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ACLU Bog of Rights (Free subscription) | yesterday
... of forensic evidence, claiming it will reduce liability for officials and whistleblowers. ( The Star-Telegram revealed that Bradley wants all of the FSC's email correspondence deleted or sent to him.) At least one committee member disagreed with Bradley's assessment that the FSC was under-resourced. Prior to changes in personnel, the commission was reviewing three cases including...
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The Truth About Cars (Free subscription) | 12/07/2009
Ray LaHood seems to think so. He tells the Dallas-Fort Worth Star-Telegram: The problem we have is, Congress wants to pass a very robust transportation bill in the neighborhood of $400 billion or $500 billion, and we know the highway trust fund is just deficient in its ability to fund those kinds of projects. The highway trust fund was substantial at [...]
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Baseball Time in Arlington (Free subscription) | 12/07/2009
... he did 36 times late in the 2009 season), and Nelson Cruz in right field (Jeff Wilson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram ) [Smart. By optimizing the outfield alignment in this way, Texas can roll with newly anointed "swing man" David Murphy some 20-30 percent of the time in left field and protect Josh Hamilton's body while maintaining slightly above-average defense in that corner...
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4 - Alzheimers (Free subscription) | 12/05/2009
Police seek help finding Alzheimer’s patient EULESS — Police are asking for the p Related posts: Police find missing 74-year-old Alzheimer’s patient (The Temecula Valley News) Alzheimers Disease: - Police Ask For Public’s Aid Finding 75-Year-Old Alzheimers Disease: - Police seek SW Phila. woman with dementia
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War News Updates (Free subscription) | 12/05/2009
F-35 JSF Lockheed Willing To Build An Additional F-35 Test Plane -- Star-Telegram Lockheed Martin said it would be willing to spend some of its remaining fees for the F-35 development program on building an additional test plane to prevent delays in flight testing. The company has several hundred million dollars in unearned fees it could receive before the development phase is scheduled...
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South Texas Chisme (Free subscription) | 12/03/2009
Checks and balances, not so much. Joint polls will be conducted for the first time for an effort sponsored by the Houston Chronicle, Austin American-Statesman, The Dallas Morning News, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, and San Antonio Express-News.
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Baseball Time in Arlington (Free subscription) | 12/04/2009
At the risk of getting just a little too hyperbolic, let me go ahead and state what we're all thinking: This thing is so monumentally screwed up. According to Randy Galloway of the Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Nolan Ryan was prepared to vacate the position of Texas Rangers team president if the fledgling ownership group comprising Tom Hicks and Dennis Gilbert had seized control of the franchise...
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Google News - Top Stories (Free subscription) | 12/04/2009
Telegraph.co.uk Sarah Palin making stop at Plano's Legacy Books on Friday as part of book tour Dallas Morning News A line 1000 deep formed at Sarah Palin's first book-tour stop last month in Grand Rapids, Mich. Fans toting camping gear arrived more than a day early in rural Washington state. And in suburban Indianapolis, ... Palin book-signing ticket is a hot item Fort Worth Star Telegram...
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The Inquisitr (Free subscription) | 12/04/2009
... were not wearing the required safety harness when they slipped and fell, the Fort Worth (Texas) Star-Telegram reported. In June 2008, an electrician died after coming in contact with a high-voltage wire at the site. An unidentified Manhattan Construction official indicated last year that there were a total of 175 incidents during the construction of the stadium between April 2006...
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Everyday Ethics (Free subscription) | 12/02/2009
San Antonio Express-News The Austin American-Statesman, Dallas Morning News, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Houston Chronicle, and San Antonio Express-News will produce a series of joint polls, kicking off before the March primaries. "It's a smart step that will benefit all," says Chronicle editor Jeff Cohen .
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ArtsJournal (Free subscription) | 12/03/2009
"About 100 members of the major local musicians union picketed outside Dallas' Winspear Opera House during the ballet's performances of The Nutcracker there Friday through Sunday. They handed out leaflets and carried signs saying, 'taped music is tacky.'" Fort Worth Star-Telegram 12/02/09
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Grits for Breakfast (Free subscription) | 12/03/2009
Timothy Cole's half-brother Cory Session had an op ed in the Fort Worth Star-Telegram yesterday on the 10th anniversary of his sibling's death. Timothy was falsely convicted of a rape based on victim eyewitness testimony, but DNA evidence (and the real perpetrator's confession) later proved his innocence - unfortunately not until years after after he'd died in prison of untreated asthma...
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Google News - Top Stories (Free subscription) | 12/02/2009
... E-Mails Show Salahis Never Got White House State Dinner Invite From Pentagon ABC News Fort Worth Star Telegram - New York Post - Christian Science Monitor all 7,324 news articles »
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The Big Lead (Free subscription) | 12/03/2009
... to accomplish in Gainesville after two titles in five years'” If he beats Alabama, forget it. [ Star Telegram ]