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Former PA announcer for the Dallas Cowboys dies (Blogging The Boys)

Sat, 05 Jul 2008 18:20:39 GMT

Murphy Martin, a prominent local newsman and former PA announcer for the ‘Boys, passed Friday. This excerpt is from the AP story that ran Friday. North Texas broadcasting legend Murphy Martin, who was an anchor at WFAA-TV in the 1960s and 70s, died late Thursday night after a lengthy illness. Martin died just one hour shy of his 83rd birthday, WFAA-TV reported Friday on its Web site. Football fans...

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Homeless Children Get a Taste of College With University of Texas at Dallas Program (Red Orbit )

Sat, 05 Jul 2008 17:00:22 GMT

By Jessica Sidman, The Dallas Morning News Jul. 5--Shanika Franklin and her four girls crowd together on two queen-size beds they share in a small bedroom. They are one of four single-mother families who live in a two-story pink house that serves as a homeless shelter in Oak Cliff.

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ATTORNEY RONALD M. CANTER - DALLAS, Texas, United States (TravelPod.com Recent Updates)

Sat, 05 Jul 2008 11:20:23 GMT

Jump to the full entry & travel map DALLAS, Texas, United States LAWYER RONALD M. CANTER Older U.S. terminology and non-U.S. terminology In common law jurisdictions outside the United States (e.g., England, Canada, Australia), attorney is incorrect as a general term, and lawyer, barrister, or solicitor is used instead. In these areas, the specific terms Crown attorney, power of attorney, and Attorney...

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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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TexASS (Travelblog)

Sat, 05 Jul 2008 19:33:25 GMT

Today is offically day 15 on tour and my third day in Texas. Yesturday as you all know was the 4th of july and like the usual tradition we blew stuff up. Apparently its NOT legal here in the Lone Star State but certain police officers will permit it. Its really weird cause as we were buying the fireworks from an ACTUALLY fireworks store there was a sheriff inside just chillen. i guess there was

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Questions raised about capital case 24 years later (Arizona Republic)

Sat, 05 Jul 2008 18:09:27 GMT

SHERMAN, Texas (AP) -- Three months after four bodies were found shot execution-style in an airplane hangar on the B&B Ranch north of Dallas in 1984, chemical salesman Lester Leroy Bower Jr. was charged with capital murder....

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Questions raised about capital case 24 years later (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)

Sat, 05 Jul 2008 18:06:00 GMT

SHERMAN, Texas -- Three months after four bodies were found shot execution-style in an airplane hangar on the B&B Ranch north of Dallas in 1984, chemical salesman Lester Leroy Bower Jr. was charged with capital murder.

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Galaxy Recap: Mr. Peabody, please help! (LAist)

Sat, 05 Jul 2008 15:49:50 GMT

Almost exactly three years ago, an excited Galaxy team ran onto the field in Texas to celebrate a victory over FC Dallas. The manner in which the team celebrated could have easily lead one to believe they had just won a hard fought championship after many years of shortcomings, or the like. However, it was merely a mid-season regular season victory. Why all the commotion over a regular season victory?...

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Mexicans are Self-Deporting in Increased Numbers (One Old Vet)

Sat, 05 Jul 2008 10:57:13 GMT

More Mexicans leaving U.S. under duress OCTAVIO RIVERA LÓPEZ / Al Día Two hours were enough for José Luis Sánchez and his family to pack their most valuable belongings in two vans – items accumulated in 10 years of living in the Dallas area. With his wife, children and their suitcases in place, Mr. Sánchez closed the door [...]

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GIT ALONG, LI'L DOGGY! (New York Post)

Sat, 05 Jul 2008 07:10:50 GMT

Meet Whiplash - the rodeo monkey from Big Spring, Texas, who wows the crowd before bull-riding shows by saddling up on a border collie. The spectacle is the brainchild of the capuchin monkey's handler, Tommy Lucia. "One morning, I woke up and...

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Waiting to buy winter airfare is a gamble (Dallas Morning News)

Sat, 05 Jul 2008 05:00:00 GMT

Many major carriers have announced capacity cuts of 10 percent or more for late 2008. Currently, seat capacity on flights from the top 50 airports will decline 6.7 percent, according to figures provided by Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport. Come fall, when the trimming takes effect, North Texas travelers should still be able to fly to the same places they did before, though there will be fewer...

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ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION (Dallas Morning News)

Sat, 05 Jul 2008 05:00:00 GMT

Two hours were enough for José Luis Sánchez and his family to pack their most valuable belongings in two vans – items accumulated in 10 years of living in the Dallas area.With his wife, children and their suitcases in place, Mr. Sánchez closed the door of his Mesquite apartment for the last time, sat at the wheel of one of the vehicles – his brother drove the other – and hit the road back to his homeland....

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Waiting to buy winter airfare is a gamble, experts say (Dallas Morning News)

Sat, 05 Jul 2008 04:50:00 GMT

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Texas marriage education program aims to prevent divorce (Dallas Morning News)

Sat, 05 Jul 2008 03:43:00 GMT

The Rev. Sheron Patterson, pastor of Dallas' Highland Hills United Methodist Church, believes so strongly in premarital education that she won't perform a couple's wedding until they've gotten advice from her or someone she trusts. But when asked earlier this week, she said she was unaware of a new $16 million state program aimed at preventing divorce through free, eight-hour marriage education classes....

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Hundreds remember 9/11 flight crews with sculpture (Boston Globe)

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 23:44:41 GMT

On a pedestal in a Texas intersection hundreds of miles from where terrorists crashed planes seven years ago, two flight attendants and two pilots, rendered in bronze, now care for a traveling child.

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Happy Independence Day, have a great 4th of July! (Texas Startup Blog)

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 14:17:00 GMT

Browse > / / Blog article: Happy Independence Day, have a great 4th of July! Happy Independence Day, have a great 4th of July!July 4, 2008 • • Written by · Filed Under Comments Forgot password'Please put in your email: Subscribe to this blog post's comments through...Subscribe to this blog's comments through... Comments Login to an existing account Username or Email: Password: Login with your OpenID...

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Thread: 6338381397442355928. Post by Brandon (Comments for edroso - HaloScan.com)

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 14:10:19 GMT

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Culture_of_Dallas%2C_Texas Not necessarily a cultural wasteland. And Dallas must be somewhat cool if it can retain Erykah Badu (who also lives part-time in Fort Greene). Culturally, New York is just a bit less than London, Paris, and Berlin, but they've had a centuries-long headstart.

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Miss Texas Organization Announces Preliminary Competition Winners (PR News Wire )

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 12:26:00 GMT

FORT WORTH, Texas, July 4 /PRNewswire/ -- The Miss Texas Organization today announced the winners of the preliminary competitions for the Miss Texas Scholarship Pageant and Miss Teen Texas Pageant. The preliminary competitions were held on July 1, 2 and 3 at the Will Rogers Memorial Center Theater in Fort Worth. (Logo: ) Miss Texas Preliminary Competition Winners Talent: Adrianna Nelson, Miss...

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Chace Crawford Bio (Dirt Digger Squad)

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 06:50:22 GMT

Biography: Chace Crawford, birth name: Christopher Chace Crawford best known for his role as Nate Archibald in Gossip Girl on The CW. Chace, born on July 18, 1985, height: 6 ft (183 cm), Zodiac Sign: Cancer. Chace grew up in Plano, Texas. His father is a dermatologist and his mother is a teacher. He has one [...]

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Bush administration encouraged oil deal in Kurdistan undermining Iraqi "national unity" (Indybay newswire)

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 05:52:14 GMT

Thursday, July 3, 2008 : The Bush administration publicly criticized a deal made between Hunt Oil of Dallas, Texas and the Kurdistan Regional Government in Iraq last September for supposedly undermining Iraqi national unity, while privately officials were facilitating the oil firms activities, documents released this week by the US House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform reveal....

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