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Mailman accused of taking money from gift cards
McALLEN, Texas (AP) -- Federal authorities say a South Texas mailman has been arrested for opening customer mail and stealing money contained in gift ...
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Woman drives car into laundromat Wednesday morning
CORPUS CHRISTI -- A woman drove her Dodge Dakota truck into the front wall of a building Wednesday morning after she stepped on the gas instead the ...
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Corpus Christi City Council to decide street fee next week wants one in place Jan. 1
Where in the article did it say convenience stores would have their fee eliminated? And why would we want to even consider a charge for plastic bags? If you and Nelda are so worried about them just ban them ...
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Crisp Immigration reform imperiled by politics
This Aug. 5, 2008, file photo shows the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services building Phoenix. The United States Senate is in the early stages of debate on an immigration reform bill; passage is far from guaranteed. As many as 300 amendments to the bill are on offer, and some of them might be ...
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Coburn Treasury keeps stalling congressional request for full listing of conference costs
The Treasury Department has yet to provide Congress with a full list of employee conferences and their costs, despite repeated requests from Sen. Tom Coburn, R-Okla. Treasury officials say they're being delayed because of multiple requests from different congressional committees, admitting "confusion," but Coburn isn't buying it. "This 'dog ate my homework' ...
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Snakes on a plane Texas man smuggles 7 live serpents
TYLER, Texas Samuel L. Jackson would have been cursing up a storm. An East Texas man has pleaded guilty to smuggling snakes on several planes from South America to the United States. During a court hearing Wednesday in Tyler, William Lamar pleaded guilty to importing wildlife taken in violation of foreign ...
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Diabetes-friendly recipe Fresh tomato and basil pasta
CORPUS CHRISTI -- FRESH TOMATO AND BASIL PASTA Yields 6 to 8 servings INGREDIENTS 1 box Dreamfields Angel Hair 2 tablespoons olive oil 5 cups coarsely chopped tomatoes (see note below) cup chopped fresh basil 4 cloves garlic, minced -- Salt -- Coarsely ground black pepper -- Shredded Parmesan cheese (optional) DIRECTIONS 1 Cook pasta according to package directions. ...
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Coastal Bend Environmental Science
Coastal Bend Environmental Science Summer 2013 Free Teachers Workshops. Coastal Bend Environmental ScienceJune 19-20Coastal Bend Environmental ScienceElementary Teacher Workshop- 18 CEUsJune 24-26Register for these workshops at ...
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InStep Dance Studios Broadway Dance Camp Part 1
InStep Dance Studios Broadway Dance Camp Part 1 is from 9 a.m. to noon June 17-21 at 5017 Saratoga Blvd. Spend the week learning a variety of Broadway dance styles from the dances of famous choreographers of musical theatre. We will create a Cabaret style performance to showcase all the dancers at the end of this fun filled week. Information: ...
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Gunman threat closes UTA
An alert was issued shortly before 4:30 a.m. Wednesday indicating that the man was headed to the campus. UTA police received the information from Dallas police. At that time, school officials noted that anyone on campus should stay indoors and anyone coming to the campus should stay ...
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Son of minister killed in wreck focuses on forgiving
Brian Jennings and three other people were killed in a multi-vehicle crash late Saturday night that Tarrant County Sheriff’s Department investigators are still trying to sort ...
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Maserati dealership zooming into Fort Worth
FORT WORTH — Dallas-based Park Place Dealerships marked the start of construction on a multimillion-dollar Maserati dealership in southwest Fort Worth by bringing four of the Italian carmaker’s finest models from its Dallas location and revving up the engines during a groundbreaking ceremony ...
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Slavery must never be forgotten
Just as many of you will never forget the oppression — indeed, extermination — of your fore-parents in foreign lands, discrimination in their new country or their constant battle for inclusion and acceptance in a place they came to call ...
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Get first look at new teaching hospital
AUSTIN (KXAN) - Your tax dollars will help pay for a major medical endeavor in Austin: a medical school for the University of Texas. Photos: Teaching hospital for University of Texas medical students The location of the teaching hospital will be next to the Frank Erwin Center and the existing University Medical Center Brackenridge, where officials unveiled the first renderings of the ...
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Telephone threat closes UT-Arlington campus
ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) -- A telephoned threat about a gunman heading to the University of Texas at Arlington has led to the campus being closed and classes canceled as a ...
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Amnesty International USA Governor Rick Perry Must Halt Medellin Execution Immediately
Texas Goes 'Beyond the Pale if it Insists on Going Forward' With Execution WASHINGTON - August 4 - Amnesty International USA (AIUSA) today urged Texas Governor Rick Perry to stay the execution of ...
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Texas Clean Air Cities Coalition and Environmental Defense Fund Reach Milestone Agreements With NRG Texas on Limestone Station Expansion
Environmental Defense Fund media contact: Chris Smith, 512.691.3451 TCACC media contacts: Frank J. Librio (Director, Public Information Office, City of Dallas) 214.670.3322 Frank Michel (Director of Communications, City of Houston) 832.393.0800 NRG media contacts: Meredith Moore 609.524.4522 David Knox (Texas) 713.795.6106 NRG Investor Relations contacts: Nahla Azmy ...
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Meet the newest Port of Corpus Christi commissioner
Knock me over with a feather if Nueces County Commissioners don’t appoint David Engel to the Port of Corpus Christi before this day is done. He is an excellent choice. So would have been five other ...
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Arlington OKs tax break for $20 million industrial project
Recycling carts: The City Council approved a contract amendment to give Republic Waste Services a $4.3 million one-time reimbursement for 65-gallon recycling carts being delivered to nearly 93,000 households. The payment will reduce the recycling fee increase scheduled to appear on residents’ water bills in July. The fee will drop from 94 cents to 51 cents a month. The monthly fee increase ...
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Texas Prison Cools Armory Not Living Space Lawsuit Alleges 13 Heatstroke Deaths Due To Lack Of Air Conditioning
As many as 13 Texas prisoners died from heatstroke since 2007 according to a lawsuit that questions how administrators decided to allocate the much-valued commodity of conditioned air in oppressive Texas ...
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Missing Ala baby found safe in Texas
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) - Authorities have located a missing 10-month-old Alabama boy in Texas with the 14-year-old girl who allegedly took him from a home in Birmingham. AL.com ...
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Ingleside woman shot by husband in murder-suicide dies Saturday
On January 9, 2007, my cousin's estranged husband lay in wait for her when she left work. With his pickup, he rammed her car until it flipped over, then shot her twice in the chest with a shotgun while she hung upside down and helpless in her seatbelt. She had left him 6 months before when he beat and raped her, then attempted to lock her in their home. I know exactly what this family is ...
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Cavs coming up empty for top-pick deal JUN 19
Cavs have been talking to teams for weeks about a trade, but they are finding a limited market and at this point are likely to keep the pick. Sources in Cleveland strongly suggest that ...
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Likelihood Dallas keeps its pick Zero percent JUN 19
Mavericks having the 13th overall draft pick on their opening-day roster next season at 0 percent. There is an 80-percent chance that the pick is traded before or, more likely, during the draft, the source said. There is at least a 15-percent chance that the pick is a foreign player who is under contract and can be left overseas for a year and not count against ...
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Zeller to the 76ers JUN 19
07:11 AM ET 06.19 | One cannot teach height, and Cody Zeller certainly has that particular part of the game covered -- even if some question his NBA upside. I've long dismissed the notion that ...
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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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