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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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Woman sues owners of dog killed by her pit bulls
A Texas woman whose four pit bulls entered her neighbors' yard through a hole in the fence and killed their 10-year-old beagle is suing them for $1 million. Emerald White says in her lawsuit filed this week in Galveston County district court that she was "seriously injured" on Oct. 27 trying to stop the attack and retrieve her dogs. "The police took the action I wanted and declared those dogs dangerous and awareness was raised, so I decided to let it go," Baker said.
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Texas Man Accused of Trying to 'Destroy' Christian Beliefs for Objecting to Courthouse Nativity Scene
Plastic Jesus is the reason for the season. Well, it's the reason for the season at one East Texas courthouse,...
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Gun-friendly Texas prepares to roll back ban on open carry of firearms
Long depicted as the capital of American gun culture, Texas is actually one of the few states to ban outright the open carrying of handguns. That could change in 2015, when the Republican-dominated state legislature and governor-elect Greg Abbott are expected to push for expanded gun rights. “If open carry is good enough for Massachusetts, it’s good enough for the state of Texas,” Abbott said the day after his election, last month...
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Texas Cop Shoots His Neighbor’s Dog, Gets Away With It Under Law Authorizing Vigilantism
Kenneth Wayne Flynn, a former deputy chief in the Fort Worth, Texas police department will not be tried for hunting down and fatally shooting a German shepherd dog that escaped from a nearby home’s yard. Although the former officer was initially charged with animal cruelty/torture, a grand jury decided not to indict him on Wednesday. Flynn was a senior leader in the police department at the time of the shooting, although he decided to retire after he was initially charged.
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A barn repurposed into a rustic family home in Eastern, Texas.
A successful restoration turned this abandoned barn into an awesome multi-room little cabin.
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Texas plumber has ‘no idea’ how ISIS militants ended up with his old truck
A Texas plumber says he has no idea how his old company truck ended up in a jihadi photo from the front lines of the war in Syria produced by the militant group ISIS. The New York Daily News reported that Mark Oberholtzer of Texas City traded the company car in at a dealership in 2013 and hadn’t thought of it since.
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A Tree Is Known By Its Fruit
The late afternoon of March 25, 2012, a voice crackled over the police scanners that perch on the coffee tables or hang on the belts of many residents in San Saba: an ambulance was headed out to Harkey Pecan Farms. Scanner chatter is a rich source of gossip in this tiny Central Texas city of 3,099, and ears perked up that Sunday as paramedics and law enforcement officers rushed four miles west of town to Harkeyville...
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Drone video of mine blasting
A blast to uncover rock at a surface mine in Texas.
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Texas man watching New Year's fireworks dies of stray bullet
The death of a Houston man killed by a stray bullet while watching New Year's Eve fireworks with his wife in front of his house has been ruled a homicide, a medical examiner's office said on Friday. Javier Suarez Rivera, 43, was standing on the edge of his driveway when he dropped to the ground. The Harris County Institute of Forensic Sciences said the man died from a single gunshot wound to the head.
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New Laws in Texas for 2015
On January 1st, 2015, many new laws went into effect in Texas (and the rest of the nation for that matter). Today, we take a look at what these laws entail.
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Biggest North Texas Speed Trap Cities of 2014
Everyone in Dallas drives around with a mental map showing the contours of local traffic enforcement. It shows the places...
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Christine Weick (Crazy Monster Drink Lady) interrupts Texas Muslim Capitol Day speaker
Controversial activist Christine Weick interrupts a speaker at Texas Muslim Capitol Day.
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Crossing the Border to Attend US Schools
Febe Ara lives in one country but goes to school in another.
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Texas will honour American sniper by celebrating 'Chris Kyle Day'
Texas will officially celebrate 2 February as “Chris Kyle Day”, in honour of the Navy Seal whose portrayal in the movie American Sniper has caused intense controversy while breaking box-office records. Kyle, the most lethal sniper in US military history with 160 confirmed kills out of 255 “probables” during four tours of duty in Iraq, is played by Bradley Cooper in Clint Eastwood’s film, which has six nominations for...
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Wrong-Way Crashes in Texas Are on the Rise
An exclusive NBC 5 investigation reveals just how often wrong-way drivers kill and injure people on Texas highways.
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Bill would let Texas teachers legally kill students
Schoolteachers in Texas will be allowed to use lethal force against students without risking legal repercussions if a new bill being considered in the Lone Star State’s legislature becomes a law.
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Learn ACLS, BLS & CPR in San Antonio at CPR123 Training Institute
Learn ACLS, BLS & CPR at San Antonio, Texas and get 5% off on AHA classroom courses only at CPR123. For more information view CPR123.com
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Widow of 'American Sniper' testifies on emotional first day of Texas murder trial
As American Sniper continues to spark controversy across the world, a real-life courtroom drama that picks up where the movie ends began in a small Texas town on Wednesday – cowboy hats, weeping widows and all.
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Abandoned dog saves lives of 10 newborn puppies and mother with BARKS
An abandoned dog has saved the lives of ten sick, newborn puppies and their weak mother after incessantly barking to alert passersby and then leading them to the dogs' location in dense woods. The Labrador mix, who has since been named Hero, had spent weeks eluding members of Dallas Dogrrr-Rescue, Rehab, Reform in Texas, who were trying to rescue him from a south Dallas park. But on Tuesday night, he greeted rescuer Marina Tarashevsce and dog behaviorist...
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