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Slicing up the scholarship pie (Dallas Morning News)

Sun, 06 Jul 2008 07:00:03 GMT

The Scholarship Game: An examination of how universities divvy up scholarship money and the impact on student athletes.After years of playing baseball with the elite Dallas Mustangs youth travel team, Tyler Sibley is weighing scholarship offers to play shortstop at a Division I school next fall. The financial aid Sibley receives in college won't come close to covering the money his father, Tim, has...

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Funny pictures : Golden Coral Sign - McKinney Texas (afunnystuff.com)

Sun, 06 Jul 2008 06:28:47 GMT

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Inmate who faced execution puts hopes in DNA tests (Houston Chronicle)

Sun, 06 Jul 2008 05:30:00 GMT

A state district judge has stopped a scheduled July 22 execution for Lester Leroy Bower Jr. to consider his request that evidence in the case be examined to see if DNA testing could back up his quarter-century-long claims of innocence.

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Sheriff deputy contracts help some communites as others lack patrols (Houston Chronicle)

Sun, 06 Jul 2008 05:30:00 GMT

A Chronicle analysis shows positions for officers hired by well-off Harris County communities are filled immediately. But lawmen say they struggle to provide basic services to other unincorporated areas.

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Deportations keep N. Houston immigrant facility busy (Houston Chronicle)

Sun, 06 Jul 2008 05:30:00 GMT

For about 1,500 illegal immigrants every month, a sprawling complex in north Houston is a sort of symbolic exit door out of America.

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Alleged loan scams dotted Houston foreclosure landscape (Houston Chronicle)

Sun, 06 Jul 2008 05:30:00 GMT

Many sales, it turned out, were part of an alleged $24 million mortgage fraud scheme in which investors and others recruited buyers and supplied them with bogus documents that qualified them for exorbitant loans for Houston homes and condos, according to a recent federal indictment.

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Rosenberg welcomes return of no-kill bullfighting (w/video) (Houston Chronicle)

Sun, 06 Jul 2008 05:30:00 GMT

Unlike traditional bullfights, Saturday's event was "bloodless" and did not end in the death of the bulls. Instead, the matadors plucked a rose from between the bull's shoulder blades.

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Twins who suffered blood condition small but 'doing great' (Houston Chronicle)

Sun, 06 Jul 2008 05:30:00 GMT

The Strohs, who live in Humble, learned at 22 weeks' gestation that their fetuses were suffering a rare condition known as twin-to-twin transfusion syndrome.

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Muslim leaders say faith gaining ground in U.S. (Houston Chronicle)

Sun, 06 Jul 2008 05:30:00 GMT

Despite the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, acceptance of Islam politically and socially is on the increase in the U.S., National Muslim leaders gathered in Houston said Saturday.

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Gas price is wild card for planners in storm evacuations (Houston Chronicle)

Sun, 06 Jul 2008 05:30:00 GMT

This year's warning reveals something on the minds of those responsible for evacuations — high fuel prices. Last year's phrase, "Keep your gas tanks full," has been replaced by a simple "Be prepared."

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Some wonder if Metro buses can handle surge of cyclists (Houston Chronicle)

Sun, 06 Jul 2008 05:30:00 GMT

Rising gasoline prices have coincided with a 140 percent increase since April in the number of people using bicycles to link up with Metro buses, causing some to wonder whether the public transit system can handle the two-wheeled load.

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Entrepreneurs tinker in do-it-yourself fuel as costs rise (Houston Chronicle)

Sun, 06 Jul 2008 05:30:00 GMT

There's a reason David Cole's diesel pickup truck smells like fried chicken. It's fueled by the glistening, golden waste oil of a restaurant fry pit.

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Garland government teacher gets top fellowship (Dallas Morning News)

Sun, 06 Jul 2008 05:00:00 GMT

"You have to answer questions about your education philosophy, why you think it's important to teach government, provide documentation of your volunteer efforts – it's a very thorough process," Ms. Kasparian explained.

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Texas Environmentalists Lobby For Solar-Powered Electric Chair (The Onion)

Sun, 06 Jul 2008 04:24:07 GMT

AUSTIN, TX—Garrett Durning of the Texas Environmental Defense League has spent the last three months campaigning tirelessly for the installation of solar-powered electric chairs in state prisons. "Texas wastes more than 500,000 watts of electricity on every criminal it executes," Durning told reporters Monday. "We live in the 21st century, and it's high time we acted like it. Let's stop depleting our...

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Duncanville contestant crowned Miss Teen Texas (Dallas Morning News)

Sun, 06 Jul 2008 03:51:00 GMT

FORT WORTH, Texas – Rebecca Robinson, competing as Miss Longview, will represent the Lone Star State at the Miss America pageant after winning the Miss Texas crown. Ms. Robinson, who danced during the talent portion of the competition, wins a $10,000 cash scholarship for college. The Miss America pageant is scheduled for January in Las Vegas, Nevada. The first runner-up was Faith Bates, who is Miss...

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The Conservative Case Against the Death Penalty (TalkLeft)

Sun, 06 Jul 2008 03:38:52 GMT

Virginia is a distant second to Texas in the number of executions carried out since 1976. The trend in Virginia has slowed recently. Why? Among the many reasons, this one should give everyone pause: Jon Gould, director of the Center for Justice, Law and Society at George Mason University, thinks prosecutors may be more cautious in seeking the death penalty because he said the state has had 12 wrongful...

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Galveston man dies in 5-motorcycle crash in Lufkin (Houston Chronicle)

Sun, 06 Jul 2008 03:18:00 GMT

Robert Benjamin Boren, 42, was one of two killed in the Fourth of July accident that left five others injured.

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Texas: Houston area storage owner shoots at would-be thieves (Civilian Gun Self-Defense Blog)

Sun, 06 Jul 2008 03:17:00 GMT

Houston, Texas From KHOU of July 1, 2008 Houston area storage owner shoots at would-be thieves A would-be theft suspect was apparently hurt while trying to break into the Storage Facilities in northwest Harris County early Tuesday morning. Danny Colwell has owned the business at 6900 Guhn Road for 12 years. He said he heard a saw the morning of the reported theft and decided to investigate. “The gate...

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DCs Influential Friends List Grows (DosCentavos.net)

Sun, 06 Jul 2008 02:56:00 GMT

It was not surprising news; I knew it had to happen one day. By way of my friend/reader Viv , I found out that one of my best friends from SWT, Joey Cardenas, III , was recently elected State Director of the Texas League of United Latin American Citizens . Hailing from Louise, TX, Joe (I refuse to call him Joey) started in LULAC back when he was in high school. Joe ended up at Southwest Texas State...

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Lonnie Earl Johnson Foundation (Texas Moratorium Network)

Sun, 06 Jul 2008 02:40:00 GMT

Visit the website of the Lonnie Earl Johnson Foundation to read about a case of a person wrongfully executed in Texas. - www.LEJFoundation.org . “Exposing unlawful executions will help innocent people on death row and hold prosecuting attorneys accountable.” ~C. Christensen, Co-founder of LEJ Foundation The LEJ foundation was created in 2008 to expose unlawful executions. The inspiration for the LEJ...

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