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Glitzy Texas inaugural ball more laid back WASHINGTON (AP) — Move over Longhorn steer and longneck beers. Make room for tropical luaus and Chicago dogs.
January 19, 2009
Thin Mints get a tech makeover AUSTIN — As a hungry public awaits the start of Thin Mint season, Girl Scouts are unleashing a new sales tool to supplement gap-toothed smiles — VolunteerSpot.com — a new web-based signup service simplifying volunteer coordination.
January 15, 2009
A presidential welcome for USS George H.W. Bush NORFOLK, Va. (AP) — It’s the perfect gift for an old Navy flier: 1,092 feet of flattop.
January 12, 2009
Six Texas prisoners set to die in January HUNTSVILLE (AP) — Texas is wasting little time this new year claiming its annual notoriety as the nation’s most active capital punishment state.
January 12, 2009
Trust buys home next to one purchased by Bushes DALLAS (AP) — A home next door to the residence that President George W. Bush and first lady Laura Bush will move into when he leaves office has been sold to a trust chaired by a prominent Republican donor, a newspaper reports.
January 9, 2009
EL PASO (AP) — Concerns about the bloody drug war being fought just across the Mexican border led to a short-lived resolution Tuesday asking the federal government to consider legalizing drugs. WEATHERFORD — A pair of Rendon, Texas, men have been apprehended and charged with the December burglary of a Weatherford City Council member’s home.
January 7, 2009
Where’d bailout money go? Shhhh, it’s a secret WASHINGTON (AP) — The nation’s largest banks are refusing to say how they’re spending billions of dollars in taxpayer money.
December 22, 2008
Police investigating deaths of Dallas family DALLAS (AP) — The daughter of a late Dallas judge had told police she was being pursued by men in ski masks and had been subjected to violent attacks and threats of rape.
December 22, 2008
Officials: Man caused student’s death DALLAS (AP) — With a murder conviction and a history of wild poker parties and drug use, James McDaniel admits he’s no angel.
December 22, 2008
I’ll drink to that: Prohibition repeal turns 75 NAPA, Calif. (AP) — Here’s a word that can still send chills through wine country: Prohibition.
December 18, 2008
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