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Rangers call up veteran reliever Cotts
ARLINGTON -- The Rangers called up left-hander Neal Cotts on Tuesday from Triple-A Round Rock, almost four years to the day when he last pitched in the Major Leagues. Cotts was 3-1 with a 0.78 ERA in 15 games for Round Rock, holding opponents to a .171 batting average. He had not allowed a hit to a left-handed hitter in 23 innings. "I'm really excited, definitely a lot of ups and ...
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Sundberg Pudge to represent Rangers at Draft
ARLINGTON -- Former catchers Jim Sundberg and Ivan Rodriguez, who won 19 Gold Gloves between them in their careers, will represent the Rangers at the 2013 First-Year Player Draft. They will be in attendance on June 6 at MLB Network's Studio 42 in Secaucus, N.J. Sundberg has been in the Rangers' front office since 2004 and is currently senior executive vice president. Rodriguez, after ...
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Drug testing for unemployment passes Texas House
The law would require state officials to screen applicants to see whether they might abuse drugs. Only if there is reasonable suspicion could the Texas Workforce Commission order a drug ...
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Error kills new district for struggling schools
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) -- A technicality on the House floor has killed a bill that would have created special districts operated by turnaround experts to improve struggling ...
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National Briefing | Southwest Texas House Votes to Ban Medicaid Expansion
Rick Perry notified the Obama administration last summer that his state would not expand Medicaid. The House measure, which is an amendment to a Medicaid-related bill, says state officials "may not provide medical assistance to any person who would not have been eligible for that assistance" under the criteria already in effect. A version without the amendment has passed the Senate, ...
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Lesbian Couple Can’t Cohabitate Rules Texas Judge
According to the AP report, Compton and Price have argued that the divorce clause is unconstitutional, on the basis that it limits their ';thought, belief, and experssion.';. The couple have stated that they will comply with the judge’s order, though they believe is could be ';harmful to the children'; and disruptive to their ...
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Congress grills IRS officials over targeting of conservative groups
The IRS official overseeing the division that was inappropriately targeting conservative groups said she will refuse to answer lawmakers' questions during an appearance before a House committee Wednesday, a day after another top official at the agency acknowledged that he knew the targeting was happening but chose to keep quiet about ...
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Fort Worth agrees to settle United Riverside housing dispute
FORT WORTH — The city and an affordable housing nonprofit, run as recently as last year by City Council woman Kelly Allen Gray, have agreed to settle a 4-year-old, $220,000 dispute, with the organization surrendering its remaining real estate, mineral rights and ...
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Student veteran battles shame of serving
The Student Veterans Association of the University of North Texas hosted the first annual Veterans Ball on May 18 at the Holiday Inn in Denton. About 40 students, veterans, friends and family members gathered to honor the members of the Army, Marines, Air Force, Coast Guard and ...
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Texas protects Official Bison Herd
A calf born to a cow in the official Texas State Bison Herd represents the future as scientists race to save the last remnants of the Great Southern Bison Herd from extinction. (Frank Martinez / ...
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Toyota San Antonio Chamber Present STEM Project
Toyota Motor Manufacturing Texas is supporting the San Antonio Hispanic Chamber's CORE4 STEM project to the tune of $100,000, it was announced this week. Patricia Salas Pineda, group vice president, National Philanthropy and Toyota Motor Manufacturing North America Inc. made the presentation to Hispanic Chamber CEO Ramiro Cavazos and the chamber's chairman of the board, Alexander ...
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Leander SWAT situation ends peacefully
LEANDER, Texas (KXAN) - Police are evacuating certain areas of a Leander neighborhood on Tuesday evening due to a suicidal man. The Leander Police Department said they received a call around 4:20 p.m. stating there was a suicidal man in a home near Sonoma Court and Presidio Drive. Police say the man is in the home alone, but they are being cautious about approaching the home. Several homes ...
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SWAT situation in Leander neighborhood
LEANDER, Texas (KXAN) - Police are evacuating certain areas of a Leander neighborhood on Tuesday evening due to a suicidal man. The Leander Police Department said they received a call around 4:20 p.m. stating there was a suicidal man in a home near Sonoma Court and Presidio Drive. Police say the man is in the home alone, but they are being cautious about approaching the home. Several homes ...
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Texas lawmakers pushing for review of UIL
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) -- One of the chief critics of the University Interscholastic League is pushing lawmakers to conduct a thorough review of the governing body for public Texas high school ...
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Chemical-safety watchdog criticizes probe of Texas blast
(Reuters) - Officials with the U.S. Chemical Safety Board say they may never know what caused last month's deadly fertilizer-plant explosion in Texas because of interference by federal and Texas agencies, according to a letter sent Tuesday by the head of the regulatory board to U.S. Senator Barbara ...
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Thunderstorm warning issued in East Texas
The National Weather Service has issued a severe thunderstorm warning from 4:51 p.m. to 5:45 p.m. for Franklin County, Upshur County, Camp County, Morris County, Wood County, Cass County, Titus ...
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Editorial Four Corpus Christi port commissioners should reconsider conflict of interest
Two and perhaps all three of the recusals weren't necessary. The commissioner with what appears to be the strongest potential conflict, Mike Scott, hasn't recused ...
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Arlington considering reducing width of Abram Street to create more pedestrian-friendly downtown
Alcohol election: Arlington voters will weigh in this November on whether to allow the sale of wine permanently at the Rangers Ballpark. Because the Texas Rangers obtained ...
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Bill to allow Blue Mound to take control of troubled system moves forward
liz@star-telegram.com A bill that would allow the city of Blue Mound to take over a troubled, privately-owned water system cleared a major hurdle Tuesday during the final days of the legislative ...
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Schools stronger since Jarrell tornado
JARRELL, Texas (KXAN) - The people of Jarrell have some sense of what Moore, Okla., is going through. Next week marks the 16th anniversary of the tornado that stormed through this Williamson County town that left much of it leveled and took the lives of 27 people. Years earlier, the town was also hit by a twister. School was out for the day when the tornado hit on May 27, 1997. But the schools ...
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Third Annual Global Discovery Workshop in Tartu Estonia
The third annual Global Discovery Workshop, organized by UNT, took place in Tartu, Estonia, for the first time this year and focused on energy efficient-buildings and ...
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Solar Impulse airplane set for trip to Dallas if weather allows
Paul Johnson, of Tempe, Ariz., takes a photograph of the Solar Impulse airplane during a May 7 open house at Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport. The Swiss-made Solar Impulse plane is due to set out Wednesday on the record-breaking second leg of its solar-powered trip across America, from Phoenix to Dallas-Fort Worth, as long as the weather is acceptable."Although the flight has been ...
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Texas judge Lesbian couple cant cohabitate
LOS ANGELES (AP) – The marriage of Kim Kardashian and Kris Humphries, which began with a storybook wedding, ended Friday in a grim courtroom with a judge approving a divorce settlement after a protracted legal battle between the former ...
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Do Mexicans Love Guns as Much as We Do
Dear Mexican: Like many Americans, I've heard about the "Fast and Furious" scandal in which our own ATF was shown to be corrupt and guilty of supplying guns that ended up in the hands of the drug cartels. I also recently saw a report about the violence in Mexico, and it stated that there is only one place in all of Mexico for a citizen to purchase a firearm. But just across the ...
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Kind of a drag Priscilla Queen of the Desert at DSM
High camp: Mae West in a feather boa in She Done Him Wrong. Low camp: Jamie Farr in a dowdy dress on M*A*S*H. Camp adjacent: Every cock in a frock in the mock campy Priscilla Queen of the Desert the Musical, whose national tour is now at the Dallas Summer Musicals at Fair Park. The 2011 Broadway adaptation of the 1994 movie sure loses a lot of what was special about that fun little film. The ...
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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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