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About twice a month Tom Suehs finds the perfect place to get away from the pressures facing anyone who runs the state's largest agency with 54,000 employees under his watch and millions of Texans who depend on vital services including Medicaid, food stamps and health insurance for low-income children.

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Game Developer Research has compiled the results of its third annual Game Developer Census, tallying game development and publishing companies working in North America, revealing that the United States videogame industry employee count is essentially flat year-over-year, rising slightly from 44,400 to 44,806. More freely available information is ...

Thursday, December 24, 2009 at 4:14 a.m. WASHINGTON - Texas is the nation's fastest-growing state by the numbers with a population of about 24.8 million.

Game Developer Research has compiled the results of its third annual Game Developer Census, tallying game development and publishing companies working in North America, revealing that the United States videogame industry employee count is essentially flat year-over-year. The small rise in North American game industry employment was marked by an ...

Washington -- U.S. officials say President Barack Obama and Russian counterpart Dmitry Medvedev plan to meet today during the U.N. climate talks as the two countries seek a deal to replace an expired Cold War-era arms control treaty.

Published: Friday, December 18, 2009 at 12:01 a.m. Last Modified: Thursday, December 17, 2009 at 8:02 p.m. WASHINGTON Texas and other states that lead the nation in executions are sentencing many fewer inmates to death, a trend that slowly is reducing the death row population in the United States, a report from an anti-capital punishment group ...

In this Tuesday, May 27, 2008 file photo, the gurney used to restrain condemned prisoners during the lethal injection process is shown in the Texas death house in Huntsville, Texas.

When the horses you're herding are about the size of chunky golden retrievers, roundup time is no big deal in this part of south-central Texas.

WASHINGTON - Texas' senators, Republicans John Cornyn and Kay Bailey Hutchison, are standing fast against Senate Democrats' $849 billion healthcare plan and, along with all the other GOP senators, say they will vote 'no' on a crucial procedural vote tonight.'I don't see much good in this bill,' Cornyn told reporters Friday.Hutchison said: 'Even ...

Texas dumps heavy state and local tax burdens on low-income residents, with just four other states treating them worse, a new study shows.

By LYNSI BURTON WASHINGTON - Texas' obesity rate continued to climb last year, but the Lone Star State improved its national ranking because people in other states are getting fatter faster, a national report concluded Tuesday.In the annual America's Health Rankings report, Texas' rate of severely overweight residents continued its unabated ...

The goal would be boosting the defenses of 10 key Afghan cities and towns. An announcement is expected later this month.

It's wind9 and rain9 along parts of the U.S. Gulf Coast, but there aren'4 reports of serious damage from what's lef4 of Tropical Storm Ida.

Washington - Texas quarterback Colt McCoy says he plans to play Saturday against Missouri, despite a bruised right thumb that will likely lose its nail.

Allen Stanford, the indicted Texas tycoon and cricket impresario who bankrolled the Twenty20 game, has suffered two black eyes and a broken nose in a punch-up in prison.

After graduating from Wake Forest University, Dr. Thomas Marshburn pursued a career in medicine that eventually led him from the emergency room to NASA and his first mission to space.

Ramsell Technologies, a leading provider of healthcare software solutions, today announced the launch of its Tele-Adherence product which utilizes the latest mobile technology to help patients manage their treatment plans.

Only 3 states saw well above average temperatures, Washington, Texas and Florida.

State Rep. Lois W. Kolkhorst officially announced her intention to seek re-election at a large reception held in her honor at Washington-on-the-Brazos Thursday night.