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  • Lamar University ASL major seizes opportunities

    (Lamar press release) Adrain "A.J." Webb, American Sign Language major from Dallas, has an eye for opportunities. During his education at Lamar University, Webb has become a Lamar Ambassador, a McNair scholar, vice president of the rugby team, Black Student Association historian, president of the sailing club and an LU cheerleader. Among Webb’s fortuitous experiences was a ...

  • Union Gospel Mission plans to build facility for homeless families

    FORT WORTH — Union Gospel Mission chaplain Stanley Maneikis remembers the day a homeless family asked about getting a room at the agency’s campus. But when they learned that the wife and toddler would have to stay in a different building than the husband, they decided not to ...

  • Man pleads guilty to smuggling snakes on planes

    Prosecutors say the 63-year-old eco-tourism guide bought the seven live snakes in August 2012 in a market in Lima, Peru, and smuggled them in his jacket on flights from Lima to Miami and then to ...

  • Dont mess with Texas email State law ends some warrantless email searches

    By Bob Sullivan, Columnist, NBC News Texas residents will have a little more protection from the prying eyes of local law enforcement than the rest of America starting in September. A law that takes effect in the fall ends warrantless email searches by state law enforcement officials, in a step that might have implications for email snooping laws around the country.The new law cancels out a ...

  • Victim identified in La Grange killing

    LA GRANGE, Texas (KXAN) - A woman killed in La Grange Monday morning has been identified as 38-year-old Sandra Lynn Pfeiffer, the Fayette County Sheriff's Office said Tuesday. The office also verified the juvenile suspect thought to be connected to the homicide did run away from the Gulf Coast Trades Center in New Waverly. Pfeiffer's death is still being investigated. Chief Deputy ...

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Love Actually

Love Actually

As the title suggests, Richard CurtisLove Actually is, quite simply, about love. Not just your standard romantic variety of love (though there is plenty of that to be found), but also the love between friends, parents and children, brothers and sisters, and even a broken down rock star and his portly manager. In an age marked by cynicism and irony, Love Actually is unashamedly upbea ... ...

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  • John McCain New border security plan could unite Dems GOP

    Democratic and Republican senators are in tense discussions over a border-security amendment to the Gang of Eight immigration-reform package that could prove critical to its passage, Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., said Tuesday afternoon. Whether this proposal can satisfy Republicans' security concerns without losing Democrats should be clear by Wednesday, McCain said. The amendment, a project ...

  • 3 new Stripes stores open as leadership expands

    CORPUS CHRISTI -- Two new Stripes stores opened recently, making eight this year, and another opens Friday as the company shifted some of its senior management. Susser Holdings Corp. announced June 5 a sale and lease-back transaction of two new store completed at the end of May for a total cost of $6.7 million. A third one opens Friday at 5702 Leopard St., and the public is invited. As part ...

  • Family files suit after alleged threats by neighbor

    AUSTIN (KXAN) - The Texas Civil Rights Project is stepping in to help an Austin woman who says her neighbor has threatened them repeatedly and called them "illegal aliens," among other things. The civil rights group is filing a lawsuit and a temporary injunction against a neighbor, Amanda Benavides. Cristina Pia Perez moved to the United States 10 years ago with her family from ...

  • Texas Gov. Perry looking to lure NY companies

    Texas Gov. Rick Perry speaks to the media before hosting a lunch appointment with Connecticut gun makers in Hartford, Conn., Monday, June 17, 2013. The governors of Texas and South Dakota are visiting Connecticut to court local gun makers, many of which have threatened to leave since the state passed tough new gun-control laws in response to the massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School. (Jessica ...

  • DA Veto doesnt take away ethics responsibility

    AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The Travis County district attorney says she remains responsible for investigating state ethics violations despite Gov. Rick Perry vetoing funding for her office.Rosemary Lehmberg released a statement and spoke to reporters Tuesday for the first time since Perry cut $3.5 million in annual funding for the Public Integrity Unit.Perry used his line item veto after ...

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