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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has denied the emergency use request filed by the state of Texas to use hazardous herbicide propazine to kill superweeds infesting the state’s cotton.
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After repeated attempts to receive aid to help with the Mexican refugee crisis have failed, Texas officials have been forced to take drastic measures.
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Los Angeles -
Texas Governor Rick Perry announced plans to send 1,000 military reservists to the state's border with Mexico, to tackle a surge in immigrant children flooding into the United States.
In the Media
by AFP
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Texas country artist Bart Crow released his music video for his single "If I Go, I'm Goin'," his collaboration with country songstress Macy Maloy.
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Spring -
A Texas man shot and killed four of his children and two adults looking after them before surrendering to police after a standoff during which he held a gun to his head, officials said.
In the Media
by AFP
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No use crying over Spill-ed milk! Sylvannia Soulet talks with Korey Coleman, the man behind the Kickstarter success story and newly launched movie review site, DoubleToasted.com.
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Dallas -
More than 1,000 unaccompanied children who crossed illegally into Texas earlier this month are on their way to shelters in Dallas, Texas.
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Dallas -
Texas legislators approved a bill which supported reparations for American slavery. They did so because they approved it without reading the content.
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Whitney -
Just imagine. Your luxury lakefront house, bought only a couple of years ago, starts falling into the lake below as the cliff cracks and crumbles away beneath it. Then, to speed things up, authorities set it alight Friday and now the home is gone.
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San Francisco -
Texas Gov. Rick Perry visited San Francisco on Wednesday and stunned an audience in the famously tolerant city by comparing homosexuality to alcoholism.
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Arlington -
George Strait is the reigning ACM and CMA "Entertainer of the Year." He played his final tour stop on his "The Cowboy Rides Away" tour on June 7 in Arlington, Texas.
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Odell -
On Wednesday morning, two drivers in separate vehicles were allegedly killed after a head-on collision. Coincidentally, the drivers were husband and wife.
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Chillicothe -
Texas newlyweds and parents Cristina Munoz, 26 and Nicolas Cruz, 31, were killed when their vehicles smashed on a unlined country road Wednesday morning near their place of employment. They are survived by their three young children.
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Basketball player and television analyst Rebecca Lobo once said, "Winning an Olympic gold medal is like nothing else." This quotation holds true for 2012 Olympic gold medalist David Boudia.
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Fort Worth -
According to a joint press conference Thursday, two Republican gay rights groups were barred from setting up booths at the upcoming GOP convention in Forth Worth, TX.
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Kesha Rogers is a most interesting U.S. Senate candidate. She's a Texas Democrat who believes that President Obama, who she often compares to Hitler, should be impeached -- some allege she's even said executed -- for "flagrant" constitutional violations.
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Weatherford -
The iconic country duo, The Bellamy Brothers, have released a new music video that is quite risky in terms of traditional country music.
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Round Rock -
A Texas teen accused of making and selling marijuana and hash oil-laced brownies could be sentenced to life in prison if convicted.
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Longview -
A woman in her 30s is in police custody after being outed for posing as a 15-year-old teenager for almost an entire school year.
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The medical field is booming and students in the Amarillo area looking to benefit from it have new options at Amarillo College. The college has recently started a new Certified Medical Assistant program to supplement its current Health Science offerings.
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Houston -
A Houston middle-school teacher faces criminal charges after performing a lap dance on one of her male students for his birthday.
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Washington -
Approval of a new pipeline to bring controversial fracked crude oil from Canada to Texas for refining has been delayed for at least a year, U.S. officials announced last week.
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Country singer Bart Crow chatted about his forthcoming single release "If I Go, I'm Going," which features country vocalist Macy Maloy.
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Houston -
A serial killer was put to death on April 3 in Texas. This followed the U.S. Supreme Court rejecting the lawyers' demand that the source of the lethal injection drug be revealed.
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Killeen -
US Army Specialist Ivan Lopez was taking antidepressants and being evaluated for post-traumatic stress disorder when he allegedly started shooting at Fort Hood, killing four including himself and wounding 16.
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Killeen -
At least four people were killed and several wounded Wednesday at Fort Hood Army base in Texas when a soldier allegedly opened fire near the facility's medical center.
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In a Japan Daily Press post dated yesterday, Maan Pamintuan-Lamorena reported that a Japanese mushroom extract may eliminate the human papillomavirus (HPV) found in cervical cancer cells.
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Texas on Wednesday executed Ray Jasper, a 33-year-old aspiring rap musician convicted of stabbing to death a San Antonio music studio owner after slitting his throat so he could rob him of equipm...
In the Media
by Jon Herskovitz (Reuters)
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The Mexican American singer-songwriter recently returned to Texas after a number of years living abroad and late last year released her 15th album, 'After the Fair'. She talks to Digital Journal.
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Bullying is ubiquitous in our everyday society and several country singers have taken the initiative to tackle this serious social issue through their music.
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Texas Image
Linda Flores
License plates
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Michael De Beyer, owner of Kaiserhof restaurant in Montgomery, Texas
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Part of a battalion of US Army howitzers are shown at the military base at Fort Hood, Texas.
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United States Army
Coffins of soldiers killed in the Fort Hood shootings being loaded aboard an aircraft for flight to Dover Air Force Base. The Nov. 5, 2009, shootings were perpetrated by Nidal Malik Hasan, a career serviceman with the U.S. Army who held the rank of major. The attack claimed the lives of 13 servicemen and women. Hasan has been linked to Anwar al-Awlaki, a high-ranking al-Qaida militant.
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The Capitol building of Texas
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YouTube
A bridge was demolished in Marble Falls, TX
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Texas Nationalist Movement
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The Wiewel Law Firm
Brad Wiewel, Texas Estate Planning Attorney
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SXSW
A hotbed of activity.
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Photo by Gage Skidmore
Texas Governor Rick Perry
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In his attempt at becoming honorary fire marshall for the afternoon, Cap checks wind direction as the fire comes to an end.
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Adreanna Moya Photography/flickr
There are no age restrictions for EMS applicants.
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With god beams shining down, the new wildfire crossed the fence line, spreading onto a neighboring ranch. At about this time, fire trucks and their crews arrived, quickly getting the fire under control.
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Texas Dept of Criminal Justice
An execution chamber at a U.S. State Prison
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An official photograph - full face and profile
An official photograph - full face and profile - of Hank Skinner.
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Who What Where Nguyen Why a/k/a Anonymous Cow
The Big Texan steakhouse in Amarillo, Texas, which was made famous by offering visitors a free 72 ounce (2 kg) beef steak if they eat it in under an hour
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A new wildfire in the Texas hill country was quickly knocked down late Wednesday when firefighters with Bandera Fire Rescue arrived with their fast-attack brush truck.
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