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  2 arrested in Houston shootings that left 2 dead

  HOUSTON (AP) - Bond has been denied for two suspects in an apparent botched drug deal in Houston that left a boy and a woman dead and the child's father wounded.

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  Medicaid expansion protesters interrupt Perry talk

  AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - Hecklers have repeatedly interrupted a speech by Gov. Rick Perry, demanding that Texas expand the Medicaid program under the White House-backed health care reform law.

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  Lawmakers approve arms training for schoolteachers

  AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - Schools could train teachers to exchange fire with potential attackers under a plan advancing in the Texas Capitol.

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  Boy Scout leaders to vote on lifting gay ban

  GRAPEVINE, Texas (AP) - The Boy Scouts of America will convene a two-day meeting of 1,400 local leaders to consider changing its long-standing ban on openly gay boys in the scouting movement.

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  House takes up GOP bill to speed pipeline approval

  WASHINGTON (AP) - The House has taken up a Republican-sponsored bill that would speed approval of the proposed Keystone XL oil pipeline from Canada to Texas.

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  DPS: 4 killed in Karnes County traffic accident

  KENEDY, Texas (AP) - Investigators say four people have been killed in South Texas traffic accident involving a truck, a motorcycle and a car.

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  Man charged in deadly downtown Houston shooting

  HOUSTON (AP) - Police have charged a 22-year-old man with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon following a downtown gunfight in which one was killed.

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  Classroom curriculum system dies amid criticism

  AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - A classroom curriculum system used by hundreds of Texas school districts will stop offering lesson plans after some conservative groups claimed it was promoting anti-American values.

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  Firefighter dies in Dallas condo complex blaze

  DALLAS (AP) - Dallas firefighters have recovered the body of a comrade who reported by radio being trapped while battling a condominium complex blaze.

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  Permit needed to tear down structures in West

  WEST, Texas (AP) - People in a Central Texas town whose homes or businesses were destroyed in a deadly fertilizer plant explosion need a permit to tear down the structures.

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  Texas unemployment rate remains at 6.4 percent

  AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - State officials say the Texas unemployment rate has remained steady for the third straight month at 6.4 percent.

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  Gov. Perry to visit tornado-damaged Granbury

  GRANBURY, Texas (AP) - Gov. Rick Perry will head to a North Texas city devastated by a tornado that left at least six people dead.

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  Texas residents missing after tornadoes found safe

  GRANBURY, Texas (AP) - Authorities say residents who were missing in the wake of this week's destructive tornadoes in North Texas have been found safe.

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  Travis sues to block DWI patrol car video release

  AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - Country star Randy Travis has filed a lawsuit to prevent two state agencies from releasing a patrol car video of his 2012 DWI arrest in North Texas.

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  AAA: Texas retail gasoline prices up 3 cents

  HOUSTON (AP) - Retail gasoline prices in Texas have risen 3 cents this week to reach an average $3.41 per gallon.

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  Ex-Eagle Pass worker gets prison for fraud

  EAGLE PASS, Texas (AP) - An ex-municipal worker in South Texas has been sentenced to more than three years in prison over $68,000 in personal charges put on city credit cards.

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  2nd brother guilty of robbing Texas bank twice

  DALLAS (AP) - A second brother has pleaded guilty to robbing the same North Texas bank twice.

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  House budget chief: Still no spending deal

  AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - The House budget chief says a spending deal with the Senate remains elusive after a midnight goal of a compromise came and went with both sides still apart.

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  Cleburne mayor declares disaster after tornado

  CLEBURNE, Texas (AP) - The mayor of a North Texas community battered by a tornado has declared a local disaster as schools canceled classes amid the destruction.

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  At least 6 confirmed dead in Granbury tornado

  GRANBURY, Texas (AP) - Officials awaited daybreak to fully assess the scope of the destruction left in the wake of a deadly tornado in Granbury.

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  Texas DMV release new camouflage license plates

  In Texas you can get just about anything with a camouflage print. Now you can even have camo license plates on your vehicle.

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  Two-thirds of eligible Texans received food stamps

  AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - An advocacy group says only two-thirds of Texans who may be eligible for food stamp assistance received the benefits in 2011.

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  Lawmakers advance limits on medicating children

  AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - New limits on the use of psychotropic drugs on children in foster care are advancing in the Texas Legislature.

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  Texan allegedly offered son for online adoption

  HOUSTON (AP) - A pregnant Houston-area woman has been charged with offering her 3-year-old son for adoption on Craigslist in an advertisement signed "Desperate."

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  Texas Senate votes to weaken university regents

  AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - The Texas Senate gave final approval to a bill creating new limits to the powers of university regents to fire campus presidents and requires them to under undergo ethics training. Wednesday's vote sends the bill to Gov. Rick Perry.