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Man arrested following shooting that left 2 dead
HOUSTON (AP) -- Investigators have identified four men they say were involved in a drug-related shooting in Houston that left a 10-year-old boy and a woman ...
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J.C. Penney shareholders re-elect board of directors
J.C. Penney re-elected its board of directors. J.C. Penney Co. Inc. shareholders officially re-elected the company's board of directors for another year, the company said Monday. The votes, which stockholders cast at the May 17 annual meeting, largely were in favor of the 10 returning board members. William Ackman, Colleen Barrett, Thomas Engibous, Kent Foster, Geraldine Laybourne, Leonard ...
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Lawmakers could face special session
AUSTIN (KXAN) - One week to go, and the current Texas legislative session will be finished. But that does not mean lawmakers will go home for the summer. All eyes are on Gov. Rick Perry. He could call a "special session" for anything from tax relief to transportation. "Traffic is insane all the time, said Jennifer Hogan, as she sat at a stoplight on the access road of Interstate 35 ...
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Coastal Bend law enforcement officers honor their own
TODD YATES/CALLER-TIMES Members of the Nueces County Sheriff’s Office and Corpus Christi Police Department gather Monday at the Congressman Solomon P. Ortiz International Center during the seventh annual Coastal Bend Regional Peace Officers Memorial Day ...
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Pizza pub to take over Reds Patio Grill in Plano
Taverna Rossa is scheduled to open in early July in Plano. The pizza pub is designed to be a sister location of McKinney's Cadillac Pizza. The owners of Cadillac Pizza in historic downtown McKinney are in the middle of bringing their pizza concept to Plano. "Taverna Rossa is definitely an extension of Cadillac Pizza," said Preston Lancaster, founder of {33} Restaurant Group. "But ...
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Silvercars puts all-Audi rental fleet on the road in DFW
Silvercar offers all Audi A4s for rent at Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport and on Friday another rental car facility will open at Dallas Love Field. It pays to know the back roads around Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport. One missed exit in the DFW Connector highway construction project can really ruin your day. I found myself unable to enter the airport on the north end a few weeks ...
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Construction employment in Texas rose 7 percent in April
Construction companies in Texas have hired 40,000 more workers between April 2012 and April 2013, according to the latest Associated General Contractors of America report. The job numbers continue to climb among Texas construction firms. Between April 2012 and April 2013, Texas-based contractors added a total of 41,500 employees to their payrolls, according to the latest report by Arlington, ...
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Biloxi bank robbery suspect arrested in Texas
Surveillance photos and tips from the public helped identify Brett Maurice Disiere as a suspect in the Biloxi bank robbery. (Photo source: Biloxi Police ...
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Texas Vanguard seeks buyer for its South Texas wells
Texas Vanguard is seeking a buyer for 250 oil-and-gas wells in South Texas as well as other opportunities in the Permian Basin. Austin-based Texas Vanguard Oil Co. has retained broker E-Spectrum Advisors LLC to help it sell 250 of its producing South Texas oil and gas wells. Most of the properties are associated with the Serbin Field in Lee and Bastrop counties, but the company also plans to ...
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Neighbor attacked with knife garden hoe
Saturday morning had all the elements of an action movie for East Austin resident Nikesha Roberts. There was yelling, swearing, a death threat, a garden hoe, a kitchen knife and -- in the end -- an arrest. The morning started smoothly enough. Roberts was out in front of her home on Colony Park Drive with Teria Tucker, a family member, doing some yard work. According to an affidavit later ...
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Urban Land Institute to discuss the future of the burbs
The Urban Land Institute will host a luncheon on May 22 to discuss whether San Antonio's suburban development is sustainable. San Antonios center city has been the focus of much news, talk, buzz, etc., of late. But now, an organization dedicated to responsible land use is broadening its perspective. On May 22, the San Antonio Chapter of the Urban Land Institute (ULI) will present The Future ...
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Lewis has mixed results in second rehab start
Currently on a Minor League rehab assignment, Colby Lewis hasn't pitched in the big leagues since last July. (AP) FRISCO, Texas -- Colby Lewis breezed through the first two innings of his rehab start for Double-A Frisco on Monday, retiring all six batters he faced, striking out three of them. The third inning, however, proved much more troublesome for Lewis, who gave up a leadoff home run ...
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Texas man charged in death of postal worker
Federal officials say James Wayne Ham was charged Monday in the killing of 52-year-old Marie Youngblood. The San Jacinto County Sheriff's Office had taken him into custody Sunday, saying at the time that Ham was a ...
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Court upholds TX mans conviction in NJ gun case
TRENTON, N.J. (AP) -- A Texas man arrested with 21 guns in his car while passing through New Jersey four years ago will remain in prison after an appeals court on Monday upheld his conviction in a case that could wind up in front of the state Supreme ...
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Texas windstorm bill could affect thousands in Coastal Bend
CORPUS CHRISTI -- Thousands of coastal homeowners could get a reprieve on losing their wind and hailstorm insurance if lawmakers can hustle through a bill now working its way through the Texas House of Representatives. Senate Bill 1702, authored by Sen. Larry Taylor, R-Friendswood, extends indefinitely the alternative certification program of the Texas Windstorm Insurance Association through ...
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Allen Gump How I was named SIOR leader
Allen Gump of Colliers International was named to a four-year term helping to lead the national SIOR industry group. Longtime real estate broker Allen Gump of Colliers International was elected to the Society of Industrial and Office Realtors executive committee, a four-year leadership term in the national industry group. The four-year term includes Gump serving vice president in 2014, ...
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Diebold to relocate Coppell operations to Ohio cut 52 jobs
Diebold will terminate 52 jobs at its Coppell office as it relocates operations to its Ohio offices, pictured above. Diebold, Inc. will terminate 52 jobs this year at its Coppell office as the company relocates operations to Ohio, according the company said in a notice filed under the Workers Adjustment Retraining and Notificaiton Act. The maker of bank ATMs and bank security systems issued the ...
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McGraw-Hill moving operation from DeSoto to Ohio
An exterior of the warehouse at the I-20 Corporate Center. New York City-based McGraw-Hill Cos. Inc., an affiliate of McGraw-Hill Financial Inc. (NYSE: MHFI), plans to move its large southwest regional distribution hub from North Texas to Ohio as part of a consolidation, leaving a big void in a hot distribution market. The New York-based investment trust that owns the property has hired ...
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Boeing 787 flight from Houston marks planes return Video
May 20 (Bloomberg) -- Bloomberg "Street Smart" anchor Adam Johnson previews the return to the skies of Boeing's 787 Dreamliner as he prepares to take a ride on one of the refurbished airliners to speak with the CEOs of Boeing and United Airlines. He speaks on Bloomberg Television's "Bloomberg Surveillance." A United Airlines 787 Dreamliner flew Monday from Houston to ...
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Archie Comics gay kiss a poke at real controversy
It's a just quick kiss, but it's a long step forward for openly gay character Kevin Keller in Archie Comics.The Riverdale teen finds his life turned upside down after locking lips with boyfriend Devon in Pop Tate's diner, drawing the ire of at least one disapproving Riverdale mom.Veronica uploads a video of the upset mom's reaction online, which leads to a media frenzy about ...
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Ban on shark finning stifled in Senate
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A proposal to crack down on the slaughter of sharks for their fins has stalled in the last stages of the state legislature.After encountering opposition on the floor of the Texas Senate Monday, Democratic Sen. Juan Hinojosa of McAllen withdrew his proposal. It had already cleared the House.Asian restaurants in many parts of the world, including big cities in Texas, ...
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Lawmakers restore $4 billion in education cuts
Texas Gov. Rick Perry said he'll call a special session of the Legislature if they don't pass several key bills. Texas House and Senate budget leaders have reached an agreement to restore about $4 billion of the $5.4 billion in cuts made to public education last session. Though the amount falls short of a complete restoration, Democrats proclaimed the compromise a hard-fought victory ...
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Virgin America goes big for first nerd bird flight
Virgin America Inc. is rolling out the red carpet, boarding celebrities and an Austin band, and even launching a water cannon salute upon arrival for its first nonstop flight from Silicon Valley to Silicon Hills. The airline's first "nerd bird" flight from San Francisco International Airport to Austin-Bergstrom International Airport lands in the Capital City at 3:35 p.m. tomorrow. ...
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San Antonios housing market sees across-the-board increases in April
Residential sales, average home prices and median home prices were all up in the month of April, according to the San Antonio Board of Realtors. The housing market for the Greater San Antonio area achieved increases in both average and median home prices for the month of April, according to the latest report by the San Antonio Board of Realtors (SABOR). Sales activity was up as well. As of April ...
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Texas Tenors returning to Arcadia
May 20--Contrary to popular western lore, the good guys, or at least the good singers, wear black hats. The Texas Tenors will perform at 7:30 p.m. Saturday at Arcadia Theater, 1418?Graham Ave., Windber. The trio performs while wearing black cowboy hats, black suits, western belt buckles and cowboy boots and last appeared at Arcadia in March 2012. On their last visit, varied selections included ...
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Lack of City Council commitment to streetcar?
Fort Worth looks like it may be a long way off until the city has a proper streetcar system if current commitment to the project by local government is anything to go by.
In July of 2008 the City Council of Fort Worth decided that a modern streetcar system might be beneficial to the rapidly growing city, a solution was needed to urban intra-city mass transportation and plans went into the pipeline, but two years on little progress has been made, it seems instead that the city council lacks the commitment to carry out the necessary work to see a streetcar system come to fruition. Read more
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