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Report: Emilio well over legal limit
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| Published Friday, May 09, 2008 |
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HOUSTON -- Grammy-winning Tejano singer Emilio Navaira's blood alcohol level was more than twice the legal limit for driving when he crashed his tour bus on a freeway, according to a police report released Thursday.
No charges have been filed ag ...
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Oldest gorilla in captivity turns 55
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| Published Friday, May 09, 2008 |
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DALLAS -- Jenny, the world's oldest living gorilla in captivity, celebrated her 55th birthday Thursday with a four-layer frozen fruit cake and banana leaf wrapped treats at her wooded home in the Dallas Zoo.
Her caretakers say she's havin ...
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Bullock biography draws praise, criticism
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| Published Friday, May 09, 2008 |
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AUSTIN -- A no-holds-barred biography of the late Lt. Gov. Bob Bullock has drawn some warm reviews, but Bullock's widow and longtime aides say the book contains errors and dark tales and shorts Bullock's contributions to Texas.
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4 state schools lead in abuse incidents
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| Published Thursday, May 08, 2008 |
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DALLAS -- About one-fourth of the more than 800 employees suspended or fired for mistreating residents at Texas' 13 large facilities for the mentally and developmentally disabled worked at two state schools targeted by federal investigators, st ...
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Judge: AG should help with sect cases
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| Published Wednesday, May 07, 2008 |
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SAN ANGELO -- The judge who last month ordered 463 children from a polygamist sect into state custody says the state attorney general should help with any criminal cases that may arise from an April raid on the sect's ranch.
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Alamo City votes on tourism tax
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| Published Wednesday, May 07, 2008 |
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SAN ANTONIO -- Tourists to the Alamo City will continue to pay a visitor tax on hotels and rental cars if local voters decide to fund $415 million in civic improvement projects for the area.
As cities across Texas have elections on local i ...
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El Paso OKs resolution opposing fence, enforcement
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| Published Wednesday, May 07, 2008 |
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EL PASO -- County commissioners are opposing construction of a wall along the nation's southern border with a resolution.
The El Paso County Commissioners Court voted 3-1 Monday in favor of a resolution that calls for stopping the building ...
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Man gets 5 years for forging checks
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| Published Wednesday, May 07, 2008 |
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LUBBOCK -- A Lubbock man has been sentenced to five years in prison for cashing his dead mother's Veteran's Administration checks for nearly two years after she died in 2004, the U.S. Attorney's Office said Tuesday.
Lyndell Simmons, 46, pleaded ...
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Clemens allowed to keep his attorney
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| Published Wednesday, May 07, 2008 |
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HOUSTON -- A federal judge ruled Tuesday that pitcher Roger Clemens can keep his lawyer in the defamation lawsuit against his former trainer, who accused the pitcher of using performance-enhancing drugs.
Lawyers for Clemens' former trainer, Bria ...
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Man sues Armstrong Foundation
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| Published Wednesday, May 07, 2008 |
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TULSA, Okla. -- A Tulsa businessman who uses the phrases "Barkstrong" and "Purrstrong" on his animal charity's pet collars sued the Lance Armstrong Foundation in a trademark dispute.
Chris Ohman filed his suit April 30 in federal court, an ...
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House to investigate suspicious hiring practice
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| Published Wednesday, May 07, 2008 |
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AUSTIN -- The Legislature's long-standing practice of hiring full-time employees at part-time hours and pay may be nearing an end just as the issue becomes a political football for state lawmakers.
The Austin American-Statesman has reporte ...
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Jenna Bush's wedding to be very private affair
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| Published Tuesday, May 06, 2008 |
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WASHINGTON -- Talk about hush-hush wedding planning. First daughter Jenna Bush was the last in the family to know she was getting married.
Months ago, her fiance, Henry Hager, told Jenna's twin sister that he wanted to propose. Then at the ...
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Fire handling improves
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| Published Monday, May 05, 2008 |
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So far this year Texas wildfires have scorched about half the acres that burned in 2006, when 12 people and thousands of livestock died.
Thus far in 2008, just one person has died and management of wildfire breakouts across the state has i ...
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NASA card use reviewed
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| Published Monday, May 05, 2008 |
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HOUSTON -- NASA employees have used government credit cards to buy items such as iPods, video games and jewelry, and they've sidestepped competitive bidding rules designed to save taxpayers money on large purchases, a newspaper reported Sunday. ...
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DA wants to punish evidence-withholding
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| Published Monday, May 05, 2008 |
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DALLAS -- Dallas County District Attorney Craig Watkins, whose office leads the nation in wrongful convictions overturned by DNA testing, says prosecutors who intentionally withhold evidence should face criminal charges or other harsh sanctions ...
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Wrecks, indictments put spotlight on buses
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| Published Sunday, May 04, 2008 |
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HOUSTON -- Juan Martinez has seen drivers doze off from fatigue while he's taking a bus from Houston to his hometown in San Luis Potosi, Mexico.
"This is very dangerous," Martinez said, waiting with suitcase in hand in front of Autobuses L ...
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'Silver Alert' search proves solid
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| Published Sunday, May 04, 2008 |
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AUSTIN -- The state's new Amber Alert-style system for finding lost elderly people has been highly effective so far, helping to locate all 30 seniors who've been reported.
Since "Silver Alert" went into effect seven months ago, the missing ...
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Agency: Pollution rule defies state laws
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| Published Sunday, May 04, 2008 |
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HOUSTON -- Some Houston businesses trying to block the city's efforts to regulate air pollution are getting help from an unlikely ally -- the Texas agency that monitors air quality.
The Texas Commission for Environmental Quality contends t ...
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Judge declares mistrial in boot camp dragging case
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| Published Sunday, May 04, 2008 |
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CORPUS CHRISTI -- A judge has declared a mistrial in the assault case against the director of a Christian boot camp and an employee accused of dragging a 15-year-old girl behind a van after she fell behind during a morning run.
District Ju ...
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Part of man's leg found near bumper
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| Published Sunday, May 04, 2008 |
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AUSTIN -- A truck driver accused of fleeing an accident after a motorcycle smashed into the back of his tractor-trailer faces an evidence-tampering charge after a chunk of the dead cyclist's leg was found lodged near the bumper.
Jimmy Stan ...
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Methodists defy church with gay union
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| Published Saturday, May 03, 2008 |
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FORT WORTH -- More than 200 Methodists attended a lesbian couple's commitment ceremony Friday in defiance of a vote to uphold a church law that says gay relationships are "incompatible with Christian teaching."
The ceremony was at a park a ...
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Report: Emilio was drunk
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| Published Saturday, May 03, 2008 |
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HOUSTON -- Grammy-winning Tejano singer Emilio Navaira was intoxicated when the tour bus he was driving crashed into freeway barrels in suburban Houston in March, according to authorities.
An initial police report released this week by the ...
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Fort Sam Houston proud of barracks
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| Published Saturday, May 03, 2008 |
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SAN ANTONIO -- Recent inspections of barracks at Fort Sam Houston turned up only minor problems at one of the Army's oldest installations, and the garrison commander said Friday she's proud of the soldiers' living quarters there.
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