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New rules for labeling meat go into effect in US
But the rules that went into effect for meat on Thursday provide more detailed information. Instead of seeing a label that says, "Product of the U.S.A. and Canada," shoppers might find one that says "Born in Canada, raised and slaughtered in the United ...
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Alabama mystery illness solved its common flu
MONTGOMERY, Ala. -- Health officials investigating a cluster of mysterious illnesses in Alabama closed their investigation Thursday after determining the illnesses were unrelated and no new bacteria or viruses were involved.The investigation involved 10 people who became sick and were admitted to hospitals in Dothan and Luverne in southeast Alabama. Two died, six remained hospitalized Thursday, ...
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Former Texas Police Officer Ordered to Federal Prison for Deprivation of Civil Rights
WASHINGTON-Frank Carter, 43, a former officer with the Laredo, Texas Police Department (LPD), has been sentenced to prison following his conviction for violating the civil rights of an arrestee, announced Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Rights Division Thomas E. Perez and U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson. Carter pleaded guilty on Thursday, March 7, 2013. Today, U.S. District Judge Diana ...
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Pennsylvania investor buys Southeast Austin properties
Commerce Center South was acquired by a Philadelphia area-based investment company. Stoltz Real Estate Partners in Bala Cynwyd, Penn., bought the Commerce Center South at the southwest corner of Ben White Boulevard and Montopolis Drive. The seller was PacTrust. The three Class A industrial buildings encompass 155,545 square feet on a 35.3-acre site in the Southeast Austin submarket. The property ...
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Hurricane outlook Another busy Atlantic season
Their prediction Thursday calls for 13 to 20 named Atlantic storms, seven to 11 that strengthen into hurricanes and three to six that become major ...
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87-year-old woman loses to Donald Trump in civil case involving a condo deal
FILE - In this May 14, 2013 file photo, Donald Trump arrives at federal court in Chicago to testify at a civil trial where he is accused of cheating an 87-year-old Jacqueline Goldberg in a condo deal. On Thursday, May 23, 2013, jurors sided with Trump and against Goldberg. Goldberg claimed the real estate mogul-turned-TV star carried out a bait and switch by offering her profit sharing in his ...
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Police officer charged with shooting cat with arrow
BOERNE, Texas (KXAN) - Bobby, a 2-year-old tabby cat, survived being shot with an arrow and the off-duty Boerne police officer accused of the shooting was charged with animal cruelty. According the WOAI, the NBC affiliate in San Antonio, Officer Lance DeLeon was arrested and accused of shooting Bobby with a crossbow on Tuesday. The four-year police veteran was released after posting a $2,000 ...
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Tiffs Treats to open South Austin location
Leon Chen, CEO of Tiff's Treats, said customer data determines where the cookie maker opens new stores. Tiffs Treats, the purveryor of warm cookies delivered to your door, will open a shop in Southwest Austin later this summer or in early fall. Our customers in South Austin have had to go to Westlake or downtown for Tiffs Treats, and now well be in a very popular center, said Leon Chen, ...
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Woman hit by car as burglars make off with purse
ROUND ROCK, Texas (KXAN) - A woman was struck by a fleeing getaway car after she saw a man stealing her purse at a Round Rock daycare. The incident happened Wednesday at the Primrose School of Round Rock, 3313 Forrest Creek Drive , at about 4:30 p.m. After the woman picked up her children, she noticed a man breaking into her vehicle. The man jumped into a newer-model silver Ford Focus driven by ...
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Austin Energy to resume service cutoffs
AUSTIN (KXAN) - For the first time in a year, Austin Energy will begin shutting off energy to customers who are not paying their bills. Ed Clark says cutting a customer off is a last resort and will only happen after all possible warnings and requests are ignored. We will do phone calls, letters, door hangers, said Clark. But once we have communicated and sent notices, at some point we will do a ...
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Dallas man gets death for drowning 2 sons in creek
DALLAS -; A father who told two of his sons to pretend they were swimming as he drowned them in a Dallas-area creek was sentenced to death on ...
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Health Officials Decry Texas Snubbing Of Medicaid Billions
Texas Gov. Rick Perry addresses the opening session of the Texas Legislature in Austin earlier this year. The state of Texas is turning down billions of federal dollars that would have paid for health care coverage for 1.5 million poor Texans. By refusing to participate in Medicaid expansion, which is part of the Affordable Care Act, the state will leave on the table an estimated $100 ...
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Texas Medical Association launches physician services group
Dr. Russell Kridel, president of Harris County Medical Society, said the new physician group will provide doctors with tools to provide better and more efficient care. The Texas Medical Association has teamed up with some of the states largest medical societies to create the Physician Services Organization for Patient Care. The organization aims to deliver tools to help physicians perform better ...
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Velocis buys Uptown Dallas office tower
Dallas-based real estate investment firm Velocis has purchased 3131 McKinney Ave. in Uptown Dallas. Dallas-based real estate investment fund Velocis, along with its investors, has bought 3131 McKinney Ave. in Uptown Dallas for an undisclosed sum. The 145,610-square-foot Class A office building is in a highly-desired submarket, where tenants can walk to a number of amenities, said Mike Lewis, ...
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Gun measure triggers Republican fight in House
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) -- A move to give lawmakers the right to carry handguns anywhere they wish sparked an angry debate in the Texas House of Representatives between ...
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Ex-police officer gets prison for abusing suspect
LAREDO, Texas (AP) -- A former Laredo police officer has been sentenced to a year in prison after admitting to abusing a suspect in his patrol car last ...
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Texas man found guilty of murder in 1984 case
A Collin County jury on Thursday found 50-year-old Alonzo Grayson Jr. guilty in the killing of 18-year-old Bobby Ray Taylor in January 1984. The jury then began deliberating the punishment for Grayson, who faces up to 99 years in prison. He's not eligible for parole because of prior convictions that include robbery and ...
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Alberto Lombardi focused on new sushi bar Taverna move
Alberto Lombardi, owner of Lombardi Family Concepts, said hes slowing down thoughts of expansion and is focusing on his current five Dallas locations. Lombardi recently added a sushi bar to 31, the lounge that sits above Bistro 31. The addition has brought in additional customers and made the lounge more popular, Lombardi said. Needless to say, he plans on keeping it there. Lombardi also is ...
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A look at weekend Thoroughbred racing
The Memorial Day weekend kicks off summer and, with no Triple Crown hopes to extend the spring, also kicks off a "second season" of racing. There are important turf races at Churchill Downs, Belmont Park, Hollywood Park and Arlington Park. Some of the nation's top steeds will be on display in the Grade I Met Mile at Belmont. Fillies and mares are in action from coast to coast and ...
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Mike Wyatt Determination humor help overcome diagnosis
When it comes to testicular cancer, commercial real estate broker Mike Wyatt has been there, done that, got the T-shirt. Wyatt, an executive vice president in the Dallas office of Cushman & Wakefield of Texas, was diagnosed in 1994, at age 31. When you hear the C word, it strikes terror all the way through to your bone marrow, Wyatt said. Eighteen years ago, the world was a different place. ...
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Texas Joins Flood of States Suing BP over 2010 Gulf Spill
Texas has joined the crowd of Gulf of Mexico states to file suit against BP Plc, Halliburton Co and others for their role in one of the worst oil spills in U.S. history. The complaint, filed Friday in U.S. District Court in Beaumont, Texas, alleges that the companies and others ';engaged in willful and wanton misconduct'; for their role in the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill. The ...
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R.L. Worths Heritage Oaks lands a new neighbor
Zachry Construction Corp. is moving the company's headquarters to Heritage Oaks at Inwood. Only months after NuStar Energy LP moved out of its former headquarters, Zachry Construction Co. has decided to move in. The latter has closed on the purchase of Building I at the Heritage Oaks at Inwood office park on the far North Side. Spanning 84,000 square feet, the structure will serve as the new ...
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Lawmakers require audit of Perry development fund
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — State lawmakers have given final approval to a bill requiring an audit of Gov. Rick Perry's deal-closing Texas Enterprise Fund.Lawmakers have been demanding closer scrutiny of the decade-old program that has given more than $485 million to private companies looking to expand or relocate in the state. Critics have questioned the fund, and Perry's similar ...
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Halliburton adds 100 CNG trucks to its fleet as part of pilot program
Halliburton has invested in 100 hybrid vehicles that can run on compressed natural gas or conventional fuel. Oilfield services giant Halliburton, one of the key players in South Texas Eagle Ford Shale, has deployed nearly 100 light-duty compressed natural gas trucks across its U.S. field locations. Houston-based Halliburton purchased the vehicles as part of a pilot program that be rolled out ...
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Legacy graduate elected Dallas Baptist SGA president
Reagan Rothenberger, a Beaumont native and 20-year-old junior at Dallas Baptist University (DBU), was elected president of the Student Government Association (SGA) on April 17 for the 2013-14 school year, and will take office in August. Rothenberger is the first junior to be elected president of SGA in ten years at DBU, he ...
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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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