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Corpus Christi police investigating death of 3-month-old girl
CORPUS CHRISTI -- Child Protective Services and Corpus Christi Police are conducting a joint investigation into the death of a 3-month-old girl, , said John Lennan, spokesman for the state's Department of Family and Protective Services. The girl died Friday morning, officials said. Details on the cause of death or where the baby died were not available ...
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Thunder not considering amnesty clause for Kendrick Perkins MAY 18
Kendrick Perkins will be leaving Oklahoma City soon. Thunder GM Sam Presti said Saturday the team hasn't even considered using the amnesty clause on the embattled big man, despite the apparent deterioration in his performance the past few years. Once considered a talented defender, the kind of physical presence OKC would need to win postseason games, Perkins has devolved into an utterly ...
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Kevin Garnett likely wont need ankle surgery MAY 18
Kevin Garnett likely will not require surgery this offseason as the team's medical staff believes rest will be enough to solve the problem. This is presumably good news as the future Hall of Famer contemplates whether he'll return for an 18th NBA season or decide to call it quits following the team's brief trip to the postseason. Garnett, 36, battled ankle issues throughout the ...
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At Least 5 Dead in Texas Fertilizer Plant Explosion
Authorities in Texas say at least five -- possibly as many as 15 -- people have been killed in the southwestern U.S. state as a result of Wednesday's massive explosion at a fertilizer ...
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Boy Scout vote on gay youth expected
AUSTIN, Texas (KXAN) - With its ranks deeply divided, the Boy Scouts of America is asking its local leaders from across the country to decide whether its contentious membership policy should be overhauled so that openly gay boys can participate in Scout ...
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300-pound man dies after stun gun fired
Fort Worth police used the stun gun on 34-year-old Jermaine Darden Thursday because they say he was resisting arrest. The Fort Worth Star-Telegram reports (http://bit.ly/18SQQJX ) Darden died a short time later at a local ...
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Construction to cause delays on MoPac
AUSTIN (KXAN) - Traffic on MoPac is about to get a little slower but in the end will help alleviate drive time in Austin. The Central Texas Regional Mobility Authority hired CH2M HILL in February of 2013 to complete the project which will add new lanes on north MoPac from Ladybird Lake to Parmer Lane. Beginning Sunday lanes along MoPac will be closed from Ladybird Lake to Parmer in 15-minute ...
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Sounders FC vs. FC Dallas preview and prediction
M David Ferreira — The league’s MVP in 2010 missed last week with a leg injury, but it sounds like he should be back in the lineup. He, of course, scored here in 2010, an 87th-minute equalizer to sent the Sounders to 4-8-4 on the season (Seattle went on to close the season on a 10-2-2 run). He’s the engine in the attack, so much so the team runs more of a 4-2-3-1 formation ...
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Texas sues BP over 2010 Gulf spill
Source: Reuters Texas has joined the crowd of Gulf of Mexico states to file suit against BP Plc, Halliburton Co and others for their role in one of the worst oil spills in U.S. history. The complaint, filed Friday in U.S. District Court in Beaumont, Texas, alleges that the companies and others "engaged in willful and wanton misconduct" for their role in the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil ...
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Texas judge denies womens request for attorneys
AMARILLO, Texas (AP) -- A federal magistrate has refused to appoint appellate attorneys for an Amarillo mother and daughter convicted in a 1995 murder-for-hire ...
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Video Watch Tornado tears through Newcastle Texas
Jasmina Baldrich, 23, happened to witness police entering suspect Ariel Castro's house -- where three women allegedly held captive for nearly a decade -- and started shooting video of it with her cell ...
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Texas tornado survivors start to return home
GRANBURY, Texas Residents of a North Texas town ravaged by a deadly tornado are starting to return to home for the first time since the midweek storm. The process is slow because several hundred people showed up early Saturday to register at a Granbury church. The registration is required to return to the ...
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Last-minute fortune seekers buy Powerball tickets
After weeks of rolling without a winner, the Powerball jackpot has once again ballooned in time for its Wednesday drawing, an estimated $360 million jackpot considered the third largest Powerball jackpot and the seventh largest jackpot in ...
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Powerball fever grips players
Raising her Powerball ticket in the air, Hortcina Martinez shouts in excitement in hopes of winning the jackpot from a ticket purchased at Oscar's Food Mart #1 on Tuesday, Nov. 27, 2012, in Houston. (AP Photo/Houston Chronicle, Mayra ...
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My Pet Learning Discipline
Service Dogs Inc. shows you have to use treats to encourage discipline with your dog. You want to use treats to get and treat your dog's attention. Be sure you have good eye contact. Allow your dog to smell your hand, then when get the desired behavior, offer your dog a treat. This use of treats also can extend to other ...
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Engineering Olympics teach kids its okay to fail
Rachel Denny Clow/Caller-Times Cunningham Middle School students Sierra Mendoza, 13 (left), and Jason Jasso, 12, work with their materials as they build a wind turbine Friday during the school’s Engineering Olympics. Students had a set budget and bought supplies with available funds. In addition to building the turbines they also will present them to classmates. Cunningham Middle ...
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Weekend Gardener Rainwater harvesting
AUSTIN (KXAN) - This week John meets with Dani Slabaugh of Yard To Table Gardens to talk about rain water collection. Slabaugh designed and built this Thai Rain Jar cistern for Paige Hill of Urban Patchwork Neighborhood Farms using the traditional construction method. She used a container of mulch wrapped in chicken wire which she then covered with a thin layer of cement. The mulch is then ...
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Pet of the Week Austin
AUSTIN (KXAN) - Austin, a labrador-retriever mix, is up for adopt at Austin Pets Alive. Here is something more from the Austin Pets Alive website: " With a little twinkle in his eyes, Austin comes over to greet you as if to say, 'Hi friend, let's go for a walk!' Easy-going, friendly and playful, he embodies many of the wonderful traits you would want in a family pet. Austin ...
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Pet of the Week Austin
AUSTIN (KXAN) - Austin, a labrador-retriever mix, is up for adopt at Austin Pets Alive. Here is something more from the Austin Pets Alive website: " With a little twinkle in his eyes, Austin comes over to greet you as if to say, 'Hi friend, let's go for a walk!' Easy-going, friendly and playful, he embodies many of the wonderful traits you would want in a family pet. Austin ...
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Pet of the Week Austin
AUSTIN (KXAN) - Austin, a labrador-retriever mix, is up for adopt at Austin Pets Alive. Here is something more from the Austin Pets Alive website: " With a little twinkle in his eyes, Austin comes over to greet you as if to say, 'Hi friend, let's go for a walk!' Easy-going, friendly and playful, he embodies many of the wonderful traits you would want in a family pet. Austin ...
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Pet of the Week Austin
AUSTIN (KXAN) - Austin, a labrador-retriever mix, is up for adopt at Austin Pets Alive. Here is something more from the Austin Pets Alive website: " With a little twinkle in his eyes, Austin comes over to greet you as if to say, 'Hi friend, let's go for a walk!' Easy-going, friendly and playful, he embodies many of the wonderful traits you would want in a family pet. Austin ...
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Pet of the Week Austin
AUSTIN (KXAN) - Austin, a labrador-retriever mix, is up for adopt at Austin Pets Alive. Here is something more from the Austin Pets Alive website: " With a little twinkle in his eyes, Austin comes over to greet you as if to say, 'Hi friend, let's go for a walk!' Easy-going, friendly and playful, he embodies many of the wonderful traits you would want in a family pet. Austin ...
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Pet of the Week Austin
AUSTIN (KXAN) - Austin, a labrador-retriever mix, is up for adopt at Austin Pets Alive. Here is something more from the Austin Pets Alive website: " With a little twinkle in his eyes, Austin comes over to greet you as if to say, 'Hi friend, let's go for a walk!' Easy-going, friendly and playful, he embodies many of the wonderful traits you would want in a family pet. Austin ...
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Pet of the Week Austin
AUSTIN (KXAN) - Austin, a labrador-retriever mix, is up for adopt at Austin Pets Alive. Here is something more from the Austin Pets Alive website: " With a little twinkle in his eyes, Austin comes over to greet you as if to say, 'Hi friend, let's go for a walk!' Easy-going, friendly and playful, he embodies many of the wonderful traits you would want in a family pet. Austin ...
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Pet of the Week Austin
AUSTIN (KXAN) - Austin, a labrador-retriever mix, is up for adopt at Austin Pets Alive. Here is something more from the Austin Pets Alive website: " With a little twinkle in his eyes, Austin comes over to greet you as if to say, 'Hi friend, let's go for a walk!' Easy-going, friendly and playful, he embodies many of the wonderful traits you would want in a family pet. Austin ...
Houston Feature
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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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