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Deadly US Twister Hits Tornado Alley
Monday's deadly tornado in the central U.S. state of Oklahoma struck in an area commonly known as "Tornado Alley" - home to most of the nation's tornadoes. Tornado Alley is generally seen to span north to south from South Dakota to Texas between the Rocky Mountains and the Appalachian Mountains, but there is no official consensus on the boundaries. Comparison of Tornado paths in ...
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NBA Tim Duncan lauds resilience of San Antonio Spurs
NBA Western Conference finals to 2-0. Tim Duncan's 17 points included six of the Spurs' eight points in overtime, when he also delivered a key block to help San Antonio hang on after they let a 13-point fourth-quarter lead evaporate. "I hate that we gave up that big of a lead in that situation," Duncan said. "But we were resilient enough to go to overtime and not let ...
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Feds vs. feds over Texas blast
Federal agents and the state fire marshal have effectively barred a federal safety panel from the site of a Texas fertilizer plant blast that killed 15 people and injured about 200 others, hampering its investigation, the panel’s chairman said.In a May 17 letter to Sen. Barbara Boxer, U.S. Chemical Safety Board Chairman Rafael Moure-Eraso asked the California Democrat to help the board ...
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San Antonio needs overtime to take 2-0 lead against Memphis
San Antonio's Tony Parker, left, and Manu Ginobili react in the second half Tuesday against Memphis. Parker had a career playoff-high 18 ...
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Wolf set for first big league start vs. Parker As
Ross Wolf will not have an easy task in his first Major League start. The 30-year-old, who has 25 big league appearances but none in a starting role, will face the Athletics, who have won five straight games and are going for a series sweep of the Rangers on Wednesday afternoon. Wolf will be starting in place of Nick Tepesch, who was scratched from the start with a blister on his right middle ...
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Lyles starts in rubber match against Shields Royals
The names and places change every five days, but the story for James Shields has been mostly the same lately. He pitches deep into the game, shutting down the opposing lineup for seven or eight innings, and he doesn't get much to show for it. The Royals will have a chance to flip the script and reward Shields with a win Wednesday night against the Astros at Minute Maid Park. Shields has ...
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Welfare drug testing fails after stall
AUSTIN (AP) - More than an hour of delaying tactics from House Democrats has blocked a vote on a hotly debated bill that would have mandated drug testing for some welfare applicants. Lawmakers earlier Tuesday night approved a measure requiring some people seeking unemployment insurance to undergo drug screening. But a proposal requiring such testing for people enrolled in Temporary Assistance ...
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NBA San Antonio 93 Memphis 89
Tony Parker had 15 to lead the San Antonio Spurs past Memphis 93-89 in overtime in Game 2 of the Western Conference finals. Parker also had a career-high 18 assists in the win, which put San Antonio up 2-0 as the series moves to Memphis Saturday. The Spurs scored only nine points in the fourth quarter and watched a 13-point lead evaporate, but Duncan scored six points in overtime while the ...
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Arlington High grad gets full-ride scholarship from Bill Gates’ foundation
ARLINGTON — Derek Rodriguez broke into a happy dance last month in a corridor at Dallas/Fort Worth Airport as he and other members of the Arlington High School Band waited to board a flight to New ...
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Fort Worth considering new pay arrangement for injured cop
FORT WORTH — The city is considering withdrawing “extended leave” pay for a police officer who remains paralyzed after being shot on the job more than 10 years ago, a move that would effectively force her into medical retirement and pare what she makes today, the officer and the president of the Fort Worth Police Officers Association said ...
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Water plan complicates passage of budget deal in Texas House
AUSTIN — Legislative leaders confronted more delays Tuesday in trying to finalize a state budget agreement as House members deferred action on one key component — a far-reaching water plan — to sidestep a fatal ...
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Norris effort Paredes first homer cant lift Astros
KC@HOU: Paredes launches a three-run homer to right HOUSTON -- Astros starter Bud Norris was forced to leave Tuesday night's game after six scoreless innings with tightness in his lower back. That discomfort couldn't have caused Norris nearly as much pain as what he watched unfold after he was gone. The Royals took advantage of Norris' absence and pounced on the bullpen, ...
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Chemical Safety Board says ATF Texas fire marshal blocking its probe of fatal plant blast
WACO, Texas - Federal agents and the state fire marshal have effectively barred a federal safety panel from the site of a Texas fertilizer plant blast that killed 15 people and injured about 200 others, hampering its investigation, the panel's chairman said. In a May 17 letter to Sen. Barbara Boxer, U.S. Chemical Safety Board Chairman Rafael Moure-Eraso asked the California Democrat to ...
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MLB Oakland 1 Texas 0
Rookie Daniel Straily and two Oakland relievers teamed up for a three-hit shutout Tuesday and the Athletics edged Texas 1-0. Straily (2-2) allowed only two hits and didn't issue a walk over seven scoreless frames, striking out five. The right-hander broke a personal four-start winless streak with the decision. Sean Doolittle blanked Texas in the eighth ...
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Minister now in Virginia accused of child sexual assault in the 1990s in Fort Worth
FORT WORTH — The pastor of a Richmond, Va., church was arrested Tuesday on warrants issued in Fort Worth accusing him of sexually assaulting two girls in the ...
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Suspect in double homicide in Grand Prairie arrested in New Mexico
GRAND PRAIRIE — The live-in boyfriend of a woman found dead along with her 14-year-old daughter on Sunday was arrested Monday in New Mexico, police ...
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Strip Scribbles Coco Austin shoots film watches ‘Peepshow’ proposal
Cheaza, Nicole ';Coco'; Austin and Josh Strickland appear onstage after Austin’s official opening-night performance of ';Peepshow'; at Planet Hollywood on Monday, Dec. 17, ...
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Erwin Center and area hospitals prepared for severe weather
AUSTIN (KXAN) - Concert venues and hospitals spent part of Tuesday preparing for the possibility of severe weather in Central Texas. At the Frank Erwin Center, thousands gathered for Taylor Swift concert. While the arena has a evacuation plan in place, it likely wouldn't be put into effect during severe weather. In fact, the Erwin Center itself can act as shelter in place. "We watch the ...
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Teenager stabbed at baseball game
AUSTIN (KXAN) - A fight at a baseball field just north of the Highland Mall area sent a teenager to the hospital with a stab wound. Police said the fight started just before 9:30 p.m. in the 400 block of East St. Johns Avenue near Northcrest Boulevard. During the fight, a 16-year-old girl was stabbed and two other people were injured. The stabbing victim was taken to the hospital, and is ...
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Rangers unable to back Darvish blanked by As
OAK@TEX: Andrus dives and tosses Young out at first ARLINGTON -- Yu Darvish didn't get his usual run support in a pitching duel against Dan Straily, and the Rangers lost to the Athletics, 1-0, on an unusually cool Tuesday night at the Ballpark in Arlington. Darvish allowed just a third-inning home run to Yoenis Cespedes, but ended up with his second loss of the season. The Rangers have ...
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Norris exits game with back injury
Email HOUSTON -- Astros ace Bud Norris left Tuesday's game against the Kansas City Royals due to tightness in his back. Norris blanked the Royals through six innings, allowing five hits, no runs and striking out two. He initially came back out to pitch the seventh inning, but manager Bo Porter and head athletic trainer Nate Lucero visited the mound after his warmup pitches and Norris was ...
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House sidesteps deadline delays major budget vote
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) -- Friction over a Texas budget deal revealed signs of distrust and frustration Tuesday night when the House blew off a midnight deadline and again postponed a major vote on a new state water plan that is crucial to a spending ...
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LIVE STREAMING VIDEO Weather Service say Oklahoma tornado was EF-5
A tornado moves past homes in Moore, Okla. on Monday, May 20, 2013. A monstrous tornado roared through the Oklahoma City suburbs, flattening entire neighborhoods with winds up to 200 mph, setting buildings on fire and landing a direct blow on an elementary school. (AP Photo/Alonzo ...
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Time-lapse footage of yesterdays Oklahoma tornado
The tornado destroyed an elementary school and flattened neighborhoods with winds up to 200 miles an hour. The National Weather Service made a preliminary ranking of the twister as an EF4, the second-most-powerful ...
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Dallas Stars to unveil new uniform logo in rebranding effort
The Dallas Stars plan to unveil a new uniform, as well as a new logo, next month. The Dallas Stars plan to update the team's look with a new uniform design, as well as a new logo in a rebranding effort aimed at bringing renewed attention to the National Hockey League club. Ever since Stars Owner Tom Gaglardi purchased the team a year-and-a-half ago, the club has been working on a rebranding ...
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Is the student-beating teacher being used as scapegoat?
Without question, the shocking video footage of a Houston school teacher attacking and beating a cowering 13-year-old student shows something wrong and something that should never ever occur in the classroom. But recent revelations surrounding the events leading up to the incident, and the conditions at the school itself, seem to suggest that this teacher was pushed to the limit by a flawed school system, as well as her own lack of training to deal with the rigors of a stressful and provocative teaching environment.
On April 29th Sheri Lynn Davis attacked a student in her class, the footage has now gone viral on the internet and shows an incident that seems to represent a complete breakdown of the system. In the video the 13-year-old student is seen backed into a corner of the room with Davis standing before him in a position indicative of an imminent attack, the boy cowers down at which point the beating begins. Read more
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