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Oil spill causes Texas to launch law suit
BP and Halliburton are being sued by the state of Texas over one of the worst oil spills in US history. Texas has become the latest complainant in allegations that both companies engaged in "misconduct" for their role in the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill. Four other states that have sued BP and other companies in connection to the spill. Alabama and Louisiana filed complaints in 2010 ...
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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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Dell needs more info from Icahn Southeastern
ROUND ROCK, Texas (AP) -- Dell says it needs more information about billionaire Carl Icahn and Southeastern Asset Management's alternative buyout offer before it could possibly give two of its biggest shareholders more information about the PC ...
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Session In Depth The countdown
AUSTIN (KXAN) - The 2013 legislative session is now in the homestretch, and last week's deal on a state budget could help lawmakers avoid having to stay in Austin for the summer. House-Senate negotiators came to an agreement on the state's two-year spending plan that restores much of the $4 billion cut from public education last year. The agreement must be formally approved by both ...
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May 1 2013 security engineering class
MICHAEL ZAMORA/CALLER-TIMES Graduate student Pranav Phadke (left) helps junior Arianna Arevalo 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 ...
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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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United Airlines new small business loyalty program
United Airlines is introducing a loyalty program designed for small businesses. Attention small businesses. United Airlines wants you to know your business is important to the carrier. Chicago-based United (NYSE: UAL) is launching a new United States travel loyalty program that will enable small businesses to earn and redeem miles. Participating businesses will earn award miles by purchasing ...
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Council to tackle 117-item agenda this week
The Austin City Council has a busy week ahead, as it hashes out an agenda with some 117 items ranging from an independent Austin Energy to the decommissioning of the Holly Street Power Plant. Council will discuss plans on Thursday to transfer power to a board of trustees that will govern Austin Energy, take $7 million from the entities budget for the decommissioning of the Holly Street Power ...
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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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TxDOT road work projects in Coastal Bend 05.20.13
Bee County US 181, Monday-Thursday, 8 a.m.-5 p.m.: Traffic control will be in place for road leveling work on southbound right lane from Baker Road to the Papalote Creek bridge. Farm-to-Market 2441, Thursday, 8 a.m.-5 p.m.: Traffic will be slowed for sign work at various ...
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What did the bird killer know and when did he know it
If we are going to blame a President for this, I will point out that these charges were brought up in 2003 while Bush was in office. A key point in this story. This is another example of blaming this administration over an issue that was brought up and left behind by the last administration. One of many, I will add. Do the 573,000 birds that die annually due to turbines do so only during the ...
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Boeings 787 Dreamliner returns to the air Monday
United Airlines will be the first to fly the Dreamliner in service after it was allowed back in the air. Boeing's 787 Dreamliner is expected to return to the air in regular service today when a United Airlines flight from Houston to Chicago takes off. The entire Dreamliner fleet was grounded in January after a series of battery-related fires caused the Federal Aviation Administration to ...
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WATCH Manu Ginobili and Matt Bonner talk about beating the Grizzlies
SAN ANTONIO (AP) — Mike Conley wouldn't let Zach Randolph take the blame for the Memphis Grizzlies' blowout loss in Game 1 of the Western Conference finals.No one on either team expects him to play so poorly the rest of the series.Tony Parker had 20 points and nine assists, Kawhi Leonard scored 18 points and the Spurs neutralized Randolph in beating the Grizzlies 105-83 on ...
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Reid Ryan leaving Round Rock Express for Houston Astros
Reid Ryan, left, Houston Astros' new president, and Owner Jim Crane Round Rock Express founder and CEO Reid Ryan is leaving Central Texas to become president of business operations with the Houston Astros. Ryan who helped establish the baseball team in 2000 will maintain his ownership stake in the Express, the Community Impact Newspaper reports. Reid's younger brother Reese Ryan has ...
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Dallas firefighter trapped in blaze
Jason Evans with Dallas Fire-Rescue told NBC 5's Kendra Lyn that the missing firefighter used his radio to say he was trapped inside and did not know where he was. Evans says crews have not been able to reach the firefighter by radio since that last ...
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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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Chases Jamie Dimon faces critical shareholder vote this week
Jamie Dimon has been chairman and CEO of JPMorgan Chase & Co. since 2006. Tuesday's non-binding vote by JPMorgan Chase & Co. shareholders on whether they want to separate the jobs of chairman and chief executive could signal of a shift toward investors demanding a greater say in the board room. The New York Times reported that while JPMorgan has seen rising stock prices, there still is ...
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Firefighter sought in Dallas condo complex blaze
DALLAS (AP) -- Emergency responders have been searching for a Dallas firefighter who reported by radio being trapped while battling a blaze at a condominium ...
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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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Chesapeake hires new CEO from rival Andarko Petroleum
Chesapeake Energy Corp. has hired Robert Douglas Lawler from its rival Andarko Petroleum Corp. to be its new chief executive, Reuters reports. Lawler will fill the position vacated by company co-founder Aubrey McClendon who departed in April after a series of civil and criminal probes directed at the company. Chief Operating Officer Steven Dixon has been serving as interim CEO. Lawler currently ...
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Water taxi to shuttle people across Ship Channel starting June 1 details still being worked out
CORPUS CHRISTI -- A new water taxi will shuttle people across the Corpus Christi Ship Channel starting June 1 as part of an experimental project to bolster tourism in the Sports Entertainment Arts District. The Harbor Water Taxi only will operate on weekends this summer as the Regional Transportation Authority weighs the popularity and feasibility of the service. Businesses in the SEA ...
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3 banks nearly stop foreclosure sales after feds tweak restrictions
Three large banks have nearly halted their foreclosure sales while they make sure they are meeting revised standards on how troubled homeowners are to be treated. Wells Fargo & Co., JPMorgan Chase & Co. and Citigroup Inc. (NYSE: C) have nearly halted foreclosure sales after federal regulators revised their orders on the how troubled borrowers were to be treated before losing their homes. The Los ...
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Texas sees important new realty development
Natural Development LCC is a local real estate company in Texas that has bought over 400 acres of land adjacent to Onion Creek and the Colorado River and between the Texas 130 and Texas 71 with plans to turn it into a small town with over 1000 homes and business and thousands of residents.
Natural Development LLC is an Austin-based developer with big plans for Watersedge, the unlikely name of the high-class community to be created on the Greenfield site near the Texas 71 and Texas 130. Read more
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