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ROC pastor released for transfer to Texas

Fri, 24 May 2013 13:13:40 -0400

RICHMOND -- Geronimo Aguilar, senior pastor at the Richmond Outreach Center, was released from a Richmond jail this morning for his scheduled transfer to Texas to face sexual assault ...

Galveston judge suspended by state after arrest

Fri, 24 May 2013 13:13:09 -0400

GALVESTON, Texas (AP) — A state judicial ethics commission has suspended a Galveston judge without pay following his arrest on eight charges related to his actions from the bench.Galveston County Court-at-Law Judge Christopher Dupuy showed up for work Thursday to hear a divorce case, a day after his arrest, and said he intended to remain on the job unless he was convicted or removed. He ...

Texan charged with vehicular homicide in La.

Fri, 24 May 2013 13:13:08 -0400

LAKE CHARLES, La. (AP) — A 74-year-old Texas woman has been indicted on a charge of vehicular homicide.The American Press reports a Calcasieu Parish grand jury returned an indictment against Millie Adams Francis Powell of Port Arthur on Thursday for the March 1 death of 92-yeaer-old Rubye McGown Jones.State police said Powell was traveling north on La. Highway 109 when she rear-ended a ...

Insured Texas tornadoes damage could reach $250M

Fri, 24 May 2013 13:13:07 -0400

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — An industry group says insured damage from last week's deadly tornadoes in North Texas could reach $250 million.Mark Hanna with the Insurance Council of Texas says the rough estimate could change as insurers continue to gather information from the May 15 storms.A twister killed six people in Granbury where dozens of homes were damaged. Tornadoes also left behind ...

Central Texas man finds joy in breeding birds

Fri, 24 May 2013 13:13:07 -0400

NAVASOTA, Texas (AP) — About 20 years ago, a friend of Carroll Myers asked Myers if he could take care of his birds since he was moving out of town."I said, 'Sure,' thinking I'd be getting a cage with two birds in it," Myers said, laughing. "Well I come home from work and in my back yard is an outdoor aviary with 75 American parakeets. I said, 'All ...

Dallas Stars accidentally leak new look logo

Fri, 24 May 2013 13:11:05 -0400

The Dallas Stars are set to unveil their new uniform and logo on June 4th but it appears the new design may have been leaked ahead of schedule.According to several internet postings, fans reported seeing the new logo as part of the wallpaper offering on the team's iPhone application. The new logo features the letter D with the five protruding points of a star in a predominant green, black ...

Texas Property Rights Upheld in Pipeline Ruling

Fri, 24 May 2013 13:02:02 -0400

A company seeking to run a pipeline across East Texas instead crossed the wrong Texan, and now a state appeals court ruling in the dispute could make it harder to condemn land and snatch private property for future ...

Fueled By The Sun Solar Impulse Lands In Dallas And Shatters World Distance Record

Fri, 24 May 2013 13:00:02 -0400

Powered solely by the Sun, Solar Impulse, which has the wingspan of a jumbo jet and weighs less than a compact car, successfully flew from Phoenix to Dallas on Thursday, May 23, to complete the longest leg of the Across America mission, which will conclude in New York. The 950 mile flight to DFW Airport set a new world distance record in solar ...

Galveston leaders to meet over Ike housing story

Fri, 24 May 2013 12:47:23 -0400

GALVESTON, Texas (AP) -- Leaders of a Southeast Texas city will meet Tuesday to discuss legal options over a newspaper story about where to build new public housing since Hurricane ...

Judge orders more monitoring for Cowboys DT

Fri, 24 May 2013 12:47:23 -0400

DALLAS (AP) -- A judge has ordered more alcohol monitoring for a Dallas Cowboys defensive tackle awaiting trial on an intoxicated manslaughter ...

Dallas-based trader charged with front-running

Fri, 24 May 2013 12:43:43 -0400

a Dallas-based broker who allegedly improperly profited by placing his own secret trades ahead of large block trades he executed for clients. The agency charges that the trader, Daniel Bergin, was "front-running" his client trades, an illegal practice where a stock broker executes orders on a security for their own account while taking advantage of knowledge of pending large ...

Americas oldest veteran to spend quiet Memorial Day at Texas home

Fri, 24 May 2013 12:42:53 -0400

World War II veteran Richard Overton, left, is seen in his Army uniform in an undated photograph provided by the City of Austin. Overton, 107, sits outside his Texas home earlier this month. (AP/Austin American ...

CapMetro wreck shuts down Lamar lanes

Fri, 24 May 2013 12:34:18 -0400

AUSTIN (KXAN) - A Capital Metro bus sideswiped a car Friday morning, shutting down some lanes on Lamar and Research boulevards. CapMetro spokeswoman Erica Macioge said the Route 1 bus was heading south on Lamar Bouelvard leaving the North Lamar Transit Center when it wrecked with the car. No one was hurt in the incident, but the bus does have a bit of damage. It can still be driven, ...

Ray High School in lockdown for an hour Friday

Fri, 24 May 2013 12:30:18 -0400

CORPUS CHRISTI -- Ray High School Principal Cissy Reynolds-Perez put the school on lockdown after 9 a.m. Friday after a parent reported a student had a weapon. An alert was sent to parents that said school officials were checking on a report that was made to them and all students were safe. Students were held in classrooms while school police officials searched the building. The lockdown ...

Griffins father sues Nestande Clive Bar

Fri, 24 May 2013 12:27:12 -0400

AUSTIN (KXAN) - The father of Courtney Griffin is suing Gabrielle Nestande, her boyfriend and the bar where they were drinking on the night before Griffin was killed in a hit-and-run crash. The civil lawsuit filed Thursday in the Travis County Clerk's Office by Bart Griffin alleges that Nestande was negligent by driving after drinking, that Clive bar and its staff were negligent for ...

Gunman in Southlake slaying was trained to do this police chief says

Fri, 24 May 2013 11:53:31 -0400

SOUTHLAKE — A gunman who was trained to kill swiftly took just seconds Wednesday evening to fire at least nine shots at a Mexican attorney as his wife placed shopping bags in their Range Rover at Southlake Town Square, the citys police chief said ...

Taking shelter in a storm

Fri, 24 May 2013 11:53:31 -0400

Tornado tips • Designate a shelter area in your home or place of business, such as a basement, and go there during severe weather. • If you don’t have a basement or underground shelter, go to an interior room or hallway on the lowest floor and get under a sturdy piece of furniture. Lower-level interior bathrooms provide the best protection if no basement is available. Don’t ...

Six Flags launches its newest thrill Texas SkyScreamer

Fri, 24 May 2013 11:53:30 -0400

ARLINGTON — One turn aboard Six Flags Over Texas’ newest attraction may be all it takes for longtime fans of the theme park to lose any feelings of nostalgia they might have for the iconic Texas Chute Out parachute ...

ML Realty Partners buys large North Texas industrial portfolio

Fri, 24 May 2013 11:49:21 -0400

The Illinois-based investor purchased an industrial portfolio in North Texas. Industrial property looks like this building, which is included in Stockbridge's DFW, Texas portfolio that is being marketed by CBRE's Dallas office. ML Realty Partners LLC, a long-term real estate investment firm based in Irving and Illinois, has purchased a 457,000-square-foot industrial portfolio in ...

Tax tussle riling Capitol in final week

Fri, 24 May 2013 11:48:06 -0400

The state sales tax rate isn't budging. Another sales tax holiday isn't in the works. Nor is the Texas Legislature raising homestead property exemptions by $10,000, which prevailed as most popular of nearly a dozen tax-cutting options the governor suggested in an online survey when this 140-day session ...

Mother killed kids hurt after shoplifters crash

Fri, 24 May 2013 11:31:31 -0400

HOUSTON (AP) -- A woman has been killed and her three children injured after their car was struck at a Houston intersection by another car carrying shoplifting suspects being pursued by ...

Texas rapper indicted controlled substance count

Fri, 24 May 2013 11:31:30 -0400

CORSICANA, Texas (AP) -- Platinum-selling rapper Lil' Flip of Houston has been indicted on a charge of possession of a controlled substance over a 2012 Texas traffic ...

Rick Perry Greatly Disappointed With Boy Scouts Decision To Allow Gay Youths

Fri, 24 May 2013 11:27:10 -0400

Gov. Rick Perry (R-Texas) said he is "disappointed" with the Boy Scouts of America's decision to begin allowing gay Scouts. (Ron T. Ennis/Getty ...

Transaction Action NRP nets $18.64 million in equity financing for developments in San Antonio and Ohio

Fri, 24 May 2013 11:24:07 -0400

Transaction Action is Tricia Lynn Silva's onlineweekly real estate column. This special online feature details the real-estate sales, leases, new assignments and other deals that have recently taken place in San Antonio and other parts of Texas. Every week, we will post a new listing of some of the latest real estate news for our readers. Among the deals readers will find in this weeks ...

Retail expert Neiman Saks could create international success Video

Fri, 24 May 2013 11:23:53 -0400

May 23 (Bloomberg) -- Bloombergs Cristina Alesci reports on major luxury retailers and the affects of possible M&A within the industry. She speaks on Bloomberg Televisions In The Loop. (Source: Bloomberg) A luxury expert considers a Neiman Marcus/Saks Fifth Avenue merger an opportunity for the two brands to build a company focused on a better customer experience. A Saks Fifth Avenue, Neiman ...

Refuse a blood alcohol level breath test police will draw blood this Memorial Day weekend

Fri, 24 May 2013 11:14:09 -0400

CORPUS CHRISTI -- A trained phlebotomist will be available at the city Detention Center this weekend as part of the No Refusal Program. During Memorial Day weekend, the Nueces County District Attorney's office will provide a phlebotomist at the City Detention Center from 10 p.m. to 4 a.m. Friday to Sunday to assist law enforcement officials with collection of blood samples from suspected ...

Woman condemned for boys starvation loses appeal

Fri, 24 May 2013 10:38:08 -0400

HOUSTON (AP) -- An Arlington woman on Texas death row for the starvation death of a 9-year-old boy has lost a federal court appeal, moving her a step closer to ...

Texas officer on leave after shooting neighbors cat with arrow

Fri, 24 May 2013 10:33:16 -0400

BOERNE, Texas – A South Texas police officer has been put on administrative leave after being charged with shooting an arrow into a neighbor's cat. Police in Boerne say Officer Lance Deleon was not on duty when the cat named Bobby was wounded. Police Chief Jim Kohler says the cat was shot using a crossbow. Officials with South Texas Veterinary Specialists say the 2-year-old male cat ...

The Port Arthur Steam Cracker in Texas is Now Processing Ethane from Shale Gas

Fri, 24 May 2013 10:24:05 -0400

To capitalize on the shale gas revolution in the United States, the BASF TOTAL Petrochemicals LLC (BTP) joint venture (40% Total, 60% BASF) revamped the Port Arthur steam cracker in Texas to process ethane, found in abundance in U.S. shale gas. "Our strategy in the United States consists of consolidating our production base by taking advantage of market trends," commented Patrick ...

Three teens detained after breaking windows in and around Sunrise Mall

Fri, 24 May 2013 10:20:45 -0400

CORPUS CHRISTI -- Three 14-year-old children were detained and charged with suspicion of criminal mischief after breaking windows at an entrance and stores in and around Sunrise Mall Thursday night. Corpus Christi police said after 11 p.m. a passer-by told them they saw two boys and a girl throwing rocks at windows at the Corpus Christi Driving School in the 4900 block of South Staples Street. ...

Paul McCartney gives shout-out to Austin techies food trucks

Fri, 24 May 2013 09:58:53 -0400

Former Beatle Paul McCartney, shown performing at the White House, praised Austin as the "cutting-edge place for green eating. Austin's "green" attitude didn't escape former Beatle Sir Paul McCartney while he was in town this week for two concerts. He gave Mayor Lee Leffingwell an award from the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, declaring Austin the most ...

Man linked to Mexican cartel gets 16 years

Fri, 24 May 2013 09:42:38 -0400

McALLEN, Texas (AP) -- Prosecutors say a man who helped get loads of cocaine moved from Mexico to Texas has been sentenced to 16 years in a U.S. ...

Reports Dell buyout group to amass $7B in financing

Fri, 24 May 2013 08:52:57 -0400

Activist investor Carl Icahn and Southeastern Asset Management Inc. are reportedly amassing up to $7 billion in financing to counter Michael Dells investor groups offer of $2.4 billion for Dell Inc. shareholders. Thomson Reuters LPC is reporting that Icahn and Southeastern want the financing before Dell (Nasdaq: DELL) shareholders meet in July to vote on a prospective buyout and move to take the ...

Tax break weekend in Texas for Energy Star items

Fri, 24 May 2013 08:48:50 -0400

The state comptroller's office says the Energy Star sales tax holiday begins Saturday and runs through Monday. Qualifying products display the Energy Star ...

Shuttered New Mexico plant resumes making peanut butter

Fri, 24 May 2013 08:44:12 -0400

The eastern New Mexico peanut butter plant shuttered eight months ago after a salmonella outbreak is back in production, and company officials say their coveted natural and organic butters could be back on store shelves within a month. Sunland Inc. Vice President Katalin Coburn says the company last week got the go-ahead from the Food and Drug Administration to restart peanut butter operations ...

Bash at the Beach Concert

Fri, 24 May 2013 08:31:42 -0400

The beauty of Memorial Day weekend? You can go out Sunday night and get to still sleep in Monday morning. So take advantage of that extra day off Sunday night by heading to the Bash at the Beach concert featuring the Josh Abbott Band, Kyle Park, Aaron Watson and Bart Crow at 6 p.m. at Concrete Street ...

Pentagon lowers cost of F-35 program by 1.1 percent

Fri, 24 May 2013 07:40:58 -0400

The Pentagon has lowered the total cost of the F-35 program by 1.1 percent. The nation's most expensive defense program ever just got a little more affordable. The Pentagon has lowered the development and production cost projections of the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter by 1.1 percent from $395.7 billion to $391.2 billion. Bloomberg reported that the reduction was attributable to lower labor costs ...

St. Philips College honored for being top VITA site

Fri, 24 May 2013 07:30:03 -0400

The IRS and the City of San Antonio honored St. Philip's College for helping low-income residents qualify for $6.7 million in tax returns. The Internal Revenue Service and the City of San Antonio both honored St. Philips Colleges Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) program for helping processing $6.7 million in refunds for local residents in 2013. St. Philips prepared the most returns out ...

Insurance losses on North Texas twisters reach estimated $250M

Fri, 24 May 2013 07:29:51 -0400

Tornadoes swept through North Texas last week, killing six and doing an estimated $250 million in damage. Insurance losses from the deadly tornadoes that hit Granbury, Cleburne and other communities in North Texas last week could reach $250 million, an insurance industry group said. The Dallas Morning News reported that the estimate from the Insurance Council of Texas is approximate and that the ...

Exxon InterOil talking about Papua New Guinea assets

Fri, 24 May 2013 07:16:55 -0400

Exxon and InterOil are talking about a deal on InterOil's assets in Papua New Guinea. Irving-based Exxon Mobil Corp. and InterOil Corp. are in exclusive talks on a possible investment by Exxon in InterOil's gas assets in Papua New Guinea. The Wall Street Journal reported that a deal would make Papua New Guinea a significant new energy exporter. Exxon (NYSE: XOM) and Houston-based InterOil ...

Tory Burch making its debut at Shops at La Cantera

Fri, 24 May 2013 07:00:25 -0400

Tory Burch is opening a new store at The Shops at La Cantera. The Shops at La Cantera is keeping up with its tradition of bringing in new-to-market retailers. The latest arrival is Tory Burch. The New York City-based concept describes itself as a luxury-lifestyle brand. That brand is carried out in various products from clothing, to handbags, to shoes, swimwear, small leather goods and ...

Frontier Communications moves 27 jobs from NY to Texas

Fri, 24 May 2013 06:52:08 -0400

Frontier Communications is pulling 27 union jobs out of its Gloversville, NY operations center and moving them to Allen, Texas. The telecommunications company, which employs 2,300 people in New York state, is searching for ways to operate more efficiently, according to ...

Texas passes law permitting Nativity scenes in schools

Fri, 24 May 2013 06:02:10 -0400

By margins of 145-2 in the state house and 29-0 in the state senate, Texas has passed legislation permitting public schools to display "a menorah or a Christmas image such as a nativity scene or Christmas tree, if the display includes a scene or symbol of more than one religion; or one religion and at least one secular scene or symbol." "A display relating to a traditional winter ...

Faces of Diabetes Belva Robinson

Fri, 24 May 2013 05:50:46 -0400

Share your story We are interested in hearing how diabetes has impacted your life. Submit your comments to be considered for publication on this site or in the print edition of the Corpus Christi ...

Cost of Diabetes Saying goodbye to…

Fri, 24 May 2013 05:50:45 -0400

TODD YATES/CALLER-TIMESFriends and family of Mike Reyes, who died in March after years of complications from diabetes, wait for his funeral services at the Holy Family ...

Cost of Diabetes Reyes family portraits

Fri, 24 May 2013 05:50:43 -0400

Michael Zamora/Caller-TimesSamantha Reyes, 14 (from left), sits with mother Danita Reyes and twins Simon and Sophie Reyes, 10, next to a vase of flowers meant for Mike Reyes’ gravesite. After years of complications from diabetes, Mike Reyes, a father and husband, died after having a heart ...

Schaub Texans begin preparation for season

Fri, 24 May 2013 05:49:15 -0400

Matt Schaub has gotten good at tuning out criticism from those outside the organization.Houston's quarterback doesn't have time for those opinions. Besides, even his harshest critics probably aren't as hard on him as he is on himself."I have higher expectations of myself than anyone could ever put on me," he said.So what does he expect from himself this season? Simple. ...

Local boy Palmer leads in Fort Worth

Fri, 24 May 2013 05:15:41 -0400

An accomplished 62 from Ryan Palmer has earned the American a one-shot lead after the first round of the Crowne Plaza Invitational in Texas.In what is a home event for the Amarillo-born Palmer, he made the most of calm conditions in the morning at the Colonial Country Club in Fort Worth to post an impressive opening round of eight under.Palmer went bogey-free on Thursday, with four birdies on the ...

Mansfield residents say they never received weather alerts from the city or got them too late

Fri, 24 May 2013 05:15:14 -0400

rcadwallader@star-telegram.com Last week’s severe weather — which produced the deadliest tornado outbreak in Dallas-Fort Worth in 50 years — has also stirred questions in Mansfield about how the city notifies residents during ...

Dewhurst calls for quick special session on failed GOP measures

Fri, 24 May 2013 05:15:14 -0400

AUSTIN — Angered by the demise of key bills considered priorities by conservatives, Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst declared in an interview Thursday that Gov. Rick Perry should quickly force lawmakers back to the Capitol for a special session after adjournment ...

Summer travel forecast Better but no blowout

Fri, 24 May 2013 05:10:12 -0400

NEW YORK -- The forecast for summer travel, 2013: Partly sunny.Airlines, hotels and campgrounds are commanding higher rates and seeing more customers than a few summers ago, and luxury hotels are selling out. Local businessmen and state officials are optimistic.But for a travel industry still stinging from the Great Recession, the best it can likely hope for is another summer of steady, but ...

Hurricane center Beware of the storm surge

Fri, 24 May 2013 03:18:17 -0400

By JENNIFER KAYAssociated Press MIAMI (AP) - The National Hurricane Center is changing the way it talks about storm surge in hopes that emergency officials, the media and the public can better understand the dangerous phenomenon. Storm surge is the hurricane hazard that poses the greatest threat to life and property. It is the abnormal rise in sea water during a hurricane, and it can happen ...

Concealed handgun measure triggers fight among Texas lawmakers

Fri, 24 May 2013 02:15:17 -0400

AUSTIN, Texas – A move to give lawmakers the right to carry handguns anywhere they wish sparked an angry debate among Republicans in the Texas House on Thursday, with conservatives lambasting their colleagues for giving themselves special privileges. The shouting match erupted over whether lawmakers should include themselves in a draft law originally intended to only give special ...

Holy Cross Family Night

Fri, 24 May 2013 02:02:35 -0400

Holy Cross Catholic Church will host Family Night from noon to 8 p.m. May 26 at 1109 N. Staples St. The event is a day of games, live music and entertainment. Free. Information: ...

During holiday 2.9 million Texans expected to leave home

Fri, 24 May 2013 01:16:53 -0400

Memorial Day holiday travel is expected to be up from last year, and local law enforcement officers are expected to be looking for suspected intoxicated drivers.AAA Texas anticipates 2.9 million Texans to travel more than 50 miles from home to celebrate the holiday. The number is up 1.1 percent from the same five-day travel period in 2012, according to a news release from AAA Texas.Top surveyed ...

Veterans leave Texas for tour of national monuments in D.C.

Fri, 24 May 2013 01:16:50 -0400

Thirty veterans of the armed forces taking part in the Brookshire’s/Super 1 Foods World War II Heroes Flight departed Thursday morning for their trip.This is the sixth such trip sponsored by Brookshire Grocery Co.The Heroes Flight, which returns late Saturday, is a three-day whirlwind tour of monuments, memorials and museums in the nation’s capital.';As Americans, we owe these ...

Pope Tweets Request for Prayers After Explosion in Texas

Fri, 24 May 2013 00:17:04 -0400

Search for Survivors Still OnBy StaffHOUSTON, TEXAS, April 18, 2013 (Zenit.org) - Pope Francis is encouraging prayer after an explosion at a fertilizer plant in Texas on Wednesday night killed as many as 15 people and wounded more than 160 others.The Holy Father exhorted the faithful to pray via his Twitter account, @pontifex."Please join me in praying for the victims of the explosion in ...

First responders tour Corpus Christi fertilizer plant to learn about chemicals emergency response

Fri, 24 May 2013 00:16:34 -0400

Erica Quiroz/Caller-Times Terminal manager Jeff Holley (left) listens as Dan Reynolds, president of GateFront, explains to members of the Corpus Christi Fire Department what types of materials they transport to and from the fertilizer plant. GateFront uses different chemicals than the West Fertilizer Co. that exploded last ...

Roger Staubachs former home lands on the Dallas market

Fri, 24 May 2013 00:00:00 -0400

The former home of Roger Staubach and his family has an expansive patio with swimming pool for family events. Roger Staubach's former family home in North Dallas has landed on the market, with an asking price of $1.1 million. The home on a large cul-de-sac lot at 6912 Edelweiss Circle is 8,708 square feet of living space, with five bedrooms and eight-and-a-half bathrooms. It is one of the ...

ATT tacks 61 cent administrative fee on wireless customers bills

Fri, 24 May 2013 00:00:00 -0400

AT&T has added a 61 cent administrative fee to the bills of its contract wireless customers. In a move that could result an additional half-billion dollars in revenue a year, Dallas-based AT&T announced that it has added a new month 61 cent administrative fee to its wireless contract customers. The fee went into effect on May 1, the Wall Street Journal reported. The charge is a so-called ...

UWs Austin Seferian-Jenkins labors in solitude as DUI case plays out

Thu, 23 May 2013 23:54:02 -0400

The Huskies' star tight end remains suspended from team activities as his high-profile DUI case drags on. Washington's opener vs. Boise State is Aug. ...

New rules in effect for those floating along San Marcos River

Thu, 23 May 2013 23:41:13 -0400

SAN MARCOS, Texas (KXAN) - Memorial Day Weekend is the proverbial kick-off to summer, with thousands of people flocking to the water. The city of San Marcos is a popular spot for people to float the river. "For Memorial Day Weekend, usually it's packed crazy around here," said Janice Filbin, who was at Rio Vista Park in San Marcos Thursday. The San Marcos River runs through nearly a ...

Texas could stiffen penalty for attacks on emergency room workers under bill awaiting governors signature

Thu, 23 May 2013 21:29:42 -0400

The bill awaiting the governor's signature mandates felony charges for those who assault emergency room workers as hospitals document an increase in such ...

Astros to don special caps on Memorial Day

Thu, 23 May 2013 20:51:50 -0400

HOUSTON -- The Astros will join the rest of Major League Baseball in wearing specially designed caps and jerseys on Memorial Day featuring an authentic military digital camouflage design licensed by the United States Marine Corps. The Astros play the Rockies at 1:10 p.m. CT on Monday at Minute Maid Park, and veterans and active military personnel will receive a 50-percent discount on tickets at ...

Row between U.S. agencies over Texas plant explosion deepens

Thu, 23 May 2013 20:45:21 -0400

(Reuters) - A dispute between government agencies over the investigation into the deadly explosion at a Texas fertilizer plant intensified on Thursday when the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco Firearms and Explosives hit back after being criticized by the U.S. Chemical Safety Board ...

Lawmakers zero in on IRS meetings at White House

Thu, 23 May 2013 20:44:31 -0400

In this May 22, 2013, photo, Lois Lerner listens on Capitol Hill in Washington. A day after she refused to answer questions at a congressional hearing, Lerner has been replaced as director the Internal Revenue Service division that oversaw agents who targeted tea party groups. Danny Werfel, the agency's new acting commissioner, told IRS employees in an email Thursday, May 23, 2013, that he ...

Corpus Christi restaurants may apply for permits to allow dogs on outdoor patios

Thu, 23 May 2013 20:33:14 -0400

CORPUS CHRISTI -- Corpus Christi restaurant owners now have the option to entertain four-legged clientele in outdoor seating areas. The City Council this week amended a ban on dogs in eateries to allow canines on patios provided the animals are not within 7 feet of the restaurant entrance, do not have to enter the building to get to the patio and follow other regulations. Restaurants must ...

Texas lawmakers approve a fair pay bill

Thu, 23 May 2013 20:00:56 -0400

That’s why they worked together to pass a bill designed to prevent pay discrimination against women, because women on the average are paid only 77 cents for every $1 earned by men for the same ...

Houston Man Charged with Threatening to Bomb Synagogues

Thu, 23 May 2013 19:50:56 -0400

According to the U.S. Attorney's Office Dante Phearse, 32, is being charged with one count of using an instrument of interstate commerce to communicate a threat to destroy a building by means of an explosive ...

Boy Scouts CEO calls for unity

Thu, 23 May 2013 19:39:54 -0400

GRAPEVINE, Texas (AP) -- The chief executive of the Boy Scouts of America called the decision to lift the ban on gay youth in the Scouts "truly in the best interests of ...

Portland City Manager Mike Tanner set to retire this summer

Thu, 23 May 2013 19:22:23 -0400

CORPUS CHRISTI -- Portland City Manager Mike Tanner announced plans to retire from his post this summer after more than 17 years on the job. Tanner's last day working for the city, where he has spent half his career, will be July 23. His work in municipal administration began in 1978 as Portland's assistant city manager. He also has worked in West University Place, Flower Mound, ...

Lakers Kupchak thinks Dwight Howard can play nice with coach MAY 23

Thu, 23 May 2013 19:19:57 -0400

06:30 PM ET 05.23 | Lakers general manager Mitch Kupchak believes Dwight Howard will take a return to Los Angeles seriously. The Long Beach Press-Telegram reports that Howard is also interested in Dallas, Houston, Golden State and Atlanta as free agency destinations. But he will also consider the Lakers, whose coach, Mike D'Antoni, is rumored to have rubbed Howard the wrong way. Kupchak ...

Nate McMillan done as Team USA assistant MAY 23

Thu, 23 May 2013 19:19:56 -0400

05:58 PM ET 05.23 | On the same day coach Mike Krzyzewski announced he would return to coach Team USA, his assistant, Nate McMillan, said he won't. McMillan is currently searching for a head coaching opportunity that would fit him. ...

Kobe Bryant ties records for most All-NBA selections MAY 23

Thu, 23 May 2013 19:19:56 -0400

06:11 PM ET 05.23 | Kobe Bryant may not have a chance to usurp Michael Jordan for greatest ever, but he's in the running for having the greatest longevity. The Los Angeles Lakers guard was named to the All-NBA First Team on Thursday, the 11th time he's appeared on the first team and the 15th time he's been on the list overall. That ties him with former Utah Jazz forward Karl Malone ...

Manson disciples tapes being analyzed by LAPD

Thu, 23 May 2013 18:48:35 -0400

LOS ANGELES -; Los Angeles police have obtained the decades-old taped conversations between a Manson family disciple and his attorney, officials confirmed ...

Obamas drone policy at a glance

Thu, 23 May 2013 18:48:33 -0400

President Barack Obama defended the United States' use of drone attacks as an important part of the U.S. counterterrorism policy on Thursday but signed new presidential policy guidelines to spell out for Congress and the public the standards that the U.S. will use before carrying out drone ...

New rules for labeling meat go into effect in US

Thu, 23 May 2013 18:48:32 -0400

But the rules that went into effect for meat on Thursday provide more detailed information. Instead of seeing a label that says, "Product of the U.S.A. and Canada," shoppers might find one that says "Born in Canada, raised and slaughtered in the United ...

Alabama mystery illness solved its common flu

Thu, 23 May 2013 18:44:49 -0400

MONTGOMERY, Ala. -- Health officials investigating a cluster of mysterious illnesses in Alabama closed their investigation Thursday after determining the illnesses were unrelated and no new bacteria or viruses were involved.The investigation involved 10 people who became sick and were admitted to hospitals in Dothan and Luverne in southeast Alabama. Two died, six remained hospitalized Thursday, ...

Former Texas Police Officer Ordered to Federal Prison for Deprivation of Civil Rights

Thu, 23 May 2013 18:40:54 -0400

WASHINGTON-Frank Carter, 43, a former officer with the Laredo, Texas Police Department (LPD), has been sentenced to prison following his conviction for violating the civil rights of an arrestee, announced Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Rights Division Thomas E. Perez and U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson. Carter pleaded guilty on Thursday, March 7, 2013. Today, U.S. District Judge Diana ...

Pennsylvania investor buys Southeast Austin properties

Thu, 23 May 2013 18:40:34 -0400

Commerce Center South was acquired by a Philadelphia area-based investment company. Stoltz Real Estate Partners in Bala Cynwyd, Penn., bought the Commerce Center South at the southwest corner of Ben White Boulevard and Montopolis Drive. The seller was PacTrust. The three Class A industrial buildings encompass 155,545 square feet on a 35.3-acre site in the Southeast Austin submarket. The property ...

Hurricane outlook Another busy Atlantic season

Thu, 23 May 2013 18:27:22 -0400

Their prediction Thursday calls for 13 to 20 named Atlantic storms, seven to 11 that strengthen into hurricanes and three to six that become major ...

87-year-old woman loses to Donald Trump in civil case involving a condo deal

Thu, 23 May 2013 18:17:28 -0400

FILE - In this May 14, 2013 file photo, Donald Trump arrives at federal court in Chicago to testify at a civil trial where he is accused of cheating an 87-year-old Jacqueline Goldberg in a condo deal. On Thursday, May 23, 2013, jurors sided with Trump and against Goldberg. Goldberg claimed the real estate mogul-turned-TV star carried out a bait and switch by offering her profit sharing in his ...

Tiffs Treats to open South Austin location

Thu, 23 May 2013 18:00:19 -0400

Leon Chen, CEO of Tiff's Treats, said customer data determines where the cookie maker opens new stores. Tiffs Treats, the purveryor of warm cookies delivered to your door, will open a shop in Southwest Austin later this summer or in early fall. Our customers in South Austin have had to go to Westlake or downtown for Tiffs Treats, and now well be in a very popular center, said Leon Chen, ...

Woman hit by car as burglars make off with purse

Thu, 23 May 2013 17:51:09 -0400

ROUND ROCK, Texas (KXAN) - A woman was struck by a fleeing getaway car after she saw a man stealing her purse at a Round Rock daycare. The incident happened Wednesday at the Primrose School of Round Rock, 3313 Forrest Creek Drive , at about 4:30 p.m. After the woman picked up her children, she noticed a man breaking into her vehicle. The man jumped into a newer-model silver Ford Focus driven by ...

Austin Energy to resume service cutoffs

Thu, 23 May 2013 17:42:44 -0400

AUSTIN (KXAN) - For the first time in a year, Austin Energy will begin shutting off energy to customers who are not paying their bills. Ed Clark says cutting a customer off is a last resort and will only happen after all possible warnings and requests are ignored. We will do phone calls, letters, door hangers, said Clark. But once we have communicated and sent notices, at some point we will do a ...

Dallas man gets death for drowning 2 sons in creek

Thu, 23 May 2013 17:35:14 -0400

DALLAS -; A father who told two of his sons to pretend they were swimming as he drowned them in a Dallas-area creek was sentenced to death on ...

Health Officials Decry Texas Snubbing Of Medicaid Billions

Thu, 23 May 2013 17:32:40 -0400

Texas Gov. Rick Perry addresses the opening session of the Texas Legislature in Austin earlier this year. The state of Texas is turning down billions of federal dollars that would have paid for health care coverage for 1.5 million poor Texans. By refusing to participate in Medicaid expansion, which is part of the Affordable Care Act, the state will leave on the table an estimated $100 ...

Texas Medical Association launches physician services group

Thu, 23 May 2013 17:19:38 -0400

Dr. Russell Kridel, president of Harris County Medical Society, said the new physician group will provide doctors with tools to provide better and more efficient care. The Texas Medical Association has teamed up with some of the states largest medical societies to create the Physician Services Organization for Patient Care. The organization aims to deliver tools to help physicians perform better ...

Velocis buys Uptown Dallas office tower

Thu, 23 May 2013 17:13:58 -0400

Dallas-based real estate investment firm Velocis has purchased 3131 McKinney Ave. in Uptown Dallas. Dallas-based real estate investment fund Velocis, along with its investors, has bought 3131 McKinney Ave. in Uptown Dallas for an undisclosed sum. The 145,610-square-foot Class A office building is in a highly-desired submarket, where tenants can walk to a number of amenities, said Mike Lewis, ...

Gun measure triggers Republican fight in House

Thu, 23 May 2013 17:13:41 -0400

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) -- A move to give lawmakers the right to carry handguns anywhere they wish sparked an angry debate in the Texas House of Representatives between ...

Ex-police officer gets prison for abusing suspect

Thu, 23 May 2013 17:13:40 -0400

LAREDO, Texas (AP) -- A former Laredo police officer has been sentenced to a year in prison after admitting to abusing a suspect in his patrol car last ...

Texas man found guilty of murder in 1984 case

Thu, 23 May 2013 17:13:40 -0400

A Collin County jury on Thursday found 50-year-old Alonzo Grayson Jr. guilty in the killing of 18-year-old Bobby Ray Taylor in January 1984. The jury then began deliberating the punishment for Grayson, who faces up to 99 years in prison. He's not eligible for parole because of prior convictions that include robbery and ...

Alberto Lombardi focused on new sushi bar Taverna move

Thu, 23 May 2013 17:12:53 -0400

Alberto Lombardi, owner of Lombardi Family Concepts, said hes slowing down thoughts of expansion and is focusing on his current five Dallas locations. Lombardi recently added a sushi bar to 31, the lounge that sits above Bistro 31. The addition has brought in additional customers and made the lounge more popular, Lombardi said. Needless to say, he plans on keeping it there. Lombardi also is ...

A look at weekend Thoroughbred racing

Thu, 23 May 2013 16:58:28 -0400

The Memorial Day weekend kicks off summer and, with no Triple Crown hopes to extend the spring, also kicks off a "second season" of racing. There are important turf races at Churchill Downs, Belmont Park, Hollywood Park and Arlington Park. Some of the nation's top steeds will be on display in the Grade I Met Mile at Belmont. Fillies and mares are in action from coast to coast and ...

Mike Wyatt Determination humor help overcome diagnosis

Thu, 23 May 2013 16:58:00 -0400

When it comes to testicular cancer, commercial real estate broker Mike Wyatt has been there, done that, got the T-shirt. Wyatt, an executive vice president in the Dallas office of Cushman & Wakefield of Texas, was diagnosed in 1994, at age 31. When you hear the C word, it strikes terror all the way through to your bone marrow, Wyatt said. Eighteen years ago, the world was a different place. ...

Texas Joins Flood of States Suing BP over 2010 Gulf Spill

Thu, 23 May 2013 16:57:28 -0400

Texas has joined the crowd of Gulf of Mexico states to file suit against BP Plc, Halliburton Co and others for their role in one of the worst oil spills in U.S. history. The complaint, filed Friday in U.S. District Court in Beaumont, Texas, alleges that the companies and others ';engaged in willful and wanton misconduct'; for their role in the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill. The ...

R.L. Worths Heritage Oaks lands a new neighbor

Thu, 23 May 2013 16:48:15 -0400

Zachry Construction Corp. is moving the company's headquarters to Heritage Oaks at Inwood. Only months after NuStar Energy LP moved out of its former headquarters, Zachry Construction Co. has decided to move in. The latter has closed on the purchase of Building I at the Heritage Oaks at Inwood office park on the far North Side. Spanning 84,000 square feet, the structure will serve as the new ...

Lawmakers require audit of Perry development fund

Thu, 23 May 2013 16:24:43 -0400

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — State lawmakers have given final approval to a bill requiring an audit of Gov. Rick Perry's deal-closing Texas Enterprise Fund.Lawmakers have been demanding closer scrutiny of the decade-old program that has given more than $485 million to private companies looking to expand or relocate in the state. Critics have questioned the fund, and Perry's similar ...

Halliburton adds 100 CNG trucks to its fleet as part of pilot program

Thu, 23 May 2013 16:24:09 -0400

Halliburton has invested in 100 hybrid vehicles that can run on compressed natural gas or conventional fuel. Oilfield services giant Halliburton, one of the key players in South Texas Eagle Ford Shale, has deployed nearly 100 light-duty compressed natural gas trucks across its U.S. field locations. Houston-based Halliburton purchased the vehicles as part of a pilot program that be rolled out ...

Legacy graduate elected Dallas Baptist SGA president

Thu, 23 May 2013 16:22:08 -0400

Reagan Rothenberger, a Beaumont native and 20-year-old junior at Dallas Baptist University (DBU), was elected president of the Student Government Association (SGA) on April 17 for the 2013-14 school year, and will take office in August. Rothenberger is the first junior to be elected president of SGA in ten years at DBU, he ...

Police searching for possible assault victim

Thu, 23 May 2013 16:20:48 -0400

AUSTIN (KXAN) - Police are looking for a woman who they believe may have been assaulted by a man early Tuesday in North Austin. Witnesses reported seeing a man dragging a woman in a chokehold by her hair towards a car about 3:12 a.m., on an Interstate 35 service road near a residential community on River Oaks Drive. As the man pulled her towards a car, a witness drove by and the man told the ...

Teen found beaten to death in Fort Worth park was raising family helping mother

Thu, 23 May 2013 16:20:43 -0400

Services Funeral services for Nicholas Anderson will be 10 a.m. Saturday at First Missionary Baptist Church, 4928 Miller Ave., Fort Worth. Burial will be at Cedar Hill Memorial ...

Construction worker seriously injured in fall from roof at Kimbell Art Museum

Thu, 23 May 2013 16:20:42 -0400

dboyd@star-telegram.com FORT WORTH _ A construction worker was seriously injured this afternoon after falling about 30 feet from the roof of the Kimbell Art Museum, fire officials ...

Some fixes in works for congested Y

Thu, 23 May 2013 16:13:32 -0400

AUSTIN (KXAN) - Relief might be on the way to one of Austin's most congested areas -- the so-called Y in Oak Hill. The Texas Department of Transportation is installing turn lanes on U.S. 290 near Ranch Road 1826. The project could take two years to complete. Another project will begin this summer. Crews will put in what are called "continuous flow" intersections between the Y and Joe ...

Texas GOP Introduced At Least 24 Anti-Abortion Bills This Year But Not A Single One Advanced

Thu, 23 May 2013 16:05:54 -0400

Over the past several years, Texas lawmakers have kept themselves busy by launching multiple attacks on women’s health. In 2011 and 2012, state ...

Exclusive Energy firm expands HQ relocates within Dallas

Thu, 23 May 2013 15:57:12 -0400

Longtime Dallas energy firm Solomon Associates is moving its headquarters to One Lincoln Centre in June. Dallas-based Solomon Associates, a performance improvement company for the global energy industry, is expanding and relocating its headquarters within the city limits. The longtime Dallas-based company has signed a lease for 28,860 square feet of office space at One Lincoln Centre on the ...

Census Texas has 8 of 15 fastest-growing cities in U.S.

Thu, 23 May 2013 15:42:29 -0400

Census Bureau says. Only Texas had more than one city among the 15 fastest-growing cities in the country with populations of more than 50,000 in 2012, the Bureau said in a report released Thursday. The Texas city of San Marcos, between Austin and San Antonio, had the highest rate of growth. Other Texas cities on the list were sprinkled around the state. New York topped the list of ...

Head of Colorado parole division put on leave of absence

Thu, 23 May 2013 15:42:28 -0400

The director of Colorado's parole division, the target of criticism for the past two months, has been put on a paid leave of absence, a prison official says. Steve Hager, warden of the youth offender system, will replace parole director Tim Hand, The Denver Post reported Thursday. Announcing the personnel change in an e-mail, interim corrections chief Roger Werholtz said Hand "will be ...

Peak Rock Capital acquires Miami paper maker

Thu, 23 May 2013 15:40:51 -0400

An affiliate of Peak Rock Capital has acquired Atlas Paper Mills LLC, a Miami-based tissue paper maker. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed, according to a news release. A spokesman for Austin-based Peak Rock declined to reveal the name of the affiliate company. Atlas Paper Mills, founded in 1981, manufactures tissue products using 100 percent recycled fiber. It employs 2,000 workers, ...

Former leaders of Las Brisas Power Plant development face lawsuit

Thu, 23 May 2013 15:39:14 -0400

Las Brisas also is working to develop free training programs, managing partner John Upchurch said at a news conference in 2009. Civil suit addresses "brazen, calculated, persasive and deceptive scheme of embezzlement" in the ill-fated Las Brisas Power Plant development project. See the ...

SolarImpulse could inspire a generation pilots say

Thu, 23 May 2013 15:39:13 -0400

Pilots Bertrand Piccard and Andr Borschberg stand with a flag marking the historic flight at DFW airport Thursday morning. Breaking the world record for distance in a solar-powered aircraft wasnt easy for Andre Borschberg. The more than 18-hour flight went 860 miles from Phoenix to Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport. Weather is a constant challenge for the SolarImpulse because of its ...

Letter to the Editor Anonymous commenters

Thu, 23 May 2013 15:39:08 -0400

Randy, because your March LTTE wasn't published, there's no telling whether its topic was as incendiary as that published on January 24: gun control. That gun control LTTE expressed as a secondary theme another hot topic, unfavorable opinions of President Obama and Vice President Biden because they supported gun legislation which you did not. Not surprisingly, most of the 10 online ...

Vidacare Corp. eyes expansion and acquisition opportunities

Thu, 23 May 2013 15:35:00 -0400

Vidacare CEO Mark Mellin says his company is headed on a growth trajectory. Vidacare Corp. has come a long way in a relatively short period of time. While a host of other startups in the bioscience space have come and gone since 2001, this San Antonio company has positioned itself as a the preeminent player in the intraosseous arena. Vidacare is expanding domestically and internationally sales of ...

Software maker Datical raises $1M financing

Thu, 23 May 2013 15:32:22 -0400

From left, Robert Reeves, Daniel Nelson and Pete Pickerill are the founders of Datical Inc. Software maker Datical Inc. completed a $1 million financing. The Austin-based company collected the capital from 10 investors, according to a Thursday filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. Datical, which was founded in 2012, develops database management software. It was launched by ...

GVTC Foundation raises record amount at its annual golf tournament

Thu, 23 May 2013 15:28:23 -0400

The GVTC Foundation raised a record$110,344 for area non-profit agencies during its annual Charitable Golf Classic. The GVTC Foundations 2013 GVTC Charitable Golf Classic raised $110,344 for area non-profit agencies, besting last years record by $1,000. The foundation affiliated with Hill Country telecommunications provider GVTC Communications Inc. will use the funds to support nonprofit ...

Life after 40 Under 40 Joe Tauscher on why metrics matter

Thu, 23 May 2013 15:22:57 -0400

Joe Tauscher I was fortunate to be honored by the Dallas Business Journal in 2006 when I was 28 and was the president of Checkpast, an employment screening services firm selling to large Fortune 1000 companies including Toys R US, Ross Dress for Less, Williams and Sonoma, ADT, Simplex Grinnell, Brinks, and State Farm. I sold the business the last day of 2009. My mission at the time, was to prove ...

Lawmakers reach consensus on campus construction bonds

Thu, 23 May 2013 15:13:25 -0400

An agreement has been reached on allocating an additional $175 million for debt service to accommodate a major round of construction projects on numerous public university campuses across Texas. The Senate gave final approval to the measure House Bill 1025, authored by State Rep. Jim Pitts, R-Waxahachie on Wednesday evening. The House had previously proposed $200 million in additional so-called ...

Gone fishin Dallas firm buys sells trophy sporting ranches

Thu, 23 May 2013 15:04:21 -0400

The ranches owned by Sporting Ranch Capital Management offer hunting, fishing and great views. Jay Ellis' business is all about the wide open spaces. It's about hunting for elk or mule deer and it's about fishing for trout. It's also about making money. Ellis heads Dallas-based Sporting Ranch Capital Management LP, which has nearly completed its first $30 million investment fund ...

Solar Impulse airplane is setting solar-powered flight record in Texas

Thu, 23 May 2013 15:00:55 -0400

Solar Impulse plane landed in Dallas on Thursday, breaking the distance record for a solar-powered flight on the second leg of its coast-to-coast odyssey across ...

Ammonium nitrate chemical behind texas explosion is all over the United States

Thu, 23 May 2013 14:57:00 -0400

Smoke rises in the distance about half a mile from the West Fertilizer Company, April 18, 2013 in West, Texas. A massive explosion at the fertilizer company injured more than 200 people and left damaged buildings for blocks in every direction. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty ...

Dallas exhibit reunites art JFK saw before assassination

Thu, 23 May 2013 14:53:17 -0400

DALLAS--Artist Jack Zajac said learning earlier this year that his bronze sculpture was among the last works of art ever seen by President John F. Kennedy left him feeling ...

Texas approves $867600 in trail funding for San Antonio area projects

Thu, 23 May 2013 14:44:24 -0400

Texas Parks and Wildlife officials are pumping new money into the development of new state parks. Texas Parks and Wildlife Commission officials awarded $5.7 million in federal grants to fund the development of 33 recreational trail projects across the state. Of that total, $867,600 will go toward four projects in the San Antonio area. The Schertz Seguin Local Government Corp. in Guadalupe County ...

Houston man charged in threats against synagogues

Thu, 23 May 2013 14:41:18 -0400

Prosecutors say bomb threats were called in to two Houston synagogues on April 30. The caller left voice mails with Congregation Beth Israel and Congregation Or Ami (or uh-MEE') saying both would be bombed on May ...

Va. students build disorientation chair for NASA

Thu, 23 May 2013 14:41:18 -0400

HAMPTON, Va. (AP) -- High school students in Virginia have finished building NASA a spinning chair that astronauts in Texas will use to practice being ...

Deputy shot by Colo. suspect to return to work

Thu, 23 May 2013 14:41:18 -0400

LUBBOCK, Texas (AP) -- A North Texas sheriff's deputy has been cleared to return to work, two months after he was shot by a paroled inmate suspected of slaying Colorado's prison ...

Video government meetings allowed under bill

Thu, 23 May 2013 14:28:30 -0400

AUSTIN (AP) The Texas Legislature has amended the Open Meetings Act to allow for video teleconferences. The bill sent to the governor on Thursday would allow public officials to meet using a teleconference even if a quorum is not physically present. Supporters say the bill will bring the state's strict rules for official meetings into the modern age by allowing public officials to use ...

VIDEO Texas has 8 of the fastest growing US cities

Thu, 23 May 2013 14:27:39 -0400

HOUSTON (AP) — New estimates show Texas has eight of the nation's 15 fastest-growing cities.Estimates released Thursday by the U.S. Census Bureau show San Marcos in Central Texas led the way with a nearly 5 percent population boom between July 2011 and July 2012. That's the highest rate among U.S. cities with at least 50,000 ...

Special Report Poor planning left Texas firefighters unprepared

Thu, 23 May 2013 14:23:20 -0400

A housing complex is seen after it was destroyed by a deadly fertilizer plant explosion in the town of West, Texas, in this April 21 file photo. (Michael Ainsworth/Reuters/Pool) The fertilizer-plant explosion that killed 14 and injured about 200 others in Texas last month highlights the failings of a U.S. federal law intended to save lives during chemical accidents, a Reuters investigation has ...

Body pulled from Inks Lake in Burnet

Thu, 23 May 2013 14:15:37 -0400

BURNET, Texas (KXAN) - The body of a young man was pulled from Inks Lake in Burnet on Thursday morning. Clara Tuma, a spokeswoman from the Lower Colorado River Authority said the victim was a teenager who fell from a paddle boat into the water around 11 a.m. Dive teams and rescue crews from several agencies were called in to help search. The lake was about 10 feet deep where the teen's body ...

2500 doping tests planned for Sochi Olympics

Thu, 23 May 2013 13:50:47 -0400

MOSCOW (AP) — Sochi's anti-doping director says 2,500 drug tests will be conducted at next year's Winter Olympics, about 350 more than at the 2010 Games in Vancouver.Alexei Slautin, head of Sochi's anti-doping section, said in a statement Thursday on the Russian Sports Ministry's web site that another 600 tests are planned for the Paralympics.The World Anti-Doping Agency ...

Open Meetings Act to allow video teleconferences

Thu, 23 May 2013 13:50:47 -0400

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The Texas Legislature has amended the Open Meetings Act to allow for video teleconferences.The bill sent to the governor on Thursday would allow public officials to meet using a teleconference even if a quorum is not physically present. Supporters say the bill will bring the state's strict rules for official meetings into the modern age by allowing public officials ...

Orange Co. paves way for economic growth

Thu, 23 May 2013 13:47:46 -0400

Orange County Commissioners have unanimously approved a resolution to nominate International Paper as a double jumbo enterprise project and entered into a contract with iDocket.com for the company to provide public, fee-based access to records of the district and county clerk ...

To lie is to steal

Thu, 23 May 2013 13:47:45 -0400

Is BISD a victim in this woman’s plot or should they be held accountable for not verifying Lambert’s credentials before passing over many others who might have been twice as qualified as she? Every student, parent, teacher and educator should contact Superintendent Timothy Chargois and the BISD board immediately and express - no, demand - that this fraud be heralded as a lie and ask ...

40-year sentence in Beaumont murder

Thu, 23 May 2013 13:47:44 -0400

Deanna Edwards Wilson, 41, was indicted for the murder of Elkin Savoy, 58, whose body was found Monday, Nov. 14, 2011, burned and maimed as a result of an apparent ...

End of an era at OHA

Thu, 23 May 2013 13:47:43 -0400

After nearly a decade at the Orange Housing Authority (OHA), president of the board of commissioners Mary McKenna has moved on to greener pastures, now representing taxpayers as a member of the Orange City Council instead. During the last few years of her tenure at OHA, McKenna has seen the departure of two executive directors; one was let go rather than outright fired after a report from federal ...

Texas painter immortalizes fallen soldiers

Thu, 23 May 2013 13:47:42 -0400

Some artists paint to express themselves or as a form of therapy- to get out feelings trapped inside. Others use art as a path to immortality, using their works to carry on their own names. Ken Pridgeon paints to immortalize others - fallen soldiers who not only fought and died for their country, but were also mothers, fathers, wives, husbands, daughters and sons mourned by their families. On ...

Lunch at the ranch

Thu, 23 May 2013 13:47:42 -0400

A group including local politicians, business and community leaders, and Jefferson County sheriff’s deputies welcomed the consul general of Qatar, Faisal Abdulla Al-Henzab, to the ranch of former Jefferson County judge and business consultant Carl Griffith on Friday, May 17, to celebrate the blooming friendship and business relationship between Qatar and Jefferson ...

Plants can keep mosquitos at bay

Thu, 23 May 2013 13:47:41 -0400

Well … most everyone has them but no one likes them. Mosquitoes have been around forever, and will probably be here for a while longer. What can you do to cut down on your mosquito population? In addition to tips to keep areas dry, certain plants can be added to our yard that those pesky mosquitoes don’t like. They don’t like them at ...

How important is reading and remembering

Thu, 23 May 2013 13:47:41 -0400

While talking to a young man the other day about the Lord and His work, we each spoke about reading the Bible. I was interested to hear the very well educated fellow say, "It doesn’t really do me any good to read the Bible or go to church. I just can’t seem to remember very much of it any time later." He’s in good company. Well, perhaps not good company, but joined by ...

Free medical alert means new Medicare scam

Thu, 23 May 2013 13:47:40 -0400

Seniors all over Texas are receiving phone calls from individuals who want to make an appointment to come to your home and deliver a new Medical Alert that is all paid for by Medicare. But the truth is, Medicare does not pay for medical alert systems and this item is not free! This is merely a trick for you to give out personal information over the phone to ...

Vidor church to help out victims of Moore tornado

Thu, 23 May 2013 13:47:40 -0400

First Pentecostal Church in Vidor is accepting donations to aid the victims of an EF4 tornado that devastated Moore, Okla. on Monday, May 20. A May 21 press release from Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin states that three days of tornadoes, straight-line winds and flooding have killed more than 50 people and injured more than 120 in Cleveland (where Moore is located), Lincoln, McClain, Oklahoma and ...

‘Monster’ catfish caught at Eagle Mountain Lake

Thu, 23 May 2013 13:46:24 -0400

The two men had taken off work a little early to go sand bass fishing —they caught about 60 of those — and were not expecting to tangle with a ...

Other companies challenging contraception mandate

Thu, 23 May 2013 13:46:11 -0400

DENVER -; Hobby Lobby Stores Inc. is challenging the part of the federal health care law that requires for-profit companies to offer employees health coverage that includes products the business owners find morally objectionable, such as certain types of ...

Review “Fast Furious 6” impressive and gripping

Thu, 23 May 2013 13:43:22 -0400

From left, Michelle Rodriguez, Tyrese Gibson, Chris Bridges, Gal Gadot, Paul Walker, Vin Diesel, Dwayne Johnson, Jordana Brewster and Sung Kang star in "Fast & Furious 6." Photo courtesy of Universal ...

Review “The Hangover Part III” tired and unfunny

Thu, 23 May 2013 13:43:21 -0400

From left, Zach Galifianakis as Alan, Bradley Cooper as Phil and Ed Helms as Stu in "The Hangover Part III." Photo courtesy of Warner Bros. Pictures and Legendary ...

DOTD installs enhanced monitoring equipment near Bayou Corne sinkhole

Thu, 23 May 2013 13:42:45 -0400

Assumption Parish, La - The Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development will use enhanced monitoring along La. 70, near the Assumption Parish sinkhole. The improvements will provide broader observation and greater accuracy in measuring the area for movement and subsidence. DOTD will be able to use data from these monitoring systems and alert responders via DOTD’s Traffic ...

NOAA predicts another busy hurricane season

Thu, 23 May 2013 13:42:09 -0400

COLLEGE PARK, Md. -- Federal forecasters are predicting yet another busy hurricane season.Thursday's outlook calls for 13 to 20 named storms, 7 to 11 that strengthen into hurricanes and 3 to 6 that become major hurricanes.The prediction by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is more than what's considered an average Atlantic season. Last year was the third-busiest on ...

Taylor Swift dazzles and has Austin seeing Red

Thu, 23 May 2013 13:37:01 -0400

Taylor Swift arrived on stage opening her set with 'State Of Grace.' She was accompanied with a seven-piece band, fourteen backup dancers and plenty of fireworks to energize her adoring audience. Seven months of planning and rehearsals went into readying for the 'Red' Tour and both set and costumes are outstanding. There were a total of 11 wardrobe changes and one can't ...

1000 more lawyers in North Texas Probably a good thing

Thu, 23 May 2013 13:35:11 -0400

Bill Munck, managing partner The most recent U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics numbers show legal services jobs in the Dallas-Irving-Plano metro area have returned to pre-Great Recession levels, with about 1,100 more people -- mostly lawyers -- employed in the industry than in 2011. Total legal services employment in the area is about 21,500, according to the bureau's stats compiled by ...

Austin No. 10 for engineering jobs

Thu, 23 May 2013 13:26:10 -0400

Austin has been ranked as one of the top markets with the highest demands for engineers. Austin has been ranked the No. 10 market in the U.S. with one of the highest demands for engineers, according to a survey by Monster Worldwide Inc. The Monster (NYSE: MWW) survey also revealed that the top five engineering occupations across the nation are: Companies surveyed also indicated they were looking ...

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