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Veteran firefighter killed in huge Dallas condo fire
A huge six-alarm fire killed a veteran fire fighter and destroyed at least 24 different housing units in the early morning hours of May 20th in a Dallas, Texas complex of condos. (Wikimedia/Wikimedia ...
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Dallas Firefighter Killed in the Line of Duty www.privateofficer.com
One firefighter was killed and two others were injured in a six-alarm blaze that has devoured at least 24 units at the Hearthwood North Condominiums at 12363 Abrams Road, near LBJ Freeway overnight. Dallas Fire-Rescue spokesman Jason Evans says the firefighter, who has been identified as 28-year department veteran Stanley Wilson, radioed in shortly before 5:30 a.m. that he was trapped and lost, ...
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Texas Oklahoma Battle Opioids With Legislation
Opioid Epidemic Plagues Workers' Comp In the South Central region, Texas and Oklahoma are two states where the battle against opioid abuse among injured workers is being taken up by lawmakers. Both states have seen new bills introduced to curb abuse by raising standards for use of evidence-based medicine, and stricter regulation of drug dispensing doctors and clinics. Oklahoma Oklahoma ...
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Flower Mound Foundation Seeks New Logo
The mission of the Foundation is to preserve the original character of The Flower Mound and to sponsor works of related historic, scientific, and educational ...
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Dwight Howard Report Links Big Man to Houston Rockets or Dallas Mavericks
Los Angeles Lakers center Dwight Howard (12) is defended by Utah Jazz center Al Jefferson during the first half of their NBA basketball game in Salt Lake City, Utah, November 7, ...
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Firefighter dies in Dallas condo complex blaze
DALLAS (AP) - Dallas firefighters have recovered the body of a comrade who reported by radio being trapped while battling a condominium complex blaze. A U.S. flag covered the firefighter's body when it was removed from the rubble Monday morning. The firefighter's name wasn't immediately released. Dallas Fire-Rescue spokesman Jason Evans says two firefighters were transported to ...
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2013 NBA draft lottery preview
With the always-entertaining 2013 NBA draft lottery scheduled to take place on Tuesday, May 21 (ESPN, 7:30 p.m. Central), Pelicans.com rounded up writers from the other participating teams for a comprehensive preview. New Orleans is hoping to become the first repeat winner at the draft lottery since the Orlando Magic in the early 1990s. Here are the thoughts of numerous writers who cover lottery ...
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Texas AM University-Kingsvilles new program linked to Department of Homeland Security efforts
MICHAEL ZAMORA/CALLER-TIMES Graduate student Pranav Phadke (right) helps mechanical engineering student Lee Gates get the DJI Phantom off the ground May 1 during a security engineering class at Texas A&M University-Kingsville. A new minor degree program on campus is enabling students to pursue careers in the growing field of security engineering.$RETURN$$RETURN$ A new minor degree ...
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Tim Mathieson was private citizen when visiting V8 Supercar event in Texas
JULIA Gillard said her partner Tim Mathieson travelled to the US in an unofficial capacity despite being spotted at a Texan car race wearing accreditation tagged "Office of the Prime Minister". The First Bloke was spotted enjoying VIP treatment at the V8 Supercar races held in Austin over the weekend, looking relaxed in an open checked shirt and belting out the Australian national ...
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Two women burned inside convenience store
FORT WORTH — A woman playing video games inside a Fort Worth convenience store early Monday morning was set on fire by another woman, who then fled in a ...
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Texas Abortionist Accused of Killing Live Fetuses
Houston abortionist Douglas Karpen is being accused of performing illegal late-term abortions similar to the ones that Dr. Kermit Gosnell was convicted of last week. Texas pro-life ...
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Lawmakers give Texas craft breweries a boost
State Sen. Kevin Eltife, R-Tyler Several proposals that would loosen regulations for Texas craft breweries and beer makers received approval in the House last week. State Sen. Kevin Eltife's, R-Tyler, bills which had already moved through the Senate passed the House on May 17 without changes or amendments, the Austin American-Statesman reports. The proposals enable small beer makers to ...
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Firefighter missing in massive Dallas condo fire
DALLAS Emergency responders have been searching for a Dallas firefighter who reported by radio being trapped while battling a six-alarm blaze at a condominium complex. Dallas Fire-Rescue spokesman Jason Evans says the search continues for the firefighter unaccounted for in the blaze still burning early Monday. Officials have not discussed that firefighter's condition, or if he is able to ...
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Firefighter trapped in six-alarm fire that destroyed northeast Dallas condos
.] Dallas firefighters are ';still looking'; for a comrade they believe is trapped inside a six-alarm blaze that has devoured the Hearthwood North Condominiums at 12363 Abrams Road, near LBJ Freeeway. Dallas Fire-Rescue spokesman Jason Evans says the firefighter radio’d in shortly before 5:30 that he was trapped and lost, at which point his radio went dead. He has not been ...
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2 women burned in Fort Worth store attack
FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) -- Two women playing video games at a North Texas convenience store and a worker have been burned after a suspect set one of those customers on ...
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Tigers Rangers Score Texas Beats Detroit 11-8 Despite 3 HR Night For Miguel Cabrera
Detroit Tigers Miguel Cabrera rounds the bases, after hitting his second home run of the game, in the fifth inning of a baseball game against the Texas Rangers Sunday, May 19, 2013, in Arlington. (AP Photo/John F. ...
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Tornadoes ravage Texas at least 6 killed
Powerful tornadoes that ravaged the territory of Texas, killed at least six people. Dozens were injured and hundreds were left homeless as a result of the ...
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Woman Set on Fire at Convenience Store
Fort Worth Fire Department says a woman has life-threatening burns after she was attacked by another woman who doused her in a flammable liquid and set her on ...
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Condo Fire Reaches Five Alarms
Dallas Fire-Rescue elevated the blaze to a five-alarm fire around 5 a.m. Monday, bringing in additional units to help battle the blaze. 90 firefighters and 15 fire engines were at the scene as of 5:16 ...
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Texas Clean Air Cities Coalition and Environmental Defense Fund Reach Milestone Agreements With NRG Texas on Limestone Station Expansion
Environmental Defense Fund media contact: Chris Smith, 512.691.3451 TCACC media contacts: Frank J. Librio (Director, Public Information Office, City of Dallas) 214.670.3322 Frank Michel (Director of Communications, City of Houston) 832.393.0800 NRG media contacts: Meredith Moore 609.524.4522 David Knox (Texas) 713.795.6106 NRG Investor Relations contacts: Nahla Azmy ...
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Texas abortion doc twisted heads off fetus necks with his bare hands
A second 'house of horrors' abortion clinic is being investigated in Texas, just days after Dr Kermit Gosnell was found guilty of murdering newborns at his Philadelphia termination ...
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MLS Wrap Johnson does Dallas Salt Lake sink Chivas
Seattle Sounders have stunned Western Conference leaders FC Dallas 4-2 in Major League Soccer thanks to a brace from Eddie Johnson.The Sounders ended Dallas' unbeaten run at nine games, scoring twice in each half at CenturyLink Field in Seattle, while the Texan visitors finished the match with 10 players after Blas Perez was red-carded in the 73rd minute.Johnson got the home side going with ...
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Learn about church records in Fort Worth genealogy May 20 - 25
"Preserve the Pensions," presented by the Federation of Genealogical Societies, the National Archives, and the genealogical community, to digitize War of 1812 pension files through 2015. All year: ...
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Mom under arrest after baby dies in hot car outside Dallas school www.privateofficer.com
-- A one-year-old child who was left in a vehicle parked in the faculty lot of Frank Guzick Elementary School Friday afternoon died at Baylor ...
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Texas suspect wanted in connection with slaying of postal carrier arrested www.privateofficer.com
- A man wanted in connection with the slaying of a rural route postal carrier was taken into custody Sunday morning by postal inspectors and Texas Rangers, police said. Investigators said that James Wayne Ham, 36, was found in a vacant house located near his home in San Jacinto County. Postal inspectors said Ham is considered the lead suspect in the murder of U.S. Postal carrier Marie ...
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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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