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Williams-Sonoma expands call center in The Colony
Williams-Sonoma is expanding its call center space in The Colony. San Francisco-based Williams-Sonoma Inc., a specialty home furnishings and gourmet cookware retailer, has expanded its call center in North Texas. The retailer has signed a lease for 6,653 square feet of office space at The Cascades in The Colony, expanding its space to 15,523 square feet. In 2011, an affiliate of Williams-Sonoma ...
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SportsView Extra Spurs vs. Grizzlies draws modest TV rating
While fans in San Antonio love the Spurs, nationally Game 1 of the Spurs-Grizzlies series drew a 3.9 rating. The San Antonio Spurs thrashing of Memphis on Sunday in Game 1 of the Western Conference Finals drew a 3.9 television rating for ABC. Los Angeles Lakers apologists will point at the rating and talk about how no one cares about this small-market series. Golden State fans will argue that ...
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Texas votes on its own CISPA-like cyber bill
USA The biggest thing to come out of Texas may turn out to be a blow to Internet freedoms: legislators there are considering a bill that would compromise privacy on the Web for all residents of the Lone Star State. Lawmakers in the State Senate are expected to vote Monday on a bill that, if passed, would compel Internet Service Providers (ISPs) anywhere in the world to fork over private Web ...
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Texas Tech hires former Lady Raider Whitaker
LUBBOCK, Texas -- Texas Tech hired Oklahoma State associate head coach Candi Whitaker on Monday to coach its women's basketball team.The former Lady Raiders player returns to her alma mater as the program's sixth coach. The move comes about a week after Kristy Curry left for Alabama.Whitaker's return marks the second time in the past six months the school has hired a former ...
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Woman set on fire in Texas convenience store
Three people were injured early Monday in an incident in which a woman was set on fire in a Fort Worth, Texas, convenience store, police said. The female assailant allegedly entered a Buy & Save Food Store and argued with the unidentified victim before dousing her with a flammable liquid and lighting her afire. Another woman, sitting with the victim, and a store clerk were also burned while ...
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Haas Middle School closes Monday after AC unit breaks
CORPUS CHRISTI -- Haas Middle School will be closed Monday for the remainder of the day after an air conditioning unit malfunctioned, district officials said. Parents and guardians are asked to pick up of the students as soon as they can. CCISD officials expect the school to be open Tuesday. Repairs are under way to the unit, they ...
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Former Aransas County Sheriff killed in auto accident
Aransas County Sheriff Mark Gilliam jokingly offers up his hot dog to McGruff the Crime Dog in 2008 during the National Night Out Against Crime at the Rockport ...
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Payback Member kills bills to get even
AUSTIN (AP) A member of the Texas House is killing bills authored by a Houston senator in retaliation for her opposition to an exoneration bill. San Antonio Democrat Ruth McClendon quashed two bills on Friday authored by Houston Republican Sen. Joan Huffman. She killed another bill last week. McClendon is angry that Huffman is blocking a vote on the Timothy Cole Exoneration Review Commission. ...
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Panther purchases Fort Worth apartment portfolio
Investors continue to purchase apartment properties, as the market remains strong for the real estate. The Coventry at Cityview apartments in Fort Worth, seen above, were sold to an investment group in the past month. Fort Worth-based Panther FW Investments LLC, formerly Panther Transaction Group, has bought a two-property, apartment portfolio totaling 528 apartment homes in Fort Worth. Terms of ...
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Austin gas prices hold steady as national numbers jump
Austin gas prices are 15 cents less per gallon than the same day one year ago. The average price per gallon for gasoline in Austin on Sunday was $3.38, just 0.4 cents less than the week before. Reports from GasBuddy.com show national prices jumping 8.9 cents over the last week to $3.67. Recent increases across the U.S. are breaking records in states such as Nebraska, Minnesota and Kansas, ...
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Tornadoes Possible Monday From Michigan to Texas After Oklahoma Storms Kill 2
Pets were rescued Monday from the rubble of mobile homes destroyed by Sunday's tornado in the Steelman Estates Mobile Home Park, near Shawnee, Okla., May 20, ...
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Tesoro Logistics reduces purchase price for Chevron pipeline in wake of spill
Tesoro Logistics LP has renegotiated the purchase price for Chevron Pipe Line's Northwest Products System down to $355 million from $400 million. San Antonio-based pipeline operator Tesoro Logistics LP said it has renegotiated its purchase of Chevron Pipe Line Co.s Northwest Products System, cutting the price to $355 million from $400 million. The reduction comes after a fuel spill that ...
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Recount shows Pelican Bay council candidates are still tied
liz@star-telegram.com Pelican Bay voters will have to make another trip to the polls next month after a recount still showed a tie vote in the Place 4 council ...
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Atheists to put books next to Bibles in Ga. parks
ATLANTA -; A national atheist group says it will place its literature in cabins and lodges in Georgia's state parks after the governor's recent decision to allow Bibles in ...
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Veteran firefighter killed in huge Dallas condo fire
A huge six-alarm fire killed a veteran fire fighter and destroyed at least 24 different housing units in the early morning hours of May 20th in a Dallas, Texas complex of condos. (Wikimedia/Wikimedia ...
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Man charged with stealing 15 cell phones at bar
AUSTIN (KXAN) - A man charged with taking cell phones out of womens purses was arrested early Saturday morning at a bar on East Sixth Street. Josue Vivar-Hernandez, 28, is accused of being in possession of an estimated 15 stolen cell phones. He was detained shortly after 2 a.m. at the bar Aquarium after manager Tyler Carr told police he saw the suspect snatching phones out of the purses of ...
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Brandywine REIT selling an interest in its big Austin portfolio
The Barton Skyway complex on South Mopac Expressway is being shopped around by Brandywine Real Estate Investment Trust. Brandywine Realty Trust (NYSE: BDN) has placed its Austin suburban office portfolio on the market with an unusual marketing proposition. The publicly traded real estate trust is looking for an investor who wants to share ownership in the 1.4 million-square-foot ...
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Dallas Firefighter Killed in the Line of Duty www.privateofficer.com
One firefighter was killed and two others were injured in a six-alarm blaze that has devoured at least 24 units at the Hearthwood North Condominiums at 12363 Abrams Road, near LBJ Freeway overnight. Dallas Fire-Rescue spokesman Jason Evans says the firefighter, who has been identified as 28-year department veteran Stanley Wilson, radioed in shortly before 5:30 a.m. that he was trapped and lost, ...
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Confirmation hearing dominated by Powers questions
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) -- The future of University of Texas President Bill Powers dominated Monday's confirmation hearing for three members of the system board of regents, with one lawmaker saying he believes the board is "on a mission" to oust the popular leader of the Austin ...
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House member kills senators bills in tit-for-tat
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) -- A member of the Texas House is killing bills authored by a Houston senator in retaliation for her opposition to an exoneration ...
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Drought freeze hail pummel Central Texas peaches
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) -- A combination of weather events have Central Texas peach farmers expecting a meager crop once again this season, after several years of little yield due to whimsical ...
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Texas DPS adds patrols for Memorial Day weekend
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) -- More Texas troopers will be on patrol over the Memorial Day weekend watching for speeders, drunken drivers and travelers not wearing seat ...
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Fort Bliss identifies soldier killed in blast
EL PASO, Texas (AP) -- Military officials have identified the third Fort Bliss soldier killed recently in Afghanistan by an improvised explosive ...
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Ryan Kimura 40 Under 40 honor aided in job search
40 Under 40 honors businesspeople under the age of 40 for their success. Being honored by the Dallas Business Journal in 2011 helped cement in my mind that moving to Dallas was the right decision for me and my career. I moved to Dallas in late 2008 with no contacts or connections in DFW and within two years, I was being honored on the DBJ's list of 40 under 40. I think what made the most ...
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Texas Oklahoma Battle Opioids With Legislation
Opioid Epidemic Plagues Workers' Comp In the South Central region, Texas and Oklahoma are two states where the battle against opioid abuse among injured workers is being taken up by lawmakers. Both states have seen new bills introduced to curb abuse by raising standards for use of evidence-based medicine, and stricter regulation of drug dispensing doctors and clinics. Oklahoma Oklahoma ...
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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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