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The Lone Star State

"There is a growing feeling that perhaps Texas is really another country, a place where the skies, the disasters, the diamonds, the politicians, the women, the fortunes, the football players and the murders are all bigger than anywhere else." - Pete Hamill

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April 2008
- Sect Children Slowly Meet Outside World
  
  Houston Chronicle | Apr 26, 08 6:46 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - The last of the 462 children removed from the compound of a polygamous sect have been placed in foster care in 16 locations around Texas, the Houston Chronicle reports. The caregivers have been given lengthy instructions on how to treat the children, including keeping them away from TV, radio, and the Internet, at least at first, and avoiding red clothing, as the sect believes that color is reserved for Jesus to wear on his return. More »
- Jazzman Giuffre Dead at 86
  
  New York Times | Apr 26, 08 6:26 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - The iconoclastic clarinetist and composer Jimmy Giuffre died Thursday, two days before what would have been his 87th birthday, the New York Times reports. The Texas-born jazz legend's 50-year career took him from big-band hits with Woody Herman to minimalist trios, with a stint playing in mess halls as a GI in WWII. Giuffre's experimental, blues-infused styling made him a leading figure in the '50s "cool jazz" scene. More »
- Rangers Snap 7-Game Losing Streak With 6-5 Win Over Twins
  
  Associated Press | Apr 26, 08 12:09 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - David Murphy hit a 10th-inning RBI single and Texas beat the Minnesota Twins 6-5 on Friday night, snapping the Rangers' seven-game losing streak. Hank Blalock hit a one-out double against pitcher Juan Rincon (2-1). With two outs and the outfield pulled in, Murphy hit a fly ball to the warning track in left-center field and pinch-runner German Duran scored the winning run. More »
- Guerrero Homers, Santana Stays Unbeaten For Angels
  
  Associated Press | Apr 25, 08 11:04 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Vladimir Guerrero homered to highlight a four-run fourth inning and the Los Angeles Angels held off Detroit, 4-3 on Friday night, ending the Tigers' four-game winning streak. Santana pitched 6 1-3 innings, allowing three runs and six hits. Justin Speier escaped jams in the seventh and eighth innings, and Francisco Rodriguez pitched the ninth for his 10th save in 11 tries. More »
- 25 Moms ID'd as Minors in Polygamy Probe
  
  Reuters | Apr 25, 08 3:28 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Texas authorities have identified 25 more mothers from a polygamist ranch as underage girls, bringing the number of juveniles in custody to 460. The girls had initially claimed to be adults, Reuters reports. Officials are keeping hundreds of women and children from the polygamist compound in temporary custody in a rodeo stadium, under heavy guard. More »
- Sonnanstine Leads Rays Past Jays For Sweep
  
  Associated Press | Apr 24, 08 10:22 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Four different players drove in runs to back the pitching of Andy Sonnanstine and help the Tampa Bay Rays beat the Toronto Blue Jays 5-3 Thursday night for a three-game sweep of a home-away-from-home series at Disney World. Evan Longoria tripled and had a sacrifice fly for Tampa Bay, which got two RBIs from Eric Hinske. More »
- Ordonez Homers Twice to Lead Tigers
  
  Associated Press | Apr 24, 08 6:14 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Magglio Ordonez hit two of Detroit's five homers to lead the Tigers to an 8-2 victory over the hapless Texas Rangers on Thursday. Detroit outscored Texas 37-10 in the three-game series, and has now won a season-best four straight. The Rangers have lost seven in a row. Detroit starter Jeremy Bonderman (1-2) didn't get a decision after dealing with severe control problems. More »
- Tigers Run Over Rangers, 19-6
  
  Associated Press | Apr 24, 08 7:28 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - The bats came alive for the struggling Tigers last night in a 19-6 win over the Texas Rangers. Miguel Cabrera hit a three-run homer, while Carlos Guillen had three of his five RBIs in an 11-run sixth inning for Detroit. Jacque Jones also homered for the Tigers who started the season 2-10. Detroit is now 9-13 after a three-game winning streak. More »
- Polygamist Tip-Off Traced to Hoaxer's Phone
  
  Denver Post | Apr 24, 08 7:02 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Some of the dramatic calls thought to be from an abused teen that sparked a raid on a Texas polygamist ranch have been traced to a cell phone number previously used by a well-known hoaxer, the Denver Post reports. Court documents reveal that the 33-year-old woman has a history of making phony calls to crisis hotlines, claiming to be an abused teen. More »
- Hillary Win Leaves Dems Unmoved, Barack Weaker
  
  San Francisco Chronicle | Apr 23, 08 7:38 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Hillary Clinton's 10-point win in Pennsylvania leaves the Democratic Party in the same quandary it was in before the primary, writes Carolyn Lochhead in the San Francisco Chronicle, but with the pressure ratcheted up. While the race did not much improve Clinton's chances, it did expose Barack Obama's possible weaknesses as a general election candidate. More »
- Santiago's First Homer in Four Years Lifts Tigers Over Texas
  
  Associated Press | Apr 22, 08 11:52 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Ramon Santiago homered for the first time since 2003 and drove in three runs to help the Detroit Tigers beat the Texas Rangers 10-2 on Tuesday night. Magglio Ordonez also homered, giving him 1,000 RBIs for his career, while Edgar Renteria had four hits. Justin Verlander (1-3) struggled early but got out of it with only one run allowed. More »
- Texas Moving Sect Kids Into Foster Care
  
  Houston Chronicle | Apr 22, 08 6:16 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Texas authorities began moving children from a polygamist ranch to foster group homes around the state today. More than 100 of the children were bused to facilities, and the remaining 300 or so will likely follow later this week, the Houston Chronicle reports. The move comes on the second day of DNA testing of sect members to unravel family histories. More »
- Stocks Sink on Weak Earnings, Soaring Oil
  
  Bloomberg | Apr 22, 08 3:48 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Stocks fell today as oil prices soared and the flow of disappointing earning reports continued. Texas Instruments and UnitedHealth were both hit hard. "We're likely to see stocks continuing to be under pressure," one researcher told Bloomberg. The Dow was down 104.79 to 12,720.23, the Nasdaq 31.10 to 2,376.94, and the S&P 500 12.23 to 1,375.94. More »
- Polygamist Sect Launches Online PR Campaign
  
  Deseret News (Salt Lake) | Apr 22, 08 8:43 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Members of the Texas polygamist community whose children were seized because of suspected abuse have taken their battle against authorities to the Internet, reports the Deseret News . The sect has launched two companion websites—one of them featuring photos and videos of crying children being led away, flanked by armed security forces. The goal is "to help the innocent children that were living at the ranch," says one of the sites, and to appeal for donations. More »
- Hybrid Sales Soar in 2007
  
  Associated Press | Apr 22, 08 5:17 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Sales of hybrid cars rose 38% in the US last year, with Toyota's Prius grabbing more than half the market. As fuel prices climb, hybrid sales are expected to continue to rise this year. Five states lead the rest in buying hybrids, calculated by percentage of sales: California (26.1%) Florida (5.5%) New York (5.0%) Texas (4.9%) Washington (3.7%) More »
- Ortiz Backs Buchholz as Red Sox win 4th Straight
  
  Associated Press | Apr 21, 08 6:22 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Clay Buchholz pitched six shutout innings, David Ortiz drove in three runs with a pair of doubles and the Boston Red Sox completed a four-game sweep of the Texas Rangers with an 8-3 win Monday. Julio Lugo went 4-for-4 with a walk and an RBI as the Red Sox scored at least five runs for the ninth straight game. They finished with 12 hits and 11 walks. More »
- Polygamist Sect Men Break Silence
  
  CBS | Apr 21, 08 1:52 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Male members of the Texas polygamist sect say they weren’t aware that state law prohibits people under 18 from marrying until after the raid on their compound, CBS News reports. Three men from the Yearning for Zion ranch said on the Early Show that they'll cooperate with court-ordered DNA testing, and one argued that the sect members are misunderstood "because we're closed mouthed." More »
- DNA Tests on Polygamists Begin
  
  Houston Chronicle | Apr 21, 08 4:37 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Texas officials begin taking DNA samples today from 416 children removed from a polygamist sect and from adults who lived with them. The tests will be used to sort out the parentage of the children in the confusing mix of families with multiple mothers on the sprawling Eldorado ranch, reports the Houston Chronicle. More »
- Red Sox Pull Off Another Late Rally to Beat Rangers 6-5
  
  Associated Press | Apr 20, 08 6:14 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Sean Casey's bases-loaded walk capped a four-run eighth inning and the Boston Red Sox pulled another late rally, beating the Texas Rangers 6-5. The Red Sox overcame a 5-0 deficit and won for the eighth time in nine games. Boston has taken the first three in a four-game series that concludes Monday with the annual 11:05 a.m. start on Patriots Day. More »
- Ortiz, Ramirez Push Red Sox to Comeback Win
  
  Associated Press | Apr 20, 08 12:30 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Manny Ramirez hit a two-run homer after slumping slugging partner David Ortiz tied it with an RBI single in the eighth inning, lifting the Boston Red Sox to a 5-3 win over the Texas Rangers last night. Dustin Pedroia doubled off the Green Monster against Joaquin Benoit (1-1) with one out in the eighth. Ortiz followed with a hard single to score Pedroia. More »

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Background

Sam(uel) Houston
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia

(born March 2, 1793, Rockbridge county, Va., U.S.—died July 26, 1863, Huntsville, Texas) U.S. politician. After the death of his father in 1807, Houston moved with his family to a farm in rural Tennessee. In his mid-teens he ran away and lived for nearly three years with the Cherokee Indians. ...

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Ann Willis Richards
The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition

Ann Willis Richards 1933-2006, American politician, b. Lakeview, Tex., as Dorothy Ann Willis. She began her career in politics in the early 1970s after having raised four children. A Democrat, she served as county commissioner in Travis co., Tex. from 1977 to 1982. Richards was elected to the ...

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George W(alker) Bush
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(born July 6, 1946, New Haven, Conn., U.S.) Governor of Texas (1995–2000) and 43rd president of the U.S. (from 2001). The eldest child of George Bush, the 41st president of the U.S. (1989–93), George W. Bush attended Yale University and Harvard Business School. After spending a decade in ...

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George (Herbert Walker) Bush
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(born June 12, 1924, Milton, Mass., U.S.) 41st president of the U.S. (1989–93). Bush was the son of Prescott Bush, an investment banker and U.S. senator from Connecticut. He served in World War II as a torpedo bomber pilot on aircraft carriers in the Pacific, flying some 58 combat missions; ...

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Lyndon B(aines) Johnson
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(born Aug. 27, 1908, Gillespie county, Texas, U.S.—died Jan. 22, 1973, San Antonio, Texas) 36th president of the U.S. (1963–69). He taught school in Houston, Texas, before going to Washington, D.C., in 1932 as a congressional aide. In Washington he was befriended by Sam Rayburn, speaker ...

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the Alamo
The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition

the Alamo [Span.,=cottonwood], building in San Antonio, Tex., "the cradle of Texas liberty." Built as a chapel after 1744, it is all that remains of the mission of San Antonio de Valero, which was founded in 1718 by Franciscans and later converted into a fortress. In the Texas Revolution, San ...

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Texas
The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition

Texas , largest state in the coterminous United States. It is located in the S Central part of the country and is bounded by Oklahoma, across the Red R. except in the Texas panhandle (N); Arkansas (NE); Louisiana, across the Sabine R. (E); the Gulf of Mexico (SE); Mexico, across the Rio Grande R. ...

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Kinky Friedman
Wikipedia

Richard S. "Kinky" Friedman (born November 1, 1944) is an American singer, songwriter, novelist, humorist, politician and former columnist for Texas Monthly who styles himself in the mold of popular American satirists Will Rogers and Mark Twain[1]. He was one of two independent candidates in the 2006...

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