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Video Texas tornado survivor found neighbors house in backyard
The tornado that ripped apart a Texas neighborhood spared Howard Smith's home, but what he found in his yard haunts him. Anna Werner shares his ...
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Tornado-ravaged Texas town to start recovery
Power lines damaged by Wednesday's tornado litter the streets in Cleburne, Texas on Thursday, May 16, 2013. Ten tornadoes touched down in several small communities in Texas overnight, leaving at least six people dead, dozens injured and hundreds homeless. Emergency responders were still searching for missing people Thursday ...
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Psychotic Voicemail From Losing Dallas Candidate To Reporter Goes Viral
Screenshot of Richard Sheridan clearly in action with a characteristic NSFW diatribe. Sore losers are a ‘feisty’ bunch. That’s a good word… feisty. Some other words that apply are whiny ...
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Texas tornado victim ‘it’s really devastating’
texas , officially the search for the missing is over. all are accounted for. the focus is on the devastation and the far-off recovery for the town and the region to the west of ft. worth ...
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Fitch Rates Brownsville ISD Texas ULT Bonds AAA Outlook Stable
AUSTIN, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Fitch Ratings has assigned an 'AAA' rating to the following Brownsville Independent School District, Texas (the district) unlimited tax (ULT) bonds: --$79.55 million ULT refunding bonds, series 2013A; --41.67 million ULT refunding bonds, taxable series 2013B. The 'AAA' rating is based on a guarantee provided by the Texas ...
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Hood Co. Tornado Victims Can Return Home Saturday
During a news conference with Gov. Rick Perry on Friday, Deeds said there was a plan being put in place to allow residents back on their property beginning Saturday morning, on a limited ...
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Grandfather Questioned After Son Grandson Found Dead
The two men lived in the home with the family's grandfather, who police said is now considered to be a suspect. The grandfather, who was not at the home when police arrived, was tracked down and taken into ...
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Child Dies After Being Left in Car in School Parking Lot
According to police, at about 1:20 p.m., someone spotted the child unattended in a car parked in the faculty parking lot at Frank Guzick Elementary School at 5000 Berridge ...
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Watch Teen Nabs 14-Foot Gator in Texas Hunt
Braxton deals he has been a hunter since he was eight years old. He's now eighteen and he's wanted to hunt alligators for years. -- if if parliament does a in my that was from the union for any ...
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Texas Insurance Commissioner Eleanor Kitzman left off final nominations list
CORPUS CHRISTI -- Texas Insurance Commissioner Eleanor Kitzman soon may be hitting the bricks, barring a last-minute change of heart in the state Senate. Kitzman's name does not appear on the list of nominees published in advance of a Monday hearing of the Senate Nominations Committee, which is chaired by Sen. Glenn Hegar Jr., R-Katy. It is mostly likely the committee's final ...
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Dallas to Receive Maritime Museum
Dallas may be more than 250 miles from the Gulf of Mexico, the closest body of salt water, but that's not stopping a foundation and city officials from announcing plans for an $80 million maritime ...
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7 Texans missing after tornadoes found safe death toll remains at 6
GRANBURY, Texas People who were missing in the wake of the destructive tornadoes in North Texas have been found safe, officials said Friday, but they didn't indicate when residents of one hard-hit neighborhood will be allowed to return to survey damage to their homes. The Hood County Sheriff's Office said the death toll from the violent storm system Wednesday night remains at six and ...
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Energy Dept. approves natural gas export catalyst
The U.S. Department of Energy has approved a $10 billion natural gas exporting facility in Texas that has significant economic implications, manufacturers say. The project called the Freeport LNG facility was "not inconsistent with the public interest," said the Energy Department, which studied the facility's "economic, energy security, and environmental impacts." The ...
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Texas drone bill sparks a battle
Computerworld - The battle to find a balance between privacy concerns and the beneficial use of drones for commercial and law enforcement purposes is in sharp focus in a bill that's winding its way through the Texas legislature. The Texas Privacy Act (HB 912), sponsored by Rep. Lance Gooden (R-District 4), would make it illegal, under specific circumstances, to take photographs or possess ...
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GM Foundation Makes $500000 for Tornado Recovery
"Helping Texas residents rebuild and repair their homes is a critical priority for Habitat for Humanity International in the aftermath of the recent tornadoes," said Selim Bingol, vice president, GM Global Communications and Public Policy and Chairman of the GM Foundation. "Through the $500,000 grant from the GM Foundation and the recently donated Chevrolet Express Vans, we are ...
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Texas sues BP for Deepwater Horizon damages
Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott The state of Texas on Friday joined other Gulf Coast states that have sued London-based BP Plc (NYSE: BP) for damages and civil penalties related to the 2010 Deepwater Horizon disaster in the Gulf of Mexico. The lawsuit was filed in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas in Beaumont, and seeks both monetary damages and funds to mitigate ...
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Energy Dept. backs Texas LNG export plan
WASHINGTON -; The Energy Department on Friday conditionally approved a Texas company's proposal to export liquefied natural gas, only the second such project allowed to move forward amid a production boom that has led to glut of domestic natural ...
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NBA Combine Day 1 Groups 4 5
SHOOTING GUARDS CHICAGO -- During the 2012-13 season, the shooting guard position was an area of strength for the Mavericks. But, with O.J. Mayo set to enter free agency this offseason, the 2-guard position may have become one the Mavs look to address during the draft. To finish Day 1 of the NBA Combine, the Mavericks got a look at some of the top prospects at the 2 as Groups 3 and 4 showcased ...
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Texas lawmakers close to passing state gun manufacturer bill
A Senate bill that would provide economic development incentives for Texas firearm manufacturers is closer to passage. A Senate bill to provide economic development incentives for Texas firearm manufacturers passed favorably out of a House committee this week and now only needs a vote from the House to reach the governors desk. Senate Bill 1467, authored by State Sen. Craig Estes, R-Wichita ...
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Popes Telegram to Victims of Explosion in Texas
VATICAN CITY, April 22, 2013 (Zenit.org) - Here is the text of the telegram sent by Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone, the Vatican Secretary of State, on behalf of the Holy Father, to Bishop Joe S. Vasquez of Austin, Texas regarding the explosion at a fertilizer plant in West, Texas last Wednesday. The explosion caused 14 deaths and hundreds wounded.* * *Saddened by news of the destruction caused by the ...
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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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