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Former Corpus Christi municipal court employee faces another count of tampering with records
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Apple Loop Macs Made In Texas iOS 7 Goes Black And White Microsoft Mocks Siri
Washington , D.C. this week to address a bi-partisan Senate subcommittee that criticized the company for using tax loopholes and keeping the majority of its cash overseas to avoid paying billions of dollars in U.S. taxes. Sen. Carl Levin and Sen. John McCain had harsh words for Apple in their opening statements and in the report assembled by the committee's staff detailing why Cook and co. ...
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No-refusal numbers 24 overnight
AUSTIN (KXAN) - Austin police report that Saturday night's no-refusal initiative netted 24 people. The Austin Police Department has begun implementing no-refusal weekend during major events and holidays. Last night, 24 people were picked up on suspicion of driving will intoxicated. Of those 24, 11 consented to breath tests and 13 involved blood draws. Of the 13 blood draws, 2 gave consent ...
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Flash flood watch in effect all day
AUSTIN (KXAN) - The rainy pattern we saw across central Texas on Friday is persisting Saturday. A series of disturbances continue to rotate through the area riding an upper-level trough. These disturbances are interacting with plentiful low and mid-level moisture, combining to form scattered to numerous showers and thunderstorms for the second day in a row. Rainfall totals Friday were the ...
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May 1 2013 security engineering class
MICHAEL ZAMORA/CALLER-TIMES Graduate student Pranav Phadke (left) helps junior Arianna Arevalo get the DJI Phantom off the ground May 1 during a security engineering class at Texas A&M University-Kingsville. A new minor degree program on campus is enabling students to pursue careers in the growing field of security ...
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Attorney fatally shot in Southlake represented Mexican drug cartel
dianesmith@star-telegram.com A 43-year-old Mexican citizen gunned down this week at Southlake Town Square had represented members of a powerful drug cartel whose leaders were recently sentenced to U.S. federal prison, according to media reports on both sides of the ...
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Holland matches up with Felix in Seattle
Their once-heralded future of the franchise has been sent to the Minors, and they've lost seven in a row. The Mariners have seen better days. How quickly they must forget if they're to move on from their 20-28 start to the season and begin a fight back up the standings in the American League West. "People have really short memories," said manager Eric Wedge. ...
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Amnesty International USA Governor Rick Perry Must Halt Medellin Execution Immediately
Texas Goes 'Beyond the Pale if it Insists on Going Forward' With Execution WASHINGTON - August 4 - Amnesty International USA (AIUSA) today urged Texas Governor Rick Perry to stay the execution of ...
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Texas Clean Air Cities Coalition and Environmental Defense Fund Reach Milestone Agreements With NRG Texas on Limestone Station Expansion
Environmental Defense Fund media contact: Chris Smith, 512.691.3451 TCACC media contacts: Frank J. Librio (Director, Public Information Office, City of Dallas) 214.670.3322 Frank Michel (Director of Communications, City of Houston) 832.393.0800 NRG media contacts: Meredith Moore 609.524.4522 David Knox (Texas) 713.795.6106 NRG Investor Relations contacts: Nahla Azmy ...
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Seattle drops 7th straight in 9-5 loss to Texas
Seattle Mariners starting pitcher Joe Saunders reacts on the mound in the fourth inning of a baseball game against the Texas Rangers, Friday, May 24, 2013, in Seattle. (AP Photo/Ted S. ...
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Harrell looks to help Astros bounce back from tough loss
The Astros have been living on the edge as of late. Winners in four of their past eight games, seven of those games have been decided by one run. Either way, manager Bo Porter is happy with the way his team has played. "I think we're playing better baseball," Porter said. "That's what I've said all along, the season is 162 games long. You're going to have ...
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MLB Texas 9 Seattle 5
Lance Berkman staked Texas to an early lead Friday and the Rangers went on to down Seattle 9-5. Justin Grimm settled down after a shaky start to get the win and every member of the Texas starting lineup came up with at least one hit. Baker hit a two-run homer in the second and Berkman gave Texas the lead for good with a three-run blast in the ...
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Port Aransas Art Center
Photos by George Gongora/Special to the Caller-TimesJoy Lucas (left) and Terri Huddleston admire the Ocean Creations shells by Linda McLemore (right). Vendors sold art during a fundraiser at Roberts Point in Port Aransas to pay off the note for a new art ...
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Berkman Baker power Texas past Seattle 9-5
Seattle Mariners starting pitcher Joe Saunders reacts on the mound in the fourth inning of a baseball game against the Texas Rangers, Friday, May 24, 2013, in Seattle. (AP Photo/Ted S. ...
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Don’t Mess With Women In Texas – 24 Anti-Choice Bills Defeated
told the Express-News . "Just this week, I've had pressure from leadership pushing to bring up bills in an almost threatening way, and we have stood up to that. ...Now we're at the end of the session, and they're ...
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Veras allows big homer as Astros fall in ninth
OAK@HOU: Dominguez drills a solo shot off Milone HOUSTON -- Astros manager Bo Porter spent the last few days promising that Houston was a different team than the one that lost to the A's six times in six games last month. Through eight innings with a 5-3 lead, the Astros proved him right. Then A's right fielder Chris Young ripped a three-run homer in the top of the ninth inning, ...
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East Texas law enforcement banding together to keep churches safe
From 1999 to 2013, 164 more deaths occurred from violence in churches than from violence in schools across the country, FBI agent Brent Chambers said.';That surprised me,'; he said. ';I thought there would be more deaths in schools. These numbers tell a story.';Chambers, Smith County Sheriff Larry Smith and Tyler Police Chief Gary Swindle all spoke at a seminar for church ...
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May 15 storm damage in North Texas estimated at $250 million
Tornado tips • Designate a shelter area in your home or place of business, such as a basement, and go there during severe weather. • If you don’t have a basement or underground shelter, go to an interior room or hallway on the lowest floor and get under a sturdy piece of furniture. Lower-level interior bathrooms provide the best protection if no basement is available. Don’t ...
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‘No refusal’ DWI program in effect for holiday
This is the first time Tarrant County has implemented a “no refusal” campaign over Memorial Day weekend. The initiative was made possible by a $300,430 grant that expanded the program from two holidays to seven, according to a news release from the Tarrant County district attorney’s ...
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The 14th Cliburn a noteworthy opening day
HuangciÂ’s performance was the first of nine on the CliburnÂ’s first day, culminating years of preparation for the competition that occurs every four years. A crowd of several hundred witnessed the preliminary recitals at Bass Hall, joining a large audience around the world watching and listening to the performances on the ...
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Chase ends in arrest of child sex assault suspect
FORT WORTH — A police chase that began near downtown Fort Worth on Friday afternoon ended in east Oak Cliff in Dallas with the arrest of a man accused of sexually assaulting a ...
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San Antonio hotel security network curbs crime www.privateofficer.com
– You can call it a crime-fighting network of sorts. Area hotels and motels work together to help keep you safe. ';You never know when a situation will come up, '; said Bill Brendel, General Manager of the Crockett Hotel downtown. Brendel told News 4 there are about a hundred hotels on an email chain, reporting criminal activity. Awhile back, police busted a counterfeit ring ...
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Could this be the end for the Texas Railroad Commission
The commission, which regulates the oil and gas industry, appeared late Friday to be in danger of shutting down unless its supporters are able to stage a last-minute maneuver to save the 122-year-old agency in the remaining three days of the legislative ...
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Jury convicts former South Texas DA of corruption
BROWNSVILLE, Texas -- A federal jury in South Texas has convicted a former district attorney on corruption charges.Former Cameron County District Attorney Armando Villalobos (vee-yah-LOH'-bohs) was convicted Friday of racketeering, bribery, extortion and other charges. He was acquitted of two counts of extortion.Villalobos was accused of paying $10,700 to state District Judge Abel Limas to ...
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Marc Leishman tied for ninth as Kuchar edges ahead in Texas
United States American Matt Kuchar held a one-shot lead at 10-under par after 15 holes when the weather-hit second round was suspended for the day at the US PGA Invitational in Texas.Kuchar, who clinched his fifth PGA Tour title at the WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship in February, will line up a 40-foot birdie putt at the par-three 16th when play resumes at 7:15am local (10:15pm AEST) on ...
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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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