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Texas stories: 343 news summaries

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(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

Cattle Rustling Makes a Texas- Size Comeback

Thievery soars in Wild West as recession-hit cowboys go bad

Aug 11, 09 8:11 AM CDT
(Newser) - A crime of the Old West is becoming a serious problem in 21st-century Texas, the Los Angeles Times reports. Cases of cattle rustling have more than tripled over the last couple of years, a trend investigators blame on the recession and on city-dwelling ranch owners who don't take the time... More »

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cattle • Texas • theft • livestock • ranch • cowboy

Tubby Texas Con Smuggles Gun in Flab

Cops missed pistol
in 3 separate searches of 500-pound man

Aug 9, 09 1:10 PM CDT
(Newser) - An obese inmate in Texas has admitted to smuggling a gun into prison, the AP reports—in between his rolls of fat. Authorities had searched George Vera, 25, at least three times after initially arresting him for selling illegal copies of CDs, but never found the unloaded 9mm pistol. The... More »

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Texas • obese • inmates • guns • gun possession • arms smuggling

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Places the Obamas Should Visit Instead of the Vineyard

New Orleans or Baltimore could use a presidential visit

Aug 4, 09 7:20 PM CDT
(Newser) - Though he grants that the president may just want some peace and quiet from his upcoming vacation to Martha’s Vineyard, Max Linsky is disappointed by the choice “for a president keenly aware of symbolism,” he writes for the Stimulist. He suggests alternatives:
  • California. The state’s
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California • Texas • New Orleans • vacation • Baltimore • President Obama • Martha's Vineyard

Texas Education Chief: Stop Hiring Dropouts

Wants 'voluntary ban'
by state biz to get more
to finish high school

Jul 31, 09 1:30 PM CDT
(Newser) - Texas Education Commissioner Robert Scott, reeling from criticism that the state is underreporting its dropout rates, called yesterday on the state’s leading business group to institute a voluntary ban on hiring dropouts, the Dallas Morning News reports. “It would send a powerful message to these kids,” Scott... More »

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education • Texas • high school dropouts • Robert Scott

(Newser) - Poison control centers have witnessed a steep rise in snakebites in parts of the country this summer, USA Today reports. Authorities in central Texas say bites are up 35%, and southern California has seen many more serious cases than usual. Some experts suspect more snakes are developing powerful toxins in... More »

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California • Texas • snake • snake venom • snake attack • bite

(Newser) - A spray of strong perfume by an employee sparked chaos at a Bank of America call center in Texas yesterday, the Fort Worth Star-Telegram reports. After two employees complained of feeling dizzy from a colleague's strong perfume, an announcement was made saying anyone feeling ill should exit the building. Hundreds... More »

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Texas • evacuation • Fort Worth • perfume • contaminants

Cannibal Mom Diagnosed With Schizophrenia, Depression

Decapitated baby's dad wants 'ultimate price'

Jul 28, 09 12:16 PM CDT
(Newser) - Otty Sanchez, the Texas 33-year-old who confessed to stabbing, decapitating, skinning, and eating portions of her newborn son, had been diagnosed with schizophrenia and postpartum psychosis before Sunday’s slaying, the San Antonio Express-News reports. She’s been charged with capital murder, and is currently in hospital under 24-hour surveillance.... More »

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Texas • murder • mental illness • San Antonio • decapitation • infanticide • cannibalism • Otty Sanchez • Scott Buchholz • Scott Wesley Buchholz Sanchez

(Newser) - A San Antonio woman has claimed responsibility for the grisly killing of her baby boy, saying she heard voices telling her to do it, the San Antonio Express-News reports. Police say the infant was stabbed, decapitated, and skinned early yesterday. Otty Sanchez, 33, says the devil told her to... More »

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Texas • murder • San Antonio • decapitation • infanticide • child murder • Otty Sanchez • Scott Wesley Buchholz Sanchez

Texas Gov: Obama Health Reforms Violate
States' Rights

Vows to resist with
10th Amendment

Jul 25, 09 4:19 PM CDT
(Newser) - Texas Gov. Rick Perry is gearing up for a constitutional fight over President Obama's health care plans. He warned that he might invoke the 10th Amendment’s protections for states’ rights to resist them, the Fort Worth Star-Telegram reports. “I’m certainly willing and ready for the fight if... More »

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Barack Obama • Texas • Rick Perry • health care reform

(Newser) - In an indication that conservative Republicans are uniting against Sonia Sotomayor, Senate Judiciary Committee members John Cornyn and Orrin Hatch today pledged to vote against her, CNN reports. Though moderate Republicans worry opposition could hurt the party with Hispanics, the conservative base has lobbied hard against the Supreme Court nominee.... More »

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Texas • Senate Judiciary Committee • Senate Republicans • Utah • John Cornyn • Orrin Hatch • nominee • confirmation hearings • US Supreme Court • Obama administration • Sonia Sotomayor

Restaurant Boots Gay Men After Kiss

Police cite 'right to refuse service'; others blast discrimination

Jul 10, 09 11:31 AM CDT
(Newser) - Five gay men were ordered to leave a Texas restaurant after two of them kissed, the El Paso Times reports. One called police to lodge a discrimination complaint—but an officer backed the restaurant guards’ decision because same-sex public kissing was illegal, said one of the men. In fact, a... More »

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gay rights • Texas • police • discrimination • restaurant • El Paso • homosexual

(Newser) - Officials in the coastal Texas town of Galveston are baffled by a series of arson fires targeting palm trees, the Houston Chronicle reports. “This is strange,” the town’s fire marshal says of the spree, which has hit 30 trees since May. “It’s the first case... More »

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Texas • crime • arson • Galveston • fire • palm tree • Hurricane Ike

(Newser) - Recent lawsuits are bringing the reliability of police dogs’ noses into question, USA Today reports. Since 2004, three men have been released after wrongful convictions based partially on scent evidence, and two current federal suits target a well-known Texas deputy who works with his dogs across the nation. “It’... More »

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Texas • lawsuit • wrongful conviction • forensics • scent • evidence • bloodhound • police dog • Keith Pikett

(Newser) - Fish don’t get much uglier than the alligator gar, but lately the dinosaur-like monstrosity has attracted a following… of crossbow-wielding sportsmen trying to kill it, the Wall Street Journal reports. Part fishing, part monster hunting, bagging an alligator gar is a thrilling exercise, and at up to 8... More »

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Texas • Louisiana • fishing • hunting • outdoors • alligator gar

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