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Man gets life for razor attack on Texas barber
NACOGDOCHES, Texas (AP) — A man who claimed self-defense has been sentenced to life in prison for grabbing a razor and slitting the throat of an East Texas barber during a robbery.Jurors in Nacogdoches earlier convicted Timothy Blanton of Garrison of aggravated robbery. The attack last July at a barber shop in Nacogdoches also left Chester Pleasant with hand and shoulder wounds.Blanton ...
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Federal indictment in real estate investment scam
HOUSTON (AP) — A 52-year-old Houston man who portrayed himself as a pastor running a religious-themed investment program is charged with 24 counts of fraud for what federal prosecutors say was a real estate scheme that cost a Mississippi woman $650,000.U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson says Samuel Ray Palasota has surrendered to authorities and was to appear before a federal magistrate in ...
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WATCH Burning railroad bridge collapses in Central Texas
(Jamie Smart, Jamie Smart via KXAN) SAN SABA, Texas (AP) — A 300-yard wooden railroad bridge in Central Texas has fallen after catching fire in a dramatic collapse captured on cellphone ...
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Texan could get life term $5M fine over meth ring
FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — A North Texas man faces up to life in prison and a $5 million fine for his role in running a methamphetamine ring.Federal prosecutors in Fort Worth on Wednesday announced Jermaine Duane Irvin was convicted of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute methamphetamine. The 41-year-old Arlington man has been in custody since being arrested Feb. 28 at his home.A ...
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NuStar CEO says low demand increased competition hurting shipping-fuel business
NuStar Energy Curt Anastasio says the shipping-fuel business is being impacted by low demand and increased competition. Lower margins are taking a bite of pipeline company NuStar Energy LPs business of bunkering, or supplying heavy fuel to ships, CEO Curt Anastasio told the National Association of Publicly Traded Partnerships MLP Investor Conference on Wednesday. There has been pressure lately ...
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HKS will spend Memorial Day weekend moving
HKS Inc. plans to move its headquarters into Patriot Tower this Memorial Day weekend. Dallas-based architecture and design firm HKS Inc. plans to make a big move over the Memorial Day weekend, relocating its headquarters to One Dallas Center, formerly known as Patriot Tower, in downtown Dallas. HKS plans to move into 142,000-square feet, or the first seven floors of the 30-story, ...
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Exclusive Gus Hinojosa joins HKS boosts interior group
Gus Hinojosa of Hinojosa Architecture & Interiors has joined Dallas-based HKS Inc. His firm is scheduled to dissolve by year's end after finishing client projects. Longtime interior designer Gus Hinojosa has taken his expertise to Dallas-based HKS Inc., which will boost the firm's commercial interiors group. Hinojosa's design firm Hinojosa Architecture & Interiors is expected to ...
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Texas continues to see major population increases
San Antonio gained 25,400 new residents over the past year, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. There are no signs that the number of people looking to pack up their belongings and move to Texas is slowing down. Its just the opposite, in fact, as Texas continues to be the mecca of migration. According to new U.S. Census Bureau data, eight of the 15 fastest-growing large U.S. cities and towns ...
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48 in Austin 2000 nationwide Companies that caught Social Madness
Keep up with our Social Madness blog here. Since Social Madness nominations closed last week, our colleagues at American City Business Journals Inc., parent company of the Austin Business Journal, have been busy vetting entries and tallying final numbers for each market. Several local companies slid in just under the wire, bringing the total number of local contestants to 48. You can check out ...
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Man killed in Texas had fake anthrax containers
SAN ANTONIO (AP) -- Police say an armed robbery suspect who was shot and killed in a South Texas neighborhood had containers falsely labeled ...
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Austin moves to No. 11 among US cities
AUSTIN (KXAN) - The U.S. Census Bureau on Thursday validated what most people here had figured out long ago: Austin is among the nation's fastest-growing cities. Texas' capital city also shot from the 13th largest U.S. city to No. 11, and the state led the nation in overall population growth for the year that ended July 1, 2012, the Census Bureau said. "The fastest-growing ...
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Safety Board ATF Blocking Texas Plant Blast Probe
Federal agents and the state fire marshal have effectively barred a federal safety panel from the site of a Texas fertilizer plant blast that killed 15 people and injured about 200 others, hampering its investigation, the panel’s chairman said. In a May 17 letter to Sen. Barbara Boxer, U.S. Chemical Safety Board Chairman Rafael Moure-Eraso asked the California Democrat to help the board ...
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Texas bills tackle road safety insurance not statewide texting ban
House Bill 63, which has yet to be heard by Senate committee, proposes a statewide ban on texting. Legislation that deals with safety and insurance on Texas roads are headed to the governor for his signature but a proposed statewide ban on texting isn't among them. Texas ranks among the worst states for passing highway safety laws, according to a January report released by Advocates for ...
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Private-equity firm KKR exploring Saks-Neiman Marcus merger reports say Video
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) Shares of Saks Inc. stock rose on Wednesday, May 23 amid reports that private equity firm KKR was mulling an investment and exploring a possible merger with Neiman Marcus Group. Could Saks Inc. ...
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10 things Martha Stewart taught me about business
We also found out at Tuesday's Face 2 Face event that Martha Stewart is a bit of techie but knows its limits. Read more here. Earlier this week as part of the ABJs Face 2 Face event series, I spent an hour with Martha Stewart talking almost exclusively about business. This is an entrepreneur who has amassed a reported net worth of $638 million as she has built one of the worlds most ...
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New university for Valley approved
AUSTIN (AP) -- A plan to merge two South Texas universities into one and create a new medical school cleared one of its last hurdles Wednesday night with a final vote of approval by the state ...
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Texas Gov. Rick Perry Will Sign Merry Christmas Bill Despite Atheist Protest
Gay Partners Amendment Left Out of Immigration Bill The Senate's immigration reform bill was passed out of the Judiciary Committee Tuesday without the "Leahy amendment" that would have given family status to gay and lesbian partners of U.S. ...
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GameStops mobile digital sales rise earnings drop
GameStop reported an increase in digital and mobile sales but a decrease in earnings during its first quarter. GameStop Corp. reported a jump mobile and digital sales during its first quarter, but the companys earnings and sales of new software and hardware are still on the decline. The Grapevine-based gaming company reported a 290 percent increase in mobile sales of $46.8 million during its ...
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GameStop 1Q net income falls but beats Street
GRAPEVINE, Texas (AP) -- GameStop Corp. said Thursday that its first-quarter net income fell 25 percent as revenue declined, but results at the world's biggest video game retailer surpassed Wall Street's ...
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Dallas area foreclosure rates dip lower than U.S. rate
The Dallas area foreclosure continues to decline, dropping more than three-tenths of a percentage point in March, according to CoreLogic's latest report released Thursday. The Dallas area foreclosure rate continued to decline in March, dropping more than three-tenths of a percentage point year-over-year, staying well below the U.S. rate. In March, the Dallas area foreclosure rate reached ...
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Immigration proposal running out of time in House
Rep. Raul Labrador warned reporters late Wednesday that it was imperative that the bipartisan House immigration working group conclude negotiations and move forward with its plan before the Memorial Day recess. (AP Photo/Matt ...
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Live on Caller.com Whats happening Thursday
COASTAL BEND -- We'll be following big news on a company the Coastal Bend thought it had heard the last from. In sports, we'll have updates from tonight's high school playoff softball game between Santa Gertrudis and Refugio, starting at 7 p.m. We'll also have updates from Texas A&M-Corpus Christi baseball team's performance in the Southland tournament. The ...
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Corpus Christi City Council hears recommendations for changes to lift station reimbursement program
No,No,No! Developers should be paying these fees without city money at all.....that is the way it is in most other places! Only in CC is our City Council willing to spend dollars that should be spent on our streets to line the pockets of private enterprse!!! Does it give our council members an adrenline rush to give away money that is NOT ...
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IRS official in center of targeting probe I have not done anything wrong.
WASHINGTON (AP) — IRS official in center of targeting probe: "I have not done anything wrong."Lois Lerner, the IRS official at the center of the storm over the agency's targeting of conservative groups, invoked her Fifth Amendment right yesterday against incriminating herself, but only after reading a defiant statement that she did nothing wrong. Lerner heads the office that ...
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Meet Bobby Patton Colonial chairman and Dodgers owner
While the garments didn’t match, Bobby Patton said all of the clothing held meaning for him as he ceremonially opened the baseball game between Texas Christian University and the University of Texas. In the grandstands, a handful at best grasped the sartorial ...
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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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