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  • July 2008

    • Key Salmonella Strain Found in Jalapeño

      Associated Press  |  Jul 21, 08 4:17 PM CDT

      Key Salmonella Strain Found in Jalape&ntilde;o

      (Newser) - Federal inspectors are urging people to avoid eating fresh jalapeños after discovering the same salmonella strain responsible for a nationwide food-poisoning epidemic in a Mexican-grown pepper in a Texas plant. Though the FDA says the finding is a “very important break in the case,” the Mexican jalapeños are not necessarily the source of the salmonella, as the pepper may not have been contaminated on the farm, the AP reports. More »

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      Texas  • Mexico  • FDA  • food safety  • salmonella  • Food and Drug Administration  • peppers  • jalapeno

    • Missing Soldier Found Alive

      Associated Press  |  Jul 21, 08 6:34 AM CDT

      Missing Soldier Found Alive

      (Newser) - The Fort Bliss soldier reported missing and endangered Friday has been found alive in Nevada, reports the AP, and tells family that her estranged husband abducted her from her El Paso apartment. Jeneesa Lewis, whose apartment yielded evidence of a struggle, reported being beaten and stabbed twice, and sounded "tired, scared, and weak," her sister says. Police have charged her husband, Clinton Lewis, with aggravated kidnapping. More »

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      Texas  • kidnapping  • US Army  • missing person  • missing soldiers  • Fort Bliss

    • Missing Soldier Was About to Divorce Hubby

      Associated Press  |  Jul 20, 08 3:43 PM CDT

      Missing Soldier Was About to Divorce Hubby

      (Newser) - A Fort Bliss soldier reported missing on Friday had been planning to divorce her husband, says her sister. Two days before she disappeared, Jeneesa Lewis texted her sister "Yeah, he's gone. Had police go with me yesterday, it's all clear." The husband, Clinton Lewis, is also missing and believed to have taken off with Jeneesa, AP reports. More »

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      Texas  • US Army  • missing person  • missing soldiers  • Fort Bliss

    • Texans Shocked by Spiking Power Bills

      Wall Street Journal  |  Jul 17, 08 9:30 AM CDT

      Texans Shocked by Spiking Power Bills

      (Newser) - As energy prices soar, many Texans are wishing they had added "regulation of electrical companies" to the list of things not to mess with. Authorities predicted competition would lower prices when they deregulated the industry in 1999, the Wall Street Journal reports, but inadequate infrastructure, rising fuel costs, and other factors have meant just the opposite. More »

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      George W. Bush  • Texas  • electricity  • alternative energy  • energy bill  • energy costs  • deregulation

    • Where Does All That Seized Money Go?

      Economist  |  Jul 13, 08 5:42 AM CDT

      Where Does All That Seized Money Go?

      (Newser) - What would you do with a few million in drug money? Last year, state and federal authorities seized about $2 billion from Mexican smugglers. The feds have to put any seized money into a dedicated fund, but the rules are looser for states. In Texas and Georgia, for example, sheriffs and district attorneys get to keep any seized loot for their departments. The Economist takes a look at the issue and the sometimes iffy purchases that result. More »

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      crime  • Texas  • police  • drug cartel  • drug war  • War on Drugs  • drug cartels

    • No Charges for Texas Man Who Shot Neighbor's Burglars

      Houston Chronicle  |  Jul 1, 08 2:59 PM CDT

      No Charges for Texas Man Who Shot Neighbor's Burglars

      (Newser) - A Texas grand jury’s decision to take no action against Joe Horn, who killed two burglars on his front lawn, has focused attention on the state’s “deadly force” laws, the Houston Chronicle reports. Horn’s life was not in danger until he confronted the thieves fleeing his neighbor’s house, but his actions were legally protected by a statute dating from the 1850s. More »

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      Texas  • shooting  • gun control  • law  • property  • protection  • vigilante justice

  • June 2008

    • Yanks Flood Mexico for Cheap Gas

      New York Times  |  Jun 25, 08 3:46 AM CDT

      Yanks Flood Mexico for Cheap Gas

      (Newser) - Soaring gas prices have Californians and Texans racing for the border and braving drug cartel violence to save some $20 per tank filling up in Mexico. American pumps have passed the $4 mark, but Mexican gas is still just $2.66 a gallon thanks to subsidies intended for poor Mexicans. Americans are buying it up instead, triggering a 50% surge in sales—and Mexican gas shortages, reports the New York Times. More »

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      Texas  • gas prices  • Mexico  • gas  • fuel costs  • fuel

    • Texas Kids Fed Pills in Forced 'Sex Shows'

      Associated Press  |  Jun 23, 08 7:10 AM CDT

      Texas Kids Fed Pills in Forced 'Sex Shows'

      (Newser) - Four children, the youngest just 5 years old, were fed powerful painkillers they knew as "silly pills" and forced to perform sex shows for crowds in a small Texas town, AP reports. Locals had believed the site of the shows was just a swinger’s club. Six adults have been charged in the case, including a parent of children involved; two were convicted and another will be tried today. All three face life in prison. More »

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      crime  • Texas  • child abuse  • sexual abuse  • sexual assault  • Vicodin

    • Quaid to Hollywood: I'm Outta Here

      OK!  |  Jun 16, 08 1:03 PM CDT

      Quaid to Hollywood: I'm Outta Here

      (Newser) - Actor Dennis Quaid is heading for the hills—no, make that the plains—of Texas with his family, OK! reports. He’s relocating to his hometown, Houston, to be nearer friends and family, Quaid says, not quitting the business. More »

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      California  • film  • Texas  • Hollywood  • family  • celebrity parents  • Houston  • Dennis Quaid  • relocation

    • Supreme Court to Hear $79M Cigarette Verdict for 3rd Time

      Oregonian (Portland)  |  Jun 9, 08 1:04 PM CDT

      Supreme Court to Hear $79M Cigarette Verdict for 3rd Time

      (Newser) - The Supreme Court today agreed to hear a third appeal of Oregon’s $79.5-million punitive-damage award against Philip Morris. The justices have twice sent the verdict back to Oregon’s high court, part of an effort to limit punitive damages to nine times the size of compensatory damages. This time, the AP reports, they will consider only whether Oregon courts ignored their previous ruling. More »

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      Texas  • US Supreme Court  • Philip Morris  • Altria  • punitive damages

    • Fire Guts Mansion of Texas Governor

      Austin American-Statesman  |  Jun 8, 08 7:30 PM CDT

      Fire Guts Mansion of Texas Governor

      (Newser) - Texas officials are crying arson after a fire ripped through the Texas Governor's Mansion today, the Austin-American Statesman reports. Flames gutted parts of the building and damaged the roof, but destroyed no artifacts, as the building had been emptied for renovations. Gov. Rick Perry and President Bush expressed their grief while state officials vowed to obtain security video and catch the arsonist. More »

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      Texas  • governor  • arson  • fire  • Rick Perry

    • NFL Steroid Dealer's Death Called Suicide

      Dallas Morning News  |  Jun 7, 08 6:15 AM CDT

      NFL Steroid Dealer's Death Called Suicide

      (Newser) - Convicted steroid dealer David Jacobs’ death has been ruled a suicide, the Dallas Morning News reports. Authorities say Jacobs, 35, shot himself in the stomach and head. Officials also found some 150 containers of steroids in his Texas home. The medical examiner has not yet explained the death of Jacobs’ girlfriend, whose body was found with his, apparently shot several times. More »

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      NFL  • murder  • Texas  • steroids  • suicide  • drug dealer  • bodybuilder  • David Jacobs

    • NFL Steroids Dealer, Girlfriend Shot to Death

      Dallas Morning News  |  Jun 6, 08 11:25 AM CDT

      NFL Steroids Dealer, Girlfriend Shot to Death

      (Newser) - Convicted steroids dealer and bodybuilder David Jacobs and his girlfriend have been found shot to death to death in his Texas home. Jacobs, 35, who got probation after cooperating with investigators, recently met with NFL officials to discuss his client list. The couple had a volatile relationship, but police would not say whether the case was a murder-suicide, the Dallas Morning News reports. More »

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      murder  • Texas  • steroids  • Dallas Cowboys  • drug dealer  • bodybuilder  • David Jacobs

    • Anti-Evolution Groups Change Texas Tactics

      New York Times  |  Jun 4, 08 2:02 PM CDT

      Anti-Evolution Groups Change Texas Tactics

      (Newser) - Evolution opponents are adapting. Now that “intelligent design” and “creation science” have failed in court, the new catch phrase, the New York Times reports, is “strengths and weaknesses.” It might seem innocuous, but critics say it’s yet another tactic to undermine the teaching of evolution in schools. Evolution opponents are insisting that curriculum discuss the flaws in Darwin’s theory. More »

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      Texas  • education  • evolution  • creationism  • Charles Darwin  • intelligent design

    • Sect Parents Reuniting With Kids in Texas

      Associated Press  |  Jun 2, 08 6:48 PM CDT

      Sect Parents Reuniting With Kids in Texas

      (Newser) - As polygamist parents reunited with their kids in Texas today, a sect elder said the church will no longer allow underage marriages. But Willie Jessop called the sect misunderstood and insisted that past unions have all been mutual. Meanwhile, tearful parents held their children outside Texas foster sites after a judge ruled their seizure unlawful, the AP reports. More »

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      Texas  • polygamy  • FLDS  • polygamists  • Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints  • sect

  • May 2008

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