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Dewhurst wants special session on failed GOP bills
FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) -- With legislative adjournment looming on Monday, Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst said he wants Gov. Rick Perry to call a special session to seek passage of failed legislation insisted upon by conservative ...
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Concealed handgun measure triggers fight among Texas lawmakers
AUSTIN, Texas – A move to give lawmakers the right to carry handguns anywhere they wish sparked an angry debate among Republicans in the Texas House on Thursday, with conservatives lambasting their colleagues for giving themselves special privileges. The shouting match erupted over whether lawmakers should include themselves in a draft law originally intended to only give special ...
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Holy Cross Family Night
Holy Cross Catholic Church will host Family Night from noon to 8 p.m. May 26 at 1109 N. Staples St. The event is a day of games, live music and entertainment. Free. Information: ...
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During holiday 2.9 million Texans expected to leave home
Memorial Day holiday travel is expected to be up from last year, and local law enforcement officers are expected to be looking for suspected intoxicated drivers.AAA Texas anticipates 2.9 million Texans to travel more than 50 miles from home to celebrate the holiday. The number is up 1.1 percent from the same five-day travel period in 2012, according to a news release from AAA Texas.Top surveyed ...
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Veterans leave Texas for tour of national monuments in D.C.
Thirty veterans of the armed forces taking part in the Brookshire’s/Super 1 Foods World War II Heroes Flight departed Thursday morning for their trip.This is the sixth such trip sponsored by Brookshire Grocery Co.The Heroes Flight, which returns late Saturday, is a three-day whirlwind tour of monuments, memorials and museums in the nation’s capital.';As Americans, we owe these ...
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Pope Tweets Request for Prayers After Explosion in Texas
Search for Survivors Still OnBy StaffHOUSTON, TEXAS, April 18, 2013 (Zenit.org) - Pope Francis is encouraging prayer after an explosion at a fertilizer plant in Texas on Wednesday night killed as many as 15 people and wounded more than 160 others.The Holy Father exhorted the faithful to pray via his Twitter account, @pontifex."Please join me in praying for the victims of the explosion in ...
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First responders tour Corpus Christi fertilizer plant to learn about chemicals emergency response
Erica Quiroz/Caller-Times Terminal manager Jeff Holley (left) listens as Dan Reynolds, president of GateFront, explains to members of the Corpus Christi Fire Department what types of materials they transport to and from the fertilizer plant. GateFront uses different chemicals than the West Fertilizer Co. that exploded last ...
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Roger Staubachs former home lands on the Dallas market
The former home of Roger Staubach and his family has an expansive patio with swimming pool for family events. Roger Staubach's former family home in North Dallas has landed on the market, with an asking price of $1.1 million. The home on a large cul-de-sac lot at 6912 Edelweiss Circle is 8,708 square feet of living space, with five bedrooms and eight-and-a-half bathrooms. It is one of the ...
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ATT tacks 61 cent administrative fee on wireless customers bills
AT&T has added a 61 cent administrative fee to the bills of its contract wireless customers. In a move that could result an additional half-billion dollars in revenue a year, Dallas-based AT&T announced that it has added a new month 61 cent administrative fee to its wireless contract customers. The fee went into effect on May 1, the Wall Street Journal reported. The charge is a so-called ...
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UWs Austin Seferian-Jenkins labors in solitude as DUI case plays out
The Huskies' star tight end remains suspended from team activities as his high-profile DUI case drags on. Washington's opener vs. Boise State is Aug. ...
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Texas could stiffen penalty for attacks on emergency room workers under bill awaiting governors signature
The bill awaiting the governor's signature mandates felony charges for those who assault emergency room workers as hospitals document an increase in such ...
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Astros to don special caps on Memorial Day
HOUSTON -- The Astros will join the rest of Major League Baseball in wearing specially designed caps and jerseys on Memorial Day featuring an authentic military digital camouflage design licensed by the United States Marine Corps. The Astros play the Rockies at 1:10 p.m. CT on Monday at Minute Maid Park, and veterans and active military personnel will receive a 50-percent discount on tickets at ...
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Row between U.S. agencies over Texas plant explosion deepens
(Reuters) - A dispute between government agencies over the investigation into the deadly explosion at a Texas fertilizer plant intensified on Thursday when the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco Firearms and Explosives hit back after being criticized by the U.S. Chemical Safety Board ...
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Lawmakers zero in on IRS meetings at White House
In this May 22, 2013, photo, Lois Lerner listens on Capitol Hill in Washington. A day after she refused to answer questions at a congressional hearing, Lerner has been replaced as director the Internal Revenue Service division that oversaw agents who targeted tea party groups. Danny Werfel, the agency's new acting commissioner, told IRS employees in an email Thursday, May 23, 2013, that he ...
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Corpus Christi restaurants may apply for permits to allow dogs on outdoor patios
CORPUS CHRISTI -- Corpus Christi restaurant owners now have the option to entertain four-legged clientele in outdoor seating areas. The City Council this week amended a ban on dogs in eateries to allow canines on patios provided the animals are not within 7 feet of the restaurant entrance, do not have to enter the building to get to the patio and follow other regulations. Restaurants must ...
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Texas lawmakers approve a fair pay bill
That’s why they worked together to pass a bill designed to prevent pay discrimination against women, because women on the average are paid only 77 cents for every $1 earned by men for the same ...
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Boy Scouts CEO calls for unity
GRAPEVINE, Texas (AP) -- The chief executive of the Boy Scouts of America called the decision to lift the ban on gay youth in the Scouts "truly in the best interests of ...
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Tax tussle riling Legislature in final week
The state sales tax rate isn't budging. Another sales tax holiday isn't in the works. Nor is the Texas Legislature raising homestead property exemptions by $10,000, which prevailed as most popular of nearly a dozen tax-cutting options the governor suggested in an online survey when this 140-day session ...
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Portland City Manager Mike Tanner set to retire this summer
CORPUS CHRISTI -- Portland City Manager Mike Tanner announced plans to retire from his post this summer after more than 17 years on the job. Tanner's last day working for the city, where he has spent half his career, will be July 23. His work in municipal administration began in 1978 as Portland's assistant city manager. He also has worked in West University Place, Flower Mound, ...
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Lakers Kupchak thinks Dwight Howard can play nice with coach MAY 23
06:30 PM ET 05.23 | Lakers general manager Mitch Kupchak believes Dwight Howard will take a return to Los Angeles seriously. The Long Beach Press-Telegram reports that Howard is also interested in Dallas, Houston, Golden State and Atlanta as free agency destinations. But he will also consider the Lakers, whose coach, Mike D'Antoni, is rumored to have rubbed Howard the wrong way. Kupchak ...
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Nate McMillan done as Team USA assistant MAY 23
05:58 PM ET 05.23 | On the same day coach Mike Krzyzewski announced he would return to coach Team USA, his assistant, Nate McMillan, said he won't. McMillan is currently searching for a head coaching opportunity that would fit him. ...
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Kobe Bryant ties records for most All-NBA selections MAY 23
06:11 PM ET 05.23 | Kobe Bryant may not have a chance to usurp Michael Jordan for greatest ever, but he's in the running for having the greatest longevity. The Los Angeles Lakers guard was named to the All-NBA First Team on Thursday, the 11th time he's appeared on the first team and the 15th time he's been on the list overall. That ties him with former Utah Jazz forward Karl ...
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Manson disciples tapes being analyzed by LAPD
LOS ANGELES -; Los Angeles police have obtained the decades-old taped conversations between a Manson family disciple and his attorney, officials confirmed ...
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Obamas drone policy at a glance
President Barack Obama defended the United States' use of drone attacks as an important part of the U.S. counterterrorism policy on Thursday but signed new presidential policy guidelines to spell out for Congress and the public the standards that the U.S. will use before carrying out drone ...
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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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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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