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COASTAL BEND -- The Coastal Compass Education and Career Resource Center will have its formal opening Wednesday at La Palmera Mall. According to the officials, the facility is expected to help Coastal Bend residents "discover their direction" while preparing for college or workforce. Our Elaine Marsilio will be there for the 1:30 p.m. opening and we expect to hear from Corpus ...
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Diabetes-friendly recipe Baked Ziti
CORPUS CHRISTI -- BAKED ZITI Yields 4 servings INGREDIENTS 1 lb 96 percent lean ground beef cup chopped onions 1 clove garlic, minced 1 cup water cup no-added-salt tomato paste 1 tsp. Italian seasoning 1/16 tsp. black pepper 4 oz dry ziti 2 oz fat-free shredded mozzarella cheese DIRECTIONS 1 Preheat oven to 350F. In a 10 inch skillet over medium heat, cook the beef, ...
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Texas bill that modifies concealed handgun licenses moves to House
AUSTIN -- Concealed handgun license holders in Texas would be allowed to carry a revolver or semi-automatic pistol, regardless of what they trained with on the shooting range under a bill advancing in the Texas Legislature. Current law certifies license holders to carry only the type of gun they used to get their license. The bill by Sen. Craig Estes, a Wichita Falls Republican, would allow ...
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Jodi Arias speaks to jury doesnt want death penalty
In this image made from pool video provided by APTN, Jodi Arias reacts during the reading of the verdict in at Maricopa County Superior Court in Phoenix, Wednesday, May 8, 2013. Arias was convicted of first-degree murder in the gruesome killing of her one-time boyfriend in Arizona after a four-month trial that captured headlines with lurid tales of sex, lies, religion and a salacious ...
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House gets ready for major budget vote
AUSTIN (AP) In the Republican-controlled Texas Legislature, a furious final week is being dominated by distrust, deadlines and delays. Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst says he takes House leaders at their word, and that delicate pieces of a complicated budget deal will be passed. A big test comes Wednesday. That is when the House is expected to finally take up a new state water plan that is crucial to a ...
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Massive tornadoes that hit Oklahoma Texas blamed on stubborn jet stream
View results The same weather phenomenon that brought unusually cold temperatures to the East Coast this spring is being blamed for the massive and devastating tornadoes that tore through Oklahoma this week: A jet stream that refused to leave.Weather forecasters tracked this year’s jet stream - the pattern of high-altitude winds - as moving farther south, and staying farther south, for a ...
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Tim Duncan Tony Parker and San Antonio Spurs survive Game Two overtime to beat Memphis Grizzlies
Spurs lead series 2-0 The San Antonio Spurs clung on to beat the Memphis Grizzlies in Game Two overtime to take a 2-0 Western Conference finals series lead.For three quarters the Grizzlies looked like they were going to be on the end of a second successive blowout, down by 15 points at half-time and going into the final stanza still down by 12. Tony Parker had a playoff career high 18 assists to ...
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Even small business is bigger in Texas
As more entrepreneurs flock to the state, experts are pointing to a combination of growth-friendly conditions that have small businesses growing in, and messing with, ...
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Senate OKs legislation to cut business taxes
The Texas Senate passed three bills on Tuesday to cut business taxes. The Senate version of House Bill 500 gives businesses with revenue of less than $1 million a permanent exemption from paying the state's franchise tax, and gives all businesses a 5 percent rate cut over the next two years, the Austin American-Statesman reports. House Bill 800, which gives companies a choice between a ...
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Lufkin restaurant worker hit by lightning dies
LUFKIN, Texas (AP) -- An East Texas restaurant worker standing outside the eatery and holding an umbrella during a storm has died after being hit by ...
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Largest NC school district names 3 finalists
CARY, N.C. (AP) -- North Carolina's largest school district is picking a superintendent among three finalists from Texas, Virginia Beach, and the state's second-largest school ...
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Suspect in Dallas-area double slayings found in NM
GRAND PRAIRIE, Texas (AP) -- A man suspected of killing his girlfriend and her teenage daughter at their Dallas-area home has been captured in New ...
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Boy Scouts to open two-day meeting in Texas to decide whether to allow openly gay Scouts
GRAPEVINE, Texas - The Boy Scouts of America will convene a two-day meeting of 1,400 local leaders to consider changing its long-standing ban on allowing openly gay boys to don the Boy Scouts uniform. Officials of the Irving, Texas-based organization are scheduled to open the first of the ballots cast on whether to allow openly gay Scouts. Scouting officials propose allowing openly gay Scouts ...
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Charge investigation of Texas fertilizer blast hampered by in-fighting
The federal safety agency investigating the West Fertilizer Company explosion in Texas has accused other investigators of hampering his agency's work. Chairman Rafael Moure-Eraso of the U.S. Chemical Safety Board said in a letter that the Texas state fire marshal and the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives blocked access to key witnesses for three weeks after the April ...
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Second phase of Mary Rhodes Pipeline going smoothly official says
Indeed, our Regional Water Planning Group has used money from the state to pay a consultant to study sources of groundwater and other alternative means of increasing and insuring our area's water supply for many years. To hire another consultant at the City's expense would only duplicate the efforts. In fact, the City Council long has had a delegate to Region N: Mark Scott. Did he ...
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Jackson too creepy for Clippers MAY 22
Lakers executive Jeanie Buss. While the source insisted it wasn't a reflection on Jackson's coaching ability, it would simply be "too creepy" for ...
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LeBron knows Indy can beat the Heat MAY 22
Heat by not calling Miami just another team. LeBron is looking for an emotional edge because he knows Miami's physical edge is much less ...
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Sixers owner would consider Bynums return MAY 22
Sixers have exclusive rights to negotiate with [Bynum], who earned $16.5 million despite not playing at all last season due to knee injuries. Free agency begins July 1. If ...
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COTA to city of Austin help us win X Games bid
Sixteen of the competing X Games athletes live in Austin, COTA President Steve Sexton told City Council, the Statesman reports. Circuit of The Americas is asking the city of Austin to endorse ESPN's summer X Games so the sports facility can apply for money from Texas' Major Events Trust Fund. COTA President Steve Sexton estimates the circuit may seek about $800,000 a year from the fund, ...
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Apple to build Macs in low-tax Texas
Computerworld - Apple will build Macs in Texas using some parts made in the U.S., CEO Tim Cook said Tuesday, putting a little flesh on a pledge from last December. In a prepared statement Cook read before a Senate subcommittee yesterday, the chief executive named Texas as the location of a new factory where Apple will assemble Macs. Cook was in Washington, D.C. ...
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Council shelves plan for Austin Energy independent board
Mayor Lee Leffingwell said the current plan to create an independent board would add bureaucracy, making things less efficient. The plan to create an independent board to oversee Austin Energy has been grounded, as concerns rise over whether such a board would add bureaucracy and make things less efficient. I think for the good of the Utility, we would be better off just withdrawing this whole ...
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Hip hop artist Timbaland invests in Austin app developer
An Austin-based music software company has received backing from hip hop heavyweight Timbaland. The artist and music producer is the lead investor in a $500,000 investment in Open Labs Inc., which develops StageLight, an app that enables users to create music on a standard PC, the Austin American-Statesman reports. Timbaland, whose real name is Timothy Mosley, said he has been involved with the ...
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Giant solar plane flying into DFW Airport tonight
The SolarImpulse aircraft will land at D/FW Airport at 1 a.m. Thursday morning and will be on display for the public from 1 p.m. to 7 p.m. Thursday. The SolarImpulse aircraft will make history Wednesday as it flies nonstop from Phoenix to Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport. Swiss pilot Andre Borschberg took off today at 4:45 a.m. from Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport and is expected ...
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Austin woman gets 50 years for attack on ex-spouse
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) -- A Central Texas woman has been sentenced to 50 years in prison for beating and shooting her ex-husband amid a child custody ...
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J.C. Penney secures $2.25B loan with stores Plano HQ
J.C. Penney has backed a $2.25 billion loan with some of its real estate holdings. J.C. Penney Co. is expected to complete a deal on Wednesday that will allow it to borrow $2.25 billion from investors in a loan that is secured by some of the retailer's 1,000 stores, distribution centers and even its Plano headquarters. The Wall Street Journal reported the loan, which is expected to carry a ...
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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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