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More oil pipeline capacity planned for Texas
A 95-mile pipeline extension from western Oklahoma and the Texas panhandle will carry as much as 75,000 barrels of oil per day, a pipeline company said. Plains All American Pipeline announced it was building a 95-mile extension for an Oklahoma crude oil pipeline system to accommodate expansions in production from the region. "The new Western Oklahoma pipeline will provide up to 75,000 ...
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Letter to the Editor Outraged by Benghazi response
If you've been admiring Hillary Clinton up to this point, I'd say you are grossly misinformed about who she really is. To those of us who've watched her and her political machine over the last 20 yeas, her actions on Benghazi come as absolutely no surprise whatsoever. She is an arrogant, black hearted narcissist like her husband, who treats 'underlings' (particularly ...
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Softbank plans record $3.9B bond sale in pursuit of Sprint bid
SoftBank plans a $3.9 billion bond issuance while pursuing its bid for Sprint Nextel. SoftBank Corp. said it intends to issue bonds in June to raise $3.9 billion as the Japanese company remains under pressure from Sprint Nextel Corp. shareholders to raise its bid for the third-largest wireless carrier in the U.S. The Wall Street Journal reported that Softbank Corp.'s move comes as Sprint ...
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Unnecessary Breast Biopsy Surgery Performed On More Than One Third Of Texas Women Diagnosed With A Breast Mass
Many women in Texas who are found to have an abnormality on routine mammogram or discover a lump in one of their breasts end up having an old-fashioned surgical biopsy to find out whether the breast abnormality is malignant. Since 2001, national expert panels have recommended that the first course of action for women ...
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Trial begins in international custody case
NASHVILLE, Tenn.-A trial begins Tuesday that could determine which country will decide the fate of 13-year-old twin boys at the center of an international custody battle that extends from Eastern Europe to Middle Tennessee. The boys are American citizens who were born in Texas but have spent the majority of their lives in Hungary. Their father is an American citizen with family in the Cottontown ...
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NE Texas expects severe storms possible tornadoes
DALLAS-Forecasters expect a stormy day across North Texas and East Texas as another day of severe thunderstorms are expected to make it into the Dallas-Fort Worth area. A layer of warm air over the area had limited storm development in much of North Texas over the past two days. That layer is expected to dissipate on Tuesday, allowing storms and isolated tornadoes to develop. Storms have ...
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Forensic scientists exhume Brooks County graves in hopes of reunited unidentified bodies with loved ones
TODD YATES/CALLER-TIMES Lori Baker with the Baylor University and members of her team, students Audrey Murchland, 20, and Marissa Salley, 21, (left to right) catalog a set of bones after they were exhumed Monday from Sacred Heart Burial Park in Falfurrias. The forensic team from the university made up of students and professors are taking the unclaimed bodies back to Baylor for DNA testing in ...
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Texas Medicaid Debate Complicated By Politics And Poverty
- black birds - perched on the tops of palm trees swell to a noisy, unavoidable cacophony. That is also the strategy, it could be said, that local officials, health care providers and frustrated Valley residents are trying to use to convince Governor Rick Perry and state Republican lawmakers to set aside their opposition and expand Medicaid, a key provision of the federal health law. The Rio ...
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Memphis Grizzlies Zach Randolph spurred on to do better against San Antonio
Memphis Grizzlies ' blowout loss in Game 1 of the NBA Western Conference finals. No one on either team expects him to play so poorly for the rest of the series. As ...
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Austin Seferian-Jenkins pretrial hearing postponed until July | Northwest roundup
Washington tight end Austin Seferian-Jenkins, who was charged with misdemeanor driving under the influence in April, had a pretrial hearing in Seattle Municipal Court on Monday postponed until July 1. Defense attorney Bill Kirk asked for the delay and a release of $1,000 bail on the condition that Seferian-Jenkins abstain from drinking and not drive without an ignition interlock device. ...
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Norris rested ready for turn against Royals
Astros pitcher Bud Norris could have taken his regular turn in the rotation on Sunday in Pittsburgh after leaving a May 13 start against the Tigers with back spasms. However, manager Bo Porter didn't want to take a chance, though, by pitching Norris in a National League park where he would have had to also swing the bat. Instead, the 28-year-old right-hander will take the mound on Tuesday ...
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Monstrous Oklahoma tornado kills at least 91
Disaster workers toiled in hail, lightning and rain early Tuesday in Moore, Okla., hoping to find survivors of a giant tornado that killed at least 91 people. Hundreds of crews, including National Guardsmen, Red Cross workers and city and county employees, worked feverishly under stadium lights through the night, cutting through fallen beams and clearing debris. Three thunderstorms pummeled ...
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10th Annual Get Active America program
For this year's 10th Annual Get Active America! program, which runs throughout the month of May, The Corpus Christi Athletic Club is joining with the International Health, Racquet & Sportsclub Association (IHRSA) to help America become physically active and improve their diet. As part of Get Active America! The Corpus Christi Athletic Club will encourage its community to work towards ...
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Swacha To Host May 23 Ach Compliance Webinar
This webinar is designed to provide financial institutions and third party service providers with an understanding of the compliance requirements associated with processing ACH Entries on a day-to-day basis. Attendees will examine the bodies of law associated with each aspect of processing ACH Entries, including the NACHA Operating Rules, Regulation E, UCC4A and the processing of ACH government ...
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Mirador hosts public lecture
Mirador, 5857 Timbergate Drive, welcomes Frances Mir, president of the South Chapter of the National Association of Professional Geriatric Care Managers, discussing "Consider Partnering with a Geriatric Care Manager" at 5:30 p.m. May 23. Learn all about finding the right community, coordinating medical care, helping with financial and legal issues, making sure you get all the Federal ...
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Profar collects two RBIs in Rangers loss
Profar grounds to second, scoring Soto ARLINGTON -- The Rangers didn't get a quality start from pitcher Josh Lindblom in his first career Major League start and they fell, 9-2, to the A's on Monday night at the Ballpark in Arlington. Lindblom allowed four runs on seven hits and two walks in 4 2/3 innings. The reliever-turned-starter struck out four batters and tossed 88 pitches. ...
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Humble Darvish tries to slow As roll
At first glance, tabbing Rangers right-hander Yu Darvish as the club's ace seems like an easy connection to make. Coming off a historic rookie campaign, Darvish (7-1) boasts a 2.97 ERA and has struck out a Major League-leading 86 batters in just 60 2/3 innings. But if you ask the 26-year-old, he'll shy away from the label, insisting he hasn't reached that level yet. "I only ...
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SNL star to talk about addiction abuse at Fort Worth event
2013 Stars Luncheon Tuesday, Fort Worth Convention Center Silent Auction begins at 10:30 a.m.; Luncheon is noon to 1:30 p.m. Individual tickets are $100 and are available at the registration table. Information: Recovery Resource Council at 817-332-6329 ...
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Cleburne parents face charge of injury to child after death of adopted boy
CLEBURNE — The adoptive parents of a 4-year-old boy who died two months ago were arrested Monday on a felony warrant accusing them of injury to a child, police ...
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Poor population in DFW suburbs has risen 111 percent since 2000
sfcampbell@star-telegram.com The poor population in Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington suburbs has risen 111 percent increase from 2000 to 2011, according to a ...
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Beer bills move to Gov. Perrys desk
AUSTIN (KXAN) - On Monday afternoon, the House passed all of the four beer-related bills, which will now head to Gov. Rick Perry's desk. The vote was expected ...
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Dominguez Astros blast off in win over KC
KC@HOU: Dominguez belts a three-run shot off Guthrie HOUSTON -- He's known for his glove more than his bat, and Astros third baseman Matt Dominguez showed why by starting a terrific double play in the sixth inning on Monday. He also reminded the Royals you can't take his offense for granted, either. Dominguez answered a three-run homer by Kansas City's Miguel Tejada in the ...
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Bill bars future governors from Medicaid expansion
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) -- The House has approved requiring any decision by a future Texas governor to expand Medicaid first be approved by the ...
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Communities weigh in on tornado sirens
HUTTO, Texas (KXAN) - In several communities across the region, tornado sirens are used to warn residents of impending danger. In Central Texas, San Marcos has 14 sirens and Cedar Park just added three in the city's largest parks. Georgetown also has the warning systems, and in the Hill Country, there are sirens in San Saba and Mason. In Austin and Round Rock, no tornado sirens are in ...
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Austin-Travis County EOC StormReady
AUSTIN (KXAN) - Should a major disaster strike Central Texas, the Austin-Travis County Emergency Operations Center and a team of first responders can activate a large, specially-equipped facility within 30 minutes. We dont have any control over the weather," said emergency coordinator Pete Baldwin. All we can do is make sure where the resources are, know to make sure they need to be ...
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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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