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Saturday, March 13, 2010

Texas ed board vote reflects far-right influences

By Associated Press

AUSTIN, Texas - A far-right faction of the Texas State Board of Education succeeded Friday in injecting conservative ideals...

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Landfill search ends, no sign of missing Ariz. boy

By Associated Press

SAN ANTONIO — San Antonio police have called off a landfill search after finding no evidence in the disappearance of an 8-month-old Arizona boy. San...

Friday, March 12, 2010

Indiana man who murdered 2 executed in Texas

By Associated Press

HUNTSVILLE, Texas — An Indiana man whose cross-country crime spree with his...

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4 incendiary devices found in eastern Texas mail

By Associated Press

DALLAS — Authorities say four incendiary devices have been found in the mail in eastern Texas in recent weeks. U.S. Postal Inspector Amanda McMurrey...

Thursday, March 11, 2010

U.S. set to depend more on shales for gas, study says

By Jack Z. Smith / Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Texas

HOUSTON -- Shale-gas fields such as the Barnett Shale in North Texas are a "game-changer," a "veritable shale gale" that could account for 50 percent of the...

Mexican Mafia gang member arrested in west Phoenix

By Associated Press

PHOENIX — Federal authorities say a documented Mexican Mafia gang member has been arrested in west Phoenix after a...

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Wednesday, March 10, 2010

Mistrust of census process by some people is misplaced, officials say

By Steve Campbell / Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Texas

The anti-government sentiment that sparked the Tea Party movement is brewing a backlash of sorts against the upcoming census...

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Monday, March 8, 2010

Suspected gunman killed outside Walmart in Texas

By Associated Press

COMMERCE, Texas — A man walked into a Walmart in Texas carrying at least two guns before engaging in a shootout with...

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Gunman, 2 others wounded in Dallas shootout

A Dallas Police officer guards the scene of a shooting at a bank building in Dallas, Monday.

By Associated Press

DALLAS — Authorities say a shootout outside a Dallas bank has left two people and the gunman wounded. The...

Sunday, March 7, 2010

Paramedics hail ‘hero’ boy from Arizona bus crash

Oscar Rodriguez, 11, talks to Gila River paramedics in his room at Maricopa Medical Center in Phoenix, Saturday.

By Associated Press

SACATON, Ariz. — A bilingual 4th grader hurt in an Arizona bus accident that...

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Officer kills gunman outside Walmart in east Texas

By Associated Press

COMMERCE, Texas - Authorities say a gunman has been killed and an off-duty officer injured in a shootout outside a Walmart store in the east Texas city of Commerce. Cunningham...

Friday, March 5, 2010