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Texas nixes curriculum criticized as anti-American
Texas education officials are doing away with a controversial curriculum plan conservatives criticize as anti-American. The state's regional Education Service Centers will no longer use CSCOPE, a curriculum guideline provided to many small Texas school districts too small to employ curriculum development professionals of their own, the Houston Chronicle reported Tuesday. The lesson plans ...
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Celebrating 125 years of Corpus Christi missionaries
Rachel Denny Clow/Caller-Times Members of First Baptist Church Mission Minders group release 40 balloons containing the names of missionaries serving throughout the world on Tuesday during a birthday party celebrating 125 years of the Southern Baptist Women’s Missionary ...
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TxDOT road work projects in Nueces County 05.20.13
Starting Monday - Ayers Street, 7 a.m.-5 p.m. through Friday: Traffic will be reduced to one lane in each direction for lane reconstruction from Holly Road to Saratoga Blvd. Speed limit has been reduced from 45 mph to 35 mph. - Farm-to-Market Road 1883, through Tuesday 8 a.m.-5 p.m.: Traffic will be slowed for road leveling between Farm-to-Market Road 666 and County Road 95. - State ...
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Corpus Christi ISD staff ask trustees to consider six high schools at Monday meeting
As a parent of children in schools in the southside of town, I do not think it is fair to put a new Carroll H. S. in the middle of "King Country". We need to just keep the existing Carroll as a high school and add a new high school with a new ...
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Texas approves bill to guide fund water projects
Legislation to tackle Texas' water woes was approved by the Texas Senate on Monday. House Bill 4, filed by State Rep. Allan Ritter, R-Nederland, would direct $2 billion into a water infrastructure fund that would offer loans for projects such as new water reservoirs, pipelines and conservation projects. The legislation will restructure the Texas Water Development Board to a three-member, ...
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Lawmakers agree on $50 million for ETF
The governor's office and legislative leaders have agreed to supply the Texas Emerging Technology Fund with $50 million over two years to continue operations, State Rep. Jim Pitts, R-Waxahachie, told the Austin American-Statesman yesterday. Gov. Rick Perry originally requested $69.5 million for each of the next two years. Lawmakers still must decide whether to strip the states top three ...
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Regents nominees clear Senate hurdle
AUSTIN (AP) The Senate Nominations Committee has approved Gov. Rick Perry's three appointments to the University of Texas System board of regents, sending them to the full Senate for consideration. The nominations are being closely watched as state lawmakers have clashed with regents over the performance of Austin campus president Bill Powers. Lawmakers have supported Powers, who is ...
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Austin homes selling quick really quick
Austin homes are selling within six weeks on average, according to a new report released Tuesday by the Austin Board of Realtors. The volume of home sales $794.2 million in April increased for the 23rd consecutive month. April had the most home sales in Austin since 2004. Townhouse and condo sales also experienced a rapid uptick. Heres some other statistics for April from the report: 2,563 ...
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SolarWinds to buy Canadian company for $120M
SolarWinds Inc. has agreed to buy a Canadian software maker for $120 million. Austin-based SolarWinds (NYSE: SWI) last week agreed to acquire N-able Technologies International Inc., which develops remote monitoring and management and service automation software for managed service providers, according to a Tuesday filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. The filing doesnt ...
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Indian guest workers sue company in Miss. Texas
GULFPORT, Miss. -; Dozens of Indian guest workers are suing an Alabama-based marine and fabrication company, claiming it financially exploited them and forced them to live in squalid conditions after bringing them to work at Gulf Coast shipyards after Hurricane ...
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Clippers wont offer Del Negro new deal as coach
Del Negro had a 128-102 regular-season record in three years with the team. The Clippers made the playoffs the last two seasons, including last year when they advanced to the second round for only the second time since the franchise moved to Los Angeles in ...
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Texas Sues Companies Connected to Macondo Oil Spill
The state of Texas filed a lawsuit Friday against BP plc, Transocean Ltd. and other parties involved in the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill, seeking damages related to the affects of the oil spill. Texas is the fifth Gulf of Mexico state to file claims seeking lost tax revenue, lost revenue from state parks, damages to natural resources and civil penalties for each day that oil was spilled and ...
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Across America 2013 Solar Impulse Prepares For Flight From Phoenix To Dallas
Image Caption: Event week in Phoenix- Consulate of Switzerland Dinner - J. Brewer, Governor of the State of Arizona, and B. Piccard and A. Borschberg with the Clean Generation Flag. Credit: Solar Impulse |Merz| ...
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Mom talks about missing cheerleader found dead
After a two-day search in rural Oregon failed to yield any trace of missing Utah mother Susan Powell, authorities said Thursday they may close the ...
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Local agencies head to Oklahoma to help victims
GEORGETOWN (KXAN) - Tuesday morning volunteers stood in a circle, held hands and prayed before driving off to Oklahoma to help people displaced by Monday's deadly tornado. The Austin Disaster Relief Network sent its assessment team to Moore to see what the area needs. "Our hearts are going out to them we know exactly what they are probably going through right now it's a lot of chaos ...
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Pica Pica Plaza creating new event space in South San Antonio
Pica Pica Plaza has launched a new Celebrations Event Center. Pica Pica Plaza, a 130,000-square-foot retail/entrepreneur incubator on San Antonios South Side is adding a new service the Celebrations Event Center. The newly completed event center will be open for any kind of event, be it formal or casual. Celebrations will also provide such services as catering, party planning and floral ...
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Texas Fires Shot Against The War On Christmas — In May
measure labeled the ';Merry Christmas bill,'; which is currentlyawaiting Gov. Rick Perry’s (R-TX) signature,provides that public school staff may ';offer traditional greetings'; including ';Merry Christmas'; or ';Happy Hanukkah'; to their students, and it permits school districts to ';display on school property scenes or symbols associated with ...
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Storm chasers following next line of storms in Texas
cold front that again is extremely slow-moving. so we're going to we keeping an eye on these storms throughout the rest of the afternoon. now is the time of day where these storms do continue to strengthen and fire up. the dark shade in yellow is an area where we do ...
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Dierker named special assistant to Astros president
Larry Dierker's role will include serving as an advisor to president Reid Ryan and as a goodwill ambassador for the club. (AP) The Astros are appointing a familiar face to a new role, as the team has made Larry Dierker a special assistant to the team president. Dierker, who has been a part of the organization for nearly 50 years as a pitcher, broadcaster, manager and front-office ...
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Divorce clause keeps lesbians from living together
MCKINNEY, Texas (AP) -- A judge has ruled that a North Texas lesbian couple can't live together because of a morality clause in the divorce papers of one of the ...
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Officials link E. coli outbreak to restaurant
Health officials in Brazos County said Tuesday ground meat prepared at Coco Loco in College Station over a three-day period in mid-April carried a virulent strain of the ...
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Canseco To Play Again In Texas Starting This Week
Jose Canseco has been out of the game for a while, but he’s anxious to get back in (as anyone who’s been following his Twitter feed will know). As of Thursday, he’ll get his wish. The former Bash Brother will begin his stint with the Fort Worth Cats as a player and a coach. The first game, coincidentally, will be against Edinburg, which is managed by his brother Ozzie. ...
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Fitch Releases Report on Texas AM University System TX
U.S. Money Funds Return to Eurozone Banks U.S. prime money market funds (MMFs) increased their exposure to eurozone banks in April, although asset allocations to these institutions remain well below 2011 levels, according to Fitch Ratings. As of end-April 2013, MMF allocations to eurozone banks represented 15.1% of assets under management within Fitch Ratings'sample of the 10 largest U.S. ...
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Trapped Firefighter Dies 28-Year Veteran Killed in Texas
Firefighter Stanley Wilson was killed Monday during a six-alarm blaze at a Dallas condominium complex. Wilson was one of over 100 firefighters who responded to the 3 a.m. blaze at the Hearthwood North Condominiums.The complex was covered in flames as help arrived. Firefighters attempted an offensive attack before the fire began to rapidly increase, forcing them onto the defense. Wilson entered ...
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D.C. gets OK for June unveiling of U.S. Capitol statue
The House has approved a measure that will allow Emancipation Hall to host the June unveiling of the first District-selected statue inside the U.S. Capitol. (Photo: Alex Wong/Getty ...
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El Paso still counting cost of storm
El Paso may be counting the cost of last year’s intense hail storm for the next two years according to expert opinions and data released by local insurance companies to El Paso news media.
On September 16th last year a hail storm hit the city causing extensive damage to homes, businesses and cars across the city but with the vast majority of damage centered around East Side. Around 20,000 cars and 10,000 homes were damaged according to the Insurance Council of Texas, which amounted to $150 million. Read more
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