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 Rain forecast in Texas on Independence Day
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 Communities bug out over cuts to mosquito control
 Fort Worth mayor seeks fed review of gay bar raid
 Tour ready for start with Armstrong back
 Sullivan hired as Ark. women's tennis assistant
 North Texas cab driver killed
 Man gored by bull at Falfurrias rodeo
 Galveston police baffled by burnt palm trees
TEXAS HEADLINES
Session over after two days
Published Friday, July 03, 2009 0 comment(s)
AUSTIN -- The Texas Legislature adjourned a two-day special session Thursday, finishing two of the issues assigned by Gov. Rick Perry while a measure to allow the state to continue contracting for privately built toll roads never made it out of commi ... full story

Report: Drug probe took months
Published Friday, July 03, 2009 0 comment(s)
BROWNSVILLE -- Nearly two years ago Mexican soldiers acting on what they said was an anonymous tip seized more than 11 tons of cocaine being unloaded by Gulf Cartel members at a warehouse near the eastern coastal city of Tampico.At the time, Mexican ... full story

Officials: 6 kids locked in shed
Published Friday, July 03, 2009 0 comment(s)
SEALY -- A Texas couple was arrested after a state inspector found a half-dozen children locked and unsupervised in a tool shed behind an unlicensed day care center, authorities said.State officials said the children were surrounded by lawn equipment ... full story

Bush accepts invite to small-town 4th
Published Friday, July 03, 2009 1 comment(s)
WOODWARD, Okla. -- When the middle-of-nowhere town of Woodward invited George W. Bush to its Fourth of July celebration, no one really expected the former president to accept. But he did.Now this community of 12,000 is scurrying to get ready."To actu ... full story

Needs a Headline
Published Friday, July 03, 2009 0 comment(s)
Stanford may get money for lawyersHOUSTON -- A federal judge in Dallas said he would consider a modest request for money to pay lawyers and accountants to look through R. Allen Stanford's personal assets to find money untainted by an alleged $7 billi ... full story

Fawcett's death spotlights a rare cancer
Published Thursday, July 02, 2009 0 comment(s)
ATLANTA -- In a perverse twist of medical fate, Farrah Fawcett has become the poster girl for anal cancer, a rare disease often linked to a sexually transmitted virus.Before her death last week, at age 62, the actress had come to terms with the illne ... full story

Legislature moves fast on agencies
Published Thursday, July 02, 2009 0 comment(s)
AUSTIN -- The Texas Legislature convened a special session Wednesday and immediately took steps to extend the life of several key state agencies.It was another matter -- whether to extend the state's authority to enter certain public-private road bu ... full story

Come to church in a bar and bring your dog
Published Thursday, July 02, 2009 1 comment(s)
AUSTIN, Texas -- A nondenominational church is conducting Sunday services in a bar and allowing dogs to attend with their owners.The City Community Church meets Sunday mornings at La Zona Rosa, a music venue and bar, the Austin American-Statesman rep ... full story

For born-again governor, love is a matter of faith
Published Thursday, July 02, 2009 0 comment(s)
COLUMBIA, S.C. -- In one especially soul-baring e-mail to his Argentine mistress, South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford quoted from 1 Corinthians 13 about the nature of love.It is patient and kind, he wrote. It is NOT jealous or boastful.The Christian cou ... full story

Highs near 100 expected in Texas on Thursday
Published Thursday, July 02, 2009 0 comment(s)
Another hot day was forecast for Texas on Thursday with a slight chance of rain possible along the Gulf Coast and in West Texas, according to the National Weather Service.In North Texas, skies were expected to be sunny with a high near 100 and overni ... full story

Rodeo clown sentenced to 5 years probation
Published Thursday, July 02, 2009 1 comment(s)
Associated PresFORT WORTH, Texas -- A four-time world champion rodeo clown has been sentenced to five years probation and ordered to pay $15,000 in restitution for helping abscond with 300 head of cattle.The Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raisers Asso ... full story

Woman pleads guilty to running immigration scheme
Published Thursday, July 02, 2009 0 comment(s)
DALLAS -- A 71-year-old woman accused of recruiting family members to marry foreigners seeking green cards pleaded guilty Wednesday to taking part in an immigration fraud conspiracy.Federal prosecutors say Maria Refugia Camarillo of Fort Worth faces ... full story

Texas pastor protesting traffic stop arrested
Published Thursday, July 02, 2009 0 comment(s)
WEBSTER, Texas -- Webster police used a Taser on a pastor and pepper spray to disperse members of his congregation Wednesday after they said the pastor tried to interfere with a traffic stop of a member of his church.Jose Elias Moran, 42, was charged ... full story

11-year-old takes teacher's car
Published Thursday, July 02, 2009 0 comment(s)
HOUSTON -- An 11-year-old student with special needs was pulled over by police for running a stop sign after he took his teacher's car for a joy ride earlier this week.The boy took his teacher's car keys Monday at the Academic and Behavior Center Eas ... full story

Power outage affects apartment complex
Published Thursday, July 02, 2009 0 comment(s)
HALTOM CITY, Texas -- In the midst of soaring temperatures, some residents of an apartment complex have suffered through four days of a power outage.Eight buildings at the Oaks at Jane Lane Apartments in Haltom City lost power Sunday and six now have ... full story

Highlights
Published Thursday, July 02, 2009 0 comment(s)
The Senate passed a bill extending five state agencies until Sept. 1, 2011. The House is expected to clear the bill as early as Thursday.Authorization of $2 million in bonds for road building is also expected to get easy approval Thursday.A bill rega ... full story

Fueling test clears Endeavour for flight
Published Thursday, July 02, 2009 0 comment(s)
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- To NASA's relief, a fueling test on space shuttle Endeavour uncovered no hydrogen gas leaks Wednesday and paved the way for another launch attempt late next week for the delayed mission.Last month, potentially dangerous leaks ... full story

Hutchison visits U.S. troops in Iraq
Published Thursday, July 02, 2009 0 comment(s)
DALLAS -- U.S. Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison, who is planning a race against Gov. Rick Perry for the Republican nomination for Texas governor, visited troops in Iraq on Wednesday.Hutchison flew into Baghdad on Wednesday, visited with Texas National Guard ... full story

Perry aims for short special session
Published Wednesday, July 01, 2009 0 comment(s)
AUSTIN -- Get in, get out and leave town in time for the July Fourth holiday.That's what Texas Gov. Rick Perry has in mind for state lawmakers who will be back in the Capitol on Wednesday for a special session he called to extend the shelf life of so ... full story

Man pleads guilty in frozen chicken scam
Published Wednesday, July 01, 2009 0 comment(s)
NEW ORLEANS -- A man who was deported by Canada last year pleaded guilty Wednesday to charges he duped the Egyptian government into paying more than $7 million for a shipment of frozen chicken he never intended to deliver.Alexander Legault, 59, had m ... full story

'The Straight Shooter' Joe Bowman dies
Published Wednesday, July 01, 2009 0 comment(s)
HOUSTON -- Marksman Joe Bowman, known as Houston's world-famous "The Straight Shooter," has died. He was 84.Bowman died Monday in his sleep at a hotel during a trip back to Houston from a series of exhibitions and was in good health overall, his wife ... full story

NASA fuels space shuttle for leak test
Published Wednesday, July 01, 2009 0 comment(s)
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla.-- NASA has filled space shuttle Endeavour's fuel tank in a test, and is finding everything to be leak-free.Launch controllers filled the external tank Wednesday morning to see if repairs plugged a hydrogen gas leak that prevented ... full story

Feds: Frog may need protection in 19 states
Published Wednesday, July 01, 2009 0 comment(s)
SALT LAKE CITY -- The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service says a spotted frog that lives in 19 Western states may need endangered species protections.Eight environmental groups petitioned the federal government in 2006 to protect the western population of ... full story

10 oilfield theft ring suspects arrested
Published Wednesday, July 01, 2009 0 comment(s)
ODESSA, Texas -- Ten people have been arrested in the theft of about $2 million worth of oil and gas condensate from oil companies and producers in three West Texas counties.The arrests Tuesday came following a seven-month investigation by the Permia ... full story

Police find 5 bodies, severed head in Mexico
Published Wednesday, July 01, 2009 0 comment(s)
MORELIA, Mexico -- Mexican police on Tuesday found the remains of six people tortured and shot to death in a western state that is a focus of the government's war against drug cartels.In other bloodshed, the body of a slain Texas teenager was found i ... full story

 

 
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