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School resource officers host Garland summer camp (Dallas Morning News)

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 05:00:00 GMT

Good behavior, or being "sweet," is just one of the lessons taught at the camp, which is run by Garland police school resource officers, or SROs. The program is a summer continuation of the 13-lesson curriculum entitled, "It's G.R.E.A.T," an acronym for Gang Resistance Education And Training. It is taught throughout the school term at Garland middle and elementary schools.

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America’s Shooting Gallery 7.3 (Gun Guys)

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 18:33:45 GMT

FL: Teen Arrested In Shooting Over Playstation MO: Investigators: Love-triangle may have led to north St. Louis shooting CA: AMBER Alert Issued In Connection With SoCal Shooting, Abduction TX: Garland Police tell News 8 that Thai Nguyen, the suspect in six random shootings across several northern Dallas suburbs, has confessed to all six of the shootings. AL: Argument [...]

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Computer techs sue over Texas law requiring PI license (Houston Chronicle)

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 09:46:00 GMT

The author of the law — state Rep. Joe Driver, R-Garland — said the computer technicians are misinterpreting the law. And he said the lawsuit was a publicity stunt by a new legal advocacy group in Austin.

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Computer techs fight state law requiring private eye license (Houston Chronicle)

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 09:46:00 GMT

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Computer techs sue over law requiring PI license (Houston Chronicle)

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 05:30:00 GMT

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Kingwood local earns medical degree (Houston Chronicle)

Wed, 02 Jul 2008 22:43:00 GMT

Asahel Gridley, son of Gary and Maria Gridley of Kingwood, was awarded his medical degree May 31 at the 118th commencement of the School of Medicine at the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston. Dr. Asahel Gridley is a 1999 graduate of Kingwood High School in Kingwood, Texas and a 2003 graduate of Baylor University in Waco. Dr. Garland D. Anderson, executive vice president...

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Suspect Held In Texas Shootings (The Post Chronicle)

Wed, 02 Jul 2008 19:14:46 GMT

Texas police were holding an unidentified 22-year-old man Wednesday in a series of roadway shootings in the Dallas-Fort Worth area. ...

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North Texas Authorities Capture Suspected Random Shooter (Austinist)

Wed, 02 Jul 2008 18:30:53 GMT

rick/Flickr This week the Dallas-Fort Worth suburbs were hit by a series of random shootings . A man shot at multiple vehicles at traffic lights in the towns of Garland, Mesquite, Plano and Richardson earlier this week, and on Tuesday night he walked up to a Garland restaurant and started shooting at customers inside. Luckily the shooter's aim is lacking; no one was hurt in any of the...

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Man accused of firing gun into restaurant wall investigated in 6 Dallas-area roadway shootings (Star Tribune)

Wed, 02 Jul 2008 16:18:27 GMT

GARLAND, Texas - Police have arrested a man accused of opening fire at a Dallas-area restaurant and are investigating whether he was the gunman in six apparently random drive-by shootings on motorists.

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6 drive-by shootings in Dallas area probed (Detroit Free Press)

Wed, 02 Jul 2008 15:41:51 GMT

GARLAND, Texas — Police have arrested a man accused of opening fire at a Dallas-area restaurant and are investigating whether he was the gunman in six apparently random drive-by shootings on motorists.

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Police say man may be Dallas-area roadway shooter (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)

Wed, 02 Jul 2008 14:36:00 GMT

GARLAND, Texas -- Police have arrested a man accused of opening fire at a Dallas-area restaurant and are investigating whether he was the gunman in six apparently random drive-by shootings on motorists.

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Garland police arrest man accused of shooting at motorists (A Keyboard and a .45)

Wed, 02 Jul 2008 13:08:00 GMT

A spree of apparently random shootings started last Sunday. Someone has been shooting at motorist, usually at stop lights. There were six shootings in four North Texas cities over these past few days and we are very lucky that no one was seriously injured. The police may have the shooter in custody. From the Dallas Morning News : Garland police arrest man accused of shooting at motorists...

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Garland police arrest man accused of shooting at motorists (Dallas Morning News)

Wed, 02 Jul 2008 11:44:00 GMT

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6 Shootings May Be Tied To 'Random Roadway' Gunman (CBS 4 - South Florida's Source for )

Wed, 02 Jul 2008 04:35:04 GMT

Just after 9 p.m. Tuesday, police say a slender man parked in front of Phao's Ca Doa restaurant in Garland, Texas got out of the car and fired two rounds at the building. No one was injured.

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Brownsville Drivers Rank Safest in Texas (The Earth Times Online Newspaper)

Tue, 01 Jul 2008 18:24:09 GMT

IRVING, Texas, July 1 -- Residents of Brownsville are the safest drivers in Texas and are among the safest drivers in America according to the 2008 Allstate America's Best Drivers Report.

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Brownsville Drivers Rank Safest in Texas (PR News Wire )

Tue, 01 Jul 2008 18:23:00 GMT

Allstate America's Best Drivers Report(TM) Reveals Cities with Safest Drivers; Offers New Data on Gender and Generation IRVING, Texas, July 1 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Residents of Brownsville are the safest drivers in Texas and are among the safest drivers in America according to the 2008 Allstate America's Best Drivers Report. Brownsville drivers are roaring in at number one in Texas...

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Shooter targeting motorists in Garland, Mesquite 6:43 AM CT (Dallas Morning News)

Tue, 01 Jul 2008 11:43:00 GMT

About four hours later, a 37-year-old man was shot in the abdomen while waiting at a traffic light on Plano Road. The man's 9-year-old son in the pickup was not injured. Doctors at Baylor University Medical Center in Dallas said the man's injuries were not life threatening.

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Garland police say separate roadway shootings may be work of one gunman (Dallas Morning News)

Tue, 01 Jul 2008 05:00:00 GMT

Garland police say three shootings Sunday evening may be the work of one gunman who was randomly targeting motorists.Shortly before 5 p.m., bullets shattered the windows of a four-door Honda carrying a man, a woman and her 4-month-old daughter.They had stopped at a red light at Buckingham and Shiloh roads.The 22-year-old man was shot in the hand.The woman suffered cuts on her face and arms from breaking...

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Motorists shot at in Garland, Mesquite, Richardson 12:35 PM CT (Dallas Morning News)

Mon, 30 Jun 2008 21:36:00 GMT

Richardson police received reports of shots being fired just before 5 p.m. Monday in the 1000 block of North Jupiter Road. Miguel Miralrio, 32, of Garland was sitting at a light on Jupiter in his 1995 Ford Explorer when his door window was shot, said Richardson police Sgt. Kevin Perlich.

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Garland firefighters support muscular dystrophy week at kids' camp (Dallas Morning News)

Sun, 29 Jun 2008 05:00:00 GMT

For Garland firefighter Bill Cruz, the Muscular Dystrophy Association's summer camp at Camp John Marc is more than just a byproduct of the annual Fill the Boot campaign."I've been a counselor there for the past 10 years," he said. "It's a long, sleepless week, physically exhausting and emotionally draining, but I wouldn't miss it for the world. This year we had the largest number of firefighters volunteering...

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