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Authorities in Collin County issue Amber Alert
Last Updated: 10:57 PM 05/20/12 - COLLIN COUNTY, TX -- The Texas Department of Public Safety has issued an Amber Alert for two children who were allegedly taken by their father.
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Texas jobless rate falls under 7 percent in April
Last Updated: 4:54 PM 05/18/12 - AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - The Texas unemployment rate is under 7 percent for the first time in three years, falling to 6.9 percent for April as the state added 13,200 nonfarm jobs.
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Dewhurst gave his Senate campaign $6 million
Last Updated: 4:51 PM 05/18/12 - AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst has given his campaign for the U.S. Senate $6 million in the last six weeks, demonstrating the advantage of being a multi-millionaire politician.
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Census: Minorities now surpass whites in US births
Last Updated: 4:09 PM 05/17/12 - WASHINGTON (AP) - For the first time, racial and ethnic minorities make up more than half the children born in the U.S.
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Against Obama, even a jailbird gets some votes
Last Updated: 6:30 AM 05/09/12 - CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) - Just how unpopular is President Barack Obama in some parts of the country? Enough that a man in prison in Texas got 4 out of 10 votes in West Virginia's Democratic presidential primary. -
Leaf pleads guilty to stealing painkillers
Last Updated: 5:56 AM 05/09/12 - GREAT FALLS, Mont. (AP) - Former NFL quarterback Ryan Leaf pleaded guilty Tuesday to charges that he broke into a Montana home and illegally possessed painkillers, part of a deal with prosecutors that recommends he spend nine months in a secure drug treatment facility. -
Court chastens Texas in Voter ID case
Last Updated: 5:02 PM 05/08/12 - AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - A federal court has warned Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott to turnover evidence in the Voter ID case or the law will not be in effect by November.
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Last US military vehicle in Iraq reaches Texas
Last Updated: 4:17 PM 05/08/12 - BEAUMONT, Texas (AP) - The final U.S. military vehicle to leave Iraq has reached Texas and will be displayed at Fort Hood.
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Deion Sanders gets temporary custody of children
Last Updated: 1:55 AM 05/08/12 - McKINNEY, Texas (AP) - A Texas judge ordered Deion Sanders' estranged wife on Monday to stay at least 500 yards away from the former NFL star's suburban Dallas home in a ruling stemming from a scuffle between the pair last month. -
Education cuts may energize angry Texas parents
Last Updated: 4:27 PM 05/07/12 - AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - The Texas Legislature's approval of $5.4 billion in cuts to public education may energize angry parents in a way similar to how the tea party movement mobilized conservatives in 2010.
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Texas lawmakers hear update on Medicaid spending
Last Updated: 4:21 PM 05/07/12 - AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - Top officials from state agencies have warned Texas lawmakers that the cost of caring for the state's disabled and poor children and elderly are growing faster than tax revenues.
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Texas officials quiet on space launch site project
HOUSTON (AP) - Proponents of a Texas space base reportedly are getting little encouragement from state officials.
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TransCanada reapplies for oil pipeline
Last Updated: 4:30 PM 05/04/12 - WASHINGTON (AP) - A Canadian company that wants to build the disputed Keystone XL pipeline in the U.S. says it has submitted a new application for the project after changing the route to avoid environmentally sensitive land in Nebraska.
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Okla. House OKs bill to limit medication purchases
Last Updated: 5:11 PM 05/03/12 - OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - The Oklahoma House of Representatives has approved a bill that would limit how much non-prescription cold and allergy medication containing a key methamphetamine ingredient a consumer could purchase.
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Last day to register to vote in TX Primary
Last Updated: 9:55 AM 04/30/12 - Texans who haven't yet registered to vote in next month's primary only have a few hours left to do so. Today is the deadline for the May 29th primary election. -
Texas Forest Service unveils wildfire app
Last Updated: 7:50 AM 04/28/12 - AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - Texans will be armed with a new Internet tool this wildfire season designed to help anyone spot their wildfire risk and how to respond to it.
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U.S. attorney general requests delay in TX Voter ID case
Last Updated: 8:46 AM 04/25/12 - AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - The U.S. attorney general's office has requested a delay in the trial over Texas's Voter ID Law, saying the state's legal maneuvering is taking up too much time.
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Texas veterans sought for hundreds of AT&T jobs
Last Updated: 5:50 PM 04/23/12 - AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - A Texas agency has joined with AT&T Inc. to help match qualified military veterans to more than 600 technical jobs.
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Dallas police halt routine dash cam video reviews
Last Updated: 10:01 AM 04/23/12 - DALLAS (AP) - Dallas police have suspended a special unit's routine review of patrol car video after some officers complained of being targeted for minor infractions. -
Striking Lockheed Martin workers picket in Texas
Last Updated: 9:59 AM 04/23/12 - FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) - Some striking Lockheed Martin F-35 aircraft workers in North Texas have started the week on the picket line. -
Remains found in Texas creek still unidentified
Last Updated: 9:58 AM 04/23/12 - DALLAS (AP) - Police searching for the body of a missing 11-year-old boy say it will take several weeks before skeletal remains found in a rural creek south of Dallas are identified. -
Political activists disagree on conservatism
Last Updated: 9:57 AM 04/23/12 - AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - In Republican political circles and social media, a debate is raging on what qualifies as true conservatism. -
Texas toll road account-holders wrongly charged
Last Updated: 4:55 PM 04/20/12 - AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - More than 1,600 account holders in the Texas Department of Transportation toll road system can expect a credit following a cyberattack.
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Texas drops federal funding for women's program
Last Updated: 5:53 PM 04/17/12 - AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - Texas officials have proposed phasing-out federal funding for the women's health program through November after Washington said it was illegal to ban Planned Parenthood from participating in it.
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A million Texas children remain without insurance
Last Updated: 4:09 PM 04/09/12 - AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - More than a million Texas children remain without health insurance, and those kids are not getting the care they need.
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Survey: Quarter of Texas children live in poverty
Last Updated: 9:33 PM 04/05/12 - AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - Texas has the second-highest birth rate in the nation and more than 25 percent of those children live in poverty.
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Former Cowboys coach Avezzano dead at 68
Last Updated: 4:01 PM 04/05/12 - DALLAS (AP) - Former Dallas Cowboys assistant coach Joe Avezzano has died. -
Gov. Perry to fly over tornado-stricken area
Last Updated: 8:54 AM 04/05/12 - FORNEY, Texas (AP) - Texas Gov. Rick Perry plans to survey by air today the damage caused by Tuesday's tornadoes.
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Texas' open meetings law debated at appeals court
Last Updated: 8:47 AM 04/06/12 - HOUSTON (AP) - An attorney for 15 city leaders who are suing to declare part of the Texas Open Meetings Act unconstitutional says the law infringes on the free speech rights of officials through potential criminal penalties that promote censorship.
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Texas secretary of state pushes voter education
Last Updated: 4:41 PM 04/04/12 - AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - Texas Secretary of State Hope Andrade has launched a voter education drive for the 2012 election.
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Teams to assess damage from Dallas-area tornadoes
Last Updated: 8:17 AM 04/04/12 - FORNEY, Texas (AP) - City leaders and weather experts will inspect Dallas-area locations where tornadoes damaged hundreds of homes. -
Texas unemployment rate down to 7.1 percent
Last Updated: 5:28 PM 03/30/12 - AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - The Texas unemployment rate has fallen for a sixth consecutive month to 7.1 percent in February as the state had a third straight month of job growth exceeding 20,000 positions.
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Texas students begin STAAR testing
Last Updated: 6:19 PM 03/26/12 - SHERMAN, TX-- This is the first year for the STAAR test in Texas schools. It's replacing the TAAKS test. Starting this week it will be given to 3rd through 11th grade students.
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Texas agricultural losses hit $7.62 billion
Last Updated: 4:53 PM 03/22/12 - HOUSTON (AP) - Texas agriculture officials say the historic drought has caused record-breaking crop and livestock losses estimated at $7.62 billion for 2011. -
Feds to halt Texas Women's Health Program funding
Last Updated: 9:06 AM 03/16/12 - AUSTIN, TX. (AP) - The federal government is making good on its promise to cut off all funding for the Texas Medicare Women's Health Program. -
Texas teen sentenced to 10 years for deadly punch
Last Updated: 9:05 AM 03/16/12 - FORT WORTH, TX. (AP) - A 14-year-old Fort Worth boy has been sentenced to 10 years in a juvenile jail for killing a stranger with a single unprovoked punch. -
Comedian Gallagher recovering after heart attack
Last Updated: 9:03 AM 03/16/12 - LEWISVILLE, TX. (AP) - The comedian Gallagher is hospitalized in stable condition after suffering a heart attack at a North Dallas bar before going on stage for a show. -
Boy who vanished as infant in 2004 appear healthy
Last Updated: 9:02 AM 03/16/12 - HOUSTON,TX. (AP) - Child-welfare officials say a boy who was allegedly kidnapped by his babysitter eight years ago is healthy physically and emotionally. -
Dallas hate crime: 2 hurt in baseball bat attacks
Last Updated: 1:28 PM 03/15/12 - DALLAS,TX. (AP) - Dallas police say two men have been beaten with baseball bats in an alleged hate crime attack. -
Boy who vanished in 2004 is placed in foster care
Last Updated: 1:24 PM 03/15/12 - HOUSTON,TX. (AP) - Authorities say a Texas boy who vanished eight years ago and was found living with his former babysitter is in foster care and doing fine. -
Central Texas teacher accused of sex with 2 boys
Last Updated: 1:19 PM 03/15/12 - AUSTIN, TX. (AP) - Investigators say a Central Texas special education teacher has been accused of having sex with a 13-year-old student and his 14-year-old buddy. -
Texas drought forces suspension at fish hatchery
Last Updated: 1:14 PM 03/15/12 - WICHITA FALLS, TX. (AP) - Texas wildlife officials have closed one of the state's five fish hatcheries because of lack of water from the ongoing drought. -
Texas courthouse shooting suspect held on $4M bond
Last Updated: 1:11 PM 03/15/12 - BEAUMONT, TX. (AP) - A defendant in a family dispute accused of fatally shooting an elderly woman as she tried to run inside a Texas courthouse is being held on $4 million bond. -
2 Texas Tech players accused of debit card abuse
Last Updated: 1:16 PM 03/14/12 - LUBBOCK, TX.(AP) - Attorneys for two Texas Tech football players accused of using another person's debit card at a bar have denied the allegations. -
1 dead in gunfire at spring break party in Houston
Last Updated: 1:12 PM 03/14/12 - HOUSTON,TX. (AP) - Police are seeking a gunman after one person died following a shooting during a social media-advertised party in Houston. -
Houston parade April 7 for Iraq war vets, others
Last Updated: 1:10 PM 03/14/12 - HOUSTON,TX. (AP) - A military support group says Houston will host a welcome home parade next month for Iraq war veterans. -
Brazos County jailer accused of evidence tampering
Last Updated: 1:09 PM 03/14/12 - BRYAN, TX. (AP) - A Central Texas jailer has been suspended with pay for allegedly lying to help an inmate she dated before he was accused of assault. -
Texas gets nearly $10.5M in HUD homeless grants
Last Updated: 1:07 PM 03/14/12 - FORT WORTH, TX. (AP) - More than a dozen Texas communities will share nearly $10.5 million in federal grants to support programs for the homeless. -
Spring break's Texas week in full force
Last Updated: 9:43 PM 03/13/12 - SOUTH PADRE ISLAND, Texas (AP) - When guests at the party next door number about 10,000 and the sound system is rock-concert quality, the available options are to flee, adjust or enjoy the spectacle -
Kirby mom gets jail, daughter, 4, trapped in car
Last Updated: 12:49 PM 03/13/12 - SAN ANTONIO,TX. (AP) - A South Texas woman must serve two years in state jail over the 2008 death of her 4-year-old daughter who was trapped in a hot car.
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New study shows possible energy shortages in coming decade
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Last Updated: 3:07 AM 05/23/12 - GRAYSON COUNTY, TX -- Last summer was the hottest on record and as the temperatures heat up this summer officials are asking you to conserve energy. (Full Story) |
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Special meeting held in Howe to discuss increasing the city's budget
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Last Updated: 12:38 AM 05/23/12 - HOWE, TX -- Dozens of Howe residents showed up to a special city council meeting tonight to give their input about how to keep the city within budget in this tight economy. (Full Story) |
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Gordonville abandoned property cleaned up
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Last Updated: 10:52 PM 05/22/12 - GORDONVILLE, TX-Some Gordonville residents are breathing a sigh of relief Tuesday night now that a trashed out, abandoned property has been cleaned up. (Full Story) |
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