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Texan charged with vehicular homicide in La.
LAKE CHARLES, La. (AP) — A 74-year-old Texas woman has been indicted on a charge of vehicular homicide.The American Press reports a Calcasieu Parish grand jury returned an indictment against Millie Adams Francis Powell of Port Arthur on Thursday for the March 1 death of 92-yeaer-old Rubye McGown Jones.State police said Powell was traveling north on La. Highway 109 when she rear-ended a ...
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Insured Texas tornadoes damage could reach $250M
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — An industry group says insured damage from last week's deadly tornadoes in North Texas could reach $250 million.Mark Hanna with the Insurance Council of Texas says the rough estimate could change as insurers continue to gather information from the May 15 storms.A twister killed six people in Granbury where dozens of homes were damaged. Tornadoes also left behind ...
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Central Texas man finds joy in breeding birds
NAVASOTA, Texas (AP) — About 20 years ago, a friend of Carroll Myers asked Myers if he could take care of his birds since he was moving out of town."I said, 'Sure,' thinking I'd be getting a cage with two birds in it," Myers said, laughing. "Well I come home from work and in my back yard is an outdoor aviary with 75 American parakeets. I said, 'All ...
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Dallas Stars accidentally leak new look logo
The Dallas Stars are set to unveil their new uniform and logo on June 4th but it appears the new design may have been leaked ahead of schedule.According to several internet postings, fans reported seeing the new logo as part of the wallpaper offering on the team's iPhone application. The new logo features the letter D with the five protruding points of a star in a predominant green, black ...
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Texas Property Rights Upheld in Pipeline Ruling
A company seeking to run a pipeline across East Texas instead crossed the wrong Texan, and now a state appeals court ruling in the dispute could make it harder to condemn land and snatch private property for future ...
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Fueled By The Sun Solar Impulse Lands In Dallas And Shatters World Distance Record
Powered solely by the Sun, Solar Impulse, which has the wingspan of a jumbo jet and weighs less than a compact car, successfully flew from Phoenix to Dallas on Thursday, May 23, to complete the longest leg of the Across America mission, which will conclude in New York. The 950 mile flight to DFW Airport set a new world distance record in solar ...
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Luxury Kings Gate mansion in Plano sells at auction
A luxury Kings Gate mansion in Plano sold at auction Thursday. It took 11 bidders, but New York-based Concierge Auctions says the luxury Plano mansion, known as Grand Gables at Kings Gate, says it received the highest recorded sales price Thursday for a Kings Gate property in the past four years. The home was previously marketed for $6.5 million. Terms of the auction, such as the sales price and ...
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Galveston leaders to meet over Ike housing story
GALVESTON, Texas (AP) -- Leaders of a Southeast Texas city will meet Tuesday to discuss legal options over a newspaper story about where to build new public housing since Hurricane ...
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Judge orders more monitoring for Cowboys DT
DALLAS (AP) -- A judge has ordered more alcohol monitoring for a Dallas Cowboys defensive tackle awaiting trial on an intoxicated manslaughter ...
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Dallas-based trader charged with front-running
a Dallas-based broker who allegedly improperly profited by placing his own secret trades ahead of large block trades he executed for clients. The agency charges that the trader, Daniel Bergin, was "front-running" his client trades, an illegal practice where a stock broker executes orders on a security for their own account while taking advantage of knowledge of pending large ...
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Americas oldest veteran to spend quiet Memorial Day at Texas home
World War II veteran Richard Overton, left, is seen in his Army uniform in an undated photograph provided by the City of Austin. Overton, 107, sits outside his Texas home earlier this month. (AP/Austin American ...
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CapMetro wreck shuts down Lamar lanes
AUSTIN (KXAN) - A Capital Metro bus sideswiped a car Friday morning, shutting down some lanes on Lamar and Research boulevards. CapMetro spokeswoman Erica Macioge said the Route 1 bus was heading south on Lamar Bouelvard leaving the North Lamar Transit Center when it wrecked with the car. No one was hurt in the incident, but the bus does have a bit of damage. It can still be driven, ...
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Ray High School in lockdown for an hour Friday
CORPUS CHRISTI -- Ray High School Principal Cissy Reynolds-Perez put the school on lockdown after 9 a.m. Friday after a parent reported a student had a weapon. An alert was sent to parents that said school officials were checking on a report that was made to them and all students were safe. Students were held in classrooms while school police officials searched the building. The lockdown ...
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Griffins father sues Nestande Clive Bar
AUSTIN (KXAN) - The father of Courtney Griffin is suing Gabrielle Nestande, her boyfriend and the bar where they were drinking on the night before Griffin was killed in a hit-and-run crash. The civil lawsuit filed Thursday in the Travis County Clerk's Office by Bart Griffin alleges that Nestande was negligent by driving after drinking, that Clive bar and its staff were negligent for ...
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Gunman in Southlake slaying was trained to do this police chief says
SOUTHLAKE — A gunman who was trained to kill swiftly took just seconds Wednesday evening to fire at least nine shots at a Mexican attorney as his wife placed shopping bags in their Range Rover at Southlake Town Square, the citys police chief said ...
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Taking shelter in a storm
Tornado tips • Designate a shelter area in your home or place of business, such as a basement, and go there during severe weather. • If you don’t have a basement or underground shelter, go to an interior room or hallway on the lowest floor and get under a sturdy piece of furniture. Lower-level interior bathrooms provide the best protection if no basement is available. Don’t ...
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Six Flags launches its newest thrill Texas SkyScreamer
ARLINGTON — One turn aboard Six Flags Over Texas’ newest attraction may be all it takes for longtime fans of the theme park to lose any feelings of nostalgia they might have for the iconic Texas Chute Out parachute ...
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ML Realty Partners buys large North Texas industrial portfolio
The Illinois-based investor purchased an industrial portfolio in North Texas. Industrial property looks like this building, which is included in Stockbridge's DFW, Texas portfolio that is being marketed by CBRE's Dallas office. ML Realty Partners LLC, a long-term real estate investment firm based in Irving and Illinois, has purchased a 457,000-square-foot industrial portfolio in ...
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Tax tussle riling Capitol in final week
The state sales tax rate isn't budging. Another sales tax holiday isn't in the works. Nor is the Texas Legislature raising homestead property exemptions by $10,000, which prevailed as most popular of nearly a dozen tax-cutting options the governor suggested in an online survey when this 140-day session ...
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Mother killed kids hurt after shoplifters crash
HOUSTON (AP) -- A woman has been killed and her three children injured after their car was struck at a Houston intersection by another car carrying shoplifting suspects being pursued by ...
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Texas rapper indicted controlled substance count
CORSICANA, Texas (AP) -- Platinum-selling rapper Lil' Flip of Houston has been indicted on a charge of possession of a controlled substance over a 2012 Texas traffic ...
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Rick Perry Greatly Disappointed With Boy Scouts Decision To Allow Gay Youths
Gov. Rick Perry (R-Texas) said he is "disappointed" with the Boy Scouts of America's decision to begin allowing gay Scouts. (Ron T. Ennis/Getty ...
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Transaction Action NRP nets $18.64 million in equity financing for developments in San Antonio and Ohio
Transaction Action is Tricia Lynn Silva's onlineweekly real estate column. This special online feature details the real-estate sales, leases, new assignments and other deals that have recently taken place in San Antonio and other parts of Texas. Every week, we will post a new listing of some of the latest real estate news for our readers. Among the deals readers will find in this weeks ...
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Retail expert Neiman Saks could create international success Video
May 23 (Bloomberg) -- Bloombergs Cristina Alesci reports on major luxury retailers and the affects of possible M&A within the industry. She speaks on Bloomberg Televisions In The Loop. (Source: Bloomberg) A luxury expert considers a Neiman Marcus/Saks Fifth Avenue merger an opportunity for the two brands to build a company focused on a better customer experience. A Saks Fifth Avenue, Neiman ...
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Refuse a blood alcohol level breath test police will draw blood this Memorial Day weekend
CORPUS CHRISTI -- A trained phlebotomist will be available at the city Detention Center this weekend as part of the No Refusal Program. During Memorial Day weekend, the Nueces County District Attorney's office will provide a phlebotomist at the City Detention Center from 10 p.m. to 4 a.m. Friday to Sunday to assist law enforcement officials with collection of blood samples from suspected ...
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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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