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SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket explodes during 'particularly complex' Texas test flight
SpaceX's rocket program suffered a setback today, with one of its three engine Falcon rockets exploding in mid-air during a test flight in McGregor, Texas. The company says it triggered the action...
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Southeast Texas jury acquits father in slaying of drunken driver who killed sons
A southeast Texas man says that despite his acquittal Wednesday for the shooting death of the drunken driver who caused a crash that killed his two sons, there are no winners. “This was a loss for everybody,” said a visibly relieved David Barajas, who cried and hugged his wife, Cindy, after the verdict was read.
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99 Cans of Beer in a Pack
Texas brewery Austin Beerworks is doing its part to "keep Austin weird" by releasing the first 99-pack of beer to consumers.
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When fracking and free speech collide
A defamation case against a man who claimed fracking polluted his water highlights free-speech issues
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Why Did Charity Johnson Pretend To Be A Teenager For 20 Years?
The 34-year-old Texas woman didn’t want to steal money or hurt anyone. So why did she trick people all over the country into believing she was still in high school?
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First Ebola case diagnosed on US soil
First case of Ebola virus diagnosed on US soil by officials in Dallas, TX. According to BBC UK.
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50 in Texas being monitored for Ebola symptoms
Fifty people in Texas will be monitored daily for possible Ebola symptoms, including 10 who are considered at high risk because of their exposure to a patient now being treated for the deadly virus, public health officials said Friday.
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Dallas County Will Experiment with Not Arresting People Caught with Marijuana
Get caught with a joint in Dallas this afternoon and you'll find yourself being chauffeured to Lew Sterrett in the...
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Ebola killing robot developed in Texas
A local invention may turn out to be a key piece of technology in the fight against Ebola. It's a robot used by hospitals to disinfect and destroy bacteria and viruses.
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Death row inmate freed after nine years in Texas prison
An intellectually disabled construction worker was freed Wednesday after nine years in a Texas prison, including four of them on death row, after his initial conviction for murdering a year-old infant was overturned.
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Nurses at Texas hospital: 'There were no protocols' about Ebola
A union made troubling allegations Tuesday about the Texas hospital where a nurse contracted Ebola, claiming "guidelines were constantly changing" and "there were no protocols" about how to deal with the deadly virus."
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Supreme Court Allows Texas to Use Voter ID Law
The Supreme Court on Saturday allowed Texas to use its strict voter identification law in the November election. The court’s order, issued just after 5 a.m., was unsigned and contained no reasoning.
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'Drunk' homophobe taken down by Texas airport passengers
A “crazed” homophobe who kicked a man he thought was gay was tackled by passengers at a Texas airport. Video of the incident shows the unidentified attacker shouting slurs at a man wearing a pink T-shirt before being confronted by another traveler at Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport.
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Pro-gun author Dana Loesch cancels book signing at gun-free campus citing safety concerns
Dana Loesch canceled a book signing at Texas Christian University, arguing that the school’s “no guns” policy puts herself and her fans in danger.
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Texas oil town makes history as residents say no to fracking
The Texas town where America’s oil and natural gas boom began has voted to ban fracking, in a stunning rebuke to the industry. Denton, a college town on the edge of the Barnett Shale, voted by 59% to ban fracking inside the city limits, a first for any locality in Texas.
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Texas energy group asks court to halt fracking ban
A North Texas city that sits atop a natural gas reserve is preparing for an extended court battle after voters made it the first in the state to ban further hydraulic fracturing.
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Texas Girl Was Taken Away From Parents Because They Smoked Pot, Only To Be Killed in Foster Care
Little Alex Hill would have been turning four-years-old this Friday. But rather than celebrating their child's birthday, the toddler's parents have only the bitter consolation of seeing a judge in Milam County hand Alex's foster mother a life sentence for murder.
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Buy Your Daughter All the Butch Dolls You Want, She Still Won't Be Able to Get an Abortion in Texas
We should disabuse ourselves of this hold-over notion from the baby-boomer generation that somehow social institutions can be jammed, subverted, reformed, or overthrown through buying stuff.
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Lawyers file emergency motion to stop execution of mentally ill Texas inmate
Attorneys for a Texas death row inmate with schizophrenia are attempting to stop his execution with an emergency motion, calling for a mental evaluation.
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4 Workers Die, 1 Hurt in Texas Chemical Plant Leak
Four workers were killed after a chemical leak at a DuPont plant in La Porte, Texas, on the outskirts of Houston, plant manager Randall Clements said.
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