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  • January 2008

    • Kucinich, Paul Challenged on Home Front

      Politico  |  Jan 16, 08 10:58 AM CST

      Kucinich, Paul Challenged on Home Front

      (Newser) - While Dennis Kucinich is out on the presidential campaign trail, no fewer than four Democrats in his Ohio home district are mounting primary challenges for the longtime congressman's seat, Politico reports. And though Ron Paul's anti-war stance and unconventional views have drawn a fervent national following, conservative voters in his home district in Texas are taking a second look at their rep. More »

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      George W. Bush  • Congress  • Texas  • Democrats  • Ohio  • Ron Paul  • Dennis Kucinich

    • Dozens Report Giant 'UFO'

      Associated Press  |  Jan 15, 08 4:45 AM CST

      Dozens Report Giant 'UFO'

      (Newser) - Dozens of people in several small north central Texas towns claim they saw a bizarre UFO, reports AP. Townsfolk in the Bible Belt farming communities of Erath County—including a pilot and a police officer— sighted the huge object last week, with some claiming that US fighter planes were tailing it. The mysterious craft had glowing lights, and flew low, fast and silently, according to various accounts. More »

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      Texas  • US Air Force  • UFO  • Sun  • F 16

    • Death Penalty Details Withheld

      Los Angeles Times  |  Jan 7, 08 8:56 AM CST

      Death Penalty Details Withheld

      (Newser) - With a landmark case coming before the Supreme Court today on lethal injection, the Los Angeles Times examines the unusual secrecy that shrouds the execution method. Defense lawyers who argue that it inflicts unnecessary pain are routinely blocked from information about executioners and the drugs injected. States say such information needs to be kept secret for the safety of prison personnel. More »

    • Willie Nelson's High on Kucinich

      Fort Worth Star-Telegram  |  Jan 4, 08 4:20 PM CST

      Willie Nelson's High on Kucinich

      (Newser) - White House hopeful Dennis Kucinich has gained Willie Nelson’s support in his federal lawsuit to get on the Texas primary ballot. The Ohio congressman wasn’t having any of the Texas application’s pledge to support the eventual Dem nominee—so he scratched it out. Now Nelson has joined up Kucinich's challenge of the ensuing snub, the Fort Worth Star-Telegram reports. More »

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      Texas  • Democratic Party  • Dennis Kucinich  • Willie Nelson

    • Innocent Con Freed After 27 Years

      Associated Press  |  Jan 4, 08 3:00 AM CST

      Innocent Con Freed After 27 Years

      (Newser) - A man who spent 27 years in prison for a rape he didn't commit was released yesterday after DNA evidence proved he hadn't assaulted his accuser. Charles Chatman, now 47, had maintained his innocence throughout his time in jail, refusing to give an account of the crime to the parole board on three separate occasions. More »

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      Texas  • crime  • rape  • DNA  • prisoners  • Dallas  • DNA evidence  • exonerate

  • December 2007

    • Texas Tallies 60% of Executions

      New York Times  |  Dec 26, 07 4:47 AM CST

      Texas Tallies 60% of Executions

      (Newser) - As the rest of the country backed away from applying the death penalty in 2007, Texas kept up its customary pace, making the state responsible for an astounding 60% of all executions in the US. Of last year's 42 executions, 26 were in Texas, the New York Times reports. In other states, rising doubts about the humaneness of lethal injections and the fairness of sentencing have undermined support, even as a series of Supreme Court rulings eventually led to a moratorium this fall. More »

    • Blizzard Death Toll Hits 22

      Associated Press  |  Dec 24, 07 3:38 PM CST

      Blizzard Death Toll Hits 22

      (Newser) - The death toll from a winter storm that pummeled the upper Midwest rose to 22 today, the AP reports. The worst of the storm is over for the region, but it left behind icy highways and downed power lines, especially in Wisconsin, Illinois, and upper Michigan. Remnants of the storm system could dump heavy snow snow on western New York tonight, forecasters said. More »

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      Texas  • Minnesota  • Wisconsin  • Kansas  • power outage  • snowstorm  • fatalities  • National Weather Service  • Great Lakes  • wind

    • Dallas Dilemma: Where to Reshoot JR

      Chicago Tribune  |  Dec 24, 07 1:51 PM CST

      Dallas Dilemma: Where to Reshoot JR

      (Newser) - Dallas has tried for years to disassociate itself from 'Dallas,' the cheesy '80s soap opera that's so iconic that the fictional scheming oil baron JR Ewing is still the city's biggest celebrity—16 years after the show was canceled. So it's with considerable cringing that officials find themselves wooing the producers of the upcoming movie version to film in their city, instead of competitors Florida, Louisiana, and Saudi Arabia. More »

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      movie  • Texas  • Saudi Arabia  • Louisiana  • Dallas  • Ben Stiller  • John Travolta

    • Texas Hits Strip Clubs With 'Pole Tax'

      Associated Press  |  Dec 22, 07 4:32 PM CST

      Texas Hits Strip Clubs With 'Pole Tax'

      (Newser) - Texas strip clubs are suing over a new law that will force them to collect a $5-per-person tax on clientele, the AP reports. Most of the estimated $40 million in proceeds will help rape victims, which club owners claim to support, but smaller venues fear a loss of customers. A Houston lawmaker who backed the bill disagrees: "I don't think another $5 is going to prevent someone from going," she said. More »

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      Texas  • rape  • sex crime  • strip club  • stripping  • tax code

    • Executions Drop to 13-Year Low

      CNN  |  Dec 19, 07 12:14 PM CST

      Executions Drop to 13-Year Low

      (Newser) - With the Supreme Court set to hear arguments Jan. 7 about lethal-injection procedures, figures show that US states executed just 42 people this year, a 13-year low. The case before the court has prompted states using lethal injection to execute inmates to stay pending executions; on Monday, New Jersey became this first state since 1965 to abolish the death penalty. More »

    • Texas Couple Fights to Save Their Orgies

      Newsweek  |  Dec 16, 07 5:37 AM CST

      Texas Couple Fights to Save Their Orgies

      (Newser) - Swingers Jim Trulock and Julie Norris think they should be allowed to have sex in the privacy of their own home—with 100 of their closest friends. Unfortunately, the Dallas suburb they live in disagrees, Newsweek reports. Trulock and Norris have twice been charged with running a sex club after holding wild, sex-drenched parties. “It's none of the government's business!” their lawyer insists. More »

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      lawsuit  • Texas  • US Supreme Court  • Dallas  • extreme sex  • swingers

    • Parents Face Capital Murder Charges in Baby Grace Case

      Houston Chronicle  |  Dec 13, 07 3:40 AM CST

      Parents Face Capital Murder Charges in Baby Grace Case

      (Newser) - A grand jury took just three minutes to decide to bring capital murder charges against a Texas couple in the death of their 2-year-old daughter, the Houston Chronicle reports. The child's mother has admitted that the child, dubbed Baby Grace, died after she and her husband beat the little girl. Baby Grace's body was found stuffed in a plastic cooler in Galveston Bay months later. More »