firing

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Powers to propose removing Simkins’ name from UT dorm

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Abilene Sexy Photo Company Expands to Dallas, NYC - yes, Abilene

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An Amarillo Charity Says People are not Applying - a.k.a. begging for beggars

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Judge in Fort Worth orders 15 years for former Weatherford standout football player, Mark Pierce

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Pampa child murder trial pushed to October

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Amarillo police officer no-billed in case of spanking his own child

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Travis County deputy constable sued by Austin grandma claiming ethnic harassment

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Austin PD Chief wants sobriety check points - an enemy of Liberty

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Update: Escaped inmate's body found in New Mexico landfill, Federal inmate escapes El Paso jail

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Houston couple must display theft signs

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Rare, stinky corpse flower to bloom in Houston - and how's that any different from the smell of the ship channel?

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Port Freeport officials probe problems with Velasco Terminal

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Another A&M administrator to step down

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Man charged with theft after refusing to pay tab at strip club

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Corpus Christi police: Store employee stops thief, twice

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Jurors watch woman's recorded statement in malnourished boy case

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Spanish Fire School Draws Firefighters From 18 Countries

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Former Dallas Cowboy Eugene Lockhart is jailed

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El Paso City Rep. Questions Program Funding Optional Programs Amid Budget Crunch - how dare you even ask such a question!

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Ex-UTA grad student gets prison term for child pornography

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Editorial: Buying health club not logical for City of Galveston - right on.

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Timeline: Pursuit ends in horrific crash involving Fort Worth officer

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Police: Driver runs red light, kills 2 teens in northeast Houston

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Activists protest war outside post in Killeen - note that they ONLY support troops when troops disobey orders

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Kerrville native to appear on wedding reality show

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Muslim merchant in Houston still draws outrage after viral video

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FBI says "fashionable female" robbed Houston bank

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26 cats, 2 dogs seized as evidence from home of missing Dallas woman

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Rangers fan who fell released from hospital

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300-pound man seen hitting himself dies in HPD custody

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Houston man gunned down in his apartment

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Trinity researcher wins NIH grant to study neurology of primates

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Update: Handy sentenced to 2.5 years in prison, Former Hidalgo Co. commissioner Handy expected in court today

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Counterfeit bills found in Upshur County

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San Antonio officials want to add 300 miles of bike lanes to city

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Police Bust Boy On Bike With BB Gun In Downtown Waco

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New athletic trainer could be issue in Leach Vs TTU

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City of Austin, family of man slain by officer settle suit, sources say

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Former Lubbock pastor sentenced to 20 years in prison

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Former Children’s Medical Employee Going To Prison For Child Porn

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Jury convicts three in major internet gambling operation

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Monsanto Fined $2.5 Million For Mislabeled Cotton

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Eastwood High School Grad Takes Command At Fort Bliss

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Officers fatally shoot dogs after attack

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Frat brothers sentenced in hazing death of Texas teen

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Fed. court upholds Needville boy's right to wear braids

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Former Big Spring VA Medical Center Police Chief Arrested for DWI

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Camp Fire West Texas Council Official Indicted
 

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Both parties use ethics agency to aid candidates

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Political tractor pull: Ag endorsement could be up for grabs in Texas gubernatorial race

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Texas senate (El Paso) hopeful's meeting centers on education

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GOP group ad slams Chet Edwards on budget issue

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Ron Paul: The military can waste money, too

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Republican Congressional candidate has faced $715,000 in liens

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Board chairman unhappy about My Plates contractor's exaggerated sales claims

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Gambling Promoters Try Their Chances In Texas

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AG Abbott Recognizes Austin Attorneys for Dedication to Texas Children

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AG Abbott Names Longview Child Support Employee Assistant Attorney General of the Year

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AG Abbott Names Houston Child Support Employee Assistant Attorney General of the Year

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AG Abbott Names El Paso Child Support Employee Assistant Attorney General of the Year

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AG Abbott Names Dallas Child Support Employee Assistant Attorney General of the Year

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Fed’s broadband stimulus program shows folly of such action

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Editorial: Heed laws on open records

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Ethics Commission rejects Travis GOP complaint against anti-Perry PAC

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Obama's Federal War on Texas
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Appeals court to hear drilling moratorium case

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Border issues:
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Groups praise White House for fighting Arizona law- then they are fundamentally against the Rule of Law and thus anti-American

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Illegal Human Smuggling Ring Busted in Bastrop County - I guess these opponents of enforcing immigration law favor allowing illegal immigrants to but subject to the abuse, slavery, extortion, and worse suffered by victims of smugglers.

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Rio Grande flooding
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Gov. Perry Activates State Resources as Flooding Threatens South Texas

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Rio Grande flash flood watch for Laredo

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New storm heads for swamped Texas-Mexico border

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Rio Grande levels on the rise

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Tropical Depression #2 Has Made Landfall at SPI & Brownsville

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Valley cities distributing sandbags for Tropical Depression Two

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Laredo Bridge Closing Complicates Daily Life

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July state sales tax report up 2.2% over June of 2009

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Sales tax collections eke up in June

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Texas popular among relocating Americans

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Six Houston companies make Fortune Global 500 list

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Laredo Morning Times Editor Diana R. Fuentes resigns after 6 years

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Texas attorney general wades into Texas Rangers sale fracas

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Austin company is music to tourists' ears

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After 31 years, Grand Prairie pizza queen winding down her reign

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Dallas firm's push to help oil cleanup may not be so clear

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Tarrant County weekly wages increase

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Texas Industries cement kiln closings are a milestone

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A hole in the heart of Texas

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Racist National Council of La Raza conference welcomed to San Antonio - do they role out the red carpet for the Klan too?

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Austin police DNA lab to be subject of external review

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PETA poultry plan targets San Antonio company - silly fools

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2nd Baylor Student Charged After Unsanctioned Fraternity Party Surrenders

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Auto Burglary Investigation Leads To Half-Dozen Arrests On Waco TSTC Campus

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Ex-Community College Coach Indicted On Child Sexual Assault Charges

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San Antonio's Lake|Flato Architects finalist in the National Design Awards from the Smithsonian - I agree, I've reviewed much of their portfolio online in the past and it is truly impressive.

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Ex-lobbyist, James Jonas, finds himself even deeper in Bexar jail

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Plainview boy pushed from vehicle expected to be released from hospital

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Texas tar ball prompts soil, water sampling

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Tar balls reveal the biological legacy of Gulf's early life

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Grant sought to help Fort Worth railroads out of a jam

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North Texas cities say they've addressed light pole safety concerns

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Salvation Army struggles as demand for services grows

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Mini-train acquired by Brownwood railroad museum - I love it. Lubbock's Joyland has one of these to ride.

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Highland Park schools flooded

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Austin IRS employees charged with unemployment fraud

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Bastrop intruder was wanted in assault case

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Bridge City girl, 12, safe after running away with man met online

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PHOTOS: Relive 1986's Hurricane Bonnie

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Wife of missing white supremacist, others tried in Beaumont drug case

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Jasper and Newton counties lose EMS company

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BTU Board President 'Puzzled' Over City Mgr.'s Budget Complaints

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Study: Corporations sued less in religious counties

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PayScale report lauds A&M's value

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North Texas Doctors Trying Scalpel Alternative

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North Richland Hills Man Almost Killed By Plastic Salad Fork - life is precious

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"Friday Night Lights" Needs DFW Extras

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Engine sends smoke signals to Corpus Christi police

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South Texas Botanical Gardens wins online contest

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El Paso homeowner is not indicted in killing of intruder

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Man Arrested After Lengthy SWAT Standoff In West El Paso

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CVB tourism campaign: El Paso's image is a destination for adventure

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Pothole-Plagued Road In Horizon City Owned By Many, Fixed By None

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El Paso ISD School Counselor Tells Student He Should Drop Out Of School

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Lantana man accused of exposing himself to child in Lewisville

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Tarrant County program aims to reduce infant mortality by helping mothers

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Lampasas terminates contract with water system operator

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Killeen woman offered ride, given beating

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Group may have signatures to get drainage plan on Houston ballot

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Teen Sues Ex-Officer In Alleged Beating

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Missouri City Passes Smoking Ban - citizens defecating upon their own Liberty

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Puppies tossed from moving car in San Antonio

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Fort Hood victim's family fights for grave marker

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Thunderstorm causes Houston gas station roof collapse, rush hour problems

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Galveston: Chamber of Commerce board pushes for paid parking along seawall - welcome to Galveston, pay-up & don't smoke.

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Deputy falls off shopping center roof while searching for copper theft suspects

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Convicted Plainview tax evader's case rejected by U.S. Supreme Court

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Midland pastor killed in Fort Davis motorcycle crash

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UTSA has Texas’ highest ranked real estate professor

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Body of missing man recovered along Guadalupe River

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Bell County workers paid tiny percentage of more than $800B collected in '07

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Houston, Texas Expects Referendum On Red Light Cameras

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Harlingen city tax impacting local businesses

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Syphilis Cases On Upswing In East Texas

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McLennan County jailer indicted on charges of sexual contact with inmates

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Arguing over wrench, Waco man uses it as weapon, police say

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R.G. Barry lays off part of San Angelo workforce
 

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Democrats to stop fighting ballot access for Green Party

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Democrats ask justices to toss Green Party case - the hypocrisy was too much for them to bear

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Perry faces ethics attacks from 3 Liberal fronts

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Perry camp video: Bill White's Friends

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Another GOP operative's name comes up in Texas Green Party ballot case - so what?

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Gilbert accuses Staples of vehicle misuse - funny coming from a guy who was driving without a drivers license, had a hot check problem and a host of other personal scandals.

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Factors impacting Latino voter turnout apply to all groups, UT prof says

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Will Lobby War Forge Greater Transparency?

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Report: HILLCO lawsuit settled at the 11th hour

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NRA Endorses Joe Heflin for District 85 State Representative Re-election

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Department of State Health Services proposes $245 million in cuts

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Lawmakers might scrap or revamp state jail system

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Need for Texas state jails draws scrutiny

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Several Texas Democrats flipped on "Audit the Fed" vote after co-sponsoring HR 1207

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Alamo fundraising campaign falls flat; caretaker group blames newspaper

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DPS Begins Program to Catch Top Sex Offenders

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Rumors of Sen. Hutchison's Death a Hoax

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Democrats' group files ethics complaint against Rep. Linda Harper-Brown

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Obama's Federal War on Texas
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Arrogant Washington Threatens Rick Perry and Texans’ Right To Govern Themselves

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Cornyn blasts Obama energy, environment policies

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Editorial: U.S. House is wacky to single out Texas

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Cornyn blasts fed suit over Arizona immigration law

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ICE Releases Memo Showing Agency Has Resources to Remove Only 4% of Illegal Aliens A Year

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Report: Hezbollah on US-Mexico Border

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Juárez mayor-elect's El Paso home gets tax break

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Border violence spills onto Mexican ranches, farms

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El Paso Border Check, Drugs in Washing Machine

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Waco lawmakers, candidates weigh in as immigration suit filed against Arizona

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AZ Governor Cancels Border Governors Meeting

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Rio Grande flooding
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Flood danger washes along the Rio Grande

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Mexico, Texas evacuate homes as Rio Grande floods

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Rio Grande pounds border cities, Piedras Negras mayor killed in plane crash while monitoring flood

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Officials killed in plane crash while inspecting border flooding

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Rio Grande-Flood Watch: Increase in water rising in the Rio Grande

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A look at Laredo's history of floods through this photo gallery

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Valley on flood watch as cyclone potential increases

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Some Valley roads still closed due to flooding

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Rio Grande flooding closes international bridge in Laredo

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Los Ebanos ferry closed due to Rio Grande flooding

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El Paso-based IBWC playing key role in flood-control operations in Texas

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Southwest Airlines says June traffic climbed 5 percent

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Dallas Logistics Hub owners hire firm to market land in project

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DFW’s average weekly wage increases

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Texas' Industrial Production Index edged up 0.7% from April numbers, up 5.1% from 2009

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Multi-family housing permits rose more than 18% from April

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North Texas home starts jump 47 percent

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3M officials aim for 2011 opening in Angleton

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Rangers’ bidding proposal for team facing likely opposition

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Talks on Texas Rangers auction continue amid conflicts

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Gilbert a no-show at Rangers' mediation

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Denton’s Lantana Golf Club sold

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Texas Industries to permanently close 4 cement kilns in Midlothian

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Stafford-area company hurt by oil drilling moratorium

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Imperial Sugar, OSHA settle explosion case

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Victoria golf club manufacturer proves small shop can reach global audience

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Lubbock Mayor signs emergency declaration after Lake Alan Henry oil spill, more

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Both crude oil lines plugged in Brazos River leaks

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Don’t Eat Fish Caught In Parts of Trinity River, State Warns

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More oil may be headed toward Texas beaches - note the word "may", they don't know

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Ship hulls, not tides, likely brought tar balls to Texas

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Tar balls not a threat to beachgoers

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Source: Texas Well Prepared To Contain Oil Spill

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7 gallons of tar balls collected

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Environmental groups to sue ExxonMobil over pollution at Baytown refinery

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Former San Marcos city manager signs release, won’t sue city

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Dallas police chief back at work after son death, 2 slain

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"It's a Deep-Rooted Hurt:" Chief David Brown

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Dallas police chief doesn't disappoint in first public statement since shooting

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City seeks bids to privatize Dallas police auto pound, may sell site - it should be privatized

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Miss Juneteenth Lubbock 2007 says still hasn't received scholarship

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Killeen Infant Shaken, Dropped On The Floor; Stepfather In Custody

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San Antonio's scandal-plagued CPS Energy "to let public see more"

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Policies in place, McLennan Co. ready to start saying Pledge of Allegiance and prayer

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City of El Paso seeks to delay police pay raises

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Vidor council spat apparently over

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Abilene Visitor Greeted by Knife, Guns and Rope, robbed in hotel room

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AEP Texas Smart Meter Installations Begin Monday In Abilene

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1 hurt when vehicle hits Pampa building

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Sweetwater Residents Enraged Over Butchered Trees

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Train Derails in East Austin, MetroRail Service Canceled

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Big Red soda's going retro

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Guns stolen from Amarillo's Gander Mountain, suspects at large

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CVS robber threatened to kill store employees

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Three arrested in theft of uniform delivery truck

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Photo: Waterspout behind Total Refinery in Port Arthur

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Beaumont, Port Arthur neighborhoods lose power

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Give Gandhi a space at Austin's Zilker Park

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A&M Awarded $12.25 Million Defense Department Contract to Combat Agents of Biological Terror

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Garbage Piles Up Curb-Side Due To Error in parts of Arlington, Southlake & North Richland Hills

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Corinth firefighter who fell at Rangers game is in fair condition

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Fort Worth man fatally shot trying to break up a fight

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Soon after wedding, tragedy hits Fort Worth couple

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Man with more than 60 arrests arrested again

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Former Harris Co. employee pleads guilty to theft

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Rotting meat left outside bar in middle of battle with condo

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Teen sacrifices finger to save brother from fireworks blast

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75-year-old man kills intruder in Bastrop County home

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Liza Minnelli cancels San Antonio performance

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San Antonio unveils plan to revitalize neighborhoods around Fort Sam

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Plainview's Rio Concho mobile home residents face another water shutoff

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Man shot dead through door in Pflugerville

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Hewitt woman in jail after stabbing her husband

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Port Isabel Man Pleads Guilty to Possession of Child Pornography

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Waco City Council passes 'spay or pay' ordinance

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Meteorite punches hole in Decatur driveway

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Editorial: Let's all help make Baylor's bid to pack football stands a success this year- try winning, that usually does it

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Amarillo Symphony chief leaves ‘by mutual consent’

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Boy testifies about Mineola child-sex-ring

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Beaumont police look for two suspects with almost $800,000 in bonds

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Pot Farm Busted In Dallas

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Seized Horses Head to Auction

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Can A Train Really Help The Denton Music Scene?

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Sheriff to turn over Justin shooting case to DA

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Homeless Man Rescues Fallen American Flag

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Former UTEP Staff Member Named Ambassador To Venezuela

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Missing woman found in Lake Conroe

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Rangers fan injured in fall gets visit from Nolan Ryan

 
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Karp: Texas leads other states in recovery

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Perry, White trading video jabs

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Perry scores more endorsements for November election

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Anti-Perry group says it will buy more air time

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White rips into Perry for no-show in governor debate

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Bill White chats up Democratic backers in Denton

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Democrat Party files 2 ethics complaints against Gov. Perry - but unlike Bill White, it's not income they accuse him of hiding, it's debt!

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Pratt: Texas Dems hit another foul ball with Perry ethics complaints

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Editorial: Texas Democrats err on Two Step - come on Libs! This is who they are, too bad you choose to be so blind.

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An underdog joins the race for Texas Governor

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Railroad Commission candidates at odds over what to call the RRC - it doesn't need a name change

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Commission name change could come down to cost

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Dewhurst takes some heat over redistricting panel

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Schools' stimulus spending tough to track amid varied reporting rules

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Public Workers are Straining State Budgets and Ought to Accept Cuts

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Dem Land Commissioner candidate, Uribe, says his photo was swiped for use on dating site

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In-Depth Guide to Texas Congressional Delegation

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Texas program aims to help convict/inmate "mothers" & babies

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Texas program aims to help ex-inmates re-enter society

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Texas leaders convene disaster preparedness forum

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Tar balls on Texas beaches are from Gulf oil spill

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PHOTOS: So what exactly does a tar ball look like? - a blob

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Statement by Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott on the BP Oil Spill

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Tar balls appear too fresh to have floated here from spill

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Gov. Perry Announces Formation of Gulf Project

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Most of Texas' GOP congressional delegation signs repeal-health-bill discharge petition

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High Plains communities soaked, more than 10 inches of rain fell in O'Donnell

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A group of good Samaritans helps push Scurry County EMS through flood waters

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Released water from Lake Amistad floods South Texas

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Flooding prompts Vega evacuation

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Mexican town evacuated amid fears dam will burst

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Rio Grande City floodways may be opened to prevent flooding

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Farmers Rejoicing Over Record Rainfalls

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Some Corpus-area roads remain flooded after Hurricane Alex

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Hurricane rescued turtle in Texas named Alex

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Obama's Federal War on Texas
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Congressman Solomon Ortiz Sends Letter to EPA Administrator

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Lib Editorial: EPA says Texas clean air permitting plan is sloppy - what? The Feds claiming they are more efficient!

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EPA: Clean-Air Rule Would Overturn Bush-Era Plan

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Texas AG Greg Abbott ‘underwhelmed’ by Obama’s efforts on immigration, border

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Texas delegation reacts swiftly to Arizona lawsuit

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E-mails show ex-Farmers Branch official warned of expensive fight over immigration ordinance

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Mexican Democracy, Even Under Siege

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Human smugglers showing violent upswing, ICE says

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State Rep. Riddle working to make illegal immigration..."Illegal"

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El Paso County Residents Living Near Border Concerned About Gunfire

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US Pays $113 Billion to Harbor Illegal Immigrants

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American pride is not just for Americans, thoughts of a Chinese visiting scholar in Texas

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Texas utilities could have to replace steel gas lines - and you'll pay big!

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Texas Rangers agree to hold auction for team sale

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Levelland volunteer fire chief Brewer dies after cancer battle

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Wilson County man accused in stepfather's slaying

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Firm chosen to build Bush library has ties to donor

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Many unique Texas football mascots make NCAA Football 11 video game

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Bond Set For Waco Man Charged With Continuous Sexual Abuse Of A Child

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Charges Filed Against Man Arrested After Waco Standoff

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Tacoma production starts in San Antonio

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San Antonio smoking-ban proposal protested

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San Antonio ISD teachers face tougher dress code - good, meanwhile Lubbock ISD sanctions the slum-look.

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Dallas-area golf management firms drive for growth

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Center Point residents want old bridge saved

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Comal courthouse security concerns remain

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Fireworks mishap at Medina Lake investigated

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Oil leak closes Lake Alan Henry ,Heavy rains burst oil line upstream of future Lubbock water supply

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Counting phase of census winding down with few major problems

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In Fort Worth and beyond, Coffee Party tries for more civil approach - big government lovers! Funny.

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Tea Party holds Independence Day event

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Will the Texas Tribune transform Texas journalism?

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Austin hospitalist group sells to national chain

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Driftwood's Mandola Estate Winery rebrands

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Texas Monthly publisher begins going private

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Cabbie charged with stabbing client who questioned his driving

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Randall Co. courthouse exterior nearly finished, no budget for interior

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Kelso: Red, White, Blue and Amarillo

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San Marcos police officer re-hired after arbitrator decision

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Bastrop Home Intruder Dies After Struggle with Homeowner

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Man dies trying to save daughter in Trinity River

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Beaumont board gives Motor Hotel 15 days to vacate or comply

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City of Austin officials working to close a big budget gap with higher taxes and service cuts

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DPS officer shoots driver after high-speed pursuit

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Columnist: Dan Beebe made big mistake in calling out Tommy Tuberville

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Coaches voicing concern over inclusion in NCAA academic data

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Swami draws thousands to Dallas Market Hall for yoga

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Dallas' Hotels.com pushes against online tax

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El Paso man arrested on charge of shooting Louisiana trooper

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Conductor To Leave El Paso Symphony Orchestra

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El Paso County judges using videoconferencing to save money

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Fort Worth manufacturer buys Dallas competitor

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To Arlington homeowners' dismay, feral hogs expanding their territory

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Euless seeks retirement community designation to boost economy

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Fort Bend County investigating rash of home invasions

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Man not charged with pulling gun after plane crash - I'd have no-billed him too, no matter his medical condition

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FEMA extends temporary housing program from Ike - are these folk ever expected to move on?

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Why not ask to move cars before ticketing? - government too arrogant

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Proposed larger Port of Galveston terminal will have big consequences

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Patterson-UTI acquires equipment from Key Energy

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United Space Alliance to lay off more than 1K workers

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Houston PD officer hit by flying tire on I-45

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Houston PD: Truck driver dies staging phony accident, more

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Former Houston Computer Hacker Sentenced

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Search continues for young woman who jumped from Lake Conroe party boat

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Upshur County records go online

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Vandalism plagues Laredo parks, latest at Seven Flags Park

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Fundraiser for Stonehenge II

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Family: Midland Plane Crash Victims Will be Missed

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Alpine Plane Crash Investigation

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City of Pharr opens its books to residents

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Harlingen pit feared to be toxic is disappearing

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20 underage drinkers arrested in Plainview

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Childhood home fire sparks Waco firefighter's career

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6th Annual West Texas Wind Energy Trade Fair to feature new turbines

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San Antonio International Airport Sees Surge In Travel

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Pflugerville Dad Shoots and Kills Daughter's Friend

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El Paso Attorney Gary Hill pleads guilty to misdemeanor assault charge

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Longtime Dallas homeless czar nominated to lead park board

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Group of Leander teens is being investigated for a possible hate crime

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F1 leaders weigh in on Austin race

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Falling stadium light poles recalled by feds

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Former Baylor football player found dead in San Antonio

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Brownsville mayor expects driver's license suspension

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TXI to shut down highest-polluting cement kilns in Midlothian

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Judge rules in mail-in ballot trial; no new election in Tarrant Co. JP 8 - another example of Democrat on Democrat election trouble.

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Group votes to sell former Ingleside Navy base property at auction

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Fan falls from upper deck at Texas Rangers game
 

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Pratt: Lloyd Doggett & Dems in on the War on Texas

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Sunsetting the Texas Electricity Market?

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How to hold folks accountable for rising property taxes

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Texas: Mystery Of Red Light Camera Legislation Solved - wow! I was so right!

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Red-light cameras spark debate in Texas cities

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Red-light camera companies become a lobbying force in Austin

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Like College Station Backlash To Redlight Cameras Growing in Texas

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State Lawmakers Look to Ban Red-Light Cameras

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Sharpstown scandal opened the door for Dolph Briscoe

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Kinky Friedman proves his lack of seriousness, endorses a dog for Gov.

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Baxter: Texas broadband map shows national plan ill-conceived - right on!

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SE Texas liberals continue to be frustrated with Tea Party opposition

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Valley lawmakers say their region doesn't have a monopoly on corrupt politicians - nope but they've long been the leaders!

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High Plains communities soaked, more than 10 inches of rain fell in O'Donnell

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Lubbock covered in water, homes barricaded and roads closed

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Heavy Rains Cause Lubbock Starbucks' Roof Collapse

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Parts Of Palo Duro Canyon Saw 6 Feet Of Floodwater

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Rio Grande flooding below Amistad Dam

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Reynosa braces for possible Rio Grande flooding

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Edinburg woman gets kidney transplant during Hurricane Alex

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Border cooperation, development hailed

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Governor reacts after story of Lubbock teen, immigration problem

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Houston’s Clergy Unites to Urge Support for Immigration Reform

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Texas AG Wants President to Secure Border

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Former Juarez Mayor Set To Become Mayor Again

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U.S. House approves $700M for border security

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5 killed in Alpine air-ambulance crash

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Coast Guard: Texas tarballs could be from Deepwater Horizon

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Tar balls from Gulf oil spill turn up in Texas

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Beeville prison to be South Texas release center

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Baylor wants football fans to 'rise up' in wake of Big 12 scare

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Sleeping Suspect Arrested In Central Texas Bank Robberies

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RIP: Champion swordsman, Hammond, dead at 90

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Dallas officials push for ban of synthetic marijuana

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San Antonio PD group to compete in the ‘olympics’ for SWAT teams

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Alternative teacher certification may not be the ticket to a job

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Watchdog dismissed at Harris County Sheriff’s Office

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Collin Couny DA's probe of judge a 'travesty,' ex-prosecutors say

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At 13th fattest in U.S., Texas adults outweighed by their children, who rank 7th

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Austin may require future employees to work longer for pensions

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UT's 'Mr. Anonymous' a force behind research

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Abilene power outage affected nearly 3,500, local TV affected

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Bush Library Web Site Hit by Hackers

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Plane Makes Emergency Landing on a Hood Co. Golf Course

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Fort Worth man awaits doctors' decision on face transplant

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Train Crash Kills Duncanville H.S. Student/Athlete

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White Settlement Jail, police station to be used in movie

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Texas veteran finds success with book, HBO series

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WW II veteran's widow seeks to make amends to lost beau

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Online Article Highlights El Paso In Good Light

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Galveston is great, let’s make it even better

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Deputy constable delivers baby on side of I-45

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Ankle monitors won't be freeing up Harris Co. jails soon

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Houston woman charged with plot to kill trial witness

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Two women abducted, sexually assaulted in NE Houston

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Teen with ear defect admitted to music school

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Family of 3 killed in south Texas crash

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Researchers work to unravel mystery of Lubbock's first murder

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Neglected animals seized in Fannin County

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Abernathy girl selected Miss Rodeo Texas Princess

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Plainview man arrested after woman, boy thrown from vehicle

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Race protest molests Paris, Texas 4th of July parade

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Coahoma Holds First Ever Lawnmower and Powertool Drag Race

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Panhandle Plains Offers Great Texan Culture

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Power companies step in to propel wind project

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Goat herds increasing in state's livestock circles

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Texas Reads: New novels from popular Lone Star writers

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Man shot outside Harlingen's Valley Race Park

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Dallas Fireworks Show Saved Until Tonight - Businesses Provide Funds

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City of Amarillo searches for new city manager - as much as these positions pay, I find it hard to believe that a city needs to pay someone for a "search"
 

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07/03&04/2010 Happy Independence Day

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State Rep. Joe Heflin found in violation by ethics board

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Student's run for State Rep. Susan King's legislative seat ends

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2011 legislative session shaping up as worst in years - only from the perspective of those who always want to spend more and grow government.

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Debate will go on without Perry

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When a chicken suit is more than a chicken suit

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Texas national guard preps for Iraq war exit

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Charter schools spread across Texas with goal of newer, better teaching

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Historic Texas agency, Railroad Commission, seeks new name - they don't sell a product so their name doesn't matter. Save the money.

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Gaming is no sure bet for Texas

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Midlanders protest new federal tax bite - another Democrat deal to kill business

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Rural landowners favor tax over state water rules

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Obama's Federal War on Texas
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Doggett's spending bill measure aims to protect Texas education funds, but Perry's office protests

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US House Dems add caveat to Texas schools funds

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FDA wants limits on antibiotics given to livestock

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Hurricane/Storm news:
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Intl. Boundary & Water Commission is monitoring the effects of Hurricane Alex

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Few insurance claims in wake of Alex

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Price gouging complaints cited in report

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Hurricane complications cancel many Brownsville events

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Flooded areas require caution, county officials say

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Tornado rips through Hebbronville

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Alex petered out, but history shows what storms can do

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Border issues:
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Violence weighs on mayor election in Juárez

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Miss Fort Worth is crowned the 75th Miss Texas

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One person killed in Littlefield apartment building fire

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Again?: Possible abusive incident at Lubbock State School

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Obamacare expected to make E.R. crowding worse

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Appeals court refuses to reinstate lawsuit from teacher of teaching of creationism

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Texas Tech stretching wings across globe

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Federal judge tries to streamline oil spill suits

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Houston councilman offers few details on his arrest

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Files shed more light on alleged Houston PD beating

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Truck hits group of youths, killing girl

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Harris Co. sheriff's aide fired after sex harassment inquiry

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Dirk Nowitzki, Mavericks agree to four-year deal

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Dallas Housing Authority puts brakes on plans for Fish Trap Lake

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Tests show Texas high schoolers falling short of healthy benchmarks

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Fair Park and Dallas Farmers Market may go to private hands

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Liberty Hall Illuminates Marquee in downtown Tyler

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Man kills himself at shooting range

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Tall Ships make it to Corpus Christi for Sail South Texas 2010

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Feds sell the former Exell Helium Plant in Masterson

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Abilene City Council doesn't plan to revisit Tenaska

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Ex-football star is on the lam, Johnson County authorities say

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Super Bowl will be in Arlington, but is that enough?

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‘Healing Touch' film to air on Lifetime about about Odessa's prostitution scandal

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Kermit cop resigns

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TWU prepares for 10 percent cut in state funding

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Dallas brainstorming session on national debt shows status quo has to go

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Dallas democrat sheriff's charity ties to felon raise questions about case's handling

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Wharton firefighter killed in massive egg plant blaze

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Fourth of July can be stressful for combat veterans

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Stanford lawyer not focused on case's legal circus

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El Paso: Falstaff brewhouse complex for sale; tenants want art center

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Planes, People Descend On Tyler Airport For Display

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New Whitehouse City Manager Ready To Direct

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TJC, UT Tyler Team Experiences Third World Contrasts In Costa Rica

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Burned body found in Donna

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Brownsville ISD chief promotes activist three Rs

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Full-body scanners in use at all Valley airports

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Rough times for Corpus Christi golf, courses closing across the nation

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Death at Nueces County jail under investigation

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Bucking the trend: Big deer forecast great across state

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Some upset with how Colleyville church school handled indecency allegations

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Texas Rangers bankruptcy presents turnaround pro William Snyder with new challenge

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Joe T. Garcia's has stood the test of time

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Fort Worth police officer finally found out why city won't release information - more stench from the local-government-sewer

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Luring film production to the Panhandle: Camera-shy, we're not

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More than 100 kids show up despite Midland chilrens' parade cancellation

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Marfa: At El Cosmico, the sky is limitless

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Taylor County Jail sees no rise in immigrants

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Minor league baseball: Abilenians rooted for home teams

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Recession drove Toyota Tacoma production to Texas - interesting read

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Court custody battle is brewing over Bexar Co. courtroom - funny

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San Antonio No. 27 on Priceline top travel list

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Driver shoots himself in the head in San Antonio - Darwin Award nominee?

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Trucker injured in refinery blast sues AGE
 

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State Capitol reopens after another Friday morning bomb threat

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Greens can put candidates on ballot for now, Supreme Court says

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Federal Mandatory Collective Bargaining Legislation Remains Pending

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This week's Texas Government Insider

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Former Perry chief of staff to get more than $360,000 in salary/benefits to help modernize TxDOT

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Opposition to Straus getting louder - & many will stay with him because they don't really care about the conservative agenda of smaller government

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State panel audits contracts after questions about Rep. Linda Harper-Brown's use of car

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Rep. Charlie Howard: Expanded gambling is not good for Texas

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An early debate in governor's race: Bill White & Libertarian Katherine Glass

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Pete Sessions weighs in on Bill White's choice of colleges

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Chet Edwards' Fort Hood earmark passes the House

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Texans of all types honor Gov. Briscoe

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Story on Gov. Briscoe signing the age-of-adulthood law (21 to 18)

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New push for slots at tracks in Texas

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PRO/CON: Should Texas add slot machines to racetracks to boost tax revenues and preserve jobs?

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Perry Announces $1.125 Million TEF for Expansion of Frito-Lay North America’s Plano Operations

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Hurricane dampens South Padre business hopes

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Alex fades, and South Texans call it an exercise

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South Texas quickly dries out after Hurricane Alex

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Cameron County residents assess Alex's damage

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Crops survive: Damage to corn, cotton, sorghum appears minimal

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Hurricane Alex may have blessed South Texas crops

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City of Corpus Christi beaches re-open today

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Road closure after water floods near Bluntzer

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State: Bolivar residents, owners allowed passage

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Brazoria County Homes Flood

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Carnival Ecstasy arrives to Galveston port after one-day delay

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Edinburg cancels Texas Cook'em

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Helicopter rescues two near Port Mansfield

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Several Valley roadways still closed, partially flooded

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Central Texas under flash flood watch

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Obama's Federal War on Texas
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The EPA vs. the state of Texas: culture clash, serious business, political theater

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Federal Mandatory Collective Bargaining Legislation Remains Pending

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Border issues:
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Gov. Perry: Conversation with Napolitano tense

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Perry: 'The border is burning'

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Immigration Court System Broken, says Former Immigration Judge

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DNC’s Hispanic Caucus Chair Applauds President’s Immigration Reform Speech

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Border city crime down: Crime statistics show decline in 2008-2009 - should we consider Operation Linebacker and numerous other Texas efforts to reduce crime during that time? Does the Gov. get no credit?

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Border Patrol Agents Warned Of Threat

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Texas lawmakers weigh in on immigration reform speech

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21 killed in Mexican gang shootout near US border

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More 'narcoviolence' reported in Reynosa

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Mexico nabs gang leader in US consulate killing

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The Great Great Plains: How heartland cities like Fargo and Omaha became the nation’s new boomtowns.

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Dr Pepper orders sugar for 125th anniversary

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American Airlines workers told to take strike vote

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Hard drive containing personal information on AMR retirees, employees stolen

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Blockbuster must hire chief restructuring officer by next week

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AT&T settles class action suits over billing

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Texas Mortgage Firm Survives and Thrives Despite Repeat Sanctions

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Six Flags moving executives from New York to Grand Prairie - more moves to Texas!

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Texas Tech Health Sciences nursing professor loses endowed chair

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Texas executes killer of Houston-area nurse

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Man found guilty of murder over $50 debt

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BP disaster may now be worst spill in Gulf history

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AVID graduates 99% of its HS students

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Dispute over future College Baseball Hall of Fame location in Lubbock - such an endeavor should be happy to have any home.

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Bar Owner, Workers Charged In Unsanctioned BU Frat Party Surrender

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Waco Affidavits: Children Living In Filth; No Running Water; Human Waste In Bathtub, Bucket

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Travelers face airport congestion

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New rules could lower standards for San Antonio River

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San Antonio river-walk extension job bid under budget

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6 indicted in latest export fraud case

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City manager says she'll wait on findings about funeral for Dallas police chief's son

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Dallas Police Chief David Brown to speak publicly Wednesday

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Former Dallas Police Chief Kunkle Gets National Award

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Thieves Break In, Flood New Home

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City of Abilene Takes Furlough Day to save $

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Texas near top of speeding-ticket list

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Brown Co. Patrol Car Hits Horse, Officer Lucky To Be Alive

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Abilene fire truck topples; four firefighters treated and released

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NTSB: Firm doing digging at fault in gas line explosion deaths

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Funding Questions Follow Cap Metro's Court Win

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Should the new CEO at Capital Metro get a car allowance?

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Austin 'Fleshlight' sex toy maker files patent lawsuit

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Largest solar farm in Texas planned in Pflugerville

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Trillion dollar opportunities are knocking on Austin's door

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Austin radio pioneer Campos among Music Memorial honorees

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Update: Laura Hall sentenced to 10 years in prison for tampering with evidence, Jury deliberates Laura Hall's sentence

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Pitonyak’s former roommate sentenced to 30 years

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Molestation claims target late Houston priest

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Brazos County Jail passes state inspection

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11 Huntsman workers treated for exposure to sulfur dioxide

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Bishop native wins millions for 4th time

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Thousands of Dallas-area drivers ignore tolls – and get away with it

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El Paso City Manager Proposes Property Tax Hike - sticking local gov. sewer

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Fort Worth builds parking lot for pool that's closed for the summer - sticking local gov. sewer

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Lies: Municipal League didn’t tell Sam to cancel meeting - sticking local gov. sewer

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JFK conspiracy theorist sues Dallas over arrest

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Texas family may hold key to genetic heart research

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3 accused in alleged prostitution ring in Port Arthur

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Man armed with flashlight in standoff with Houston PD

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Lubbock massage therapist sentenced to 6.5 years in prison

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Ag tour visits West Texas sites

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Explosive device found near Nacogdoches neighborhood, suspect arrested

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Man in wheelchair crashes into moving truck

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$2 million earmarked to help Interstate 35 project around Waco

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Man not guilty in Hale Center cattle-selling scheme trial

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La Marque neighborhood evacuated during manhunt

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Mount Pleasant man convicted of fraud, pretended to be blind to get veteran's benefits

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Sentenced to 2 years, man runs from court in Austin

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Case Of Mom Accused In Underage Affair Dropped

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Partial opening of Lake O' The Pines beaches

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Upshur County Woman pleads guilty to counterfeiting

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City of Hereford Wages War on Fireworks

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Austin police release video of officer hitting motorcyclist

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Albany Nursing Home Closing Its Doors - how's that gov. Medicare working out for us all?

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Perry names Pejovich to UT board

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Big 12 Conference Reprimands Texas Tech Football Coach Tommy Tuberville - insane! These institutions are government entities - you can't ban criticism of government!
 

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07/01/2010

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Texas leads nation for job growth in May

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Texas Heat Index: Bill White flubs a bit of Texas history

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Perry staffer loses his hair in fundraising challenge

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Environmental group blasts Green Party in GOP-petition scandal

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Texas horse tracks say they need slot machines to survive

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Democrats ask tough questions at gambling forum - hmm, dems pretending to be republicans - an election must be near.

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Solomons blasts Berman with unusually blunt language on immigration issue

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Mourners gather to remember Texas ex-Gov. Briscoe

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Briscoe's legacy paved Texas' future

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NFIB-Texas: The Healthcare Law Infringes on Our Freedoms

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Premiums For New "High Risk" Pool Could Be Steep

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Flood Insurance: Cornyn Calls On Senate Democrats To Stop Playing Partisan Politics

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Senate extends flood insurance program

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Texas Congressional delegation in depth: Louie Gohmert

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Thornberry: Add Financial Bail-Out to Growing List of Expanding Government

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Paul's attempt to 'audit' Fed fails

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Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison Took A Meat-axe To Federal Law To Get The Mayor His Toll Road. But Did She Even Think About The Consequences? - I thought she said she opposed toll-roads!?

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Tincy Miller: “An informed patriotism is what we want …”

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Insurance company (Hartford) reduces rates, agrees to pay refunds

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Poll scandal shocks campaigns

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The State of Texas Cannot Execute The Mentally Retarded, But That May Not Prevent A Dallas Cop Killer From Being Put To Death

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Proposal on highway maintenance funds could hurt outlying cities

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Is there a service component in public-service?

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Congress Turns Sour On Red Light Cameras

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Texas dodges worst of Hurricane Alex

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Hurricane Alex in photos from the McAllen Monitor

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Heavy rain soaks Mexico as Alex rapidly weakens

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Alex unleashes tornadoes, floods in Upper Valley

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Tornado watch remains in effect until 8pm; heavy rains to continue

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County workers busy pumping water in flooded areas

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Queen Isabella Causeway re-opened linking Port Isabel to S. Padre Island

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Expressway open from Brownsville to McAllen

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PHOTOS: Hurricane Alex batters Mexico, Texas coast

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AG Abbott Activates Operation Safe Shelter During Hurricane Alex

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Residents along Nueces River likely to see river rise dramatically

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Emergency Shelter Reaches Capacity

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Texas Forest Service Monitors Hurricane Response

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Hurricane Alex now tropical storm; El Paso may get remnants this weekend

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Search crews from England help in Alex recovery

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South Padre cleans Alex debris for Fourth of July

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Most DPS Offices to Re-Open

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Portions of Texas 87 near Galveston to stay closed until this weekend

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County re-opens South Padre Island parks

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Full power almost restored to entire Valley

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Obama's Federal War on Texas
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Afghan military trainees vanish in Texas; feds dismiss security risks

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Border issues:
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'Cross-border gunfire' raises Texas security fears

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Ballistics tests run: Workers at City Hall unfazed by shots that hit building

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Historian: Cross-Border Bullets Have Hit El Paso before

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Gunfire from Juárez usually heard, not seen

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Feds arrest Texas shootings suspect in NC

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Gov. Perry: 'Secure the border, Mr. President'

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Buddy Holly star barred at the Canada border

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Waco City Council considers adding another seat

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GM's Whitacre: Austin added to Volt rollout list

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Tenaska withdraws request to buy water from Abilene - Archibald seems reckless

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Brownfield ISD turning detention center into pre-Kindergarten

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Former Employee Claims Discrimination at S. Plains Association of Governments

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Houston city councilman accused of fleeing police

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Another Tulia drug bust figure’s probation revocation vacated

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Wild animal dispute in Kerr County escalates

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A 'huge' day for America's medics as new facility opens at Fort Sam Houston

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Refugees from Somalia were pawns in Texas pharmacy fraud case

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Sago palms can easily cause death of pets, livestock

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50,000 to pack San Antonio for Alcoholics Anonymous convention

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Greenville, TX, Radio Stations Going Back To Cumulus

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Police Chief’s Son Who Killed Suburban Officer Was On Pot, PCP

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Deputies Find Body Of 61-Year-Old Texas Woman Killed During Burglary - don't be a victim

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Public Defender For Harris County Debate

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Blockbuster trading halted as debt payment looms

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Can Chief David Brown still lead after son's killings?

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Collin County DA John Roach accused of harassing district judge

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Dallas group's alcohol-sales campaign begins with a new name

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Hunting ordinance at Lake Winters tabled

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Small Wind Turbine Sales Increase

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Texas retail gasoline prices hold at $2.61

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Austin-Bergstrom International Airport adds nonstop flight to Kansas City

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Scott & White inks merger deal

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Brinker closes On The Border sale

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Court officer: Texas Rangers auction should occur

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Atmos Energy to repurchase $100M in common stock

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Amazon buys Carrollton-based deal-a-day website Woot

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Live posts from Laura Hall’s sentencing retrial

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Austin police officer distracted by squad car computer runs stop sign and hits a man

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Austin to pay civil rights group legal fees

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Austin's Steiner Ranch residents balk at Randalls - I've never understood such objections

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Clute officer fired for lying, police chief says

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Man pulls knife on three jogging officers

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Investigators: Houston pilot's child porn collection one of the largest they've seen

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Pipelines not marked before deadly blasts in Panhandle, North Texas - meaning the construction folks were at fault

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Editorial: Voluntary, no-cost to taxpayer recycling plan worth trying in Beaumont

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San Antonio Man Gets 3 Years Over Cat Mutilations

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AT&T'S U-verse System Down In Much Of N. Texas

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Panel endorses plan to convert downtown Dallas one-way streets to two-way

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Inmate who used Shrode testimony as part of stay request to be executed today

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Possible plans for El Paso's Asarco site unveiled

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Fort Worth substitute teacher stunned by $11,300 paycheck

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Driving school owner told police he had shot two men on his property - anti-wimp

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Carnival cruise ship unable to dock in Galveston due to weather

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TTU appeals ruling that Leach can sue for breach of contract

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Tanning salons may have to raise prices because of a new tax - no kidding & I bet most tanning salon employees, those who voted, voted Democrat.

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Major Web pharmacy scam with Houston ties busted

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Jury finds Mount Pleasant man guilty of disability fraud scheme

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Rialto Theatre to close in Denison

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Sudan team roper on pace to return to world championship

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Longview firefighter injured while battling residential blaze

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Armadillo Palace Branching Out Beyond Yee-Haw Texas Music

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Big bass retire to little Texas lake

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College World Series will miss its longtime love

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Amarillo man indicted on child-porn charges

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State agencies issue anthrax advisory for those spending time outdoors

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Plano school principals lose appeal in candy cane case

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City of Houston Building Inspector Convicted Of Rape

 

 

 

 
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