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17 hrs ago | WOAI

Driver Tased

A man who refused to pull over for a deputy ended up being tased and is now facing charges.

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22 hrs ago | MySanAntonio.com

Homeless man killed in stabbing identified

The Bexar County medical examiner's office said Christ Meridian , 38, was the victim of a stabbing near Vance Jackson Road and Loop 410 about midnight Wednesday.

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Related Topix: San Antonio, TX

23 hrs ago | KTRH-AM Houston

Primary Voters Feeling Confusion

More than in any other state in the union, the redrawing of congressional district lines in Texas is a partisan blood feud that turns the once-a-decade event of redistricting into a protracted, almost continuous, political and legal battle, sometimes with dire consequences.

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Related Topix: US Politics, Lloyd Doggett, US News, US House of Representatives, Democrat, US Senate, Republican, Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison, Newt Gingrich

Yesterday | KVII-TV Amarillo

Texas News Minute

A 20-year-old man has been arrested after a Beaumont teenager was found shot to death behind the wheel of a parked car.

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Related Topix: Austin, TX

Yesterday | CBS Local

Recent Exonerations Reducing Death Penalties

Death penalties have become a rarity from juries in some parts of Texas in the wake of a string of prison inmates - including some on death row - who have been exonerated by DNA and other new evidence.

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Related Topix: Prison, Death Penalty

Sun May 27, 2012

KTEN-TV Denison

Experts: Exonerations are reducing death penalties

Death penalties have become a rarity from juries in some parts of Texas in the wake of a string of prison inmates - including some on death row - who have been exonerated by DNA and other new evidence.

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Related Topix: Prison

Fri May 25, 2012

Russia Taday

Students in Texas to be monitored with microchips

Phone calls to Prague? Emails to Ecuador? The United States government can currently sift through any international communication that crosses outside of American territory, but all that might soon change.

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Related Topix: UC Davis, Education Etc., Science / Technology, RFID News, San Antonio, TX

Austin American-Statesman

Former San Marcos teacher arrested on sexual assault of a child charge

Former San Marcos teacher Steven De Leon has been charged with aggravated sexual assault of a child, a first-degree felony, according to the San Antonio Police Department.

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Related Topix: Education Etc.

Insurance Journal West

Bexar County, Texas, Gets Special Insurance Fraud Prosecutor

The Texas Department of Insurance has expanded its fight against insurance fraud into San Antonio.

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Related Topix: Texas, Criminal Defense Law, Law

MySanAntonio.com

State police to increase numbers for Memorial Day weekend

Texas state troopers and police officers will be out in full force during Memorial Day weekend, working overtime to nab intoxicated drivers and halt other traffic violations.

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Related Topix: Memorial Day, Life, Holidays

Thu May 24, 2012

Austin American-Statesman

Doggett runs hard for re-election in Latino district

Ahead of Tuesday's primary election to represent Congressional District 35, Doggett, D-Austin, has been campaigning hard to return to Washington.

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Related Topix: Rick Perry, US Governors, Austin, TX, University of Texas at San Antonio, Texas

MySanAntonio.com

Sex cost deputy his job

The latter activity was not part of the authorized duties of then-Bexar County Sheriff's Deputy Lance Billingsley , who went on trial this week in a federal lawsuit alleging he used his position to sexually assault a 38-year-old woman.

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Related Topix: San Antonio, TX

MySanAntonio.com

Fewer Fiesta cab vouchers used this year

Despite an aggressive campaign promoting the availability of discounted cab rides during Fiesta to prevent drunken driving accidents, less than a third of the available $20 vouchers were used, an official said Thursday.

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Wed May 23, 2012

MySanAntonio.com

Republican judicial hopefuls face off in four races

During the last judicial primary elections Bexar County's GOP appeared to show remarkable party discipline, fielding only one candidate per bench.

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Related Topix: US News, Criminal Defense Law, Law

MySanAntonio.com

DA's office to focus on insurance fraud with new position

Bexar County is now the third metropolitan area in Texas with a Texas Department of Insurance-funded prosecutor solely devoted to "rooting out and convicting individuals committing insurance fraud," District Attorney Susan Reed announced Wednesday during a press conference with insurance industry representatives.

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Related Topix: Criminal Defense Law, Law

Business Journal

UIW begins development of San Antonio fencing complex

The University of the Incarnate Word and Bexar County have begun construction on a new multi-million dollar Fencing and International Sports Center on the campus of St.

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Related Topix: University of the Incarnate Word

Tue May 22, 2012

Houston Chronicle

Lloyd Doggett fights for his political life in new district

Texas on the Potomac has been pleased to share some of the Texas congressional primary coverage of the Texas Tribune.

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Related Topix: US Politics, Lloyd Doggett, US News, US House of Representatives, Democrat, Texas, Travis County, TX, Rick Perry, US Governors, Austin, TX

KHOU-TV Houston

Investigators: Thieving check-washers targeting seniors' mailboxes

Helen Guzman wanted to make sure that check for the ambulance service was paid on time, so she called the company.

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Related Topix: Criminal Defense Law, Law, Family, Elderly (Senior Citizen)

KQXT-FM San Antonio

Health Collaborative today will announce model vending machine snacks for San Antonio area employers

Healthy food advocates today will release recommended guidelines for the types of food that should be contained in your office or shop floor vending machine, 1200 WOAI news reports.

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WOAI

Arsonist targets trash-filled neighborhood

Violent crime, piles of trash, and now an arsonist - People living in a northeast side neighborhood fear things will only get worse if someone doesn't step in and do something.

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Related Topix: Converse, TX

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