Texas Monthly In Texas Van Cliburn Piano Contest Goes On Without Him

International Herald Tribune - Saturday 18th May, 2013

On Wednesday, 30 pianists from 13 countries will gather at a hotel ballroom in downtown Fort Worth for a drawing of names, a tradition that will establish the performance schedule for the Van Cliburn International Piano Competition. Two days later, the recitals and concerts will begin at Bass Performance Hall before a 13-member jury. The competition, held once every four years, mixes a ...

Keegan Bradley maintains grip on Byron Nelson Championship

Middle East Times - Saturday 18th May, 2013

Byron Nelson Championship after 54 holes. Bradley, seeking his second win at the Texas event and fourth title of the year, finished the third round with a one-stroke lead at 13-under-par 197. Sang-Moon Bae grabbed sole possession of second place at minus-12 after firing a 4-under 66 at TPC Four Seasons Resort. Tom Gillis, meanwhile, moved within two shots of the lead at 11-under 199 with a ...

Granbury Tornado Victims Return

NBC 5 - Saturday 18th May, 2013

On Saturday, victims of the Granbury tornado were able to see what's left of their homes for the first time since the storm on Wednesday ...

At Least 5 Dead in Texas Fertilizer Plant Explosion

VOA - Saturday 18th May, 2013

Authorities in Texas say at least five -- possibly as many as 15 -- people have been killed in the southwestern U.S. state as a result of Wednesday's massive explosion at a fertilizer ...

Texas sues BP over 2010 Gulf spill

TVNZ - Saturday 18th May, 2013

Source: Reuters Texas has joined the crowd of Gulf of Mexico states to file suit against BP Plc, Halliburton Co and others for their role in one of the worst oil spills in U.S. history. The complaint, filed Friday in U.S. District Court in Beaumont, Texas, alleges that the companies and others "engaged in willful and wanton misconduct" for their role in the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil ...

Video Watch Tornado tears through Newcastle Texas

CBS News - Saturday 18th May, 2013

Jasmina Baldrich, 23, happened to witness police entering suspect Ariel Castro's house -- where three women allegedly held captive for nearly a decade -- and started shooting video of it with her cell ...

Texas tornado survivors start to return home

CBS News - Saturday 18th May, 2013

GRANBURY, Texas Residents of a North Texas town ravaged by a deadly tornado are starting to return to home for the first time since the midweek storm. The process is slow because several hundred people showed up early Saturday to register at a Granbury church. The registration is required to return to the ...

NBA Combine Day 2 Group 3 -- Skill sets separate point guards

Dallas Mavericks - Saturday 18th May, 2013

CHICAGO -- The 2013 NBA Draft figures to offer teams a chance at selecting a promising young point guard should a team need help in the backcourt. In consensus Player of the Year Trey Burke a team would be getting an 18.6-point scorer, who also led his Michigan team to the national title game while dishing out 6.6 assists an outing. And then there's Michael Carter-Williams out of Syracuse, ...

University of Texas graduates 4200

KXAN 36 - Saturday 18th May, 2013

AUSTIN (KXAN) - The University of Texas will graduate 4,200 students today. We spoke to two of them. The University of Texas at Austin is expecting about 4,200 graduating students at the main commencement ceremony Saturday night with a total crowd of about 25,000. Rebekah Scheuerle is a UT senior graduating from the Cockrell School of Engineering. Scheuerle, a chemical engineering major, set her ...