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  1. Officials: Man kills 3, self in rural Texas homeRead the original story

    5 min ago | News Times

    Authorities called several times to check on a family's well-being in a rural Texas home eventually found the bodies of four people.

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    Related Topix: San Jacinto County, TX

  2. Fort Hood Suspect Contacted Islamist: SourcesRead the original story w/Photo

    8 min ago | The Post Chronicle

    U.S. intelligence agencies learned an Army psychiatrist contacted an Islamist sympathetic to al Qaeda and they relayed the information to authorities before the man allegedly went on a shooting spree that killed 13 people in Texas last week, U.S. officials said on Monday.

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    Related Topix: US Military, US Army, Fort Hood, Fort Hood, TX, Walter Reed Army Medical Center

  3. Campaign aims to raise awareness of modern-day slaveryRead the original story

    4 hrs ago | Austin American-Statesman

    ... people don't normally come forward to report," said Monica Mapel, assistant special agent in charge of the Central Texas ICE office. "This public awareness campaign is an opportunity for people to do that." According to the State Department, as many ...

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    Related Topix: Prison

  4. Rustler with diabetes says prison may kill himRead the original story

    4 hrs ago | Austin American-Statesman

    Chances are, no other Texas convict has a music video pleading his case. Or a Facebook page, a Twitter account or a public relations firm.

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    Related Topix: Prison, Public Relations, Hardeman County, TX, Austin, TX

  5. The Brad reports on Stephan Pyles' 10th Celebrity Chef Dinner Sunday at Stephan Pyles DallasRead the original story

    10 min ago | Texas Gigs

    Ninth Annual Stephan Pyles Culinary Scholarship Cook-off winner, Thomas "Coner" Seargeant of the Texas Culinary Academy in Austin DALLAS - It's nice when in the course of helping a friend in need, you get to run around the kitchen at Stephan Pyles .

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    Related Topix: Wine, Drink, Life, Food, San Antonio, TX, Chocolate

  6. 1919 - Key WestRead the original story

    12 min ago | WHO-TV Des Moines

    ... and higher tides especially if [the] barometer begins to fall steadily." It did. The hurricane hit Corpus Christi, Texas, on Sept. 14, with 16 foot waves, at least 125 mph winds and catastropic damage. Despite reports of severe damage in Key West, ...

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    Related Topix: Hurricane, Natural Disasters, Key West, FL, Weather

  7. Frances TownsendRead the original story

    14 min ago | Lubbock Avalanche-Journal

    ... celebrating Frances ' life by visiting her memorial at www.mem.com. Frances was born on January 29, 1928, in Meadow, Texas , to the late Jess Edward and Grace (Williams) Teague. She was a doctor's assistant for many years in Lubbock . Those left to ...

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  8. Stephen Mark PurvisRead the original story

    14 min ago | Lubbock Avalanche-Journal

    ... very talented guitarist with the heavy metal band A Darker Shade of Grey. Mark was born on March 31, 1969, in Borger , Texas . He was a longtime resident of Lubbock , where he attended Rush Elementary, Smiley Wilson Jr. High, and Coronado High ...

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    Related Topix: Lubbock, TX, Wilson, TX, Borger, TX

  9. Leslie Ray CopelandRead the original story

    14 min ago | Lubbock Avalanche-Journal

    ... Les joined the United States Air Corps where he served as a World War II Gunner. On March 8, 1946, in Farwell , Texas , Les married Ina Faye Warren. They shared 63 years together, most of which were spent in Lubbock . Les loved the Lord Jesus and ...

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    Related Topix: Floydada, TX, Lubbock, TX, Wichita Falls, TX

  10. Ida Rebecca RasberryRead the original story

    14 min ago | Lubbock Avalanche-Journal

    ... passed away in her home, The Porch Swing, on Sunday evening at the age of 92, surrounded by family and friends. A Texas girl at heart, Becky was born in Carmona in 1917 and known by all as a devoted follower of Jesus, a dedicated Vacation Bible ...

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  11. Bess Elaine Ayers CostanzoRead the original story

    15 min ago | Lubbock Avalanche-Journal

    ... Costanzo passed from this life on November 9, 2009 at the age of 88. She was born on February 22, 1921 in Central Texas near the community of Kosse. She spent her early years in Kosse, and then moved with her family to Memphis , Texas , where she ...

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  12. Lois Delonia Williams NealRead the original story

    15 min ago | Lubbock Avalanche-Journal

    ... the Tishamingo-Ardmore area, graduating from Ardmore High School in 1935. After graduation, Lois moved into the west Texas area with her family where she met and married James Ben Neal on September 30, 1938 in Portales , N.M. They lived their 54 ...

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    Related Topix: Sundown, TX, Levelland, TX, Whiteface, TX

  13. Raider newcomers shine in exhibition winRead the original story

    16 min ago | Murfreesboro Post

    ... we put in made good effort and our energy level was good. We defended the exhibition to thirty one percent and North Texas had eighty against Tennessee a week and a half ago,a head coach Kermit Davis said. Freshman J.T. Sulton posted an impressive ...

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    Related Topix: James Gallman, J.T Sulton, Montarrio Haddock, Sports, Middle Tennessee State University NCAA, NCAA Basketball, NCAA Sports, Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders NCAA Basketball

  14. Retiree Wins Hybrid SUV Online Sweepstakes Drive Clean Wraps Up 2009 Campaign with Car GiveawayRead the original story

    18 min ago | Gilmer Mirror

    " One lucky driver in the Lone Star State has a new reason to breathe easier. Drive Clean Across Texas, the nation's first statewide air quality public education campaign, this week announced that Florence Tarrant of Bullard, Texas is the grand prize winner of its annual online sweepstakes that promotes ways to reduce air pollution.

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    Related Topix: Texas Government, Bullard, TX, Ford Escape, Ford, Dallas, TX

  15. Jones gets another challengerRead the original story

    18 min ago | Lubbock Avalanche

    ... for House District 83 today. Jones, R-Lubbock, has represented the district since 1989. He also served in the Texas House from 1965 to 1973 but as a Democrat. "I am running because I think the district needs a new and strong conservative ...

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    Related Topix: Lubbock, TX, US News

  16. Price increases renew copper theftsRead the original story

    18 min ago | Lubbock Avalanche

    ... identification and report transactions electronically so law enforcement officials can quickly access them. A 2007 Texas law also made copper theft a state jail felony. Police caught the copper theft suspect after an officer on routine patrol ...

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    Related Topix: Criminal Defense Law, Law

  17. when a oegoina muslima just aina t quite enoughRead the original story w/Photo

    23 min ago | Knowledge is Power

    ... Lympian Slayer said: LOL@Spin!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! make me fries in ' KisP Daily Zen '. Melissa, bloodthirsty in Texas said: Haters breeding more hatred. Teh iwun already told us with whom he would stand. Shows more and more every day that it ...

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  18. Knowledge Is PowerRead the original story w/Photo

    23 min ago | Knowledge is Power

    ... of the apartment, upper right, where Army psychiatrist Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan lived outside of Fort Hood in Killeen, Texas, Monday, Nov. 9, 2009. Hasan is suspected of opening fire on fellow soldiers during a rampage that left 13 people dead on ...

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    Related Topix: US Military, US Army, Fort Hood, Fort Hood, TX, Killeen, TX, Drink, Soft Drinks

  19. Reporting From Brussels: Debating Financial Journalism and The Ongoing Crisis, the WallRead the original story

    25 min ago | News Dissector's Weblog

    ... will be represented by Eclectica hedge-fund manager Hugh Hendry; Jason Schenker of Prestige Economics in Austin, Texas; Tim Johnson of City-based reputation management firm Regester Larkin; and former Dutch business journalist Willem Middelkoop, who ...

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    Related Topix: Journalism, Blog News

  20. Texas and Southwest news briefsRead the original story

    26 min ago | The Dallas Morning News

    ... the victims were not released, but officials said two of them were adults. Family found slain at rural home CLEVELAND, Texas - A check on a family's well-being at a house in rural southeast Texas led deputies to four bodies. Officials said it ...

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    Related Topix: Texas Government, Cleveland, TX, Harris County, TX