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Lawmakers set up endangered species task force
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) -- How the state responds to the listing of an endangered species in Texas will be coordinated by a special task force under a bill approved by the ...
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Texas Brine offers settlements for sinkhole
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) -- Texas Brine says it has started extending settlement offers to Assumption Parish residents who have been under an evacuation order since August because of a 15-acre ...
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NM senators want expanded hours for port of entry
SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) -- New Mexico's U.S. senators are asking the federal government for 24-hour daily operation of a port entry at Santa Teresa along the international border with ...
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Texas baby born after her mother was technically dead
Elayna Nigrelli's birth story is almost unbelievable: The infant girl was born while her mother didn't have a pulse. "I have got, like, the best ammunition for the rest of her life," mother Erica Nigrelli ...
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Corpus Christi police child found unconscious alone in vehicle
CORPUS CHRISTI -- Authorities are investigating a case of a 1-year-old left in a vehicle in the 5700 block of Bonner Drive at 2 p.m. Friday. Corpus Christi Officer Kirk Stowers said detectives were sent to the home for a report of the child found unconscious. The child was taken to Driscoll Children's Hospital for examination. Stowers said he had not been notified of the child's ...
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Corpus Christi police are looking for a man who robbed a Check n Go
Corpus Christi police are looking for a man who robbed a Check 'n Go store in the 13400 block of Leopard Street with a knife May 17. Police said a female employee told them a man took money from a register and ran out of the store about 5:24 p.m. Police said the woman was not injured during the robbery. The man is described as 35 to 40 years old, Hispanic, between 5 feet 8 inches and 5 ...
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Line of thunderstorms sweeping through Texas
COASTAL BEND -- A line of storms from Laredo to the Hill Country is making its way east and will likely hit the Coastal Bend before 7 p.m. Friday. The National Weather Service forecast calls for an 80 percent chance of rain tonight. Some areas could see wind gusts of up to 55 mph and a quarter inch of rain. Once the storms pass, the weekend should be sunny and warm with daytime high ...
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Tony Parkers calf is doing just fine MAY 24
Golden State Warriors and underwent an MRI on Thursday to check on the recovery. The results? His calf seems to be recovering just fine and there will be no limitation on his workload in Game 3 on Saturday. Parker said that he's feeling better and believes he'll be fine on ...
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Lightning strike injures man at ABIA
AUSTIN (KXAN) - A worker for a company based at Austin Bergstrom International Airport was injured by a lightning strike Friday afternoon and checked by a medical crew Airport spokesman Jim Halbrook said the man who was not immediately identified was working outside the general aviation facility. It did not appear that he was struck by the bolt, but was nearby with it hit. There was no word on ...
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Memphis Grizzlies ready to believe vs Spurs
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — The towels are showing up all around Memphis, hanging over neighborhood signs and even at a door to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital.The sentiment? Believe Memphis.And the Grizzlies certainly do.While the Grizzlies are down 0-2 to the San Antonio Spurs in their first Western Conference final, they dug themselves out of a 0-2 deficit in the first round ...
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Texas Conservatives Mobilize — Ask Governor to Veto Bill Expanding the Definition of ...
Republicans in the Texas Legislature have succeeded where Obama Democrats have failed. Both houses of the Texas Legislature have passed SB 346 and it awaits the governor's signature to become law. SB 346, authored by Senator Kel Seliger (R-Amarillo) and sponsored in the House by Representative Charlie Geren (R-Fort Worth), would greatly expand the definition of what is political activity ...
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Opening of Euless Aquatic Park postponed
Northeast Tarrant water parks While the Euless Aquatics Center won’t open Memorial Day weekend, plenty of other water parks in Northeast Tarrant County ...
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NBC to air Blake Sheltons benefit for Oklahomans
This May 21, 2013 photo released by NBC shows married singers Miranda Lambert, left, and Blake Shelton performing an acoustic version of the hit "Over You" during a broadcast of the singing competition series, "The Voice," in Los Angeles. Shelton and NBC are putting together a benefit for Oklahoma tornado victims. Shelton, an Oklahoma native, told reporters about the ...
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Ex-Yogurt shop murders figure seeks compensation
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - A man whose conviction in the 1991 slayings of 4 teenage girls at an Austin yogurt shop was overturned wants compensation for his imprisonment. Robert Springsteen IV spent nine years in prison before an appeals court overturned his sentence, but Travis County prosecutors haven't declared him innocent. Now, the Austin American-Statesman ...
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Ex-yogurt shop suspect seeking $700000
AUSTIN (KXAN) - Robert Springsteen, whose conviction in the 1991 yogurt shop killings was overturned, is seeking $700,000 from the state as compensation for the nine years he spent in prison. In a petition filed in the federal court, Springsteen says he is entitled to the compensation because the conviction deprived him of his rights to earn a living and of his freedom. At one point, Springsteen ...
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Austin filmmaker Richard Linklater at the top of his game with Before Midnight
May 24--It is fitting that in a historic year for area filmmakers, the greatest movie coming out of Austin is from the godfather of the local film ...
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Austin gets $2.5 million healthy homes grant
AUSTIN (KXAN) - The city of Austin has received a $2.5 million grant to recondition older homes that contain lead and other health and safety hazards, an expansion of a local program that has already helped hundreds of families. The grant from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Developments Lead Hazard Control Program includes a new focus on healthy homes allowing the city to address other ...
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Six Austin Bridal Gown Shops
Unbridaled701 S Lamar Blvd. Signature Bridal Salon12717 Shops Parkway Ste. #200 Serendipity2438 W Anderson Lane Blush Bridal Lounge1815 W 35th Street Blue Bridal Boutique1007 S Congress Ave Balina Bridal5025 Burnet ...
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Overhaul of troubled cancer agency heads to Perry
In a unanimous vote Friday, the Senate gave final approval to sweeping reforms at the Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas. The bill now heads to Gov. Rick ...
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Legislature approves tax breaks for data centers
The bill approved on Friday exempts from sales tax the equipment needed to operate a data center, a computer facility that makes the Internet ...
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Valero Energy Foundation makes $100000 donation to aid tornado victims
The Valero Energy Foundation has donated $100,000 to Oklahoma relief efforts. The Valero Energy Foundation the charitable arm of San Antonio refiner Valero Energy Corp. has donated $100,000 to the American Red Cross to assist people affected by the tornadoes that ripped through Central Oklahoma. The foundation also will match employees Red Cross donations up to $50,000. Valero (NYSE: VLO) ...
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Pro-Tesla Motors bill dies in Texas House
Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla Motors Inc. Lawmakers have sided with dealers interests over those of Tesla Motors Inc. in the debate over whether manufacturers of electric- or all battery-powered vehicles should be able to sell directly to customers. House Bill 3351, authored by State Rep. Eddie Rodriguez, D-Austin, had proposed changing Texas law that mandates vehicles be sold to customers through ...
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Compare Metrics filing reveals more funding details
A regulatory filing provided additional details about the Compare Metrics Inc. Series A financing announced earlier this week. The Austin-based software maker received nearly $4.4 million from 12 investors, according to a Friday filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. Compare Metrics, founded in 2010 as Compare Networks LLC, develops search tools for e-commerce websites with a ...
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Safety traffic economic development among Arts Districts top goals
Catherine Cuellar, executive director of Dallas Arts District. It may not be a sexy issue, but safety in the Dallas Arts District will be one of Catherine Cuellar's top goals as executive director of the district, she told me in a recent interview. Cuellar, who started her new job on April 15, said without a safe environment, nothing else matters. That refers to both crime and to the tension ...
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Shouting match erupts in the Texas house over gun rights
Kaufman County prosecutors Mark Hasse and Mike McLelland. Mr. McLelland's wife was also killed. A shouting match erupted in the house last night over the amendment. According to ...
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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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