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Appeals court vacates West Texas corruption ruling
EL PASO, Texas (AP) — A federal appeals court has overturned a ruling by a West Texas judge that resulted in a six-year prison sentence for a man accused of fraud.The federal panel determined in a filing Tuesday that the judge interfered with plea negotiations involving Adrian Pena. The El Paso contractor pleaded guilty in December 2010 to fraud for his participation in a scheme to bribe ...
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Future of Houstons historic Astrodome debated
HOUSTON (AP) — Several plans are being debated that could reveal the future of Houston's historic but deteriorating Astrodome.The Harris County Sports & Convention Corp. is meeting Wednesday in Houston to formally consider 19 plans that have been submitted for reusing the stadium.The stadium has been vacant since 2009, when it was deemed unfit for occupancy. It hasn't been ...
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South Texas youngsters help with bird count
BROWNSVILLE, Texas (AP) — Eight-year-old Irene De La Fuente is already working toward her goal of becoming a superstar birder.And she says she wouldn't be able to do it without the help of the Children's Museum of Brownsville."Here at the Children's Museum they help me a lot. They don't let you just play all day. They just help you focus on your work and show you ...
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Review Thirty-five years on “Manhattan” sparkles
Iconic director Woody Allen, who last made waves with 2011's acclaimed "Midnight in Paris," is quite literally in love with New York City, and his 1979 film "Manhattan" was certainly meant to be a love letter to that city. This effort is a near perfect film with a charismatic cast led by Allen and Diane Keaton, who also appeared as Allen's love interest in ...
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Entrepreneurship “Boot Camp” offers expert advice
Obed Manuel/Staff Writer The Murphy Center for Entrepreneurship at UNT is hosting its fourth annual Entrepreneurship Boot Camp. The five-week program gives graduate and undergraduate students the opportunity to hear from experts in the fields of accounting, legal affairs, investments and other crucial elements of business. The camp began June 6 and runs through July 2. This year, the boot ...
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As wildfires rage feds cut funding on prevention
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. -- As the West battles one catastrophic wildfire after another, the federal government is spending less and less on its main program for preventing blazes in the first place.A combination of government austerity and the ballooning cost of battling the ruinous fires has taken a bite out of federal efforts to remove the dead trees and flammable underbrush that clog Western ...
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Texas tops list of lost stolen guns
DALLAS (AP) - Federal authorities say Texas has far and away the largest number of firearms in the U.S. reported as lost or stolen. The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives issued a report this week showing there were 18,874 firearms lost or stolen in Texas in 2012. The figure represents 10 percent of the total national number. The next closest state was Georgia with 12,906. ...
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Fitch Rates Galena Park ISD Texas ULT Rfdg Bonds AAA PSFAA+ Underlying Outlook Stable
Money Market Funds Explore Callable Commercial Paper in Value Search Money market funds (MMFs) are slowly increasing exposure to a relatively new short-term instrument - callable commercial paper (CP), according to Fitch Ratings. MMFs are exploring callable CP as a way to add additional yield and diversification to portfolios, as well as in response to banks' reduced appetite for providing ...
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FBI is using drones inside US director tells Congress
The Federal Bureau of Investigations uses unmanned drones for surveillance inside the United States, the agency's director told lawmakers on Wednesday. FBI Director Robert Mueller admitted at a Senate Judiciary Committee oversight hearing thatthe agency is making use of unmanned aircraft, but he did not provide many details, other than to say the information obtained by the drones can at ...
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New safety rules too lax Corpus Christi harbor pilots say
TODD YATES/CALLER-TIMES ARCHIVE An oil tanker pulls into the Port of Corpus Christi. The port said Tuesday it would adopt stricter navigation guidelines for large vessels, but the pilots who guide the vessels said the rules don’t go far enough. Industries said they support the new restrictions, but pilots who guide vessels say they leave the port susceptible to ...
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Slavery in America must never be forgotten
Just as many of you will never forget the oppression — indeed, extermination — of your foreparents in foreign lands, discrimination in their new country and their constant battle for inclusion and acceptance in a place they came to call ...
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Uncertain future for border prosecution program
U.S. Customs and Border Patrol agents keep watch at a checkpoint station, on Feb. 22, 2013, in Falfurrias, Texas. Some drug smugglers caught at the highway checkpoint about an hour north of the Texas-Mexico border are losing their drugs, but not facing prosecution because cooperation between local and federal prosecutors has broken down. (AP Photo/Eric ...
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Review “Bling Ring” stylish lacks substance
Writer-director Sophia Coppola, best known for 2003's art-house darling "Lost In Translation," has achieved great heights in terms of her career as a filmmaker dually because of the credibility of her last name and the amount of success she has garnered in the world of independent cinema. Coppola's latest effort "The Bling Ring," takes an all-too-familiar look at ...
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Review “Yeezus” is the reason for the season
4.5 out of 5 stars With no singles, no radio airplay and no album cover, Kanye West's sixth solo album, "Yeezus," is still estimated to sell half a million albums in its first week, adding another consecutive No. 1 album to Kanye's catalog of all-platinum albums. But how did we get here? West, now 36, was just an emerging producer-turned-rapper when he released his debut, ...
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Ex-BP employees face new indictments over spill
Federal prosecutors have secured new indictments against a former BP engineer and a former BP executive charged separately with obstructing probes of the company's 2010 oil spill in the Gulf of ...
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Tropical Storm Barry forms off Mexican coast
Forecasters say a tropical depression crossing Mexico's Bay of Campeche is getting better organized and is expected to become a tropical storm before making landfall along Mexico's Gulf ...
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Texas Border Checkpoint Mostly Ensnares Americans For Drug Offenses
Fifteen miles from the U.S.-Mexico border, a sleepy Texas county with more square miles than people is home to a U.S. Border Patrol checkpoint. But while the checkpoint is intended to snag immigration ...
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94th Reno Rodeo opens Thursday Wests richest
RENO, Nev. (AP) -- An up-and-coming young buck who's trading his basketball shoes for cowboy boots and the defending world champion bull rider are among the headliners this week at the 94th Reno ...
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EPA levies $2.5M penalty against US cement maker
BOISE, Idaho (AP) -- The Environmental Protection Agency levied a $2.5 million penalty against a big cement maker and required the company to invest $30 million in pollution controls at plants in nine states alleged to have violated the federal Clean Air ...
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Cuts to food stamps threaten farm bill
White House opposition to the House's massive farm bill could leave some Republicans and conservative groups in the awkward position of agreeing with President ...
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Corpus Christi police seek woman accused of stealing computers from store in Flour Bluff.
CONTRIBUTED PHOTO Corpus Christi Police property crimes detectives are looking for a woman who is accused of stealing from a store in Flour Bluff on June 4, 5 and 6, police said in a news ...
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Barbara Canales picked to fill vacated Port Commission seat
CALLER-TIMES FILE The court selected Canales, an attorney with a petroleum engineering degree and the lone female applicant to the post, from among seven ...
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Crime Stoppers 2013 23
Published June 9, 2013 Police are looking for information on Nueces County's 10 Most Wanted. Call Crime Stoppers at 888-TIPS or visit www.888tips.com to report ...
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Dewhurst tweet says bill attempts to close clinics
AUSTIN (AP) Texas Senate Republicans insist proposed new restrictions on abortion facilities are designed to protect women's health. But a tweet Wednesday from the account of Republican Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst said what Democrats have claimed all along: the plan is an attempt to shut down clinics and all but ban abortion in Texas. Senate Republicans Tuesday night passed sweeping new ...
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NJ Gov. Christie is still a Dallas Cowboys fan
SAYREVILLE, N.J. -; New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie surprised some schoolchildren when he told them his favorite football team is the Dallas ...
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Austin among the leading US cities emerging from recession
The financial crisis, now refered to by some as the Great Recession, has battered cities across the country, but Austin has become a pocket of hope where jobs are available and the population is growing, suggesting that the city may be among a few in the US leading the country out of the recession.
Austin has been ranked in the top 20 US cities with strong population growth, the study was done by the Census Bureau, this is a reflection of the sound economic performance of Texas as whole (the state had several of its cities in the top 20), and subsequently may be given four additional House seats following the 2010 census. Read more
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