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Pioneer tests running fleet truck and drilling rigs on compressed natural gas
Wm. Stacy Locke, president and CEO of Pioneer Energy Services, says the company is testing out compressed natural gas for its fleet trucks and drilling rigs. Drilling-services company Pioneer Energy Services has begun testing a truck powered by compressed natural gas (CNG) with its eye on converting more of its fleet to the low-cost fuel. The San Antonio-based companys new 2013 Chevrolet 2500HD ...
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Trident expands public entity insurance program in Pennsylvania
Trident Insurance Services and The McGowan Cos. have formed a new partnership that will allow McGowan agents and brokers to sell Trident's public entity insurance program in Pennsylvania. One of Trident's products is law enforcement liability. Trident Insurance Services LLC has formed an exclusive partnership with The McGowan Cos. to provide public entity insurance in Pennsylvania. The ...
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Austins Pizza Phone problems may kill business
J.D. Torian says his blood, sweat and tears for the past eight years have been invested in making Austin's Pizza a success and now with a sudden phone service problem, his livelihood and that of 225 employees is in jeopardy. The problems started last November when Torian said his phone service provider, AT&T Inc., billed him for equipment he didnt receive and didnt need. Torian said AT&T cut ...
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Construction progresses at Exxon Mobils Houston campus
Miscellaneous views of the new Exxon Mobil campus under construction in Spring, Texas. Friday, April 12, 2013. (Photo by Michael Stravato) Irving-based Exxon Mobil Corp. is building a 20-building campus on 385 acres in north Houston, and according to the Houston Business Journal, it's one of the largest construction projects under way in the United States. The HBJ got a sneak peek at the ...
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Tesoro Corp. will sell Carson terminal assets to Tesoro Logistics
A file photo of Tesoro Corp.'s refinery in Hawaii. Tesoro has agreed to sell its logistics assets in Carson, Calif. to Tesoro Logistics LP. Tesoro Corp. will sell some of the storage infrastructure it acquires through its takeover of BP Plcs Carson, Calif., refinery to Tesoro Logistics LP, a partnership it formed in 2011 to develop pipelines and other oil-logistics assets. The infrastructure ...
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Minor spill tar balls cleaned up at Galveston
General Land Office spokesman Jim Suydam (SOO'-dam) says the source has not been determined. He says no additional tar balls were reported Tuesday and cleanup was nearly ...
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Longview police officer suspect injured in chase
Longview police say Monday night's incident led to the officer and the male suspect being transported to a hospital. Police on Tuesday didn't immediately say whether anyone had been shot or provide further details on ...
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Medical examiner lowers death toll to 24 in Oklahoma twister
A tornado moves past homes in Moore, Okla. on Monday, May 20, 2013. A monstrous tornado roared through the Oklahoma City suburbs, flattening entire neighborhoods with winds up to 200 mph, setting buildings on fire and landing a direct blow on an elementary school. (AP Photo/Alonzo ...
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Live on Caller.com Courts and city council meeting make for busy Tuesday
COASTAL BEND -- Courts, city council and the classroom will be the focus of our local news coverage Tuesday. In the courts, sentencing will begin for Jose Angel Macias Jr., who was found guilty of murder on Monday. Meanwhile, former Taft High School band director Roy Hinojosa is scheduled be sentenced Tuesday on an improper relationship with a student charge. At Corpus Christi City Council, ...
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Texas windstorm bill that extends alternative certification program advances
Thousands of coastal homeowners could get a reprieve on losing their wind and hailstorm insurance if lawmakers can hustle through a bill now working its way through the Texas House of ...
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Oklahoma Tornado Monday May 20 2013
A child is pulled from the rubble of the Plaza Towers Elementary School in Moore, Okla., and passed along to rescuers Monday, May 20, 2013. A tornado as much as a mile (1.6 kilometers) wide with winds up to 200 mph (320 kph) roared through the Oklahoma City suburbs Monday, flattening entire neighborhoods, setting buildings on fire and landing a direct blow on an elementary school.(AP Photo Sue ...
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YouEarnedIt enlists Semelsberger as CEO
YouEarnedIt has a mobile app that lets employees reward each other, and select rewards on their smartphones. YouEarnedIt has enlisted Steve Semelsberger as its CEO. The Austin-based company, which developed an employee rewards and engagement platform, said Semelsberger was previously senior vice president and general manager of California-based Demand Media Inc.s (NYSE: DMD) social products ...
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Oklahoma Tornado Death Toll Lowered
Flipped vehicles are piled up outside the heavily damaged Moore Medical Center after a powerful tornado ripped through the area on May 20, 2013 in Moore, ...
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Premont AM-Kingsville to announce partnership
The Premont (PREE'-mahnt) Independent School District and the Texas A&M University System scheduled a news conference Tuesday. The announcement on the campus of Texas A&M-Kingsville is being touted as an academic ...
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Dallas Cowboys Tony Romo to miss workouts after cyst removal
Dallas quarterback Tony Romo warms up before the Cowboys' game against the Seattle Seahawks, Sunday, Sept. 16, 2012, in Seattle. (AP Photo/John Froschauer) IRVING, Texas -- Cowboys quarterback Tony Romo will miss at least three weeks of offseason workouts after a procedure to remove a cyst from his back. The team's website reported Tuesday that Romo underwent the procedure last month ...
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Texas House to vote on drug testing for welfare benefits
AUSTIN -- Texas lawmakers will be voting on whether to require some welfare recipients to take drug tests. The Texas House is scheduled to vote on the measure on Tuesday afternoon. Senate Bill 11 would require people enrolled in the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families to answer questions to see if they are at risk of abusing drugs. If they fail the screening, they'll be required to ...
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Bill to guide fund Texas water projects OKd
Legislation to tackle Texas' water woes was approved by the Texas Senate on Monday. House Bill 4, filed by State Rep. Allan Ritter, R-Nederland, would direct $2 billion into a water infrastructure fund that would offer loans for projects such as new water reservoirs, pipelines and conservation projects. The legislation will restructure the Texas Water Development Board to a three-member, ...
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Austin investment office properties trade at rapid clip
Barton Oaks Plaza I in Southwest Austin was one of several major investment sales that closed in the first four months of 2013. Austin office properties have been trading at a rapid clip since the first of the year, resulting in nearly 3 million square feet of commercial space being sold to a wide variety of investors through April, according to information provided by Kennedy Wilson. Of deals ...
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Lawmakers agree on $50 million for ETF
The governor's office and legislative leaders have agreed to supply the Texas Emerging Technology Fund with $50 million over two years to continue operations, State Rep. Jim Pitts, R-Waxahachie, told the Austin American-Statesman yesterday. Gov. Rick Perry originally requested $69.5 million for each of the next two years. Lawmakers still must decide whether to strip the states top three ...
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Austin firefighter catches a wave among U.S. entrepreneurs
Matt Thomson founded Wavecation to reach vacationers looking for homes to rent where the surf is up. Upstart Business Journal which names five people across to country to its "Entrepreneurs of the Week" list highlights an Austin firefighter on its most-recent slideshow. Matt Thomson founded Wavecation LLC in early 2011 to provide an online listing of vacation homes geared toward ...
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Four Teens Wounded In Austin Shooting
CHICAGO (STMW) – Four people were hurt in a gang-related shooting after large groups of teenagers started fighting in the street Monday night in the West Side Austin neighborhood. About 9:30 p.m., someone in a light-colored sedan drove by the fight in the 5300 block of West Iowa Street and opened fire, police News Affairs Officer Hector Alfaro ...
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Why Texas loves trucks
A 1998 Ford F-150 Forget hybrids and small, fuel-frugal cars when you're in Texas. The Lone Star State, where I spent five days last week, loves big, gas-guzzling pickup trucks. The number of trucks of various nameplates and ages seen on the road or parked at shopping centers is so ubiquitous that I just had to go around taking snapshots of them. The pickups I saw in Dallas and Plano were ...
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Texas parents charged after adopted son 4 dies
CLEBURNE, Texas-A North Texas husband and wife have been charged with felony injury to a child after their 4-year-old adopted son was found dead at their home. Cleburne police arrested David and Angel Cook after an autopsy report released Monday indicated Buddy Cook's death was a homicide. The body was discovered March 22. Earlier Child Protective Services affidavits said Buddy apparently ...
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Second Kiln at Texas Industries’ Hunter Cement Plant Achieves Operational Status
Texas Industries, Inc. announced today that its Texas subsidiary has achieved operational status of its second kiln at its Hunter cement plant, near New Braunfels, Texas. Following a successful commissioning process which began in November of 2012, the 1.4-million ton state-of-the art kiln line has realized its design performance capabilities and is producing ...
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Boeheim on Melos title hopes Not on that team MAY 21
07:10 AM ET 05.21 | His former head coach has picked a side, and it's squarely in the corner of his one-time star forward. Jim Boeheim maintains little hope that former Syracuse ...
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Dallas city core development hindered by roadways
The Dallas freeway loop is a series of highways that wrap round the center of Downtown Dallas, built at a time when the inter-connectivity of neighborhoods was not yet appreciated, but with changing attitudes, a series of projects are underway to enhance the appeal of downtown.
Downtown Dallas, it’s the heart of the city, which is the commercial hub of Dallas County and the third largest city in Texas and the ninth largest in the entire United States. Yet, this area’s full potential has been hindered by a zoning decision in the 1980s that saw major freeways routed through the city and created a complex ring of highways (the Dallas freeway loop) around the core downtown area. Read more
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