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  • Tax break weekend in Texas for Energy Star items

    The state comptroller's office says the Energy Star sales tax holiday begins Saturday and runs through Monday. Qualifying products display the Energy Star ...

  • Bash at the Beach Concert

    The beauty of Memorial Day weekend? You can go out Sunday night and get to still sleep in Monday morning. So take advantage of that extra day off Sunday night by heading to the Bash at the Beach concert featuring the Josh Abbott Band, Kyle Park, Aaron Watson and Bart Crow at 6 p.m. at Concrete Street ...

  • Texas officer on leave after cat shot with arrow

    BOERNE, Texas (AP) -- A South Texas police officer has been put on administrative leave after being charged with shooting an arrow into a neighbor's ...

  • Pentagon lowers cost of F-35 program by 1.1 percent

    The Pentagon has lowered the total cost of the F-35 program by 1.1 percent. The nation's most expensive defense program ever just got a little more affordable. The Pentagon has lowered the development and production cost projections of the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter by 1.1 percent from $395.7 billion to $391.2 billion. Bloomberg reported that the reduction was attributable to lower labor ...

  • St. Philips College honored for being top VITA site

    The IRS and the City of San Antonio honored St. Philip's College for helping low-income residents qualify for $6.7 million in tax returns. The Internal Revenue Service and the City of San Antonio both honored St. Philips Colleges Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) program for helping processing $6.7 million in refunds for local residents in 2013. St. Philips prepared the most returns out ...


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Blood Simple [Blu-Ray]

Blood Simple [Blu-Ray]

Blood Simple, the filmmaking debut of brothers Joel and Ethan Coen, has not aged a bit in the two and a half decades since it was first released. Taut, suspenseful, well-written, and superbly directed with a sly sense of black humor, it is a deliciously wicked film noir given a m ... ...

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  • Insurance losses on North Texas twisters reach estimated $250M

    Tornadoes swept through North Texas last week, killing six and doing an estimated $250 million in damage. Insurance losses from the deadly tornadoes that hit Granbury, Cleburne and other communities in North Texas last week could reach $250 million, an insurance industry group said. The Dallas Morning News reported that the estimate from the Insurance Council of Texas is approximate and that the ...

  • Exxon InterOil talking about Papua New Guinea assets

    Exxon and InterOil are talking about a deal on InterOil's assets in Papua New Guinea. Irving-based Exxon Mobil Corp. and InterOil Corp. are in exclusive talks on a possible investment by Exxon in InterOil's gas assets in Papua New Guinea. The Wall Street Journal reported that a deal would make Papua New Guinea a significant new energy exporter. Exxon (NYSE: XOM) and Houston-based ...

  • Tory Burch making its debut at Shops at La Cantera

    Tory Burch is opening a new store at The Shops at La Cantera. The Shops at La Cantera is keeping up with its tradition of bringing in new-to-market retailers. The latest arrival is Tory Burch. The New York City-based concept describes itself as a luxury-lifestyle brand. That brand is carried out in various products from clothing, to handbags, to shoes, swimwear, small leather goods and ...

  • Frontier Communications moves 27 jobs from NY to Texas

    Frontier Communications is pulling 27 union jobs out of its Gloversville, NY operations center and moving them to Allen, Texas. The telecommunications company, which employs 2,300 people in New York state, is searching for ways to operate more efficiently, according to ...

  • Texas passes law permitting Nativity scenes in schools

    By margins of 145-2 in the state house and 29-0 in the state senate, Texas has passed legislation permitting public schools to display "a menorah or a Christmas image such as a nativity scene or Christmas tree, if the display includes a scene or symbol of more than one religion; or one religion and at least one secular scene or symbol." "A display relating to a traditional winter ...

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