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GDP Green carry Spurs past Heat

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 04:20:01 -0400

San Antonio Spurs outscored defending champion Miami Heat 114-104 with the help of outstanding performances of GDP (Manu Ginobili, Tim Duncan and Tony Parker) and shooter Danny Green, moving within one win to their fifth NBA title. It was Ginobili's first starting in more than one year. The 11-year veteran, who had scored a total of 30 points in the first four games, rewarded Spurs coach Gregg ...

NBA finals San Antonio Spurs coachs faith in Manu Ginobili rewarded

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 00:26:16 -0400

NBA coaches love to say this: the play-offs are about adjustments. They love to say it, but not all of them live it. A precious few actually excel at it. Which may be why San Antonio Spurs have taken a 3-2 lead over the defending champion Miami Heat in the NBA finals. The Spurs are led by Gregg Popovich, who is widely recognised as the game's most astute coach. He already has won four NBA ...

New Fort Worth micro-brewery to launch sales at Central Market

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 00:24:28 -0400

Martin House Brewing Co ., found just across the Trinity River from downtown Fort Worth, was humming Friday as it cranked up its tiny Canadian-made canning line for the first time to fill and seal three 16-ounce cans at a time, hand-stacked by two of the operation’s partners and two ...

50 arrested for DWI during ROT Rally

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 23:32:20 -0400

AUSTIN (KXAN) - Bikers in town for the Republic of Texas rally kept first responders and police busy over the weekend. EMS workers across Travis County responded to 21 motorcycle-related incidents between Thursday and Sunday, including one fatal wreck after a woman was thrown from a motorcycle Thursday. Seventeen people were taken to area hospitals. Austin Police also had a busy weekend. During a ...

Grapevine-Colleyville school trustees pass a budget with no raises

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 23:21:17 -0400

GRAPEVINE — Grapevine-Colleyville school trustees passed a conservative 2013-14 budget Monday night that provides no cost-of-living raises or pay raises for beginning teachers like some other area ...

Tarrant County district attorney testifies in case challenging his office

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 23:21:17 -0400

Shannon was called to testify in a hearing on a motion by Perez to disqualify the district attorney’s office from prosecuting him. Perez is accused in a six-count indictment, handed down in April 2012, of causing false entries to be made on campaign finance reports filed in May 2009 for Aaron Reich, a candidate in an Arlington school board ...

2 North Texas men charged with neglecting pony

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 22:59:36 -0400

SPRINGTOWN, Texas (AP) -- Two North Texas men are facing animal cruelty charges for allegedly neglecting a Shetland pony that was malnourished, suffering from an infected wound and living in squalid ...

MLB Detroit 5 Baltimore 1

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 22:45:24 -0400

Max Scherzer improved to 10-0 with six innings of one-run ball Monday and the Detroit Tigers hung a 5-1 defeat on Baltimore. Scherzer is unbeaten in 14 starts this season and racked up his third win in three appearances with the 113-pitch performance, during which he allowed seven hits and two walks while striking out 10. The right-hander, who has logged 116 strikeouts over 96 1/3 innings this ...

Austin missed Flag Day again this year

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 22:07:28 -0400

Resolved that the flag of the thirteen United States be Thirteen stripes alternate red and white: that the union be thirteen stars, white in a blue field, representing a new ...

North Texas woman sentenced after fleeing trial

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 21:54:19 -0400

DALLAS (AP) -- A North Texas woman who fled her trial after being convicted of child sex trafficking and compelling prostitution has been sentenced in absentia to 25 years in ...

Parents file suit in Texas students shooting

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 21:54:18 -0400

BROWNSVILLE, Texas (AP) -- The parents of a 15-year-old boy who was fatally shot last year by police in a South Texas middle school hallway have filed a federal ...

SE Texas school district subject of state probe

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 21:54:18 -0400

BEAUMONT, Texas (AP) -- A Southeast Texas school district says it will cooperate fully with a state investigation that will review several areas of its ...

Troopers software helps nab more DWI suspects

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 21:40:06 -0400

WILLIAMSON COUNTY, Texas (KXAN) - State Trooper Michael Reisen says he knows what it's like to be hit by a drunk driver, and he is lucky to be alive. "We average about 1,100 to 1,200 fatalities a year (because of) DWI's in the state of Texas," Reisen said, "which is usually in the top one or two in the nation." He says those alarming numbers was his motivation to take 400 ...

Corpus Christi ISD trustees approve plan to add sixth high school

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 21:38:33 -0400

Corpus Christi ISD The project is part of the district's 2010 voter-approved bond issue; a new Southside high school is planned to open in August ...

Police investigate murder in La Grange

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 21:07:30 -0400

LA GRANGE, Texas (KXAN) - The Fayette County Sheriff's Office with the help of the Texas Rangers are investigating a murder in La Grange. An investigator with the sheriff's office said the murder happened Monday morning on Truesdale Road. Authorities have not released the name of the victim and how the victim was killed. Also on Monday, La Grange police reported a juvenile escapee ...

Shark attacks teen in Texas

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 21:00:10 -0400

HOUSTON, TX - A shark attacked a teenager Monday afternoon as he swam in waist-deep water at Surfside Beach, along Texas's Gulf coast, local police said. The 15-year-old started beating the shark with both hands after it had bitten his lower left leg, according to Surfside Assistant Police Chief Gregg Bisso. The shark then bit the teen on the left hand. Kids from his church group, who were ...

Profar becomes youngest Rangers DH

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 20:52:03 -0400

Email ARLINGTON -- Manager Ron Washington's efforts to get Jurickson Profar into the lineup led to a bit of trivia being created on Monday night. Profar, who is 20 years and 117 days old, was batting leadoff as the Rangers' designated hitter. Profar is the youngest player to ever be used as the designated hitter in the leadoff spot since the position was created by the American League ...

Rangers rest Berkman for second straight game

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 20:52:03 -0400

Email ARLINGTON -- Designated hitter Lance Berkman was out of the lineup for the second straight game on Monday as the Rangers try to get him back as physically strong as possible. Berkman had two operations on his right knee last season and four total in his career, and there is a concern that has taken away some of his power at the plate. Berkman, a switch-hitter, said he is still not able to ...

Shoulder discomfort still limiting Ogando

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 20:52:02 -0400

Email ARLINGTON -- Alexi Ogando remains limited to throwing on flat ground while waiting for the discomfort in his right shoulder to subside. Ogando last pitched on June 5 in Boston and is eligible to come off the disabled list on Friday. But the Rangers aren't going to let him throw off a mound until the discomfort completely goes away. Ogando was on the disabled list from May 16 to June 5 ...

Soria nearing rehab assignment

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 20:52:02 -0400

ARLINGTON -- Joakim Soria, who has not pitched in the Major Leagues since 2011, is getting ready to go on a rehab assignment. Soria threw approximately 30 pitches of live batting practice on Monday without any issues, and the next step could be pitching for Double-A Frisco as early as Thursday. "I feel good, my arm is ready to go," Soria said. "I feel consistently good. … ...

After signing Thurman gets big league treatment

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 20:51:58 -0400

Email HOUSTON -- Astros second-round pick Andrew Thurman isn't a Major Leaguer yet, but his experience in Minute Maid Park during Monday's pregame mirrored the routine of one. After all, Thurman, the No. 40 overall pick, has a pro contract now, inking a deal with Houston on Monday. A right-handed starter out of UC-Irvine, Thurman signed for the full slot bonus assigned to his pick -- ...

Astros fully engaged in talks with No. 1 pick Appel

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 20:51:57 -0400

Email HOUSTON -- Astros general manager Jeff Luhnow said Monday the club is "fully engaged" in contract talks with No. 1 overall pick Mark Appel, the right-handed pitcher from Stanford, and hopes to be able to complete a deal this week. While it was reported late last week the Astros and Appel had reached a deal, Luhnow said he wanted to wait until Appel's commencement exercises ...

Crowe supplants Paredes as starter in right field

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 20:51:57 -0400

Email HOUSTON -- Trevor Crowe has overtaken a struggling Jimmy Paredes as the starter in right field for the time being, Astros manager Bo Porter said Monday. It's hardly a surprise, considering Crowe has started seven of the last nine games and Paredes is mired in an extended slump, with just one hit over 21 at-bats in June. Crowe's .194 batting average isn't lighting the world ...

Teen fatally stabbed while protecting mother

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 20:51:06 -0400

BAYTOWN, Texas (AP) -- Police say a 16-year-old Houston-area boy was fatally stabbed as he tried to protect his mother when her ex-boyfriend attacked ...

Texas lake briefly closed after barrel found

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 20:51:06 -0400

PFLUGERVILLE, Texas (AP) -- A Central Texas lake and popular recreational area was closed for several hours after a 55-gallon barrel with unknown material was found floating in the ...

Texas woman arrested in latest bar-scam theft

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 20:45:53 -0400

FORT LAUDERDALE— — Cash and a watch worth $12,500 were stolen from a South Florida man in what appeared to be the latest instance of bar-hopping temptresses scamming men they go home with.Travis Kania, 42, ...

Nueces County medical examiner identifies car crash victim driver remains hospitalized

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 20:35:12 -0400

CORPUS CHRISTI -- Officials on Monday released the name of a man killed in a single-vehicle crash during the weekend and said the driver of the vehicle remains hospitalized. James Garza, 33, died as a result of injuries suffered in the crash in the 5700 block of Leopard Street about 2:30 a.m. Sunday, said Ric Ortiz, chief investigator for the Nueces County Medical Examiner's Office. An ...

Corpus Christi leaders to discuss five street fee options Tuesday

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 20:35:10 -0400

Road work projects The survey results are in: It could costs residents as little as $3.83 or as much as $5.99 each month to pay for street ...

Tropical depression could cause rough waters on South Texas beaches

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 20:34:57 -0400

COASTAL BEND -- The National Hurricane Center is keeping an eye on tropical depression No. 2, which is expected to move inland over southern Belize Monday afternoon. As of Monday morning, the National Weather Service reported winds of 35 mph and the fast moving storm (13 mph). The depression is expected to reform in the Bay of Campeche Tuesday. When it does, the depression could strengthen ...

Let’s roll Bus service to Arlington clears final hurdle

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 20:09:09 -0400

gdickson@star-telegram.com The Fort Worth Transportation Authority on Monday approved bus service to Arlington as a two-year pilot project and also lowered fares for college ...

Teenager bit by shark at Texas beach

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 20:04:28 -0400

SURFSIDE BEACH, Texas (AP) -- A teenager is recovering from shark bites on his hand and leg as he stood in waist-deep water at a Southeast Texas beach. The 15-year-old was with a group of kids at Surfside Beach around 2:45 p.m. Monday when a shark bit him on the left leg. Gregg Bisso, assistant police chief with Surfside Beach, says when the teenager hit the shark with his left hand, it bit him ...

Bob Corker blocks Afghan spending bill over millions in payments to Karzai

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 19:42:01 -0400

Sen. Bob Corker, the ranking member of the Foreign Relations Committee, is demanding to know why the U.S. government allegedly has made tens of millions of dollars in cash payments to Afghan President Hamid Karzai and his relatives, despite continued complaints of corruption at all levels of the Afghan government. Exasperated that Obama administration officials have ignored three previous ...

After House blocks Gitmo closure Obama taps envoy

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 19:41:59 -0400

Under pressure to demonstrate a renewed commitment to shutter the prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, President Obama has tapped a high-powered Washington attorney as one of two special envoys dedicated to brokering a deal to close the facility. Obama chose Clifford Sloan, an attorney with extensive experience in all three branches of government, to reopen the State Department's Office of ...

Obamacare’s tariff on hiring American workers still plagues immigration bill

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 19:41:58 -0400

telling the New Yorker's Ryan Lizza that, "There are American workers who, for lack of a better term, can't cut it...There shouldn't be a presumption that every American worker is a star performer." Rubio himself ...

Ted Cruz hopes to reverse SCOTUS ruling on Arizona voter registration law

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 19:41:57 -0400

Seven Supreme Court justices ruled that federal law prevents Arizona from requiring a proof of citizenship from newly-registering voters, but Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, hopes to change that during the ongoing debate over the Senate immigration bill. ...

Governor’s veto of Blue Mound water bill angers lawmaker

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 19:06:02 -0400

liz@star-telegram.com Blue Mound officials efforts to take over a privately-owned water system suffered a major setback late last week when Gov. Rick Perry vetoed legislation allowing it to take control of the ...

Photo story Denton Juneteenth

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 19:03:03 -0400

William A. Darnell / Senior Staff Writer Photos by James Coreas / Editor in Chief Denton celebrated its 43rd Juneteenth festival this weekend at Fred Moore Park. Events took place Friday and Saturday, including live music, games and booths for children, softball tournaments and more than a dozen food vendors offering festival fare. Juneteenth is a state holiday commemorating the freeing of the ...

Texas rolls back student testing for a second time

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 18:50:39 -0400

Investigative Editor, NBC News Texas, the state that pioneered high-stakes testing for public schools, is continuing to roll back its extensive series of student assessments, with Gov. Rick Perry signing a bill that would exempt high performers from taking some ...

Coastal insurance group expects surplus

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 18:45:10 -0400

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) -- The nonprofit, state-supervised property insurance agency for coastal Texas counties is expected to shore up its finances by the end of the year, the group told a state House panel on ...

Texas Democrats complain about ethics maps

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 18:45:09 -0400

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) -- Democrats in the Texas House on Monday derided Gov. Rick Perry's veto of funding for the state's ethics watchdog and complained about Republican opposition to making any changes to the state's political ...

Teenager recovering from shark bites on hand leg

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 18:45:09 -0400

SURFSIDE BEACH, Texas (AP) -- A teenager is recovering from shark bites on his hand and leg as he stood in waist-deep water at a Southeast Texas ...

Man convicted in paternity-related shooting

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 18:45:08 -0400

DALLAS (AP) -- A North Texas man has been sentenced to 38 years in prison for shooting his ex-girlfriend after learning he was not the father of her 2-year-old twin ...

Tesoro announces $75M sale of Hawaii refinery

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 18:44:56 -0400

HONOLULU (AP) -- Tesoro Corp. says it has agreed to sell its refining operations in Hawaii to Par Petroleum Corp. for $75 million plus the market value of its working ...

Texas becomes first state to require warrant for e-mail snooping

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 18:37:20 -0400

HB 2268 , effective immediately. The law shields residents of the Lone Star State from snooping by state and local law enforcement without a warrant. The bill was sponsored ...

Fire destroys home in high risk area

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 18:33:52 -0400

AUSTIN (KXAN) - When Suzanne Pfeiffer saw the smoke cloud rising from the North Cat Mountain Greenbelt, she feared that the day she had been dreading finally arrived. It has been on my mind for several years with the drought, said Pfeiffer who lives in the neighborhood a few blocks away from her parents. The smoke was rising in the area of her mother and fathers home on Ladera Norte. Luckily, ...

Former constable candidate sues Williamson County commissioners

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 18:21:19 -0400

GEORGETOWN, Texas (KXAN) - Williamson County commissioners and the Williamson County Judge Dan Gattis are being sued for civil rights violations by a former candidate for an open constable position. Robert Lloyd, a 27-year law enforcement veteran said he was asked about his views on abortion, gay marriage, religion, and who he voted for in the last election during an interview. Such questions ...

State to launch dangerous chemical site

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 18:15:28 -0400

AUSTIN (KXAN) - On Monday, a House committee tasked the State Fire Marshals Office with creating a web site that could help Texans avoid a disaster like the fertilizer plant explosion in West that killed 15 people. The Dangerous Chemicals Registry would be similar to the states sex offender registry, allowing people to type in their zip codes and find out what sites might be near their ...

Whats next for the Public Integrity Unit

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 18:13:27 -0400

AUSTIN (KXAN/AP) - Lawmakers at the Texas State Capitol and local leaders in Travis County are considering different options to save the Public Integrity Unit after Governor Rick Perry cut funding from the agency. Travis County Judge Sam Biscoe told KXAN the unit's employees work for the county but are funded by the state. The unit prosecutes public corruption cases. Right now Biscoe said the ...

End of road in sight for $1 billion Grapevine project

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 18:02:36 -0400

Work on the DFW Connector project, a $1 billion-plus makeover of Grapevine-area highways, is nine to 10 months ahead of schedule, a spokeswoman said. Most of the detours and narrow lanes could be gone by August or ...

Pay up Toll violators get last chance to clear their accounts before new punishments begin

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 18:02:36 -0400

The tollway authority said Monday that a one-time grace period would begin immediately and last until Sept. 13. During that time, car owners who agree to sign up for a TollTag and pay their outstanding balance can do so without ...

4 killed in “horrific” wreck in south Tarrant County identified

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 18:02:35 -0400

billhanna@star-telegram.com A mother, a daughter, a local youth minister and the stranded motorist they were trying to help were identified Monday as the four people killed in a “horrific” multi-vehicle crash last weekend in southern Tarrant ...

Texas jailers accused of organizing rape camp

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 17:48:27 -0400

Violence A criminal complaint just filed in Corpus Christi, Texas alleges that the guards at a local jail ran a horrific "rape camp" where they forced female inmates to participate unwillingly in graphic sex acts over the course of three years. The complaint, filed in federal court by attorneys representing two former inmates, says guards at the Live Oak County Sheriff's ...

Police Moms homemade remedy killed infant

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 17:41:58 -0400

HOUSTON (AP) -- A Houston woman is facing for charges for the death of her 11-month-old daughter after the infant was severely burned and later treated with a homemade remedy with lethal amounts of a pain ...

Dallas to spray some areas for West Nile virus

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 17:41:57 -0400

DALLAS (AP) -- Health authorities in North Texas will begin spraying for West Nile virus after detecting a "significant" increase in the type of mosquito that primarily carries the ...

City and Colour Getting personal with Dallas Green

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 17:34:51 -0400

City and Colour (aka Dallas Green) album, "The Hurry and the Harm," didn't come together overnight. The Canadian musician took his time writing songs for the follow-up to 2011's "Little Hell." "The way I've always approached the City and Colour side of my brain, I sort of just write...the work is constant. The way I write songs is not very quick. I really ...

Mystery barrel briefly closes Lake Pflugerville

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 17:32:15 -0400

PFLUGERVILLE, Texas (KXAN) - A health scare involving a floating 55-gallon barrel in Lake Pflugerville closed the popular swimming and boating facility for more than two hours Monday. City spokesperson Terri Waggoner said a city worker spotted the barrel bobbing in the water near the north shore of the lake and called police. Before 4 p.m., as temperatures neared 95 degrees, the lake was ...

Lake Pflugerville cleared after barrel was discovered

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 17:32:15 -0400

PFLUGERVILLE, Texas (KXAN) - A 55-gallon barrel drum was removed from Lake Pflugerville, prompting the evacuation and closure of the lake Monday. The barrel was removed about 3:30 p.m. from the north shore and contains an unknown material. City crews discovered the barrel and contacted local police and the Texas Department of Public Safety. The drum was labeled and may contain hazardous ...

Minnesota Lynxs Lindsay Whalen picks San Antonio Spurs in 7

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 17:31:23 -0400

Minnesota's Lindsey Whalen celebrates during the first half of the Lynx's game against the Connecticut Sun at Target Center on June 1, 2013 in Minneapolis. (Pioneer Press: Sherri LaRose-Chiglo) The NBA Finals shift back to Miami for Game 6 on Tuesday night with the San Antonio Spurs leading the Heat 3-2 in the best-of-seven series. Game 7, if necessary, also would be in Miami. Lynx ...

Texas SD governors court Conn. gun makers

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 16:58:26 -0400

HARTFORD, Conn. -; The governors of Texas and South Dakota visited Connecticut on Monday to court gun manufacturers that have threatened to leave since the state passed tough new gun-control laws this year in response to the massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary ...

Fitch Releases Report on Austin TX

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 16:32:54 -0400

Fitch: Spanish Floor Clause Ruling May Reduce Excess Spread A recent Spanish Supreme Court ruling could cause lenders to stop applying floor clauses that set minimum interest rates in mortgage contracts, and so reduce excess spread in Spanish RMBS transactions, Fitch Ratings says. The presence of interest rate floors in mortgage contracts has bolstered excess spread during the recent period of ...

Texas Jailers Ran a Rape Camp Behind Bars Women Claim

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 16:31:58 -0400

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas (CN) - Texas jailers ran a "rape camp" where they "repeatedly raped and humiliated female inmates," and forced them to masturbate and sodomize male guards, and one another, two women claim in court. J.A.S. and J.M.N. sued Live Oak County and its former jailers Vincent Aguilar, Israel Charles Jr. and Jaime E. Smith, in Federal Court. All three guards ...

Letter to the Editor Quotation on gun control

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 16:22:23 -0400

Are you aware of what era about which he was speaking? Now look around the news and see how many kids are killing their family members because of "responsible gun ownership". Nowdays, only the criminals take good care of their ...

LeBron James Just call him THE FLOPPER... JUN 16

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 16:20:41 -0400

I just realized that in all the time you blab away on here, you hardly(if ever), do a thread on the Spurs you claim to support..... You are too busy hanging on Lebron, Kobe or Tebow's jockstraps to actually say something insightful on your team.... Do you even know their roster...? Oh... there you go to google it..... ...

Is over my friends the Heat cant beat the Spurs three out of four JUN 15

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 16:20:39 -0400

Turn out the lights the party is over for Miami and their fans. There is no NBA team who can win three out four in a series against the Spurs.San Antonio and Pops are on a mission, they want to get one more for Tim Duncan, you know like the line from that Ronald Regan movie Knute Rockne All-American "...win one for the Gipper."So let it be done.LeBron pulled his customary despairing act ...

OneWest to lay off 725 Austin workers

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 15:42:11 -0400

AUSTIN (KXAN) - OneWest Bank will lay off 725 workers in its North Austin facility. The move comes after the bank was acquired by Atlanta-based Ocwen Financial Corp., which announced last week that it's purchasing mortgage servicing rights from OneWest. The layoffs will begin on August 31, the company said in a letter provided to the Texas Workforce Commission in compliance with the federal ...

Lawmakers Put dangerous chemical site info on Web

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 15:35:33 -0400

Texas Department of Public Safety Director Steve McCraw told lawmakers Monday that he wasn't aware if the state had looked at other fertilizer plants for proximity to things like ...

Texas mens track coach Thornton retires

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 15:29:29 -0400

AUSTIN, Texas - Texas men's track coach Bubba Thornton is retiring after 18 years and 12 conference championships.According to a statement from the school on Monday, Thornton and athletic director DeLoss Dodds mutually agreed to terminate the coach's contract effective Aug. 31. The Longhorns won this year's Big 12 indoor and outdoor championships and finished sixth at the NCAA ...

Texas lawmakers look at putting fertilizer plant locations online after explosion

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 15:27:12 -0400

Texas Department of Public Safety Sgt. Jason Reyes walks past a damaged apartment complex, Sunday, April 21, 2013, four days after an explosion at a fertilizer plant in West, Texas. The massive explosion at the West Fertilizer Co. Wednesday night killed 14 people and injured more than ...

Ventura wants American Sniper lawsuit to proceed

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 14:57:42 -0400

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Former Minnesota Gov. Jesse Ventura is asking a judge to allow his defamation lawsuit against slain "American Sniper" author Chris Kyle to go forward by substituting Kyle's widow as the defendant.In part of the book, Kyle claims he decked Ventura in 2006 over unpatriotic remarks he says Ventura made. Ventura says the punch never happened.Attorneys for ...

Texas Gov. Rick Perry courts Connecticut gun manufacturers businesses in job-poaching tour

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 14:54:20 -0400

HARTFORD, Conn. -- Texas Gov. Rick Perry has come to Connecticut in search of gun manufacturing and other jobs while talking up the importance of competition. Perry met privately with gun manufacturers and other businesses at a downtown Hartford restaurant on Monday. He told reporters it's part of his state's drive to compete for jobs. Gun manufacturers say they're considering ...

McCain presses Obama on secret emails

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 14:54:06 -0400

WASHINGTON -; Republican Sen. John McCain is questioning President Barack Obama about political appointees' use of secret government email accounts to conduct official ...

Denton Airshow delivers high-flying fun

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 14:51:21 -0400

Josh Knopp / Staff Writer Julia Wood turned her plane straight up and shut her engine off. Her momentum carried her further into the sky as she rotated the plane in the opposite direction of the propeller. Eventually she began to drop, and she let herself fall for a few seconds before recovering to various ';oo’s'; and ';ah’s'; from the crowd. More than 12,000 ...

PST Dempsey talks life in London vs. Texas

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 14:50:37 -0400

Clint Dempsey will never be one of these American soccer exports who spirits off to England and lets a little too much "England" creep into the voice and the lexicon. The Tottenham Hotspur and U.S. international does acknowledge that his personal arsenal of, uh, "big boy soccer words" may have expanded due to hanging out with so many passers and trappers from England and ...

Rick Perry to Conservatives Be Humble Courageous Like Jesus and Disciples

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 14:44:22 -0400

"I've learned a little bit about humility, particularly on national television," Perry said to laughter from the audience at the Faith and Freedom Coalition's "Road to Majority 2013" conference.When Perry ran for president in the last election he was leading by some polls ...

Oil Gas Activity Boosts North Dakota Texas Economies

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 14:21:22 -0400

North Dakota experienced the largest increase in real gross domestic product (GDP) out of all the U.S. states in 2012 thanks to oil and gas exploration and production activity, the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) reported Thursday. North Dakota's real GDP grew 13.4 percent last year, higher than the U.S. real GDP by state growth of 2.5 percent in 2012 and 1.6 percent increase ...

Goats could help eat Kudzu near Art Center Waco

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 13:55:09 -0400

WACO, Texas (AP) — Goats could be used to gobble up pesky kudzu vines near a Central Texas arts site.Art Center Waco executive director Mark Arnold wants to try using goats to munch away the vegetative problem.The Waco Tribune-Herald reported Sunday that the vines are strangling trees on the slope overlooking the Bosque River. The kudzu has resisted years of eradication efforts.McLennan ...

More than 1000 911 calls received night of blast

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 13:31:49 -0400

WACO, Texas (AP) -- Authorities say the 911 center that scrambled emergency response to the fatal fertilizer plant explosion in the town of West received more than 1,000 calls the evening of the ...

Corpus Christi refiners harbor pilots clash over safety rules rates

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 13:15:53 -0400

TODD YATES/CALLER-TIMES file A pair of jet skiers get a up-close look at the tanker ship the Johann Schulte as they cut across the Corpus Christi Bay in August. Pilots who guide the vessels through tight channels in and out of port want tougher, more costly safety measures, but refineries say not all of the measures are needed. Both sides say the economy could be damaged if they don't ...

Duncan closing in on 5th championship

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 12:52:41 -0400

SAN ANTONIO (AP) — It's all right in front of Tim Duncan now, and the big fella can feel it.You can tell when he broke out that little spin move in the paint in Game 5 on Sunday night, a nimble little display of footwork that has mostly been in moth balls for the past four or five seasons.You can tell by the elevation he got on a first-quarter dunk, one of the most emphatic he's ...

Dave Chappelle to headline monthlong comedy tour

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 12:52:41 -0400

NEW YORK (AP) — Dave Chappelle is making his most substantial return to stand-up comedy with a one-month tour for Funny Or Die.The comedian will headline the Oddball Comedy and Curiosity Festival, which kicks off Aug. 23 in Austin, Texas. The 13-date, two-stage tour concludes Sept. 22 in Phoenix.The 39-year-old Chappelle has occasionally performed impromptu sets in comedy clubs, but has ...

Fort Worth shooting victim identified

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 12:49:16 -0400

FORT WORTH — A second victim of a Sunday morning shooting at a street corner in northwest Fort Worth has been identified as Francisco Vallejo, 22, of Fort Worth, the Tarrant County Medical Examiner’s office reported on its website on ...

Pre-Miranda silence can be used court says

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 12:46:01 -0400

The Associated Press A police officer keeps watch outside the Supreme Court in Washington, Monday, June 17, 2013. With a week remaining in the current Supreme Court term, several major cases are still outstanding that could have widespread political impact on same-sex marriage, voting rights and affirmative ...

Barnes Noble College to operate university bookstore

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 12:46:00 -0400

Melissa Wylie / Contributing Writer Barnes & Noble College's upcoming takeover of the UNT bookstore will cause temporary closings before the store relocates later this summer for the two-year University Union renovations. The bookstore will be closed June 24 through 28 while Barnes & Noble College moves in as the store's new operator. Barnes & Noble College will ...

A look at who is still held at Guantanamo

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 12:33:41 -0400

Guantanamo Bay, Cuba . Here's a look at where things stand: -- CURRENT POPULATION: The U.S. holds 166 men at the prison, down from a peak of about 680 in June 2003. -- GETTING OUT OF GUANTANAMO: Nearly 90 prisoners have been approved for either release or transfer, which in some cases will mean continued detention in their homeland or a third country. The new envoy appointed by Obama will ...

Nueces County officials to unveil new emergency alert system

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 12:13:14 -0400

CORPUS CHRISTI -- Corpus Christi Mayor Nelda Martinez and Nueces County Judge Loyd Neal will unveil a new emergency alert system Monday The officials will be joined by area industry partners at 11:30 a.m. at City Hall to demonstrate the system, which is replacing ...

Construction begins to widen Yorktown Boulevard the first of the 2012 Bond improvements

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 12:13:13 -0400

CORPUS CHRISTI -- Road construction approved by voters this past November kicked off Monday with the groundbreaking of a street project to widen a stretch of Yorktown Boulevard -- a main thoroughfare on the far Southside of Corpus Christi. Public officials ceremoniously shoveled dirt at the site to mark the start of the yearlong construction project. Yorktown Boulevard, from Cimarron ...

Man arrested in killing of Fort Worth boy

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 11:47:12 -0400

FORT WORTH — A 23-year-old man was in custody Monday and police continued their search for three other suspects involved in the killing of a 12-year-old boy who was shot to death as he stood on his driveway earlier this ...

Komen breast cancer charity names new CEO

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 11:46:54 -0400

Salerno replaces Nancy Brinker, the charity's founder, who announced last summer she would step down following an onslaught of criticism over its decision to stop giving grants to Planned Parenthood for breast cancer screenings. That decision was quickly ...

NASA picks 8 new astronauts 4 of them women

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 11:43:01 -0400

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- NASA has eight new astronauts - its first new batch in four years.The space agency announced its newest astronaut class Monday. Among the lucky candidates: the first female fighter pilot to become an astronaut in nearly two decades. A female helicopter pilot also is in the group. In fact, four of the eight are women, the highest percentage of female astronaut candidates ...

El Paso Symposium Offers Help to Startups

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 11:40:35 -0400

The Women's Business Border Center will host the 9th Annual Dancing Backwards in High Heels Women's Symposium on June 27. The joint project is funded by the U.S Small Business Administration and the El Paso Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, and provides one-on-one counseling to anyone looking to start a business. The symposium will feature 20 speakers from various fields, including ...

3 sought in North Texas in killing of 12-year-old

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 11:26:20 -0400

FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) -- North Texas authorities are searching for three suspects they say participated in a shooting at a house that left a 12-year-old dead and a sleeping teenager ...

Detectives combing Round Rock home

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 11:16:02 -0400

ROUND ROCK, Texas (KXAN) - Round Rock police are combing the area around a home Monday morning where an officer-involved shooting left two people dead less than 24 hours prior. Jonathan Demarco, 20, allegedly shot and killed his 23-year-old ex-girlfriend, Sarai Valdez, in the frontyard of a home in the 1900 block of Nicole Circle on Sunday evening. Police shot Demarco dead shortly after when he ...

Letter to the Editor U.S. must withdraw from Middle East North Africa

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 11:09:55 -0400

The messiah goes to Cairo to make a speech.... And since then he has made the middle east hotter then ever. Now more and more arabs want to kill and destroy us. Congradulations to The messiah on ...

Texas Governor Signs Bill to Protect Christmas Celebration in Public Schools

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 10:47:45 -0400

signed a bill June 13 that will protect the rights of individuals to offer greetings and display religious symbols on school property during Christmas and other holiday seasons. The new law is designed to protect individuals and groups from legal challenges to what the bill's author, State Rep. Wayne Bohac, says is a First Amendment protected right to religious expression. Bohac introduced ...

3 who tried to help motorist killed in south Tarrant crash

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 10:45:36 -0400

ramirez@star-telegram.com Three Good Samaritans — a mother, her daughter and a local youth minister — who tried to help a stranded motorist on a Tarrant County road apparently were among four victims in a “horrific” four-vehicle wreck late Saturday near Spinks Airport, officials ...

Back home Heat try to stop a 5th Spurs NBA title

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 10:31:43 -0400

MIAMI — The Miami Heat weren't supposed to be in this situation. Not now, anyway. Coming home from Texas with their season on the line in 2011 was one thing. They were at the end of their first year together - LeBron James, Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh still trying to figure it all out and clearly a long way from it. But this season, they were the NBA's best team, one that lost ...

Live on Caller.com Whats happening Monday

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 10:09:46 -0400

COASTAL BEND -- Monday will be a Nueces County courthouse hearing for the three teens accused of kidnapping and raping an 11-year-old girl. Our reporter Michelle Villarreal will be there with updates. Here's some other stories we'll be following: - Corpus Christi ISD trustees will discuss options for five or six high schools later today. - We'll be wrapping up the weekend ...

Overnight N. Austin shooting hurts one

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 10:05:25 -0400

AUSTIN (KXAN) - An overnight shooting in North Austin injured one person. The aggravated robbery happened in the 1100 block of West Rundberg Lane at 3:17 a.m. Monday. EMS crews took one person to the hospital. Just last month, Rundberg-area motels unveiled a new crime-fighting tool. As police in North Austin kept up the heat on prostitutes, drug dealers and gang members the weekend of May 17, ...

Texas mother of 6 fends off runs over carjacker

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 09:48:07 -0400

View results A Texas mother of six not only wrestled a knife away from an alleged carjacker who attacked while some of her children were in the vehicle, but then turned the tables and turned aggressor.She ran him down as he tried to flee, and sent him to the hospital for treatment of various injuries, the Daily Mail reported.';He messes with the wrong witch,'; ...

Honeybee swarms plaguing homeowners in North Texas

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 09:45:03 -0400

While looking for a new nest site, the swarms sometimes stop to rest and the thousands of bees form a protective layer around the queen as they take a break on tree limbs, patio furniture and ...

Netbrands apologizes to local charity pledges to make good on bad order

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 09:45:02 -0400

Star-Telegram Staff Writers You may recall our report about a local charitys problems with Netbrands, a Houston firm selected as the top small business in Texas by the Small Business Administration despite an F rating from the Better Business ...

Nagbe does Dallas and other things we learned in MLS week 16 | Graham Parker

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 09:38:11 -0400

FC Dallas , after a brilliant moment of improvisation by Darlington Nagbe separated the two frontrunners and sent the Timbers within a win of overtaking Dallas at the top.As for what this game told us about these two sides ...

Texas governor visiting Connecticut

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 09:18:33 -0400

Perry began a five-day visit to New York and Connecticut Sunday. He has been traveling the country trying to lure jobs to Texas, including recent trips to California and ...

LETTER The true Texas

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 09:11:16 -0400

But there was a problem. Texas’ unemployment rate was higher than that of all the surrounding states.If one bothers to investigate the lone star miracle, he or she discovers a Texas-sized problem. As of late 2012, the poverty rate in Texas was 17.9 percent, making it the 10th poorest state in the U.S.On the other side of the coin, California is the 10th wealthiest state.There indeed are ...

TxDOT road work projects in Nueces County 06.17.13

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 09:10:27 -0400

Starting Monday - Ayers Street, 7 a.m.-5 p.m. through Friday: Traffic will be reduced to one lane in each direction for lane reconstruction from Holly Road to Saratoga Blvd. Speed limit has been reduced from 45 mph to 35 mph. - State Highway 286, 8 a.m.-5 p.m. through Thursday: Traffic will be slowed for pavement repairs from County Road 14A to Farm-to-Market Road 2444. - Farm-to-Market ...

Letter to the Editor Government spying

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 09:10:03 -0400

I wish you would stop saying such ignorant, uneducated things. You act as if your caricature of the monstrous "liberal" were a slavering beast of eternal entitlement. Liberals and Conservatives and Moderates and Progressives and Tea Partiers and Independents and whatever other dumb labels you might slap on anyone who disagrees with you are all given the same basic education in personal ...

Storms roll into DFW area

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 08:46:26 -0400

Most of the Dallas-Fort Worth area should see some rain, though areas to the southeast may see little precipitation as the line of storms falls ...

Weather Drama Fire Floods Plague Colorado Texas

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 08:36:19 -0400

Firefighters in Colorado have now contained 65 percent of the worst wildfire in the state's history. The blaze killed two people and destroyed nearly 500 homes. Investigators suspect the Black Forest blaze was man-made. The question now is, was it intentional or an accident? Fire crews working around the clock to contain Colorado's Black Forest wildfire received some added help Sunday ...

Bee removal calls up throughout North Texas

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 08:27:23 -0400

North Texas bee removal specialists say they're getting a sharp increase in calls for help. A dispatcher for one company tells the Fort Worth Star-Telegram ...

Benefits and borders A QA with Marco Rubio

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 08:20:36 -0400

Sen. Marco Rubio, of Florida, sat down with The Washington Examiner to discuss the prospects for an unlikely bipartisan compromise on immigration reform that he helped craft as a member of the Senate's "Gang of Eight" and which he is now trying to sell to fellow conservatives, the package's most vocal ...

Ducklings on Atlantic Street

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 08:11:23 -0400

Rachel Denny Clow/Caller-TimesA family of ducks, including 14 fledgling ducks, was found in a pool in the backyard of Gretchen Arnold and Robert Ball on Atlantic Street on Tuesday. They said they weren’t sure how the ducks managed to get into their fenced ...

Momentive Performance Materials Increases Manufacturing Capacity in Texas and Germany

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 08:11:04 -0400

Momentive Performance Materials Inc. ("MPM" or the "Company") announced today the official expansion of two production facilities in the United States and Germany. With increasing demand in a variety of industries it serves, the company has added manufacturing capacity to its production assets located in Texas City, Texas, and its Leverkusen, Germany manufacturing ...

Lakers perceive Houston as a Howard threat JUN 17

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 08:09:48 -0400

Lakers ], according to sources, have not completely ruled out the idea of a sign-and-trade if they come to find next month that Howard is determined to leave. Sources say they are indeed leaning against sign-and-trade scenarios because they'd rather bank the resultant cap space from Howard's departure for the summer of 2014. ... The threat of the James ...

Ennis spills beans for 76ers workout on Twitter JUN 17

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 08:09:47 -0400

76ers are about to work out [Ennis], according to the player's Twitter time line. The 6-foot-7, 200-pounder tweeted Sunday afternoon that he was "posted in the airport on my way to Philadelphia." He responded "yes sir" when asked if it was for a predraft workout with ...

Police Man who killed ex-girlfriend shot dead

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 07:29:54 -0400

ROUND ROCK, Texas (AP) -- Austin-area police say an officer fatally shot a man who allegedly killed his ex-girlfriend, then refused to stand down when confronted by ...

4 dead in fatal San Antonio crash

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 07:29:54 -0400

The Sunday evening crash occurred after two drivers confronting each other at an intersection. One driver had a handgun and appeared to threaten the other driver. A patrol officer in the area tried to intervene, pulling his vehicle between the two ...

Much needed rain may also lead to increase in mosquitoes

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 07:13:44 -0400

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Local couple holding top athletes feet to the fire

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 07:13:44 -0400

Rachel Denny Clow/Caller-Times Candy and Ed Cheatham show badges from some of the many races they have competed in. The local couple are among top referees for triathlon and Ironman competitions. A retired Corpus Christi couple are holding thousands of the world’s most powerful athletes ...

San Antonio Spurs 114-104 Miami Heat - as it happened

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 04:00:31 -0400

o San Antonio Spurs now one win away from their fifth titleo Danny Green sets NBA Finals record for made threeso Series returns to Miami for Tuesday night's game ...

Dallas Insurance Agency Implements Summer Intern Program

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 03:37:31 -0400

Dallas-based Roach Howard Smith & Barton (RHSB) Insurance Agency announced it has implemented a summer internship program, with Adam Harmon, a junior at Texas Christian University's Neeley School of Business, as its first intern. Harmon is majoring in Accounting and minoring in Energy. During 10 weeks this summer, Harmon will be spending time with each department at RHSB in order to ...

In-form Blue Jays sweep Texas

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 02:23:19 -0400

The Toronto Blue Jays continued their purple patch, making it five straight wins with a four-game sweep of the Texas Rangers in MLB.The Blue Jays took the Rangers to task once again on Sunday, winning 7-2 to give starting pitcher Chien-Ming Wang his first result of the season.The Canadian club outscored the Rangers 24-4 across the four matches in Texas to build a strong base to help them off ...

Local defenders protectors honored at Soloman Coles Banquet

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 01:50:34 -0400

JENNIFER RECIO/SPECIAL TO THE CALLER-TIMES Tuskegee Airman Chief Master Sgt. Walter Richardson addresses the audience during his keynote speech during the Solomon M. Coles Award Banquet on Sunday at the Holiday Inn Emerald Beach. Freedom, honor and accomplishment was celebrated by Corpus Christi’s black community Sunday evening at the Solomon Coles Banquet at Holiday Inn Emerald Beach ...

Creative Connections Gallery Exhibit Opening

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 01:50:07 -0400

Creative Connections' Gallery will feature the art of Victoria Marcellan Allen. The exhibit is free and open to the public and continues Wednesdays - Saturdays through June 27 at 11am - 3pm or by appointment. The paintings of Victoria Marcellan Allen reveal her artistic and creative use of color within her art and love of nature and human subjects. Her seascapes, shorebirds, nautical ...

“Chicano Movement in Texas and the Importance of Mexican American Studies Across the United States”

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 01:50:06 -0400

Del Mar College Presents Speaker Dr. Jos Angel Gutirrez on the "Chicano Movement in Texas and the Importance of Mexican American Studies Across the United States" at 11 a.m. June 19 in the Retama Room, Harvin Student Center, Del Mar college East, 101 Baldwin Blvd. Del Mar College's Mexican American Studies faculty collaboration presents Guiterrez is professor of political science ...

John Boehner wont back immigration bill without majority GOP support

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 01:07:59 -0400

House Speaker John Boehner is not going to bring a comprehensive immigration-reform plan to the floor if a majority of Republicans don't support it, sources familiar with his plans said. "No way in hell," is how several described the chances of the speaker acting on such a proposal without a majority of his majority behind him. Boehner, R-Ohio, does not view immigration in the ...

Texas Wesleyan School of Law announces interim dean

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 00:37:50 -0400

dianesmith@star-telegram.com Texas A&M University is rushing to complete its purchase of the Texas Wesleyan University School of Law — a complex process that includes gaining the appropriate accreditations — in time for the fall ...

Truck hits off-duty Austin officer shots fired at suspect www.privateofficer.com

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 00:22:11 -0400

Security guards opened fire at a truck suspected of striking an off-duty police officer during an early-morning incident at a southeast Travis County event center Sunday. Sheriff's spokesman Roger Wade said officials were investigating the events that began about 2:15 a.m. at the Crown Center, 9111 FM 812. A black 4-door Chevrolet truck was driving erratically in the parking lot and an ...

SLIDESHOW Erin Brady from Connecticut is the new Miss USA

Sun, 16 Jun 2013 23:47:02 -0400

By HANNAH DREIER, Associated PressLAS VEGAS (AP) — A 25-year-old contestant from Connecticut won the title of Miss USA in Las Vegas on Sunday night.Erin Brady of South Glastonbury, Conn., won the beauty pageant at the Planet Hollywood hotel-casino after strutting in a white sparkly gown and answering a question about the U.S. Supreme Court's decision upholding widespread DNA tests. ...

HS grads open floating sno cone stand

Sun, 16 Jun 2013 23:44:01 -0400

AUSTIN (KXAN) - Many local high school graduates are working summer jobs to save money for college. Three friends who attended Westlake High School decided they did not want the typical summer job. Two weeks ago Christopher Bybee, 18, Brill Flint, 17, and Tate Bowden, 18, opened their first company which involves spending long hot days on Lake Austin. Once the boys pick a spot for their rented ...

End of quarters cost Heat in Game 5

Sun, 16 Jun 2013 23:38:21 -0400

So bad that they took away any realistic chance of winning Game 5 of the NBA Finals on Sunday night. So bad that they put the reigning champions on the brink of elimination. So bad that they ensured the Heat season can only be saved by winning two games in Miami, or else they will face the indignity of watching an opponent celebrate a title on their floor for the second time in three ...

Spurs Green sets NBA Finals record for 3-pointers

Sun, 16 Jun 2013 22:35:42 -0400

SAN ANTONIO — San Antonio Spurs guard Danny Green set an NBA Finals record for 3-pointers Sunday with his 23rd of this series against the Miami Heat. Green broke Ray Allen's 2008 mark with his fourth 3-pointer of the night early in the second half of Game 5. It was the fourth time that the once-unheralded swingman has hit at least four from long range this series. Green was shooting ...

Two dead one injured in Fort Worth shooting

Sun, 16 Jun 2013 21:47:08 -0400

Two men were shot to death and another was injured early Sunday morning in Fort Worth, police said. Police spokesman Kelly Peel said officers received a call shortly after 3 a.m.about a shooting in a parking lot at the corner of Azle Avenue and Kearney Avenue. There, police found three men with gunshot wounds. Two of the men, who were both 22 years old, died at a hospital, Peel said. One of ...

Ginobilis surprise start sparks Spurs

Sun, 16 Jun 2013 21:42:10 -0400

View Photo Associated Press/Eric Gay - San Antonio Spurs' Tim Duncan (21) drives past Miami Heat's Chris Bosh (1) during the first half at Game 5 of the NBA Finals basketball series, Sunday, June 16, 2013, in San ...

Rangers turn to Tepesch in opener vs. division rivals

Sun, 16 Jun 2013 21:38:35 -0400

Two struggling division foes look to rediscover themselves Monday in Texas, when the A's and Rangers open a four-game series at Rangers Ballpark. The first-place A's come to Arlington after seeing their nine-series unbeaten streak end but avoided their first sweep of the season with a 10-2 thumping of the Mariners on Sunday. Oakland has split its last eight games but remains atop the ...

As U.S. Plugs Border in Arizona Crossings Shift to South Texas

Sun, 16 Jun 2013 21:36:04 -0400

WASHINGTON -- A surge in migrant traffic across the Southwest border into Texas has resulted in a milestone: the front line of the battle against illegal crossings from Mexico has shifted for the first time in over a decade away from Arizona to the Rio Grande Valley of South ...

Pro-life farm team eyes House challenging Nancy Pelosi

Sun, 16 Jun 2013 21:32:08 -0400

House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., arrives for a closed all-member briefing on the NSA on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, June 11, 2013. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce ...

Even President Obama may not be able to put Nancy Pelosi back in the Speakers chair

Sun, 16 Jun 2013 21:32:07 -0400

President Obama told a Democratic fund raising event in April that he wants Nancy Pelosi back as Speaker of the House and vowed to do everything in his power to make that happen in the 2014 congressional election. "She never lets ideology cloud her judgment," Obama told the crowd that produced an estimated $3.2 million for the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee's 2014 ...

Manziel Tweet Sounds Ready to Leave AM

Sun, 16 Jun 2013 21:31:11 -0400

Heisman Trophy winner Johnny Manziel still has three years of eligibility left at Texas A&M. But a tweet he sent out early Sunday morning has some wondering how long he'll stay. Starting the tweet with an expletive, Manziel's said stuff "like tonight is why I can't wait to leave college station... whenever it may be." The comment went out to Manziel's more ...

Arlington school district fire academy graduates its first class

Sun, 16 Jun 2013 21:03:36 -0400

ARLINGTON — The graduation ceremony Saturday night had distinguished speakers, praise for the students’ hard work and proud parents in ...

Rangers drop 6th straight fall to Blue Jays

Sun, 16 Jun 2013 21:03:24 -0400

Texas Rangers' Ron Washington (38) heads out to pull starter Derek Holland, center, as catcher A.J. Pierzynski, left, and Ian Kinsler look on in the seventh inning of a baseball game against the Toronto Blue Jays, Sunday, June 16, 2013, in Arlington, Texas. (AP Photo/Tony ...

Round Rock shooting leaves two dead

Sun, 16 Jun 2013 20:55:10 -0400

Austin (KXAN) - Round Rock police areinvestigating an officerinvolvedshooting that left two people dead. Police said they responded to a disturbance around 5:20 p.m. this afternoon.A man shot and killedhis estrangedgirlfriend in a front yard in the 1900 block of Nicole Circle. According toRound Rock Policetheman thenpointed his gun at officers and refused to stand down. Police officers then shot ...

Astros go for four-game sweep vs. White Sox in Houston

Sun, 16 Jun 2013 20:45:41 -0400

The Astros have a chance to sweep the White Sox on Monday in the first regular-season series between the two clubs at Minute Maid Park since Chicago swept Houston in the 2005 World Series. And while it won't make up for a loss in the Fall Classic, it would keep the streaky Astros' latest win streak going. The Astros won seven of eight, lost seven of their next eight and have since won ...

A San Antonio Graduate Program That Churns Out N.B.A. Coaches

Sun, 16 Jun 2013 20:38:25 -0400

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House fire destroys West Austin home

Sun, 16 Jun 2013 19:59:27 -0400

Austin (KXAN) - The Austin Fire Department battled a heavy fire in a single family home in West Austin Sunday. AFD said the call came in around 5:45 p.m. for a home in the 6700 block of Ladera Norte at North Cat Mountain. The fire then spread to a neighboring house. Fire investigators said the fire was accidental and originated on the back deck. They believe it was either an improperly discarded ...

AFD battles house fire in West Austin

Sun, 16 Jun 2013 19:59:27 -0400

Austin (KXAN) - Austin Fire Department is battling a heavy fire in a single family home in West Austin. According to AFDthe call came in around 5:45 p.m. Sunday afternoon. The home is locatedin the 6700 block of Ladera Norte at North Cat Mountain. Ladera Norte has been closed off. A KXAN crew is on the scene. We will update this story as more information becomes ...

Holland gets minimal backing in finale

Sun, 16 Jun 2013 19:04:38 -0400

TOR@TEX: Martin makes a fine grab in center ARLINGTON -- The Rangers entered their 11-game homestand with the best home record in the American League, but the comforts of Rangers Ballpark have not cured their offensive woes. The Rangers' slump continued on Father's Day in a 7-2 loss to the Blue Jays, who completed the four-game sweep. It was the first time the Rangers had been swept ...

Harry Reid again threatens to curb GOP filibusters

Sun, 16 Jun 2013 18:58:56 -0400

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said lawmakers should stop complaining that they were unaware the NSA was tracking the phone records of millions of Americans. (Photo: Brendan Hoffman/Getty ...

Immigration farm aid abortion top Congress agenda

Sun, 16 Jun 2013 18:58:56 -0400

Congress this week will tackle immigration reform, farming and abortion, though lawmakers also will continue to focus much of their time on a growing list of scandals surrounding the Obama ...

MLB Toronto 7 Texas 2

Sun, 16 Jun 2013 18:53:44 -0400

Adam Lind lofted a three-run homer Sunday, lifting Toronto to a series-sweeping 7-2 win over Texas. Wang (1-0) earned his first win as a Blue Jay in his second start after being signed to contract this month. The veteran right-hander worked around seven hits and two walks while striking out five Neil Wagner recorded the final out of the game for his first save after the Rangers had scored twice ...

Two Alice men arrested on suspicion of aggravated armed robbery

Sun, 16 Jun 2013 18:51:12 -0400

ALICE -- Two Alice men were arrested on suspicion of aggravated armed robbery after a store in Alice was robbed Friday. Police were dispatched to Times Market in the 1400 block of Reynolds Street about 10:15 p.m. Customers and store employees told officers arriving on the scene that a man dressed in black walked into the store pointing a gun and instructed them to "get on the floor." ...

3 incumbents lose runoffs in Fort Worth

Sun, 16 Jun 2013 18:31:01 -0400

jessamybrown@star-telegram.com Saturday night brought a wave a change to the Fort Worth school board and City Council as three incumbents were defeated in ...