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Texas stories: 337 news summaries

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NEWT GINGRICH & RICK PERRY

 Let States Lead on Health Care 

Federal meddling will only lead to higher prices and crappy care

Nov 6, 09 1:44 PM CST
(Newser) - The states have a handle on health care reform, write Newt Gingrich and Rick Perry, and the federal government urgently needs to take a lesson from them. “Texas, for example, has adopted approaches to controlling health-care costs while improving choice, advancing quality of care and expanding coverage” write the... More »

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Congress • Newt Gingrich • Texas • Senate • House of Representatives • US states • Rick Perry • health care reform

fort hood shooting

 Hero Cop 
 Took Down 
 Shooter in 
 'Amazing  
 Performance' 

Swiftly responding officer shot once as she put 4 in Hasan

Nov 6, 09 10:56 AM CST
(Newser) - Sgt. Kimberly Munley, a civilian police officer, has earned the highest praise for taking down the Fort Hood gunman. She and her partner responded to the scene within 3 minutes, base commander Lt. Gen. Robert Cone reports, and she pumped four bullets into Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan, from just a... More »

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Texas • US military • US Army • military bases • police officer • Fort Hood • Fort Hood shooting • Nidal Malik Hasan • Robert Cone • Kimberly Munley

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 12 Dead, 31 Wounded 
 in Fort Hood Shootings 

Soldier gunman is dead; two other suspects are in custody

Nov 5, 09 4:09 PM CST
(AP) - Twelve people are dead and 31 wounded after a shooting spree at Fort Hood, the Texas Army base. One shooter is among the dead and two more suspects are in custody. All are US soldiers, said an Army official. All the casualties took place at the base's Soldier Readiness Center,... More »

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Texas • US military • massacre • US Army • military bases • shooting • Fort Hood • Fort Hood shooting

 Clerk Runs Off With Million Dollar Lotto Ticket

Customer's trust betrayed, guy probably in Asia

Oct 23, 09 6:59 AM CDT
(Newser) - A former Texas convenience store clerk is on the lam and living large, police say, after making off with an unwitting customer’s million dollar lotto ticket. Willis Willis of Grand Prairie, Texas bought tickets at the Lucky Food Store every week, trusting the clerks to check if he’d... More »

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Texas • theft • convenience stores • lottery • lotto

 Lone AP Reporter 
 Logs 300 Executions 

Writer has seen more deaths than...anyone, perhaps

Oct 21, 09 10:22 AM CDT
(Newser) - The fever pitch of executions in Texas since the 1980s has made the taking of a life at Huntsville’s prison almost de rigueur. Newsrooms that used to send a reporter every time an inmate was put to death now rely on the AP—and one AP writer in particular:... More »

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death penalty • newspaper • Texas • execution • reporter • Associated Press • witness

Jurors Used Bible to Decide Death Sentence

Amnesty International troubled by Old Testament justice

Oct 16, 09 4:39 AM CDT
(Newser) - Death-row foes are complaining that a Texas jury ordered to consider only evidence presented in court consulted the Old Testament before condemning a man to death. Jurors examined highlighted passages in Bibles passed around the jury room to help them decide the fate of Khristian Oliver. The con killed a... More »

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death penalty • Texas • capital punishment • jury • Bible • Texas capital punishment • Old Testament

ARCHITECTURE REVIEW

 2 New Theaters 
 Make Dallas a Hotspot 

One traditional, one progressive, they reaffirm the Big D's vibrancy

Oct 15, 09 9:13 AM CDT
(Newser) - Dallas has several museums and concert halls that would be the envy of any city, but until now they've seemed more like standalone monuments than elements of a city center. Two new venues opening this Sunday have transformed downtown, "giving the area the cultural stature Dallas has long been... More »

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theater • architecture • Texas • Dallas • opera • Norman Foster • Rem Koolhaas

Gay Divorce
OK, Texas
Judge Rules

Ban on same-sex marriage violates
equal-protection law

Oct 1, 09 10:30 PM CDT
(Newser) - Though same-sex marriage isn’t legal in Texas, two men married in Massachusetts can get a divorce there, a judge said today in a ruling that finds the state’s ban in violation of federal equal-protection laws. “This is huge news. We’re ecstatic,” the lawyer representing one... More »

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gay rights • gay marriage • Texas • Massachusetts • same-sex divorce • equal protection

Crazy Ants Swarm
Gulf Coast 

Tiny, frenetic munchers invade homes, snack on  electrical wiring

Sep 5, 09 5:15 AM CDT
(Newser) - Billions of "crazy ants" are munching their way through Gulf Coast counties in Florida and Texas, the Wall Street Journal reports. The tiny insects, believed to have originated in the Caribbean, happily make their homes in human dwellings and are tough to dislodge once they move in. The... More »

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Florida • Texas • ants • infestation • insects • exterminators

(Newser) - Warning: Just reading this article may clog your arteries. The man who brought the world such delicacies as "Texas Fried Cookie Dough" and "Fried Coke" has devised an even more over-the-top, uh, food: deep-fried butter. It’s making its debut at the State Fair of Texas as part... More »

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Texas • obesity epidemic • butter • cardiology • heart health • fried food • state fair

NFL to Dallas: Don't Move the Scoreboard

If a punter smacks
it again, he gets
a do-over

Aug 28, 09 12:55 PM CDT
(Newser) - When a preseason punt hit the high-tech video screen at the Cowboys’ fancy new stadium, it prompted talk of moving the board. Now, the league says it can stay where it is, at least for this season, the Dallas Morning News reports. If another punter hits it—the team thinks... More »

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entertainment • NFL • Texas • Dallas Cowboys • Dallas • HDTV • video • high definition • Dallas Cowboys Stadium

Mexican Drug Informants Import Violence to US

Intra-cartel murder shocks El Paso; feds gave trafficker visa

Aug 27, 09 5:03 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Obama administration and state governments are spending billions to keep Mexico's escalating drug war from spilling over the border. But the feds fighting trafficking have also relied on Mexican cartel members for intelligence—and that, says the Washington Post, has unleashed gangland-style violence in American cities. Drug kingpins living... More »

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Texas • Mexico • murder • Mexican drug war • El Paso • drug cartel • drug traffickers • Mexican drug cartel

(Newser) - The video board above the playing field at the new, $1.2 billion Dallas Cowboys Stadium weighs 1.2 million pounds, is the world’s largest 1080p high-definition TV … and could be hanging too low, USA Today reports. Though it’s 90 feet above the playing surface—5 feet... More »

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entertainment • NFL • Indianapolis Colts • Texas • Dallas Cowboys • Tennessee Titans • HDTV • high definition • Jeff Fisher • Dallas Cowboys Stadium • video replay board

(Newser) - With Texas caught in the midst of a brutal drought, a new crime is on the rise: hay rustling. Hay has been disappearing from farms, depriving cattle of much-needed nourishment, the Wall Street Journal reports. Stolen hay reports remain sporadic—the Journal catches up with one farmer who lost... More »

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agriculture • Texas • farming • drought • theft • hay

(Newser) - The Alamo is once again at the center of a pitched battle, the Wall Street Journal reports—only this time the combatants aren’t soldiers but the gentle ladies of the Daughters of the Republic of Texas. The 7,000-member group has run the historical site, which is badly... More »

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Texas • fundraising • historic preservation • Daughters of the Republic of Texas • Erin Bowman • The Alamo • historic site

(Newser) - A Texas mother was sentenced to 99 years in prison last night for cutting off her infant son's genitals, an attack she blamed on the family's dog. Katherine Nadal, now 28, tested positive for cocaine, methadone, and Xanax the day after the mutilation. None of the baby's severed parts were... More »

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Texas • genital mutilation • castration • mother • prison sentence

Hutchison Kicks Off Bid
for Texas Governor

Texas senator says Rick Perry has had his chance

Aug 17, 09 5:03 PM CDT
(Newser) - Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison announced her bid for Texas governor today and began a 5-day string of stumping appearances around the state, the Dallas Morning News reports. Talking at her old high school, Hutchison attacked fellow Republican Gov. Rick Perry for allowing property tax rates to rise and for failing... More »

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Republican • Texas • primary • GOP • Rick Perry • fiscal conservatives • economic stimulus package • Kay Bailey Hutchison • gubernatorial races

 Texas Gov Compares 
 Mexico to Gaza Strip 

Trip to Israel is this third

Aug 14, 09 4:01 PM CDT
(Newser) - On a trip to Israel this week, Texas Gov. Rick Perry compared Mexico with the Gaza Strip and said his state could learn from his hosts when it comes to security. "Just like it's important to Israelis to keep heavy security on their border with Gaza, it's important to... More »

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Israel • Texas • Mexico • Rick Perry • border • Gaza Strip border • Kay Bailey Hutchison

(Newser) - A pair of Houston cops recently put away nearly 100 dog fighters, but to do so they had to become “dogmen” themselves. Texas Monthly recounts the undercover sting and provides a look at the brutal sport. The cops were reluctant at first—“we just figured it was... More »

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Texas • law enforcement • police • Michael Vick • Houston • animal cruelty • undercover • dog fighting

(Newser) - A Texas district court judge has ruled in favor of a Canadian software company and issued an injunction barring Microsoft from selling copies of its Word program, which can read and write XML files, the Seattle Post-Intelligencer reports. XML capability is central to Microsoft Word; i4i claims the company... More »

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Microsoft • Texas • Canada • patent infringement • Open XML • US District Court • Microsoft Word • word processor • i4i

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