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Rush Enterprises founder resigns as chairman
W. Marvin Rush has retired as chairman of the board of Rush Enterprises, a company he founded in 1965. Rush Enterprises Inc. officials announced late Monday that W. Marvin Rush is retiring from his position as chairman of the board. He will continue to serve as a member of the board of directors and will have the honorary title of chairman emeritus. His son, W.M. Rusty Rush, will assume the ...
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Interview questions spark criticism possible legal action
GEORGETOWN, Texas (KXAN) - When applying for work, jobseekers generally aren't arent asked about their political, religious, or moral beliefs. In most cases employers know they cant ask those sorts of questions under the U.S. Constitution and equal employment opportunity rules. But Williamson County commissioners dont believe those rules applied when they appointed a new constable. After ...
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Police No seat belt=ticket
Rachel Denny Clow/Caller-Times Corpus Christi Police Department Senior Officer Gabe Garcia writes a driver a ticket for not wearing a seat belt on Monday at Waldron Road and South Padre Island Drive during the 12th annual Click It or Ticket campaign. An extra 30 shifts will be added during the enforcement period, which is through June 2, with four officers working each shift. A grant from the ...
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17-year-old father suspected of injuring infant who later died
CORPUS CHRISTI -- The father of a 4-month-old girl, who died after she was taken to the hospital Friday afternoon, faces a charge of injury to a child, police said. Authorities went to the 2900 block of Niagara Street about 2:40 p.m. for an unconscious infant girl, who later was taken to Driscoll Children's Hospital, according to a news release. An investigation by the Corpus Christi ...
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Tornado Hits Oklahoma Again
The severe weather outbreak is expected to spread across other parts of the Plains and the Midwest. The National Weather Service has placed parts of five storm-battered states -- Oklahoma, Kansas, Missouri, Arkansas and Texas -- under a tornado watch, meaning conditions are favorable for tornadoes to develop within the next few hours. Television video showed debris from homes and businesses ...
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South Texas Project and other plants contribute to boost in nuclear output
South Texas Project increased its nuclear energy output to full capacity from 70 percent after being offline a week for maintenance. U.S. nuclear-power output increased to its highest level in 10 weeks as the South Texas Nuclear Project and other plants returned to production after maintenance closures, according to a Bloomberg analysis of Nuclear Regulatory Commission data. Generation rose 1.9 ...
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Man arrested following shooting that left 2 dead
HOUSTON (AP) -- Investigators have identified four men they say were involved in a drug-related shooting in Houston that left a 10-year-old boy and a woman ...
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J.C. Penney shareholders re-elect board of directors
J.C. Penney re-elected its board of directors. J.C. Penney Co. Inc. shareholders officially re-elected the company's board of directors for another year, the company said Monday. The votes, which stockholders cast at the May 17 annual meeting, largely were in favor of the 10 returning board members. William Ackman, Colleen Barrett, Thomas Engibous, Kent Foster, Geraldine Laybourne, Leonard ...
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Lawmakers could face special session
AUSTIN (KXAN) - One week to go, and the current Texas legislative session will be finished. But that does not mean lawmakers will go home for the summer. All eyes are on Gov. Rick Perry. He could call a "special session" for anything from tax relief to transportation. "Traffic is insane all the time, said Jennifer Hogan, as she sat at a stoplight on the access road of Interstate 35 ...
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Coastal Bend law enforcement officers honor their own
TODD YATES/CALLER-TIMES Members of the Nueces County Sheriff’s Office and Corpus Christi Police Department gather Monday at the Congressman Solomon P. Ortiz International Center during the seventh annual Coastal Bend Regional Peace Officers Memorial Day ...
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Pizza pub to take over Reds Patio Grill in Plano
Taverna Rossa is scheduled to open in early July in Plano. The pizza pub is designed to be a sister location of McKinney's Cadillac Pizza. The owners of Cadillac Pizza in historic downtown McKinney are in the middle of bringing their pizza concept to Plano. "Taverna Rossa is definitely an extension of Cadillac Pizza," said Preston Lancaster, founder of {33} Restaurant Group. "But ...
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Silvercars puts all-Audi rental fleet on the road in DFW
Silvercar offers all Audi A4s for rent at Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport and on Friday another rental car facility will open at Dallas Love Field. It pays to know the back roads around Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport. One missed exit in the DFW Connector highway construction project can really ruin your day. I found myself unable to enter the airport on the north end a few weeks ...
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Construction employment in Texas rose 7 percent in April
Construction companies in Texas have hired 40,000 more workers between April 2012 and April 2013, according to the latest Associated General Contractors of America report. The job numbers continue to climb among Texas construction firms. Between April 2012 and April 2013, Texas-based contractors added a total of 41,500 employees to their payrolls, according to the latest report by Arlington, ...
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Biloxi bank robbery suspect arrested in Texas
Surveillance photos and tips from the public helped identify Brett Maurice Disiere as a suspect in the Biloxi bank robbery. (Photo source: Biloxi Police ...
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Texas Vanguard seeks buyer for its South Texas wells
Texas Vanguard is seeking a buyer for 250 oil-and-gas wells in South Texas as well as other opportunities in the Permian Basin. Austin-based Texas Vanguard Oil Co. has retained broker E-Spectrum Advisors LLC to help it sell 250 of its producing South Texas oil and gas wells. Most of the properties are associated with the Serbin Field in Lee and Bastrop counties, but the company also plans to ...
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Neighbor attacked with knife garden hoe
Saturday morning had all the elements of an action movie for East Austin resident Nikesha Roberts. There was yelling, swearing, a death threat, a garden hoe, a kitchen knife and -- in the end -- an arrest. The morning started smoothly enough. Roberts was out in front of her home on Colony Park Drive with Teria Tucker, a family member, doing some yard work. According to an affidavit later ...
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Urban Land Institute to discuss the future of the burbs
The Urban Land Institute will host a luncheon on May 22 to discuss whether San Antonio's suburban development is sustainable. San Antonios center city has been the focus of much news, talk, buzz, etc., of late. But now, an organization dedicated to responsible land use is broadening its perspective. On May 22, the San Antonio Chapter of the Urban Land Institute (ULI) will present The Future ...
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Lewis has mixed results in second rehab start
Currently on a Minor League rehab assignment, Colby Lewis hasn't pitched in the big leagues since last July. (AP) FRISCO, Texas -- Colby Lewis breezed through the first two innings of his rehab start for Double-A Frisco on Monday, retiring all six batters he faced, striking out three of them. The third inning, however, proved much more troublesome for Lewis, who gave up a leadoff home run ...
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Texas man charged in death of postal worker
Federal officials say James Wayne Ham was charged Monday in the killing of 52-year-old Marie Youngblood. The San Jacinto County Sheriff's Office had taken him into custody Sunday, saying at the time that Ham was a ...
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Court upholds TX mans conviction in NJ gun case
TRENTON, N.J. (AP) -- A Texas man arrested with 21 guns in his car while passing through New Jersey four years ago will remain in prison after an appeals court on Monday upheld his conviction in a case that could wind up in front of the state Supreme ...
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Texas windstorm bill could affect thousands in Coastal Bend
CORPUS CHRISTI -- Thousands of coastal homeowners could get a reprieve on losing their wind and hailstorm insurance if lawmakers can hustle through a bill now working its way through the Texas House of Representatives. Senate Bill 1702, authored by Sen. Larry Taylor, R-Friendswood, extends indefinitely the alternative certification program of the Texas Windstorm Insurance Association through ...
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Allen Gump How I was named SIOR leader
Allen Gump of Colliers International was named to a four-year term helping to lead the national SIOR industry group. Longtime real estate broker Allen Gump of Colliers International was elected to the Society of Industrial and Office Realtors executive committee, a four-year leadership term in the national industry group. The four-year term includes Gump serving vice president in 2014, ...
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Diebold to relocate Coppell operations to Ohio cut 52 jobs
Diebold will terminate 52 jobs at its Coppell office as it relocates operations to its Ohio offices, pictured above. Diebold, Inc. will terminate 52 jobs this year at its Coppell office as the company relocates operations to Ohio, according the company said in a notice filed under the Workers Adjustment Retraining and Notificaiton Act. The maker of bank ATMs and bank security systems issued the ...
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McGraw-Hill moving operation from DeSoto to Ohio
An exterior of the warehouse at the I-20 Corporate Center. New York City-based McGraw-Hill Cos. Inc., an affiliate of McGraw-Hill Financial Inc. (NYSE: MHFI), plans to move its large southwest regional distribution hub from North Texas to Ohio as part of a consolidation, leaving a big void in a hot distribution market. The New York-based investment trust that owns the property has hired ...
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Boeing 787 flight from Houston marks planes return Video
May 20 (Bloomberg) -- Bloomberg "Street Smart" anchor Adam Johnson previews the return to the skies of Boeing's 787 Dreamliner as he prepares to take a ride on one of the refurbished airliners to speak with the CEOs of Boeing and United Airlines. He speaks on Bloomberg Television's "Bloomberg Surveillance." A United Airlines 787 Dreamliner flew Monday from Houston to ...
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San Antonio planning facelift for downtown
River North is widely considered to be one of the most rundown, neglected and unsafe areas of the city. It has stood for years at the edge of downtown like a blight on the conscience of San Antonio, reminding city officials and the community constantly that something must be done. But, finding the money to proceed with a redevelopment project has proven difficult, until recently.
River North will be entirely overhauled in a new project that aims to revamp the area and make it an integral part of the life and culture of the city’s core, rather than a ghost town that people avoided at all costs. The project is finally underway following the injection of over US$24 million in funding for the overhaul. Read more
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