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Soto Chirinos fill void competently behind the plate
Email ARLINGTON -- The Rangers went into Monday's game with the Athletics having won nine of their last 13 games. That's significant because those 13 games took place while catcher A.J. Pierzynski was on the disabled list with a strained oblique muscle in his right rib cage. The Rangers were able to survive and thrive because of the work of Geovany Soto and Robinson Chirinos. Soto was ...
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5 E. coli cases confirmed
According to a press release Monday by the Brazos County Health Department, the investigation of 10 cases of Shiga-toxin producing Escherichia coli has ...
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Mission Sierra residents fed up with vandals
"It's starting to be a little bit annoying," said Terrance Riley, Mission Sierra Homeowner's Association president. "We just noticed broken bottle glass and then we noticed bb shots to the windows and then we noticed glass being broken ...
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European Space Agency names first Briton for space station mission
The European Space Agency says a former army helicopter pilot is to be Britain's first official astronaut to go to the International Space Station. Major Tim Peake, 41, is set for a five-month mission to the ISS in 2015 in a move being called a major boost for Britain's space industry, The Daily Telegraph reported Monday. Peake has been awaiting a mission assignment since graduating ...
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H-E-B pulls prepackaged Gulf shrimp from Galveston Shrimp Co. after recall
CORPUS CHRISTI -- H-E-B has pulled from its shelves prepackaged Gulf shrimp from the Galveston Shrimp Company after the company reported finding small pieces of metal in the bags. There have been no reports of illnesses caused by the product, H-E-B spokeswoman Regina Garcia said. The company issued a precautionary recall Friday of the shrimp which is sold in freezers in H-E-B stores ...
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Tornado causes massive damage near Oklahoma City
Gary Knight with the Oklahoma City Police Department says an elementary school took a direct hit from the mile-wide tornado, but did not say which school was ...
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Precautionary recall for pre-packaged shrimp
You'll want to check your freezers after a Galveston seafood company announced a recall for at least seven different shrimp products sold at Houston-area grocery ...
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Man charged with murder of Houston mother son
HOUSTON - One suspect has been arrested and police are searching for four others connected to the double murder of a Houston woman and her 10-year-old ...
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Houston man dies during fit challenge in Florida
Witnesses said Sydney Graham of Houston was brought to shore by participants in the Trident Challenge -- a 500-meter ocean swim, a crawl through the sand, pull ups and ...
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Charges filed against San Jacinto Co. man in postal workers death
According to the complaint, the Youngblood's body was discovered Friday in her burning vehicle in San Jacinto County. Her body was found after firefighters extinguished the ...
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Lewis has mixed results in second rehab start
Currently on a Minor League rehab assignment, Colby Lewis hasn't pitched in the big leagues since last July. (AP) FRISCO, Texas -- Colby Lewis breezed through the first two innings of his rehab start for Double-A Frisco on Monday, retiring all six batters he faced, striking out three of them. The third inning, however, proved much more troublesome for Lewis, who gave up a leadoff home run ...
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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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