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Truants in Texas to be tracked by GPS

The Telegraph (Free subscription) | 08/24/2008

Habitual truants in San Antonio Texas are to be fitted with satellite tracking systems under a new programme to crack down on nonattendance.

Nine Inch Nails Extends Tour, Adds Columbus OH Date

donewaiting.com (Free subscription) | 08/21/2008

Everyone who has seen them live recently have said they put on a really great show, so I am really considering hitting the Columbus show (pending ticket prices). 10/23/08 San Antonio TX [AT&T Center] 10/25/08 New Orleans, LA [City Park - Voodoo Festival] 10/28/08 Orlando, FL [UCF Arena] 10/29/08 Jacksonville, FL [Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena] [...]

Exporting-to-Cuba Conference August 15th In San Antonio Texas

Avenue Vine (Free subscription) | 08/10/2008

Producers wanting to learn more about exporting goods to Cuba can attend an Aug. 15th conference in San Antonio. Exporting to Cuba, to be held at the International Center at 203 South St. Mary’s St., will help participants learn more about how to export food, agricultural goods, lumber and certain medical products, said Dr. Parr Rosson, Texas AgriLife Extension Service economist and one of the conference...

Tech IPOs Return With Rackspace

GigaOM (Free subscription) | 08/08/2008

After a long dry spell, the technology initial public offerings took a small step towards a comeback as Rackspace Hosting, a San Antonio-Texas-based company announced its IPO. The company that will trade on NYSE under the ticker RAX is selling about 15 million shares at $12.50 a share - in the process raising about $187.5 [...]

Gufl Shores AL to San Antonio TX

Travelblog (Free subscription) | 08/08/2008

We left Gulf Shores yesterday and drove 780 mile's. We spent today in Texas The River Walk and The Alamo.OK for the Jeep fans out there Some Jeep stats.The Rubicon has been doing great no problems to report. Milage has been a little lower than I had hoped. We are averging overall about 13 MPG. The mountains really hurt the milage The jeep normally gets about 18 MPG when not towing. The traile

State wants 8 sect kids back

The Eagle Texas and Region (Free subscription) | 08/06/2008

Officials: Mothers ignored rulesBy MICHELLE ROBERTSAssociated Press SAN ANTONIO -- Texas child welfare authorities asked a judge Tuesday to return eig ...

Toilet Seat Art Museum and other National Treasures

Dew on the Kudzu (Free subscription) | 08/05/2008

Roadside America.com , your online guide to offbeat tourist attractions. Now folks, this is a fun site! This website has all the listings of ticky-tacky, offbeat and just plain odd roadside attractions throughout the United States. Such as: Barney Smith's Toilet Seat Art Museum, San Antonio Texas Not only does it show all the attractions it came across, but you can add your own to the site, with comments...

Clear Channel Real-Time Traffic Provider Of Choice

Space News From SpaceDaily.Com (Free subscription) | 07/31/2008

San Antonio TX (SPX) Jul 31, 2008 - Clear Channel Radio's Total Traffic Network (CCTTN) has announced that ASUS, an international digital innovator whose technology was behind motherboards that powered one in three desktops sold last year, has selected CCTTN as its real-time traffic provider for the launch of its first portable navigation device.

Freed American hostages in “good condition”

OTB News (Free subscription) | 07/04/2008

SAN ANTONIO, Texas (Reuters) - Three U.S. defense contractors freed after five years as rebel-held hostages in Colombia are in good health and could go home within a few days, U.S. Army doctors said Thursday.

Freed American hostages in "good condition"

Reuters (Free subscription) | 07/04/2008

SAN ANTONIO, Texas (Reuters) - Three U.S. defense contractors freed after five years as rebel-held hostages in Colombia are in good health and could go home within a few days, U.S. Army doctors said Thursday.

Laser Opto-Acoustic Imaging Technology from Seno Medical

Medgadget (Free subscription) | 07/03/2008

Here's what we know about the opto-acoustic imaging technology from Seno Medical Instruments, Inc., a San Antonio, Texas firm. A recent report on the wires says that there is a new research agreement between Seno Medical and two Canadian universities to study the company's first-ever commercially available opto-acoustic small animal imaging device. It turns out the technology, that utilizes the conversion...

Rescued hostages arrive in United States

Fair Proxy Web (Free subscription) | 07/03/2008

SAN ANTONIO, Texas (CNN) — Three rescued Americans held hostage for more than five years by a Colombian rebel group arrived home in the United States late Wednesday. The Air Force C-17, carrying the men, arrived at Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio, Texas, at 11:16 p.m. CT (12:16 [...]

Fitch Rates $135MM San Antonio, Texas' HOT VRDBs, Series 2008 'AA+/F1+'

Business Wire (Free subscription) | 07/03/2008

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Fitch Ratings assigns a rating of 'AA+/F1+' to the $135,000,000 City of San Antonio, Texas, hotel occupancy tax (HOT) variable-rate demand subordinate lien revenue

• Fitch Rates $135MM San Antonio, Texas' HOT VRDBs, Series 2008 'AA+/F1+' - The Earth Times Online Newspaper

President to President: Past ISTE Presidents Explore Federal Role in Ed Tech, Discuss What They'd Tell the Next President at NECC

The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 07/02/2008

SAN ANTONIO, Texas, July 2 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Current and past presidents of the International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE(R)) and business leaders shared what they'd tell the new U.S. President about the federal government's role in edu...

Valero Energy Selects Contractors for $200 Million Hydrogen Project at California Refinery, an Industrial Info News Alert

The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 07/02/2008

SUGAR LAND, TX -- 07/02/08 -- Researched by Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas) -- Valero Energy Corporation (NYSE:VLO) (San Antonio, Texas) has selected contractors to construct a $200 million, 100-million-standard-cubic-feet-per-day hyd..

• Industrial Info Resources: Valero Energy Selects Contractors for $200 Million Hydrogen Project at California Refinery, an Industrial Info News Alert - Market Wire - Real Estate and Construction: Construction
• Industrial Info Resources: Nuclear Station in Connecticut Forced Offline After Steam Leakage in Stop Valves, an Industrial Info News Alert - Market Wire - Energy and Utilities: Equipment
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Denzel Washington- True Patriot- puts his money where his mouth is and helps the families of wounded soldiers in Texas!

lainiek | 12/05/2007

Subject: Denzel Washington and Brooks Army Medical Center. Don't know whether you heard about this but Denzel Washington and his family visited the troops at Brook Army Medical Center , in San Antonio , Texas (BAMC) the other day. This is where soldiers who have been evacuated from Germany come to be hospitalized in the United States , especially burn victims. There are some buildings there called