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Special session appears likely
While nothing is official, the prevailing assumption around the Capitol is that lawmakers, and their staffs, will be called back to work quickly for a special session.Gov. Rick Perry refused to address the possibility when reporters hounded him on the House floor Friday, but legislators from both parties said they expect the governor to order them back to work soon after Monday, the final day of ...
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Sexual assault reports and prosecutions rise at Fort Hood
Reports of sexual assault at Fort Hood, the nation's busiest wartime deployment hub, have nearly doubled in recent months, with more than 200 such reports filed since October 2011, according to officials at the post.Fort Hood soldiers made 100 reports from October 2011 to September 2012; they made just as many -- 101 -- in the following seven months, according to information from Fort ...
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More school money but Austin and other districts don’t get much of it
Austin school leaders cannot bank on Texas legislators making the district whole after losing more than $95 million in funding over the past two years.Nor can the Round Rock, Eanes, Lake Travis, Leander and Manor ...
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Safety agency curtails West explosion investigation
Five weeks after an exploding fertilizer plant devastated a wide swath of the town of West, the federal agency charged with finding out how such industrial accidents happen has curtailed its investigation, saying the blast site has been so disturbed by the search for signs of criminal wrongdoing that it can yield little useful evidence.The U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board, ...
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Hit-and-run victim’s father sues Nestande bar
The father of Courtney Griffin, the woman killed two years ago by hit-and-run driver Gabrielle Nestande -- an incident that prompted changes to state law -- has filed a lawsuit against Nestande and the bar that served her drinks the evening of the incident.The suit, filed late Thursday in Travis County Probate Court, alleges that Clive Bar servers knew Nestande was impaired but continued serving ...
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Catch Me If You Can [Blu-Ray]
Steven Spielbergs Catch Me If You Can tells the you-wouldnt-believe-it-if-it-werent-true tale of one Frank W. Abagnale, Jr., who, at the age of 16, dropped out of high school, ran away from home, and took control of his life by developing into a masterful con artist and p ... ...
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Chemical safety board had recommended beefed-up regs for chemicals like ammonium nitrate as early as 2002
More than a decade before roughly 30 tons of ammonium nitrate exploded at the West Fertilizer Co. plant, killing 14, wounding 200 and damaging dozens of homes in the city of West, an obscure federal agency recommended the government pay more attention to managing potentially explosive chemicals like ammonium nitrate.But the recommendations never fully took hold. Had they been adopted, company ...
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Tepesch ready Ogando getting close
Email SEATTLE -- Nick Tepesch is ready to rejoin the Rangers' rotation, and Alexi Ogando is not far behind. Tepesch threw approximately 50 pitches in the bullpen on Thursday without any problems with the blister on the middle finger of his right hand. Tepesch was supposed to pitch on Wednesday against the Athletics but was pushed back because of the blister. He will start on Sunday against ...
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Moreland moves up to No. 2 spot
Email SEATTLE -- David Murphy was out of the lineup on on Friday night with Mariners left-hander Joe Saunders on the mound, so Mitch Moreland was moved up into the second spot in the lineup. Manager Ron Washington had moved Murphy into the No. 2 spot when Ian Kinsler went on the disabled list. Murphy is 5-for-18 with two home runs in five games as the No. 2 hitter and is hitting .314 with four ...
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Rangers undecided if Wolf will start Monday
Email SEATTLE -- Ross Wolf earned his first Major League victory on Wednesday, but it has not guaranteed him another start. The Rangers officially remain undecided on their starter for the second game of Monday's doubleheader against the Arizona Diamondbacks. "We're still looking over our options," manager Ron Washington said. "We haven't made a decision on that ...
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Olt is working out again
Email SEATTLE -- Rangers infielder Mike Olt, who has been sidelined for a month because of blurred vision, has been cleared to resume baseball activities. Olt has been seen by several eye specialists and has been taking medication and eye drops to clear his vision. Olt has been sent to the Rangers' training complex in Surprise, Ariz., to begin working out again. He will work up to game ...