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earthfamilyalpha (Free subscription) | 4 hours ago
T wenty seven years ago, the second largest windfarm in the world was built just north of Pampa Texas. At the time, it was a whopping 175 KW. I know because I built it. Except back then, I called it a windranch. We even shot a documentary of it which was premiered at the big solar wind convention in Houston that year. After about 7 years of operation, the project was scrapped, and the pieces were sold...
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Physorg (Free subscription) | 57 minutes ago
(AP) -- Cable TV, phone and Internet service provider Charter Communications drew concern Friday from two congressmen and a privacy advocate over its plan to experiment with tracking its customers' Web use in collaboration with an online advertising firm.
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Star Tribune (Free subscription) | 1 hour ago
Lifetouch Inc. of Eden Prairie said it will assume the cost of reproducing a Texas high school's yearbook where hundreds of student pictures were altered.
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Houston Chronicle (Free subscription) | 28 minutes ago
Gregg County sheriff deputies arrested a 44-year-old man early Saturday morning and charged him with the murders of an elderly married couple who were beaten to death last month.
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Houston Chronicle (Free subscription) | 28 minutes ago
Prosecutors in Phoenix have charged a Dallas firefighter and two other Texas men with selling fake NFL merchandise on Super Bowl weekend in February.
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TheSpoof.com - Spoof News (Free subscription) | 51 minutes ago
Cowdung, TX - People in Cow Dung County had a chance to see the legendary 'King of Pop' as his limosine pulled into the driveway of Ron Paul's home last Saturday night.
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The Sideshow (Free subscription) | 1 hour ago
Water Runs Away : " That ground under your feet may seem pretty solid, but if you're in West Texas, it may already have been taken out from under them. T. Boone Pickens has been planning something. It involves the Ogallala Aquifer, which still has no regulations concerning the use of its water in the state of Texas. By 'capture rights' anyone with rights to the water can take as much as she/he likes....
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Freespace (Free subscription) | 2 hours ago
I leave Saturday to speak at a couple conferences in Texas, so blogging will be light or nonexistent until I return on Wednesday.
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Little Green Footballs (Free subscription) | 3 hours ago
Looks like someone got a little ... uh ... over-zealous with Photoshop in a yearbook for McKinney High School in Dallas: Students’ photos altered in McKinney yearbook . Imagine posing for a yearbook photo and ending up with someone else’s body – or looking nude – in the final product. Yearbook photos for 583 McKinney High School students were altered by a national photography company. The yearbooks...
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Star Tribune (Free subscription) | 2 hours ago
A new ant, first found in 2002, is reproducing at a staggering rate in counties southeast of Houston.
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Drudge Retort (Free subscription) | 6 hours ago
A psychologist who helps lead the post-traumatic stress disorder program at a medical facility for veterans in Texas told staff members to refrain from diagnosing PTSD because so many veterans were seeking government disability payments for the condition. "Given that we are having more and more compensation seeking veterans, I'd like to suggest that you refrain from giving a diagnosis of PTSD straight...
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Truth Out (Free subscription) | 6 hours ago
The Associated Press's Christopher Sherman writes: "Federal border agents say they will search for illegal immigrants at inland Texas checkpoints even during a hurricane evacuation, a plan state and local officials say could lead to disastrous delays and discourage some people from getting out."
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Houston Chronicle (Free subscription) | 2 hours ago
When President Bush, once a Texas oilman, asked Saudi Arabia to pump more crude, he may have forgotten that the Saudis have a long memory. And that made it a good bet his mission this past week would produce a dry hole.
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Newswise (Free subscription) | 2 hours ago
A poster session presented today by The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center at the Oncology Nurses Society 33rd Annual Congress, found that early nursing intervention and implementation of effective strategies can lead to a decrease in the incidence of lymphedema, better management of chronic lymphedema and improved quality of life in breast cancer patients.
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Salt Lake Tribune (Free subscription) | 2 hours ago
Posted: 3:49 PM- Cases for seven children from one family, five from another and at least two fathered by polygamous sect leader Warren S.
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raimondo | 05/01/2008
FLDS-Sect's boys may have been abused too, agency says Story Highlights NEW: "They don't have any evidence that there's abuse," sect spokesman says At least 41 children have had broken bones, department says Findings submitted to Texas Senate committee Report: "Too early to draw any conclusions based on this information" (CNN) - Investigators are looking into the possible sexual abuse of some of the...
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cryocardio | 04/18/2008
Dallas’ premier cosmetic treatment center offers special on Artefill Dallas, Texas (April 17, 2008) – Dermatology Consultants ( http://www.dallasderm.com ) announced today a special Mother’s Day offering with ArteFill®, a permanent facial filler that treats the lines on the outside of the mouth and chin. For more than 30 years, Dermatology Consultants has been Dallas’ premier location for cosmetic...
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thevaneljounal.com | 04/11/2008
Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX) was booed over the weekend at a rally in her hometown. Rep. Jackson Lee is a Clinton supporter whose district overwhelmingly voted for Obama. This is a dilemma that many African American supporters of Clinton face throughout the country. Rep. John Lewis (D-GA) has a challenger for the first time in years because his constituents felt that he did not change his...
