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NM sees oil production jump 46 percent
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) -- Oil production in New Mexico has increased by nearly 50 percent over the last three years, making it one of five western states that have helped boost national production over the last three ...
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Texas House passes measure to prevent Medicaid expansion
AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) - The Texas House passed a measure on Tuesday that would prevent the state from expanding its Medicaid program as outlined by President Barack Obama's healthcare reform ...
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Four Corpus Christi firefighters to help responders in Moore Okla. after tornado
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Academy Sports +Outdoors to open store in Portland renovate in Corpus Christi
Michael Zamora/Caller-Times Renovations are being done throughout the existing store, and a new location in Portland is scheduled to open in the spring. Additional store will add more than 100 jobs in the Coastal ...
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Texas windstorm insurance bill dies on Senate floor
Sen. Larry Taylor, R-Friendswood, is blaming Steve Mostyn, the Houston attorney and Democratic mega-donor who in many ways has become the face of windstorm litigation since Hurricane Ike, as the primary reason Taylor's Senate Bill 1700 is ...
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Walmart pledges $1M for Moore tornado recovery
MOORE, Okla. (AP) — Walmart says it is pledging $1 million for the recovery from the tornado that devastated Moore.The Bentonville, Ark.-based company said Tuesday that it will make donations of cash and materials equal to $1 million.Walmart is also sending truckloads of food, water and other basic items to serve as immediate aid.The world's largest retailer says no customers or ...
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Texas Drops “Anti-American” CSCOPE Lessons Battle Continues
A highly controversial school curriculum used in much of Texas known as "CSCOPE," which came under relentless assault from activists and parents ...
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Texas lawmakers Don’t sell sugary drinks in elementary and middle schools
That’s why the Texas Senate gave final approval — with little debate — to a measure that would prevent public elementary and middle schools from selling sugary drinks at school during school ...
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Man pleads guilty in Picasso vandalism case
HOUSTON -; A man accused of vandalizing a 1929 Pablo Picasso painting in an act that was caught on cellphone video has pleaded guilty in exchange for a two-year prison ...
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Dave Matthews Band concert at COTA postponed
AUSTIN (KXAN) - Due to severe weather concerns in the Central Texas region, Tuesday night's Dave Matthews Band performance has been postponed. The concert, which was slated to take place at the Circuit of the Americas amphitheater at 7 p.m., will now take place Wednesday at 7 p.m. All purchased tickets and pre-paid parking passes will be honored for the rescheduled concert. We regret any ...
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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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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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